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N.M. Stat. § 3-28-11 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 28 / Section 3-28-11
§ 3-28-11. Terms and provisions of revenue bond issues
Status: in_force

A. Revenue bonds issued as provided in Chapter 3, Article 28 NMSA 1978:

(1) shall bear interest at such rates as the association may determine payable annually or semiannually except for the first interest payment which may be for any period not to exceed one year from the date of the bonds;

(2) may be subject to prior redemption at the association's option at such time and upon such terms and conditions with or without payment of a premium as may be provided by the resolution, indenture or other authorizing instrument;

(3) shall be numbered from one upward consecutively;

(4) shall be in such form as may be determined by the association;

(5) shall mature at any time or times not exceeding thirty-five years from the date of such bonds;

(6) may be secured by a bond reserve fund that may be funded by proceeds of the bonds or net revenues of the system or both;

(7) may be secured by municipal bond insurance or other credit facilities;

(8) may be issued pursuant to an indenture of trust or similar instrument with a corporate or other trustee; and

(9) may have such other terms and conditions as the association may provide.

B. Such revenue bonds may be sold at either public or private sale, at, above or below par and at any net effective interest rate as the association may determine; provided that such revenue bonds shall not be sold at any net effective interest rate in excess of twelve percent a year unless the state board of finance at any time prior to delivery of the revenue bonds approves such higher net effective interest rate in writing, based upon the determination of the board that the higher rate is reasonable under existing or anticipated bond market conditions. Any approval of any net effective interest rate in excess of twelve percent shall constitute conclusive authority for the association to issue its revenue bonds at the higher net effective interest rate. As used in this subsection “net effective interest rate” means the interest rate based on the actual price to such association, calculated to maturity according to standard tables of bond values.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-3 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-3
§ 6-10-3. Payment of state money into treasury; suspense funds
Status: in_force

All public money in the custody or under the control of any state official or agency obtained or received by any official or agency from any source, except as in Section 6-10-54 NMSA 1978 provided, shall be paid into the state treasury. It is the duty of every official or person in charge of any state agency receiving any money in cash or by check, draft or otherwise for or on behalf of the state or any agency thereof from any source, except as in Section 6-10-54 NMSA 1978 provided, to forthwith and before the close of the next succeeding business day after the receipt of the money to deliver or remit it to the state treasurer; provided, however, that:

A. the money collected by the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department and the state monuments division of the cultural affairs department shall be deposited into the state treasury no later than ten days following collection;

B. county treasurers shall remit all money received for taxes for state purposes or that are by law required to be remitted to the department on or before the tenth day of the next succeeding month following the receipt or collection thereof;

C. every official or person in charge of any state agency receiving any money, except as in Section 6-10-54 NMSA 1978 provided, in cash or by check or draft, on deposit, in escrow or in evidence of good faith to secure the performance of any contract or agreement with the state or with any department, institution or agency of the state, which money has not yet been earned so as to become the absolute property of the state, shall deliver or remit to the state treasury within the times and in the manner as in this section provided, which money shall be deposited in a suspense account to the credit of the proper official, person, board or bureau in charge of any state agency so receiving the money; and

D. all money held by the commissioner of public lands on deposit, in escrow or in evidence of good faith to secure the performance of any contract or agreement with the state shall be delivered or remitted to the state treasury within six months from the date this act is approved and at those times, in the amounts and from the various banks in which it is deposited as may be directed by the state board of finance.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16C-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16C / Section 10-16C-4
§ 10-16C-4. Right to civil action for damages; affirmative defenses; remedy not exclusive
Status: in_force

A. A public employer that violates the provisions of the Whistleblower Protection Act shall be liable to the public employee for actual damages, reinstatement with the same seniority status that the employee would have had but for the violation, two times the amount of back pay with interest on the back pay and compensation for any special damage sustained as a result of the violation. In addition, an employer shall be required to pay the litigation costs and reasonable attorney fees of the employee. An employee may bring an action pursuant to this section in any court of competent jurisdiction.

B. It shall be an affirmative defense to a civil action brought pursuant to this section that the action taken by a public employer against a public employee was due to the employee's misconduct, the employee's poor job performance, a reduction in work force or other legitimate business purpose unrelated to conduct prohibited pursuant to the Whistleblower Protection Act and that retaliatory action was not a motivating factor.

