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N.M. Stat. § 66-12-15 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 12 / Section 66-12-15
§ 66-12-15. Regattas; races; marine parades; tournaments or exhibitions
Status: in_force

A. The division may authorize the holding of regattas, motorboat or other boat races, marine parades, tournaments or exhibitions on any waters of this state. It shall adopt and may, from time to time, amend regulations concerning the safety of motorboats and other vessels and persons thereon, either observers or participants. Whenever a regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine parade, tournament or exhibition is proposed to be held, the person in charge thereof shall, at least thirty days prior thereto, file an application with the division to hold the regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine parade, tournament or exhibition. The application shall set forth the date, time and location where it is proposed to hold the regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine parade, tournament or exhibition, and it shall not be conducted without authorization of the division in writing.

B. The provisions of this section shall not exempt any person from compliance with applicable federal law or regulation, but nothing contained herein shall be construed to require the securing of a state permit pursuant to this section if a permit therefor has been obtained from an authorized agency of the United States.
N.M. Stat. § 3-64-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 64 / Section 3-64-1
§ 3-64-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 3, Article 64 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Community Development Incentive Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 30-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 10 / Section 30-10-1
§ 30-10-1. Bigamy
Status: in_force

Bigamy consists of knowingly entering into a marriage by or with a person who has previously contracted one or more marriages which have not been dissolved by death, divorce or annulment. Both parties may be principals.

Whoever commits bigamy is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 24-4-3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-4-3
§ 24-4-3. Additional health officers; offices; expenses
Status: in_force

A. Whenever, in the opinion of the director of the public health division of the department of health, conditions require the employment of persons in addition to the district health officer to properly execute the health laws and regulations in any county, the board of county commissioners of such county, with the approval of the secretary of health, shall provide suitable quarters for such additional persons. The boards of county commissioners shall make proper provision for all office expenses and other expenses, including utilities and maintenance, for such additional persons.

B. The board of county commissioners of such county may, upon adoption of a resolution approved by the secretary of finance and administration, deposit county funds for such purposes as are provided pursuant to this section with the state treasurer to the credit of the department of health for such purposes as are provided in this section at such time as such funds are available. The depositing of such funds with the state treasurer shall be upon a voucher approved by the board of county commissioners subject to all statutes and regulations covering the disbursement of county funds except that such funds may be so deposited prior to disbursement being due and payable. No such deposits shall be in excess of the approved budget for this purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 37-1-28 — NM Code / Chapter 37 / Article 1 / Section 37-1-28
§ 37-1-28. Real estate; limitation on actions for defects of title
Status: in_force

A. After fifteen years from the date an instrument affecting title to real estate is recorded, no action shall be brought for recovery of the real estate because:

(1) the instrument was not signed by the proper officer of a corporation;

(2) the record does not show any authorization for the instrument by the board of directors or stockholders, or both, of a corporation;

(3) the instrument was executed by a corporation:

(a) that had been dissolved;

(b) whose articles of incorporation had expired;

(c) whose certificate of incorporation had been cancelled or revoked; or

(d) whose certificate of authority to transact business in this state had been revoked or withdrawn;

(4) the executor, administrator, guardian, assignee, receiver, master, agent or trustee or other agency making the instrument signed or acknowledged it individually rather than in his representative or official capacity;

(5) the instrument was executed by a trustee without record of judicial or other determination of his authority or of the verity of the facts recited in the instrument;

(6) the officer, who took the acknowledgment of the instrument and who had an official seal, did not affix his seal or show the date of the expiration of his commission on the certificate of acknowledgment; or

(7) the wording of the consideration in the instrument may or might create an implied lien, other than an express vendor's lien, in favor of the grantor.

B. If the action is not barred by limitation or otherwise and if the instrument is of record fourteen years or more prior to the effective date of this section, no action for the recovery of real estate because of any defect listed in Subsection A shall be brought after one year from the effective date of this section.

C. If any person, who is entitled to bring an action for the recovery of real estate is imprisoned, of unsound mind or under the age of majority when the cause of action first accrues, the time for commencing the action by such person is extended one year after the termination of the disability. No cumulative disability shall prevent the bar of the limitation of this section. This subsection applies only to disabilities that existed when the cause of action first accrued.

