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N.M. Stat. § 41-9-2 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 9 / Section 41-9-2
§ 41-9-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Review Organization Immunity Act:

A. “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm or other entity;

B. “health care provider” means any person licensed by the state or permitted by law to provide health care services;

C. “health care services” means services rendered by a health care provider of the type the health care provider is licensed or permitted to provide;

D. “staff” means the members of the governing board, officers and employees of a health care provider which is not an individual; and

E. “review organization” means an organization whose membership is limited to health care providers and staff, except where otherwise provided for by state or federal law, and which is established by a health care provider which is a hospital, by one or more state or local associations of health care providers, by a nonprofit health care plan, by a health maintenance organization, by an emergency medical services system or provider as defined in the Emergency Medical Services Act, 1 or by a professional standards review organization established pursuant to 42 U.S.C., Section 1320c-1 et seq. to gather and review information relating to the care and treatment of patients for the purposes of:

(1) evaluating and improving the quality of health care services rendered in the area or by a health care provider;

(2) reducing morbidity or mortality;

(3) obtaining and disseminating statistics and information relative to the treatment and prevention of diseases, illnesses and injuries;

(4) developing and publishing guidelines showing the norms of health care services in the area or by health care providers;

(5) developing and publishing guidelines designed to keep within reasonable bounds the cost of health care services;

(6) reviewing the nature, quality or cost of health care services provided to enrollees of health maintenance organizations and nonprofit health care plans;

(7) acting as a professional standards review organization pursuant to 42 U.S.C., Section 1320c-1, et seq. ; or

(8) determining whether a health care provider shall be granted authority to provide health care services using the health care provider's facilities or whether a health care provider's privileges should be limited, suspended or revoked.
N.M. Stat. § 62-16B-5 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 16B / Section 62-16B-5
§ 62-16B-5. Subscription requirements
Status: in_force

A. A subscription shall be:

(1) sized to supply no more than one hundred percent of the subscriber's average annual electricity consumption; and

(2) transferable and portable within the qualifying utility service territory.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a native community solar project; provided that subscriptions to a native community solar project shall be transferable and portable within the qualifying utility service territory.
N.M. Stat. § 12-12-10 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12 / Section 12-12-10
§ 12-12-10. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Emergency Petroleum Products Supply Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 1-6-23 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-23
§ 1-6-23. Absent voter precinct polling place; hours on election day and subsequent days
Status: in_force

The county clerk or statutorily appointed supervisor of the election shall determine the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during which the absent voter precinct polling place shall be open for delivery and registering of absentee ballots on the five days preceding election day and the hours during which the absent voter precinct polling place shall be open for the delivery, registering and counting of ballots on election day and subsequent days until all ballots are counted; provided that the absent voter precinct polling place opens at 7:00 a.m. on election day.
N.M. Stat. § 57-13-7 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 13 / Section 57-13-7
§ 57-13-7. Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person violating the Pyramid Promotional Schemes Act shall be deemed guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment pursuant to the provisions of Subsections A through C of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 or fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
N.M. Stat. § 14-16-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 16 / Section 14-16-13
§ 14-16-13. Admissibility in evidence
Status: in_force

In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9C-7 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9C / Section 7-9C-7
§ 7-9C-7. Deduction; sale of a service for resale
Status: in_force

A. Receipts from providing an interstate telecommunications service in this state that will be used by other persons in providing telephone or telegraph services to the final user may be deducted from interstate telecommunications gross receipts if the sale is made to a person who is subject to the interstate telecommunications gross receipts tax or to the gross receipts tax or the compensating tax.

