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NM Stat § 57-5-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-12 - [Refusing alternative selections; prima facie evidence of intent to violate act; penalty.]

The fact that any producer, distributor, owner or lessee of motion pictures fails, or refuses to permit exhibitors in competitive situations to make alternative selections in the presence of each other, each to either purchase or rent his proportionate share of a product, upon the same terms and conditions and as in this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] provided, shall be prima facie evidence of the intent of such producer, distributor, owner or lessee to violate or defeat the purposes, intent and provisions of this act, and such producer, distributor, owner or lessee shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) and by imprisonment at hard labor of not less than nor more than twelve months. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 12; 1941 Comp., § 51-2712; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-12. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 57-5-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-13 - [Date and place of alternative selections; contracts made outside state unlawful; exception.]

In all competitive situations where there is to be an alternative selection of motion pictures by competitive exhibitors, the producer and/or distributor shall set the date for such alternative selection in each competitive situation, and each exhibitor shall be notified simultaneously in writing, by registered mail by the producer and/or distributor. The selection shall take place in the town or city where such competition exists, and it shall be unlawful for any producer, exhibitor or any other person having traveling or district agents, to make or close in any place, other than in New Mexico, any contract for the sale or lease of any motion picture or pictures for any competitive situation in New Mexico, unless all competitive exhibitors mutually agree otherwise in writing. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 13; 1941 Comp., § 51-2713; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-13. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 57-5-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-14 - [Civil liability for violation.]

Any person, or persons, or corporation, who shall violate any of the provisions of this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978], shall be civilly liable in both actual and punitive damages to the person or persons injured, damaged or discriminated against for any and all damages occasioned thereby, either directly or indirectly, and including all costs and attorney's fees. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 14; 1941 Comp., § 51-2714; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-14. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 57-5-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-15 - [Misrepresentation of box office value; civil liability.]

Any producer and/or distributor, who misrepresents, either orally or otherwise, the merit or box office value of any motion picture or pictures, at the time of sale or lease of any product, or part thereof, shall be held accountable therefor and if such producer and/or distributor shall refuse or fail to make adjustment, the producer and/or distributor shall be civilly liable in damages, both actual and punitive, to the person or persons damaged, including all costs and attorneys' fees. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 15; 1941 Comp., § 51-2715; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-15. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 57-5-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-16 - [Fair and equitable adjustments of contracts permitted.]

The provisions of this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] shall not prohibit fair and equitable adjustments or changes in any contract for pictures in any competitive situation between producers, distributors and exhibitors, provided the same is openly arrived at, and each exhibitor in a competitive situation is accorded the same treatment under like or similar conditions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to franchises in force at the time of the passage of this act. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 16; 1941 Comp., § 51-2716; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-16. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — The phrase "at the time of the passage of this act", referred to at the end of the section, means the time of the passage and approval of Laws 1933, Chapter 177, which was approved on March 17, 1933.
NM Stat § 57-5-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-17 - [Existing contracts to be filed with public regulation commission.]

Attested copies of all contracts for motion pictures now in force in competitive situations shall be filed with the corporation commission [public regulation commission] within thirty days after this act becomes effective, and hereafter when competition begins in any town or city all existing contracts for motion pictures shall be immediately filed with the corporation commission [public regulation commission] by the exhibitors, and the provisions of this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] shall apply to the new competitors as of the day he or they begin to function or acquire motion pictures in or for the new competitive situation. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 17; 1941 Comp., § 51-2717; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-17. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 80 provided that references to the corporation commission be construed as references to the public regulation commission. Compiler's notes. — The phrase "within thirty days after this act becomes effective", appearing near the beginning of the section, means within thirty days of the effective date of Laws 1933, Chapter 177, which was March 17, 1933.
NM Stat § 57-5-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-18 - [Public regulation commission as agent for service of process.]

Every producer and/or distributor, manufacturer or seller of motion pictures in the state of New Mexico, and of leases, rights and contracts and agreements of every kind and nature by which motion pictures are exhibited in the state of New Mexico, shall appoint the chairman of the corporation commission [public regulation commission] and his successors in office, his, its or their true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or legal process against it, in favor of a resident of the state of New Mexico, and therein shall agree that any such lawful process against it so served shall be of the same force and validity as if served on the company, person or firm personally in the state of New Mexico, and the authority thereof shall continue in force irrevocably so long as any contract, lease, agreement or liability of such person, firm or corporation remains outstanding in the state of New Mexico. Such process shall be served by leaving the same in duplicate with the chairman of the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] and depositing with him a fee of $2.00, and the service thereof on such attorney shall be deemed service on the principal. The chairman of the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] shall forthwith forward such process by registered mail, prepaid, to the person, firm or corporation at the address given by such person, firm or corporation in the appointment required to be filed hereby, and such service of process shall not be complete until the same has been so mailed, and the registry receipt shall be prima facie evidence of the completion of such service. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 18; 1941 Comp., § 51-2718; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-18. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 80 provided that references to the state corporation commission be construed as references to the public regulation commission. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Power of state to provide for service, other than personal, of process upon nonresident individual doing business within the state so as to subject him to judgment in personam, 91 A.L.R. 1327. Requisite of service upon, or delivery to, designated public official, as a condition of substituted service of process on him, 148 A.L.R. 975. Setting aside default judgment for failure of statutory agent on whom process was served to notify defendant, 20 A.L.R.2d 1179. 16 C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 124 to 132; 16D C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 1156 to 1161.
NM Stat § 57-5-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-19 - [Failure to designate agent for service of process; penalty; pictures barred.]