C. The remedies provided for in the Whistleblower Protection Act are not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies provided for in any other law or available under common law.

D. Nothing in the Whistleblower Protection Act precludes civil actions or criminal sanctions for libel, slander or other civil or criminal claims against a person who files a false claim under that act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-49-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 49 / Section 3-49-2
§ 3-49-2. Straightening or altering streets; exchange of street land for land on new route; consent of owner; deeds
Status: in_force

Whenever it is necessary to straighten or alter any street to facilitate traffic, the governing body may:

A. with the consent of the owner, exchange the land on which the street lies for any land owned and held in fee simple;

B. convert the land received from the owner in fee simple to a street; and

C. execute a deed to the land on which the street lies to the owner who has exchanged his land with the municipality for the land on which the street lies.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-2.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-2.1
§ 6-10-2.1. State treasurer; duty
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall identify and allocate to the general fund all earnings, including realized and unrealized gains and losses, from the investment of all accounts or funds in his custody unless the allocation of the earnings is:

A. otherwise provided by law;

B. prohibited by federal law creating the fund or the account or by specific court order; or

C. from the investment of a permanent fund and the use of the interest and income from the fund is restricted by constitutional or statutory provisions to particular purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 3-38-4 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 38 / Section 3-38-4
§ 3-38-4. Business licensing; business registration; application to do business; issuance of license or registration; proration of license fee; renewal of registration; staggered periods for business registration
Status: in_force

A. Prior to engaging in any business, any person proposing to engage in a business shall pay to the municipality any applicable business registration fee or any applicable business license fee. A municipality may provide by ordinance for the prorating of the business license fee and the issuing of a business license for the remainder of the calendar year in which the business is to be operated.

B. Each year, any person engaging in a business within a municipality shall apply for the renewal of any applicable business license as authorized in Section 3-38-1 NMSA 1978 or any applicable business registration as authorized in Section 3-38-3 NMSA 1978 with the municipal clerk. A municipality may provide by ordinance for a staggered system of business registration.

C. Any person filing an application for issuance or renewal of any business license as authorized in Section 3-38-1 NMSA 1978 or any business registration as authorized in Section 3-38-3 NMSA 1978 shall include on the application his current revenue division taxpayer identification number or evidence of application for a current revenue division taxpayer identification number. No municipality shall issue or renew a business license or a business registration authorizing the conduct of a business to any person who has not furnished to the municipality the information required in this section.
N.M. Stat. § 24-22-4 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 22 / Section 24-22-4
§ 24-22-4. Safe haven site procedures
Status: in_force

A. A safe haven site shall accept an infant who is left at the safe haven site in accordance with the provisions of the Safe Haven for Infants Act.

B. In conjunction with the children, youth and families department, a safe haven site shall develop procedures for appropriate staff to accept and provide necessary medical services to an infant left at the safe haven site and to the person leaving the infant at the safe haven site, if necessary.

C. Upon receiving an infant who is left at a safe haven site in accordance with the provisions of the Safe Haven for Infants Act, the safe haven site may provide the person leaving the infant with:

(1) information about adoption services, including the availability of private adoption services;

(2) brochures or telephone numbers for agencies that provide adoption services or counseling services; and

(3) written information regarding whom to contact at the children, youth and families department if the parent decides to seek reunification with the infant.

D. A safe haven site shall ask the person leaving the infant whether the infant has a parent who is either a member of an Indian tribe or is eligible for membership in an Indian tribe, but the person leaving the infant is not required to provide that information to the safe haven site.

E. Immediately after receiving an infant in accordance with the provisions of the Safe Haven for Infants Act, a safe haven site shall inform the children, youth and families department that the infant has been left at the safe haven site. The safe haven site shall provide the children, youth and families department with all available information regarding the child and the parents, including the identity of the child and the parents, the location of the parents and the child's medical records.
N.M. Stat. § 73-9-31 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 9 / Section 73-9-31
§ 73-9-31. Expenses of organization, operation and improvements to be paid from water tolls and/or tax levies; tax levy to complete original construction
Status: in_force

