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N.M. Stat. § 27-5-12.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 5 / Section 27-5-12.1
§ 27-5-12.1. Appeal
Status: in_force

Any hospital or ambulance service aggrieved by any decision of the county may appeal to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-61 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-61
§ 20-12-61. Burglary
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who, with intent to commit an offense punishable under Sections 20-12-49 through 20-12-60 NMSA 1978 breaks and enters, in the nighttime, the dwelling house of another, is guilty of burglary and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 42-9-38 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 9 / Section 42-9-38
§ 42-9-38. Ancillary attachments; affidavit; bond; writ
Status: in_force

In any civil suit, when the summons against the defendant has been returned, executed, the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, may, at any time, before judgment, file an affidavit with the clerk of the court in which the suit is pending, and give bond with security as in cases of original attachments; and thereupon the clerk must issue an attachment, returnable as in other cases of original attachments.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-3 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-3
§ 72-20-3. Decision of board or governing body final
Status: in_force

The action and decision of the board as to all matters passed upon by it in relation to any action, matter or thing provided in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act shall be final and conclusive, if supported by substantial evidence, unless the action and decision are arbitrary, capricious or fraudulent.
N.M. Stat. § 53-19-4 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 19 / Section 53-19-4
§ 53-19-4. Reservation of name
Status: reserved

A. The exclusive right to use a name may be reserved by:

(1) a person intending to organize a limited liability company and to adopt that name;

(2) a limited liability company or a foreign limited liability company registered in New Mexico that intends to adopt that name;

(3) a foreign limited liability company intending to register in New Mexico and to adopt that name; or

(4) a person intending to organize a foreign limited liability company and to have it registered in New Mexico and to adopt that name.

B. The reservation shall be made by filing with the commission [secretary of state] an application executed by the applicant to reserve a specified name. If the commission [secretary of state] finds that the name is available for use by a domestic or foreign limited liability company, it shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of one hundred twenty days after the date the application is filed with the commission [secretary of state].

C. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to another person by filing with the commission [secretary of state] a notice of the transfer executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved and specifying the name to be transferred and the name and address of the transferee. The transfer shall not extend the term during which the name is reserved.
N.M. Stat. § 11-16-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 11 / Article 16 / Section 11-16-9
§ 11-16-9. Entry into Wildlife Violator Compact and withdrawal
Status: in_force

A. The Wildlife Violator Compact shall become effective at the time it is adopted in substantially similar form by two or more states.

B. Entry into the Wildlife Violator Compact shall be made by resolution of ratification by the authorized officials of the applying state and submitted to the chairman of the board of compact administrators.

C. The resolution shall substantially be in the form and content as provided in the compact manual and shall include the following:

(1) a citation of the authority from which the state is empowered to become a party to the Wildlife Violator Compact;

(2) an agreement of compliance with the terms and provisions of this compact; and

(3) an agreement that compact entry is with all states participating in the Wildlife Violator Compact and with all additional states that legally become a party to the Wildlife Violator Compact.

D. The effective date of entry shall be specified by the applying state but shall not be less than sixty days after notice has been given to each participating state that the resolution from the applying state has been received:

(1) by the chairman of the board of compact administrators; or

(2) by the secretary of the board of compact administrators.

E. A participating state may withdraw from participation in the Wildlife Violator Compact by official written notice to each participating state, but withdrawal shall not become effective until ninety days after the notice of withdrawal is given. No withdrawal of any state shall affect the validity of the Wildlife Violator Compact as to the remaining participating states.
N.M. Stat. § 24-3B-3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 3B / Section 24-3B-3
§ 24-3B-3. Education of school age residents
Status: in_force

A. All school age residents shall be evaluated by the department for purposes of educational placement according to the special education regulations of the state public education department.

B. Any evaluated school age resident not recommended for placement in a public school by the department or as a result of the appeal process shall be provided an educational program by the institution in which he is a school age resident. All such educational programs shall be in accordance with the special education regulations of the state public education department.

C. The department shall refer any evaluated school age resident who has been recommended for placement in a public school to a school district for enrollment.

