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N.M. Stat. § 14-7-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 7 / Section 14-7-2
§ 14-7-2. Requirements of state agencies, boards and commissions prior to access to a financial institution's records
Status: in_force

A. Prior to a state agency, board or commission receiving access to or copies of the records of a person, corporation, company or organization maintained by a bank, savings and loan association, small loan company or other similar financial institution, the agency, board or commission shall:

(1) allow the institution forty-eight hours to comply with an administrative subpoena;

(2) allow the institution to provide authenticated copies of original records rather than the original copies in response to an administrative subpoena; and

(3) pay the institution the reasonable cost of production of such records including both the cost of materials and wages.

B. The provisions of Subsection A of this section shall not apply to the audit of any bank, savings and loan association, small loan company or other similar financial institution by a state agency when conducted pursuant to the agency's statutory directive.
N.M. Stat. § 26-4-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 4 / Section 26-4-4
§ 26-4-4. Wholesale prescription drug importation program created
Status: in_force

The department, in consultation with the committee, shall design a “wholesale prescription drug importation program” that complies with the applicable requirements of 21 U.S.C. Section 384 , including the requirements regarding safety and cost savings. The department shall explore all potential mechanisms, to the extent allowable under law, for the importation of eligible prescription drugs. The program design shall:

A. contract with one or more state drug wholesalers to seek federal certification and approval to import safe, eligible prescription drugs from Canadian suppliers and provide significant prescription drug cost savings to New Mexico consumers;

B. allow the importation of eligible prescription drugs sold by Canadian suppliers;

C. ensure that only eligible prescription drugs meeting the United States food and drug administration's safety, effectiveness and other standards are imported by or on behalf of the state;

D. import only those eligible prescription drugs expected to generate substantial savings for New Mexico consumers;

E. ensure that, with respect to eligible prescription drugs to be imported pursuant to the program, the program and the state drug wholesaler comply with the tracking, tracing, verification and identification requirements of 21 U.S.C. Sections 360eee and 360eee-1 ;

F. prohibit the distribution, dispensing or sale of eligible prescription drugs imported pursuant to the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Act outside the exterior boundaries of the state;

G. recommend a charge per prescription or another method of support to ensure that the program is funded adequately in a manner that does not jeopardize significant consumer savings; and

H. include an audit function.
N.M. Stat. § 70-3-5 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 3 / Section 70-3-5
§ 70-3-5. Eminent domain power
Status: in_force

A. Any person, firm, association or corporation may exercise the right of eminent domain to take and acquire the necessary right-of-way for the construction, maintenance and operation of pipelines, including microwave systems and structures and other necessary facilities for the purpose of conveyance of petroleum, natural gas, carbon dioxide gas and the products derived therefrom, but any such right-of-way shall in all cases be so located as to do the least damage to private or public property consistent with proper use and economical construction. Such land and right-of-way shall be acquired in the manner provided by the Eminent Domain Code. Pursuant to the requirements of Sections 42A-1-8 through 42A-1-12 NMSA 1978 , the engineers, surveyors and other employees of such person, firm, association or corporation shall have the right to enter upon the lands and property of the state and of private persons and of private and public corporations for the purpose of making necessary surveys and examinations for selecting and locating suitable routes for such pipelines, microwave systems, structures and other necessary facilities, subject to responsibility for any damage done to such property in making surveys and examinations.

B. The authorization provided for pursuant to Subsection A of this section for pipelines conveying petroleum, natural gas, carbon dioxide gas and products derived therefrom shall apply to trunk lines, including lines owned or operated by public utilities or interstate pipelines connecting a well or wells under a purchase or conveying contract, and shall not apply to gathering lines other than pipelines owned or operated by public utilities or their affiliates or interstate pipelines or to operators of pipelines whose rates are prescribed or whose operations are licensed by the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] pursuant to Section 70-3-1 or 70-3-2 NMSA 1978 . For the purposes of this subsection, the term “trunk line” is defined as the main transmission line which transports petroleum, natural gas, carbon dioxide gas and the products derived therefrom from a producing area to the area where the petroleum, natural gas, carbon dioxide gas and the products derived therefrom are to be used. All other pipelines used in connection with such transportation of petroleum, natural gas, carbon dioxide gas and the products derived therefrom are defined as “gathering lines”.
N.M. Stat. § 68-2-31 — NM Code / Chapter 68 / Article 2 / Section 68-2-31
§ 68-2-31. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the New Mexico Forest Re-Leaf Act:

