Section 55-2A-406 - Procedure on excused performance(1) If the lessee receives notification of a material or indefinite delay or an allocation justified under Section 55-2A-405 NMSA 1978, the lessee may by written notification to the lessor as to any goods involved, and with respect to all of the goods if under an installment lease contract the value of the whole lease contract is substantially impaired (Section 55-2A-510 NMSA 1978): (a) terminate the lease contract (Section 55-2A-505(2) NMSA 1978); or(b) except in a finance lease that is not a consumer lease, modify the lease contract by accepting the available quota in substitution, with due allowance from the rent payable for the balance of the lease term for the deficiency but without further right against the lessor.(2) If, after receipt of a notification from the lessor under Section 55-2A-405 NMSA 1978, the lessee fails so to modify the lease agreement within a reasonable time not exceeding thirty days, the lease contract lapses with respect to any deliveries affected.1978 Comp., § 55-2A-406, enacted by Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 54.