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N.M. Stat. § 7-30-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 30 / Section 7-30-2
§ 7-30-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act:

A. “ department ” means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or any employee of the department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;

B. “ production unit ” means a unit of property designated by the department from which products of common ownership are severed;

C. “ severance ” means the taking from the soil of any product in any manner whatsoever;

D. “ value ” means the actual price received for products at the production unit, except as otherwise provided in the Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act;

E. “ product ” or “ products ” means oil, including crude, slop or skim oil and condensate; natural gas; liquid hydrocarbon, including ethane, propane, isobutene, normal butane and pentanes plus, individually or any combination thereof; and non-hydrocarbon gases, including carbon dioxide and helium;

F. “ operator ” means any person:

(1) engaged in the severance of products from a production unit; or

(2) owning an interest in any product at the time of severance who receives a portion or all of such product for the person's interest;

G. “ purchaser ” means a person who is the first purchaser of a product after severance from a production unit, except as otherwise provided in the Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act;

H. “ person ” means any individual, estate, trust, receiver, business trust, corporation, firm, copartnership, cooperative, joint venture, association or other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular number;

I. “ interest owner ” means a person owning an entire or fractional interest of whatsoever kind or nature in the products at the time of severance from a production unit or who has a right to a monetary payment that is determined by the value of such products;

J. “ tax ” means the oil and gas conservation tax; and

K. “ volume ” means the quantity of product severed reported using:

(1) oil, condensate and slop oil in barrels; and

(2) natural gas, liquid hydrocarbons, helium and carbon dioxide in thousand cubic feet at a pressure base of fifteen and twenty-five thousandths pounds per square inch.
N.M. Stat. § 10-12B-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 12B / Section 10-12B-11
§ 10-12B-11. Employer contributions
Status: in_force

A. The member's court shall contribute fifteen percent of salary to the fund for each member in office.

B. Thirty-eight dollars ($38.00) from each civil case docket fee paid in the district court, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) from each civil docket fee paid in metropolitan court and ten dollars ($10.00) from each jury fee paid in metropolitan court shall be paid by the court clerk to the employer's accumulation fund.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-32 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-32
§ 7-27-32. Severance tax income bond retirement fund pledged
Status: in_force

The money in the severance tax income bond retirement fund is pledged for the principal and interest on all severance tax income bonds issued after the effective date of the Severance Tax Income Bonding Act.
N.M. Stat. § 24-16-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 16 / Section 24-16-18
§ 24-16-18. Penalties
Status: in_force

A person eighteen years of age or older who violates a provision of the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act is subject to:

A. a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for the first violation of that act;

B. a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) for the second violation of that act within any consecutive twelve-month period of the first violation; and

C. a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for the third and each subsequent violation of that act within any consecutive twelve-month period of a previous violation.
N.M. Stat. § 17-2-28 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-28
§ 17-2-28. Indians hunting off reservations; hunting on reservations; application of laws
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all Indians off the reservation within this state, or coming into this state from adjoining states, and to all persons hunting on any Indian reservation within this state; provided, however, that no Indian shall be required to have a license to hunt or fish within the limits of the reservation where said Indian resides.
N.M. Stat. § 2-17-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 17 / Section 2-17-2
§ 2-17-2. Membership; appointment; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. The welfare reform oversight committee shall be composed of twelve members. The New Mexico legislative council shall appoint six members from the house of representatives and six members from the senate. At the time of making the appointment, the legislative council shall designate the chairman and vice chairman of the committee.

B. Members shall be appointed from each house so as to give the two major political parties in each house the same proportionate representation on the committee as prevails in each house; however, in no event shall either party have less than one member from each house on the committee. At the request of the committee chairman, members may be removed from the committee by the New Mexico legislative council for nonattendance according to council policy. Vacancies on the committee, however caused, may be filled by the legislative council, or the council may reduce the size of the committee by not making replacement appointments and in that case need not readjust party representation.

