Chapter 59A NMSA 1978 [except for 59A-30A-1 to 59A-30A-18 NMSA 1978, and 59A-42A-1 to 59A-42A-9 NMSA 1978] shall be known and may be cited as the New Mexico Insurance Code and, in this chapter, may also be referred to as the "Insurance Code".

History: 1978 Comp., § 59A-1-1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 320, § 1.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1993, ch. 320, § 1 repealed former 59A-1-1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 1, and enacted a new section, effective June 18, 1993.

Compiler's notes. — Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 994, provided that any laws of New Mexico remaining in force after the effective date of the act (January 1, 1985) and which refer to provisions repealed in Section 997 of the act (primarily provisions in Chapter 59 NMSA 1978 are repealed) shall be deemed to refer to those provisions of the act which are substantially the same as the repealed provisions.

Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 996, provided that the various article numbers and titles, the descriptive headings, subheadings and catchlines immediately preceding texts of or in individual sections do not constitute part of the act and are included only for purpose of convenient reference.

Laws 1993, ch. 320, § 1 repealed and reenacted this section, making all of the extant provisions of Chapter 59A NMSA 1978 part of the Insurance Code. Subsequent additions to Chapter 59A have also been additions to the Insurance Code, except for 59A-17A-1 to 59A-17A-10 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2005, Chapter 275, 59A-30A-1 to 59A-30A-18 NMSA 1978 as enacted by Laws 1999, Chapter 60, and 59A-42A-1 to 59A-42A-9 NMSA 1978 as enacted by Laws 1997, Chapter 107. Definitions in the Insurance Code are not applicable to those sections excluded from the scope of the code.

Law reviews. — For comment, "Survey of New Mexico Law: Insurance Law," see 15 N.M.L. Rev. 327 (1985).

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Scope of provision in liability policy issued to municipal corporation or similar governmental body limiting coverage to injuries arising out of construction, maintenance or repair work, 30 A.L.R.5th 699.

Construction and application of pre-emption exemption, under Employee Retirement Income Security Act (29 USCS § 1001 et seq.), for state laws regulating insurance, banking, or securities (29 USCS § 1144(b)(2)), 87 A.L.R. Fed. 797.

Exemption or immunity from federal antitrust liability under McCarran-Ferguson Act (15 USCS §§ 1011-1013) and state action and Noerr-Pennington doctrines for business of insurance and persons engaged in it, 116 A.L.R. Fed. 163.