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N.M. Stat. § 21-13-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-22
§ 21-13-22. Transportation system
Status: in_force

When in the judgment of the community college board of an established community college the educational services of the community college can be extended to a number of students who should be served by the community college by the establishment of a transportation system, the community college board may do so through the use of maintenance funds from the annual tax levy. The community college transportation system shall be limited to nonstop bus routes between outlying population centers within the community college district and the community college. Provided that, other laws to the contrary notwithstanding, local school boards within the community college district shall allow community college students to ride on public school buses over established routes upon payment by the community college for the cost of such services, and provided further that the local school boards within the community college district shall make every effort to schedule their bus routes and times in such manner that they accommodate the community college students. Students who use community college or public school bus facilities may be charged such fees as the community college board deems reasonable. In lieu of providing any college-owned or operated transportation, the community college board may make agreements with local school boards for the transportation of community college students to and from the community college campus. The community college board shall make payments to the local school fund for any transportation.
N.M. Stat. § 11-20-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 11 / Article 20 / Section 11-20-4
§ 11-20-4. Expenses
Status: in_force

The secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources may pay annual membership dues to the Interstate Mining Compact commission out of fees collected under the Surface Mining Act or from funds granted to the state by the federal office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement of the department of the interior.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-27.2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-27.2
§ 21-1-27.2. Technology enhancement fund created; allocations; application review panels
Status: in_force

A. The “technology enhancement fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of appropriations, income from investment of the fund, gifts, grants, donations and bequests. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year. The fund shall be administered by the higher education department. 1 Money in the fund shall be used to provide matching funds to state research universities to support innovative applied research that advances knowledge and creates new products and production processes in the fields of agriculture, biotechnology, biomedicine energy, materials science, microelectronics, water resources, aerospace, telecommunications, manufacturing science and similar research areas. Money from the fund shall be expended on warrants of the secretary of finance and administration upon vouchers signed by the executive director of the higher education department 1 or the executive director's authorized representative.

B. Grants from the fund are available to state research universities that are conducting collaborative research with corporate and nonprofit organizations. A state research university may apply for a grant from the fund in accordance with rules promulgated by the higher education department. 1 Allocations from the fund shall be based on a competitive process with applications reviewed by a panel of scientific and business experts established by the department. The review panel shall judge proposals based on excellence in research design and possible innovation in cross-disciplinary, multi-campus and higher education-industry research collaboration. The review panel may determine new research areas.

C. To apply for a grant, a state research university must have equal or greater matching funds for the proposal from sources other than the state.
N.M. Stat. § 1-17-10 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 17 / Section 1-17-10
§ 1-17-10. Referendum petitions; sufficiency or insufficiency
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall ascertain and declare the sufficiency or insufficiency of each complete referendum petition within thirty days after it is filed in the secretary's office.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-12
§ 6-6-12. Exemptions from Bateman Act
Status: in_force

Insurance contracts not exceeding five years, joint projects between two or more local public bodies not exceeding five years, lease-purchase agreements, lease agreements, contracts providing for the operation or provision and operation of a jail by or with another local public body or by an independent contractor entered into by a local public body set out in Section 6-6-11 NMSA 1978 and guaranteed energy savings contracts and installment payment contracts or lease-purchase agreements pursuant to guaranteed energy savings contracts are exempt from the provisions of Section 6-6-11 NMSA 1978 , and such contracts, lease-purchase agreements, lease agreements and jail contracts are declared not to constitute the creation of debt.
N.M. Stat. § 6-14-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 14 / Section 6-14-10
§ 6-14-10. Form; payment; registrar; transfer; authentication of public securities; records
Status: in_force

A. Public securities may be issued in book entry form, with or without the delivery of physical securities, any registered form or bearer form, with or without interest coupons, or in any combination thereof, with or without the right of conversion to another form, and in any denomination or denominations, with or without the right of conversion to any other denomination, subject to such conditions for transfer as may be provided in the authorizing instrument.

