As used in the Low Income Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Service Assistance Act:

1. A. "authority" or "department" means the health care authority; and

2. B. "utility" means any individual, firm, partnership, company, district, including solid waste district, water and sanitation district and special district, cooperative, association, public or private corporation, lessee, trustee or receiver appointed by any court, municipality and municipal utility as defined in the Municipal Code [3-1-1 NMSA 1978], incorporated county or county that may or does own, operate, lease or control any plant, property or facility for:

   1. (1) the supply, storage, distribution or furnishing of water to or for the public;
   2. (2) the supply and furnishing of sanitary sewer service to or for the public; or
   3. (3) the supply and furnishing of collection, transportation, treatment or disposal of solid waste to or for the public. "Utility" does not include a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the public regulation commission.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 206, § 3; 2024, ch. 39, § 109.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, provided that references to "authority" or "department" in the Low Income Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Service Assistance Act mean the health care authority, and made conforming amendments; and in Subsection A, added "'authority' or" and after "means the" deleted "human services department" and added "health care authority".