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N.M. Stat. § 47-4-3 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 4 / Section 47-4-3
§ 47-4-3. Limitation of action on bond
Status: in_force

No suit shall be brought upon the bond, or against the surety, after six years from the date of the last certificate contained in the abstract.
N.M. Stat. § 73-21-25 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 21 / Section 73-21-25
§ 73-21-25. Liability of property included or excluded
Status: in_force

All taxable property annexed to a district shall thereafter be subject to the levy of taxes for the payment of any indebtedness of the district outstanding at the time of the annexation. Real property excluded from a district shall thereafter be subject to the levy of taxes for the payment of any indebtedness of the district outstanding at the time of its exclusion in the same manner and to the same extent as if such property had not been excluded from the district.
N.M. Stat. § 61-24B-15 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 24B / Section 61-24B-15
§ 61-24B-15. Board; rules
Status: in_force

The board shall make rules in accordance with the State Rules Act to implement the provisions of the Landscape Architects Act in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act.
N.M. Stat. § 10-1-11 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 10-1-11
§ 10-1-11. Payment of nepotic employees; liability of employer and bondsmen; employment void
Status: in_force

No person so unlawfully employed shall be paid or receive any compensation from public funds, and such employment shall be null and void, and the person or persons giving such employment, together with his or their bondsmen, shall be liable for any and all monies so unlawfully paid out.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-4
§ 7-9-4. Imposition and rate of tax; denomination as “gross receipts tax”
Status: in_force

A. For the privilege of engaging in business, an excise tax equal to the following percentages of gross receipts is imposed on any person engaging in business in New Mexico:

(1) prior to July 1, 2023, five percent; and

(2) beginning July 1, 2023, four and seven-eighths percent, except as provided in Subsection C of this section.

B. The tax imposed by this section shall be referred to as the “gross receipts tax”.

C. If, for any single fiscal year occurring after fiscal year 2025 and prior to fiscal year 2030, gross receipts tax revenues are less than ninety-five percent of the gross receipts tax revenues for the previous fiscal year, as determined by the secretary of finance and administration, the rate of the gross receipts tax shall be five and one-eighth percent beginning on the July 1 following the determination made by the secretary of finance and administration.

D. On or before February 1 of each year, until the rate of the gross receipts tax is adjusted to five and one-eighth percent pursuant to Subsection C of this section, the secretary of finance and administration shall make a determination for the purposes of Subsection C of this section. If the rate of tax is adjusted pursuant to that subsection, the secretary shall certify to the secretary of taxation and revenue that the rate of the gross receipts tax shall be five and one-eighth percent, effective on the following July 1.

E. As used in this section, “ gross receipts tax revenues ” means the net receipts attributable to the gross receipts tax and distributed to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 31-20-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 20 / Section 31-20-1
§ 31-20-1. Sentence of corporations
Status: in_force

The court may sentence any corporation, club, organization or unincorporated association which has been convicted of a crime to pay a fine authorized by the Criminal Code.
N.M. Stat. § 1-4-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1-4-16
§ 1-4-16. Registration; when party affiliation shall not be made
Status: in_force

A. No designation of party affiliation shall be made or changed on an existing certificate of registration at any time during which registration is closed.

B. Every person appearing as a candidate on the primary or general election ballot shall be a candidate only under the name and party affiliation designation appearing on the person's existing certificate of registration on file in the county clerk's office on the date of the secretary of state's general election proclamation.
N.M. Stat. § 5-20-10 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 20 / Section 5-20-10
§ 5-20-10. Dissolution
Status: in_force

The municipality and county that formed the district and any counties, municipalities, Indian nations, tribes or pueblos that have become part of the district may, by unanimous vote, agree to unwind and dissolve the district and dismiss the authority members if they find the district is not meeting the needs of the community in managing airport operations, creating jobs or fostering economic development. The assets and all debts and obligations of the district shall be transferred to and assumed by the county or municipality as set forth in the unwinding or dissolution agreement.
N.M. Stat. § 17-11-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 11 / Section 17-11-1
§ 17-11-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 17, Article 11 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 30-17-2 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 17 / Section 30-17-2
§ 30-17-2. Use of an engine without spark arrester
Status: in_force

Use of an engine without spark arrester consists of using or operating any locomotive, logging engine, portable engine, traction engine or stationary engine using any combustible fuel when such engine is not provided with an adequate spark arrester kept in constant use and repair.

Escape of fire or live sparks from any engine shall be prima facie evidence that such engine has not been adequately equipped with a spark arrester in compliance with this section.

