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N.M. Stat. § 3-59-6 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 59 / Section 3-59-6
§ 3-59-6. Security for bonds
Status: in_force

The principal of and interest on any bonds issued under the authority of the Pollution Control Revenue Bond Act shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which such bonds shall be made payable, may be secured by a mortgage covering all or any part of the project or projects from which the revenues so pledged may be derived and may be secured by a pledge of the lease or the agreement of sale of such project or projects. The ordinance and proceedings under which such bonds are authorized to be issued or any such mortgage may contain other agreements and provisions including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the fixing and collection of all revenues from any project or projects covered by such proceedings or mortgage, the terms to be incorporated in the lease of such project or projects, the maintenance and insurance of such project or projects, the creation and maintenance of special funds from the revenues from such project or projects and the rights and remedies available in event of default to the bondholders or to the trustee under a mortgage, all as the governing body shall deem advisable and as shall not be in conflict with the provisions of the Pollution Control Revenue Bond Act; provided, that in making any such agreements or provisions, a municipality shall not have the power to obligate itself except with respect to the project or projects and the application of the revenues therefrom and shall not have the power to incur a pecuniary liability or a charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers. The ordinance and proceedings authorizing any bonds hereunder and any mortgage securing such bonds may provide the procedure and remedies in the event of default in payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds or in the performance of any agreement. No breach of any such agreement shall impose any pecuniary liability upon a municipality or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing powers.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-5-12 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 5 / Section 59A-5-12
§ 59A-5-12. General eligibility for certificate of authority
Status: in_force

To qualify for and hold authority to transact insurance in this state, an insurer must have accepted in writing all of the laws of New Mexico, be otherwise in compliance with the Insurance Code and with its charter powers, and must be an incorporated stock or mutual insurer, or a reciprocal insurer, or Lloyds insurer; except that:

A. no foreign insurer shall be authorized in this state which does not maintain reserves as required by Sections 121 through 129, inclusive, of Article 8 (assets and liabilities) of the Insurance Code, as applicable to the insurance transacted by the insurer in the United States, or which transacts business anywhere in the United States on the assessment plan, or stipulated premium plan, or any similar plan;

B. no insurer shall be authorized to transact a kind of insurance in this state unless duly authorized or qualified to transact such insurance in the state or country of its domicile;

C. no insurer shall be authorized to transact in this state any kind of insurance not within the definitions set forth in Article 7 (kinds of insurance) of the Insurance Code; and

D. no such authority shall be granted or continued to any insurer while in arrears to this state for fees, licenses, taxes, assessments, fines or penalties accrued on business previously transacted.
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-27 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-27
§ 4-38-27. Receipts and expenditures; publication of report
Status: in_force

The boards of county commissioners of their respective counties at their regular meeting in January in each year shall cause to be prepared a statement of the receipts and expenditures of such county during the year immediately preceding, setting forth the amount of money received from taxes, from licenses and all other sources; setting forth also the amount expended and the particular objects for which in each case every sum of money has been expended; and such statement signed by the chairman and county clerk shall be published.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-102 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-102
§ 72-16-102. Civil rights
Status: in_force

The authority damaged by any such act may also bring a civil action for damages sustained by any such act, and in such proceeding the prevailing party shall also be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of court.
N.M. Stat. § 70-5-8 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 5 / Section 70-5-8
§ 70-5-8. Authority of inspectors
Status: in_force

A. An inspector of the bureau may enter any building or proceed on to any premises at any reasonable time in the discharge of his official duties for the purpose of making an inspection of work performed or of testing any installation within the jurisdiction of the bureau.

B. An inspector may cause immediate discontinuance of service to any installation or device, appliance or equipment found to be dangerous to life or property because it is defective, of faulty design, not properly qualified or incorrectly installed, until the installation, device, appliance or equipment is made safe. Any device, appliance or equipment that is dangerous to life or property and cannot be made safe shall be removed by the bureau and properly disposed of.

C. The inspector shall order the correction of any defects or of any incorrect installation and shall issue a notice to the owner, lessee or renter outlining the corrections to be made in order to meet bureau requirements.

