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N.M. Stat. § 7-2-5.9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-5.9
§ 7-2-5.9. Exemption; unreimbursed or uncompensated medical care expenses of individuals sixty-five years of age or older
Status: in_force

A. Any individual sixty-five years of age or older may claim an additional exemption from income includable, except for this exemption, in net income in an amount equal to three thousand dollars ($3,000) for medical care expenses paid by the individual for that individual or for the individual's spouse or dependent during the taxable year if those medical care expenses exceed twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000) and if the medical care expenses are not reimbursed or compensated for by insurance or otherwise.

B. As used in this section:

(1) “ dependent ” means “dependent” as defined in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code ;

(2) “ health care facility ” means a hospital, outpatient facility, diagnostic and treatment center, rehabilitation center, freestanding hospice or other similar facility at which medical care is provided;

(3) “ medical care ” means the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease or for the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body;

(4) “ medical care expenses ” means amounts paid for:

(a) the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease or for the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body if provided by a physician or in a health care facility;

(b) prescribed drugs or insulin;

(c) qualified long-term care services as defined in Section 7702B(c) of the Internal Revenue Code ;

(d) insurance covering medical care, including amounts paid as premiums under Part B of Title 18 of the Social Security Act or for a qualified long-term care insurance contract defined in Section 7702B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code , if the insurance or other amount is paid from income included in the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year;

(e) specialized treatment or the use of special therapeutic devices if the treatment or device is prescribed by a physician and the patient can show that the expense was incurred primarily for the prevention or alleviation of a physical or mental defect or illness; and

(f) care in an institution other than a hospital, such as a sanitarium or rest home, if the principal reason for the presence of the person in the institution is to receive the medical care available; provided that if the meals and lodging are furnished as a necessary part of such care, the cost of the meals and lodging are “medical care expenses”;

(5) “ physician ” means a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, dentist, podiatrist, chiropractic physician or psychologist licensed or certified to practice in New Mexico; and

(6) “ prescribed drug ” means a drug or biological that requires a prescription of a physician for its use by an individual.
N.M. Stat. § 22-16-9 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 16 / Section 22-16-9
§ 22-16-9. School buses; termination of use; resale
Status: in_force

A. When a school bus is being operated for purposes other than to actually transport students to and from school or on school activity trips, all markings indicating “school bus” shall be covered or removed.

B. When a school bus is sold to be used exclusively for purposes other than the transportation of students, all school bus identification shall be removed. In addition, unless the motor vehicle is painted a different color than that prescribed by the state board [department] for school buses, a series of diagonal black stripes shall be painted on the rear of the motor vehicle. The stripes shall be at least three feet long, four inches wide, and shall be spaced not more than ten inches apart.

C. The provisions of this section shall apply to any school bus that is operated on any public street or highway, except for the purpose of taking it to a place to be painted or moving it to a place of storage.
N.M. Stat. § 73-13-14 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 13 / Section 73-13-14
§ 73-13-14. Debt constitutes lien on district
Status: in_force

That obligations and evidence of debt issued by any district hereunder shall be a first lien on the income and property of such district, except outstanding bonds and lien obligations of [on] the records of the county clerk and recorder of the county or counties wherein said district be situated, as of prior date and recording of the loan or loans hereunder.
N.M. Stat. § 38-3-1.1 — NM Code / Chapter 38 / Article 3 / Section 38-3-1.1
§ 38-3-1.1. Jurisdiction of district courts
Status: in_force

All district courts have jurisdiction to review the action of any executive branch, agency or department in those cases in which a statute provides for judicial review.
N.M. Stat. § 27-11-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 11 / Section 27-11-4
§ 27-11-4. Retention and production of records
Status: in_force

A. Medicaid providers, managed care organizations and their subcontractors shall retain, for a period of at least six years from the date of creation, all medical and business records that are necessary to verify the:

(1) treatment or care of any recipient for which the medicaid provider, managed care organization or subcontractor received payment from the department to provide that benefit or service;

(2) services or goods provided to any recipient for which the medicaid provider, managed care organization or subcontractor received payment from the department to provide that benefit or service;

(3) amounts paid by medicaid or the medicaid provider or managed care organization on behalf of any recipient; and

(4) records required by medicaid under any contract between the department and the medicaid provider or managed care organization.