Whoever commits use of an engine without spark arrester is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 29-15-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-13
§ 29-15-13. Missing in New Mexico event
Status: in_force

Each year, the department of public safety, in collaboration with the clearinghouse, shall host a “missing in New Mexico event” in support of all New Mexicans who are searching for missing relatives. The missing in New Mexico event is designated to:

A. provide an opportunity for federal, state, local and tribal governments to come together in one location and virtually to assist families to file missing persons reports, update missing persons reports, submit DNA records or meet with an investigator;

B. provide a network for New Mexicans with missing relatives to heal, access support services and access media outlets to distribute information about missing relatives to the general public; and

C. encourage the department of public safety, local law enforcement agencies, the office of the attorney general, the office of the state medical investigator, the Indian affairs department, the department of health and the behavioral health services and income support divisions of the human services department [health care authority department] to come together to provide support and services for New Mexican families with missing relatives.
N.M. Stat. § 58-31-2 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 31 / Section 58-31-2
§ 58-31-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Spaceport Development Act is to:

A. encourage and foster development of the state and its cities and counties by developing spaceport facilities in New Mexico;

B. actively promote and assist public and private sector infrastructure development to attract new industries and businesses, thereby creating new job opportunities in the state;

C. create the statutory framework that will enable the state to design, finance, construct, equip and operate spaceport facilities necessary to ensure the timely, planned and efficient development of a southwest regional spaceport; and

D. promote educational involvement in spaceport activities and education and training of the workforce to develop the skills needed for spaceport operations.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-35-15 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 35 / Section 59A-35-15
§ 59A-35-15. Exclusive jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Securities registered with the superintendent under this article shall not be subject to registration or similar filing with any other governmental department or agency, or under any other law, of this state.
N.M. Stat. § 7-11-4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 11 / Section 7-11-4
§ 7-11-4. Situs of railway cars; gross earnings
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of taxation, any railway car owned by an organization and used exclusively within this state or used partially within and partially without this state has situs within this state.

B. The term “gross earnings” shall be construed to mean all earnings on business beginning and ending within this state and on a proportion, based on the division of mileage in this state by the entire mileage over which business is done, of all interstate business passing through, into or out of this state.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-38 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-38
§ 4-55A-38. Improvement district; payment of assessment for refunding bond; maximum term; interest; prepayment; liens
Status: in_force

A. In connection with issuance of refunding bonds as provided in Sections 4-55A-35 through 4-55A-38 NMSA 1978 , the board may by ordinance provide that any unpaid assessment and accrued interest on the assessment shall be paid in not more than twenty years with interest at a rate of interest not less than the rate borne by the refunding bonds and with the penalties as lawfully attached to the original assessment. The owner of a tract or parcel of land that is assessed may at any time pay the assessment in full with interest to the time of payment.

B. The assessment may be collected as provided in Section 4-55A-19 NMSA 1978 , and the refunding bonds may be secured and enforced as the original lien was established as provided in that section.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-1005 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-1005
§ 66-3-1005. Exemptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act shall not apply to persons who operate off-highway motor vehicles on privately held lands or to off-highway motor vehicles that are:

A. owned and operated by an agency or department of the United States, this state or a political subdivision of this state;

B. operated exclusively on lands privately held; provided that the appropriate tax or fee has been paid in lieu of the motor vehicle registration fees;

C. owned by nonresidents and used in this state only for organized and endorsed competition purposes; provided that the use is not on a rental basis;

D. brought into this state by manufacturers or distributors for wholesale purposes and not used for demonstrations;

E. in the possession of dealers as stock-in-trade and not used for demonstration purposes;

F. farm tractors, as defined in Section 66-1-4.6 NMSA 1978 , special mobile equipment, as defined in Section 66-1-4.16 NMSA 1978, or off-highway motor vehicles being used for agricultural operations; or

G. used exclusively on private closed courses, whether owned by the rider or another person; provided that, if applicable, the excise tax and registration fees have been paid and are current.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3-11 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 6-3-11
§ 6-3-11. Parts of the budget
Status: in_force

The budget shall contain the following parts:

A. the governor's budget message;

B. summary statements showing the following:

(1) financial condition of the state government at the beginning and at the end of the fiscal year last completed;

(2) financial condition of the state government at the beginning of the current fiscal year and condition anticipated at the end of the current fiscal year;

(3) anticipated financial condition of the state government at the beginning and end of the succeeding fiscal year;

