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N.M. Stat. § 12-10A-17 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10A / Section 12-10A-17
§ 12-10A-17. Rulemaking
Status: in_force

The secretary of public safety, the secretary of health, the state director and, where appropriate, other affected state agencies in consultation with the secretaries and state director, shall promulgate and implement rules that are reasonable and necessary to implement and effectuate the Public Health Emergency Response Act.
N.M. Stat. § 30-22-17 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 22 / Section 30-22-17
§ 30-22-17. Assault by prisoner
Status: in_force

Assault by prisoner consists of intentionally:

A. placing an officer or employee of any penal institution, reformatory, jail or prison farm or ranch, or a visitor therein, in apprehension of an immediate battery likely to cause death or great bodily harm;

B. causing or attempting to cause great bodily harm to an officer or employee of any penal institution, reformatory, jail or prison farm or ranch, or a visitor therein; or

C. confining or restraining an officer or employee of any penal institution, reformatory, jail or prison farm or ranch, or a visitor therein, with intent to use such person as a hostage.

Whoever commits assault by prisoner is guilty of a third degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23E-11 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23E / Section 59A-23E-11
§ 59A-23E-11. Prohibiting discrimination based on health status against individual participants and beneficiaries
Status: in_force

A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall not establish rules for eligibility or continued eligibility of any individual to enroll or continue to participate in a health plan, or eligibility or continued eligibility for benefits, based on any of the following factors in relation to the individual or a dependent of the individual:

A. health status;

B. medical condition, including both physical and mental illnesses;

C. claims experience;

D. receipt of health care;

E. medical history;

F. genetic information;

G. evidence of insurability, including conditions arising out of acts of domestic violence;

H. disability;

I. gender;

J. national origin;

K. sexual orientation; or

L. any other health status-related factor that the superintendent specifies in rules of the office of superintendent of insurance.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-1
§ 1-1-1. Election Code
Status: in_force

Chapter 1 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Election Code”.
N.M. Stat. § 1-13-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 1-13-19
§ 1-13-19. Post-election duties; proceedings for contempt
Status: in_force

Failure of any person to obey any summons required to be issued by, or issued pursuant to, the Election Code is contempt and is punishable as provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-18-2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 18 / Section 59A-18-2
§ 59A-18-2. “Policy” defined
Status: in_force

As used in this article “policy” means any contract of insurance, indemnity, health care, suretyship or annuity between the insurer and the insured, by whatever name such contract is called, and includes all clauses, riders, endorsements and papers which are a part thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-26 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-26
§ 27-2-26. Money received from other sources; duty and liability of funeral director
Status: in_force

Should any funeral director accept payment from sources other than the department for burial of a deceased person for whom a claim for burial expenses has been made to the department, he shall immediately notify the department of said payment. The department will consider said payment in determining the amount of any funeral expense payment it makes. If the department has already made payment, the funeral director shall refund to the department any excess over the amount which the department would have paid had it known of the payment from other sources. If any funeral director shall fail to notify the department of any such payment from other sources, he shall be liable to the department in an amount double the amount paid or to be paid by the department.
N.M. Stat. § 10-4-27 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 10-4-27
§ 10-4-27. Payment of salary after reinstatement; compensation of interim officer
Status: in_force

If an officer has been suspended as provided in this chapter and reinstated after final trial, he shall receive pay for the entire time of his suspension, and the court may make an order to pay the officer serving during the time of such suspension, such reasonable compensation as his services warrant, which shall be paid out of a fund to be designated by the court.
N.M. Stat. § 61-6B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 6B / Section 61-6B-1
§ 61-6B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 10 of this act may be cited as the “Polysomnography Practice Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 21-12-20 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 12 / Section 21-12-20
§ 21-12-20. Luciano “Lucky” Varela opportunity scholarship fund
Status: in_force

A. Subject to available funding, the “Luciano “Lucky” Varela opportunity scholarship fund” is created. Money appropriated to the fund or accruing to it through gifts, grants or bequests shall not be transferred to another fund. The fund shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year. Any interest earned from investment of the fund shall be credited to the Luciano “Lucky” Varela opportunity scholarship fund for the purpose of implementing the Luciano “Lucky” Varela opportunity scholarship. Money in the fund is appropriated to the board of regents of the New Mexico military institute.

