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N.M. Stat. § 74-3-13.1 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 3 / Section 74-3-13.1
§ 74-3-13.1. Emergency powers of the secretary
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Radiation Protection Act, if the secretary determines that a person is violating a condition of a license or registration issued by the agency, or administered by the agency pursuant to an agreement with the nuclear regulatory commission, or any regulation promulgated pursuant to the Radiation Protection Act, and determines that the violation may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or safety, the secretary may bring suit to immediately restrain the person from the violation or take such other action as may be necessary or both. The secretary may also take other action, including issuing orders as may be necessary to protect human health and safety. The order shall be effective immediately; however, the person named in the order may request an administrative hearing before the secretary within ten days after the order is served. If a timely request for a hearing is made, the secretary shall hold the hearing within thirty days. The secretary may commence an action in the appropriate district court to enforce an order.

B. A person who willfully violates an order of the secretary pursuant to Subsection A of this section may be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per day for each violation of the order.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16-30 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-30
§ 30-16-30. Dealing in credit cards of another
Status: in_force

Any person, other than the issuer, who possesses, receives, sells or transfers four or more credit cards, issued in a name or names other than his own in violation of Sections 30-16-26 or 30-16-27 or 30-16-28 or 30-16-29 NMSA 1978 is guilty of a third degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-4
§ 6-6-4. Local government division; research and survey; report to governor and legislature
Status: in_force

The local government division shall have the power, authority and responsibility to engage in research, conduct surveys and examine the operation and activities, including but not limited to the purchasing practices, of local public bodies, submitting to the governor and the legislature and local public bodies measures to secure greater administrative efficiency and economy, to minimize the duplication of activities, and to effect a better organization and consolidation of functions among local public bodies.
N.M. Stat. § 24-17-16 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 17 / Section 24-17-16
§ 24-17-16. Identification and procedures for correction of violations
Status: in_force

A. The aging and long-term services department shall review disclosure statements filed pursuant to the Continuing Care Act for compliance with that act.

B. If the aging and long-term services department determines that a person or an organization has engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice constituting a violation of the Continuing Care Act or any rule adopted pursuant to that act, the aging and long-term services department shall issue a notice of violation in writing to that person or organization and send copies to the resident association of any facility affected by the notice.

C. The notice of violation shall state the following:

(1) a description of a violation at issue;

(2) the action that, in the judgment of the aging and long-term services department, the provider should take to conform to the law or the assurances that the aging and long-term services department requires to establish that no violation is about to occur;

(3) the compliance date by which the provider shall correct any violation or submit assurances;

(4) the requirements for filing a report of compliance; and

(5) the applicable sanctions for failure to correct the violation or failure to file the report of compliance according to the terms of the notice of violation.

D. At any time after receipt of a notice of violation, the person or organization to which the notice is addressed or the aging and long-term services department may request a conference. The aging and long-term services department shall schedule a conference within thirty days of a request.

E. The purpose of the conference is to discuss the contents of the notice of violation and to assist the addressee to comply with the requirements of the Continuing Care Act. Subject to rules that the aging and long-term services department may promulgate, a representative of the resident association at any facility affected by the notice shall have a right to attend the conference.

F. A person receiving a notice of violation shall submit a signed report of compliance as provided by the notice. The aging and long-term services department shall send a copy to the resident association of any facility affected by the notice.

G. Upon receipt of the report of compliance, the aging and long-term services department shall take steps to determine that compliance has been achieved.
N.M. Stat. § 6-12-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 12 / Section 6-12-9
§ 6-12-9. Manner of payment of principal and interest; maturity in annual installment; schedule of maturities
Status: in_force

Both principal and interest of said bond[s] shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, at the office of the state treasurer, or at such other place as may be designated in said bonds and in the coupons attached thereto, at the option of the holder. The principal of said bonds shall be made to mature in annual installments, to begin not later than two years from the date of said bonds.

