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N.M. Stat. § 67-3-6 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-6
§ 67-3-6. Creation of department of transportation
Status: in_force

A department of government within the executive branch to be known as the “department of transportation” is established. Except for the powers expressly granted to the state transportation commissioners in Chapter 67, Article 3 NMSA 1978 , the department shall exercise all the power, authority and duty granted to the state transportation commission in Chapter 67 NMSA 1978 . All references contained in the NMSA 1978, as amended, and which refer to the “ state transportation commission ” or “ commissioners ” shall, wherever appropriate, be construed to refer to or to mean the department as designated in this section.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-46-41 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 46 / Section 59A-46-41
§ 59A-46-41. Coverage for mammograms
Status: in_force

Each individual and group health maintenance organization contract delivered or issued for delivery in this state shall provide coverage for low-dose screening mammograms for determining the presence of breast cancer. Such coverage shall make available one baseline mammogram to persons age thirty-five through thirty-nine, one mammogram biennially to persons age forty through forty-nine and one mammogram annually to persons age fifty and over. After July 1, 1992, coverage shall be available only for screening mammograms obtained on equipment designed specifically to perform low-dose mammography in imaging facilities that have met American college of radiology accreditation standards for mammography.
N.M. Stat. § 29-19-8 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 19 / Section 29-19-8
§ 29-19-8. Limitation on license
Status: in_force

A. Nothing in the Concealed Handgun Carry Act shall be construed as allowing a licensee in possession of a valid concealed handgun license to carry a concealed handgun into or on premises where to do so would be in violation of state or federal law.

B. Nothing in the Concealed Handgun Carry Act shall be construed as allowing a licensee in possession of a valid concealed handgun license to carry a concealed handgun on school premises, as provided in Section 30-7-2.1 NMSA 1978 .

C. Nothing in the Concealed Handgun Carry Act shall be construed as allowing a licensee in possession of a valid concealed handgun license to carry a concealed handgun on the premises of a preschool.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9A / Section 63-9A-12
§ 63-9A-12. Validity of orders; substantial compliance with act sufficient
Status: in_force

A substantial compliance by the commission with the requirements of the New Mexico Telecommunications Act shall be sufficient to give effect to all rules, orders, acts and regulations of the commission, and they shall not be declared inoperative, illegal or void for any omission of a technical nature, in respect thereto.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15D-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15D / Section 22-15D-6
§ 22-15D-6. Fine arts education programs; eligibility for state financial support
Status: in_force

A. To be eligible for state financial support, a fine arts education program shall:

(1) provide for the educational needs of students in the areas of visual arts, music, theater or dance;

(2) integrate the fine arts into the curriculum;

(3) use certified school instructors to supervise those who are teaching the program if those persons do not hold valid teaching licenses in one or more of the disciplines included in fine arts education; and

(4) require background checks in accordance with Section 22-10-3.3 NMSA 1978 .

B. A fine arts education program shall meet each requirement of Subsection A of this section and be approved by the department of education [public education department] to be eligible for state financial support.
N.M. Stat. § 3-30-7 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 30 / Section 3-30-7
§ 3-30-7. Canvass of bond election; certification of results; effect
Status: in_force

A. The vote upon each question proposing to issue negotiable bonds shall be canvassed as provided in the Local Election Act, and the municipal clerk shall file the certificate of canvass in the official minute book of the municipality.

B. If a majority of those voting on the question favors the creation of the debt, the governing body of the municipality may proceed to issue the negotiable bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 24-5A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 5A / Section 24-5A-1
§ 24-5A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Vaccine Purchasing Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 21-22-3 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 22 / Section 21-22-3
§ 21-22-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Medical Student Loan for Service Act:

A. “commission” [“department”] means the commission on higher education [higher education department];

B. “loan” means a grant of funds to defray the costs incidental to a medical education under a contract between the commission [department] and a medical student requiring either repayment with interest or repayment in services; and

C. “student” means a resident of New Mexico who is a student enrolled in a school of medicine.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-14 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-14
§ 59A-22-14. Legal actions
Status: in_force

There shall be a provision as follows:

No action at law or in equity shall be brought to recover on this policy prior to the expiration of sixty days after written proof of loss has been furnished in accordance with the requirements of this policy. No such action shall be brought after the expiration of three years after the time written proof of loss is required to be furnished.
N.M. Stat. § 42A-1-14 — NM Code / Chapter 42A / Article 1 / Section 42A-1-14
§ 42A-1-14. Notice
Status: in_force