B. Upon written request by the department to a medicaid provider, managed care organization or any subcontractor for copies or inspection of records pursuant to the Public Assistance Act, 1 the medicaid provider, managed care organization or subcontractor shall provide the copies or permit the inspection, as applicable within two business days after the date of the request unless the records are held by a subcontractor, agent or satellite office, in which case the records shall be made available within ten business days after the date of the request.

C. Failure to provide copies or to permit inspection of records requested pursuant to this section shall constitute a violation of the Medicaid Provider and Managed Care Act within the meaning of Paragraph (3) of Subsection B of Section 27-11-3 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.31 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.31
§ 7-1-6.31. Distributions; enhanced 911 fund; network and database surcharge fund
Status: in_force

A. Pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 , a distribution shall be made to the enhanced 911 fund in an amount equal to the net receipts attributable to the 911 emergency surcharge.

B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the network and database surcharge fund of the net receipts attributable to the network and database surcharge imposed pursuant to the Enhanced 911 Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 60-2C-5 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2C / Section 60-2C-5
§ 60-2C-5. Possession, sale or use of unauthorized fireworks unlawful
Status: in_force

No individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall possess for retail sale in this state, sell or offer for sale at retail or possess or use any fireworks other than permissible fireworks.
N.M. Stat. § 42-4-23 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 4 / Section 42-4-23
§ 42-4-23. Working mine pending suit; waste
Status: in_force

That nothing in the two preceding sections shall prohibit the working and development of a mine or mining claim by either party in interest who may be in possession of the mine or claim during the pendency of the suit, nor prohibit anyone from bringing an action for damages, or a suit in equity to prevent waste.
N.M. Stat. § 34-7-11 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 7 / Section 34-7-11
§ 34-7-11. Probate judge absent or unable to attend to duties
Status: in_force

A. Whenever a probate judge is absent, incapacitated or unable to attend to the probate judge's duties from any cause whatsoever, the probate judge shall enter a notice of unavailability and file the order with the clerk of the probate court; provided that if the judge is unable to prepare the notice due to incapacity, the clerk of the probate court shall prepare and file a notice of incapacitation.

B. Upon receipt of a notice of unavailability or after preparing a notice of incapacitation, the clerk of the probate court shall give written notice to the district court of the county in which the probate court is situate and the district court shall designate a district judge or another probate judge to hold court in the county and do all things that could otherwise be done by the probate judge of that county, without the necessity of having the matters or proceedings transferred from the docket of the probate court to the docket of the district court or the other probate court. If designating another probate judge, the district court shall give preference to probate judges serving within the same judicial district. Upon receipt by the clerk of the probate court of the designation by the district court, the clerk of the probate court shall send a copy of the designation to the parties or their counsel, to the designated district or probate judge and to the unavailable or incapacitated probate judge.

C. A probate judge acting in another probate district by designation as provided in this section shall include the cases heard by designation in the probate judge's own reports to the district court, indicating on the reports that the probate court's jurisdiction is by designation.

D. The board of county commissioners of the county of the unavailable or incapacitated probate judge shall reimburse the district judge or probate judge sitting by designation for expenses incurred pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-23.1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-23.1
§ 61-23-23.1. Authority to investigate; civil penalties for unlicensed persons; engineering
Status: in_force

A. The board may investigate and initiate a hearing on a complaint against a person who does not have a license, who is not exempt from the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act and who acts in the capacity of a professional engineer within the meaning of the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act. A valid license is required for a person to act as a professional engineer or to solicit or propose to perform work involving the practice of engineering.

B. If after the hearing the board determines that based on the evidence the person committed a violation pursuant to the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act, it shall, in addition to any other sanction, action or remedy, issue an order that imposes a civil penalty up to seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per violation.

C. In determining the amount of the civil penalty it imposes, the board shall consider:

(1) the seriousness of the violation;

(2) the economic benefit to the violator that was generated by the violator's commission of the violation;

(3) the violator's history of violations; and

(4) any other considerations the board deems appropriate.

D. A person aggrieved by the board's decision may appeal a decision made or an order issued pursuant to Subsection B of this section to the district court pursuant to Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .

E. Failure to pay a fine levied by the board or to otherwise comply with an order issued by the board pursuant to the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act is a misdemeanor, and upon conviction the person shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 . Conviction shall be grounds for further action against the person by the board and for judicial sanctions or relief, including a petition for injunction.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16D-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16D / Section 10-16D-2
§ 10-16D-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Sunshine Portal Transparency Act:

A. “ contract ” means an agreement with a state agency for:

(1) the rendition of services, including professional services;

(2) the furnishing of any material, supplies or equipment;

(3) the construction, alteration or repair of any public building or public work;

(4) the acquisition, sale or lease of any land or building;

(5) a licensing arrangement;

(6) a loan or loan guarantee; or

(7) the purchase of financial securities or instruments;

B. “ department ” means the department of information technology, or its successor agency;

C. “ exempt employee ” means an employee of the state or a state agency who is in a policymaking or supervisory position and who serves at the discretion of the agency head or at the discretion of an appointee of the agency head;

D. “ expenditure ” means:

(1) for a state agency, a disbursement of state or federal funds by the state agency, whether or not the funds have been appropriated by the legislature; or

(2) for a local education provider, a disbursement of federal, state or other funds by the local education provider;

E. “ federal funds ” means money received by a state agency from the federal government or one of its branches, departments, agencies, offices, officers or instrumentalities;

F. “ local education provider ” means:

(1) a school district, including the local school board for that school district; or

(2) a locally chartered or state-chartered charter school, including the governing body of that charter school;

G. “ revenue ” means:

(1) for a state agency, money received by the state agency and deposited into the general fund or another state fund. “ Revenue ” includes money from taxes, fines, fees, royalties, federal funds and other sources but does not include money deposited into a state suspense fund; or

(2) for a local education provider, all money received by the local education provider, including federal and state grants, state distributions, property tax revenues and donations; and

H. “ state agency ” means the New Mexico state government or any department, division, institution, board, bureau, commission or committee of state government and includes any office or officer of any of the above.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2A / Section 26-2A-5
§ 26-2A-5. Patient qualification review board; composition; powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The administrator, upon the recommendation of the New Mexico medical society, shall appoint a patient qualification review board to serve at his pleasure. The patient qualification review board shall be comprised of:

(1) a physician licensed to practice medicine in New Mexico and certified by the American board of ophthalmology;

(2) a physician licensed to practice medicine in New Mexico and certified by the American board of internal medicine and also certified in the subspecialty of medical oncology; and

(3) a physician licensed to practice medicine in New Mexico and certified in psychiatry by the American board of psychiatry and neurology.

Members of the board may be reimbursed for their attendance at meetings at the rate of forty dollars ($40.00) per day.

B. The patient qualification review board shall review all applicants for the Lynn Pierson therapeutic research program and their licensed physicians and certify their participation in the program.

C. The patient qualification review board may include other disease groups for participation in the Lynn Pierson therapeutic research program after pertinent medical data have been presented by a physician to both the administrator and the board and after receiving the necessary approval of the food and drug administration, the drug enforcement administration and the national institute on drug abuse.
N.M. Stat. § 61-18A-30 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 18A / Section 61-18A-30
§ 61-18A-30. Fees
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978 , the director shall charge and collect the following fees:

A. an original license fee for a collection agency or branch thereof, of five hundred dollars ($500);

B. a renewal fee for a collection agency or branch thereof, of three hundred dollars ($300);

C. a duplicate license fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00);

D. a temporary license fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00);

E. a delinquency fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per day for each day of delinquency in filing applications for renewals;

F. a manager's license examination fee of one hundred dollars ($100);

G. a manager's license renewal fee of fifty dollars ($50.00);

H. a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each copy of any issue or edition of the Collection Agency Regulatory Act and rules and regulations;

I. a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each list of licensees in good standing;

J. a fee of two hundred dollars ($200) per day or fraction thereof for each examiner of the division engaged in an examination or investigation of a licensee, not to exceed five examiner-days per calendar year. If the examination or investigation is an out-of-state examination or investigation, the licensee shall reimburse the division the actual travel costs incurred to perform the examination or investigation; and

