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N.M. Stat. § 17-1-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 17-1-22
§ 17-1-22. Security; retirement of bonds
Status: in_force

A. There is created in the state treasury the “game and fish bond retirement fund”. The state game commission shall place into the game and fish bond retirement fund the sum of one dollar ($1.00) from each license enumerated in this subsection that is sold after April 1, 1976:

(1) resident, fishing;

(2) resident, game hunting;

(3) resident, deer;

(4) resident, game hunting and fishing;

(5) resident, trapper;

(6) nonresident, fishing;

(7) nonresident, game hunting;

(8) temporary fishing, five days; and

(9) nonresident, deer.

Such payments to the game and fish bond retirement fund shall be effective for all bonds issued under the Game and Fish Bond Act up to the maximum limitation on the amount of bonds provided in that act.

B. Money in the game and fish bond retirement fund is first pledged for the payment of principal and interest on all state game commission bonds which have been issued and are outstanding prior to June 17, 1983. Money in the game and fish bond retirement fund is further pledged for the payment of principal and interest on all state game commission bonds issued as of June 17, 1983. The issuance and sale of bonds under the Game and Fish Bond Act constitutes an irrevocable contract between the state game commission and the owner of any bond, and so long as any bond remains outstanding the fees pledged for payment shall not be reduced.

C. Bonds issued under the Game and Fish Bond Act are payable solely from the game and fish bond retirement fund, and they are not general obligations of the state.

D. The state game commission shall continue to place in the game and fish bond retirement fund the sum of one dollar ($1.00) from each of the licenses enumerated in Subsection A of this section, even after the fund is sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the outstanding bonds and after all bonds issued have been retired.
N.M. Stat. § 36-2-13 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 2 / Section 36-2-13
§ 36-2-13. Attorneys prohibited from acting as surety for clients
Status: in_force

No practicing attorney shall be a surety in any action or proceeding in which he is an attorney in any of the courts in this state.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16 / Section 10-16-14
§ 10-16-14. Enforcement procedures
Status: in_force

A. The state ethics commission may investigate suspected violations of the Governmental Conduct Act and forward its findings and evidence to the attorney general, district attorney or appropriate state agency or legislative body for enforcement. If a suspected violation involves the office of the state ethics commission, the attorney general may enforce that act. If a suspected violation involves the office of the attorney general, a district attorney may enforce that act.

B. Violation of the provisions of the Governmental Conduct Act by any legislator is grounds for discipline by the appropriate legislative body.

C. If the state ethics commission determines that there is sufficient cause to file a complaint to remove from office a public officer removable only by impeachment, the commission shall refer the matter to the house of representatives of the legislature. If within thirty days after the referral the house of representatives has neither formally declared that the charges contained in the complaint are not substantial nor instituted hearings on the complaint, the state ethics commission shall make public the nature of the charges but shall make clear that the merits of the charges have never been determined. Days during which the legislature is not in session shall not be included in determining the thirty-day period.

D. Violation of the provisions of the Governmental Conduct Act by any public officer or employee, other than those covered by Subsection C of this section, is grounds for discipline, including dismissal, demotion or suspension. Complaints against executive branch employees may be filed with the agency head and reviewed pursuant to the procedures provided in the Personnel Act. Complaints against legislative branch employees may be filed with and reviewed pursuant to procedures adopted by the New Mexico legislative council. Complaints against judicial branch employees may be filed and reviewed pursuant to the procedures provided in the judicial personnel rules. Complaints against employees subject to the State Ethics Commission Act may also be filed with the state ethics commission, which shall determine whether to forward a complaint to the appropriate state agency or investigate the complaint on its own.

E. Subject to the provisions of this section, the provisions of the Governmental Conduct Act may be enforced by the state ethics commission. Except as regards legislators, state employees or statewide elected officials, a district attorney in the county where a person who allegedly violated the provisions resides or where an alleged violation occurred may also enforce that act. Enforcement actions may include seeking civil injunctive or other appropriate orders.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-48 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-48
§ 2-7F-48. Representative district forty-two
Status: in_force

Representative district forty-two is composed of Taos county precincts 2 through 8, 10 through 21, 23 through 29, 32 through 36 and 38 through 47.
N.M. Stat. § 29-12A-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 12A / Section 29-12A-4
§ 29-12A-4. Confidentiality of records
Status: in_force

A. Evidence of a communication between a person submitting a report to a local crime stoppers program and the person accepting the report on behalf of the program is not admissible in a court or an administrative proceeding, except as provided in Subsection B of this section.

