A. A license issued pursuant to Section 60-15-7 NMSA 1978 shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance.

B. License renewal procedures shall be prescribed by the department by rule.

C. Any license not renewed by the expiration date shall be considered expired, and the licensee shall not operate a crane within the state until the license is renewed. Operating a crane with an expired license shall be considered unlicensed operation and shall subject the person who is operating the crane to the penalties as provided in the Crane Operators Safety Act.

D. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules for renewal of an expired license and may require the licensee to reapply as a new applicant.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 183, § 8; 1995, ch. 138, § 6; 2013, ch. 76, § 3; 2017, ch. 31, § 7.

The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, replaced "hoisting" or "hoisting equipment" with "crane" throughout the section.

The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, provided for renewal of licenses; prohibits a licensee whose license has expired from operating hoisting equipment until the license is renewed; provided for penalties for violations of this section; in Subsection B, after "department by", deleted "regulation" and added "rule"; deleted former Subsection C, which provided a misdemeanor penalty for operating hoisting equipment after the expiration of a license; and added Subsections C and D.

The 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1995, substituted "Section 60-15-7 NMSA 1978" for "Section 7 of the Hoisting Operators Safety Act" in Subsection A; in Subsection C, substituted "class I" for "first class", substituted "class II" for "second class", substituted "class III" for "third class", and substituted "less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than three hundred dollars ($300)" for "more than five hundred dollars ($500)".