B. Receipts during the period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 2000 from providing leased telephone lines, telecommunications services, internet access services or computer programming that will be used by other persons in providing internet access and related services to the final user may be deducted from interstate telecommunications gross receipts if the sale is made to a person who is subject to the interstate telecommunications gross receipts tax, the gross receipts tax or the compensating tax.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15 / Section 6-15-21
§ 6-15-21. Contributions securing payment of bonds
Status: in_force

In order to provide for the payment of maturing principal and interest, or call premium if any, on any of its general obligation or general obligation refunding bonds a county, municipality or school district may contribute any available money to aid in the purchase of securities to be placed in a trust or escrow created pursuant to Section 6-15-20 NMSA 1978, or may create any such trust or enter into any such escrow agreement if such trust or escrow agreement is to be wholly funded with cash or securities transferred from any fund of such county, municipality or school district, or purchased with the proceeds of any available money from any fund of such county, municipality or school district.
N.M. Stat. § 14-4A-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 4A / Section 14-4A-6
§ 14-4A-6. Periodic review of rules
Status: repealed

A. By July 1, 2010, each agency shall have reviewed all of its rules that existed on the effective date of the Small Business Regulatory Relief Act to determine whether the rules should be continued without change or should be amended or repealed to minimize the economic impact of the rules on small businesses, subject to compliance with the stated objectives of the laws pursuant to which the rules were adopted.

B. Rules adopted and promulgated after the effective date of the Small Business Regulatory Relief Act shall be reviewed every five years to ensure that they continue to minimize economic impacts on small businesses while implementing the state objectives of the laws pursuant to which the rules were adopted.

C. In reviewing its rules to minimize economic impacts on small businesses, an agency shall consider the following factors:

(1) continued need for the rule;

(2) the nature of complaints or comments received from the public concerning the rule;

(3) the complexity of the rule;

(4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates or conflicts with other federal, state and local government rules; and

(5) the length of time since the rule has been evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic conditions or other factors have changed in the topical area affected by the rule.
N.M. Stat. § 9-16-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 16 / Section 9-16-3
§ 9-16-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Regulation and Licensing Department Act:

A. “department” means the regulation and licensing department; and

B. “superintendent” means the superintendent of regulation and licensing.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15E-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15E / Section 9-15E-4
§ 9-15E-4. Limitations on director activities
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, members of the board of directors are public officers subject to the provisions of the Governmental Conduct Act.

B. Members of the board of directors shall not, within one year of having served as a director, accept employment with an entity that has benefited from a contractual or other activity with the authority. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit a member of the board of directors who is employed by a research institution, a national laboratory or the spaceport authority that may have benefited from a contractual or other activity with the authority from continuing in that employment nor to have violated this section continuing in such employment. An alleged violation of this subsection may be reported to the attorney general or district attorney for enforcement.
N.M. Stat. § 1-10-5 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 10 / Section 1-10-5
§ 1-10-5. Ballots; printing
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall have access to sufficient ballots to send to federal qualified electors no later than the last business day before the forty-fifth day prior to an election. All other pre-printed ballots shall be in the possession of the county clerk at least forty days before the election. When a county is using a system that is designed to print ballots at a polling location, the system shall be programmed and capable of operation at least forty days before the election.
N.M. Stat. § 69-8-9.1 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 8 / Section 69-8-9.1
§ 69-8-9.1. Standard of evaluation of variances; effect of variances granted
Status: in_force

A. A person affected by a rule adopted under the Mining Safety Act may petition the inspector for a variance.

B. A variance of a mandatory safety standard may be granted upon a determination that:

(1) an alternative method of achieving the result of the standard or rule exists that will at all times guarantee no less than the same measure of protection afforded by the standard or rule; or

(2) application of the standard or rule would diminish the safety of the affected miners.

C. All variances granted pursuant to this section shall have only future effect.

D. The inspector shall fully investigate any proposed variance with the requesting mine operator and the respective representative of miners, or a reasonable number of miners that will be affected by the proposed variance. The proposed variance shall be posted at the mine when submitted to the inspector to ensure that all miners have the opportunity to review and make comments to the inspector. Investigation shall begin within ninety days of receipt of the proposed petition, and the inspector shall make a final determination no longer than one hundred eighty days from the receipt of the proposed petition.

E. A person affected by the final decision of the inspector may appeal to the board within thirty days of the inspector's final decision. The appeal shall be in writing and sent to the board's chair. The board shall review the appeal within ninety days and may hold a hearing. The board shall make a final decision regarding the variance request.