The state board of finance shall, by resolution duly adopted, fix the schedule of maturities of principal to the end that total annual principal and interest requirements shall be approximately equal in each year when any of the said bonds mature, except that the total requirement for principal and interest in the last year in which any of said bonds mature, may exceed the average of the annual requirements for principal and interest in prior years during which bonds mature, by not exceeding twenty-five percent.
N.M. Stat. § 73-13-15 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 13 / Section 73-13-15
§ 73-13-15. Use of borrowed money
Status: in_force

Money obtained or borrowed under the provisions hereof shall be expended only in the betterment, extension, construction, operation, reconstruction and repair of the canal, irrigation system and physical works of the district, and for the payment or retirement of any or all existing indebtedness not evidenced by outstanding bonds, and in any such expenditures made by the district the lender of the monies shall not be responsible for the application or expenditure thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 73-25-18 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 25 / Section 73-25-18
§ 73-25-18. Matching funds
Status: in_force

The local government members of a combination shall match at least one dollar ($1.00) for every four dollars ($4.00) provided by the state. Before a district is able to receive state matching funds, it must be certified by the commission pursuant to Section 4 of the Regional Transit District Act.
N.M. Stat. § 73-21-31 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 21 / Section 73-21-31
§ 73-21-31. Effect of election; subsequent elections
Status: in_force

In the event that it appears from the returns that a majority of the qualified electors of the district have voted in favor of the ballot question, the district shall then be authorized to incur the indebtedness or the obligations, enter into the contract or issue and sell the bonds of the district, as the case may be, for the purpose and object provided for in the proposition submitted under the provisions of the Water and Sanitation District Act and in the resolution for them and in the amount so provided and at a rate of interest not exceeding the rate of interest recited in the resolution. Submission of the proposition of incurring such obligations or bonded or other indebtedness at an election shall not prevent or prohibit submission of it or other propositions at subsequent elections called for that purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 12-12B-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12B / Section 12-12B-3
§ 12-12B-3. Certification program
Status: in_force

The higher education department and the regulation and licensing department shall recommend to appropriate institutions of higher learning a program for training and certifying individuals to relight pilot lights for residential equipment and appliances. Upon satisfactory completion of such a program, an individual shall be certified as a gas pilot relighting technician and be issued a certificate attesting to the person's completion of the program, which certificate shall expire after five years. The regulation and licensing department shall adopt rules specifying the content of the training program, requirements for successful completion of the program and the process for certification of an individual as a gas pilot relighting technician.
N.M. Stat. § 76-4-35 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 4 / Section 76-4-35
§ 76-4-35. Persons exempted from certain penalties
Status: in_force

A. The penalties provided for violations of Paragraphs (1) through (5) of Subsection A of Section 5 of the Pesticide Control Act shall not apply to:

(1) any carrier while lawfully engaged in transporting a pesticide within this state, if such carrier shall, upon request, permit the department to copy all records showing the transactions in and movement of the pesticides or devices;

(2) public officials of this state and the federal government while engaged in the performance of their official duties in administering state or federal pesticide laws or regulations or while engaged in pesticide research; or

(3) the manufacturer or shipper of a pesticide for experimental use only by or under the supervision of an agency of this state or of the federal government authorized by law to conduct research in the field of pesticides if the manufacturer or shipper holds a valid experimental use permit issued by the department and by the United States environmental protection agency.

B. No pesticide or device shall be deemed in violation of the Pesticide Control Act when intended solely for export to a foreign country and when prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the purchaser. If not so exported, all the provisions of the Pesticide Control Act and regulations adopted thereunder shall apply.
N.M. Stat. § 60-13-6 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 13 / Section 60-13-6
§ 60-13-6. Construction industries commission created; membership; duties
Status: in_force

A. There is created within the division the “construction industries commission”. The commission shall be composed of nine voting members who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. Members shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, as follows:

(1) one member who is a representative of the residential construction industry of this state;

(2) one member who is a licensed electrical contractor;

(3) one member who is a licensed mechanical contractor;

(4) one member who is a licensed and practicing architect;

(5) one member who is a practicing general contractor;

(6) one member who is a representative of the liquefied petroleum gas industry;

(7) one member who is a resident of the state, who is not a licensed contractor or certified journeyman and who shall represent the people of New Mexico;

(8) one member who is a representative of the subcontracting industry of the state; and

(9) one member who is a representative of organized labor.

Members shall be appointed to provide adequate representation of all geographic areas of the state.

B. Each member of the commission shall receive per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act 1 and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.