B. Records and reports of a local crime stoppers program are confidential and shall not be produced before a court or other tribunal, except on a motion by:

(1) a criminal defendant claiming that a record or report contains specific evidence that is exculpatory to the defendant on trial for that offense; or

(2) a person in civil court who has been exonerated of a criminal charge that was filed as a result of a report to a local crime stoppers program, and denial of access to a record or report would leave the person without the ability to offer prima facie proof that a legal injury was suffered through the wrongful acts of another.

C. Upon motion made pursuant to Subsection B of this section, a court may subpoena a record or report, but shall conduct an in camera inspection of the materials produced to determine whether there is evidence as alleged to warrant disclosure pursuant to Subsection B of this section. If the court finds such evidence, the court shall determine how much of the evidence to disclose and whether the identity of the person who submitted the report to the local crime stoppers program must be disclosed.

D. The court shall protect the identity of a person who submits a report to a local crime stoppers program as it would protect the identity of a confidential police informer.

E. A local crime stoppers program shall be certified by the crime stoppers advisory council before it can claim confidentiality under this section.
N.M. Stat. § 24-27-3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 27 / Section 24-27-3
§ 24-27-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Act:

A. “ health care facility ” means an institution providing health care services, including a hospital, clinic or other inpatient center, outpatient facility or diagnostic or treatment center, that is licensed by the department of health;

B. “ health care provider ” means a person who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by law to provide or render health care services to pregnant women in New Mexico in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession, but is limited to a medical physician, osteopathic physician, doctor of oriental medicine, physician assistant, certified nurse practitioner and certified nurse-midwife; and

C. “ umbilical cord blood ” means the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after the birth of a newborn child.
N.M. Stat. § 31-6-15 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 6 / Section 31-6-15
§ 31-6-15. Witness immunity; protection from harassment and unreasonable inconvenience
Status: in_force

A. If a witness is granted immunity in return for evidence, none of his testimony or any evidence obtained as a fruit of his testimony shall be used against him in any criminal prosecution except that such person may be prosecuted for any perjury committed in such testimony or in producing such evidence, or for contempt for failing to give an answer or produce evidence.

B. Witnesses shall not be harassed nor subjected to unreasonable repeated appearances by the grand jury or the prosecuting attorney assisting the grand jury.
N.M. Stat. § 1-14-5 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1-14-5
§ 1-14-5. Contest of election; appeal
Status: in_force

An appeal shall lie from any judgment or decree entered in the contest proceeding to the supreme court of New Mexico within the time and in the manner provided by law for civil appeals from the district court.
N.M. Stat. § 40-1-20 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 40-1-20
§ 40-1-20. Marriages without license in 1905 validated
Status: in_force

All marriages celebrated or contracted in the territory of New Mexico, during the year A.D. 1905, without the persons entering into the marriage relation, having first obtained a license from the probate clerk of the proper county, but which marriages were valid according to the law as it existed prior to April 13, 1905, are hereby validated and legalized and shall have the same force and effect as if such marriages had been celebrated or contracted after the parties contracting such marriage had first obtained a license to marry from the probate clerk of the county wherein such marriage occurred.
N.M. Stat. § 4-26-1 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 26 / Section 4-26-1
§ 4-26-1. County boundaries
Status: in_force

The boundaries of Santa Fe county shall be defined as follows: commencing at the southeast corner of township eight north, range eleven east; thence north between ranges eleven and twelve east, to the northeast corner of township twenty north, range eleven east; thence west between townships twenty and twenty-one north, to the northwest corner of township twenty north, range seven east; thence south between ranges six and seven east to the southwest corner of township eight north, range seven east; thence east between townships seven and eight north to the place of beginning.
N.M. Stat. § 3-38A-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 38A / Section 3-38A-12
§ 3-38A-12. Refunding bonds
Status: in_force

A. A municipality having issued revenue bonds pursuant to the Hospitality Fee Act may issue refunding bonds payable from pledged revenues therein authorized for the payment of revenue bonds at the time of the refunding or at the time of the issuance of the bonds being refunded as the governing body of the municipality may determine, notwithstanding that the revenue sources or the pledge of such revenues, or both, are thereby modified.

