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§ 7-16A-16 NMSA 1978

Delivery and use of special fuel prohibited in certain cases

Known as the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act

The act spans §§ 7–7 (31 sections).

Laws 1992, ch. 51, § 16.

It is a violation of the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act to do any of the following acts:

A. operate any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state with a connection between a cargo or other tank or container, not considered in the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act as being the motor vehicle's fuel supply tank, and a carburetor or other fuel supplying device; fuel supply tanks, including auxiliary fuel supply tanks, shall be separate and apart from cargo tanks or other containers, with no connection by pipe, tube, valve or otherwise;

B. sell or deliver to any person or motor vehicle special fuel from any special fuel supply tank or auxiliary special fuel supply tank; or

C. deliver special fuel from a cargo tank into the special fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle; provided, however, delivery of liquefied petroleum gases may be made into the special fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle carrying a valid permit under the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act by a registered and licensed liquefied petroleum gas dealer who is also a special fuel dealer when made by that dealer from the cargo tank of a vehicle operated by that dealer, which tank is specially designed to make this type of special fuel delivery.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.