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N.M. Stat. § 58-19-10.1 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 19 / Section 58-19-10.1
§ 58-19-10.1. Loan to refinance motor vehicle sale
Status: in_force

Any transaction in the form of a loan, other than a retail installment contract, is not subject to the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act, even though all or a portion of the proceeds of such transaction in the form of a loan are applied to the unpaid balance of a retail installment contract.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-9
§ 7-38-9. Description of property for property taxation purposes
Status: in_force

A. Property shall be described for property taxation purposes by a description sufficiently adequate and accurate to identify it. Real property shall be described under a uniform system of real property description in accordance with regulations of the department. The department shall promulgate regulations establishing a uniform system of real property description to be used by the department and all assessors. The system shall include requirements for a comprehensive mapping or geographic information system, the use of uniform property record documents and uniform coding of real property descriptions.

B. Real property that has been valued for property taxation purposes prior to the effective date of the Property Tax Code by a description consisting of a mere reference to the time and place of filing or recording in the office of the county clerk of any map or other instrument describing the property with sufficient preciseness to permit its identification shall be considered to have been sufficiently described for property taxation purposes. All prior assessments, records and instruments maintained or issued by property taxation officers which describe the property by such a reference are validated and given the same force and effect as if a description of the property had been used that would comply with this section.
N.M. Stat. § 18-5-1 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 5 / Section 18-5-1
§ 18-5-1. Findings; declaration
Status: in_force

The legislature finds and declares:

A. that many people in this state lack the opportunity to view, enjoy or participate in living theatrical performances, musical concerts, operas, dance and ballet recitals, art exhibits, examples of fine architecture and the performing and visual arts, generally;

B. that many people in this state possess talents of an artistic and creative nature which cannot be utilized to their fullest extent under existing conditions;

C. that the general welfare of the people of this state will be promoted by giving further recognition to the arts as a vital part of our culture and heritage and as an important means of expanding the scope of our educational program; and

D. that increased activity in the arts will increase employment by encouraging the production of artistic events in various communities of this state, thus utilizing the talents and services of many local citizens.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15A-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15A / Section 6-15A-13
§ 6-15A-13. Tax exemption
Status: in_force

The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of lease-purchase arrangements entered into by the local school boards, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the lease-purchase arrangements entered into pursuant to the Education Technology Equipment Act, that lease-purchase arrangements and the income from the lease-purchase arrangements shall at all times be free from taxation by the state, except for estate or gift taxes and taxes on transfers.
N.M. Stat. § 5-15A-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 15A / Section 5-15A-3
§ 5-15A-3. Certain capital projects prohibited
Status: in_force

A. The legislature shall not approve or authorize any capital outlay projects within a Mesa del Sol tax increment development district during the period that any bonds issued pursuant to Section 1 of this act are outstanding for that specific district, except for those buildings or facilities that are owned by the state or one of its agencies, institutions or political subdivisions and that are:

(1) public school buildings or facilities;

(2) higher education buildings or facilities;

(3) cultural buildings or facilities;

(4) buildings or facilities used for public safety; or

(5) buildings used for other public purposes.

B. Nothing in this section prohibits the legislature from authorizing expenditures, pursuant to law, for economic development projects within a specific Mesa del Sol tax increment development district for which any tax increment development bonds are outstanding.
N.M. Stat. § 40-4-11.6 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 4 / Section 40-4-11.6
§ 40-4-11.6. Attachment of guideline worksheet to order
Status: in_force

A completed child support obligation guideline worksheet shall be attached to all orders that establish or modify child support. The completed worksheet shall be signed by the obligor and obligee or their attorneys. The completed worksheet shall be incorporated as part of the child support order. The worksheet shall also be attached to the child support order unless the court decrees that the worksheet be sealed or unless the obligor and obligee agree that it should be sealed.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2E-58 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2E / Section 60-2E-58
§ 60-2E-58. Detention and questioning of a person suspected of violating act; limitations on liability; posting of notice
Status: in_force

A. A gaming operator licensee or its officers, employees or agents may question a person in its gaming establishment suspected of violating any of the provisions of the Gaming Control Act. No gaming operator licensee or any of its officers, employees or agents is criminally or civilly liable:

(1) on account of any such questioning; or

(2) for reporting to the board or law enforcement authorities the person suspected of the violation.