B. Refunding bonds may be issued for the purpose of refinancing, paying and discharging all or any part of such outstanding bonds of any one or more or all outstanding issues:

(1) for the acceleration, deceleration or other modification of the payment of such obligations, including without limitation any capitalization of any interest thereon in arrears or about to become due for any period not exceeding one year from the date of the refunding bonds;

(2) for the purpose of reducing interest costs or effecting other economies;

(3) for the purpose of modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations pertaining to the issuance of additional bonds, otherwise concerning the outstanding bonds, or to any facilities relating thereto; or

(4) for any combination of the foregoing purposes.

C. The interest on any bond refunded shall not be increased to a rate in excess of the rate authorized in the Public Securities Act and shall be paid as authorized in that act.

D. Except as otherwise provided in the Hospitality Fee Act, refunding bonds authorized in the Hospitality Fee Act shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3-31-10 and 3-31-11 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 53-16-16 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 16 / Section 53-16-16
§ 53-16-16. Jurisdiction of court to liquidate assets and business of corporation
Status: in_force

A. The district courts may liquidate the assets and business of a corporation:

(1) in an action by a shareholder when it is established that:

(a) the directors are deadlocked in the management of the corporate affairs and the shareholders are unable to break the deadlock, and that irreparable injury to the corporation is being suffered or is threatened by reason thereof; or

(b) the acts of the directors or those in control of the corporation are illegal, oppressive or fraudulent; or

(c) the shareholders are deadlocked in voting power, and have failed, for a period which includes at least two consecutive annual meeting dates, to elect successors to directors whose terms have expired or would have expired upon the election of their successors; or

(d) the corporate assets are being misapplied or wasted;

(2) in an action by a creditor:

(a) when the claim of the creditor has been reduced to judgment and an execution thereon returned unsatisfied and it is established that the corporation is insolvent; or

(b) when the corporation has admitted in writing that the claim of the creditor is due and owing and it is established that the corporation is insolvent;

(3) upon application by a corporation which has filed a statement of intent to dissolve, as provided in the Business Corporation Act, to have its liquidation continued under the supervision of the court; or

(4) when an action has been filed by the attorney general to dissolve a corporation and it is established that liquidation of its business and affairs should precede the entry of a decree of dissolution.

B. Proceedings under Subsections A(1), A(2) or A(3) of this section shall be brought in the county in which the registered office or the principal office of the corporation is situated.

C. It is not necessary to make shareholders parties to any such action or proceeding unless relief is sought against them personally.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-37 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-37
§ 19-4-37. Taxation of costs
Status: in_force

All costs of proceedings in actions under this chapter, including fees for services of all writs and notices and clerk's fees, shall be as provided by law for service of writs in other actions, and shall be taxed and collected as now provided by law in other cases.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-22 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-22
§ 17-3-22. Administration of 17-3-19 to 17-3-22
Status: in_force

The state game and fish department is hereby charged with the proper administration of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-11-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 11 / Section 21-11-12
§ 21-11-12. Charges for assays and other services; disposition of amounts collected
Status: in_force

The board of regents shall require such compensation for all assays, analyses, mill tests or other services performed by said institution as they [it] may deem reasonable, and the same shall be collected and paid into the treasury of the school of mines [New Mexico institute of mining and technology] for said institution, and an accurate account thereof shall be kept in a book to be provided for that purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 58-21-18 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 21 / Section 58-21-18
§ 58-21-18. Permissible charges
Status: in_force

In connection with any loan originated, brokered, negotiated or made by a licensee pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Company Act, a mortgage loan company shall not collect, charge or receive broker fees in excess of six percent of the principal amount of the loan. A licensee may charge reasonable settlement, origination, transaction and other fees or charges not otherwise prohibited or limited by applicable state or federal laws.
N.M. Stat. § 22-13C-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13C / Section 22-13C-9
§ 22-13C-9. Incentivize New Mexico-grown
Status: in_force

A. School food authorities are eligible to receive an incentive grant pursuant to this section to purchase New Mexico-grown, -raised or -processed products. A participating school food authority may use the amount received pursuant to this section to support implementation of program requirements described in Subsection E of Section 3 of the Healthy Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act.

B. School food authorities shall use the money received pursuant to this section to purchase New Mexico-grown, -raised or -processed products. A minimum of seventy-five percent of funds shall be used to purchase unprocessed and minimally processed products. Up to twenty-five percent of funds may be used for value-added processed products.

