N.M. Stat. § 24-15-4
Insurance.
A. Every ski area operator shall file with the department of transportation and keep
on file with the department proof of financial responsibility in the form of a current
insurance policy in a form approved by the department, issued by an insurance
company authorized to do business in the state and conditioned to pay, within the limits
of liability prescribed in this section, all final judgments for personal injury or property
damage proximately caused by or resulting from negligence of the ski area operator
covered by the policy, as such negligence is defined and limited by the Ski Safety Act.
The minimum limits of liability insurance to be provided by ski area operators shall be as
follows:
SKI SAFETY ACT
LIABILITY INSURANCE
LIMITS OF LIABILITY
REQUIRED MINIMUM COVERAGES
FOR INJURIES, DEATH OR DAMAGES
LIMITS FOR BODILY
INJURY TO OR DEATH
LIMITS FOR BODILY
OF ALL PERSONS
KIND AND NUMBER
INJURY TO OR DEATH
INJURED OR KILLED
PROPERTY
OF LIFTS OPERATED
OF ONE PERSON
IN ANY ONE ACCIDENT
DAMAGE
Not more than
three surface lifts
$ 100,000
$ 300,000
$ 5,000
Not more than
three ski lifts,
including one or more
chair lifts
250,000
500,000
25,000
More than three
ski lifts or one
or more tramways
500,000
1,000,000
50,000.
B. No ski lift or tramway shall be operated in this state after the effective date of the
Ski Safety Act unless a current insurance policy as required by this section is in effect
and properly filed with the department of transportation. Each policy shall contain a
provision that it cannot be canceled prior to its expiration date without thirty days' written
notice of intent to cancel served by registered mail on the insured and on the
department.