(4) condition of all funds for the fiscal year last completed, the current fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year, as follows:

(a) balance or anticipated balance at the beginning of the fiscal year;

(b) balance or anticipated balance at the end of the fiscal year;

(c) revenue or anticipated revenue during the fiscal year;

(d) source of revenue or anticipated revenue during the fiscal year; and

(e) expenditures or anticipated expenditures during the fiscal year;

(5) the bonded indebtedness, debts authorized, debts redeemed, interest requirements and the condition of sinking funds;

(6) appropriations recommended by the governor compared with appropriations for the fiscal year last completed and the current fiscal year. Any increase or decrease in the recommended appropriation shall be explained;

(7) anticipated revenue for the succeeding fiscal year, classified according to source of revenue and compared with revenues for the fiscal year last completed and anticipated revenue for the current fiscal year;

(8) other information necessary to make known in practicable detail the financial operation of the state government; and

(9) if anticipated revenue is less than the total of all appropriations recommended in any fiscal year, recommendations as to how the deficit shall be met;

C. a summary statement of requested appropriations by state agencies and recommendations of the state budget division concerning such requested appropriations; and

D. an appropriation bill recommended by the governor. Such bill shall follow budget classification and shall be stated in lump sums according to function or purpose of each agency.
N.M. Stat. § 6-19-8 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 19 / Section 6-19-8
§ 6-19-8. Board of trustees; duties
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall:

A. be the governing authority of the district;

B. comply with the provisions of law for local governments pertaining to the preparation and approval of budgets by the local government division of the department of finance and administration;

C. comply with the provisions of law pertaining to the audit of local governments by the state auditor; and

D. adopt rules and regulations for the operation of the district and comply with the provisions of the State Rules Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 25-8-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 8 / Section 25-8-2
§ 25-8-2. Enforcement
Status: in_force

If, as a result of investigation, the environmental improvement agency finds that any person is violating any provision of Section 1 of this act, or any regulation issued thereunder, the agency may bring an action for injunctive or other appropriate relief in the district court for the county in which the violation is occurring, or in the district court for Santa Fe county.
N.M. Stat. § 1-15-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-15-10
§ 1-15-10. Presidential electors; per diem and mileage
Status: in_force

Each presidential elector shall be paid per diem for each day's attendance and mileage from his residence to the state capitol and return to his place of residence one time, as provided for state officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act, and he shall receive no other compensation. Per diem and mileage shall be paid by the state treasurer on warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration in accordance with vouchers approved by the presiding officer of the presidential electors.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-41 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-41
§ 6-10-41. Suspense account unearned money; transfer
Status: in_force

All unearned moneys deposited in a suspense account with the state treasurer by any state officer or state agency shall, as soon as the same shall become the absolute property of the state of New Mexico, be transferred out of said suspense account to the proper fund by the warrant of the secretary of finance and administration based upon a voucher of the proper state official or agency, as the case may be.

Whenever it shall be finally determined that any moneys so deposited in a suspense account should be returned, repaid or refunded to the person, firm or corporation from whom the same were received, such moneys shall be paid out of the suspense account of the state treasurer upon a warrant drawn by the secretary of finance and administration based upon a voucher from the proper state official or agency, as the case may be.
N.M. Stat. § 16-6-23 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 6 / Section 16-6-23
§ 16-6-23. Eastern New Mexico state fair; purposes; exhibits
Status: in_force

An annual eastern New Mexico state fair may be held in Chaves county, at which shall be exhibited livestock, poultry, vegetables, fruits, grains and other agricultural products, minerals, ores and other mining exhibits, machinery, farm implements and all other things which may be in the interest of advancing agricultural, horticultural, stock raising, mining, mechanical and other industrial pursuits of eastern New Mexico, and the state generally, and any county of the state may erect, maintain, furnish or donate exhibits consonant with the purposes and in furtherance of the interest of said fair.
N.M. Stat. § 3-39-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 39 / Section 3-39-13
§ 3-39-13. Foreclosure
Status: in_force

If the interest or any serial maturity of any bond is in default, any obligee may foreclose against the municipality under the same procedure provided for foreclosure of real estate mortgages. The district court may appoint a receiver to operate the airport facility in default.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-6A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 6A / Section 32A-6A-8
§ 32A-6A-8. Special rules applicable to aversive intervention
Status: in_force

A. An intervention expressly listed in the “aversive intervention” definition in Section 4 of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act is prohibited.