If notice of a hearing or any other matter pursuant to Sections 42A-1-3 through 42A-1-12 NMSA 1978 is required, except for specific notice requirements as otherwise provided, notice shall be given:

A. by mailing a copy thereof at least ten days before the time set for the hearing or determination of other matters by certified, registered or ordinary first class mail addressed to the person being notified;

B. by service of a copy thereof at least ten days before the time set for the hearing or determination of other matters upon the person being notified in the manner provided by the Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Courts for service of summons and complaint; or

C. if the address or name of any person is not known and cannot be ascertained by reasonable diligence, by publishing a copy thereof at least once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the hearing is to be held, the last publication of which is to be at least five days before the time set for the hearing.
N.M. Stat. § 44-3-6 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 3 / Section 44-3-6
§ 44-3-6. Usurpation of office; allegations in complaint; compensation of defendant; bond; injunction
Status: in_force

Whenever such action shall be brought against a person for usurping an office, the attorney general, district attorney or person complaining, in addition to the statement of the cause of action, shall also set forth in the complaint the name of the person rightfully entitled to the office with a statement of his right thereto, and in such cases, upon proof by affidavit that the defendant has received or is about to receive the fees and emoluments of the office by virtue of his usurpation thereof, the judge of the district court wherein such proceeding is pending, or a justice of the supreme court, if the proceeding be therein pending, may by order require the defendant to furnish a good and sufficient bond, within a designated time not exceeding fifteen days, executed and acknowledged as required by law in the case of supersedeas bonds on appeal, to be approved by said judge, conditioned that in case the person alleged to be entitled to the office should prevail, the defendant will repay to him all fees and emoluments of the office received by him and by means of his usurpation thereof, and in addition to said bond, or in case of a failure to give said bond, the said judge or justice shall upon good cause shown, issue a writ of injunction directed to the proper disbursing officer enjoining and restraining him from issuing to the defendant or his assigns any warrant, check, certificate or certificates of indebtedness representing fees or emoluments of said office, until the final adjudication of said cause.
N.M. Stat. § 3-19-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 19 / Section 3-19-2
§ 3-19-2. Appointment, term, removal of commission
Status: in_force

A. A planning commission shall consist of not less than five members who shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the governing body of the municipality. Administrative officials of the municipality may be appointed as ex-officio, nonvoting members of the planning commission.

B. On the first planning commission a majority of the members shall be appointed for one-year terms and the balance of the members shall be appointed for two-year terms. Each subsequent term of a member on a planning commission shall be for two years or less in order to maintain the original staggering of terms of membership. A vacancy in the membership of the planning commission shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.

C. After a public hearing and for cause stated in writing and made part of the public record, a mayor with the approval of the governing body may remove a member of the planning commission.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-3 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-3
§ 9-15-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Economic Development Department Act:

A. “ commission ” means the economic development commission;

B. “ creative industry ” means a business, organization or person engaged in creative enterprises, including performing, visual and literary arts; entertainment, media, information and broadcasting; applied arts and design, including architecture, landscape architecture, museum and gallery professions; promotion, marketing, graphics and industrial design; technology and computer system design, software design, coding and digital media; and crafts and artisan professions, including metal, wood, glass, ceramics, paper, printing, textile and culinary arts; “creative industry” does not mean a business, organization or person engaged in creative enterprises involving film;

C. “ department ” means the economic development department;

D. “ film ” means filming activity supported by the New Mexico film division of the department; and

E. “ secretary ” means the secretary of economic development.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11-4 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11 / Section 58-11-4
§ 58-11-4. Appeal rights and court review
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved or directly affected by a final order of the director may obtain a review of the order in the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 21-22D-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 22D / Section 21-22D-2
§ 21-22D-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Health Professional Loan Repayment Act is to increase the number of health professionals in underserved areas of the state through an educational loan repayment program. The act provides for repayment of the principal and reasonable interest accrued on loans obtained from the federal government or a commercial lender for health education purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 24-16-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 16 / Section 24-16-17
§ 24-16-17. Violations
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person who owns, manages, operates or otherwise controls the use of premises subject to regulation under the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act to violate its provisions. The owner, manager or operator of premises subject to regulation under the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act shall not be subject to a penalty if a person on the premises is in violation of the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act as long as the owner, manager or operator has posted signs, implemented the appropriate policy and informed the person that the person is in violation of the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act.
N.M. Stat. § 9-22-8 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 22 / Section 9-22-8
§ 9-22-8. Organizational units of department; powers and duties specified by law; access to information
Status: in_force

