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N.M. Stat. § 24-10A-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 10A / Section 24-10A-3
§ 24-10A-3. Emergency medical services fund created; funding
Status: in_force

A. The “emergency medical services fund” is created in the state treasury. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year. Money appropriated to the fund or accruing to it through gifts, grants, fees or bequests shall be deposited in the fund. Interest earned on investment of the fund shall be credited to the general fund. Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary or the secretary's authorized representative.

B. The bureau shall administer the fund and provide for the distribution of the fund pursuant to the Emergency Medical Services Fund Act and rules adopted pursuant to the provisions of that act.

C. In any fiscal year, no less than seventy-five percent of the money in the fund shall be used for the local emergency medical services funding program to support the cost of supplies and equipment and operational costs other than salaries and benefits for emergency medical services personnel. This money shall be distributed to municipalities and counties on behalf of eligible local recipients, using a formula established pursuant to rules adopted by the department. The formula shall determine each municipality's and county's share of the fund based on the relative geographic size and population of each county. The formula shall also base the distribution of money for each municipality and county on the relative number of runs of each local recipient eligible to participate in the distribution.

D. In any fiscal year, no more than:

(1) twenty-two percent of the fund may be used for emergency medical services system improvement projects, including the purchase of emergency medical services vehicles, local and statewide emergency medical services system support projects, the statewide trauma care system program and the emergency medical dispatch agency support program; and

(2) three percent of the fund may be used by the bureau for administrative costs, including monitoring and providing technical assistance.

E. In any fiscal year, money in the fund that is not distributed pursuant to the provisions of Subsection D of this section may be distributed pursuant to the provisions of Subsection C of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-40 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-40
§ 19-10-40. Litigants to show right to have royalties placed in suspense fund; determination of amount
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public lands shall require the lessee or any party litigant in such litigation desiring to have such royalties placed in such suspense fund, to make such showing by affidavit or otherwise as the commissioner may require, that such litigation is pending and involves the question or questions referred to in Section 1 hereof; and he shall require such lessee or any party litigant to furnish such information as may be necessary to determine the amount of royalties accruing from each and every tract of land involved in such litigation.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-44-31 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 44 / Section 59A-44-31
§ 59A-44-31. Suspension, revocation or refusal of license of foreign or alien society
Status: in_force

A. When the superintendent upon investigation finds that a foreign or alien society transacting or applying to transact business in this state:

(1) has exceeded its powers;

(2) has failed to comply with any of the provisions of Chapter 59A, Article 44 NMSA 1978;

(3) is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith; or

(4) is conducting its business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members or creditors or the public,

the superintendent shall notify the society of any deficiency and state in writing the reasons for his dissatisfaction. The superintendent shall at once issue a written notice to the society requiring that any deficiency that exists be corrected. After such notice the society shall have a thirty-day period in which to comply with the superintendent's request for correction, and if the society fails to comply the superintendent shall notify the society of such findings of noncompliance and require the society to show cause on a date named why its license should not be suspended, revoked or refused. If on such date the society does not present good and sufficient reason why its authority to do business in this state should not be suspended, revoked or refused, the superintendent may suspend or refuse the license of the society to do business in this state until satisfactory evidence is furnished to the superintendent that such suspension or refusal should be withdrawn or the superintendent may revoke the authority of the society to do business in this state.

B. Nothing contained in this section shall be taken or construed as preventing any such society from continuing in good faith all contracts made in this state during the time such society was legally authorized to transact business therein.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-35-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 35 / Section 59A-35-8
§ 59A-35-8. Registration procedure
Status: in_force

A. The person desiring to register a security under this article shall file with the superintendent a registration statement in form as prescribed and furnished by the superintendent appropriate to the proposed offering. In prescribing the registration statement form the superintendent shall give due consideration to the circumstances of the offering, whether by a newly-formed domestic corporation or entity, whether covered by registration or other appropriate filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under which an offering may be made of the securities, and to practices of administrators of state laws governing offer and sale of corporate securities relative to registration by coordination, or qualification, or upon notification.

