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N.M. Stat. § 53-19-27 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 19 / Section 53-19-27
§ 53-19-27. Liability upon wrongful distribution
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other liabilities, a member or manager who votes for, approves or consents to any distribution that violates any provision of the articles of organization, an operating agreement or Section 26 of the Limited Liability Company Act shall be liable to the limited liability company, jointly but not severally, with all other members or managers so voting, approving or consenting for the amount of the distribution that exceeds what could have been distributed without violating Section 26 of that act, the articles of organization or an operating agreement, unless the member or manager based his determination that the distribution did not violate such provisions on the statements or other valuation method authorized by Subsection B of Section 26 of that act and had no actual knowledge that rendered his reliance on such statements, valuation or method unwarranted.

B. Each member or manager who is liable pursuant to Subsection A of this section is entitled to contribution:

(1) from each other member or manager who is liable under Subsection A of this section; and

(2) from each member for the amount the member received knowing that the distribution was made in violation of a provision of the articles of organization, an operating agreement or Section 26 of the Limited Liability Company Act.
N.M. Stat. § 62-13-12 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 13 / Section 62-13-12
§ 62-13-12. Effect of filing with the secretary of state; duration of filing
Status: in_force

The filing of an instrument with the secretary of state under the provisions of Sections 62-13-8 and 62-13-9 NMSA 1978 together with the recording of the notice under the provisions of Section 62-13-11 NMSA 1978 in the office of the county clerk in each county where any real property is situate shall for all intents and purposes be equivalent to recording the same instrument in the office of the county clerk in each county where any part of the real or personal property is situate, as contemplated by Sections 14-9-1 through 14-9-9 NMSA 1978 , and equivalent to filing the instrument as contemplated by Sections 55-9-401 through 55-9-407 NMSA 1978 , which filed instrument shall remain effective until a termination statement is filed.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-1 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-1
§ 19-4-1. Patents of townsites to be recorded
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of any person who receives a patent from the government of the United States for a townsite in the state of New Mexico, to at once file such patent for record with the county clerk of the county wherein such townsite is situated.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9F-6 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9F / Section 7-9F-6
§ 7-9F-6. Eligibility requirements
Status: in_force

A. A taxpayer conducting qualified research at a qualified facility and making qualified expenditures is eligible to claim the basic credit pursuant to the Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit Act.

B. A taxpayer conducting qualified research at a qualified facility and making qualified expenditures is eligible to claim the additional credit pursuant to the Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit Act if:

(1) the taxpayer increases the taxpayer's annual payroll expense at the qualified facility by at least seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) over the base payroll expense of the taxpayer;

(2) the increase in Paragraph (1) of this subsection has not previously been used to meet the requirements of this subsection; and

(3) there is at least a seventy-five-thousand-dollar ($75,000) increase in the taxpayer's annual payroll expense for every one million dollars ($1,000,000) in qualified expenditures claimed by the taxpayer in a taxable year in the same claim.
N.M. Stat. § 12-2A-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 2A / Section 12-2A-3
§ 12-2A-3. General definitions
Status: in_force

In the statutes and rules of New Mexico:

A. “annually” means per year;

B. “age of majority” begins on the first instant of an individual's eighteenth birthday;

C. “child” includes a child by adoption;

D. “oath” includes an affirmation;

E. “person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or any legal or commercial entity;

F. “personal property” means property other than real property;

G. “personal representative” of a decedent's estate includes an administrator and executor;

H. “population” means the number of individuals enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census;

I. “property” means real and personal property;

J. “real property” means an estate or interest in, over or under land and other things or interests, including minerals, water, structures and fixtures that by custom, usage or law pass with a transfer of land even if the estate or interest is not described or mentioned in the contract of sale or instrument of conveyance and, if appropriate to the context, the land in which the estate or interest is claimed;

K. “rule” means a rule, regulation, order, standard or statement of policy, including amendments thereto or repeals thereof, promulgated by an administrative agency, that purports to affect one or more administrative agencies other than the promulgating agency or that purports to affect persons who are not members or employees of the promulgating agency;

L. “sign” or “subscribe” includes the execution or adoption of any symbol by a person with the present intention to authenticate a writing;

M. “state” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;

N. “swear” includes affirm;

O. “will” includes a codicil; and

P. “written” and “in writing” includes printing, engraving or any other mode of representing words and letters.
N.M. Stat. § 22-10A-11.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10A / Section 22-10A-11.3
§ 22-10A-11.3. Level three-B provisional licensure for school principals
Status: in_force

A. A school district that has a shortage of qualified school principal candidates may request that the department issue a provisional three-B license to a level two teacher whom the school district believes has the potential to be an effective school principal.

