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N.M. Stat. § 21-13-20 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-20
§ 21-13-20. Sharing of facilities
Status: in_force

Community college districts may contract for the use or sharing of facilities with any school. Any agreement entered into between the community college board and a school board shall provide that each district using the facilities shall bear an appropriate and equitable share of the expenses for the maintenance and operation of the facilities used.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-115.1 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-115.1
§ 10-11-115.1. Municipal detention officer member coverage plan 1; applicability
Status: in_force

Municipal detention officer member coverage plan 1 is applicable to municipal detention officer members on the later of July 1, 2004 or the first day of the calendar month following certification of the election adopting municipal detention officer member coverage plan 1 by an affirmative vote of the majority of the affiliated public employer's municipal detention officer members. The election shall be conducted by the affiliated public employer. The certification shall be in the form prescribed by the retirement board. The election procedures shall afford all municipal detention officer members of the affiliated public employer an opportunity to vote. An election adopting municipal detention officer member coverage plan 1 for a given affiliated public employer is irrevocable for the purpose of subsequently adopting a coverage plan that would decrease employer or employee contributions with respect to all current and future municipal detention officer members of that affiliated public employer.
N.M. Stat. § 7-26-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 26 / Section 7-26-1
§ 7-26-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 7-26-1 through 7-26-8 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Severance Tax Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3A / Section 6-3A-5
§ 6-3A-5. Performance measures
Status: in_force

A. Prior to June 15 of each year, the division, in consultation with the committee, shall develop instructions for the development of performance measures for evaluating approved programs.

B. Prior to July 15 of each year, each agency shall submit to the division and the committee proposed changes in its performance measures. The agency shall identify the outputs produced by each program, the outcomes resulting from each program and baseline data associated with each performance measure. The division, in consultation with the committee and the agency, shall review the proposed changes, make necessary revisions and issue its approval or disapproval within thirty days of receipt. The division shall send a copy of its approval or disapproval to the committee.
N.M. Stat. § 12-6-7 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-6-7
§ 12-6-7. Shortages in accounts; sureties
Status: in_force

A. The state auditor shall notify the appropriate surety on the official bond whenever an audit discloses a shortage in the accounts of any agency. Failure to notify the surety, however, does not release the surety from any obligation under the bond.

B. Sureties upon official bonds of agencies are not released from liability on official bonds until the state auditor has certified to them that the accounts of the agency have been examined and found to be correct and a clearance of liability is given them.

C. When necessary, the state auditor may institute legal proceedings against sureties upon official bonds of officers and employees. In such proceedings, the officer or employee may set up as a defense that errors have been committed by the state auditor in making charges against him, or that he has been refused proper and legal credit by the state auditor, but the burden of proof is upon the officer or employee to show such facts.
N.M. Stat. § 53-16-23 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 16 / Section 53-16-23
§ 53-16-23. Deposit with state treasurer of amount due certain shareholders
Status: in_force

Upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of a corporation, the portion of the assets distributable to a creditor or shareholder who is unknown or cannot be found, or who is under disability and there is no person legally competent to receive the distributive portion, shall be reduced to cash and deposited with the state treasurer and shall be paid over to the creditor or shareholder or to his legal representative upon proof satisfactory to the state treasurer of his right thereto.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-110 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-110
§ 10-11-110. Municipal fire member coverage plan 5; applicability
Status: in_force

Municipal fire member coverage plan 5 is applicable to municipal fire members of an affiliated public employer on the first day of the calendar month following certification of the election adopting municipal fire member coverage plan 5 by an affirmative vote of the majority of the affiliated public employer's municipal fire members. The election shall be conducted by the affiliated public employer. The certification shall be in the form prescribed by the retirement board. The election procedures shall afford all municipal fire members of the affiliated public employer an opportunity to vote. An election adopting municipal fire member coverage plan 5 for a given affiliated public employer is irrevocable for the purpose of subsequently adopting a coverage plan which would decrease employer or employee contributions with respect to all current and future municipal fire members of that affiliated public employer.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-26.9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-26.9
§ 21-1-26.9. Limitation; higher education department; review of proposed campuses
Status: in_force

Effective January 1, 1998, no new public post-secondary educational institution, branch campus or off-campus instructional center shall be created except as specifically created by the legislature. The higher education department shall review any proposal for the establishment of a new public post-secondary educational institution or campus and submit its recommendations to the legislature. In reviewing proposals, the department may consider:

A. provisions for a local mill levy of at least two mills;

B. population base to provide at least five hundred full-time students;

C. whether at least fifty percent of the costs of initial construction comes from private or local sources;

D. governance structure;

E. means for acquisition of property, including purchase, lease, donations or any other means;

F. eligibility and level of funding request of the state; and

G. brokering of extended learning provisions.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-19 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-19
§ 24-1-19. Emergency inspectorial searches
Status: in_force

A. Whenever it reasonably appears to an inspection officer that there may be a condition, arising under the laws he is authorized to enforce and imminently dangerous to health and safety, the detection or correction of which requires immediate access, without prior notice, to premises for purposes of inspectorial search, and if consent to such search is refused or cannot be promptly obtained, the inspection officer may make an emergency inspectorial search of the premises without an inspection order.

B. Upon completion of the emergency inspectorial search, the inspection officer shall make prompt report of the circumstances to the judicial or administrative authority to whom application for an inspection order would otherwise have been made.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-52 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-52
§ 58-10-52. Uninsured accounts; notice
Status: in_force

Within thirty days following the effective date of this section, each savings and loan association subject to the provisions of the Savings and Loan Act, including specifically those associations established or approved prior to the effective date of the Savings and Loan Act, whose accounts are not insured with the federal savings and loan insurance corporation, an agency of this state or another federal agency established for the purpose of insuring savings accounts in associations, or with any other insurer approved by the savings and loan supervisor and meeting the qualifications prescribed in Section 58-10-12 NMSA 1978 , shall give a written notice to each new member opening a savings account prior to accepting the first deposit from said new member, that its accounts are not insured and shall continually maintain at each place of business at which deposits are received a sign in a conspicuous place giving notice that its accounts are not insured. The sign shall be in such form and of such size as the supervisor shall prescribe by regulation.
N.M. Stat. § 18-2-8 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 2 / Section 18-2-8
§ 18-2-8. Certification of librarians
Status: in_force

The state librarian is hereby authorized to issue certificates to librarians. He shall have authority to prescribe and hold examinations, or require submission of credentials to establish the qualifications of those seeking certificates as librarians, and to issue certificates of librarianship to qualified persons, in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as he may provide.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-87 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-87
§ 72-16-87. Supplemental provisions
Status: in_force

Except as in this act specifically provided or necessarily implied, the relevant provisions herein pertaining to bonds generally shall be equally applicable in the authorization and issuance of refunding bonds, including their terms and security, the bond resolution, trust indenture, taxes and service charges, and other aspects of the bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-18 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-18
§ 19-4-18. Purchase at private sale by person in possession
Status: in_force

In all cases, when subsequent to the time provided by law for persons to claim lots on such townsites, and prior to the taking effect of this law, any person may have entered thereon and improved any lots belonging to such town, such person, after the report of such board of appraisers, and prior to the public sale, may purchase any such lots from the said trustees or commissioners at private sale, for cash, at the appraised value of such lots, exclusive of improvements, unless there shall be adverse claimants to any such lots, in which case the respective rights of such claimants shall be determined, as hereinafter provided in this chapter.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-9-26 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 9 / Section 59A-9-26
§ 59A-9-26. Prohibited investments and investment underwriting
Status: in_force

A. In addition to investments excluded pursuant to other provisions of the Insurance Code, an insurer shall not acquire, invest in or lend upon the security of:

(1) issued shares of its own capital stock, except as provided in Section 568 of the Insurance Code (purchase of own shares by stock insurer). No such shares shall be deemed an asset of the insurer in any determination of its financial condition;

(2) securities issued by a corporation or enterprise the controlling interest of which is, or will after such acquisition by the insurer be, held directly or indirectly by the insurer or any combination of the insurer and the insurer's directors, officers, subsidiaries or controlling stockholders (other than the parent corporation), and the spouses and children of any of the foregoing individuals. Investments in controlled insurance corporations or subsidiaries under Sections 144 and 145 of this article are not subject to this section;

(3) any note or other evidence of indebtedness of any director, officer, employee or controlling stockholder of the insurer, or of the spouse or child of any of the foregoing individuals, except as to policy loans authorized under Section 148 of this article; or

(4) any real estate in which any officer or director or controlling stockholder (other than parent corporation) of the insurer has a financial interest.