D. The educational appraisal and review committee of a school district shall evaluate and recommend placement of all referred school age residents according to the placement process as provided in the special education regulations of the state public education department. A school district shall enroll all referred school age residents who have been recommended for placement in a public school by the educational appraisal and review committee of the school district.

E. The department may appeal any recommendation to not place a referred school age resident in a public school only if such recommendation is made by the educational appraisal and review committee of the school district where the institution, in which the referred school age resident is a client, is located. The appeal process shall be as provided in the special education regulations of the state public education department. Any referred school age resident who has been recommended for placement in a public school as a result of the appeal process shall be enrolled in the school district where the institution, in which the referred school age resident is a client, is located, as provided in Paragraph (2), Subsection C of Section 22-12-4 NMSA 1978.

F. All school age residents who are enrolled in a public school shall be counted in the special education membership of the school district.

G. Transportation for all school age residents enrolled in a public school shall be provided to and from the institution in which they are clients and the public school in which they are enrolled. Such transportation shall be provided in accordance with Section 22-8-2 and Sections 22-16-1 through 22-16-10 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 6-5-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 6-5-8
§ 6-5-8. Vouchers
Status: in_force

All claims for payment of public money shall be made upon a public voucher. All public vouchers shall be in the form and contain the information required by the division. All purchase vouchers for goods and services, other than personnel, shall be accompanied by supporting invoices and documentation required by the division. Vouchers for the reimbursement of public officers and employees shall have receipts attached for all money claimed, except that travel advance or reimbursement vouchers for claims of mileage and per diem at standard rates need not be accompanied by receipts. All vouchers shall be certified as true and correct by the officer or employee designated to approve payments of claims against state agencies and local public bodies, including public schools. The division may require that payroll, travel advance, reimbursement, refund or other vouchers be sworn to by the certifying officer or payee. Certification may be in writing or by electronic media.
N.M. Stat. § 5-14-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 14 / Section 5-14-10
§ 5-14-10. Collection of delinquencies
Status: in_force

A. A local governmental entity shall by ordinance provide that a vendor is liable for the payment of the proceeds of convention center fees that the vendor failed to remit to the local governmental entity. Failure of the vendor to collect the fee is not cause for the local governmental entity to forgive convention center fees due and owed by the vendor. The ordinance shall provide for a civil penalty for each occurrence of failure to remit convention center fees in an amount equal to the greater of ten percent of the amount that was not duly remitted to the local governmental entity or one hundred dollars ($100).

B. The local governmental entity may bring an action in the district court of the judicial district in which the local governmental entity is located for collection of amounts due, including without limitation, penalties on the amounts due on the unpaid principal at a rate not exceeding one percent per month, the costs of collection and reasonable attorney fees incurred in connection with the court action to collect the unpaid convention center fees.
N.M. Stat. § 1-22-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 22 / Section 1-22-2
§ 1-22-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Local Election Act:

A. “ local election ” means a local government election;

B. “ local governing body ” means a board, council or commission, as appropriate for a given local government;

C. “ local government ” means a:

(1) political subdivision of the state with authority to levy taxes pursuant to Article 8, Section 9 of the constitution of New Mexico and its enabling legislation, but does not include a county; and

(2) political subdivision of the state without authority to levy taxes pursuant to Article 8, Section 9 of the constitution of New Mexico or its enabling legislation, but whose statutory provisions provide for election of officers or ballot questions to be decided pursuant to the Local Election Act;

D. “ municipal officers ” means the local governing body and any elective executive and judicial officers of a municipality;

E. “ regular local election ” means the biennial local election at which local governing body members are elected pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act; and

F. “ special local election ” means a local election conducted at a time other than a statewide election at which only ballot questions are considered pursuant to the provisions of the Special Election Act.
N.M. Stat. § 25-6-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 6 / Section 25-6-13
§ 25-6-13. Additional violations
Status: in_force

It is unlawful:

A. for any person, with the exception of New Mexico egg producers, to sell eggs as a dealer unless such a person has obtained from the department a license to be issued at a price, varying according to the type of dealer;

B. for a person to refuse to submit any eggs, containers, lot, load or display of eggs to the inspection of any enforcement officer or to refuse to stop, at the request of any enforcement officer, any vehicle transporting eggs; or