D. Any authorized representative of the bureau may enter any building or proceed on to any premises for investigation where an accident has occurred in which LP gas may have been a factor. The representative may remove any item which may have been a factor in the accident, and the item shall be retained by the bureau until all questions regarding the accident are resolved.
N.M. Stat. § 76-6A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 6A / Section 76-6A-5
§ 76-6A-5. Cotton boll weevil control committee; duties and powers
Status: in_force

A. A cotton boll weevil control committee shall prescribe control measures for any cotton planted within a cotton boll weevil control district. When prescribing control measures, the cotton boll weevil control committee shall make every effort to adhere to integrated pest management practices, to allow organic cotton producers to choose organic pest management practices that will allow them to maintain their organic certification and to adhere to the management goals of individual cotton producers consistent with the goal of complete eradication of the cotton boll weevil.

B. A cotton boll weevil control committee may adopt regulations to set the method for determining the yield per acre of cotton lands under the control of a cotton producer for purposes of calculating the assessment amount due.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-15
§ 3-33-15. Improvement district; notice of preliminary hearing
Status: in_force

A. The notice of the preliminary hearing required in Section 3-33-14 NMSA 1978 shall contain:

(1) the time and place when the governing body will hold a preliminary hearing on the proposed improvement;

(2) the estimated cost of the improvement;

(3) the boundary of the improvement district;

(4) the route of the improvement by streets or location of the improvements;

(5) the location of the proposed improvement;

(6) a description of each property to be assessed or against which an improvement district property tax is to be imposed;

(7) the estimated amount of the assessment against or improvement district property tax to be imposed upon each tract or parcel of land; and

(8) the amount of the cost to be assumed by the municipality, if any.

B. If the owners are found within the county, the notices shall be personally served on them at least thirty days prior to the day of the hearing. The notice shall also be published in a newspaper published in the municipality once each week for four successive weeks. The last publication shall be at least three days before the day of the preliminary hearing.
N.M. Stat. § 61-12A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12A / Section 61-12A-6
§ 61-12A-6. License required
Status: in_force

A. Unless licensed to practice the level of occupational therapy provided in the Occupational Therapy Act, a person shall not practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.

B. It is unlawful for a person not licensed pursuant to the Occupational Therapy Act or whose license has been denied, suspended or revoked in this or another state to hold himself out as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant or to use words or titles containing “occupational therapist” or “occupational therapy assistant” that would indicate or imply that the person is licensed as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.

C. A facility or employer shall not represent that it offers occupational therapy unless it uses the services of a licensee pursuant to the provisions of the Occupational Therapy Act.

D. A person offering or assisting in the offering of occupational therapy shall be properly identified by a name badge or other identification indicating whether the person is an occupational therapist, an occupational therapy assistant, an occupational therapy aide or technician or a person practicing under a provisional permit.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-16.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-16.1
§ 6-10-16.1. Security for public deposits
Status: in_force

All deposits of public funds shall be secured by securities as defined in Section 6-10-16 NMSA 1978 in the amount required by law or by surety bonds as provided for in Section 6-10-15 NMSA 1978 . A surety company that issues a surety bond pursuant to this section shall be rated in the highest category by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating agency.
N.M. Stat. § 33-1A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 1A / Section 33-1A-2
§ 33-1A-2. Long-term lease of correctional facility housing by facilities management division; sublease to correctional officers and others
Status: in_force

In connection with and as part of the real property lease authorized in Section 33-1A-1 NMSA 1978 , the facilities management division of the general services department is authorized to negotiate and execute a long-term lease, for a period not to exceed twenty-five years, of the low-rent housing units constructed pursuant to Chapter 33, Article 1A NMSA 1978 and to sublease them to correctional officers of the corrections department, their families and such other department personnel or other state employees as the secretary of corrections may designate.
N.M. Stat. § 6-16-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 16 / Section 6-16-5
§ 6-16-5. Construction
Status: in_force

This act being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, it shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 30-1-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 1 / Section 30-1-11
§ 30-1-11. Criminal sentence permitted only upon conviction
Status: in_force

No person indicted or charged by information or complaint of any crime shall be sentenced therefor, unless he has been legally convicted of the crime in a court having competent jurisdiction of the cause and of the person. No person shall be convicted of a crime unless found guilty by the verdict of the jury, accepted and recorded by the court; or upon the defendant's confession of guilt or a plea of nolo contendere, accepted and recorded in open court; or after trial to the court without jury and the finding by the court that such defendant is guilty of the crime for which he is charged.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-51-17 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 51 / Section 59A-51-17
§ 59A-51-17. Probation
Status: in_force