The powers and duties of the officers of the organizational units of the department shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the secretary, and the secretary shall retain final decision-making authority and responsibility in accordance with Section 6 of the Veterans' Services Department Act. The department shall have access to all records, data and information of other departments, agencies and institutions, including its own organizational units not specifically held confidential by law.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7A / Section 24-7A-2
§ 24-7A-2. Advance health-care directives
Status: in_force

A. An adult or emancipated minor, while having capacity, has the right to make his or her own health-care decisions and may give an individual instruction. The instruction may be oral or written; if oral, it must be made by personally informing a health-care provider. The instruction may be limited to take effect only if a specified condition arises.

B. An adult or emancipated minor, while having capacity, may execute a power of attorney for health care, which may authorize the agent to make any health-care decision the principal could have made while having capacity. The power must be in writing and signed by the principal. The power remains in effect notwithstanding the principal's later incapacity under the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act or Article 5 of the Uniform Probate Code. 1 The power may include individual instructions. Unless related to the principal by blood, marriage or adoption, an agent may not be an owner, operator or employee of a health-care institution at which the principal is receiving care.

C. Unless otherwise specified in a power of attorney for health care, the authority of an agent becomes effective only upon a determination that the principal lacks capacity, and ceases to be effective upon a determination that the principal has recovered capacity.

D. Unless otherwise specified in a written advance health-care directive, a determination that an individual lacks or has recovered capacity or that another condition exists that affects an individual instruction or the authority of an agent, shall be made according to the provisions of Section 11 of the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act .

E. An agent shall make a health-care decision in accordance with the principal's individual instructions, if any, and other wishes to the extent known to the agent. Otherwise, the agent shall make the decision in accordance with the agent's determination of the principal's best interest. In determining the principal's best interest, the agent shall consider the principal's personal values to the extent known to the agent.

F. A health-care decision made by an agent for a principal is effective without judicial approval.

G. A written advance health-care directive may include the individual's nomination of a guardian of the person.
N.M. Stat. § 1-20-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 20 / Section 1-20-7
§ 1-20-7. Unlawful possession of absentee ballot
Status: in_force

Unlawful possession of absentee ballot consists of the possession at any time of absentee ballot materials when not authorized by the Election Code to be in possession of such materials, or when such materials were obtained in an unlawful manner, and includes the establishment, designation or operation of any container or receptacle to receive voted ballots by a person who is not authorized by the Election Code and entering information into or altering the absentee ballot register. As used in this section, “ absentee ballot materials ” means an absentee ballot, absentee ballot envelopes, the absentee ballot register or an absentee ballot return. Whoever commits unlawful possession of absentee ballot is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 9-27-8 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 27 / Section 9-27-8
§ 9-27-8. Organizational units of the department; powers and duties specified by law; access to information
Status: in_force

Those organizational units of the department and the officers of those units specified by law shall have all of the powers and duties enumerated in the specific laws involved. However, the carrying out of those powers and duties shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the secretary, who shall retain the final decision-making authority and responsibility for the administration of any such laws. The department shall have access to all information technology records, data and information of other executive branch departments, agencies and institutions, including its own organizational units, not specifically held confidential by law.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-5-5 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 5 / Section 59A-5-5
§ 59A-5-5. “Foreign” insurer defined
Status: in_force

A “foreign” insurer is generally one organized under the laws of a state other than New Mexico. Except where distinguished by context, “foreign” insurer includes also an “alien” insurer.
N.M. Stat. § 58-22-6 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 22 / Section 58-22-6
§ 58-22-6. Director; duties and powers
Status: in_force

The director shall exercise general supervision and control over escrow companies doing business in New Mexico. In addition to the other duties imposed upon him by law, the powers and duties of the director are to:

A. make reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Escrow Company Act;

B. conduct investigations as may be necessary to determine whether any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of the Escrow Company Act; and