C. By August 1 of each year, subject to available appropriations, the department shall distribute to each participating school food authority the greater of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or an amount equal to ten cents ($.10) multiplied by the number of lunches that qualified for federal free meal reimbursement that the participating school food authority served to students in the preceding school year. When calculating the amount of program funding that is due to a school food authority, the department shall assume that student participation will remain at the same level as the previous year.
N.M. Stat. § 30-36-2 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 36 / Section 30-36-2
§ 30-36-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Worthless Check Act:

A. “check” means any check, draft or written order for money;

B. “person” means any person, firm or corporation;

C. “draw” means the making, drawing, uttering or delivering a check;

D. “thing of value” includes money, property, services, goods and wares; and lodging;

E. “credit” means an arrangement or understanding with the drawer for the payment of the check.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-9
§ 17-3-9. Application blanks lost by license collector to be void
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of a notice from the license collector that an application blank has been lost, the director of the department of game and fish shall immediately declare the blank void. The director shall notify the various conservation officers throughout the state and such other persons as he shall deem necessary that the application blanks containing the serial numbers reported by the license collector are void.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-21-11 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 21 / Section 59A-21-11
§ 59A-21-11. Standard and required provisions
Status: in_force

A. No policy of group life insurance shall be delivered in this state unless it contains in substance the provisions as required by Sections 409 through 419 of this article or provisions which, in the superintendent's opinion, are more favorable to the persons insured, or at least as favorable to the persons insured and more favorable to the policyholder.

B. The provisions set out in Sections 414 through 418 of this article do not apply to policies issued to a creditor to insure debtors of such creditor.

C. The standard provisions required for individual life insurance shall not apply to group life insurance policies.

D. If a group life insurance policy is on a plan of insurance other than the term plan, it shall contain a nonforfeiture provision or provisions which, in the superintendent's opinion, is or are equitable to the insured persons and to the policyholder; but nothing herein shall be construed to require that group life insurance policies contain the same nonforfeiture provisions as are required for individual life insurance policies.
N.M. Stat. § 62-9-4 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 9 / Section 62-9-4
§ 62-9-4. Authority exercised
Status: in_force

A certificate of convenience and necessity shall remain in full force and effect for the period designated by the commission unless such authority is modified or becomes void because the authority has not been exercised within such period.
N.M. Stat. § 1-22A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 22A / Section 1-22A-3
§ 1-22A-3. Reports required; time and place of filing
Status: in_force

A. A candidate or campaign committee that has received contributions or made expenditures of five hundred dollars ($500) or more shall file with the secretary of state a report of all contributions received and expenditures made on a prescribed form, and the report shall be filed in the same or similar electronic system as that used for the Campaign Reporting Act. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all reports pursuant to the School District Campaign Reporting Act shall be filed electronically and electronically authenticated by the candidate using an electronic signature in conformance with the Electronic Authentication of Documents Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

B. A candidate or campaign committee shall file a campaign report of all contributions received and expenditures made during an election cycle and not previously reported by midnight on the twenty-first day before the election and on the thirtieth day following the election.

C. If a reporting date set by Subsection B of this section falls on a holiday, the report shall be filed on the next business day.

D. If a candidate or campaign committee has not received any contributions and has not made any expenditures since the last report filed with the secretary of state, the candidate or campaign committee shall only be required to file a statement of no activity, which shall not be required to be notarized, in lieu of a full report when that report would otherwise be due.

E. A report of expenditures and contributions filed after a deadline set forth in this section shall not be deemed to have been timely filed.

F. Except for candidates and campaign committees that file a statement of no activity, each candidate or campaign committee shall file a report of expenditures and contributions pursuant to the filing schedules set forth in this section, regardless of whether any expenditures were made or contributions were received during the reporting period. Reports shall be required until the candidate or campaign committee delivers a report to the secretary of state stating that:

(1) there are no outstanding campaign debts;

(2) all money has been expended in accordance with the provisions of Section 1-22A-10 NMSA 1978; and

(3) the bank account for campaign funds maintained by the candidate or campaign committee has been closed.

G. A candidate who does not ultimately file a declaration of candidacy and does not file a statement of no activity shall file reports in accordance with Subsection B of this section.

H. A candidate may apply to the secretary of state for exemption from electronic filing in case of hardship, which shall be defined by the secretary of state.