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N.M. Stat. § 26-2C-37 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2C / Section 26-2C-37
§ 26-2C-37. Intrastate source
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 38 of the Cannabis Regulation Act, all cannabis products shall be derived from a source originating within New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-49.2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-49.2
§ 59A-22-49.2. Coverage of prescription eye drop refills
Status: in_force

A. An individual or group health insurance policy, health care plan or certificate of health insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides coverage for prescription eye drops shall not deny coverage for a renewal of prescription eye drops when:

(1) the renewal is requested by the insured at least twenty-three days for a thirty-day supply of eye drops, forty-five days for a sixty-day supply of eye drops or sixty-eight days for a ninety-day supply of eye drops from the later of the date that the original prescription was dispensed to the insured or the date that the last renewal of the prescription was dispensed to the insured; and

(2) the prescriber indicates on the original prescription that additional quantities are needed and that the renewal requested by the insured does not exceed the number of additional quantities needed.

B. As used in this section, “ prescriber ” means a person who is authorized pursuant to the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act 1 to prescribe prescription eye drops.
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-48 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-48
§ 53-11-48. Officers
Status: in_force

Every corporation organized under the Business Corporation Act shall have officers, with titles and duties as shall be stated in the bylaws or in a resolution of the board of directors which is not inconsistent with the bylaws, and as many officers as may be necessary to enable the corporation to sign instruments and stock certificates required under the Business Corporation Act. One of the officers shall have the duty to record the proceedings of the meetings of the members and directors in a book to be kept for that purpose. All officers and agents of the corporation, as between themselves and the corporation, shall have the authority and perform the duties in the management of the corporation as provided in the bylaws or as determined by resolution of the board of directors not inconsistent with the bylaws.
N.M. Stat. § 7-32-7 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 32 / Section 7-32-7
§ 7-32-7. Price increase subject to approval of agency of United States of America, state of New Mexico or court; refund
Status: in_force

When an increase in the value of any product is subject to the approval of any agency of the United States of America or the state of New Mexico or any court, the increased value shall be subject to this tax. In the event the increase in value is disapproved, either in whole or in part, then the amount of tax which has been paid on the disapproved part of the value shall be considered excess tax. Any person who has paid any such excess tax may apply for a refund of that excess tax in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-1-26 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-16 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-16
§ 9-15-16. Technology enterprise division created
Status: in_force

The “technology enterprise division” is created as a division of the economic development department. The division shall:

A. enhance the business climate to encourage the start-up, relocation, development and growth of technology-based industry in New Mexico;

B. promote an expanded, diversified technology-based economy, emphasizing areas that:

(1) derive from the state's technological strengths;

(2) provide a commercial advantage;

(3) lend themselves to a distributed technology-based industry network; and

(4) utilize imaginative state, federal and private partnerships; and

C. attain sufficient levels of human, financial and physical resources to support in-state industries and attract new industries to New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 57-32-9 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 32 / Section 57-32-9
§ 57-32-9. Waiver of rights
Status: in_force

A. A consumer shall not be required to exhaust any administrative remedies provided by the provisions of the Patients' Debt Collection Protection Act or other applicable law before seeking legal or equitable relief.

B. A financial assistance policy or agreement between a patient and a health care facility, third-party health care provider, medical creditor or medical debt collector shall not contain any provision that, prior to a dispute arising, waives or has the practical effect of waiving the rights of a patient to resolve that dispute by obtaining:

(1) injunctive, declaratory or other equitable relief;

(2) multiple or minimum damages as specified by statute;

(3) attorney fees and costs as specified by statute or as available at common law; or

(4) a hearing at which that party can present evidence in person.

C. A provision in a financial assistance policy or other written agreement that violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is void and unenforceable. A court may refuse to enforce other provisions of the financial assistance policy or other written agreement as equity may require.

D. A waiver by a patient or other consumer of any protection provided by or any right of the patient or other consumer pursuant to the Patients' Debt Collection Protection Act is void and shall not be enforced by any court or any other person.
N.M. Stat. § 28-2-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 2 / Section 28-2-3
§ 28-2-3. Employment eligibility determination
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this section and Sections 28-2-4 and 28-2-5 NMSA 1978 , in determining eligibility for employment with the state or any of its political subdivisions or for a license, permit, certificate or other authority to engage in any regulated trade, business or profession, the board or other department or agency having jurisdiction may take into consideration a conviction, but the conviction shall not operate as an automatic bar to obtaining public employment or license or other authority to practice the trade, business or profession. A board, department or agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions shall not make an inquiry regarding a conviction on an initial application for employment and shall only take into consideration a conviction after the applicant has been selected as a finalist for the position.

