New Mexico Code § 8-5-17

Attorney general; consumer representation before commission
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commission.
A. The attorney general shall represent residential and small business consumers in
matters before the public regulation commission as the attorney general deems
appropriate.
B. The attorney general:
(1) shall research, study and analyze residential and small business
consumer interests;
(2) shall prepare and present briefs, arguments, proposed rates or orders and
intervene or appear on behalf of residential and small business consumers before the
public regulation commission as a party in interest;
(3) may accept grants and donations in the name of the state to carry out the
provisions of this section;
(4) may cooperate with tribal and pueblo governments in New Mexico to
ensure that the interests of Indian residential and small business consumers are being
represented appropriately before the public regulation commission; and
(5) shall report by December 1 of each year to the legislature and the
governor on the activities of his office on behalf of residential and small business
consumers.
History: Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 22.

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