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N.M. Stat. § 62-18-19 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 18 / Section 62-18-19
§ 62-18-19. State pledge not to impair
Status: in_force

A. The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders, any assignee and any financing parties that the state shall not take or permit any action that impairs the value of energy transition property, except as allowed pursuant to Section 6 of the Energy Transition Act, or reduces, alters or impairs energy transition charges that are imposed, collected and remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee and any financing parties, until the entire principal of, interest on and redemption premium on the energy transition bonds, all financing costs and all amounts to be paid to an assignee or financing party under an ancillary agreement are paid in full and performed in full.

B. Any person who issues energy transition bonds is permitted to include the pledge specified in Subsection A of this section in the energy transition bonds, ancillary agreements and documentation related to the issuance and marketing of the energy transition bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 10-9-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 9 / Section 10-9-2
§ 10-9-2. Purpose of act; enactment under constitution
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Personnel Act is to establish for New Mexico a system of personnel administration based solely on qualification and ability, which will provide greater economy and efficiency in the management of state affairs. The Personnel Act is enacted under and pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, Section 2 of the constitution of New Mexico , as amended.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-17A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 17A / Section 59A-17A-8
§ 59A-17A-8. Adverse action notification
Status: in_force

A. If an insurer takes an adverse action based upon credit information, the insurer shall notify the consumer in writing, or in the same medium as the application or renewal, of the nature of the adverse action, the reasons for the adverse action and the insurer's extraordinary life circumstances exception policies and procedures as provided by Section 5 of the Personal Insurance Credit Information Act.

B. The notification shall identify, in clear and simple language and in descending order of importance, the four most important factors that prevented the consumer from receiving a more favorable insurance score. The factors shall be identified with sufficient specificity that a consumer can identify the factors on a standard credit report.

C. In addition to the information described in Subsections A and B of this section, the notification shall include any other language prescribed by rule issued by the superintendent.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15-4 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15 / Section 22-15-4
§ 22-15-4. Bureau; duties
Status: in_force

Subject to the policies and rules of the department, the bureau shall:

A. administer the provisions of the Instructional Material Law;

B. enforce rules for the handling, safekeeping and distribution of instructional material and instructional material funds and for inventory and accounting procedures to be followed by school districts, state institutions and private schools pursuant to the Instructional Material Law;

C. withdraw or withhold the privilege of participating in the free use of instructional material in case of any violation of or noncompliance with the provisions of the Instructional Material Law or any rules adopted pursuant to that law;

D. enforce rules relating to the use and operation of instructional material depositories in the instructional material distribution process; and

E. enforce rules that require local school boards to implement a process that ensures that parents and other community members are involved in the instructional material review process.
N.M. Stat. § 25-2-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 2 / Section 25-2-10
§ 25-2-10. When food deemed adulterated
Status: in_force

A food shall be deemed to be adulterated:

A. (1) if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added substance such food shall not be considered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such substance in such good [food] does not ordinarily render it injurious to health; or

(2) if it bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 13; or

(3) if it consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy, impure or infested ingredient, putrid or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for food; or

(4) if it has been produced, prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered diseased, unwholesome or injurious to health; or

(5) if it is the product of a diseased animal or an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter, or that has been fed upon the uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse; or

(6) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health.

B. (1) if any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom; or

(2) if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part therefor; or

(3) if damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or

(4) if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength or make it appear better or of greater value than it is.

C. if it is confectionery and it bears or contains any alcohol or nonnutritive article or substance except harmless coloring, harmless flavoring, harmless resinous glaze not in excess of four-tenths of one per centum ( 4 / 10 %), harmless natural gum and pectin; provided, that this paragraph shall not apply to any confectionery by reason of its containing less than two and one quarter per centum by weight of alcohol derived solely from the use of flavoring extracts, or to any chewing gum by reason of its containing harmless nonnutritive masticatory substances.

