No mask, no service: NM businesses on front lines of enforcing state mandate

The public health mandate requiring that all New Mexicans wear a face covering in public or be fined has presented a new challenge to New Mexico businesses during Covid-19.

On July 1, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that people in the state will face a fine if they don’t follow the mandate, in place since May 16, to wear a mask when in public to help slow the spread of the virus. The state’s businesses must work to enforce the state’s rules or be subject to a $100 fine and a misdemeanor citation.

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Source: The Business Journal