B. A gaming operator licensee or any of its officers, employees or agents who has reasonable cause for believing that there has been a violation of the Gaming Control Act in the gaming establishment by a person may detain that person in the gaming establishment in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time. Such a detention does not render the gaming operator licensee or his officers, employees or agents criminally or civilly liable unless it is established by clear and convincing evidence detention was unreasonable under the circumstances.

C. No gaming operator licensee or its officers, employees or agents are entitled to the immunity from liability provided for in Subsection B of this section unless there is displayed in a conspicuous place in the gaming establishment a notice in boldface type clearly legible and in substantially this form:

“Any gaming operator licensee or any of his officers, employees or agents who have reasonable cause for believing that any person has violated any provision of the Gaming Control Act prohibiting cheating in gaming may detain that person in the establishment.”
N.M. Stat. § 21-21H-9 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21H / Section 21-21H-9
§ 21-21H-9. Rules
Status: in_force

The department may adopt such rules as necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions of the New Mexico Scholars Act. A financial aid officer may exercise professional judgment when special circumstances exist to adjust the cost of attendance or the expected family contribution or to modify other factors that make the program responsive to a student's special financial circumstances and for which documentation exists in the student's file within the parameters authorized for this program.
N.M. Stat. § 28-3-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 3 / Section 28-3-3
§ 28-3-3. Commission on the status of women; powers
Status: in_force

The commission:

A. may receive on behalf of the state any gifts, donations or bequests from any source to be used in carrying out its duties; and

B. is designated as the state agency for handling all United States government programs related to the status of women except those designated by law as the responsibility of another state agency, and may enter into agreements and contracts with agencies of the United States government for this purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-76 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-76
§ 2-7F-76. Representative district seventy
Status: in_force

Representative district seventy is composed of San Miguel county precincts 1 through 8, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 18 through 34; and Torrance county precincts 6, 11 through 13, 18, 19 and 22.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-8
§ 19-4-8. Conveyances to persons entitled to possession or occupancy
Status: in_force

Such corporate authorities or probate judge, holding the title of such lands in trust, as declared in the said act of congress, his or their successors shall, by a good and sufficient deed of conveyance, grant and convey the title to each and every block, lot, share or parcel of the same to the person or persons who shall have possession, or be entitled to the possession or occupancy thereof, according to his, her or their several and respective rights or interest in the same, as they existed in law or equity at the time of the entry of such lands, or to his, her or their heirs and assigns. Every such deed to be made by such corporate authorities, or by such probate judge, shall be so executed and acknowledged as to admit the same to be recorded.
N.M. Stat. § 76-4-27 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 4 / Section 76-4-27
§ 76-4-27. License plates or decals for apparatus
Status: in_force

Each licensed apparatus shall be identified by a license plate or decal furnished by the department, at no cost to the licensee. The license plate or decal shall be affixed in a location and manner upon the application apparatus as prescribed by the department.
N.M. Stat. § 61-12D-19 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12D / Section 61-12D-19
§ 61-12D-19. Temporary provision; board members to continue
Status: in_force

On the effective date of this act, members serving on the physical therapists' licensing board shall continue to serve on the physical therapy board until their terms expire; thereafter, the governor shall appoint board members as provided in the Physical Therapy Act.
N.M. Stat. § 24-12-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 12 / Section 24-12-4
§ 24-12-4. Post-mortem examinations and autopsies; consent required
Status: in_force

A. An autopsy or post-mortem examination may be performed on the body of a decedent by a physician or surgeon whenever consent to the procedure has been given by:

(1) written authorization signed by the decedent during the person's lifetime;

(2) authorization of a person or on behalf of any person whom the decedent designated in writing during the person's lifetime to take charge of the decedent's body for burial or other purposes;

(3) authorization of the decedent's surviving spouse;

(4) authorization of an adult child, parent or adult brother or sister of the decedent if there is no surviving spouse or if the surviving spouse is unavailable, incompetent or has not claimed the body for burial after notification of the death of the decedent;

(5) authorization of any other relative of the decedent if none of the persons enumerated in Paragraph (4) of this subsection is available or competent to give authorization; or

(6) authorization of the public official, agency or person having custody of the body for burial if none of the persons enumerated in Paragraphs (2) through (5) of this subsection is available or competent to give authorization.