B. No insurer shall underwrite or participate in underwriting of an offering of securities or property of any other person. This provision shall not prohibit the insurer from having a subsidiary which is a principal underwriter of a registered investment company (mutual fund).

C. No insurer shall enter into an agreement to withhold from sale any of its securities or property, and disposition of its assets shall at all times be within control of the insurer.
N.M. Stat. § 12-8A-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8A / Section 12-8A-8
§ 12-8A-8. Office of alternative dispute prevention and resolution; created; powers; duties
Status: in_force

A. The “office of alternative dispute prevention and resolution” is created as a bureau of the division.

B. In order to promote alternative dispute resolution, the office shall:

(1) organize and manage alternative dispute resolution programs for agencies, employees, vendors, businesses regulated by governmental entities and other interested parties;

(2) coordinate the use of neutral parties to facilitate alternative dispute resolution for interested parties and training for agency staff;

(3) implement development and use of alternative dispute resolution strategies;

(4) provide staff support for the council;

(5) maintain information and educate government officials about training and use of alternative dispute resolution and referrals; and

(6) prepare an annual report for review and presentation by the council on the use, cost and success of alternative dispute resolution programs.
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-47 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-47
§ 53-11-47. Provisions relating to actions by shareholders
Status: in_force

A. No action shall be brought in this state by a shareholder in the right of a domestic or foreign corporation unless:

(1) the plaintiff was a shareholder of record or the beneficial owner of shares held by a nominee or the holder of voting trust certificates at the time of the transaction of which he complains, or his shares or his beneficial ownership of shares held by a nominee or voting trust certificates thereafter devolved upon him by operation of law from a person who was a holder of record at such time;

(2) the complaint be verified; and

(3) the complaint alleges with particularity the efforts, if any, made by the plaintiff to obtain the action he desires from the directors and the reasons for his failure to obtain the action or for not making the effort. If the corporation undertakes an investigation upon receipt of a demand by plaintiff for action, or following commencement of suit, the court may stay any action commenced as the circumstances reasonably require.

B. In any action hereafter instituted in the right of any domestic or foreign corporation by the person or persons described in the above paragraph, the court having jurisdiction, upon final judgment and a finding that the action was brought without reasonable cause, may require the plaintiff or plaintiffs to pay to the parties named as defendant the reasonable expenses, including fees of attorneys, incurred by them in the defense of such action.

C. An action authorized by this section shall not be discontinued, compromised or settled without approval by the court having jurisdiction of the action. If the court determines that the interest of the shareholders or of any class thereof will be substantially affected by the discontinuance, compromise or settlement, the court may direct that notice, by publication or otherwise, be given to the shareholders or any class thereof whose interests it determines will be so affected.
N.M. Stat. § 73-5-4 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 5 / Section 73-5-4
§ 73-5-4. Water users associations; bodies corporate; powers
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of such certificate and copy thereof as provided in the preceding section the persons so associating, their successors and those who may thereafter become members of said association, shall constitute a body corporate by the name set forth in such certificate and by such name may sue and be sued, and shall have capacity to make contracts, acquire, hold, enjoy, dispose of and convey property real and personal and to do any other act or thing necessary or proper for carrying out the purposes of their organization.
N.M. Stat. § 30-20B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 20B / Section 30-20B-2
§ 30-20B-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Demonstrations at Funerals and Memorial Services Act:

A. “ funeral ” means the ceremonies, rituals, processions and memorial services held at a funeral site in connection with the viewing, burial, cremation or memorial of or wake for a deceased person;

B. “ funeral site ” means a church, synagogue, mosque, funeral home, mortuary, cemetery, grave site, mausoleum or other place at which a funeral is being conducted or is scheduled to be conducted within the next sixty minutes or has been conducted within the last sixty minutes; and

C. “ targeted residential picketing ” includes the following acts:

(1) marching, standing or patrolling by one or more persons directed solely at a particular residential building in a manner that adversely affects the safety, security or privacy of an occupant of the building; or

(2) marching, standing or patrolling by one or more persons that prevents an occupant of a residential building from gaining access to or exiting from the property on which the residential building is located.
N.M. Stat. § 31-26-9 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 26 / Section 31-26-9
§ 31-26-9. Procedures for providing victims with notice of rights and information regarding prosecution of a criminal offense; district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. Within seven working days after a district attorney files a formal charge against the accused for a criminal offense, the district attorney shall provide the victim of the criminal offense with:

(1) a copy of Article 2, Section 24 of the constitution of New Mexico , regarding victims' rights;

(2) a copy of the Victims of Crime Act;

(3) a copy of the charge filed against the accused for the criminal offense;

(4) a clear and concise statement of the procedural steps generally involved in prosecuting a criminal offense; and

(5) the name of a person within the district attorney's office whom the victim may contact for additional information regarding prosecution of the criminal offense.