B. A treatment plan containing an aversive intervention not specifically listed in Section 4 of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act shall be submitted to the human rights committee of the department of health in advance of a meeting, except in emergency situations. The human rights committee shall review the plan along with the following additional information as available:

(1) baseline or base rate data;

(2) review of the child's current situation and environment;

(3) the child's history, including previous interventions and results;

(4) the possible adverse effects, if any, of the proposed treatment plan;

(5) success and failure criteria for discontinuing the proposed aversive intervention; and

(6) a written evaluation by the clinician proposing the treatment plan or the intervention.

C. The human rights committee of the department of health shall not approve an intervention specifically listed in the definition of “ aversive intervention ” in Section 4 of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act.

D. An invitation to participate in the review shall be extended to the child, the child's legal custodian, the clinician and any other mental health or developmental disability professional who has proposed the treatment. A written or oral presentation shall be made to the human rights commission by the mental health or developmental disability professional proposing the treatment.

E. The results of the human rights committee of the department of health review shall be reported to the clinician, the child and the child's legal custodian within three working days.

F. The department shall work in collaboration with the department of health to promulgate rules for implementing a human rights committee pursuant to this section.
N.M. Stat. § 7-3-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 7-3-3
§ 7-3-3. Tax withheld at source
Status: in_force

A. Every employer who deducts and withholds a portion of an employee's wages for payment of income tax under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code shall deduct and withhold an amount for each payroll period computed from a state withholding tax table furnished by the department; provided:

(1) if the employee instructs the employer to withhold a greater amount, the employer shall deduct and withhold the greater amount;

(2) if the employee is not a resident of New Mexico and is to perform services in New Mexico for fifteen or fewer days cumulatively during the calendar year, the employer is not required to deduct and withhold an amount from that employee's wages; and

(3) if the aggregate monthly amount withheld under this section would be less than one dollar ($1.00) for an employee, the employer shall not be required to deduct and withhold wages in regard to that employee.

B. The department shall devise and furnish a state withholding tax table based on statutes made and provided to employers required to withhold amounts under this section. This table shall be devised to provide for a yearly aggregate withholding that will approximate the state income tax liability of average taxpayers in each exemption category.

C. If an individual requests in writing that the payor deduct and withhold an amount from the amount of the pension or annuity due the individual, the payor making payment of a pension or annuity to an individual domiciled in New Mexico shall deduct and withhold the amount requested to be deducted and withheld, provided that the payor is not required to deduct and withhold any amount less than ten dollars ($10.00) per payment. The written request shall include the payee's name, current address, taxpayer identification number and, if applicable, the contract, policy or account number to which the request applies.

D. Every person in New Mexico who is required by the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to deduct and withhold federal tax from payment of winnings that are subject to withholding shall deduct and withhold from such payment a tax in an amount equal to six percent of the winnings, except that an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or an agency, department, subdivision or instrumentality thereof is not required to deduct or withhold from payments made to members or spouses of members of that Indian nation, tribe or pueblo.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4A-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4A / Section 13-4A-11
§ 13-4A-11. Maintenance
Status: in_force

The contracting agency or its designee is responsible for inventory, maintenance, repair and security of art work. Any maintenance or repair work shall be done in consultation with the division.
N.M. Stat. § 22-24-1 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 24 / Section 22-24-1
§ 22-24-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 22, Article 24 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Public School Capital Outlay Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 62-16-7 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 16 / Section 62-16-7
§ 62-16-7. Commission; powers and duties; voluntary programs
Status: in_force

A. The commission:

(1) shall adopt rules regarding the renewable portfolio standard, including a provision for public utility records and reports; and

(2) may require that a public utility offer its retail customers a voluntary program for purchasing renewable energy that is in addition to electricity provided by the public utility pursuant to the renewable portfolio standard, under rates and terms that are approved by the commission.

B. All renewable energy purchased by a retail customer through an approved voluntary program shall:

(1) have all associated renewable energy certificates retired by the retail customer, or on that customer's behalf, by the public utility, and the certificates shall not be used to meet the public utility's renewable portfolio standard requirements pursuant to Subsection A of Section 62-16-4 NMSA 1978;

(2) be excluded from the total retail sales to New Mexico customers used to determine the renewable portfolio standard requirements pursuant to Subsection A of Section 62-16-4 NMSA 1978; and

(3) not be subject to charges by the public utility to recover costs of complying with the renewable portfolio standard requirements pursuant to Subsection A of Section 62-16-4 NMSA 1978 .