Section 71-5-15 - Purchase, sale or handling of excess geothermal resources or products prohibited. - New Mexico Statutes

71-5-15. Purchase, sale or handling of excess geothermal resources or products prohibited.

A.     The sale or purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, utilization or processing, or handling in any other way, of geothermal resources in whole or in  part produced in excess of the amount allowed by any statute of this state, or by any provision of the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act [71-5-1 NMSA 1978], or by any rule, regulation or order of the commission or division made hereunder, is hereby prohibited, and such geothermal resources are hereby referred to as "illegal geothermal resources."   

B.     The sale or purchase or acquisition, or the transportation, utilization or processing, or the handling in any other way, of any product of geothermal resources, which product is derived in whole or in part from geothermal resources produced in whole or in part in excess of the amount allowed by any statute of this state, or by any provision of the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act, or by any rule, regulation or order of the commission or division made thereunder, is hereby prohibited, and each such commodity or product is herein referred to as "illegal geothermal resources product."