New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB391 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 391
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Larry R. Scott and James G. Townsend and David M. Gallegos
48	48	and Candy Spence Ezzell
49	49	AN ACT
50	50	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT; AMENDING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR
51	51	VIOLATIONS OF THE AIR QUALITY CONTROL ACT.
52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
53	53	SECTION 1. Section 74-2-12.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1992,
54	54	Chapter 20, Section 15, as amended) is amended to read:
55	55	"74-2-12.1. CIVIL PENALTY--REPRESENTATION OF DEPARTMENT
56	56	OR LOCAL AUTHORITY--LIMITATION OF ACTIONS.--
57	57	A. A person who violates a provision of the Air
58	58	Quality Control Act or a regulation, permit condition or
59	59	emergency order adopted or issued pursuant to that act may be
60	60	assessed a civil penalty not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars
61	61	($15,000) for each day during any portion of which a violation
62	62	occurs.
63	63	B. A person who fails to comply with an
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91	91	administrative order issued pursuant to Section 74-2-12 NMSA
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93	93	penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)
94	94	for each day of noncompliance with the order.
95	95	C. The amount of a civil penalty shall not be
96	96	assessed based upon the permittee's ability to pay. There
97	97	shall be no civil penalty if:
98	98	(1) the violation is self-reported and the
99	99	permittee is taking the appropriate action to eliminate,
100	100	remediate or otherwise mitigate the environmental damage
101	101	resulting from the permittee's operations; or
102	102	(2) the violation is the result of a mishap or
103	103	mechanical malfunction as long as the permittee is operating
104	104	the equipment within its rated capacity and can demonstrate a
105	105	history of maintaining it according to the manufacturer's
106	106	recommendations and the permittee is taking the appropriate
107	107	action to eliminate, remediate or otherwise mitigate the
108	108	environmental damage resulting from the mishap.
109	109	[C.] D. In an action to enforce the provisions of
110	110	the Air Quality Control Act or an ordinance, regulation, permit
111	111	condition or order, adopted, imposed or issued pursuant to that
112	112	act:
113	113	(1) the department shall be represented by the
114	114	attorney general;
115	115	(2) a local authority that is a municipality
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144	144	shall be represented by the attorney of the municipality; and
145	145	(3) a local authority that is a county shall
146	146	be represented by the district attorney within whose judicial
147	147	district the county lies.
148	148	[D.] E. No action for civil penalty shall be
149	149	commenced more than five years from the date the violation was
150	150	known by the department or the local agency."
151	151	SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
152	152	provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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