C. conduct examinations, investigations and hearings in addition to those specifically provided for by law as may be necessary and proper to the efficient administration of the Escrow Company Act.
N.M. Stat. § 51-1-58 — NM Code / Chapter 51 / Article 1 / Section 51-1-58
§ 51-1-58. Conformity with federal laws
Status: in_force

If any provisions of this chapter are determined to be in nonconformity with federal statutes, as determined by the United States secretary of labor or his designee, the secretary, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to administer the state law to conform with any mandatory conformity provisions of the federal statutes until such time as the legislature meets in its next regular session and has an opportunity to amend the state law.
N.M. Stat. § 28-23-5 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 23 / Section 28-23-5
§ 28-23-5. Retaliation prohibited
Status: in_force

It is a violation of the Fair Pay for Women Act for an employer or any other person to discharge, demote, deny promotion to or in any other way discriminate against an employee in the terms or conditions of employment in retaliation for the person asserting a claim or right pursuant to the Fair Pay for Women Act or assisting another person to do so, or for informing another person about employment rights or other rights provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 29-15-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-6
§ 29-15-6. Missing person report forms
Status: in_force

A. The clearinghouse shall distribute missing person report forms to law enforcement agencies in the state.

B. A missing person report may be made to a law enforcement agency in person, or by telephone, electronic media or other indirect method of communication and the person taking the report may enter the information on the form for the reporter. A missing person report form may be completed by the reporter and delivered to a law enforcement officer.

C. A copy of the missing person report form shall be filed with the clearinghouse.

D. A missing person report form shall include, to the extent available, the following information:

(1) the missing person's:

(a) name, including any alternative names used;

(b) date of birth;

(c) identifying marks, including birthmarks, moles, tattoos and scars;

(d) height and weight;

(e) gender;

(f) race;

(g) current hair color and true or natural hair color;

(h) eye color;

(i) prosthetics, surgical implants or cosmetic implants;

(j) physical anomalies;

(k) blood type;

(l) driver's license number; and

(m) social security number;

(2) a photograph of the missing person, with a recent photograph being preferable;

(3) a description of the clothing the missing person was believed to be wearing;

(4) a description of items that might be with the missing person, such as jewelry and accessories;

(5) information on the missing person's electronic communications devices, including cell phone numbers and email addresses;

(6) reasons why the reporting person believes that the person is missing;

(7) the name and location of the missing person's school or employer;

(8) the name and location of the missing person's dentist or primary care physician;

(9) any circumstances that may indicate that the disappearance of the missing person was not voluntary;

(10) any circumstances that indicate that the missing person may be at risk of injury or death;

(11) a description of the possible means of transportation of the missing person, including make, model, color, license and vehicle identification number of a vehicle;

(12) any identifying information about a known or possible abductor of the missing person or the person last seen with the missing person;

(13) any other information that can aid in locating the missing person; and

(14) the date of last contact with the missing person.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-2 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-2
§ 6-21-2. Legislative findings; declaration of purpose
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that:

(1) there are necessary state and local capital improvement and infrastructure needs that cannot be met with existing capital financing methods and funding sources;

(2) there is no coordinating entity or process for accomplishing long-term state and local capital planning, needs assessment or inventory of needs; setting priorities; and making more effective use of existing capital financing methods and funding sources;

(3) the uncertain nature of revenues available from the proceeds of severance tax bonds and other state and local revenues have frustrated state and local government efforts to finance needed state and local capital projects; and

(4) in order to meet public capital and infrastructure needs, a central state mechanism to coordinate the planning and financing of public projects is necessary.

B. It is the purpose of the New Mexico Finance Authority Act to create a governmental instrumentality to coordinate the planning and financing of state and local public projects, to provide for long-term planning and assessment of state and local capital needs and to improve cooperation among the executive and legislative branches of state government and local governments in financing public projects.

C. It is the further purpose of the New Mexico Finance Authority Act to provide financing for public projects in a manner that will not impair the capacity of the public project revolving fund to provide future financing to qualified entities for public projects. Funding shall not be provided from the public project revolving fund unless revenues in an amount sufficient to avoid a negative impact on the financing capacity of the public project revolving fund are contemporaneously pledged or dedicated for deposit to the public project revolving fund. Pursuant to Section 6-21-6.1 NMSA 1978 , the authority may provide funding from the public project revolving fund for the purposes of the Wastewater Facility Construction Loan Act, 1 the Rural Infrastructure Act, 2 the Solid Waste Act 3 or the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund Act. 4