C. An action shall not be taken by the committee if a majority of the total membership from either house on the committee rejects that action.
N.M. Stat. § 24-26-2 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 26 / Section 24-26-2
§ 24-26-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Patient Care Monitoring Act:

A. “ department ” means the aging and long-term services department; 1

B. “ facility ” means a long-term care facility licensed pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-1-5 NMSA 1978 , other than an intermediate care facility for individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities, and may also include:

(1) a skilled nursing facility;

(2) an intermediate care nursing facility;

(3) a nursing facility;

(4) an adult residential shelter care home;

(5) a boarding home;

(6) any adult care home or adult residential care facility; and

(7) any swing bed in an acute care facility or extended care facility;

C. “ monitoring device ” means a surveillance instrument that broadcasts or records activity, but does not include a still camera;

D. “ patient ” means a person who is a resident of a facility;

E. “ program ” means the New Mexico long-term care ombudsman program; and

F. “ surrogate ” means a legal guardian or a legally appointed substitute decision-maker who is authorized to act on behalf of a patient.
N.M. Stat. § 65-6-3 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 6 / Section 65-6-3
§ 65-6-3. Legislative purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Ambulance Standards Act is to provide uniform standards of design, equipment and operation of ambulances used in the transportation of the sick and injured, and to ensure the highest standards of competence in the ambulance drivers and attendants providing service to the public.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-8 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-8
§ 7-9-8. Presumption of taxability and value
Status: in_force

A. To prevent evasion of the compensating tax and the duty to collect it, it is presumed that property bought or sold by any person for delivery into this state is bought or sold for a taxable use in this state.

B. In determining the amount of compensating tax due on the use of property, it is presumed, in the absence of preponderant evidence of another value, that the value means the total amount of money or the reasonable value of other consideration paid for property exclusive of any type of time-price differential. However, in an exchange in which the amount of money paid does not represent the value of the property or property and service purchased, the compensating tax shall be imposed on the reasonable value of the property or property and service purchased.

C. In determining the amount of compensating tax due on the use of a service, it is presumed, in the absence of preponderant evidence of another value, that the value means the total amount of money or the reasonable value of other consideration paid for the service exclusive of any type of time-price differential. However, in an exchange in which the amount paid does not represent the value of the service purchased, the compensating tax shall be imposed on the reasonable value of the service purchased.
N.M. Stat. § 76-12-18 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 12 / Section 76-12-18
§ 76-12-18. Associations are not in restraint of trade
Status: in_force

A. Any association organized hereunder and complying with the terms hereof shall be deemed not to be a conspiracy nor a combination in restraint of trade nor an illegal monopoly; nor an attempt to lessen competition or to fix prices arbitrarily or to create a combination or pool in violation of any law of this state; and the contracts and agreements between the association and its members and any agreements authorized in this act shall be considered not to be illegal nor in restraint of trade nor a part of conspiracy or combination to accomplish an improper or illegal purpose nor contrary to the provisions of any statute enacted against pooling or combinations.

B. An association organized hereunder may acquire, exchange, interpret and disseminate to its members, to other cooperative associations and otherwise, past, present and prospective, crop, market, statistical, economic and other similar information either directly or through an agent created or selected by it or by other associations acting in conjunction with it.

C. An association organized hereunder may advise its members in respect to the adjustment of their current and prospective production of agricultural commodities with due account of the prospective volume of consumption, selling prices and existing or potential surpluses to the end that every market may be served from the most convenient productive areas under a program of orderly marketing that will assure supplies without undue enhancement of prices or the accumulation of undue surpluses.
N.M. Stat. § 53-6-4 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 6 / Section 53-6-4
§ 53-6-4. Incorporation
Status: in_force

One or more individuals, each of whom is licensed to render a professional service, may incorporate a professional corporation for pecuniary profit and become shareholders therein in the manner provided in the Business Corporation Act. The Business Corporation Act applies to professional corporations. If the provisions of the Business Corporation Act conflict with the provisions of the Professional Corporation Act, the provisions of the Professional Corporation Act shall prevail.
N.M. Stat. § 21-13-19 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-19
§ 21-13-19. Enrollment defined; payments
Status: in_force

A. For those students in community colleges taking college-level courses, full-time-equivalent students shall be defined and computed by the higher education department in the same manner in which it defines and computes full-time-equivalent students for all other college-level programs within its jurisdiction.

B. No student shall be included in any calculations made under the provisions of this section if the student is enrolled in a course the cost of which is totally reimbursed from federal, state or private sources.