B. As to registrants in general the registration statement and documents required to be filed therewith may, and as to newly-formed proposed insurers or newly-formed entities shall, require disclosure of:

(1) name and address of proposed issuer, business in which engaged or to engage, business history and financial condition;

(2) name and residence address of each promoter, director, officer and other management personnel and ultimate controlling stockholder or owner of the issuer, insurer or registrant, together with business experience, biographical information and proof of identity;

(3) affiliates, if any, of registrant or issuer, business in which engaged, financial condition, and material arrangements and transactions between such affiliates and registrant or issuer;

(4) use to be made of proceeds of proposed sale of securities;

(5) underwriting arrangements, if any, of the securities, or plan under which securities are proposed to be offered and sold, together with copies of contracts made or proposed to be made relating thereto;

(6) information proposed to be furnished offerees as shown by copy of any proposed prospectus or other printed information to be given offerees;

(7) management or agency contracts, whether or not exclusive, existing or proposed as to issuer or registrant;

(8) description of the securities, number and price thereof proposed to be sold and sales costs; and

(9) such other reasonably pertinent information as required by the superintendent.

C. When filed, the registration statement shall be accompanied by payment of the applicable filing fee as specified in Section 598 of this article.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-46-50.2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 46 / Section 59A-46-50.2
§ 59A-46-50.2. Coverage of prescription eye drop refills
Status: in_force

A. An individual or group health maintenance organization contract that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides coverage for prescription eye drops shall not deny coverage for a renewal of prescription eye drops when:

(1) the renewal is requested by the insured at least twenty-three days for a thirty-day supply of eye drops, forty-five days for a sixty-day supply of eye drops or sixty-eight days for a ninety-day supply of eye drops from the later of the date that the original prescription was dispensed to the insured or the date that the last renewal of the prescription was dispensed to the insured; and

(2) the prescriber indicates on the original prescription that additional quantities are needed and that the renewal requested by the insured does not exceed the number of additional quantities needed.

B. As used in this section, “ prescriber ” means a person who is authorized pursuant to the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act 1 to prescribe prescription eye drops.
N.M. Stat. § 44-7A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 7A / Section 44-7A-4
§ 44-7A-4. Effect of agreement to arbitrate; nonwaivable provisions
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (b) and (c), a party to an agreement to arbitrate or to an arbitration proceeding may waive or the parties may vary the effect of the requirements of the Uniform Arbitration Act to the extent permitted by law.

(b) Before a controversy arises that is subject to an agreement to arbitrate, a party to the agreement may not:

(1) waive or agree to vary the effect of the requirements of Section 6(a), 7(a), 9, 18(a), 18(b), 27 or 29;

(2) agree to unreasonably restrict the right under Section 10 to notice of the initiation of an arbitration proceeding;

(3) agree to unreasonably restrict the right under Section 12 to disclosure of any facts by a neutral arbitrator; or

(4) waive the right under Section 17 of a party to an agreement to arbitrate to be represented by a lawyer at any proceeding or hearing under the Uniform Arbitration Act, but an employer and a labor organization may waive the right to representation by a lawyer in a labor arbitration.

(c) A party to an agreement to arbitrate or arbitration proceeding may not waive or the parties may not vary the effect of the requirements of this section or Section 3(a), 8, 15, 19, 21(d) or (e), 23, 24, 25, 26(a) or (b), 30, 31, 32 or 33.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-27.8 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-27.8
§ 61-23-27.8. Surveying licenses and seals
Status: in_force

A. The board shall issue surveying licenses pursuant to the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act. The board shall provide for the proper authentication of all documents.

B. The board shall regulate the use of seals and may approve alternative authentications to physical or electronic seals.
N.M. Stat. § 19-1-23 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 19-1-23
§ 19-1-23. Rules and regulations for land office; posting changes
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the commissioner of public lands to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the conduct of all business of the office, and to post or publish the same for the information of the public, which rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with this or any other law now in force. Such rules and regulations shall not be changed by the commissioner except such change be posted in a conspicuous place in his office for a period of at least ten days.
N.M. Stat. § 61-12B-15 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12B / Section 61-12B-15
§ 61-12B-15. Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. A person who violates a provision of the Respiratory Care Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .

B. The department may bring civil action in any district court to enforce any of the provisions of the Respiratory Care Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-22-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 22 / Section 3-22-4
§ 3-22-4. Historic areas and landmarks; authorization to expend funds, to enter into agreements and, where necessary, exercise power of eminent domain
Status: in_force

Any county or municipality is hereby empowered to expend public funds for any purposes connected with the preservation, protection or enhancement of historical areas and landmarks, areas related to historical areas or areas otherwise of special architectural or visual interest, including but not limited to the purchase of any or all of such areas and landmarks, if necessary, through the use of eminent domain in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of property for a public purpose, which acquisition is hereby declared to be:

A. the leasing or acquisition of any other title or interest in the same by negotiation or, if necessary, through the use of eminent domain in the manner provided by law, including the acquisition of easements in and related to such areas and landmarks which will permit the county or municipality to control development of the same in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Historic District and Landmark Act [this article];

B. the entering into any reasonable agreement with private persons to promote the objectives of this section; or

C. the enactment of appropriate ordinances or resolutions under which the county or municipality, as the case may be, may be given prior right to acquire any interest in property in such areas and landmarks as over any private person offering an equal price for the same interest or any other similar measures as may be consistent with the purposes of the Historic District and Landmark Act.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-826 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-826
§ 66-3-826. Lamps on other vehicles and equipment
Status: in_force

A. All vehicles, including animal-drawn vehicles and including those referred to in Section 66-3-801C NMSA 1978 not specifically required by the provisions of Sections 66-3-801 through 66-3-887 NMSA 1978 , to be equipped with lamps, shall at the times specified in Section 66-3-802 NMSA 1978 hereof be equipped with at least one lighted lamp or lantern exhibiting a white light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle and with a lamp or lantern exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear.

B. Every farm tractor not equipped with an electric lighting system shall at all times mentioned in Section 66-3-802 NMSA 1978 be equipped with lamps or lanterns meeting the requirements of Subsection A above. Every farm tractor equipped with an electric lighting system shall at all times mentioned in Section 66-3-802 NMSA 1978 display a red tail lamp and either multiple-beam or single-beam headlamps meeting the requirements of Sections 66-3-805 , 66-3-830 and 66-3-832 NMSA 1978 , respectively.

C. All combinations of tractors and towed farm equipment shall, in addition to the lighting equipment required by Subsection B above, be equipped with a lamp or lamps displaying a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front and red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, and said lamp or lamps shall be installed or capable of being positioned so that visibility from the rear is not obstructed by the towed equipment and so as to indicate the furthest projection of said towed equipment on the side of the road used by other vehicles in passing such combinations. And further, all such towed farm equipment shall be equipped either with two tail lamps displaying a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear or two red reflectors visible from a distance of fifty to five hundred feet to the rear when illuminated by the upper beam of headlamps, and the location of such lamps or reflectors shall be such as to indicate as nearly as practicable the extreme left and right rear projections of said towed equipment on the highway.
N.M. Stat. § 61-6B-8 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 6B / Section 61-6B-8
§ 61-6B-8. Committee; creation; organization; per diem and mileage; removal
Status: in_force

A. The “polysomnography practice advisory committee” is created to advise the board on all matters related to the Polysomnography Practice Act. The board shall provide administrative and financial support to the committee.

B. The committee shall have five members, who are residents of New Mexico, appointed by the board as follows:

(1) two members who are credentialed by the board of registered polysomnographic technologists; provided that when the New Mexico medical board begins issuing licenses, this category of committee members shall be three licensed polysomnographic technologists, with the then-sitting members in this category being given a reasonable amount of time to become licensed;

(2) one licensed physician who is certified in sleep medicine by a national certifying body recognized by the American academy of sleep medicine;

(3) one person whose background is at the discretion of the board; and

(4) one member of the public who is not economically or professionally associated with the health care field.

C. Term-length conditions for appointments to the committee are:

(1) for initial appointments, two members each for four-year, three-year and two-year terms and one member for a one-year term;

(2) for regular appointments after the initial appointments, four-year terms;

(3) for a vacancy appointment, the balance of the term; and

(4) for any one member, no more than two terms, including an initial appointment term; provided that a member shall continue to serve on the committee until a replacement is appointed.

D. The committee shall elect annually a chairperson and other officers as the committee determines to be necessary.

E. The committee shall meet at least twice per calendar year and otherwise as often as necessary to conduct business, with four members constituting a quorum and meetings subject to the Open Meetings Act.

