NMSA 63-3-36. Construction and maintenance of highway crossings

63-3-36. Construction and maintenance of highway crossings. A. Subject to the provisions of Subsection B hereof, every railroad company in this state shall construct and maintain in good condition, at its own expense, good and sufficient crossings at all places in this state where its railroad crosses public highways, city, town or village streets at grade, now or hereafter to be opened for public use. Such crossings shall be constructed of planks, macadam, concrete or other suitable material in such manner as to be level with the top of the rails for a reasonable distance on each side of each rail. B. Any highway-railroad crossing at grade that may hereafter be constructed or reconstructed by the state highway department will be a full plank crossing of a material approved by the state highway department and railroad, to be installed by the railroad company at the state highway department's expense. If a joint investigation of railroad and highway engineers shows that a highway-railroad crossing at grade should be reconstructed, then the highway department shall pay the railroad for the initial full plank crossing. Said constructed or reconstructed crossing will be maintained in good condition at the railroad company's own expense. History: Laws 1929, ch. 97, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 116-1202; 1941 Comp., § 74-337; 1953 Comp., § 69-3-39; Laws 1963, ch. 133, § 1.