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N.M. Stat. § 21-8-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-1
§ 21-8-1. Objects; admission; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university] shall be an institution of learning open to the children of all the residents of this state, and such other persons as the board of regents may determine, under such terms, rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said board of regents; shall be nonsectarian in character and devoted to practical instruction in agriculture, mechanic arts, natural sciences connected therewith, as well as a thorough course of instruction in all branches of learning bearing upon agriculture, and other industrial pursuits.
N.M. Stat. § 73-14-20 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 14 / Section 73-14-20
§ 73-14-20. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-30 NMSA 1978:

A. “ benefited area ” means that area described by a property appraisal that receives a benefit as a result of the creation of a district for any of the purposes specified in Section 73-14-4 NMSA 1978;

B. “ list compiler ” means a contractor approved by the board of directors to compile and produce a qualified elector list for a conservancy district;

C. “ qualified elector ” means an individual who owns real property within the benefited area of the conservancy district and who has provided proof of an ownership interest to one of the sources specified in Subsection B of Section 73-14-20.1 NMSA 1978 within the required time period, or who resides on and owns legal or equitable title in tribal lands and who is over the age of majority;

D. “ qualified elector's list ” means the list compiled before each election that contains the individual names of all qualified electors; and

E. “ residence ” means a dwelling that lies partially or completely within the benefited area.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-15 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-15
§ 4-55A-15. Notice of bid; acceptance of bid
Status: in_force

A. After the board creates an improvement district, the board may proceed as authorized in Section 13 or 14 of the County Improvement District Act or call for sealed bids on the proposed improvement. The notice of the call for bids shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 13-1-11 NMSA 1978 .

B. After advertising for bids, the county may make minor alterations or changes in the plans and specifications to correct errors or omissions in the original plans and specifications.

C. The board shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder unless the board:

(1) elects to construct the improvement as authorized in Section 13 or 14 of the County Improvement District Act;

(2) rejects all bids submitted for the construction of the improvement. Such bids shall be rejected in the following manner:

(a) if less than three bids are received, the purchase may be made without bids at the best documented obtainable price; or

(b) if three or more bids are received, the county may reject any or all bids but shall readvertise and accept new bids; and

(c) if no new bids are received or if all new bids are rejected, the rejection shall be accompanied by a written statement of the board declaring the reasons for the rejection and the county may then purchase the required items on the open market at the best documented price.
N.M. Stat. § 9-27-10 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 27 / Section 9-27-10
§ 9-27-10. Temporary provision; transfer of functions, personnel, property, contracts and references in law
Status: in_force

A. The transfer of functions, personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment, supplies, other property and contractual obligations of the office of the chief information officer, the information technology commission, pursuant to the Information Technology Management Act, and the communications division, information systems division, radio communications bureau and telecommunications bureau of the general services department is approved and transferred to the department of information technology. All references in law to the office of the chief information officer, the information technology commission, pursuant to the Information Technology Management Act, and the communications division, information systems division, radio communications bureau and telecommunications bureau of the general services department shall be deemed to be references to the department of information technology.

B. It is the intent of the legislature that consolidation of state services and programs into the department of information technology be accomplished as quickly as practicable, without disruption in information technology services to executive agencies.

C. At the time of transfer of an agency or program, all personnel, money, appropriations, records, files, furniture, equipment and other property related to that agency or program shall be transferred to the department of information technology. The governor's office and the state budget division of the department of finance and administration shall assist in the identification of personnel, money, appropriations and property to be transferred and shall certify to the legislature that resources transferred from other agencies to the department of information technology are sufficient to continue the same level of services.

D. Contractual and other obligations of an agency or program shall be obligations of the department of information technology.

E. After the effective date of the transfers provided in Subsection B of this section, references in law to the programs being transferred shall be deemed to be references to the department of information technology.