F. A person who is adversely affected by a decision of the board pursuant to this section may appeal to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 18-3A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 3A / Section 18-3A-1
§ 18-3A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 18, Article 3A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Natural History and Science Museum Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2F-16 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2F / Section 60-2F-16
§ 60-2F-16. Display of license
Status: in_force

Each license issued pursuant to the New Mexico Bingo and Raffle Act shall contain a statement of the name and address of the licensee, date of issuance and date of expiration. Any such license issued for the conduct of any games of bingo or pull-tab shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where the games are to be conducted.
N.M. Stat. § 52-1-26.4 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 1 / Section 52-1-26.4
§ 52-1-26.4. Partial disability determination; physical capacity modification
Status: in_force

A. The range of the physical capacity modification is one to eight.

B. The award of points to a worker shall be based upon the difference between the physical capacity necessary to perform the worker's usual and customary work and the worker's residual physical capacity. The award of points shall be based upon the following table:

RESIDUAL PHYSICAL CAPACITY

S

L

M

H

PRE-INJURY

S

1

1

1

1

PHYSICAL CAPACITY

L

3

1

1

1

(USUAL AND

M

5

3

1

1

CUSTOMARY WORK)

H

8

5

3

1.

C. For the purposes of this section:

(1) “ H ” or “ heavy ” means the ability to lift over fifty pounds occasionally or up to fifty pounds frequently;

(2) “ M ” or “ medium ” means the ability to lift up to fifty pounds occasionally or up to twenty-five pounds frequently;

(3) “ L ” or “ light ” means the ability to lift up to twenty pounds occasionally or up to ten pounds frequently. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job is in this category when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree or when it involves sitting most of the time with a degree of pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls or both; and

(4) “ S ” or “ sedentary ” means the ability to lift up to ten pounds occasionally or up to five pounds frequently. Although a sedentary job is defined as one that involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met.

D. The determination of a worker's residual physical capacity shall be made by a health care provider defined in Subsection C , E or G of Section 52-4-1 NMSA 1978 . If the worker or employer disagrees on who shall make this determination, the dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 52-1-51 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 9-17-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 17 / Section 9-17-8
§ 9-17-8. Equipment replacement plans; equipment replacement revolving funds
Status: in_force

A. In order to plan for the expenditure of capital investments necessary to provide goods and services to the state and its agencies and to local public bodies and other enterprise customers, the general services department shall establish and maintain a five-year equipment replacement plan for each of the department's enterprise functions. No later than December 1 of each year, the plans shall be submitted to the department of finance and administration and to the legislature, along with a reconciliation report reflecting financial activity in the preceding fiscal year in each of the equipment replacement revolving funds established pursuant to this section.

B. Upon the request of the secretary of general services, the state treasurer shall establish such “equipment replacement revolving funds” in the state treasury as are necessary to administer each of the general services department's enterprise functions. The funds shall consist of legislative appropriations to the funds and transfers made to the funds pursuant to Subsections C and D of this section. Income from investment of the funds shall be credited to the funds, and money in the funds shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year. Expenditures from the funds shall be made only pursuant to an appropriation from the legislature and only for the purpose of acquiring and replacing capital equipment used to provide enterprise services, pursuant to the five-year equipment replacement plans.

C. The general services department shall record amounts due to the equipment replacement revolving funds each calendar quarter, based on the calculation of depreciation applicable to each enterprise as reflected in the department's published cost structures for calculation of rates for services. Transfers to the funds shall be made from the operating funds of each enterprise in amounts that reconcile with the recorded amounts due.

D. The general services department may make initial transfers from its operating funds to establish the beginning fund balances as of July 1, 2009. The transfers shall be based on amounts so designated in the audited financial statements of the department as of June 30, 2009.
N.M. Stat. § 3-28-20 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 28 / Section 3-28-20
§ 3-28-20. Associations not subject to utility laws
Status: in_force

No association organized under the provisions of Chapter 3, Article 28 NMSA 1978 is subject to the jurisdiction of the New Mexico public utility commission [public regulation commission] or the terms and provisions of the Public Utility Act, as amended.
N.M. Stat. § 3-28-3 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 28 / Section 3-28-3
§ 3-28-3. Certificate of association
Status: in_force

