Section 63-9B-4.1 - AMBER alert notification. - New Mexico Statutes

63-9B-4.1. AMBER alert notification.

A.     Each cellular service company or paging service company that is authorized to conduct business in New Mexico and offers text messaging services to its customers shall file with the authorized requester, designated by the chief of the New Mexico state police pursuant to the AMBER Alert Law, the names and telephone numbers of representatives that will be available at all times for notification of an AMBER alert.

B.     The authorized requester may designate one or more services to accept notification of an AMBER alert and deliver the notification to each cellular service company or paging service company.  Connections with the services shall be made in the most technically efficient manner possible, using standard network sharing protocol from authorized agencies or their respective communication contractors.

C.     Upon notification of an AMBER alert by the requester, a representative of a cellular service company or paging service company may cause a text message to be sent to its customers that use a text messaging service, alerting them that an AMBER alert has been declared and containing such other information about the child and the abductor that may reasonably lead to the expedient and successful end to the abduction.