N.M. Stat. § 60-2D-13

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 60-2D-13 - License; refusal to issue

The commission, using the procedures of the Uniform Licensing Act [61-1-1 to 61-1-31 NMSA 1978]:

A. when dealing with a general bicycle-racing license, shall refuse to issue a license if the applicant:

(1) as an individual or, if a partnership, joint venture or corporation, if any partner, joint venturer, officer or director has been convicted of any crime which if committed in New Mexico is or would have been a felony or of the violation of any law of the United States or of any state concerning gambling or racing or of any rule or regulation of this or any other racing commission; or

(2) fails to pay the required fees or any other payment required by the Bicycle Racing Act;

B. when dealing with a pari-mutuel bicycle-racing license, shall refuse to issue the license for the reasons given in Subsection A of this section or, in addition, if the applicant:

(1) is not a bona-fide resident of New Mexico;

(2) is a foreign corporation;

(3) is a corporation and does not have a provision in its charter that none of the voting stock of the corporation shall be sold, mortgaged or otherwise pledged or transferred without ten days' prior written notice to the commission;

(4) is a corporation any of the voting stock of which is held for an undisclosed principal, unless the corporation is listed on a national stock exchange and the named stockholder is a recognized nominee; or

(5) refuses to agree that he will not thereafter sell, mortgage or otherwise pledge or dispose of any of the assets listed and described on the application for license without giving the commission ten days' written notice;

C. when dealing with a general bicycle-racing license, may refuse to issue the license if the applicant makes any false or fraudulent statement of a material nature in the application; or

D. when dealing with a pari-mutuel bicycle-racing license, may refuse to issue the license for the reason given in Subsection C of this section or if:

(1) the financial standing of the applicant and his ability or, if a partnership, joint venture or corporation, the financial standing of the partnership, joint venture or corporation or the ability of the partners, joint venturers, officers or directors of the corporation are such that in the opinion of the commission it is not in the best interest of the state to grant the license;

(2) the sentiments of the residents of the area and the county in which it is proposed to conduct the bicycle-racing meet are against the license; or

(3) for any other reason it is not in the best interest of the state, the racing industry and the area and county in which it is proposed to conduct the bicycle-racing meets to grant the license.

NMS § 60-2D-13

Laws 1991, ch. 233, § 13.