B. To qualify for a provisional three-B license, the candidate shall:

(1) meet the requirements for a level three-A license;

(2) be enrolled in a department-approved induction and mentoring program in the school district; and

(3) be accepted into a department-approved school administrator preparation program.

C. The provisional license is a four-year license and is not renewable. To maintain the provisional license, the licensee must receive satisfactory evaluations each year from the school district's mentoring program and from the school administrator preparation program. At the end of the four years, the provisional license may be converted to a regular level three-B license if the candidate:

(1) satisfactorily completes the school district's mentoring program; and

(2) satisfactorily completes the department-approved school administrator preparation program.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-36.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-36.1
§ 7-38-36.1. Administrative fee to be charged if property tax is less than five dollars ($5.00)
Status: in_force

A. If the property tax on property for which a property tax bill is prepared is less than five dollars ($5.00), the board of county commissioners may, by resolution, charge an administrative fee equal to the difference between the amount of the property tax and five dollars ($5.00), but no administrative fee shall be charged if there is no tax due. A copy of the resolution shall be sent to the county treasurer who shall collect the fee. This administrative fee shall be separately identified and stated in the property tax bill and shall be included in the total shown in the bill as due.

B. The administrative fee authorized by this section shall be collected and its collection enforced as if the fee were a property tax except that no interest or penalty shall accrue or be charged because of its nonpayment.

C. The administrative fee authorized by this section shall be distributed to the county general fund when collected and shall not be distributed to the governmental units to which the property tax is distributed pursuant to Section 7-38-43 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-1
§ 1-1-1. Election Code
Status: in_force

Chapter 1 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Election Code”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-14-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 14 / Section 3-14-16
§ 3-14-16. Commission-manager; recall; election
Status: in_force

A. In any commission-manager municipality, any elective executive or commissioner is subject to a recall election for malfeasance in office, misfeasance in office or a violation of oath of office based upon acts or failures to act occurring during the current term of the official sought to be recalled. Recall of an elective executive or commissioner in a commissioner-manager municipality shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Recall Act.

B. If all commissioners are recalled at the same election, the district court shall order an election.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-18
§ 3-33-18. Improvement district; advertising for bids; municipality may do work; contribution by governmental agency
Status: in_force

A. If a continuous area proposed to be improved on any one street exceeds five hundred feet in length, the governing body, before using municipal equipment and employees to construct the improvement, shall advertise for bids for the construction of the improvement and award the contract for the construction of the improvement to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, however, a municipality may construct the improvement using the same specifications upon which bids were requested if:

(1) the municipality can guarantee to construct the improvement for an amount less than the lowest bid amount and not assess the benefiting tracts or parcels of land an amount in excess of the lowest responsible bid if a bid is received; or

(2) the municipality receives no bids for the construction of the improvement.

B. A municipality using municipally owned or leased equipment and municipal employees in constructing an improvement may cooperate with another governmental agency which contributes money, labor or a portion of the cost of materials towards completion of the improvement.
N.M. Stat. § 52-1-18 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 1 / Section 52-1-18
§ 52-1-18. Child
Status: in_force

As used in the Workers' Compensation Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “child” includes stepchildren, adopted children, posthumous children and acknowledged illegitimate children but does not include married children unless dependent. The words “adopted” or “adoption” as used in the Workers' Compensation Act shall include cases where persons are treated as adopted as well as those of legal adoption.
N.M. Stat. § 22-4-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 4 / Section 22-4-12
§ 22-4-12. Interim local school board; special election
Status: in_force

A. The interim local school board of a newly created or consolidated school district has all the powers and duties of a local school board. The interim local school board shall hold office only until the local school board is elected and qualified.