A. “division” means the forestry division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department; and

B. “tree” means any living single-stemmed or multi-stemmed woody material.
N.M. Stat. § 3-26-3 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 26 / Section 3-26-3
§ 3-26-3. Authority to require sewer connections; adoption of rules and regulations; penalties
Status: in_force

A municipality may, by general ordinance:

A. require the owner, agent or occupant of a building on a lot or land adjoining a street in which a sewage collection system exists to connect the building to the sewage collection system; and

B. adopt necessary rules and regulations relating to the connection, use, injury, maintenance, supervision and inspection of the sewage facilities.
N.M. Stat. § 57-14-4 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 14 / Section 57-14-4
§ 57-14-4. Meeting competitive price a defense
Status: in_force

It is a defense to any action under this act to show that the seller's lower price, payment or furnishing of services or facilities to any purchaser, was made in good faith to meet equally low prices of a competitor or the services or facilities furnished by a competitor.
N.M. Stat. § 61-29-7 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 29 / Section 61-29-7
§ 61-29-7. Reimbursement and expenses
Status: in_force

Each member of the commission shall receive per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 4-27-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 27 / Section 4-27-1
§ 4-27-1. Original county boundaries
Status: in_force

All that part of the territory of New Mexico comprised within the following boundaries and limits, to wit: commencing at the Mule springs, in Mule pass, in Cook's canyon range, in the county of Grant, and running thence in a northwesterly direction along the summit of the Mimbres mountains to the north boundary line of Grant county; thence west on said north boundary line to the one hundred and eighth degree of longitude west of Greenwich; thence north on said degree of longitude to the point where the same intersects the north line of township line ten south, of New Mexico, being along the north line of [sic] township ten south, range eleven west of the [principal] meridian of New Mexico; thence east on said township line to the principal meridian of New Mexico; thence south on said principal meridian to the south line of township seventeen south, of the United States survey; thence west along said south line of said township number seventeen south, to the southwest corner of range four west, New Mexico principal meridian; thence south on the west line of said range line number four west of said principal meridian of New Mexico, to the southwest corner of township number nineteen south, of range four west, New Mexico; thence west along the south line of township number nineteen south, to the southwest corner of township nineteen south, range seven west, New Mexico principal meridian; thence west-northwest to the place of beginning on said south line to the boundary line of Grant county, shall form and constitute a new county, to be known as and called Sierra county: provided, that the property thus separated from the county of Socorro shall not be exempt from its share of taxation to pay the outstanding bonded indebtedness of Socorro county.
N.M. Stat. § 17-5-1 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 17-5-1
§ 17-5-1. Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of Sections 17-5-1 through 17-5-9 NMSA 1978 and the policy of New Mexico to provide an adequate and flexible system for the protection of fur-bearing animals to the end that valuable fur resources shall not be wasted or depleted.
N.M. Stat. § 30-14-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 14 / Section 30-14-8
§ 30-14-8. Breaking and entering
Status: in_force

A. Breaking and entering consists of the unauthorized entry of any vehicle, watercraft, aircraft, dwelling or other structure, movable or immovable, where entry is obtained by fraud or deception, or by the breaking or dismantling of any part of the vehicle, watercraft, aircraft, dwelling or other structure, or by the breaking or dismantling of any device used to secure the vehicle, watercraft, aircraft, dwelling or other structure.

B. Whoever commits breaking and entering is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 9-8-7.3 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 8 / Section 9-8-7.3
§ 9-8-7.3. Incarcerated persons; behavioral health services; county funding program
Status: in_force

To carry out the provisions of Subsection E of Section 9-8-7.1 NMSA 1978 and to provide behavioral health services to persons who are incarcerated in a county correctional facility:

A. the secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules:

(1) pursuant to which a county may apply for and be awarded funding through the department; and

(2) to establish priorities and guidelines for the award of funding to counties; and

B. the department shall distribute funds, as funding permits, to the county health care assistance funds of those counties:

(1) that apply for behavioral health services funding in accordance with department rules; and

(2) whose proposed utilization of funding pursuant to this section meets the priorities and guidelines for the awarding of behavioral health services funding established in department rules.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-1010 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-1010
§ 66-3-1010. Licensing
Status: in_force

Drivers of off-highway motor vehicles are not required to be licensed.
N.M. Stat. § 30-33-10 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 33 / Section 30-33-10
§ 30-33-10. Private right of action; damages
Status: in_force

Any person who suffers financial injury or damages by reason of any conduct declared in violation of the provisions of the Indian Arts and Crafts Sales Act may sue in district court. Upon a showing that that act is being violated, the court may award damages and order injunctive relief and shall award the cost of the suit, including reasonable attorneys' fees. Where the court finds that the party charged with violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Sales Act has willfully violated that act, the court may award treble damages to the party complaining of the violation.
N.M. Stat. § 1-21-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 21 / Section 1-21-5
§ 1-21-5. Processing application; issuance of ballot; casting of ballot
Status: in_force

A. If satisfied that the application is proper and that the new resident or former resident is qualified to vote under the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act, the county clerk shall mark the application “accepted” and shall return the executed original application to the applicant.