B. Any public body may appoint a registrar or registrars to perform such duties with respect to the registration, custody, conversion, exchange and transfer of its public securities as may be provided in the authorizing instrument.

C. Public securities may be made registrable, transferable and payable by the registrar under such terms and conditions as may be provided in the authorizing instrument. Payment at designated due dates or in installments may be made by check, draft, warrant or other order for payment or medium of payment and under such other conditions as may be provided in the authorizing instrument.

D. The authorizing instrument may require that the public securities be authenticated with the manual or facsimile signature of an officer or other authorized person of the registrar or of any other officer or officers of the public body whose manual or facsimile signature is not otherwise required by law or by any combination thereof; provided that no manual or facsimile signature is required if the public securities are issued in book entry form without the delivery of physical securities. Any registrar may hold in custody any partially or fully executed public securities if provided by, and to the extent permitted by, the authorizing instrument.

E. Records with regard to the ownership or pledge of public securities are not subject to inspection or copying under any law of this state relating to the right of the public to inspect or copy public records. Registration records of the public body may be maintained at such locations within the United States as may be determined by the authorizing instrument.
N.M. Stat. § 17-2-29 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-29
§ 17-2-29. Hunting and boating while intoxicated or under the influence of narcotic drugs prohibited
Status: in_force

In order to prevent hunting and boating accidents and to promote the public safety, it shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, while clearly intoxicated as a result of drinking alcoholic liquors or under the influence of any narcotic drug, to hunt, kill or attempt to take in any manner any game or nongame mammal or bird, or to carry firearms of any kind or bow and arrows in any hunting area; or to go or to be upon the waters of any lake in a boat or on a raft.
N.M. Stat. § 73-16-34 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 16 / Section 73-16-34
§ 73-16-34. Interest rate; sale to governmental agencies without advertisement
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under the provisions hereof shall bear a rate of interest not exceeding 6%, and the same may be sold to the United States government, the reconstruction finance corporation or any federal or state governmental agency without advertisement.
N.M. Stat. § 24-27-4 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 27 / Section 24-27-4
§ 24-27-4. Dissemination of information
Status: in_force

A. All health care providers providing health care services to a pregnant woman during the last trimester of her pregnancy, which health care services are directly related to her pregnancy, shall advise her of options to donate umbilical cord blood following the delivery of a newborn child. Provision in a timely manner of publications prepared by the department of health pursuant to Section 5 of the Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Act shall constitute compliance with this subsection.

B. Nothing in this section imposes an obligation upon a health care provider to inform a pregnant woman regarding the option of umbilical cord blood donations if such information conflicts with bona fide religious beliefs of the health care provider.
N.M. Stat. § 34-5-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 34 / Article 5 / Section 34-5-15
§ 34-5-15. Court of appeals; electronic services fee
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court of appeals may charge and collect from persons who use electronic services an electronic services fee in an amount established by supreme court rule. Proceeds from the electronic services fee shall be remitted to the administrative office of the courts for deposit in the electronic services fund.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-57 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-57
§ 7-38-57. Notice of sale of personal property
Status: in_force

A. As soon as practical after the seizure of personal property, but at least ten days before any proposed sale, the county treasurer shall notify the property owner by certified mail of the amount and kind of personal property seized and that the personal property will be sold for delinquent taxes on his personal property unless the taxes, penalties and interest are paid prior to the time of the sale.

B. The notice shall also state the amount of taxes, penalties and interest due, the time and place of the sale and any other information the department may require by regulation.

C. The treasurer shall make a diligent inquiry as to the identity and whereabouts of other persons having an interest in the property seized and provide them with the same notice given the property owner.