B. The board of regents of the New Mexico military institute may invest and reinvest the Luciano “Lucky” Varela opportunity scholarship fund in accordance with state investment council policy.
N.M. Stat. § 76-7-1 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7 / Section 76-7-1
§ 76-7-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Noxious Weed Control Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 12-13A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 13A / Section 12-13A-3
§ 12-13A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the New Mexico-Chihuahua Commission Act:

A. “ Chihuahua ” means the state of Chihuahua, Mexico; and

B. “ commission ” means the New Mexico-Chihuahua commission.
N.M. Stat. § 58-18-20 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 18 / Section 58-18-20
§ 58-18-20. Money of the authority
Status: in_force

A. All money of the authority from whatever source derived, except as otherwise authorized or provided in the Mortgage Finance Authority Act, shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority and shall be deposited forthwith in a bank designated by the authority. The money in such accounts shall be withdrawn on the order of persons whom the authority may authorize. All deposits of such money shall, if required by the authority, be secured in such manner as the authority may determine. The state auditor and his legally authorized representatives are authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the authority, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking funds, investments and any other records and papers relating to its financial standing. The authority shall pay a reasonable fee for such examination as determined by the state auditor.

B. The authority and any secondary market facility shall have power to contract with holders of any of its bonds, notes, other obligations, pass-through securities or guarantees as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any money of the authority or any secondary market facility of any money held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds, notes, other obligations, pass-through securities or guarantees and to carry out the contract. Money held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds, notes, other obligations, pass-through securities or guarantees or in any way to secure bonds, notes, other obligations, pass-through securities or guarantees and deposits of such money may be secured in the same manner as money of the authority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give security for deposits.

C. Subject to the provisions of any contract with bondholders, noteholders, or holders of other obligations, pass-through securities or guarantees, the authority and any secondary market facility shall prescribe a system of accounts.

D. The authority shall submit to the governor, the state auditor and the legislative finance committee, within thirty days of the receipt thereof by the authority, a copy of the report of every external examination of the books and accounts of the authority.

E. Money of the authority and any secondary market facility, including money held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds, notes, other obligations, pass-through securities or guarantees is not public money or state funds within the meaning of any law of the state relating to investment, deposit, security or expenditure of public money and, subject to any agreement with bondholders and any limitations imposed by the Mortgage Finance Authority Act, may be used by the authority in any manner necessary or appropriate in carrying out the powers given in the Mortgage Finance Authority Act.
N.M. Stat. § 34-8A-4.2 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 8A / Section 34-8A-4.2
§ 34-8A-4.2. Appointment as special master, arbitrator or metropolitan court judge pro tempore; compensation
Status: in_force

A. The chief metropolitan court judge may appoint a retired metropolitan court judge, with the retired judge's consent, to serve as a special master, an arbitrator or a metropolitan court judge pro tempore, subject to money available in the metropolitan court operating budget.

B. A retired metropolitan court judge shall be compensated for his services in an amount equal to ninety percent of the compensation provided to a district court judge pro tempore.
N.M. Stat. § 21-7-5 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 21-7-5
§ 21-7-5. Annual organization meeting of board; election of officers; bond of secretary-treasurer; conditions
Status: in_force

The board of regents of the university of New Mexico shall meet and organize by the election of its officers at Albuquerque, in Bernalillo county, on the second Monday in March in each year; all officers so elected shall hold their offices until their successors are duly elected and qualified. At such elections they shall elect a president and a secretary and treasurer from their number. The person so elected as secretary and treasurer shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties as such, execute a good and sufficient bond to the state of New Mexico, with two or more sufficient sureties, residents of this state, in the penal sum of not less then twenty thousand dollars [($20,000)], conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such secretary and treasurer, and that he will faithfully account for and pay over to the person or persons entitled thereto all moneys which shall come into his hands as such officer, which said bond shall be approved by the governor of the state, and shall be filed with the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 6-5-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 6-5-6
§ 6-5-6. Determinations to be made prior to issuance of warrants
Status: in_force

A. No warrant upon the state treasury for the disbursement of funds shall be issued except upon the determination of the division and the state agency that the amount of the expenditure:

(1) does not exceed the appropriation made to the state agency; and

(2) does not exceed the periodic allotment made to the state agency or the unencumbered balance of funds at its disposal unless the warrant includes federal funds that will be receipted based upon established warrant-clearing patterns.