D. This section does not apply to:

(1) forged instruments; or

(2) instruments given by any community land grant corporation, as defined by law; or

(3) actions that were pending or that were determined prior to July 1, 1971.
N.M. Stat. § 12-10-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10 / Section 12-10-3
§ 12-10-3. Emergency planning and coordination
Status: in_force

The state director of homeland security and emergency management shall be responsible for carrying out the program for all hazard emergency management authorized by law and shall serve as the governor's authorized representative at the discretion of the governor. The state director shall direct and coordinate the all hazard emergency management activities of all state departments, agencies and political subdivisions and shall maintain liaison with and cooperate with all hazard emergency management agencies and organizations of other states and of the federal government.
N.M. Stat. § 65-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 3 / Section 65-3-1
§ 65-3-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 65-3-1 through 65-3-14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Motor Carrier Safety Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-24-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 24 / Section 3-24-11
§ 3-24-11. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 3-24-11 through 3-24-18 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Municipal Electric Generation Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21D-5 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21D / Section 21-21D-5
§ 21-21D-5. Rules
Status: in_force

The department may adopt rules and procedures as necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions of the Senior Citizens Reduced Tuition Act; provided that senior citizens enrolled at reduced tuition shall be allowed to enroll in classes only on a space-available basis and that no full-time equivalent credit shall be given to the eligible institutions for the attendance of senior citizens in classes under the provisions of the Senior Citizens Reduced Tuition Act. A financial aid officer may exercise professional judgment when special circumstances exist to adjust cost of attendance or expected family contribution or to modify other factors that make the program responsive to a student's special financial circumstances and for which documentation exists in the student's file within the parameters authorized for this program.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9C-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9C / Section 7-9C-4
§ 7-9C-4. Presumption of taxability
Status: in_force

A. To prevent evasion of the interstate telecommunications gross receipts tax and to aid in its administration, it is presumed that all receipts of a person engaging in interstate telecommunications business are subject to the interstate telecommunications gross receipts tax.

B. If receipts from nontaxable charges for mobile telecommunications services are aggregated with and not separately stated from taxable charges for mobile telecommunications services, then the charges for nontaxable mobile telecommunications services shall be subject to interstate telecommunications gross receipts tax unless the home service provider can reasonably identify nontaxable charges in its books and records that are kept in the regular course of business.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-14.4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-14.4
§ 9-15-14.4. Outdoor equity grant program; created; administration; grant criteria
Status: in_force

A. The “outdoor equity grant program” is created in the department to be administered by the New Mexico outdoor recreation division of the department.

B. Each fiscal year, competitive grants shall be awarded to applicants for the sole purpose of funding outdoor recreation programs, in whole or in part, for youth up to the age of eighteen.

C. Political subdivisions of the state, Indian nations, tribes and pueblos and nonprofit organizations may apply for outdoor equity grants.

D. Annually, the New Mexico outdoor recreation division shall establish a minimum and maximum number of grants available based on the funding appropriated to the outdoor equity grant program fund for that fiscal year.

E. The New Mexico outdoor recreation division shall award grants to applicants through a competitive process and based upon the following minimum criteria:

(1) at least forty percent of the population served by the applicant are low-income youth up to the age of eighteen;

(2) the applicant has a well-developed, written plan to engage low-income youth in outdoor recreation activities; and

(3) the applicant has an educational plan to educate youth about climate and the environment as part of its outdoor recreation program.

F. The New Mexico outdoor recreation division shall establish grant reporting requirements that meet the general purpose of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-75 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-75
§ 10-11-75. Municipal police member coverage plan 4; age and service requirements for normal retirement
Status: in_force

Under municipal police member coverage plan 4:

A. for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of credited service;

(2) age sixty-four years and eight or more years of credited service;

(3) age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of credited service;

(4) age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of credited service;

(5) age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of credited service; or

(6) any age and twenty or more years of credited service; and

B. for a member who was not a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty years or older and five or more years of service credit; or

(2) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit.
N.M. Stat. § 30-12-5 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 12 / Section 30-12-5
§ 30-12-5. Contents of order
Status: in_force

A. Each order authorizing or approving wiretapping, eavesdropping or interception of wire or oral communications shall specify:

(1) the identity, if known, of the person whose communications are to be intercepted;

(2) the nature and location of the communication facilities as to which, or the place where, authority to intercept is granted;

(3) a particular description of the type of communication sought to be intercepted and a statement of the particular offense to which it relates;

(4) the identity of the agency authorized to intercept the communications, and of the person authorizing the application; and

(5) the period of time during which such interception is authorized, including a statement as to whether the interception automatically terminates when the described communication has been first obtained.