D. if it bears or contains a coal-tar color other than one from a batch which has been certified under authority of the federal act.
N.M. Stat. § 9-4A-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 4A / Section 9-4A-5
§ 9-4A-5. Secretary
Status: in_force

A. The chief executive and administrative officer of the department is the “secretary of cultural affairs”. The secretary shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The secretary shall hold the office at the pleasure of the governor and shall serve in the executive cabinet.

B. An appointed secretary shall serve and have all the duties, responsibilities and authority of that office during the period of time prior to final action by the senate confirming or rejecting the appointment.
N.M. Stat. § 4-42-13 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 42 / Section 4-42-13
§ 4-42-13. Licensed professional surveyor; numbering surveys; assessment for taxation
Status: in_force

All surveys made by the licensed professional surveyors appointed by the board of county commissioners of the several counties in accordance with Chapter 4, Article 42 NMSA 1978 , which are not government subdivisions, shall be numbered with a consecutive series of numbers, commencing with thirty-seven, and it shall be the duty of the assessor in each county to enter for taxation in the assessor's book all lands liable for taxation, referring to them by the proper number as designated by the surveyor in the surveyor's records.
N.M. Stat. § 25-6-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 6 / Section 25-6-8
§ 25-6-8. Enforcement; administration
Status: in_force

The department under the guidance and control of the board shall be responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of the Egg Grading Act.
N.M. Stat. § 9-4A-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 4A / Section 9-4A-4
§ 9-4A-4. Department created
Status: in_force

The “cultural affairs department” is created in the executive branch. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions:

A. the administrative services division;

B. the arts division;

C. the historic preservation division;

D. the library division;

E. the Hispanic cultural division;

F. the farm and ranch heritage museum division;

G. the natural history and science museum division;

H. the museum of space history division;

I. the museum resources division;

J. the veterans museum division; and

K. the following divisions that make up the museum of New Mexico:

(1) the palace of the governors state history museum division;

(2) the New Mexico museum of art division;

(3) the museum of Indian arts and culture division;

(4) the museum of international folk art division;

(5) the archaeology division; and

(6) the state historic sites and monuments division.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-29 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-29
§ 3-33-29. Improvement district; title subject to redemption vests in trustee
Status: in_force

Upon the acceptance or purchase of the tract or parcel of land as provided in Section 3-33-27 or 3-33-28 NMSA 1978 , title to the tract or parcel of land, subject to the right of redemption provided by Subsection A of Section 3-33-30 NMSA 1978 , vests in the trustee of the fund from which the assignable certificates or bonds are payable.
N.M. Stat. § 64-1-19 — NM Code / Chapter 64 / Article 1 / Section 64-1-19
§ 64-1-19. Aviation division; additional powers and duties
Status: in_force

The division may:

A. contract with any agency of the federal government to perform specified aviation services;

B. accept federal grants for the administration and performance of such aviation services;

C. employ necessary personnel and pay other administrative costs from federal grant funds in accordance with a budget approved by the department of finance and administration without regard to other restrictions or limitations imposed on the division's budget.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-1 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-1
§ 53-4-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

Unless the subject matter or context requires otherwise, wherever used herein:

A. “association” means a group enterprise legally incorporated hereunder, and shall be deemed to be a nonprofit corporation;

B. “member” means not only a member in a nonshare association but also a member in a share association;

C. “net savings” means the total income of an association minus the costs of operation;

D. “interest-dividends” means the return on share or membership capital which is limited in accordance with the provisions of Section 22 herein;

E. “savings returns” means the amount returned to the patrons in proportion to their patronage in accordance with the provisions of Section 31 herein;

F. “cooperative basis” as applied to any incorporated or unincorporated group not organized hereunder means:

(1) that each member has one vote and only one vote except as may be altered in the articles or bylaws by provision for voting by member organizations;

(2) that the maximum rate at which any return is paid on share or membership capital is limited;

(3) that the allocation or distribution of net savings after payment, if any, of said limited return on capital and after making provision for such separate funds as may be required or specially permitted by statute, articles or bylaws, is made to member patrons, or to all patrons, in proportion to their patronage.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-61-6 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 61 / Section 59A-61-6
§ 59A-61-6. Audit; pharmacy benefits manager
Status: in_force