C. for a person having eggs marked in accordance with the delivery invoice to keep the eggs for such time or under such conditions after they are purchased so as to cause them to deteriorate to a lower grade or standard and then offer and expose them for sale under the mark of the original invoice grade or standard.
N.M. Stat. § 29-7-1 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 7 / Section 29-7-1
§ 29-7-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 29, Article 7 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Law Enforcement Training Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 31-27-3 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 27 / Section 31-27-3
§ 31-27-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Forfeiture Act:

A. “abandoned property”:

(1) is not subject to the provisions of Section 29-1-14 NMSA 1978;

(2) means personal property the rights to which and the control of which an owner has intentionally relinquished; and

(3) does not mean real property;

B. “ actual knowledge ” means a direct and clear awareness of information, a fact or a condition;

C. “ contraband ” means goods that may not be lawfully imported, exported or possessed, including drugs that are listed in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V of the Controlled Substances Act and that are possessed without a valid prescription;

D. “ conveyance ” means a device used for transportation and:

(1) includes a motor vehicle, trailer, snowmobile, airplane, vessel and any equipment attached to the conveyance; but

(2) does not include property that is stolen or taken in violation of a law;

E. “ conviction ” or “ convicted ” means that a person has been found guilty of a crime in a trial court whether by a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or otherwise and whether the sentence is deferred or suspended;

F. “ crime ” means a violation of a criminal statute for which property of the offender is subject to seizure and forfeiture;

G. “ instrumentality ” means all property that is otherwise lawful to possess that is used in the furtherance or commission of an offense to which forfeiture applies and includes land, a building, a container, a conveyance, equipment, materials, a product, a computer, computer software, a telecommunications device, a firearm, ammunition, a tool, money, a security and a negotiable instrument and other devices used for exchange of property;

H. “ law enforcement agency ” means the employer of a law enforcement officer who is authorized to seize or has seized property pursuant to the Forfeiture Act;

I. “ law enforcement officer ”:

(1) means a state or municipal police officer, county sheriff, deputy sheriff, conservation officer, motor transportation enforcement officer or other state employee authorized by state law to enforce criminal statutes; but

(2) does not mean a correctional officer;

J. “ owner ” means a person who has a legal or equitable ownership interest in property;

K. “ property ” means tangible or intangible personal property or real property;

L. “ property subject to forfeiture ” means property or an instrumentality declared to be subject to forfeiture by the Forfeiture Act or a state law outside of the Forfeiture Act; and

M. “ secured party ” means a person with a security or other protected interest in property, whether the interest arose by mortgage, security agreement, lien, lease or otherwise; the purpose of which interest is to secure the payment of a debt or protect a potential debt owed to the secured party.
N.M. Stat. § 38-1-1 — NM Code / Chapter 38 / Article 1 / Section 38-1-1
§ 38-1-1. Rules of pleading, practice and procedure
Status: in_force

A. The supreme court of New Mexico shall, by rules promulgated by it from time to time, regulate pleading, practice and procedure in judicial proceedings in all courts of New Mexico for the purpose of simplifying and promoting the speedy determination of litigation upon its merits. Such rules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify the substantive rights of any litigant.

B. The supreme court shall cause all rules to be printed and distributed to all members of the bar of the state and to all applicants, and no rule shall become effective until thirty days after it has been so printed and distributed.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-23.9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-23.9
§ 22-8-23.9. Home school student program units
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provision in Section 22-8-2 NMSA 1978 defining a qualified student as one who is regularly enrolled in one-half or more of the minimum course requirements approved by the department for public school students, home school students may take one or more classes at public schools and, if so, shall generate program units as provided in this section. The home school student program unit for a school district is determined by multiplying the number of home school students who are enrolled in one or more classes by the cost differential factor 0.25 per class per home school student up to the enrollment required for the home school student to meet the definition of “qualified student”. The home school student program units shall be paid to the school district in which they are generated. A home school student is eligible to enroll in a public school in the attendance zone in which the student resides or in another public school outside the attendance zone as provided in Section 22-1-4 NMSA 1978 . The school district shall verify each home school student's academic and other eligibility to enroll in the class.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-16 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-16
§ 53-8-16. Quorum
Status: in_force