For the purpose of defraying the expenses of the organization of the district, and the care, operation, management, repair and improvement of all canals, ditches, reservoirs and works, including drainage works and including salaries of officers and employees and for rental or charges for water supplied to said district under any contract with owners of other irrigation works, the board may fix rates of tolls and charges and collect the same of all persons using said canal and water for irrigation or other purposes, or may provide, in whole or in part, for the payment of such expenditures by levy of taxes therefor, as hereinbefore provided or by both tolls and taxes. In case the money raised by the sale of bonds issued be insufficient and in case bonds be unavailable for the construction or completion of any works in accordance with plans adopted, it shall be the duty of the board of directors to provide for the completion of said works by causing the levy of a tax therefor in the same manner in which levy of taxes is made for the other purposes provided for in this act.
N.M. Stat. § 73-12-36 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 12 / Section 73-12-36
§ 73-12-36. Action of board on petition to include land; order describing new boundaries; electors may protest
Status: in_force

The board of directors if they deem it not for the best interests of the district to include therein the lands mentioned in the petition, shall by order reject the said petition, but if they deem it for the best interests of the district that said lands be included the board may order that the district be so changed as to include therein the lands mentioned in the said petition. The order shall describe the entire boundaries of the district with the lands so included, if the district boundaries be changed thereby, and for that purpose the board may cause a survey to be made of such portion of such boundaries as may be deemed necessary; provided, if within thirty days from the making of such order a majority of the qualified electors of the district protest in writing to said board against the inclusion of such lands, in said district, said order shall be held for naught and said lands shall not be included therein.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-30 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-30
§ 27-2-30. Enforcement of support; orders
Status: in_force

The court in term time or judge in vacation may make and enforce by attachment or otherwise such order to restrain the use or disposition of the property of the defendant to provide for the support of the dependents during the pendency of the suit as in his discretion may seem just and proper.
N.M. Stat. § 12-12-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12 / Section 12-12-13
§ 12-12-13. Consent as a condition of doing business
Status: in_force

Any supplier who commences business or continues to do business in New Mexico for a period of thirty days after the effective date of the Emergency Petroleum Products Supply Act is deemed to have consented to all the terms of the Emergency Petroleum Products Supply Act as a condition of doing business in New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-47 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-47
§ 6-10-47. Safekeeping and insurance of money and securities in state treasury; payment of cost
Status: in_force

The state board of finance shall have power to contract for the safekeeping and insurance of all monies or securities in the state treasury, the cost of such safekeeping and insurance to be paid out of the interest on deposit fund upon warrants drawn by the state auditor.
N.M. Stat. § 44-7A-30 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 7A / Section 44-7A-30
§ 44-7A-30. Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

In applying and construing the Uniform Arbitration Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
N.M. Stat. § 19-1-1.2 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 19-1-1.2
§ 19-1-1.2. State land trusts advisory board; removal of members; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. Members of the state land trusts advisory board shall not be removed except for incompetence, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Provided, however, no removal shall be made without notice of hearing and an opportunity to be heard having first been given to the member. The supreme court is given exclusive jurisdiction over proceedings to remove members of the state land trusts advisory board under rules it may promulgate, and its decision in connection with these matters shall be final.

B. Any vacancy occurring on the state land trusts advisory board shall be filled by appointment of the commissioner of public lands with the advice and consent of the senate for the remainder of the unexpired term.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14-31 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14 / Section 24-14-31
§ 24-14-31. Penalties
Status: in_force

A. Except for violations of Section 24-14-18 NMSA 1978 , any person is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 , who willfully and knowingly:

(1) makes any false statement or supplies any false information in a report, record or certificate required to be filed;

(2) with the intent to deceive, alters, amends, counterfeits, copies or mutilates any report, record or certificate, application or supporting documentation;

(3) uses or attempts to use or furnishes to another for use for any purpose of deception any certificate, record, report or certified copy that has been altered, amended or mutilated or that contains false information in whole or in part, or that is related to the birth or death of another person, whether living or dead; or

(4) neglects or violates any of the provisions of the Vital Statistics Act or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon the person by that act.