B. An order authorizing the interception of a wire or oral communication shall, upon request of the applicant, direct that a communication common carrier, landlord, custodian or other person shall furnish the applicant forthwith all information, facilities and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the interception unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference with the services that such carrier, landlord, custodian or person is according the person whose communications are to be intercepted. Any communication common carrier, landlord, custodian or other person furnishing such facilities or technical assistance shall be compensated therefor by the applicant at the prevailing rates.
N.M. Stat. § 13-1B-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 1B / Section 13-1B-4
§ 13-1B-4. Revolving loan fund created; administration
Status: in_force

A. The “alternative fuel acquisition loan fund” is created in the state treasury as a revolving loan fund. The department shall administer the fund and make loans from the fund in accordance with the Alternative Fuel Acquisition Act.

B. The fund shall consist of earnings on balances in the fund, receipts from the repayment of loans made pursuant to the Alternative Fuel Acquisition Act and appropriations made by the legislature.

C. The fund balance shall not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000), and any balance in the fund of five million dollars ($5,000,000) or less shall not revert to the general fund at the end of any fiscal year. Interest on cash balances and repayment of loans in excess of the amount necessary to maintain the fund balance at five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be deposited in the general fund.

D. Administrative costs of the fund shall be paid by the department until interest revenues in the fund are sufficient to cover administrative costs, at which time administrative costs may be paid from the fund.

E. Expenditures from the fund shall be supported by loan documents evidencing the intent of the borrower to repay the loan. The original loan documents shall be filed with the department of finance and administration, and a copy shall be filed with the department.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-52-15.1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 52 / Section 59A-52-15.1
§ 59A-52-15.1. Fire and smoke damper and fire control systems; commission rules
Status: in_force

A. The public regulation commission shall issue rules requiring the inspection and testing of fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems in accordance with national fire protection association standards in places of assembly, educational occupancies, institutional occupancies, residential occupancies consisting of four or more family units, mercantile occupancies, office occupancies, industrial occupancies, storage occupancies and miscellaneous structures consisting of towers, underground structures and windowless buildings and all buildings owned or occupied by the state or any political subdivision thereof or by municipal governments.

B. The rules shall require that:

(1) inspection and testing be conducted by the state or a political subdivision of the state with a fire and life safety enforcement program or other person possessing a fire life safety certification from a program accredited by the American national standards institute; and

(2) the person conducting the inspection or test shall submit findings of noncompliance to the owner of the public occupancy and to the state fire marshal.
N.M. Stat. § 3-41-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 41 / Section 3-41-2
§ 3-41-2. Flood control; tax levy; limitations; election; result; bond issue may supplement; levy
Status: in_force

A. A municipality may levy a tax upon all property subject to property taxation within the municipality for such length of time as is necessary to accomplish the purpose authorized in Sections 3-41-1 and 3-41-3 NMSA 1978 . The rate of the tax authorized by this subsection shall not exceed five dollars ($5.00), or any lower maximum amount required by operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 upon a tax levied under this section, on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code.

B. Before levying the tax, the municipality shall submit to the qualified electors of the municipality the question of levying the tax. The question may be submitted at any regular or special local election called for that purpose. Notice of the election shall be given as provided in the Local Election Act.

C. The municipality shall print the words “For tax levy for flood protection purposes” and “Against tax levy for flood protection purposes” or words of like import. The vote upon the question shall be separately canvassed as other municipal elections are canvassed.

D. If a majority of the votes cast favors the levy of the tax, the governing body shall levy and certify the levy as any other tax is levied for municipal purposes.

E. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the issuance of negotiable bonds as authorized in Section 3-30-5 NMSA 1978 to pay the cost of preventing flood damage.