If the superintendent finds that one or more causes exist for the suspension, revocation or refusal to continue any license issued under this article the superintendent may, in his discretion, in lieu of such suspension, revocation or refusal, or in connection with any administrative monetary penalty imposed, place the offending licensee on probation for a period not to exceed two (2) years, as specified by the superintendent in his order.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48A / Section 4-48A-1
§ 4-48A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 4, Article 48A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Special Hospital District Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 58-1-27 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1 / Section 58-1-27
§ 58-1-27. Sale of assets in ordinary course
Status: in_force

A bank may sell any asset in the ordinary course of business, or with the approval of the commissioner [director of the financial institutions division of the regulation and licensing department] in any other circumstance, but the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a bank or of a department thereof is governed by Section 58-4-9 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 59A-41-56 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 41 / Section 59A-41-56
§ 59A-41-56. Summary proceedings; conduct of administrative and judicial hearings
Status: in_force

A. The superintendent shall hold all hearings in summary proceedings privately unless the insurer requests a public hearing, in which case the hearing shall be public.

B. The court may hold all hearings in summary proceedings and judicial reviews thereof privately in chambers, and shall do so on request of the insurer proceeded against.

C. In all summary proceedings and judicial reviews thereof, all records of the insurer, other documents, and all insurance department files and court records and papers, so far as they pertain to or are part of the record of the summary proceedings, shall be and remain confidential except as necessary to obtain compliance therewith, unless the court after hearing arguments by the parties in chambers, orders otherwise, or unless the insurer requests that the matter be made public. Until the court otherwise orders, all papers filed with the clerk of the court in the matter shall be held by him in a confidential file.

D. If at any time it appears to the court that any person whose interest is or will be substantially affected by an order did not appear at the hearing and has not been served, the court may order that notice be given and the proceedings be adjourned to give such person an opportunity to appear, on such terms as may be reasonable.
N.M. Stat. § 24-2B-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 2B / Section 24-2B-3
§ 24-2B-3. Substituted consent
Status: in_force

Informed consent shall be obtained from a legal guardian or other person authorized by law when the person is not competent. A minor shall have the capacity to give informed consent to have the human immunodeficiency virus test performed on himself.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-58-5 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 58 / Section 59A-58-5
§ 59A-58-5. Registration requirements
Status: in_force

A. A provider who wishes to issue, sell or offer for sale service contracts in this state must submit to the superintendent:

(1) a registration application on a form prescribed by the superintendent;

(2) proof that the provider has complied with the requirements for security pursuant to Section 59A-58-6 NMSA 1978;

(3) the name, address and telephone number of each administrator with whom the provider intends to contract, if any; and

(4) provided that House Bill 248 of the first session of the fifty-fifth legislature:

(a) becomes law, the registration renewal fee provided in Section 59A-6-1 NMSA 1978; or

(b) does not become law, a fee of five hundred dollars ($500).

B. A provider's registration is valid for one year after the date the registration is filed. A provider may renew the provider's registration if, before the registration expires, the provider submits to the superintendent an application on a form prescribed by the superintendent and, provided that House Bill 248 of the first session of the fifty-fifth legislature:

(1) becomes law, the registration renewal fee provided in Section 59A-6-1 NMSA 1978; or

(2) does not become law, a fee of five hundred dollars ($500).

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to major manufacturing companies' service contracts.

D. Service contract forms are not required to be filed with the superintendent.
N.M. Stat. § 40-4B-9 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 4B / Section 40-4B-9
§ 40-4B-9. Review and appeal
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after the hearing officer's decision becomes final pursuant to Section 8 of the Child Support Hearing Officer Act, an applicant or recipient may file a notice of appeal in the same manner as that of an appeal from a district court decision pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
N.M. Stat. § 61-4-2 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 4 / Section 61-4-2
§ 61-4-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act:

A. “ advanced practice chiropractic certification registry ” means a compendium kept by the board that meets and maintains the board's established credentials for certified advanced practice chiropractic physicians;