B. For the purpose of electing five members to the local school board of a newly created or consolidated school district, the interim local school board shall call a special school district election to be held not less than forty-five days nor more than ninety days from the date of the issuance of the order of the state board [department] appointing members to the interim local school board. If the date for a regular school district election occurs during this period, the interim local school board shall give notice of the regular school district election for the purpose of electing five members to the local school board of the newly created or consolidated school district instead of calling a special school district election.

C. The interim local school board shall appoint a superintendent of schools to perform the administrative and supervisory functions of the interim local school board and to also conduct the school district election. The term of office of the superintendent of schools appointed by the interim local school board shall coincide with the term of office of the interim local school board.
N.M. Stat. § 38-5-10 — NM Code / Chapter 38 / Article 5 / Section 38-5-10
§ 38-5-10. Summoning of jurors; claiming exemption
Status: in_force

Upon drawing a list of jurors for grand jury or petit jury service, the clerk shall issue a summons for each juror ordering his attendance at a time and place as fixed by the district judge or magistrate ordering the drawing. The summons may be served by first class mail or in a manner provided for the service of civil process. A willful failure to appear as ordered in the summons is a petty misdemeanor. Accompanying each summons, the clerk of the court shall submit for the information of the jurors the listing of those classes of persons or qualifications provided by law under which an exemption from jury service may be claimed. Jurors shall be provided a form upon which they may state the facts supporting their eligibility to claim exemption from jury service and to express a claim for exemption.
N.M. Stat. § 21-13-4.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-4.1
§ 21-13-4.1. Limitations on community colleges
Status: in_force

There shall be no new community college, branch campus or off-campus instructional center created after January 1, 1998 unless specifically created by the legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 39-2-11 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 2 / Section 39-2-11
§ 39-2-11. Bill of costs to be collected after issuance of execution
Status: in_force

When final judgment or decree shall be rendered in any cause, and execution shall be issued thereon, the clerk shall make a complete copy of all the costs taxed against the defendant in execution, under his hand and the seal of the court, together with a certificate that the said bill of costs is correct. The said bill of costs shall be delivered to the officer to whom the execution shall be directed for execution, and when the writ shall be served, the officer shall deliver the said bill of costs to the defendant in execution, and shall receipt the same when paid, and the said clerk shall be entitled to fifty cents ($.50) for such copy, to be paid as other costs.
N.M. Stat. § 22-10A-16 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10A / Section 22-10A-16
§ 22-10A-16. Parental notification
Status: in_force

A. Within sixty calendar days from the beginning of each school year, every school district shall issue a notice to parents that they may obtain information regarding the professional qualifications of their children's teachers, instructional support providers and school principals. At a minimum, the information shall include:

(1) whether the teacher has met state qualifications for licensure for the grade level and subjects being taught by the teacher;

(2) whether the teacher is teaching under a teaching or assignment waiver;

(3) the teacher's degree major and any other license or graduate degree held by the teacher; and

(4) the qualifications of any instructional support providers if the student is served by educational assistants or other instructional support providers.

B. A local superintendent shall give written notice to the parents of those students who are being taught for longer than four consecutive weeks by a substitute teacher or by a person who is not qualified to teach the grade or subject.

C. The local superintendent shall:

(1) ensure that the notice required by this section is provided by the end of the four-week period following the assignment of that person to the classroom;

(2) ensure that the notice required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to a parent whose primary language is not English;

(3) retain a copy of the notice required pursuant to this section; and

(4) ensure that information relating to teacher licensure is available to the public upon request.
N.M. Stat. § 5-8-42 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 5-8-42
§ 5-8-42. Moratorium on development prohibited
Status: in_force

A moratorium shall not be placed on new development for the sole purpose of awaiting the completion of all or any part of the process necessary to develop, adopt or update impact fees.
N.M. Stat. § 19-8-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-8-4
§ 19-8-4. Leases for certain minerals; rentals; royalty
Status: reserved