F. Members of the committee shall be reimbursed as nonsalaried public officers pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act, and members shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance for their service on the committee.

G. The board may remove from office a member of the committee for neglect of duties required by the Polysomnography Practice Act, malfeasance in office, incompetence or unprofessional conduct.
N.M. Stat. § 1-14-18 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1-14-18
§ 1-14-18. Recount; recheck; recanvass by canvassing boards
Status: in_force

A. Immediately upon receipt of the certificate of recount or recheck from all the recount precinct boards making a recount or recheck, the proper canvassing board shall meet and recanvass the returns for the office in question.

B. In making the recanvass, the proper canvassing board shall be bound by the certificates of recount or recheck from the recount precinct boards instead of the original returns from the precinct boards.

C. After the recanvass, if it appears that fraud or error has been committed sufficient to change the winner of the election, then the proper canvassing board shall revoke the certificate of nomination or election already issued to any person for that office and shall issue a certificate of nomination or election in favor of the person receiving a plurality of the votes cast at the election as shown by the recount or recheck, and such certificate shall supersede all others and entitle the holder to the same rights and privileges as if such certificate had been originally issued by the canvassing board.
N.M. Stat. § 21-12-18 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 12 / Section 21-12-18
§ 21-12-18. Luciano “Lucky” Varela opportunity scholarship created; purpose
Status: in_force

The Luciano “Lucky” Varela opportunity scholarship is created at the New Mexico military institute. The purpose of the scholarship is to increase the number of New Mexico high school students attending the New Mexico military institute who meet need-based requirements and who might not otherwise have the opportunity to participate in a military education and environment.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-34-19 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 34 / Section 59A-34-19
§ 59A-34-19. Participating policies
Status: in_force

A. If provided for in its articles of incorporation a stock or mutual insurer may issue any or all of its policies with or without participation in profits, savings or unabsorbed portions of premiums, may classify policies issued on a participating or nonparticipating basis and may determine the right to participate and the extent of participation of any class or classes of policies. Any such classification or determination shall be reasonable, and shall not unfairly discriminate as between policyholders within the same classification.

B. A life insurer may issue both participating and nonparticipating policies only if the right or absence of right to participate is reasonably related to the premium charged.

C. After the first policy year no dividend, otherwise earned, shall be made contingent upon payment of the renewal premium on any policy or contract; but a participating life or health insurance policy providing for participation at the end of the first or second policy year or the first and second policy year may provide that such dividend or dividends will be paid subject to payment of the premium for the year next ensuing such first or second policy year.

D. As to life insurance policies, this section is subject to Section 393 (special requirements as to participating policies) of the Insurance Code.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-23 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-23
§ 21-1-23. State higher educational institutions; public funds; limitation upon payment for certain purposes
Status: in_force

Public funds shall not be expended for the purpose of paying compensation to any faculty member or employee of a state higher educational institution for any period of absence from his assigned duties with such state higher educational institution unless the period of absence:

A. is a holiday or vacation period established in the published calendar of the institution;

B. comes within the official sick leave or annual leave policies promulgated by the regents of the institution; or

C. is approved by a designated administrative authority according to procedures established for this purpose by the regents.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-64 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-64
§ 67-3-64. Ramps for handicapped required
Status: in_force

Whenever any curbing on a public street, road or highway is constructed, repaired or remodeled to a major degree by the state highway department or the road department of any county or municipality, ramps shall be installed at any intersection having curbs or other barriers to entry onto the street or road from a sidewalk.
N.M. Stat. § 33-3-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 33-3-3
§ 33-3-3. Confinement of prisoners in county where offense committed
Status: in_force

The jail or jails in each county shall be used or be available for the detention of every person who, within the same county, is charged with any crime or properly committed for trial or for the imprisonment of every person who in conformity with sentence, upon conviction of an offense, may have been sentenced, and for the safekeeping of every person who shall be committed by competent authority according to law.
N.M. Stat. § 3-29-11 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 29 / Section 3-29-11
§ 3-29-11. Membership
Status: in_force

All persons within a community who participate or desire to participate in any project may become members of an association upon complying with the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of directors of the association, such rules and regulations to meet with the approval of the department. Any person or persons who did not participate in an original project shall be admitted to membership in an association upon payment to the association of a reasonable fee as determined by the board of directors and the department.