A pharmacy benefits manager licensed pursuant to the Pharmacy Benefits Manager Regulation Act shall be subject to Section 61-11-18.2 NMSA 1978 . A pharmacy benefits manager shall not reduce or eliminate payment on an adjudicated claim except as permitted by Section 61-11-18.2 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-12 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-12
§ 6-21-12. Bonds; authorization for issuance; terms and conditions
Status: in_force

A. Bonds of the authority shall be authorized by resolution of the authority and may be issued in one or more series. The bonds shall bear the dates, be in the form, be issued in the denominations, have terms and maturities, bear interest at rates and be payable and evidenced in the manner and times as the resolution of the authority or the trust agreement securing the bonds provides. The bonds may be redeemed with or without premiums prior to maturity, may be ranked or assigned priority status and may contain provisions not inconsistent with this subsection.

B. The bonds issued by the authority may be sold at any time at private or public sale at prices agreed upon by the authority.

C. Bonds may be issued pursuant to the New Mexico Finance Authority Act without obtaining the consent of any agency of the state and without any other proceeding or condition other than the proceedings or conditions specified in that act.

D. The bonds issued by the authority are negotiable instruments for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, 1 subject only to the provisions of the bonds for registrations.

E. Any resolution for the issuance of bonds shall provide that each bond authorized shall recite that it is issued by the authority. The recital shall clearly state that the bonds are in full compliance with all of the provisions of the New Mexico Finance Authority Act.
N.M. Stat. § 49-9-4 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 9 / Section 49-9-4
§ 49-9-4. Notice of application; publication; protest; time limit on application
Status: in_force

When application shall be made, as herein provided, for a deed to any portion of the lands within the limits of such grant, the clerk of said city is hereby required, within ten (10) days after the receipt of such application, to publish a notice of the same in a newspaper published and of general circulation in said city in one issue of said newspaper, giving in said notice the name of the applicant and a description of the lands for which a deed is asked. Any person, or persons, either on behalf of themselves or on behalf of said city who claims an adverse interest in any part or portion of land or lands for which application for a deed, or deeds, is so made, shall have the right to file, at any time within thirty (30) days after the publication of such notice, a protest against the execution of a deed, or deeds, to the applicant or applicants for the land applied for, or such portion thereof in which he or they may claim an interest, which protest shall be in writing, setting forth the ground of his, or their, objection and a description of that portion of the land in which he, or they, for themselves, or for said city, claim an adverse interest, and shall be sworn to by at least one protestant and filed with the city clerk of said city: provided, that if said protest is filed on behalf of said city the same shall be signed and sworn to by at least ten (10) citizens of the said city who are the owners of real estate within said grant. And provided, further, that no deed shall be executed by either said city or said cotrustee under any such application, unless said application is filed with the said city clerk within five years from the 18th day of March, A.D. 1909, and all lands within the limits of said grant for which a deed has not been executed by said city, or for which application has not been made within said five years, shall be the property of said city of Socorro.
N.M. Stat. § 7-29-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 29 / Section 7-29-7
§ 7-29-7. Operator's report; tax remittance; additional information
Status: in_force

Each operator shall, in the form and manner required by the division, make a return to the division showing the total value, volume and kind of products sold from each production unit for each calendar month. All taxes due, or to be remitted, by the operator shall accompany this return. The return shall be filed on or before the twenty-fifth day of the second month after the calendar month for which the return is required. Any additional report or information the division may deem necessary for the proper administration of the Oil and Gas Severance Tax Act may be required.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-11A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 11A / Section 59A-11A-7
§ 59A-11A-7. Payment from insurers or insurance producers for sale of insurance prohibited; penalty
Status: in_force

A. No insurance consultant serving any person, firm, association, organization or corporation not engaged in the insurance business, for compensation paid or to be paid by the person served, shall directly or indirectly receive any part of any commission or compensation paid by any insurer or insurance producer of any insurer in connection with the sale or writing of any insurance that is within the subject matter of any such service.

