New Mexico Statutes 55-12-111. Temporary provision; effectiveness
A. A document of title issued or a bailment that arises before the effective date of this act and the rights, obligations and interests flowing from that document or bailment are governed by any statute or other rule amended or repealed by this act as if amendment or repeal had not occurred and may be terminated, completed, consummated or enforced under that statute or other rule.
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 55-12-111
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
B. The provisions of Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code do not repeal or modify any laws prescribing the form or contents of documents of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by bailees, or otherwise regulating bailees’ businesses in respects not specifically dealt with in the Uniform Commercial Code; but the fact that such laws are violated does not affect the status of a document of title that otherwise conforms with the definition of a document of title.