New Mexico § 70-3-2 - License; fees; disposition

§ 70-3-2. License; fees; disposition

Each operator of a pipeline or pipelines operated in the state of New Mexico for the

transportation of crude oil, natural gas or the products derived therefrom shall,

during the month of July, obtain a license for the operation of such pipeline. Application for such license shall be made upon a form to be provided by the corporation

commission [public regulation commission] and shall be accompanied by the license

fee determined as hereinafter provided. On receipt of such application and license fee, the corporation commission [public

regulation commission] shall issue a license to the applicant for the current fiscal

year. All license fees so collected shall be paid to the state treasurer, and by him credited

to the general fund. A. Each person, firm, association or corporation transporting natural gas or the products

derived therefrom by pipeline or pipelines in New Mexico, and operating a pipeline

or pipelines and appurtenant facilities within New Mexico, shall pay an annual license

fee of five hundred dollars ($500) at the time of making the application required

by this section. An additional fee shall be paid, measured by the aggregate installed rated horsepower

of compression facilities located within New Mexico, and operated by the licensee

in accordance with the following schedule: (1) not exceeding 10,000 horsepower, the minimum fee with no additional fee; (2) more than 10,000 horsepower and not more than 30,000 horsepower, the minimum fee

plus $2,275.00; (3) more than 30,000 horsepower and not more than 50,000 horsepower, the minimum fee

plus $4,000.00; (4) more than 50,000 horsepower and not more than 75,000 horsepower, the minimum fee

plus $5,000.00; (5) more than 75,000 horsepower and not more than 100,000 horsepower, the minimum

fee plus $5,500.00; (6) more than 100,000 horsepower, the minimum fee plus $5,925.00 and plus $75.00 additional

for each 10,000 horsepower or fraction thereof in excess of 100,000 horsepower. B. Each operator of a pipeline or pipelines for the transportation of oil or the products

derived therefrom shall pay the following fees, based on the number of miles of such

line operated in New Mexico: A basic fee of five hundred dollars ($500) and in addition fees computed in accordance

with the following schedule: (1) for all lines up to and including eight inches in diameter: $13.00 per mile for the first 50 miles; $7.00 per mile for the next 25 miles; $4.00 per mile for the next 25 miles; $1.00 per mile for each mile in excess of 100 miles; (2) for all lines more than eight inches in diameter: $18.00 per mile for the first 25 miles; $13.00 per mile for the next 25 miles; $9.00 per mile for the next 25 miles; $6.00 per mile for the next 25 miles; $2.00 per mile for each mile in excess of 100 miles. For purposes of determining the license fees payable under the provisions of this

Subsection B, any pipeline owned by two or more persons, firms or corporations shall

be considered to be a separate pipeline operation to be licensed as such in the name

of the operator or owners thereof. The basic fee to be paid in the licensing of such lines under the foregoing fee

schedule shall be: $500 on lines less than twenty inches in diameter; $850 on lines twenty inches or more in diameter.