B. The division may implement and perform internal pre-audit and post-audit procedures to monitor and enforce compliance with the provisions of this section. The pre-audit and post-audit procedures may be applied on a stratified or statistical basis.

C. A state agency shall determine that a proposed expenditure is for a public benefit and purpose consistent with the related appropriation and is necessary to carry out the statutory mission of the state agency prior to committing the state to the transaction.
N.M. Stat. § 1-10-13 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 10 / Section 1-10-13
§ 1-10-13. Ballots; write-in candidates
Status: in_force

When a write-in candidate has been qualified by the proper filing officer pursuant to the Election Code:

A. a space for entering the name of the write-in candidate shall be clearly designated by the use of the heading “Declared Write-in Candidate” after the listing of other candidates for that office; and

B. the write-in candidate's name shall not be pre-printed on the ballot, nor displayed or otherwise provided in any polling place by any election official or member of an election board.
N.M. Stat. § 1-17-5 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 17 / Section 1-17-5
§ 1-17-5. Referendum petitions; requirements as to contents
Status: in_force

A. Each page of a referendum petition upon which signatures of petitioners are to be solicited shall be an exact copy of all other pages of the referendum petition, except as to the county name and actual signatures.

B. Each page of any referendum petition to be filed shall have attached thereto the certificate of the person who circulated such petition.

C. No page of a referendum petition shall contain signatures of petitioners from more than one county. When a complete set of pages is delivered to the secretary of state as a completed petition, the sponsors shall also deliver a certified list of the registered voters of the county in which the particular pages were circulated and signed.

D. When a sufficient number of pages of a referendum petition are signed by the required number of qualified electors and are filed and duly certified by the secretary of state, they shall be treated and considered as one petition.

E. Each referendum petition shall be headed in boldface type, over the signature of the attorney general, with necessary instructions to the person who solicits signatures for the petition and to the signers of the petition, informing them of the privileges granted by the constitution and penalties imposed for violations of the law pertaining to referendum petitions.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-27.10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-27.10
§ 21-1-27.10. Fund created; tribal college dual credit program fund; administration
Status: in_force

A. The “tribal college dual credit program fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the higher education department. Money in the fund is appropriated to the higher education department to be used only to compensate tribal colleges for the tuition and fees waived to allow high school students to attend classes on the college campus or electronically pursuant to the dual credit program set forth in Section 21-1-1.2 NMSA 1978 .

B. The fund shall consist of:

(1) money appropriated by the legislature for the purposes of the tribal college dual credit program fund as it applies to tribal colleges;

(2) grants, gifts, donations and bequests for the dual credit program as it applies to tribal colleges; and

(3) earnings on the money in the fund.

C. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of higher education or the secretary's designee.

D. Unexpended and unencumbered balances in the fund shall revert to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-43 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-43
§ 1-12-43. Emergency situations
Status: in_force

A. If any electronic vote tabulator becomes disabled while being used to the extent that any voter is unable to cast a vote for all the candidates or questions of the voter's choice and have such vote recorded by the electronic vote tabulator, it shall be repaired, if possible, or another electronic vote tabulator shall be promptly substituted.

B. If a disabled electronic vote tabulator cannot be repaired in a reasonable length of time and if there are no other electronic vote tabulators available for substitution, the presiding judge shall order marked ballots to be collected and securely preserved until they may be tabulated pursuant to rules promulgated by the secretary of state.

C. A voter shall not be denied the opportunity to mark a ballot for later tabulation due to the lack of a functioning electronic vote tabulator.

D. The county clerk shall provide additional ballots if needed and when requested by the precinct board.
N.M. Stat. § 14-1-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 14-1-1
§ 14-1-1. Filing certified copy of document when original is in danger of damage or destruction
Status: in_force

Whenever any map, plat or other document on file with or in the official custody of any county clerk in this state shall be in danger of damage or destruction by reason of age, mutilation or any other cause, it shall be lawful for the board of county commissioners of such county to authorize the county clerk to have a true and correct copy thereof made and filed in the office of said county clerk, after having been certified by such county clerk to be a true, correct and compared copy of the original.
N.M. Stat. § 61-34-14 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 34 / Section 61-34-14
§ 61-34-14. License denial, suspension or revocation
Status: in_force

