This text of New Mexico § 60-13-47 (Trade bureaus; connection to installation) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
A. Except where work is done under an annual permit, no public utility shall make a connection from a supply of water or gas to an installation for which a permit is required, or which has been disconnected or ordered to be disconnected by the trade bureau having jurisdiction, without the authorization of the trade bureau having jurisdiction. B. The public utility may make a connection from a supply of water or gas to an installation under the following circumstances:
(1)if within seven days after notification to the appropriate trade bureau of the completion of any work or installation the bureau has failed to approve or disapprove the connection; or (2) if an installation or work is not located in any territory where there is an authorized inspector; provided, however, before any such c
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A. Except where work is done under an annual permit, no public utility shall make a connection from a supply of water or gas to an installation for which a permit is required, or which has been disconnected or ordered to be disconnected by the trade bureau having jurisdiction, without the authorization of the trade bureau having jurisdiction. B. The public utility may make a connection from a supply of water or gas to an installation under the following circumstances: (1) if within seven days after notification to the appropriate trade bureau of the completion of any work or installation the bureau has failed to approve or disapprove the connection; or (2) if an installation or work is not located in any territory where there is an authorized inspector; provided, however, before any such connection is made by the public utility, the public utility must have received a written statement from the licensee declaring that the installation or work conforms with the provisions of the Construction Industries Licensing Act and the orders, rules and regulations, codes and minimum standards made pursuant to that act. The public utility shall immediately report to the proper trade bureau the receipt and contents of the statement. If it is discovered by the trade bureau that the declaration made in the statement is false, the trade bureau shall order the licensee making the statement to rectify the defects within five days after receipt of the written notice thereof from the bureau. C. No public or municipally owned electric utility shall make a connection from a supply of electricity for which a permit is required without the approval of the electrical bureau or its authorized representative. In the event of an emergency, the electrical contractor shall issue a prefinal permit to the serving utility authorizing the service to be reconnected. The electrical contractor shall report the emergency on the next working day to the electrical bureau or its authorized representative for inspection.