F. The secretary of information technology shall provide periodic updates to the legislative finance committee and other appropriate interim legislative committees on the progress of the transition and integration plan and the establishment of the department of information technology. By November 1, 2007, the secretary shall provide the legislative finance committee and other appropriate interim legislative committees with a comprehensive plan to provide information technology services for all executive branch agencies, including recommendations, if any, for the transfer of additional information technology services or programs from other agencies to the department of information technology.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-39 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-39
§ 19-10-39. Litigation involving lessee's oil and gas rights on land sold with reservation of oil and gas; suspense account for royalty payments
Status: in_force

In any case where litigation has been instituted in the state courts of the state of New Mexico, or in the United States district court for the district of New Mexico, involving the right or title of the lessee under any oil and gas leases issued by the state of New Mexico on lands heretofore sold or contracted to be sold by the state of New Mexico, with a reservation of oil and gas to the state of New Mexico, where such litigation calls in question the right of the state of New Mexico to make any such lease or the ownership by the state of New Mexico of such oil and gas, the commissioner of public lands is authorized to place in a special suspense fund with the treasurer of the state of New Mexico, all moneys accruing to the state under the terms of any such lease from royalties.
N.M. Stat. § 3-65-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 65 / Section 3-65-1
§ 3-65-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 11 of this act may be cited as the “Minor League Baseball Stadium Funding Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 72-12-15 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 12 / Section 72-12-15
§ 72-12-15. Unauthorized drilling; illegal application of water; injunction or other relief
Status: in_force

No person owning or controlling lands shall permit the drilling of a well thereon for water from an underground source, as herein defined, by any person other than a driller licensed under the provisions of this act. No person shall produce water from an underground source through any well drilled in violation of this act. No person shall apply water from such underground source to land having no valid water right for the purpose to which applied. The state engineer may apply for and obtain an injunction, in the district court of the county in which any well or land affected is situated, against any person, firm or corporation who shall drill or begin the drilling of a well in violation of the provisions of this act, or who shall cause, allow or permit the drilling of a well by a person other than a licensed driller upon land owned or controlled by him, or who shall produce water from any well drilled in violation of this act, or who shall apply water from an underground source, as hereinabove defined, to lands having no valid water right for the purpose to which applied. This provision shall in no wise be construed to affect the existing right of a court of equity in the exercise of its general equity powers to grant relief to the state of New Mexico by injunction or otherwise.
N.M. Stat. § 6-8-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 8 / Section 6-8-5
§ 6-8-5. Bond; staff; budget
Status: in_force

A. Before the state investment officer or other responsible employee of the investment office enters upon the officer's or employee's duties, the secretary shall require an individual bond or include the state investment officer and all employees of the investment office under a blanket bond for an amount and for a coverage deemed best to protect the state's interest. The bond premiums shall be paid by the state.

B. The state investment officer shall annually prepare a budget for administering and investing all funds managed by the investment office, which shall be reviewed and approved by the council. Any funds provided for the operating budget of the investment office shall be appropriated by the legislature from the assets of the land grant permanent funds, the severance tax permanent fund, funds available for investment pursuant to Subsection I of Section 6-8-7 NMSA 1978 or any other funds managed by the investment office, as authorized by law.

C. Amounts budgeted or appropriated from the land grant permanent funds and the severance tax permanent fund for the costs of administering and investing those funds shall be in addition to the amounts distributed to the beneficiaries of the land grant permanent funds and to the general fund from the severance tax permanent fund as provided by law.

D. The state investment officer shall appoint all employees of the investment office.
N.M. Stat. § 64-5-1 — NM Code / Chapter 64 / Article 5 / Section 64-5-1
§ 64-5-1. Abandonment of crashed aircraft
Status: in_force

Any aircraft which has crashed and which has not been removed from the site of the crash is conclusively presumed to be abandoned by the owner if:

A. one year has elapsed from the time that the aircraft was released to the owner by the federal agency responsible for investigating the crash; and

B. the owner is not currently and actively engaged in the removal of the aircraft.
N.M. Stat. § 9-21-10 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 21 / Section 9-21-10
§ 9-21-10. Bureau chiefs
Status: in_force

The secretary may establish within each division such “bureaus” as the secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Indian Affairs Department Act. The secretary shall appoint a “chief” to be the administrative head of a bureau. A chief and all subsidiary employees of the department are covered by the Personnel Act unless otherwise provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9F-13 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9F / Section 63-9F-13
§ 63-9F-13. Confidentiality of translated or relayed conversations; penalty for breach of confidentiality
Status: in_force

A. A communications assistant who is employed to translate or relay a conversation to or from an impaired individual is a conduit for the conversation and shall not disclose, or be compelled to disclose in any nonjudicial proceeding, the contents of the conversation.

B. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection A of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.1
§ 7-1-6.1. Identification of money in tax administration suspense fund; distribution
Status: in_force

After the necessary disbursements have been made from the tax administration suspense fund, the money remaining, except for remittances received within the previous sixty days that are unidentified as to source or disposition, in the suspense fund as of the last day of the month shall be identified by tax source and distributed or transferred in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Tax Administration Act. After the necessary distributions and transfers, any balance shall be distributed to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 28-4-9 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 4 / Section 28-4-9
§ 28-4-9. Advisory committee
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint an eleven-member advisory committee to the state agency on aging [aging and long-term services department] in accordance with the provisions of the Executive Reorganization Act. 1 In establishing the committee, the governor shall take note of any federal requirements regarding membership and shall appoint members for staggered terms of four years. Members of the committee shall be reimbursed for services as provided for in the Per Diem and Mileage Act 2 and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-2 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-2
§ 67-3-2. State transportation commissioners; number; appointment; powers; term of office; bond
Status: in_force

A. The state transportation commission shall consist of six members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.

B. State transportation commissioners shall be appointed for staggered terms of six years each commencing on January 1 so that the terms of not more than two commissioners expire on December 31 of each even-numbered year. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor with the approval of the senate for the remainder of the unexpired term.

C. Each of the members, in order to qualify as such, shall take the usual oath and execute in favor of the state a surety company bond in a form approved by the attorney general in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. No more than four of the appointed commissioners shall belong to the same political party.

D. The state transportation commission shall have the power to determine all matters of policy for the department.
N.M. Stat. § 2-18-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 18 / Section 2-18-5
§ 2-18-5. Report
Status: in_force

The corrections oversight committee shall make a report of its findings and recommendations for the consideration of the first session of the forty-fifth legislature; the second session of the forty-fifth legislature; the first session of the forty-sixth legislature; the second session of the forty-sixth legislature; and the first session of the forty-seventh legislature. The reports and suggested legislation shall be made available to the New Mexico legislative council on or before December 15 preceding each session.
N.M. Stat. § 73-6-18 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 6 / Section 73-6-18
§ 73-6-18. Qualifications of voters; application of general election laws
Status: in_force

At such election and at all elections held under the provisions of this act, all resident freeholders who are the owners of land within the proposed drainage district, or other evidences of title to such lands, who are qualified electors under the general election laws of the state, shall be entitled to vote, and none others. Insofar as applicable, the general election laws of the state, except requirements for registration, and except as in this act otherwise provided, shall govern all elections under this act.
N.M. Stat. § 29-1-2 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 29-1-2
§ 29-1-2. Stolen livestock and other property; duties
Status: in_force

That it shall be the duty of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables, in their respective counties, to employ all lawful means to immediately trace and discover all livestock and other property which may have been stolen or unlawfully taken from the possession of the true owner thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 6-13-24 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 13 / Section 6-13-24
§ 6-13-24. Refunding; bonds retired
Status: in_force

Under the Institution Bond Act, outstanding bonds of more than one issue may be retired and refunded by bonds of one issue. Bonds for refunding and bonds for any other purposes authorized by the Institution Bond Act may be issued separately or in combination in one series or more.
N.M. Stat. § 61-1-10.1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 1 / Section 61-1-10.1
§ 61-1-10.1. Prohibiting certain actions by boards against licensees or license applicants
Status: in_force

A board shall not take an action pursuant to the Uniform Licensing Act against a license holder or license applicant based solely on a licensee's or license applicant's:

A. provision of, authorization of, recommendation of, assistance in, referral for or other participation in a protected health care activity, as defined in the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act, in accordance with the laws of New Mexico, including the medical standards of care, whether the protected health care activity is provided to a resident of this state or to a resident of another state; or