C. The higher education department shall not recommend an appropriation greater than three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325) for each full-time-equivalent student for any community college that levies a tax at a rate less than two dollars ($2.00), unless a lower amount is required by operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 upon a rate of at least two dollars ($2.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code, 1 or any community college that reduces a previously authorized tax levy, except as required by the operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 .

D. The higher education department shall require from the community college such reports as the department deems necessary for the purpose of determining the number of full-time-equivalent students at the community college eligible to receive support under this section.

E. A community college board shall establish tuition and fee rates for its respective institutions for full-time, part-time, resident and nonresident students, as defined by the higher education department.

F. A community college board may establish and grant gratis scholarships to students who are residents of New Mexico in an amount not to exceed the matriculation fee or tuition and fees, or both. The gratis scholarships are in addition to the lottery tuition scholarships authorized in Section 21-13-10 NMSA 1978 and shall be granted to the full extent of available funds before lottery tuition scholarships are granted. The number of scholarships established and granted pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed three percent of the preceding fall semester enrollment in each institution and shall not be established and granted for summer sessions. The president of each institution shall select and recommend to the community college board of the president's institution, as recipients of scholarships, students who possess good moral character and satisfactory initiative, scholastic standing and personality. All of the gratis scholarships established and granted by each community college board each year shall be granted on the basis of financial need.
N.M. Stat. § 37-1-9 — NM Code / Chapter 37 / Article 1 / Section 37-1-9
§ 37-1-9. Effect of absence from state or concealment of debtor
Status: in_force

If, at any time after the incurring of an indebtedness or liability or the accrual of a cause of action against him or the entry of judgment against him in this state, a debtor shall have been or shall be absent from or out of the state or concealed within the state, the time during which he may have been or may be out of or absent from the state or may have concealed or may conceal himself within the state shall not be included in computing any of the periods of limitation above provided.
N.M. Stat. § 3-18-28 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 3-18-28
§ 3-18-28. Municipal employees' retirement system
Status: in_force

A municipality may enter into contracts with private insurance companies to establish a retirement system for its employees.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-62-2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 62 / Section 59A-62-2
§ 59A-62-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Self-Service Storage Insurance License Act:

A. “ occupant ” means a person who is entitled to the use of storage space at a self-service storage facility, to the exclusion of others, under terms of a rental agreement, including a sublessee, successor or assignee;

B. “ owner ” means the owner, operator, franchisee, lessor or sublessor of a self-service storage facility, agent or any person authorized to manage the facility or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement;

C. “ personal property ” means movable property not affixed to land, and includes goods, merchandise and household items;

D. “ rental agreement ” means any written agreement or lease between the owner and the occupant that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions or rules or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of storage space at a self-service storage facility;

E. “ self-service storage facility ” means any real property designed and used in the business of providing leased or rented storage space to occupants who have access to such facility for the purpose of storing and removing personal property;

F. “ self-service storage insurance ” means personal or commercial property insurance offered to an occupant in connection with and incidental to the rental of storage space at a self-service storage facility and that provides coverage for the loss of or damage to the occupant's personal property that occurs at the self-service storage facility or when such property is in transit to or from the facility during the period of the rental agreement;

G. “ self-service storage insurance producer ” means a business entity licensed only to offer insurance in connection with, and incidental to, rental agreements on behalf of an insurer authorized to write self-service storage insurance; and

H. “ supervising entity ” means an insurer issuing self-service storage insurance or a licensed insurance producer licensed pursuant to Article 11 of the Insurance Code that is authorized by an insurer to supervise the administration of a self-service storage insurance program.
N.M. Stat. § 4-20-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 20 / Section 4-20-3
§ 4-20-3. Funds, credits and taxes
Status: in_force

All funds, monies, rights, credits, licenses and taxes which belong to or were to be paid to the county of Quay shall be and become the property of the county of Washington hereby created, and all such monies and taxes shall be paid to the proper official of Washington county; and any valid and existing indebtedness, liability or obligation of the county of Quay shall be and become an indebtedness, liability or obligation of the said county of Washington.
N.M. Stat. § 57-11-7 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 11 / Section 57-11-7
§ 57-11-7. Suits or proceedings against violators of act
Status: in_force