B. The following criminal records shall not be used, distributed or disseminated in connection with an application for any public employment, license or other authority:

(1) records of arrest not followed by a valid conviction;

(2) convictions that have been sealed, dismissed, expunged or pardoned;

(3) juvenile adjudications; or

(4) convictions for a crime that is not job-related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8E-8 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8E / Section 22-8E-8
§ 22-8E-8. Report to the legislative education study committee and the governor
Status: in_force

Each December, the department and each charter school district shall report to the legislative education study committee and the governor regarding the progress that each charter school district has made toward achieving the goals of its charter.
N.M. Stat. § 72-17-44 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-44
§ 72-17-44. Issuance of bonds and incurrence of debt
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of taxes or other revenues, or both, and to issue bonds to evidence the amount so borrowed. No bonded indebtedness or any other indebtedness not payable in full within one year, except for interim debentures as provided in Sections 72-17-46 and 72-17-89 through 72-17-91 NMSA 1978 , shall be created by the authority without first submitting a proposition of issuing such bonds to the qualified electors of the authority and being approved by a majority of such electors voting thereon at an election held for that purpose in accordance with Sections 72-17-28 through 72-17-34 NMSA 1978 and all laws amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. Bonds so authorized may be issued in one series or more and may mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their issuance as the board may determine. The total of all outstanding indebtedness at any one time shall not exceed twelve million five hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000) without prior approval of the state legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 16-6-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 6 / Section 16-6-4
§ 16-6-4. Powers and duties of commission; annual fair; exhibits; premiums
Status: in_force

A. The state fair commission shall have power and authority to hold annually on suitable grounds a state fair at which shall be exhibited livestock, poultry, vegetables, fruits, grains, grasses and other farm products, minerals, ores and other mining exhibits, mining machinery and farm implements and all other things that the commissioners or a majority thereof deem consonant with the purposes of a state fair for the purposes of advancing the agricultural, horticultural and stock raising, mining, mechanical and industrial pursuits of the state and shall have the care of its property and be entrusted with the entire direction of its business and its financial affairs consistent with the provisions of Sections 16-6-15 and 16-6-16 NMSA 1978 .

B. The state fair commission or its designees, among other duties, shall:

(1) prepare, adopt, publish and enforce all necessary rules for the management of the New Mexico state fair and its meetings and exhibitions and for the guidance of its officers, employees and exhibitors;

(2) determine the duties, compensation and tenure of office of all of its officers and employees and may remove from office or discharge any person appointed or employed by it at will;

(3) have the power to appoint all necessary fairgrounds police to keep order on the grounds and in the buildings of the state fair. The fairgrounds police so appointed shall be vested with the same authority for such purposes as peace officers;

(4) have the power to charge entrance fees and admissions and lease stalls, stands and restaurant sites, give prizes and premiums, arrange entertainments and do all things that by the commission may be considered proper for the conduct of the state fair not otherwise prohibited by law;

(5) prohibit the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the grounds of the state fair except in controlled access areas within the licensed premises;

(6) meet with the director of the alcohol and gaming division of the regulation and licensing department and other parties in interest to designate the controlled access areas on which the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages may be permitted;

(7) annually request funding to support the operations and maintenance of the African American performing arts center and exhibit hall housed on the state fairgrounds; and

(8) provide staff to support the operations and maintenance of the African American performing arts center and exhibit hall.