The requirements in Section eighteen [57-5-18 NMSA 1978] are hereby made a prerequisite to the right of any person, firm or corporation to sell, lease or otherwise distribute motion pictures within the state of New Mexico. Any person, firm or corporation selling, distributing or exhibiting pictures in the state of New Mexico without first designating the chairman of the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] as its true and lawful attorney for the purpose of service of process as hereinbefore required, shall be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and all pictures, produced, manufactured or distributed by such person, firm or corporation shall be barred and excluded from exhibiting [exhibition] within the state of New Mexico until the provisions of this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] have been complied with by such person, firm or corporation. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 19; 1941 Comp., § 51-2719; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-19. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 80 provided that references to the state corporation commission be construed as references to the public regulation commission.
NM Stat § 57-5-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-20 - [Venue of prosecutions.]

The venue in an indictment or information for conspiracy in violation of the provisions of this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978], may be laid in the county in which the agreement was entered into, or in any county in which any overt act was done by any of the conspirators in furtherance of the common design or conspiracy. If the conspiracy is entered into within the jurisdiction of any court of this state, the parties thereto are triable in that jurisdiction, notwithstanding that the offense is to be committed outside the jurisdiction, or in another state. And if the conspiracy is formed outside the jurisdiction of any court of this state, and an overt act is performed in the furtherance of said conspiracy in the jurisdiction of any such court, the conspirators shall be tried and punished in the court wherein the overt act was committed. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 20; 1941 Comp., § 51-2720; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-20. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 92 C.J.S. Venue §§ 77, 78.
NM Stat § 57-5-21 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-21 - [Contracts filed with public regulation commission; fees; filing copies of blank forms; penalty for violation.]

All contracts for the purchase, leasing or acquirement of motion pictures by producers and/or distributors, in competitive situations, from producers and/or exhibitors or anyone else, shall be filed as in this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] provided with the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] at Santa Fe, New Mexico, within ten days after same have been approved or become operative; and all adjustments, modifications or changes in contracts shall be in writing and shall be executed as in this act provided for original contracts, and shall be filed likewise and within ten days thereafter; all instruments so filed shall be sworn to by the parties thereto. The corporation commission [public regulation commission] shall receive a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for every instrument filed under the provisions of this act, and shall charge a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for all copies of instruments furnished upon request. When forms are used by producers and exhibitors in sales and lease contracts, blank copies thereof shall be furnished to the corporation commission [public regulation commission] by producers and/or exhibitors. Any person, firm or corporation who fails or refuses, after notice, to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine as provided in Section four [57-5-4 NMSA 1978] of this act. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 21; 1941 Comp., § 51-2721; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-21. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 80 provided that references to the state corporation commission be construed as references to the public regulation commission.
NM Stat § 57-5-22 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5 - Motion Pictures|Section 57-5-22 - [Determination of first and second run theaters by public regulation commission.]

All matters requiring a decision as to whether a theater should be classified as a "first" or "second" run theater or a picture show shall be determined by the corporation commission [public regulation commission]. History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 22; 1941 Comp., § 51-2722; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-22. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 80 provided that references to the corporation commission be construed as references to the public regulation commission. Cross references. — For the definitions of first and second run theaters, see 57-5-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 57-5A-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5A - Motion Picture Fair Competition|Section 57-5A-1 - Short title.

This act [57-5A-1 to 57-5A-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Motion Picture Fair Competition Act". History: Laws 1979, ch. 189, § 1.
NM Stat § 57-5A-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5A - Motion Picture Fair Competition|Section 57-5A-2 - Purposes.

The purpose of the Motion Picture Fair Competition Act is to establish fair and open procedures for the bidding and negotiation of motion pictures within New Mexico in order to prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and unreasonable restraints of trade in the business of motion picture distribution within the state, to promote fair and effective competition in that business and to benefit the movie-going public by holding down admission prices to motion picture theaters, thereby expanding the choice of motion pictures available to the public and preventing exposure of the public to objectionable or unsuitable pictures by ensuring that exhibitors have the opportunity to view a picture before committing themselves to exhibiting it. History: Laws 1979, ch. 189, § 2.
NM Stat § 57-5A-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5A - Motion Picture Fair Competition|Section 57-5A-3 - Definitions.