For a violation of any of the provisions of this act by any corporation or association mentioned herein, it shall be the duty of the attorney general or the district attorney of the proper county, to institute proper suits or quo warranto proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the forfeiture of its charter rights, franchises or privileges and powers exercised by such corporation or association, and for the dissolution of the same under the general statutes of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 58-13D-5 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 13D / Section 58-13D-5
§ 58-13D-5. Delaying disbursements or transactions
Status: in_force

A. A broker-dealer or investment adviser may delay a disbursement or transaction from an account of an eligible adult or an account on which an eligible adult is a beneficiary if:

(1) the broker-dealer, investment adviser or qualified individual reasonably believes, after initiating an internal review of the requested disbursement or transaction and the suspected financial exploitation, that the requested disbursement or transaction may result in financial exploitation of an eligible adult; and

(2) the broker-dealer or investment adviser:

(a) immediately, but in no event more than two business days after the requested disbursement or transaction, provides written notification of the delay and the reason for the delay to all parties authorized to transact business on the account, unless any such party is reasonably believed to have engaged in suspected or attempted financial exploitation of the eligible adult;

(b) immediately, but in no event more than two business days after the requested disbursement or transaction, notifies the agencies; and

(c) provides, upon a request by the securities division of the regulation and licensing department, a status report of the internal review required pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this subsection.

B. Any delay of a disbursement or transaction as authorized by this section will expire upon the sooner of:

(1) a determination by the broker-dealer or investment adviser that the disbursement or transaction will not result in financial exploitation of the eligible adult; or

(2) fifteen business days after the date on which the broker-dealer or investment adviser first delayed disbursement or transaction, unless either of the agencies requests that the broker-dealer or investment adviser extend the delay, in which case the delay shall expire no more than twenty-five business days after the date on which the broker-dealer or investment adviser first delayed disbursement or transaction unless otherwise terminated or extended by either of the agencies or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

C. A court of competent jurisdiction may enter an order extending the delay of the disbursement or transaction or may order other protective relief based on the petition of the director of the securities division of the regulation and licensing department, the director of the adult protective services division of the aging and long-term services department, the broker-dealer or investment adviser that initiated the delay under this section, or other interested party.
N.M. Stat. § 29-2-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 2 / Section 29-2-11
§ 29-2-11. Disciplinary proceedings; appeal
Status: in_force

A. A New Mexico state police officer holding a permanent commission shall not be removed from office, demoted or suspended except for incompetence, neglect of duty, violation of a published rule of conduct, malfeasance in office or conduct unbecoming an officer, except as provided in this section. A probationary officer not holding a permanent commission may be removed from office, demoted or suspended in accordance with New Mexico state police rules.

B. The secretary may suspend an officer for disciplinary reasons for not more than thirty days in accordance with New Mexico state police rules without further review or appeal.

C. In the event an officer is removed from office, demoted or suspended for a period of more than thirty days, the secretary shall provide written notification of the grounds supporting the action to the officer. The officer may appeal the secretary's action to the commission within thirty days of the date of receipt of the secretary's written notification. The appeal process shall be public and conducted in accordance with New Mexico state police rules.

D. In the event the commission finds that there is just cause for the removal, demotion or suspension of the officer for a period in excess of thirty days, the officer may appeal the decision of the commission to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 21-21K-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21K / Section 21-21K-5
§ 21-21K-5. Education investment agreements; accounts
Status: in_force

A. An account owner may enter into an education investment agreement with the board under which an account in the education trust fund is established and contributions may be made to the account from time to time, consistent with the terms of the agreement, to defray the cost of qualified higher education expenses. Each account shall be accounted for separately from all other accounts in the education trust fund. An account owner may enter into an education investment agreement on behalf of any beneficiary.

B. Gifts and bequests by persons other than the account owner may be made to an account in the education trust fund for the benefit of the beneficiary in accordance with the terms of the education investment agreement.

C. The board shall set forth procedures relating to the withdrawal of money from an account established in the education trust fund pursuant to an education investment agreement.

D. An education investment agreement may be terminated by the account owner at any time. The board shall specify by rule appropriate provisions for the term and termination of education investment agreements.

E. Contributions made to an account in the education trust fund, together with accrued investment earnings and capital appreciation in such account, shall be excluded from any calculation of the respective beneficiary's student financial aid eligibility in New Mexico.

F. The board shall notify each account owner annually about the status of the account owner's account in the education trust fund.