C. As used in this section, “ alcoholic beverages ” means distilled or rectified spirits, potable alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin and aromatic bitters bearing the federal internal revenue strip stamps or any similar alcoholic beverage, including blended or fermented beverages, dilutions or mixtures of one or more of the foregoing containing more than one-half of one percent alcohol, but excluding medicinal bitters.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4B / Section 13-4B-1
§ 13-4B-1. Findings
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the physical alteration or destruction of fine art, which is an expression of the personality of the artist, is detrimental to the reputation of the artist and artists therefore have an interest in protecting their works of fine art against such alteration or destruction. The legislature also finds that there is a public interest in preserving the integrity of cultural and artistic creations.
N.M. Stat. § 5-14-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 14 / Section 5-14-2
§ 5-14-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Civic and Convention Center Funding Act:

A. “ convention center fee ” means the fee imposed by a local government entity pursuant to the Civic and Convention Center Funding Act on vendees for the use of lodging facilities;

B. “ county ” means a county within which a qualified municipality is located;

C. “ local governmental entity ” means a qualified municipality or a county authorized by the Civic and Convention Center Funding Act to impose convention center fees;

D. “ lodging facility ” means a hotel, motel or motor hotel, a bed and breakfast facility, an inn, a resort or other facility offering rooms for payment of rent or other consideration;

E. “ qualified municipality ” means an incorporated municipality that has a population of more than fifty thousand but less than seventy thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census and that is located in a class A county;

F. “ room ” means a unit of a lodging facility, such as a hotel room;

G. “ vendee ” means a person who rents or pays consideration to a vendor for use of a room; and

H. “ vendor ” means a person or his agent who furnishes rooms for occupancy for consideration.
N.M. Stat. § 74-4A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 4A / Section 74-4A-12
§ 74-4A-12. Subcommittees
Status: in_force

Subcommittees shall be created only by majority vote of all members appointed to the committee and with the approval of the legislative council. A subcommittee shall be composed of at least one member from the senate and one member from the house of representatives, and at least one member of the minority party shall be a member of the subcommittee. All meetings and expenditures of a subcommittee shall be approved by the full committee in advance of such meeting or expenditure, and the approval shall be shown in the minutes of the committee.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-42 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-42
§ 3-60A-42. Revenue bonds; refunding
Status: in_force

A. Any revenue bonds issued under the provisions of the Redevelopment Bonding Law and at any time outstanding may at any time and from time to time be refunded by a local government by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the local government may deem necessary to refund the principal of the bonds to be so refunded, any unpaid interest on the bonds and any premiums and incidental expenses necessary to be paid in connection with the bonds.

B. Any refunding may be effected, whether the bonds to be refunded have matured or shall thereafter mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds, directly or indirectly, to the payment of the bonds to be refunded or by exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds to be refunded, but the holders of any bonds to be so refunded shall not be compelled, without their consent, to surrender their bonds for payment or exchange prior to the date on which they are payable by maturity date, option to redeem or otherwise or if they are called for redemption prior to the date on which they are by their terms subject to redemption by option or otherwise.

C. All refunding bonds issued under authority of the Redevelopment Bonding Law to refund revenue bonds shall be payable solely from revenues out of which bonds to be refunded are payable or from revenues out of which bonds of the same character may be made payable under the Redevelopment Bonding Law or any other law in effect at the time of the refunding.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16-6 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16 / Section 10-16-6
§ 10-16-6. Confidential information
Status: in_force

No legislator or public officer or employee shall use or disclose confidential information acquired by virtue of the legislator's or public officer's or employee's position with a state agency or local government agency for the legislator's, public officer's or employee's or another's private gain.
N.M. Stat. § 28-16A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 16A / Section 28-16A-10
§ 28-16A-10. Developmental disabilities council; staff
Status: in_force

The council shall employ an executive director, who is the administrative officer of the council. The executive director shall employ other necessary employees pursuant to the provisions of the Personnel Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-84 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-84
§ 72-16-84. Use of refunding bond proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of refunding bonds shall either be immediately applied to the retirement of the bonds to be refunded or be placed in escrow to be applied to the payment of the bonds upon their presentation therefor; provided, however, any accrued interest and any premium appertaining to a sale of refunding bonds may be applied to the payment of the interest thereon and the principal thereof or both interest and principal or may be deposited in a reserve therefor as the board may determine. The escrow shall not necessarily be limited to refunding bond proceeds but may include other money made available for such purpose. Any escrowed proceeds pending such use may be invested or reinvested in federal securities. Such escrowed proceeds and investments, together with any interest to be derived from any such investment, shall be in an amount at all times sufficient as to principal, interest, any prior redemption premium due and any charges of the escrow agent payable therefrom to pay the bonds refunded as they become due at their respective maturities or due at designated prior redemption date or dates upon which the board shall exercise a prior redemption option. Upon establishment of such escrow in accordance with this section, the refunded bonds payable therefrom no longer shall constitute outstanding indebtedness of the authority.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15F-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15F / Section 22-15F-2
§ 22-15F-2. Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the New Mexico School for the Arts Act is to provide for the establishment of the “New Mexico school for the arts” as a statewide residential state-chartered charter high school that provides New Mexico students who have demonstrated artistic abilities and potential with the educational opportunity to pursue a career in the arts.
N.M. Stat. § 61-3-23 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 3 / Section 61-3-23
§ 61-3-23. Permit to practice for graduate nurses
Status: in_force

