A. Whenever the attorney general has reasonable belief that any person is violating or is about to violate any provision of the Continuing Care Act, or any regulation promulgated pursuant to that act, and that proceedings would be in the public interest, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state to restrain or prevent violations of that act or regulations promulgated pursuant to that act. The action may be brought in the district court of the county in which the person resides or has the person's principal place of business or in the district court for Santa Fe county. The attorney general acting on behalf of the state shall not be required to post bond when seeking a temporary or permanent injunction in such action.

B. In any action filed pursuant to this section of the Continuing Care Act, including an action with respect to unimproved real property, the attorney general may petition the district court for temporary or permanent injunctive relief, and restitution or remedies available pursuant to Section 24-17-15 NMSA 1978.

C. Any person who is the subject of an action brought under this section shall have the right to demand a jury trial.

History: Laws 1985, ch. 102, § 10; 1991, ch. 263, § 10; 2010, ch. 88, § 7.

The 2010 amendment, effective May 19, 2010, in Subsection A, in the first sentence, after "Continuing Care Act", added "or any regulation promulgated pursuant to that act" and at the end of the sentence, added "or regulations promulgated pursuant to that act"; and in Subsection B, at the end of the sentence, added "or remedies available pursuant to Section 24-17-15 NMSA 1978".

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, deleted "has violated" following "violating" and substituted "to restrain or prevent" for "alleging" in the first sentence in Subsection A; inserted "this section of" in Subsection B; deleted former Subsection C, which read "In any action brought under this section, if the court finds that a person is willfully violating or has willfully violated the Continuing Care Act, the attorney general, upon petition to the court, may recover on behalf of the state, a civil penalty of not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation"; and redesignated former Subsection D as present Subsection C.