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N.M. Stat. § 7-1-46 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-46
§ 7-1-46. Minimum prices
Status: in_force

Before the sale, the secretary or the secretary's delegate shall determine a minimum price for which the property shall be sold, and if no person offers for the property at the sale the amount of the minimum price, the property shall not be sold but the sale shall be readvertised and held at a later time. In determining the minimum price, the secretary or the secretary's delegate shall take into account and determine the expense of making the levy and sale.
N.M. Stat. § 5-8-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 5-8-9
§ 5-8-9. Additional fee prohibited; exception
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Subsection F of Section 8 of the Development Fees Act, after assessment of the impact fees attributable to the new development or execution of an agreement for payment of impact fees, additional impact fees or increases in fees may not be assessed for any reason unless the number of service units to be developed increases. In the event of an increase in the number of service units, the impact fees to be imposed are limited to the amount attributable to the additional service units.
N.M. Stat. § 20-4-7.1 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 4 / Section 20-4-7.1
§ 20-4-7.1. Servicemembers Civil Relief Act benefits; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act; federal or state active duty
Status: in_force

A. The rights, benefits and protections of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act shall apply to a member of the national guard of this state or any other state or territory of the United States ordered to state active duty for a period of thirty or more consecutive state duty days or to any federally funded duty performed in an operational role for homeland security in accordance with 32 U.S.C. 502 . The federally funded duty is in addition to and different from any federally funded unit training, assembly or drill pursuant to Section 20-4-7 NMSA 1978 .

B. The rights, benefits and protections of the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 shall apply to a member of the national guard of this state or any other state or territory of the United States ordered to federal or state active duty.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-99 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-99
§ 72-16-99. Freedom from judicial process
Status: in_force

Execution or other judicial process shall not issue against any property herein authorized of the authority, nor shall any judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon its property.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11A / Section 58-11A-3
§ 58-11A-3. Lease to minor
Status: in_force

A lessor may lease a safe deposit box and in connection therewith deal with a minor with the same effect as if leasing to and dealing with a person of full legal capacity.
N.M. Stat. § 1-21-12 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 21 / Section 1-21-12
§ 1-21-12. Cancellation of presidential ballot at death
Status: in_force

The cancellation of a presidential ballot due to death of a new resident or former resident shall be the same as that specified for absentee voters in the Election Code.
N.M. Stat. § 22-4-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 4 / Section 22-4-13
§ 22-4-13. Special school district election; term of office
Status: in_force

The term of office of members of a local school board elected at a special school district election for a newly created or consolidated school district shall be as follows:

A. three members shall be elected for terms expiring at the next regular school district election; and

B. two members shall be elected for terms expiring two years after the next regular school district election.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-11 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-11
§ 22-8-11. Budgets; approval of operating budget
Status: in_force

A. The department shall:

(1) on or before July 1 of each year, approve and certify to each local school board and governing body of a charter school an operating budget for use by the school district or charter school;

(2) ensure that each program in a school district or charter school's operating budget meets the requirements of law and the department's rules and procedures and that no school district or charter school generates program units for a program not meeting the requirements of law and the department's rules or procedures;

(3) make corrections, revisions and amendments to the operating budgets fixed by the local school boards or governing bodies of charter schools and the secretary to conform the operating budgets to the requirements of law and to the department's rules and procedures; and

(4) ensure that a local school board or governing body of a charter school is prioritizing resources toward proven programs and methods that are linked to improved student achievement.

B. No school district or charter school or officer or employee of a school district or charter school shall make any expenditure or incur any obligation for the expenditure of public funds unless that expenditure or obligation is made in accordance with an operating budget approved by the department. This prohibition does not prohibit the transfer of funds pursuant to the department's rules and procedures.

C. The department shall not approve and certify an operating budget of any school district or charter school that fails to demonstrate that parental involvement in the budget process was solicited.