B. An autopsy or post-mortem examination shall not be performed under authorization given pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of this section by any one of the persons enumerated if, before the procedure is performed, any one of the other persons enumerated objects in writing to the physician or surgeon by whom the procedure is to be performed.

C. An autopsy or post-mortem examination may be performed by a pathologist at the written direction of the district attorney or the district attorney's authorized representative in any case in which the district attorney is conducting a criminal investigation.

D. An autopsy or post-mortem examination may be performed by a pathologist at the direction of the state, district or deputy medical investigator when the state, district or deputy medical investigator suspects the death was caused by a criminal act or omission or if the cause of death is obscure.

E. For purposes of this section, “ autopsy ” means a post-mortem dissection of a dead human body in order to determine the cause, seat or nature of disease or injury and includes the retention of tissues customarily removed during the course of autopsy for evidentiary, identification, diagnosis, scientific or therapeutic purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 47-7B-15 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7B / Section 47-7B-15
§ 47-7B-15. Use for sales purposes
Status: in_force

A declarant may maintain sales offices, management offices and models in units or on common elements in the condominium if the declaration so provides. Subject to any limitations in the declaration, a declarant may maintain signs on the common elements advertising the condominium. The provisions of this section are subject to the provisions of other state law and to local ordinances.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-52-14 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 52 / Section 59A-52-14
§ 59A-52-14. Appropriations
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Chapter 59A, Article 52 NMSA 1978 , an appropriation to the homeland security and emergency management department shall be included in the general appropriation act of each legislature, the appropriation to be made from the fire protection fund, which funds are to be paid out by the secretary of finance and administration on vouchers signed by the secretary of homeland security and emergency management.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7C-13 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7C / Section 10-7C-13
§ 10-7C-13. Payment of premiums on health care plans
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each eligible retiree shall pay a monthly premium for the basic plan in an amount set by the board not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) plus the amount, if any, of the compounded annual increases authorized by the board, which increases shall not exceed nine percent until fiscal year 2008 after which the increases shall not exceed the authority's group health care trend. In addition to the monthly premium for the basic plan, each current retiree and nonsalaried eligible participating entity governing authority member who becomes an eligible retiree shall also pay monthly an additional participation fee set by the board. That fee shall be five dollars ($5.00) plus the amount, if any, of the compounded annual increases authorized by the board, which increases shall not exceed nine percent until fiscal year 2008 after which the increases shall not exceed the authority's group health care trend. The additional monthly participation fee paid by the current retirees and nonsalaried eligible participating entity governing authority members who become eligible retirees shall be a consideration and a condition for being permitted to participate in the Retiree Health Care Act. A legislative member or a former participating employer governing authority member shall pay a monthly premium for any selected plan equal to one-twelfth of the annual cost of the claims and administrative costs of that plan allocated to the member by the board. In addition, a legislative member or a former participating employer governing authority member shall pay the additional monthly participation fee set by the board pursuant to this subsection as a consideration and condition for participation in the Retiree Health Care Act. Eligible dependents shall pay monthly premiums in amounts that with other money appropriated to the fund shall cover the cost of the basic plan for the eligible dependents.

B. Eligible retirees and eligible dependents shall pay monthly premiums to cover the cost of the optional plans that they elect to receive, and the board shall adopt rules for the collection of additional premiums from eligible retirees and eligible dependents participating in the optional plans. An eligible retiree or eligible dependent may authorize the authority in writing to deduct the amount of these premiums from the monthly annuity payments, if applicable.

C. The participating employers, active employees and retirees are responsible for the financial viability of the program. The overall financial viability is not an additional financial obligation of the state.

D. For eligible retirees who become eligible for participation on or after July 1, 2001, the board may determine monthly premiums based on the retirees' years of credited service with participating employers.
N.M. Stat. § 60-1A-29 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 1A / Section 60-1A-29
§ 60-1A-29. Termination of agency life; delayed repeal
Status: repealed

The state racing commission is terminated on July 1, 2027 pursuant to the Sunset Act. 1 The commission shall continue to operate according to the provisions of Chapter 60, Article 1A NMSA 1978 until July 1, 2028. Effective July 1, 2028, Chapter 60, Article 1A NMSA 1978 is repealed.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-44 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-44
§ 21-1-44. School leadership institute; created; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The “school leadership institute” is created and is administratively attached to the higher education department. The department shall provide administrative services for the institute. The institute shall provide a comprehensive and cohesive framework for preparing, mentoring and providing professional development for principals and other public school leaders.

