SENATE BILL 15

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

Timothy M. Keller

AN ACT

RELATING TO CORPORATIONS; AMENDING A SECTION OF CHAPTER 53 NMSA 1978 TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTRONIC FILING OF DOCUMENTS WITH THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 53-2-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2001, Chapter 200, Section 13) is amended to read:

     "53-2-11. ELECTRONIC FILING AND CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS--USE OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT OF FEES.--

          A. The public regulation commission [may] shall adopt rules permitting the electronic filing of documents, including original documents, and the certification of electronically filed documents when filing or certification is required or permitted pursuant to a provision of Chapter 53 NMSA 1978. The rules shall provide for the appropriate treatment of electronic filings for the purposes of satisfying requirements for original documents or copies and shall provide the requirements for signature with respect to electronic filings. As used in this section, "electronic filing" means filing by facsimile, email or other electronic transmission. If the commission accepts the filing of a document by electronic transmission, it [may] shall accept for filing a document containing a copy of a signature, however made.

          B. The public regulation commission may accept a credit or debit card, in lieu of cash or check, or other means of payment specified in its rules, as payment of a fee pursuant to a provision of Chapter 53 NMSA 1978. The commission shall determine those credit or debit cards or other means of payment that may be accepted for payment."

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