A. Every employer not domiciled in the state who employs workers engaged in activities required to be licensed under the Construction Industries Licensing Act [Chapter 60, Article 13 NMSA 1978] and every other employer not domiciled in the state who employs three or more workers within the state, whether that employment is permanent, temporary or transitory and whether the workers are residents or nonresidents of the state, shall comply with the provisions of Section 52-3-9 NMSA 1978 and, unless self-insured, shall obtain an occupational disease disablement compensation insurance policy or an endorsement to an existing policy, issued in accordance with the provisions of Section 59A-17-10.1 NMSA 1978. An employer who does not comply with the foregoing requirement shall be barred from recovery by legal action for labor or materials furnished during any period of time in which he was not in compliance with the requirements of this section and, if the noncomplying employment is in an activity for which the employer is licensed under the provisions of the Construction Industries Licensing Act, the employer's license is subject to revocation or suspension for the violation.

B. The construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department, or a local government that is carrying out those duties, shall not issue any permit required for a contractor to undertake a construction contract if that contract is for an amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) unless the contractor has filed with the division proof of compliance with Subsection A of this section.

History: 1978 Comp., § 52-3-57, enacted by Laws 1990 (2nd S.S.), ch. 2, § 43.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1990 (2nd S.S.), ch. 2, § 43, repealed former 52-3-57 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1986, ch. 22, § 74, and enacted new section, effective January 1, 1991.