B. The institute shall offer at least the following programs:

(1) licensure preparation for aspiring principals;

(2) mentoring for new principals and other public school leaders;

(3) intensive support for principals at schools in need of improvement;

(4) professional development for aspiring superintendents; and

(5) mentoring for new superintendents.

C. The institute shall partner with state agencies, institutions of higher education and professional associations to identify and recruit candidates for the institute.
N.M. Stat. § 35-6-8 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 6 / Section 35-6-8
§ 35-6-8. Magistrate court mediation fund created; administration; distribution
Status: in_force

A. The “magistrate court mediation fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the administrative office of the courts.

B. All balances in the magistrate court mediation fund are subject to appropriation for payment to magistrate courts for the purpose of funding and administering voluntary mediation programs. The mediation programs shall be established by supreme court rule for the efficient disposition of civil complaints.

C. Payments from the magistrate court mediation fund shall be made upon vouchers signed by the director of the administrative office of the courts upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration.

D. Any balance remaining in the magistrate court mediation fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 30-18-8 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 18 / Section 30-18-8
§ 30-18-8. Killing unbranded cattle; killing, without bill of sale, cattle bearing brand of another person; penalty
Status: in_force

Any person, firm or corporation, who shall kill or cause to be killed, for sale or use any unbranded neat cattle, or any cattle on which the brand has not peeled off and fully healed, unless such cattle shall have an older and duly recorded brand; or shall kill, or cause to be killed for sale or use any neat cattle having a brand not legally owned by such person, firm or corporation, without having taken a duly acknowledged bill of sale for the same from the owner thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 7-17-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 17 / Section 7-17-1
§ 7-17-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 17 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Liquor Excise Tax Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 73-21-42 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 21 / Section 73-21-42
§ 73-21-42. Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

The members of any board and any officer or agent of any district violating the provisions of the Water and Sanitation District Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in the district court shall be subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months or both in the discretion of the court trying the case.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-42 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-42
§ 7-27-42. Severance tax income bonds; legal investments
Status: in_force

Severance tax income bonds are legal investments for any person or board charged with the investment of any public funds and are acceptable as security for any deposit of public money.
N.M. Stat. § 47-14-15 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 14 / Section 47-14-15
§ 47-14-15. Adherence to standards
Status: in_force

Each appraisal management company seeking to be registered in this state shall certify to the board on an annual basis that it has a system in place to review the work of all independent appraisers that are performing real estate appraisal services for the appraisal management company on a periodic basis to ensure that the real estate appraisal services are being conducted in accordance with uniform standards of professional appraisal practice.
N.M. Stat. § 66-6-22 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 6 / Section 66-6-22
§ 66-6-22. When fees returnable; refunds
Status: in_force

A. Whenever any application to the department is accompanied by any fee as required by the Motor Vehicle Code or the Motor Transportation Act and the application is refused or rejected, the fee shall be returned to the applicant.

B. Any person who believes that any amount paid by that person to the department under any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code or the Motor Transportation Act exceeded the amount due may claim a refund by directing to the secretary a written claim for refund in accordance with the procedures set out in Subsection A of Section 7-1-26 NMSA 1978 . To be timely, any claim for refund pursuant to this subsection must be made within one year of the date the payment was made.

C. When the department has discovered that a class of people has overpaid by at least one dollar ($1.00) any tax, fee or penalty due under the Motor Vehicle Code or the Motor Transportation Act for the same or similar reasons and the members of the class are identifiable from the department's records, the department may refund the overpayment to all members of the class without the requirement that each person in the class submit a claim for refund.

D. Any refund made pursuant to this section may be made, at the discretion of the department, in the form of credit against future payments due under the Motor Vehicle Code or the Motor Transportation Act if future liabilities in an amount at least equal to the credit amount reasonably may be expected to become due.