D. The department shall not approve and certify an operating budget of any school district or charter school that the secretary determines has failed to provide sufficient data and information to determine if the school district or charter school is meeting the requirements of law or the department's rules and procedures.
N.M. Stat. § 28-17-18 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 17 / Section 28-17-18
§ 28-17-18. Availability of legal counsel
Status: in_force

The agency shall ensure that:

A. adequate legal counsel is available and is able, without conflict of interest, to:

(1) provide advice and consultation needed to protect the health, safety, welfare and rights to residents; and

(2) assist the ombudsman and representatives of the office in the performance of the official duties of the ombudsman and representatives;

B. representation is provided to any representative of the office against whom suit or other legal action is brought or threatened to be brought in connection with the performance of the official duties of the ombudsman or such a representative; and

C. the office pursues administrative, legal and other appropriate remedies on behalf of residents.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-7 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-7
§ 6-21-7. Public project finance program; duties of authority
Status: in_force

The authority has the following duties:

A. to develop and administer a program to assist qualified entities individually or jointly in financing public projects;

B. to establish a process and procedures for review and assessment of public project needs in the state and report to the New Mexico finance authority oversight committee, the legislature and the governor the authority's public project financing and repayment agreement recommendations; and

C. to cooperate with and exchange services and information with any federal, state or local governmental agency.
N.M. Stat. § 47-1A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 1A / Section 47-1A-1
§ 47-1A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-51-11 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 51 / Section 3-51-11
§ 3-51-11. Formation of district; provisional order hearing; notice
Status: in_force

A. In the provisional order the governing body shall set a time at least twenty days thereafter and place at which the owners of the property to be assessed may appear and be heard as to the propriety and advisability of forming the parking district which has been provisionally ordered.

B. Notice shall be given:

(1) by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city once each week on the same weekday for two consecutive weeks, the last publication to be at least five days prior to the date of the hearing; and

(2) by mailing a copy of the notice to each of the property owners at his last known address at least ten days before such hearing. The names and addresses of the property owners shall be obtained from the records of the county assessor or from such other sources as the city clerk deems reliable.

C. Proof of publication shall be by affidavit of the publisher.

D. Proof of mailing shall be by affidavit of the person mailing the notice.

E. The notice shall describe:

(1) the project proposed (without mentioning minor details or incidentals);

(2) the estimated cost of the project and the part or portion, if any, to be paid from sources other than assessments;

(3) the fact that assessments shall be in proportion to the special benefits derived to the property comprising the proposed district;

(4) the extent of the proposed district to be assessed (by boundaries or other brief description);

(5) the maximum amount of the preliminary fund assessment, if any, to be levied against the property within the district pursuant to Section 3-51-14 NMSA 1978;

(6) the time and place when and where the governing body will consider the ordering of the proposed project and hear all objections that may be made in writing and filed with the city clerk at least two days prior thereto, or verbally at the hearing, concerning the same, by the owner of any property to be assessed; and

(7) the fact that the description of the property proposed to be assessed and all proceedings in the premises are on file and can be seen and examined at the office of the city clerk during business hours, at any time, by any person so interested.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55B-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55B / Section 4-55B-2
§ 4-55B-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Historic Building Improvements Act:

A. “county” means an H class county;

B. “governing body” means the board of county commissioners of a county;

C. “historic building improvements” means any repair or maintenance to the exterior or any renovation or other improvement necessary to meet life safety codes of a publicly owned building entered in the state register of cultural properties or the national register of historic places; and

D. “taxable value of property” means the “net taxable value”, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code, of property subject to taxation under the Property Tax Code.
N.M. Stat. § 1-2-30 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1-2-30
§ 1-2-30. Watchers and election observers; penalty
Status: in_force

The act of denying a watcher or an election observer, who has presented a written appointment to the precinct board and who is not interfering with the orderly conduct of the election, the right to be present at the polling place or denying a watcher or election observer the right to witness the precinct board in the conduct of its duties is a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.10 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.10
§ 7-1-6.10. Distributions; state road fund
Status: in_force

A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the state road fund in an amount equal to the net receipts attributable to the taxes, surcharges, penalties and interest imposed pursuant to the Gasoline Tax Act 1 and to the taxes, surtaxes, fees, penalties and interest imposed pursuant to the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act 2 and the Alternative Fuel Tax Act 3 less:

(1) the amount distributed to the state aviation fund pursuant to Subsection B of Section 7-1-6.7 NMSA 1978;