As used in the Motion Picture Fair Competition Act: A. "theater" means any establishment in which motion pictures are regularly exhibited to the public for a charge; B. "distributor" means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental, sale or licensing; C. "exhibitor" means any person engaged in the business of operating one or more theaters; D. "exhibit" or "exhibition" means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge; E. "invitation to bid" means a written or oral solicitation or invitation by a distributor to one or more exhibitors to bid or negotiate for the right to exhibit a motion picture; F. "bid" means a written or oral offer or proposal by an exhibitor to a distributor, in response to an invitation to bid or otherwise, stating the terms under which the exhibitor will agree to exhibit a motion picture; G. "license agreement" means any contract, agreement, understanding or condition between a distributor and an exhibitor relating to the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor; H. "trade screening" means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in the exchange center serving New Mexico which is open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture; I. "blind bidding" means the bidding for, negotiating for or offering or agreeing to terms for the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture, if the motion picture has not been trade screened in the exchange center before any such event has occurred; and J. "run" means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographical area for a specified period of time. A "first run" is the first exhibition of a motion picture in the designated area, a "second run" is the second exhibition and "subsequent runs" are subsequent exhibitions after the second run. History: Laws 1979, ch. 189, § 3; 1980, ch. 49, § 1.
NM Stat § 57-5A-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5A - Motion Picture Fair Competition|Section 57-5A-4 - Blind bidding.

A. Blind bidding shall not be required of exhibitions in New Mexico. No bids shall be returnable, no negotiations for the exhibition or licensing of a motion picture shall take place and no license agreement or any of its terms shall be agreed to for the exhibition of any motion picture within the state before the motion picture has been offered for trade screening in the exchange center. B. A distributor shall include in each invitation to bid for a motion picture for exhibition within New Mexico, if such motion picture has not already been trade screened in the exchange center, the date, time and place of the proposed trade screening of the motion picture in the exchange center. C. A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice to exhibitors within New Mexico of motion pictures he is distributing. D. If, within fifteen days of the date of transmission of the invitation to bid, no exhibitor has notified the distributor that it will attend the proposed trade screening, then no trade screening shall be required prior to the acceptance of bids. E. Any purported waiver of the requirements of this section shall be void and unenforceable. History: Laws 1979, ch. 189, § 4; 1980, ch. 49, § 2.
NM Stat § 57-5A-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 5A - Motion Picture Fair Competition|Section 57-5A-5 - Bidding procedures.

If bids are solicited from exhibitors for the licensing of a motion picture within New Mexico, then: A. the invitation to bid shall specify: (1) the number and length of runs for which the bid is being solicited, whether it is a first, second or subsequent run and the geographic area for each run; (2) the names of all exhibitors or their designated agents who are being solicited; (3) the date and hour the invitation to bid expires; and (4) the location, including the address, where the bids will be opened, which shall be in the exchange center; B. all bids shall be submitted in writing and shall be opened at the same time and in the presence of exhibitors, or their agents, who submitted bids and are present at such time; C. after being opened, bids shall be subject to examination by exhibitors, or their agents, who submitted bids. Within ten business days after a bid is accepted, the distributor shall notify in writing each exhibitor who submitted a bid of the name of the winning bidder; and D. once bids are solicited, the distributor shall have the option to license the motion picture by competitive negotiation if he does not accept any of the submitted bids. History: Laws 1979, ch. 189, § 5; 1980, ch. 49, § 3.
NM Stat § 57-7-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 7 - Junk Dealers|Section 57-7-1 - ["Junk dealers" defined.]

That all persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of purchasing or selling secondhand or castoff material of any kind, which is commonly known and is hereinafter designated and referred to as "junk" - such as old iron, copper, brass, lead, zinc, tin, steel and other metals, metallic cables, wires, ropes, cordage, bottles, bagging, rags, rubber, paper and other like materials, shall be and hereby are defined, and held to be junk dealers within the meaning of this act [57-7-1 to 57-7-7 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 1921, ch. 25, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 77-101; 1941 Comp., § 51-2601; 1953 Comp., § 49-7-1. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 58 Am. Jur. 2d Occupations, Trades and Professions §§ 1, 4, 15. Regulation of junk dealers, 30 A.L.R. 1427, 45 A.L.R.2d 1391.
NM Stat § 57-7-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations|Article 7 - Junk Dealers|Section 57-7-2 - [Records of purchases.]

Every junk dealer shall keep a book in which shall be written in ink at the time of their purchase a full and accurate description of each and every article purchased, together with the full name, residence and general description of the person or persons selling the same, and said book shall at all times be open to inspection by the sheriff of the county, or any of his deputies and any member of the police force in the city or town, and any constable or other municipal or county official in the county, in which said junk dealer does business. No entry in said book shall be erased, mutilated or changed. History: Laws 1921, ch. 25, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 77-102; 1941 Comp., § 51-2602; 1953 Comp., § 49-7-2. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 58 Am. Jur. 2d Occupations, Trades and Professions § 9. Validity and construction of regulation requiring keeping of records, 30 A.L.R. 1436, 45 A.L.R.2d 1391.