A. In accordance with procedures contained in the Uniform Licensing Act, the board may deny, revoke or suspend a license held or applied for under the Signed Language Interpreting Practices Act, upon grounds that the licensee or applicant:

(1) is guilty of fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license;

(2) is guilty of gross incompetence;

(3) is guilty of unprofessional or unethical conduct as defined by rule of the board;

(4) uses untruthful or misleading advertising;

(5) is habitually or excessively using controlled substances or alcohol to such a degree the licensee or applicant is rendered unfit to practice as a signed language interpreter pursuant to the Signed Language Interpreting Practices Act;

(6) has violated the Signed Language Interpreting Practices Act;

(7) is guilty of aiding and abetting a person not licensed to practice signed language interpreting pursuant to the Signed Language Interpreting Practices Act; or

(8) as evidenced by a certified copy of the record of jurisdiction, has had a license, certificate or registration to practice signed language interpreting revoked, suspended or denied in any state or territory of the United States for actions pursuant to this section.

B. Disciplinary proceedings may be initiated by a complaint of a person, including members of the board, and shall conform with the provisions of the Uniform Licensing Act.

C. A person filing a complaint shall be immune from liability arising out of civil action if the complaint is filed in good faith and without actual malice.
N.M. Stat. § 16-4-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 4 / Section 16-4-14
§ 16-4-14. Land use and acquisition
Status: in_force

A. The secretary shall not condemn any land or interests in lands within the Rio Grande Valley state park under state jurisdiction.

B. The operating party may acquire, in furtherance of the objectives of the Rio Grande Valley State Park Act and on behalf of the state, land, improvements or any interest within the boundaries of the Rio Grande Valley state park by purchase, lease, exchange or gift and enter into agreements with private landholders concerning the same at fair market value.

C. The secretary or operating party may accept and receive gifts and bequests of money or other property, including funds from the federal government, for purposes consistent with the Rio Grande Valley State Park Act.

D. The Rio Grande Valley state park shall be administered in such a manner as to protect and enhance the scenic and natural values of the Rio Grande.

E. Nothing in the Rio Grande Valley State Park Act shall be construed as being incompatible with existing state property laws. Nothing shall be construed to be incompatible with regulation of river flow for flood control, sediment control or beneficial uses of water or with the need for life saving, fire suppression, public health or emergency flood management.

F. Future public utility crossings, including but not limited to sewer lines, sewer outfalls, and water lines and facilities, are permitted uses in the park, subject to the following: such facilities shall be placed underground or in existing easements, provided that if such placement is determined by the utility not to be practical due to unusual environmental, economic or technical problems, the utilities shall make such findings and present them to the secretary for approval of placing the proposed facilities above ground or outside existing easements. The utility shall also demonstrate to the secretary that location of the proposed facility outside the park would cause undue hardship to the utility.

G. The Rio Grande Valley State Park Act shall not prohibit existing or future drainage or flood control projects approved by a county, municipality or flood control agency. Such projects shall be reviewed by the secretary, and the secretary, the operating party and the county, municipality or flood control agency shall cooperate to minimize adverse impact on the park caused by such projects.
N.M. Stat. § 66-8-121 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 8 / Section 66-8-121
§ 66-8-121. Offenses by persons owning or controlling vehicles
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for the owner, or any other person, employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or to permit the operation of such vehicle upon a highway in any manner contrary to law.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-97 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-97
§ 72-20-97. Property exempt from general taxes
Status: in_force

The authority shall not be required to pay any general (ad valorem) taxes upon any property appertaining to any project authorized in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act and acquired within the state nor the authority's interest therein.
N.M. Stat. § 47-8-46 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 8 / Section 47-8-46
§ 47-8-46. Writ of restitution
Status: in_force

A. Upon petition for restitution filed by the owner if judgment is rendered against the defendant for restitution of the premises, the court shall declare the forfeiture of the rental agreement and shall, at the request of the plaintiff or his attorney, issue a writ of restitution directing the sheriff to restore possession of the premises to the plaintiff on a specified date not less than three nor more than seven days after entry of judgment.

B. Upon a petition for restitution filed by the resident, if judgment is rendered against the defendant for restitution of the premises, the court shall, at the request of the plaintiff or his attorney, issue a writ of restitution directing the sheriff to restore possession of the premises to the plaintiff within twenty-four hours after entry of judgment.