The incorporators of an association formed under Chapter 3, Article 28 NMSA 1978 shall execute a certificate setting forth:

A. the name of the association. No name shall be assumed that is in use by another association or corporation in this state or so nearly similar as to lead to uncertainty or confusion;

B. the names of the incorporators;

C. the location of its principal office in this state;

D. the objects and purposes of the association, the county or counties in which its operations are to be carried on and the general description of the lands, reservoir, pipelines and water or natural gas supply systems to be used under the management of the association;

E. the amount of capital stock and number and denomination of the shares or, if the incorporators do not desire to issue shares of stock, the plan and manner of acquiring membership and of providing funds or means for the acquisition, construction, improvement and maintenance of its works and for its necessary expenses;

F. the period, if any, limited for the duration of the association; and

G. the number of members to serve upon the board of directors of the association and the duration of their offices, and it may name the persons who shall serve as the board of directors for the first three months or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified.

The certificate or any amendment thereof may also contain any provision not inconsistent with the law of this state that the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation and conduct of the affairs of the association extending its membership, enlarging or changing the scope of its operations, creating and enforcing a lien upon the reservoirs, works, water rights and pipelines of the association or its members for the cost of the acquisition, construction, repair, improvement and maintenance of same, collecting the necessary funds for expenses and purposes of the association, defining or limiting its powers and for its dissolution and the distribution or other disposition of its property.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15A-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15A / Section 6-15A-8
§ 6-15A-8. Authorizing lease-purchase of education technology equipment; preliminary resolution; contents; notice; final resolution of approval
Status: in_force

A. If a local school board proposes to lease-purchase education technology equipment, it shall comply with the requirements of this section.

B. At a regular meeting or at a special meeting called for the purpose of considering the lease-purchase of education technology equipment, a local school board shall:

(1) make a determination of the necessity for lease-purchasing the education technology equipment;

(2) determine the estimated cost of the equipment needed;

(3) review a summary of the terms of the proposed lease-purchase agreement;

(4) identify the source of funds for the lease-purchase payments;

(5) if all or part of the funds needed requires or anticipates the imposition of a property tax, determine the estimated rate of the tax and what, if any, the percentage increase in property taxes for real property owners in the school district;

(6) set a date not more than four weeks and not less than three weeks in the future for a special meeting to consider a resolution granting final approval to the lease-purchase of education technology equipment; and

(7) direct that notice of the special meeting be published once each week for the two weeks immediately preceding the meeting in a newspaper having general circulation in the school district and that the notice include the information required in Paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection.

C. At the special meeting scheduled pursuant to Subsection B of this section, the local school board may adopt a final resolution approving the lease-purchase of education technology equipment only by an affirmative vote of majority of all members of the board.

D. The local school board shall not adopt a resolution for or approve a lease-purchase agreement that exceeds five years.
N.M. Stat. § 24-2B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 2B / Section 24-2B-1
§ 24-2B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 24, Article 2B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Human Immunodeficiency Virus Test Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 11-3A-31 — NM Code / Chapter 11 / Article 3A / Section 11-3A-31
§ 11-3A-31. Transitional provisions; commissioners; contracts and agreements
Status: in_force

A. Members of boards of commissioners of regional housing authorities appointed prior to March 31, 2009 shall continue to serve as members of boards of commissioners until their terms expire or their successors are appointed and qualified pursuant to the provisions of Laws 2009, Chapter 48.

B. All contracts and agreements of regional housing authorities in effect on March 31, 2009 shall continue in effect.

C. Property or an interest in property owned by a regional housing authority prior to the consolidation of regional housing authorities pursuant to Laws 2009, Chapter 48 shall be deemed to be owned by the regional housing authority whose region pursuant to Section 11-3A-4 NMSA 1978 includes the county where the property is located.
N.M. Stat. § 40-4B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 4B / Section 40-4B-1
§ 40-4B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 10 of this act may be cited as the “Child Support Hearing Officer Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 22-3B-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 3B / Section 22-3B-2
§ 22-3B-2. Commission members
Status: in_force

The public education commission is composed of ten members to be elected from districts established by law.