Section 63-3-33 - [Failure of district attorney to act; prosecution by attorney general.]

NM Stat § 63-3-33 (2019) (N/A)
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In case of the failure of any district attorney to bring such suit within a reasonable time after information shall have been lodged with him, by the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] or any other person, of any violation of this act [63-3-29 to 63-3-33 NMSA 1978], it shall be the duty of the attorney general upon being informed of such fact to cause such prosecution to be commenced.

History: Laws 1915, ch. 37, § 5; C.S. 1929, § 116-325; 1941 Comp., § 74-334; 1953 Comp., § 69-3-36.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 80 provided that references to the state corporation commission be construed as references to the public regulation commission.