D. Failure to receive the notice of sale does not affect the validity of the sale.
N.M. Stat. § 76-7A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7A / Section 76-7A-4
§ 76-7A-4. Quarantine powers of the board
Status: in_force

The board may quarantine the state or any portion thereof whenever the department determines that a harmful plant exists therein and that such action is necessary to prevent the introduction of a harmful plant into the state or to retard the spread or dissemination of a harmful plant that has become established in the state. Before establishing a quarantine, the board shall hold a public hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be given to all interested parties and shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the state. At the hearing all interested parties may appear and be heard.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-7.1 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-7.1
§ 53-8-7.1. Reserved name
Status: reserved

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

(1) any person intending to organize a corporation under the Nonprofit Corporation Act;

(2) any domestic corporation intending to change its name;

(3) any foreign corporation intending to make application for a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state;

(4) any foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in this state and intending to change its name; or

(5) any person intending to organize a foreign corporation and intending to have such corporation make application for a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state.

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

C. The right to the exclusive use of a specified corporate name so reserved may be transferred to any other person or corporation by filing in the office of the commission [secretary of state] a notice of transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved, and specifying the name and address of the transferee.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-7.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-7.3
§ 21-1-7.3. Temporary provisions; tenure study
Status: in_force

The boards of regents of all state baccalaureate degree-granting educational institutions shall study the options, advantages and disadvantages of developing a procedure for granting tenure based solely on a faculty member's teaching ability.
N.M. Stat. § 27-3-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 3 / Section 27-3-2
§ 27-3-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Public Assistance Appeals Act:

A. “department” means the income support division, the medical assistance division or the social services division of the human services [health care authority] department;

B. “board” means the income support division, the medical assistance division or the social services division of the human services [health care authority] department; and

C. “director” means the director of the income support division, the medical assistance division or the social services division of the human services [health care authority] department.
N.M. Stat. § 71-7-5 — NM Code / Chapter 71 / Article 7 / Section 71-7-5
§ 71-7-5. Clean energy grants fund
Status: in_force

The “clean energy grants fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money appropriated and transferred to the fund and tax revenues distributed to the fund by law. Earnings from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to the department for the purpose of administering the clean energy grants program pursuant to the Advanced Energy Technologies Economic Development Act. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert. Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources.
N.M. Stat. § 39-1-15 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 39-1-15
§ 39-1-15. Affidavit of good faith
Status: in_force

No such confession of judgment shall be filed with the clerks of said district courts, unless the defendant or debtor shall attach to and make as a part of the statement required in Section 39-1-11 NMSA 1978 , an affidavit setting forth that the same is made in good faith to secure such beneficiary in debt or contingent liability justly due in the sum thus confessed or necessarily entered into, and not with the intention of defrauding any of such defendant's creditors.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-60-4 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 60 / Section 59A-60-4
§ 59A-60-4. Requirements for sale of portable electronics insurance
Status: in_force

A. At every location where portable electronics insurance is offered to customers, brochures or other written materials shall be made available to a prospective customer that:

(1) disclose that portable electronics insurance may provide a duplication of coverage already provided by a customer's homeowner's insurance policy, renter's insurance policy or other source of coverage;

(2) state that the enrollment by the customer in a portable electronics insurance program is not required in order to purchase or lease portable electronics or services;

(3) summarize the material terms of the insurance coverage, including:

(a) the identity of the insurer;

(b) the identity of the supervising entity;

(c) the amount of any applicable deductible and how it is to be paid;

(d) benefits of the coverage; and

(e) key terms and conditions of coverage, including whether portable electronics may be repaired or replaced with similar make and model reconditioned or nonoriginal manufacturer parts or equipment;

(4) summarize the process for filing a claim, including a description of how to return portable electronics, and the maximum fee applicable in the event the customer fails to comply with any equipment return requirements; and

(5) state that an enrolled customer may cancel enrollment for coverage under a portable electronics insurance policy at any time and the person paying the premium shall receive a refund of any applicable unearned premium.

B. The written materials required by this section shall not be subject to filing or approval requirements with the superintendent.