C. The commission shall annually elect a chair and vice chair from its membership. The director shall serve as the executive secretary of the commission.

D. The commission shall meet bimonthly or at the call of the chair.

E. The commission shall establish policy for the division. It shall advise on, review, coordinate and approve or disapprove all rules, standards, codes and licensing requirements that are subject to the approval of the commission under the provisions of the Construction Industries Licensing Act or the LPG and CNG Act so as to ensure that uniform codes and standards are promulgated and conflicting provisions are avoided. However, the commission shall not enact a bylaw, order, building code, policy or rule requiring the installation of a residential fire protection sprinkler system in detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings, such as townhouses that are not more than three stories above grade plane in height and that have a separate means of egress and their accessory structures. The commission shall:

(1) revoke or suspend, for cause, any license or certificate of qualification issued under the provisions of the Construction Industries Licensing Act or the LPG and CNG Act; and

(2) define and establish all license classifications. The licensee shall be limited in bidding and contracting as provided in Subsection B of Section 60-13-12 NMSA 1978 . A licensee, subsequent to the issuance of a license, may make application for additional classification and be licensed in more than one classification if the licensee meets the prescribed qualification for the additional classification.
N.M. Stat. § 21-13-25 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-25
§ 21-13-25. Liberal construction
Status: in_force

The Community College Act, being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 67-16-3 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 16 / Section 67-16-3
§ 67-16-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Litter Control and Beautification Act:

A. “ keep America beautiful program ” means a comprehensive program to end littering, improve recycling and beautify American communities;

B. “ committee ” means the New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee;

C. “ department ” means the tourism department;

D. “ litter ” means weeds, graffiti and all waste material, including disposable packages or containers, but not including the waste of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling or farming;

E. “ New Mexico clean and beautiful program ” means the statewide keep America beautiful program established by the department to carry out the purposes of the Litter Control and Beautification Act;

F. “ person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm, receiver, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, fiduciary or representative or group of individuals or entities of any kind;

G. “ public place ” means an area that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private interests;

H. “ recycling ” means the collection, separation or processing and return to the economic mainstream of raw materials or products that would otherwise become solid waste; and

I. “ tourism region ” means one of the following:

(1) the central region consisting of Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties;

(2) the north-central region consisting of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos counties;

(3) the northeast region consisting of Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel and Union counties;

(4) the northwest region consisting of Cibola, McKinley and San Juan counties;

(5) the southeast region consisting of Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero and Roosevelt counties; and

(6) the southwest region consisting of Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra and Socorro counties.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-30A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 30A / Section 59A-30A-12
§ 59A-30A-12. Prevention of insolvencies
Status: in_force

A. To aid in the detection and prevention of title insurer insolvencies, the association's board of directors may, upon majority vote:

(1) make recommendations to the superintendent for the detection and prevention of insolvencies; and

(2) respond to requests by the superintendent to discuss and make recommendations regarding the status of a member insurer whose financial condition may be hazardous to policyholders or the public. Recommendations pursuant to this paragraph shall not be available for public inspection.

B. The superintendent shall report to the association's board of directors when he has reasonable cause to believe that a title insurer may be insolvent or in a financial condition hazardous to its policyholders or the public. The report, and subsequent meetings, activities, recommendations and decisions of the board of directors as required or permitted in this subsection, shall not be open to the public or available for public inspection.

C. At the conclusion of a domestic title insurer insolvency for which the association was obligated to pay covered claims, the association's board of directors may prepare a report on the history and causes of such insolvency, based on the information available to the association, and submit the report to the superintendent. The report, and subsequent meetings, activities, recommendations and decisions of the board of directors as required or permitted in this section, shall not be open to the public or available for public inspection.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-46-53 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 46 / Section 59A-46-53
§ 59A-46-53. Pharmacy benefits; prescription synchronization
Status: in_force

A. An individual or group health maintenance organization contract that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides prescription drug benefits shall allow an enrollee to fill or refill a prescription for less than a thirty-day supply of the prescription drug, and apply a prorated daily copayment or coinsurance for the fill or refill, if:

(1) the prescribing practitioner or the pharmacist determines the fill or refill to be in the best interest of the enrollee;

(2) the enrollee requests or agrees to receive less than a thirty-day supply of the prescription drug; and

(3) the reduced fill or refill is made for the purpose of synchronizing the enrollee's prescription drug fills.