The bylaws may provide the number or percentage of members entitled to vote represented in person or by proxy, or the number or percentage of votes represented in person or by proxy, which shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of members. In the absence of any such provision, members holding one-tenth of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter to be voted upon represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter to be voted upon by the members present or represented by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be necessary for the adoption thereof unless a greater proportion is required by the Nonprofit Corporation Act, the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.
N.M. Stat. § 74-6A-14 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 6A / Section 74-6A-14
§ 74-6A-14. Validation
Status: in_force

All outstanding securities of the state and of all qualified borrowers, all loan or other agreements entered into between the state or the division and any qualified borrower, all regulations promulgated by the commission and all acts and proceedings taken by or on behalf of the state or any qualified borrower with respect to the financing of eligible projects are validated, ratified, approved and confirmed. To the extent necessary to carry out its purposes, the commission shall treat any bonds, obligations or agreements of the state or the division that were entered into prior to April 4, 1991 for the purpose of effecting the provisions of the Wastewater Facility Construction Loan Act or the Clean Water Act 1 as if such bonds, obligations or agreements were those recommended by the commission and issued by the board.
N.M. Stat. § 1-6B-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6B / Section 1-6B-1
§ 1-6B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 1, Article 6B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-16-27 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 16 / Section 59A-16-27
§ 59A-16-27. Desist orders for prohibited practices
Status: in_force

A. If the superintendent has cause to believe that any unfair method of competition or act or practice defined or prohibited in Chapter 59A, Article 16 NMSA 1978 is being engaged in by any person, he shall order such person to cease and desist therefrom. The superintendent shall deliver such order to such person directly or by certified mail. If the person fails to comply therewith within twenty days after receipt of the cease and desist order, and does not make written request for a hearing thereon within such twenty days, he shall be subject to the penalties referred to in Section 59A-16-29 NMSA 1978 , for each violation committed theretofore or thereafter. In any event, if the person does not make a written request for hearing thereon within such twenty days the order shall be final and not subject to review or appeal.

B. If a hearing is so requested, the superintendent shall hold a hearing, and proceed as provided under Chapter 59A, Article 4 NMSA 1978 as to hearings in general.

C. If after such a hearing the violation is confirmed by final order of the superintendent, the violator shall be subject to the penalty referred to in Subsection A of this section, together with payment of the costs of the hearing as determined by the superintendent.

D. If the alleged violator fails to comply with the superintendent's order after expiration of the twenty-day period to request a hearing referred to in Subsection A of this section or after hearing referred to in Subsection C of this section, the superintendent may cause an action for injunction to be filed in the district court of the county in which the violation occurred.

E. No order of the superintendent pursuant to this section or order of court to enforce it, shall in any way relieve or absolve any person affected by such order from any other liability, penalty or forfeiture applicable under law.

F. Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving any violator from penalties prescribed in Section 59A-16-29 NMSA 1978 whether or not such a cease and desist order is issued or other action hereunder taken by the superintendent.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60B / Section 3-60B-2
§ 3-60B-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Main Street Act is to provide for the revitalization of central business districts in New Mexico communities based on the preservation and rehabilitation of existing structures of unique historical and architectural character and the development of progressive marketing and management techniques as an economic development strategy for local governments.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-27 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-27
§ 61-23-27. Engineering; public officer; licensure required
Status: in_force

No person except a licensed professional engineer shall be eligible to hold any responsible office or position for the state or any political subdivision of the state that includes the performance or responsible charge of engineering work.
N.M. Stat. § 21-7-18 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 21-7-18
§ 21-7-18. Interest and retirement fund for building and improvement bonds; establishment; replenishment
Status: in_force

The board of regents shall, at the time of issuing said bonds, establish for the payment of the principal and interest thereof a fund to be known as “interest and retirement fund” into which fund said board shall immediately place a sum not less than the amount necessary to pay the interest and maturing principal of said bonds for the ensuing twelve months, and annually thereafter shall continue to place in said fund a sufficient amount to pay principal and interest maturing in the succeeding twelve months.