A. Upon a declaration by the governor of an emergency or disaster, a person certified as a journeyman plumber or journeyman gas fitter pursuant to the Construction Industries Licensing Act [Chapter 60, Article 13 NMSA 1978] may employ no more than five gas pilot relighting technicians during the period of the declared emergency or disaster.
B. A gas pilot relighting technician employed by a journeyman plumber or journeyman gas fitter pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be an employee of the journeyman plumber or journeyman gas fitter and shall be covered by liability insurance provided by the journeyman plumber or journeyman gas fitter.
C. The duties of a gas pilot relighting technician employed by a journeyman plumber or journeyman gas fitter pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be limited to work directly related to the relighting of pilot lights for residential equipment and appliances serving residences with not more than four dwelling units.
D. If authorized in the declaration of emergency or disaster issued by the governor and subject to funds being made available pursuant to such a declaration, the secretary of homeland security and emergency management may adopt rules permitting state funds to be used to pay the cost of journeyman plumbers, journeyman gas fitters or gas pilot relighting technicians for services rendered during the declared period of the emergency or disaster to restore natural gas service to residences within the area covered by the declaration of emergency or disaster.
History: Laws 2011, ch. 104, § 4.
Effective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 104 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 17, 2011, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
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