B. actual or alleged violation of another state's laws prohibiting the provision of, authorization of, recommendation of, assistance in, referral for or other participation in a protected health care activity, as defined in the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act, if the protected health care activity provided would have been in accordance with the laws of New Mexico, including the medical standards of care.
N.M. Stat. § 1-3A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 3A / Section 1-3A-4
§ 1-3A-4. Members; qualifications; limitations
Status: in_force

A. To qualify for appointment to the committee, a person shall:

(1) be a qualified elector of New Mexico and a voter; and

(2) not be, or in the two years prior to appointment have been, in New Mexico, any of the following:

(a) a public official;

(b) a candidate for public office;

(c) a lobbyist;

(d) an office holder in a political party at the state or federal level;

(e) a relative in the first degree of consanguinity of a member of congress, the state house of representatives, the state senate or the public education commission;

(f) an employee of congress, the legislative branch of government or other state office required to be redistricted by the committee; or

(g) an employee of the executive branch of government.

B. Before entering upon the duties of the office of member, a member shall review the Redistricting Act and take the oath of office as provided by state law.
N.M. Stat. § 58-1-67 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1 / Section 58-1-67
§ 58-1-67. Fidelity bonds and other insurance
Status: in_force

A. The directors of a state bank shall direct and require good and sufficient fidelity bonds on all active officers and employees, whether or not they draw salary or compensation, which bonds shall provide for indemnity to such bank on account of any losses sustained by it as the result of any dishonest, fraudulent or criminal act or omission committed or omitted by them acting independently or in collusion or combination with any person or persons. Such bonds may be in individual, schedule or blanket form, and the premiums therefor shall be paid by the bank.

B. The said directors shall also direct and require suitable insurance protection to the bank against burglary, robbery, theft and other similar insurable hazards to which the bank may be exposed in the operations of its business on the premises or elsewhere.

C. The directors shall be responsible for prescribing at least once in each year the amount or penal sum of the bonds or policies and the sureties or underwriters thereon, after giving due and careful consideration to all known elements and factors constituting such risk or hazard. This action shall be recorded in the minutes of the board of directors and thereafter be reported to the commissioner [director of the financial institutions division of the regulation and licensing department] and be subject to his approval.
N.M. Stat. § 10-1-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 10-1-12
§ 10-1-12. Employment of persons advocating sabotage, sedition or treason prohibited; discharge of such persons already employed
Status: in_force

No person shall be knowingly employed by any state department, office, board, commission or bureau, county, municipality or other political subdivision, board of education or school board, who either directly or indirectly carries on, advocates, teaches, justifies, aids or abets a program of sabotage, force and violence, sedition or treason against the government of the United States or of this state.

When it becomes reasonably apparent to his appointing power that any employee has committed any of the acts hereinabove described it shall be the duy [duty] of such employer to refer the data and information available to him to the district attorney of the judicial district wherein such employee resides, and it shall thereupon become the mandatory duty of the district attorney to institute a proceeding in the district court to determine whether the employee has violated this act [section]. If such court determines that this act has been violated, such employee shall be immediately discharged and shall not be again employed in any capacity by any state department, office, board, commission, or bureau, county, municipality, or other political subdivision, board of education, or school board.

No part of any money appropriated from the state treasury shall ever be expended to compensate any person whose employment is forbidden by this section.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-31 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-31
§ 27-2-31. Judgments and proceeds
Status: in_force

Upon final hearing, judgment for the department shall include all sums expended during the pendency of the action. When the department of public welfare [health care authority department] recovers judgments under this act, it may enforce, compromise or settle the judgments in any way considered by the board of public welfare to be in the public interest. Any proceeds of judgments or settlements shall be retained by the department for its authorized activities and required reimbursements to the federal government.
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-11
§ 4-38-11. Chairman; powers and duties
Status: in_force

The chairman of said board shall have power to administer oaths to any person concerning any matter submitted to the board or connected with their powers and duties and he shall sign all orders on the county treasury.