B. An individual or group health maintenance organization contract that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides prescription drug benefits shall not:

(1) deny coverage for the filling of a chronic medication when the fill is made in accordance with a plan to synchronize multiple prescriptions for the enrollee pursuant to Subsection A of this section established among the health maintenance organization, the prescribing practitioner and a pharmacist. The health maintenance organization shall allow a pharmacy to override any denial indicating that a prescription is being refilled too soon for the purposes of medication synchronization; and

(2) prorate a dispensing fee to a pharmacy that fills a prescription with less than a thirty-day supply of prescription drug pursuant to Subsection A of this section. The health maintenance organization shall pay in full a dispensing fee for a partially filled or refilled prescription for each prescription dispensed, regardless of any prorated copayment or coinsurance that the enrollee may pay for prescription synchronization services.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-6.7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-6.7
§ 6-21-6.7. Credit enhancement account created; use of account; release of money to the general fund
Status: repealed

A. The “credit enhancement account” is created as a separate account within the authority for use only as provided in this section.

B. All cigarette tax proceeds distributed each month to the authority pursuant to Subsection D of Section 7-1-6.11 NMSA 1978 shall be deposited in the credit enhancement account.

C. Amounts deposited in the credit enhancement account may be pledged irrevocably as additional security for the payment of the principal, interest, premiums and expenses on bonds issued by the authority for:

(1) designing, constructing, equipping and furnishing additions and improvements to the university of New Mexico hospital and the comprehensive cancer center at the university of New Mexico health sciences center; and

(2) land acquisition and the planning, designing, construction and equipping of department of health facilities or improvements to such facilities.

D. The authority shall determine monthly upon receipt of cigarette tax proceeds if the individual amounts of cigarette tax proceeds distributed pursuant to Subsection B or C, respectively, of Section 7-1-6.11 NMSA 1978 are sufficient to meet the monthly amount required for immediate payment or designation for payment of principal, interest, premiums and expenses on bonds additionally secured by the credit enhancement account. Any insufficient amount shall be paid immediately from the credit enhancement account. A payment from the credit enhancement account shall be reimbursed in succeeding months from the individual amount of cigarette tax proceeds distributed pursuant to Subsection B or C, as applicable, of Section 7-1-6.11 NMSA 1978 in excess of the amount required for immediate payment or designation for payment of principal, interest, premiums and expenses on bonds. All money in the credit enhancement account in excess of the monthly amount required for immediate payment or designation for payment of principal, interest, premiums and expenses on bonds shall be transferred monthly by the authority to the general fund.

E. Any law authorizing the imposition, collection or distribution of the cigarette tax or that affects the cigarette tax shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise directly or indirectly modified so as to impair or reduce debt service coverage for any outstanding revenue bonds that may be secured by a pledge of those cigarette tax proceeds distributed to the credit enhancement account, unless the revenue bonds have been discharged in full or provisions have been made for a full discharge.
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-1 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-1
§ 53-11-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 53, Articles 11 through 18 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Business Corporation Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-52-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 52 / Section 3-52-5
§ 3-52-5. Transportation contracts
Status: in_force

All contracts for work, material or labor in connection with a transportation system shall be let in the manner provided by law for the letting of other contracts by the municipality.
N.M. Stat. § 3-38-17.2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 38 / Section 3-38-17.2
§ 3-38-17.2. Financial reporting
Status: in_force

A. The governing body of any municipality or county imposing and collecting an occupancy tax shall furnish to the advisory board that portion of any proposed budget, report or audit filed or received by the governing body pursuant to either Chapter 6, Article 6 NMSA 1978 or the Audit Act that relates to the expenditure of occupancy tax funds within ten days of the filing or receipt of such proposed budget, report or audit by the local governing body.

B. The governing body of any municipality or county imposing and collecting an occupancy tax shall report to the local government division of the department of finance and administration on a quarterly basis any expenditure of occupancy tax funds pursuant to Sections 3-38-15 and 3-38-21 NMSA 1978 and shall furnish a copy of this report to the advisory board when it is filed with the division.