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Section 60-7A-24 - Obstruction of the administration of the Liquor Control Act; criminal penalty; sentencing.

NM Stat § 60-7A-24 (2019) (N/A)
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A. Any person who forcibly or by bribe, threat or other corrupt practice obstructs, impedes or attempts to obstruct the administration of the provisions of the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978] is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.

B. Any licensee who forcibly or by bribe, threat or other corrupt practice obstructs, impedes or attempts to obstruct the administration of the provisions of the Liquor Control Act is guilty of violating the Liquor Control Act and shall be punished by fine, suspension or revocation under the procedures of the Liquor Control Act.

History: Laws 1981, ch. 39, § 110; 1993, ch. 68, § 20.

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, rewrote the catchline; added "and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978" at the end of Subsection A; and made a minor stylistic change in Subsection A.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Intoxicating Liquors § 165.

48 C.J.S. Intoxicating Liquors § 214.

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