K. an original license fee or renewal license fee for a repossessor of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-16
§ 19-10-16. Restricted districts; method of leasing; added area; notice; rental
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a restricted district comprising townships 3 to 15 south inclusive, ranges 34 to 39 east inclusive; townships 16 to 20 south inclusive, ranges 28 to 39 east inclusive; and townships 21 to 26 south inclusive, ranges 34 to 39 east inclusive, N.M.P.M. No oil and gas leases upon any state lands within said restricted district shall be made except upon competitive bidding by sealed bids or at public auction as hereinafter provided. No lands within the boundaries of said restricted district shall be eliminated therefrom by the commissioner, but the commissioner may, from time to time, when in his judgment the interest of the state requires such action, extend the boundaries thereof and create other restricted districts, or areas, within which oil and gas leases may be made only upon competitive bidding by sealed bids or at public auction. Notice of the extension of the boundaries of said district, or of the creation of other districts, shall be given in the same manner as provided for giving notice of change in rental districts, as provided by Section 4 of this act. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as requiring a uniform annual rental to prevail over the entire area embraced in any restricted district. The commissioner may, when it is deemed for the best interests of the state, fix the annual rental to be paid under the terms of each lease covering lands in any restricted district at the time notice of sale thereof is given, as hereinafter provided, without regard to the rental prevailing in the district in which the lands offered for lease are situated, and in such cases the provisions of Section 4 hereof, except those relating to the maximum and minimum rental, shall not apply.
N.M. Stat. § 22-23B-6 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 23B / Section 22-23B-6
§ 22-23B-6. Statewide status report
Status: in_force

A. The department, in collaboration with the higher education department, shall submit an annual preschool through post-secondary statewide Hispanic education status report no later than November 15 to the governor and the legislature through the legislative education study committee. A copy shall be provided to the legislative library in the legislative council service.

B. The status report shall include the following information, by school district, by charter school and statewide, which may be compiled from data otherwise required to be submitted to the department:

(1) Hispanic student achievement at all grades;

(2) attendance for all grades;

(3) the graduation rates for Hispanic students; and

(4) the number and type of bilingual and multicultural programs in each school district and charter school.

C. The status report shall include the following information, by post-secondary educational institution, which may be compiled from data otherwise required to be submitted to the higher education department:

(1) Hispanic student enrollment;

(2) Hispanic student retention; and

(3) Hispanic student completion rates.
N.M. Stat. § 22-31-1 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-1
§ 22-31-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “School Athletics Equity Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 33-2-16 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2 / Section 33-2-16
§ 33-2-16. Record on admission of prisoner; physical data; improvement or deterioration record
Status: in_force

When any prisoner shall be received into said penitentiary, the superintendent [warden] shall cause to be entered into a register the date of such admission, the name, age, nativity, nationality, with such other facts as can be ascertained of parentage, education, occupation, and early social influences as seem to indicate the constitutional and acquired defects and tendencies of the prisoner. Based upon these, an estimate shall be made of the present condition of the prisoner, and the best probable plan of treatment.

The physician of said penitentiary shall carefully examine each prisoner when received and shall enter in a register to be kept by him, the name, nationality or race, the weight, stature and family history of each prisoner, also a statement of the condition of the heart, lungs, and other leading organs, the rate of the pulse and respiration, the measurement of the chest and abdomen, and any existing disease or deformity, or other disability, acquired or inherited.

Upon the superintendent's [warden's] register shall be entered from time to time minutes of observed improvement or deterioration of character, and notes as to the method and treatment employed; also all alterations affecting the standing or situation of such prisoner, and any subsequent facts or personal history which may be brought officially to his knowledge bearing upon the question of the parole or final release of the prisoner.
N.M. Stat. § 6-1-3 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 6-1-3
§ 6-1-3. Loans of emergency funds; terms and conditions for repayment; security and interest
Status: in_force

The state board of finance may prescribe those terms and conditions it deems proper with respect to the repayment of any loan and the application of the proceeds of the loan, and it may require or waive security by way of the pledge of revenues or otherwise and may require or waive interest, as the board determines proper under the circumstances.
N.M. Stat. § 21-3-24 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 21-3-24
§ 21-3-24. Tax exemption of New Mexico highlands university bonds
Status: in_force

That bonds issued under the provisions of this act [ 21-3-13 , 21-3-14 , 21-3-16 through 21-3-28 NMSA 1978 ], and the income thereupon being for the sole purposes specified in Section 1 [ 21-3-13 NMSA 1978 ] hereof, shall forever be and remain free and exempt from taxation by the state of New Mexico or any subdivision thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 19-12-12 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 12 / Section 19-12-12
§ 19-12-12. Contract for maintenance
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public lands is authorized to contract with the facilities management division of the general services department on a cost basis for the maintenance of the lands and buildings acquired under the provisions of the Land Office Building Act.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-35 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-35
§ 17-3-35. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the Regulated Shooting Preserve Act.
N.M. Stat. § 19-12-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 12 / Section 19-12-9
§ 19-12-9. Debentures; signed by commissioner; seal affixed
Status: in_force

The debentures shall be signed by the commissioner and his seal shall be affixed thereto.