B. Any person who violates any provision of Subsection A of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a definite term of not less than thirty days or more than ninety days or both.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-4-1 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 4 / Section 32A-4-1
§ 32A-4-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 32A, Article 4 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Abuse and Neglect Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-39-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 39 / Section 7-39-10
§ 7-39-10. Monthly report to department of finance and administration; remittances to state and county treasurers; state and county treasurers may distribute funds
Status: in_force

A. By the last day of each month, the department shall prepare and certify a report to the secretary of finance and administration. The report shall be for the preceding month and shall show the amount of copper production ad valorem tax distributed to the copper production tax fund, the amount due the state and each taxing district imposing a tax and any other information required by the secretary of finance and administration. The secretary of finance and administration shall forthwith remit the appropriate amounts from the copper production tax fund to the state treasurer and the county treasurers who shall make the appropriate distribution, except as provided in Subsection B of this section.

B. If the board of county commissioners notifies the secretary of finance and administration that the county elects not to distribute the proceeds of the copper production ad valorem tax due to the municipalities and school districts in the county, the secretary of finance and administration shall pay amounts due directly to municipalities and school districts within the county.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.33 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.33
§ 7-1-6.33. Distribution to county-supported medicaid fund
Status: in_force

A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the county-supported medicaid fund of the net receipts attributable to the taxes imposed pursuant to Section 7-20E-18 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 1-6B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6B / Section 1-6B-1
§ 1-6B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 1, Article 6B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8B-5.2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8B / Section 22-8B-5.2
§ 22-8B-5.2. Governing body conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

A. A person shall not serve as a member of a governing body of a charter school if the person or an immediate family member of the person is an owner, agent of, contractor with or otherwise has a financial interest in a for-profit or nonprofit entity with which the charter school contracts directly, for professional services, goods or facilities. A violation of this subsection renders the contract between the person or the person's immediate family member and the charter school voidable at the option of the chartering authority, the department or the governing body. A person who knowingly violates this subsection may be individually liable to the charter school for any financial damage caused by the violation.

B. No member of a governing body or employee, officer or agent of a charter school shall participate in selecting, awarding or administering a contract with the charter school if a conflict of interest exists. A conflict of interest exists when the member, employee, officer or agent or an immediate family member of the member, employee, officer or agent has a financial interest in the entity with which the charter school is contracting. A violation of this subsection renders the contract voidable.

C. Any employee, agent or board member of the chartering authority who participates in the initial review, approval, ongoing oversight, evaluation or charter renewal process of a charter school is ineligible to serve on the governing body of the charter school chartered by the chartering authority.

D. As used in this section, “ immediate family member ” means spouse, father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law or any other relative who is financially supported.
N.M. Stat. § 3-59-7 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 59 / Section 3-59-7
§ 3-59-7. Requirements respecting lease, or agreement of sale
Status: in_force

Prior to the leasing, selling or other disposition of any project or projects, the governing body must determine and find the following:

A. the amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance part or all of the cost of such project or projects; and

B. the amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve fund which the governing body may deem it advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and maintenance of the project or projects; and in the case of an agreement of lease or sale unless the terms under which each such project is to be leased or sold provide that the lessee or the purchaser shall maintain the project or projects and carry all proper insurance with respect thereto, the estimated cost of maintaining the project or projects in good repair and keeping it or them properly insured. The determinations and findings of the governing body required to be made in the preceding sentence shall be made and set forth either in an ordinance or, if authorized by ordinance, in a resolution constituting part of the proceedings under which the proposed bonds are to be issued; and prior to the issuance of such bonds, the municipality shall lease or sell the project or projects to a lessee or purchaser under an agreement conditioned upon completion of the project or projects and providing for payment to the municipality of such rentals or payments, as upon the basis of such determinations and findings, will be sufficient:

(1) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project or projects;

(2) to build up and maintain any reserve deemed by the governing body to be advisable in connection therewith; and

(3) to pay the costs of maintaining the project or projects in good repair and keeping it or them properly insured, unless the agreement of lease or sale obligates the lessee or purchaser to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the project or projects.