A. The board may issue a permit to practice to an applicant upon completion of an approved course of study and upon application to take the national licensing examination after graduation within the time frame set by rules of the board.

B. The permit to practice shall be issued for practice under direct supervision at a specified place of employment in the state.

C. The permit to practice shall be valid from issuance until the results of the national licensing examination are disseminated by the board office to the examinee, at which time the permit is void and the applicant who has passed the examination may be issued a license to practice.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-10-13 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 10 / Section 59A-10-13
§ 59A-10-13. Trust agreement
Status: in_force

A. The deposit of an alien insurer referred to in Section 171 of this article shall be made and maintained under a written trust agreement between the insurer and trustee consistent with the requirements of Sections 171 through 179 of this article, and shall be authenticated in such form and manner as the superintendent may designate or approve.

B. The trust agreement shall not be effective until filed with and approved in writing by the superintendent. The superintendent shall not approve any trust agreement found not in compliance with law, or terms of which do not in fact provide reasonably adequate protection for the insurer's policyholders or policyholders and creditors in the United States to the extent of the amount to be deposited. The trust agreement may be amended, but amendment shall not be effective until filed with and approved in writing by the superintendent.

C. The superintendent may withdraw approval of a trust agreement or of any amendment thereof if he finds upon hearing, after due notice thereof to the insurer and the trustee, that the requisites for such approval, as provided in Sections 171 through 179 of this article do not in fact exist or no longer exist.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 18-6-11
§ 18-6-11. Permit required for excavation of archaeological sites; penalty
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for a person or the person's agent or employee to excavate with the use of mechanical earthmoving equipment an archaeological site for the purpose of collecting or removing objects of antiquity if the archaeological site is located on private land in this state, unless the person has first obtained a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this section for the excavation. As used in this section, “ archaeological site ” means a location where there exists material evidence of the past life and culture of human beings in this state but excludes the sites of burial of human beings.

B. Permits for excavation pursuant to Subsection A of this section may be issued by the committee upon approval by the state archaeologist and the state historic preservation officer if the applicant:

(1) submits written authorization for the excavation from the owner of the land;

(2) furnishes satisfactory evidence of being qualified to perform the archaeological excavation by experience, training and knowledge;

(3) submits a satisfactory plan of excavation for the archaeological site and states in the plan the method by which excavation will be undertaken; and

(4) agrees in writing, upon the completion of the excavation, to submit a summary report to the committee of the excavation, which report shall contain relevant maps, documents, drawings and photographs, together with a description of the archaeological specimens removed as a result of the excavation. Failure to file the summary report shall be grounds for refusing issuance of a future permit to the person.

C. All archaeological specimens collected or removed from the archaeological site as a result of excavation pursuant to Subsections A and B of this section shall be the property of the person owning the land on which the site is located.

D. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit or prohibit the use of the land on which the archaeological site is located by the owner of the land or to require the owner to obtain a permit for personal excavation on the owner's own land; provided that no transfer of ownership is made with the intent of excavating archaeological sites as prohibited in this section; and provided further that this exemption does not apply to marked or unmarked burial grounds.

E. A person convicted of violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and, in accordance with the provisions of the Forfeiture Act, shall forfeit to the state all equipment used in committing the violation for which the person is convicted.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 10 / Section 59A-10-1
§ 59A-10-1. Authorized deposits
Status: in_force

The following deposits of insurers when made with the state treasurer through the superintendent shall be accepted and held in trust, subject to the provisions of Sections 161 through 170 of this article:

A. deposits required under the Insurance Code for authority to transact insurance in this state;

B. deposits of domestic insurers when made pursuant to laws of other states, provinces or countries as requirement for authority to transact insurance therein; and

C. deposits in such additional amounts as permitted under Section 166 (excess deposits) of this article.