B. Acceptance of an application under the provisions of the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act constitutes registration only for the presidential election in which the presidential ballot is to be cast.

C. The county clerk shall mail the duplicate original of each application accepted under the provisions of the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act to the appropriate official in the state in which the new resident last resided or in which the former resident now resides.

D. The county clerk shall file, in alphabetical order in his office for six months following each presidential election, the following public records:

(1) a triplicate original of each application of all persons who have applied for a presidential ballot under the provisions of the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act to vote as new residents or former residents; and

(2) official information received by him from another state indicating that a former resident of New Mexico has made application to vote at a presidential election in another state. Such official information shall be sufficient evidence for the county clerk to cancel the resident's certificate of registration in that county.

E. Notwithstanding any provision of the Election Code, new residents and former residents shall cast their presidential ballots in the same manner as absentee voters except as provided in the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act.

F. If presidential ballots are available at the time of application in person therefor, the county clerk shall deliver the presidential ballot to the new resident or former resident, and it shall be marked by the applicant in a voting booth in the courthouse, sealed in the proper envelopes and otherwise properly executed, and returned to the county clerk or his authorized representative before the new resident or former resident leaves the office of the county clerk. Presidential ballots may be cast in person at the county clerk's office until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday immediately prior to the date of the presidential election.

G. If presidential ballots are not available at the time of application in person therefor by a new resident or former resident selecting the absentee option, the county clerk shall mail the presidential ballot to the address shown on the new resident's or former resident's application, as applicable.

H. Notwithstanding any provision of the Election Code, presidential ballots shall be mailed to all new residents, former residents, federal qualified electors, federal voters and voters who have qualified and applied therefor not less than seven days immediately prior to a presidential election.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21I-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21I / Section 21-21I-3
§ 21-21I-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Minority Doctoral Loan Repayment Assistance Act:

A. “ department ” means the higher education department;

B. “ eligible institution ” means an accredited institution of higher education that offers a doctoral degree-granting program in the fields of engineering, physical or life sciences, mathematics or other academic disciplines in which ethnic minorities or women are demonstrably underrepresented;

C. “ loan ” means a grant of money pursuant to a contract between a recipient and a lender requiring repayment of principal with interest. A lender may include the federal government, a bank or the state; and

D. “ recipient ” means an individual who is a member of an ethnic minority or is a woman and who has successfully completed a doctoral degree-granting program at an eligible institution in the field of engineering, physical or life sciences or mathematics or another academic discipline in which ethnic minorities or women are underrepresented.
N.M. Stat. § 22-19-16 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 19 / Section 22-19-16
§ 22-19-16. Tax exemption; no charge against state
Status: in_force

A. Bonds or other special obligations issued pursuant to the School Revenue Bond Act are exempt from taxation by the state or any of its political subdivisions.

B. No obligation created pursuant to the School Revenue Bond Act shall be a charge against or a debt of the state or any of its political subdivisions.
N.M. Stat. § 3-22-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 22 / Section 3-22-1
§ 3-22-1. Historic District and Landmark Act; short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 3, Article 22 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Historic District and Landmark Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 9-8-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 8 / Section 9-8-11
§ 9-8-11. Advisory committees
Status: in_force

A. The governor shall appoint advisory committees to the department's income support division. Creation of the advisory committees shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Executive Reorganization Act. 1 If the existence of a committee, representational membership requirements or other matters are required or specified under any federal law, regulation, rule or order as a condition of receiving federal funding for a particular program administered by the department, the governor shall comply with those requirements in the creation of the advisory committee.

B. All members of the advisory committees appointed under the authority of this section shall receive as their sole remuneration for service as a member those amounts authorized under the Per Diem and Mileage Act. 2
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-13 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-13
§ 53-4-13. One member-one vote
Status: in_force

Each member of an association shall have one and only one vote, except that, where an association has, as members, other associations, or groups organized on a cooperative basis, the voting rights of such member associations or groups may be prescribed in the article or bylaws.