B. Any person who willfully and knowingly permits inspection of or discloses information contained in vital statistics records of adoptions or induced abortions or copies or issues a copy of all or part of any record of an adoption or induced abortion, except as authorized by law, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Sentencing Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 9-16-3 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 16 / Section 9-16-3
§ 9-16-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Regulation and Licensing Department Act:

A. “department” means the regulation and licensing department; and

B. “superintendent” means the superintendent of regulation and licensing.
N.M. Stat. § 6-13-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 13 / Section 6-13-2
§ 6-13-2. State institutions
Status: in_force

The state institutions, within the meaning of Chapter 6, Article 13 NMSA 1978 , are the university of New Mexico, the New Mexico state university, the New Mexico institute of mining and technology, the New Mexico military institute, the New Mexico highlands university, the western New Mexico university, the northern New Mexico state school, the New Mexico school for the deaf, the New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired, the eastern New Mexico university, the Los Lunas medical center, the penitentiary of New Mexico, the New Mexico behavioral health institute at Las Vegas, the New Mexico boys' school and the miners' hospital.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21I-4 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21I / Section 21-21I-4
§ 21-21I-4. Conditions for eligibility
Status: in_force

A. The department may award a minority doctoral loan repayment assistance grant to a recipient who:

(1) has been hired by a public post-secondary educational institution in New Mexico for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position;

(2) has complied with all of the rules adopted by the department pursuant to the Minority Doctoral Loan Repayment Assistance Act; and

(3) is a citizen of the United States.

B. The department shall give preference to a recipient who has completed a post-secondary degree at an institution designated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico .
N.M. Stat. § 21-21O-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21O / Section 21-21O-3
§ 21-21O-3. Conditions for eligibility
Status: in_force

A scholarship may be awarded to an eligible student who:

A. has not earned appropriate educational credentials to be licensed as a teacher by the public education department or is a licensed teacher and is pursuing a graduate degree;

B. has demonstrated financial need consistent with the criteria promulgated by the department; and

C. has complied with other rules promulgated by the department to carry out the provisions of the Teacher Preparation Affordability Act.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-25.4 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-25.4
§ 1-12-25.4. Provisional paper ballots; disposition
Status: in_force

A. Upon closing of the polls, provisional paper ballots shall be delivered to the county clerk, who shall determine if the ballots will be counted prior to certification of the election.

B. A provisional paper ballot shall not be counted if the registered voter did not sign either the signature roster or the ballot's envelope.

C. If there is no record of the voter ever having been registered in the county, the voter shall be offered the opportunity to register, the provisional paper ballot shall not be counted and the voter registration certificate shall be processed following the canvass of the election.

D. If the voter was registered in the county, the registration was later canceled and the county clerk determines that the cancellation was in error, or that the voter continues to reside in the same precinct, or that the voter's name should not have been placed on the list of voters whose registrations were to be canceled, the voter's registration shall be immediately restored and the provisional paper ballot counted.

E. If the county clerk determines that the cancellation was not in error, the voter shall be offered the opportunity to register at the voter's correct address, and the provisional paper ballot shall not be counted.

F. If the voter is a registered voter in the county but has voted on a provisional paper ballot other than the ballot of the voter's correct precinct, the county canvassing board shall ensure that only those votes for the positions or measures for which the voter was eligible to vote are counted.

G. If the county clerk finds that the voter who voted on a provisional paper ballot at the polls has also voted an absentee ballot in that election, the provisional paper ballot shall not be counted.

H. The county clerk shall maintain a provisional ballot register that shall be in the same form and made available in the same manner as the absentee ballot register and the mailed ballot register. The county clerk shall prepare a tally displaying the number of provisional paper ballots received, the number found valid and counted, the number rejected and not counted and the reason for not counting the ballots as part of the canvassing process and forward it to the secretary of state immediately upon certification of the election.

I. The secretary of state shall issue rules to ensure securing the secrecy of the provisional paper ballots, especially during canvassing, reviewing or recounting, and protecting against fraud in the voting process.
N.M. Stat. § 4-49-7 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 49 / Section 4-49-7
§ 4-49-7. General obligation bonds; authority to issue
Status: in_force

The boards of county commissioners may issue the general obligation bonds of the county in any sum necessary, not greater than four percent, inclusive of all other bonded indebtedness, of the assessed value of the taxable property of the county, for the purpose of building courthouses, jails, bridges, hospitals, public libraries, facilities for the holding of county fairs, cultural facilities, purchasing books or other library resources, building juvenile detention homes, athletic facilities, parking structures, administrative facilities, facilities for housing equipment, repairing equipment and servicing equipment and sewerage facilities, constructing or repairing public roads and for construction and acquisition of water, sewer or sanitary landfill systems and airports.