(2) the amount distributed to the motorboat fuel tax fund pursuant to Section 7-1-6.8 NMSA 1978;

(3) the amount distributed to municipalities and counties pursuant to Subsection A of Section 7-1-6.9 NMSA 1978;

(4) the amount distributed to the county government road fund pursuant to Section 7-1-6.19 NMSA 1978;

(5) the amount distributed to the local governments road fund pursuant to Section 7-1-6.39 NMSA 1978;

(6) the amount distributed to the municipalities pursuant to Section 7-1-6.27 NMSA 1978;

(7) the amount distributed to the municipal arterial program of the local governments road fund pursuant to Section 7-1-6.28 NMSA 1978;

(8) the amount distributed to a qualified tribe pursuant to a gasoline tax sharing agreement entered into between the secretary of transportation and the qualified tribe pursuant to the provisions of Section 67-3-8.1 NMSA 1978; and

(9) the amount distributed to the general fund pursuant to Section 7-1-6.44 NMSA 1978 .

B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the state road fund in an amount equal to the net receipts attributable to the taxes, interest and penalties from the Weight Distance Tax Act. 4
N.M. Stat. § 24-2B-5.3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 2B / Section 24-2B-5.3
§ 24-2B-5.3. Informed consent not required; testing of persons who are source individuals
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

(1) “ exposed individual ” means a health care provider, first responder or other person, including an employee, volunteer or independent contracted agent of a health care provider or law enforcement agency, while acting within the scope of his employment; or a person who, while receiving services from a health care provider, is significantly exposed to the blood or other potentially infectious material of another person, when the exposure is proximately the result of the activity of the exposed individual or receipt of health care services from the source individual;

(2) “ significantly exposed ” means direct contact with blood or other potentially infectious material of a source individual in a manner that is capable of transmitting the human immunodeficiency virus; and

(3) “ source individual ” means a person whose blood or other potentially infectious material may have been or has been the source of a significant exposure.

B. A test designed to identify the human immunodeficiency virus or its antigen or antibody may be performed without the consent of a source individual when an exposed individual is significantly exposed.

C. If consent to perform a test on a source individual cannot be obtained pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-2B-2 or 24-2B-3 NMSA 1978 , the exposed individual may petition the court to order that a test be performed on the source individual; provided that the same test shall first be performed on the exposed individual. The test may be performed on the source individual regardless of the result of the test performed on the exposed individual. If the exposed individual is a minor or incompetent, the parent or guardian may petition the court to order that a test be performed on the source individual.

D. The court may issue an order based on a finding of good cause after a hearing at which both the source individual and the exposed individual have the right to be present. The hearing shall be conducted within seventy-two hours after the petition is filed. The petition and all proceedings in connection with the petition shall be under seal. The test shall be administered on the source individual within three days after the order for testing is entered.

E. The results of the test shall be disclosed only to the source individual and the exposed or the exposed individual's parent or guardian. When the source individual or the exposed individual has a positive test result, both shall be provided with counseling as provided in Section 24-2B-4 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-24 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-24
§ 19-4-24. Service of process; publication
Status: in_force

Whenever complaint shall be filed in any such action, summons shall be issued against the proper parties, and served upon the person or persons named therein, as in other cases provided by law, or upon the agent or attorney of such person or persons who shall have filed their statements as required by Section 19-4-10 NMSA 1978 . And in case service cannot be had upon the defendants, their agents or attorney, the complainant shall file an affidavit in the office of the clerk of the court in which the action in [is] pending, to the effect and as now provided by law. It shall be lawful for the clerk of said court to cause publication to be made as provided by law, and when such publication shall have been made, the cause shall proceed, as if the parties had been personally served with summons.
N.M. Stat. § 11-16-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 11 / Article 16 / Section 11-16-4
§ 11-16-4. Procedures for issuing state citations
Status: in_force

A. When issuing a citation for a wildlife violation, a wildlife officer shall issue a citation to a person whose home state is another participating state in the same manner as if the person were a resident of the issuing state and shall not require the person to post collateral to secure appearance, subject to the exceptions set forth in Subsection B of this section; provided that the wildlife officer receives the personal recognizance of the person that he will comply with the terms of the citation.