F. If a county has levied a tax for flood control purposes as authorized in Sections 4-50-1 through 4-50-9 NMSA 1978 or any other law, the municipality is not prohibited from levying a tax as authorized in this section.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-16B-5 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 16B / Section 59A-16B-5
§ 59A-16B-5. Justification of adverse insurance underwriting decisions
Status: in_force

An insurer that takes an underwriting action that adversely affects a victim of domestic abuse on the basis of a medical condition, claims history or other underwriting information that the insurer knows is abuse-related shall explain the reason for its action to the applicant or insured in writing and, upon request, shall be able to demonstrate that its action and any applicable plan provision:

A. does not treat abuse status as a medical condition or underwriting criterion;

B. is otherwise permissible by law and applies in the same manner and to the same extent to all applicants and insureds with a similar condition or claims history without regard to whether the condition, history or claim is abuse-related; and

C. is based on a determination, made in conformance with sound actuarial principles and supported by reasonable statistical evidence, or related to actual or reasonably anticipated experience, that there is a correlation between the medical condition, claims history or other underwriting information and a material increase in insurance risk.
N.M. Stat. § 34-2-7 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 2 / Section 34-2-7
§ 34-2-7. Supreme court law clerks
Status: in_force

Each justice of the supreme court may employ a law clerk who is a graduate of a law school which meets the standards of accreditation of the American Bar Association. Each law clerk shall serve at the pleasure of the justice who selected him. Supreme court law clerks shall:

A. perform duties as provided by rule of the supreme court;

B. not engage in the private practice of law; and

C. not receive any additional salaries because of the services rendered to the state.
N.M. Stat. § 57-23-3 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 23 / Section 57-23-3
§ 57-23-3. Termination of franchise; return of inventory
Status: in_force

A. If on termination of a franchise, the dealer delivers to the supplier the inventory that was purchased from the supplier and that is held by the dealer on the date of termination, the supplier shall pay to the dealer:

(1) the dealer cost of the new, unsold, undamaged and complete farm tractors, farm implements, utility tractors, industrial tractors and attachments returned by the dealer;

(2) an amount equal to ninety percent of the current price of new, undamaged repair parts returned by the dealer; and

(3) an amount equal to an additional five percent of the current price of new, undamaged repair parts returned by the dealer, unless the supplier performs the handling, packing and loading of the parts, in which case no additional amount is required under this paragraph.

B. The supplier may subtract from the sum due under Subsection A of this section the amount of debts owed by the dealer to the supplier. The supplier and dealer are each responsible for one-half of the cost of delivering the inventory to the supplier.

C. The supplier shall pay the amount due under this section before the sixty-first day after the day that the supplier receives inventory from the dealer and after the dealer has furnished proof that the inventory was purchased from the supplier.

D. On payment of the amount due under this section, title to the inventory is transferred to the supplier.
N.M. Stat. § 74-12-2 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 12 / Section 74-12-2
§ 74-12-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Night Sky Protection Act is to regulate outdoor night lighting fixtures to preserve and enhance the state's dark sky while promoting safety, conserving energy and preserving the environment for astronomy.
N.M. Stat. § 40-13-1 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 13 / Section 40-13-1
§ 40-13-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 40, Article 13 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Family Violence Protection Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 50-17-11 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 17 / Section 50-17-11
§ 50-17-11. Employer liability
Status: in_force

A. An employer that violates the Healthy Workplaces Act shall be liable to the affected employee:

(1) for an instance of sick leave taken by an employee but unlawfully not compensated by the employer, in an amount equal to three times the wages that should have been paid or five hundred dollars ($500), whichever is greater;

(2) for an instance of sick leave requested by an employee but unlawfully denied by the employer and not taken by the employee or unlawfully conditioned on searching for or finding a replacement worker, in an amount equal to actual damages or five hundred dollars ($500), whichever is greater;

(3) for each instance of retaliation prohibited by the Healthy Workplaces Act excepting discharge from employment, in an amount equal to actual damages, including back pay, wages or benefits lost, an additional amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and equitable relief such as rescission of disciplinary measures taken by the employer or other relief as determined by a court of law;

(4) for each instance of prohibited discharge from employment, in an amount equal to actual damages, including back pay, wages or benefits lost, an additional amount of five hundred dollars ($500) and reinstatement or other equitable relief as determined by a court of law;

(5) for each willful notice or recordkeeping violation, two hundred fifty dollars ($250); and

(6) for each misclassification of an employee as an independent contractor, actual damages or five hundred dollars ($500), whichever is greater.

B. A plaintiff prevailing in a legal action brought pursuant to the Healthy Workplaces Act shall recover all appropriate legal or equitable relief, the costs and expenses of suit and reasonable attorney fees. In an action brought by the division or the attorney general, any damages recovered shall be payable to the individual employees who experienced the violation.