No voting agreement or other device to evade the one member-one vote rule shall be enforceable at law or in equity.
N.M. Stat. § 31-15-2.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 15 / Section 31-15-2.2
§ 31-15-2.2. Public defender commission; member qualifications
Status: in_force

A. A person appointed to the commission shall have:

(1) significant experience in the legal defense of criminal or juvenile justice cases; or

(2) demonstrated a commitment to quality indigent defense representation or to working with and advocating for the population served by the department.

B. The following persons shall not be appointed to and shall not serve on the commission:

(1) current prosecutors, law enforcement officials or employees of prosecutors or law enforcement officials;

(2) current public defenders or other employees of the department;

(3) current judges, judicial officials or employees of judges or judicial officials;

(4) current elected officials or employees of elected officials; or

(5) persons who currently contract with or receive funding from the department or employees of such persons.
N.M. Stat. § 33-2-19 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2 / Section 33-2-19
§ 33-2-19. What convicts to be confined
Status: in_force

Convicts sentenced to the corrections department for life or any term for which they may be confined in a corrections facility by any court having jurisdiction to try causes under the laws of the United States, held within this state, shall be received into the corrections facility by the secretary of corrections or his designee when delivered by the authority of the United States and shall be kept in the corrections facility in pursuance of their sentences. All persons convicted of any crime where the punishment is imprisonment for a term of one year or more, after accounting for any period of the sentence being suspended or deferred and any credit for presentence confinement, shall be imprisoned in a corrections facility, unless otherwise provided by law, and judgments shall be issued accordingly. All persons convicted of any crime punishable with death who are pardoned on condition of being imprisoned, either for life or a term of years, or whose sentences are commuted for imprisonment for life or a term of years shall be so imprisoned in a corrections facility. All persons imprisoned or confined in a corrections facility shall be subject to its rules and regulations.
N.M. Stat. § 5-13-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 13 / Section 5-13-11
§ 5-13-11. Lien for convention center fee; payment; certificate of lien
Status: in_force

A. The convention center fee assessed by a local governmental entity constitutes a lien in favor of that local governmental entity upon the personal and real property of the vendor providing lodging facilities in that local governmental entity. The lien may be enforced as provided in Sections 3-36-1 through 3-36-7 NMSA 1978 . Priority of the lien shall be determined from the date of filing.

B. Under process or order of court, a person shall not sell the property of a vendor without first ascertaining from the clerk or treasurer of the local governmental entity in which the vendor is located the amount of any convention center fees due. Convention center fees due the local governmental entity shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale before payment is made to the judgment creditor or any other person with a claim on the sale proceeds.

C. The clerk or treasurer of the local governmental entity shall furnish a certificate of lien to a person applying for a certificate showing the amount of all liens in the records of the local governmental entity against any vendor pursuant to the Convention Center Financing Act.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4C-8 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4C / Section 13-4C-8
§ 13-4C-8. Attendance
Status: in_force

All interested persons or representatives of interested persons properly notified of a mediation session shall attend the session for a minimum of eight hours unless otherwise agreed to by all persons attending the session. An interested person or a representative of an interested person attending a mediation session shall have the authority to enter into a settlement of disputes related to the performance of a public works project. A person may be accompanied by an attorney during the mediation session.
N.M. Stat. § 9-28-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 28 / Section 9-28-2
§ 9-28-2. Purpose; criminal justice law enforcement agency
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department Act is to establish a department to:

(1) consolidate and coordinate homeland security and emergency management functions to provide comprehensive and coordinated preparedness, mitigation, prevention, protection, response and recovery for emergencies and disasters, regardless of cause, and acts or threats of terrorism;

(2) act as the central primary coordinating agency for the state and its political subdivisions in response to emergencies, disasters and acts or threats of terrorism; and

(3) act as the conduit for federal assistance and cooperation in response to emergencies, disasters and acts or threats of terrorism.

B. The department shall be considered a criminal justice law enforcement agency in order to accomplish the purposes provided in Subsection A of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 3-53-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 53 / Section 3-53-3
§ 3-53-3. Irrigation; regulation of public acequias
Status: in_force

A municipality may regulate the flow and use of water in public acequias for irrigating purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 30-3-13 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 3 / Section 30-3-13
§ 30-3-13. Aggravated assault against a household member
Status: in_force

A. Aggravated assault against a household member consists of:

(1) unlawfully assaulting or striking at a household member with a deadly weapon; or

(2) willfully and intentionally assaulting a household member with intent to commit any felony.

B. Whoever commits aggravated assault against a household member is guilty of a fourth degree felony.