B. Personal recognizance is acceptable:

(1) if not prohibited by local law or the compact manual; and

(2) if the violator provides adequate proof of identification to the wildlife officer.

C. Upon conviction or failure of a person to comply with the terms of a citation, the appropriate official shall report the conviction or failure to comply to the licensing authority of the issuing state. The report shall be made in accordance with procedures specified by the issuing state and shall contain information as specified in the compact manual as minimum requirements for effective processing by the home state.

D. Upon receipt of the report of a conviction or noncompliance pursuant to Subsection C of this section, the licensing authority of the issuing state shall transmit to the licensing authority of the home state of the violator the information in the form and with the content as prescribed in the compact manual.
N.M. Stat. § 73-21-1 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 21 / Section 73-21-1
§ 73-21-1. Declaration of purpose
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that the organization of water and sanitation districts, having the purposes and powers provided in this act, will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants of said districts.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21Q-5 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21Q / Section 21-21Q-5
§ 21-21Q-5. Fund created; disbursement
Status: in_force

A. The “community governance attorney and conditional tuition waiver fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money appropriated, donated or otherwise accruing to the fund. All payments for repayment of waivers and penalties shall be credited to the fund. Balances in the fund shall not revert to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year.

B. Expenditures from the fund shall only be used to make waivers to participants in the program, to pay contracts for community governance attorney services and to pay the administrative expenses associated with the program and collection activity on its behalf; provided that no more than five percent of the annual expenditures from the fund shall be for administrative costs. The department shall require an annual accounting from each organization receiving funds pursuant to this section.

C. All waiver loan payments shall be by warrant drawn by the secretary upon vouchers signed by the designated representative of the department. All disbursements from the fund for community governance attorney services shall be by warrant drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of higher education or the secretary's designee. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to the department for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Community Governance Attorney Act.

D. Money disbursed pursuant to this section shall not be used by a recipient to:

(1) support lobbying, as defined in the Lobbyist Regulation Act; or

(2) bring suit against the state.
N.M. Stat. § 48-7-5 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 7 / Section 48-7-5
§ 48-7-5. Failure to release; penalty; civil liability
Status: in_force

Any person who shall be guilty of violating the preceding section, upon conviction before any magistrate or district court having jurisdiction of the same shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and shall be liable in a civil action to the owner of such real estate for all costs of clearing the title to said property including a reasonable attorney's fee.
N.M. Stat. § 7-8A-27 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 8A / Section 7-8A-27
§ 7-8A-27. Transitional provisions
Status: in_force

(a) An initial report filed under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995) for property that was not required to be reported before the effective date of that act, but which is subject to that act, must include all items of property that would have been presumed abandoned during the ten-year period next preceding the effective date of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995) as if that act had been in effect during that period.

(b) The Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995) does not relieve a holder of a duty that arose before the effective date of that act to report, pay or deliver property. Except as otherwise provided in Section 19(b) of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995) , a holder who did not comply with the law in effect before the effective date of that act is subject to the applicable provisions for enforcement and penalties which then existed, which are continued in effect for the purpose of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 27-1-12 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 27-1-12
§ 27-1-12. Work requirement for persons owing past-due child support
Status: in_force

The state Title IV-D agency must have and use procedures under which the state has the authority, in any case in which an individual owes past-due support with respect to a child receiving assistance under a state program funded under temporary assistance for needy families, to issue an order or to request that a court or an administrative process established pursuant to state law issue an order that requires the individual to:

A. pay such support in accordance with a plan approved by the court, or at the option of the state, a plan approved by the state Title IV-D agency; or

B. if the individual is subject to such a plan and is not incapacitated, participate in such work activities as the court, or at the option of the state, the state Title IV-D agency, deems appropriate.
N.M. Stat. § 3-50-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 50 / Section 3-50-14
§ 3-50-14. Construction of bond provisions
Status: in_force

The Municipal Parking Law, without reference to other statutes of the state, shall constitute full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds hereunder. No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds that provides for an election, requires an approval or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken hereunder or acts done pursuant hereto.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21K-1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21K / Section 21-21K-1
§ 21-21K-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 21, Article 21K NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Education Trust Act”.