B. The district attorney's office shall provide the victim with oral or written notice, in a timely fashion, of a scheduled court proceeding attendant to the criminal offense.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-48 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-48
§ 3-60A-48. Liberal interpretation
Status: in_force

The Metropolitan Redevelopment Code shall be liberally construed to carry out its purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 76-6-5 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 6 / Section 76-6-5
§ 76-6-5. Plant quarantine; authority
Status: in_force

A. The board is authorized to quarantine this state or any portion thereof when they determine that such action is necessary to prevent or retard the spread of a pest within or from this state and to quarantine any other state or portion thereof whenever they determine that a pest exists therein and that such action is necessary to prevent or retard its spread into this state. Before promulgating their determination that a quarantine is necessary, the board shall, after due notice to interested parties, hold a public hearing under such rules as they shall promulgate, at which hearing any interested party may appear and be heard either in person or by attorney; provided, the board may impose a temporary quarantine for a period not to exceed ninety days during which time a public hearing, as provided herein shall be held if it appears that a quarantine for more than the ninety-day period will be necessary to prevent or retard the spread of the pest. The board shall give notice of the establishment of the quarantine in such newspapers in the quarantined area as they may select. The board may limit the application of the quarantine to the infested portion of the quarantined area and appropriate environs, to be known as the regulated area, and may, without further hearing, extend the regulated area to include additional portions of the quarantined area upon publication of a notice to that effect in such newspapers in the quarantined area as they may select or by direct written notice to those concerned.

B. Following establishment of the quarantine, no person shall move any regulated article described in the quarantine or move the pest against which the quarantine is established, within, from, into or through this state contrary to regulations promulgated by the board. Notice of the regulations shall be published in such newspapers in the quarantined area as the board may select.

C. The regulations may restrict the movement of the pest and any regulated articles from the quarantined or regulated area in this state into or through other parts of this state or other states and from the quarantined or regulated area in other states into or through this state and shall impose such inspection, disinfection, certification or permit and other requirements as the board deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Pest Control Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-14-9.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 14 / Section 7-14-9.2
§ 7-14-9.2. Penalties for failure to submit report or to pay; interest
Status: in_force

A. Any person required to submit the report required by Subsection C of Section 7-14-7.1 NMSA 1978 who does not file the report in the manner and by the date required shall pay a penalty in an amount equal to five percent of the total amount of tax suspended pursuant to Subsection A of Section 7-14-7.1 NMSA 1978 for vehicles required to be included in the report.

B. Any person required to pay any amount pursuant to Subsection D of Section 7-14-7.1 NMSA 1978 who fails to pay the amount by the date required is liable for penalty in an amount equal to the greater of five dollars ($5.00) or two percent per month or any fraction of a month from the date the amount was due multiplied by the amount of tax due but not paid, not to exceed a maximum of ten percent of the tax due but not paid.

C. If any person required to pay any amount pursuant to Subsection D of Section 7-14-7.1 NMSA 1978 fails to pay the amount by the date required, interest shall be paid to the state on such amount in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-1-67 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-26 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-26
§ 2-7F-26. Representative district twenty
Status: in_force

Representative district twenty is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 289, 290, 294, 296, 298, 299, 301 through 307, 309, 319, 324, 325, 330 through 334, 348 through 350, 393, 549, 550 and 657 through 660.
N.M. Stat. § 22-14-2.1 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 14 / Section 22-14-2.1
§ 22-14-2.1. Vocational rehabilitation; state governing authority
Status: in_force

A. The department is the governing authority and shall establish policies for the conduct of all programs of the state and state plans established relating to vocational rehabilitation, unless otherwise provided by law.

B. The department is the sole agency of the state for the administration or for the supervision of the administration of any state plan relating to vocational rehabilitation, or for any federal aid funds, except as may otherwise be provided by law.