B. “ certified advanced practice chiropractic physician ” means a chiropractic physician who has been included in the advanced practice chiropractic certification registry;

C. “ chiropractic ” means the science, art and philosophy of things natural, the science of locating and removing interference with the transmissions or expression of nerve forces in the human body by the correction of misalignments or subluxations of the articulations and adjacent structures, more especially those of the vertebral column and pelvis, for the purpose of restoring and maintaining health for treatment of human disease primarily by, but not limited to, adjustment and manipulation of the human structure. It shall include, but not be limited to, the prescribing and administering of all natural agents to assist in the healing act, such as food, water, heat, cold, electricity, mechanical appliances and medical devices; the selling of herbs, nutritional supplements and homeopathic remedies; the administering of a drug by injection by a certified advanced practice chiropractic physician; and any necessary diagnostic procedure, excluding invasive procedures, except as provided by the board by rule and regulation. It shall exclude operative surgery, the prescription or use of controlled or dangerous drugs and the practice of acupuncture;

D. “ board ” means the chiropractic board;

E. “ chiropractic physician ” includes doctor of chiropractic, chiropractor and chiropractic physician and means a person who practices chiropractic as defined in the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act; and

F. “ chiropractic assistant ” means a person who practices under the on-premises supervision of a licensed chiropractic physician.
N.M. Stat. § 63-1-23 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 63-1-23
§ 63-1-23. Effect of corporation purchase
Status: in_force

All purchases of its own stock made by any corporation, as provided in the last section, shall vest the legal title to the same in the corporation; and the stock so purchased shall be held subject to the control of the stockholders, who may make such disposition of the same as they may deem proper, in accordance with the bylaws of the corporation, or by vote of the stockholders representing a majority of all the remaining shares. Whenever any portion of the capital stock of a corporation is held by the corporation by purchase, as aforesaid, a majority of the remaining shares shall be a majority of the stock for all purposes of election, or voting on any question at the meeting of the stockholders.
N.M. Stat. § 62-2-3 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 2 / Section 62-2-3
§ 62-2-3. Filing of articles; certified copies
Status: in_force

A duly certified copy of the articles of incorporation executed by the secretary of state shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of each county through or into which any canal, ditch or pipeline may run or any reservoir may be established or in which the company may desire to transact business. Duly certified copies of the articles of incorporation shall be given by the secretary of state or county clerks, on the payment of the fees allowed by law, and shall be received as evidence in any of the courts of this state.
N.M. Stat. § 7-34-9 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 34 / Section 7-34-9
§ 7-34-9. 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 taxes distributed to the oil and gas equipment 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 oil and gas equipment 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 oil and gas ad valorem production equipment tax due the municipalities, community college districts and school districts in the county, the secretary of finance and administration shall pay amounts due directly to municipalities, community college districts and school districts within the county.
N.M. Stat. § 33-2-29 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2 / Section 33-2-29
§ 33-2-29. Penitentiary; disease
Status: in_force

In case of any pestilence or contagious sickness breaking out among the convicts, the corrections division [corrections department] may cause the convicts confined therein or any of them to be removed to some suitable place of security where such of them as may be sick shall receive necessary medical attention and such convicts must be returned as soon as may be to the penitentiary to be confined according to their respective sentences, if the same be unexpired.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-2.1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-2.1
§ 21-1-2.1. Scholarship program established
Status: in_force

A. The department of military affairs shall establish a scholarship program for students who are in the New Mexico national guard. The adjutant general of the department of military affairs shall provide for the administration of the scholarship program and shall establish criteria for scholarship eligibility and award in accordance with rules adopted and promulgated by the department of military affairs. Scholarships awarded may be used at any New Mexico public post-secondary educational institution. Scholarships shall be awarded in an amount and for a duration to be determined by the department.

B. The board of regents of each public post-secondary educational institution shall designate a representative of the institution to coordinate the scholarship program.
N.M. Stat. § 76-12-20 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 12 / Section 76-12-20
§ 76-12-20. Taxation
Status: in_force

It is the duty of every association organized pursuant to provisions of the Cooperative Marketing Association Act and foreign associations admitted to do business in this state under that act to procure annually from the secretary of state a license authorizing the transaction of business in the state. Each domestic or foreign corporation shall pay annually a license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to the secretary of state before receiving such license.