C. Portable electronics insurance may be offered on a month-to-month or other periodic basis as a group or master commercial inland marine policy issued to a vendor for its enrolled customers.

D. Eligibility and underwriting standards for customers electing to enroll in coverage shall be established for each portable electronics insurance program.
N.M. Stat. § 18-3-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 18-3-2
§ 18-3-2. Museum board of regents; appointment; terms; vacancies
Status: in_force

The “museum board of regents”, comprised of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, is created. In making the appointments, the governor shall appoint residents of New Mexico and give due consideration to geographical distribution of the members. The members shall be persons conversant with or showing a continuing interest in history, fine arts, Indian art, folk art or anthropology. The members shall be appointed for terms of six years or less in such manner that the terms of at least two but no more than three members expire on July 8 of each odd-numbered year. Vacancies shall be filled by the governor for the remainder of the original terms. Members of the museum board of regents shall receive per diem and mileage as provided for nonsalaried public officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 29-15A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 15A / Section 29-15A-1
§ 29-15A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “AMBER Alert Law”.
N.M. Stat. § 58-24-16 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 24 / Section 58-24-16
§ 58-24-16. Bonds and notes; legal investments for public officers and fiduciaries
Status: in_force

The bonds and notes of the authority are hereby made securities in which all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on insurance business, all banks, bank and trust companies, trust companies, private banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them.
N.M. Stat. § 9-4A-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 4A / Section 9-4A-3
§ 9-4A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Cultural Affairs Department Act:

A. “ department ” means the cultural affairs department; and

B. “ secretary ” means the secretary of cultural affairs.
N.M. Stat. § 31-3-12 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 31-3-12
§ 31-3-12. Availability of global positioning system data on defendants on pretrial release
Status: in_force

Any public entity that possesses or controls global positioning system data with respect to a defendant on pretrial release shall make that data available without a warrant to a law enforcement officer pursuant to an ongoing and pending criminal investigation for which there is reasonable suspicion to believe the data will be probative. Any data provided to the law enforcement officer shall be limited to data that relates to the criminal investigation and is not more than one year old. The data shall not be made a part of any public record unless admitted as evidence during a criminal trial. The law enforcement officer may request immediate access to the data if it involves an investigation of:

A. any of the following serious violent felony offenses:

(1) murder in the first degree;

(2) first or second degree felony human trafficking of a child;

(3) first degree felony abuse of a child;

(4) sexual exploitation of a child constituting at least a second degree felony; or

(5) a serious violent felony offense as provided in Subparagraphs (a) through (n) of Paragraph (4) of Subsection L of Section 33-2-34 NMSA 1978;

B. a felony offense during which a firearm was brandished pursuant to Section 31-18-16 NMSA 1978 or during which a firearm was discharged; or

C. a felony offense during which great bodily harm was inflicted as defined in Section 30-1-12 NMSA 1978 or that caused the death of a person.
N.M. Stat. § 57-12C-4 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 12C / Section 57-12C-4
§ 57-12C-4. Security measures for storage of personal identifying information
Status: in_force

A person that owns or licenses personal identifying information of a New Mexico resident shall implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information to protect the personal identifying information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure.
N.M. Stat. § 72-19-100 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 19 / Section 72-19-100
§ 72-19-100. Resort to judicial process
Status: in_force

Section 99 of the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act does not apply to or limit the right of the holder of any security, his trustee or any assignee of all or part of his interest, the federal government when it is a party to any contract with the authority, and any other obligee under that act to foreclose, otherwise to enforce, and to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the authority on the proceeds of taxes, service charges or other revenues.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21I-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21I / Section 21-21I-8
§ 21-21I-8. Cancellation
Status: in_force

The contract entered into between the student and the sponsoring institution may be cancelled upon approval of the commission [department] for any reasonable cause deemed sufficient by the commission [department] in accordance with its rules and regulations.