The commissioner is authorized to issue leases for the development, exploration and production of potassium, sodium, phosphorus and other minerals of similar occurrence and their salts and compounds, including chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, nitrates and any and all other salts and compounds of the minerals on any lands of the state upon such terms and conditions as he may deem to be for the best interests of the state and conformable to Sections 19-8-4 through 19-8-7 NMSA 1978 . The minimum first year's rental for such leases shall be one hundred dollars ($100), and in all cases there shall be reserved to the state a royalty to be established by regulation issued under the provisions of Section 19-8-7 NMSA 1978 . The commissioner may amend any lease in existence on the effective date of this amendment to reflect any regulation in effect at the time of the amendment to the lease.
N.M. Stat. § 1-15A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 15A / Section 1-15A-4
§ 1-15A-4. Conduct of election
Status: in_force

The presidential primary election shall be conducted and canvassed along with and in the manner provided by law for the conduct and canvassing of the primary election.
N.M. Stat. § 74-4H-3 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 4H / Section 74-4H-3
§ 74-4H-3. Study and documentation; dissemination of study; study contents; reporting requirements
Status: in_force

A. The energy, minerals and natural resources department and the department of environment shall coordinate efforts to:

(1) contract for a comprehensive study of the generating facility and mine to determine if there has been any environmental contamination of the lands and waters on or adjacent to the generating facility and mine, including the presence of toxic metal contaminants; and

(2) develop an independent reclamation and restoration plan that addresses protecting the environment from contamination for human and ecosystem health and ground and surface water quality and prevents the migration of toxic metal contaminants and off-site pollution.

B. The energy, minerals and natural resources department and the department of environment shall make the remediation and restoration study available to the public on an accessible internet website and shall summarize the results of any inspections and data analysis in an executive summary.

C. No later than July 1, 2025, the energy, minerals and natural resources department and the department of environment shall provide a copy of the remediation and restoration study to the legislature and present specific measurable steps, informed by input from impacted communities, to oversee and enforce full remediation and restoration plans, including, to the extent possible, the cleanup of the generating facility and mine and prioritizing for employment workers who were previously employed at the generating facility and mine and workers residing in New Mexico. A presentation of the study shall occur at a meeting of the legislative interim committee dealing with water and natural resources and shall detail how the energy, minerals and natural resources department and the department of environment shall ensure timely environmental compliance with the owners of the generating facility and mine to protect public health and welfare.

D. The energy, minerals and natural resources department and the department of environment shall provide annual updates to the legislature about the progress of remediation and restoration efforts pursuant to the San Juan Generating Station Facility and Mine Remediation and Restoration Study Act.

E. To the extent allowed by applicable laws, the energy, minerals and natural resources department and the department of environment are authorized to consider the results of this study in any permitting actions related to the generating facility or mine.

F. The independent restoration and remediation plan shall not be considered a rule or standard for purposes of the Water Quality Act but shall be considered a planning document. Planning documents are not rules or standards under the Water Quality Act.

G. As used in this section, “ planning document ” means a document that is used to guide future actions and strategies to meet water quality rules or standards. Planning documents may include remediation plans, restoration plans and total maximum daily loads.
N.M. Stat. § 31-30-8 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 30 / Section 31-30-8
§ 31-30-8. Rules
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules necessary to administer the provisions of the Violence Intervention Program Act, including standardized rules pertaining to the collection and sharing of data by grantees.
N.M. Stat. § 1-5-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 1-5-2
§ 1-5-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Election Code:

A. “ county ” means any county in this state;

B. “ county register ” means an official file of original certificates of registration of the county or any of its precincts;

C. “ county voter list ” means a voter list arranged in alphabetical order of voter surname within and for each county;

D. “ data processor ” means a data processing facility and its associated employees and agents contracted to provide data processing services required by the Voter Records System Act;

E. “ data recording media ” means a manual, electronic or other device containing data capable of being read and processed by any means for the eventual preparation of voter lists;

F. “ election campaign purposes ” means relating in any way to a campaign in an election conducted by a federal, state or local government;

G. “ file maintenance list ” means any prepared listing that reflects additions, deletions or changes to the voter file;

H. “ governmental purposes ” means noncommercial purposes relating in any way to the structure, operation or decision making of a federal, state or local government;

I. “ mailing labels ” mean prepared mailing labels of selected voters arranged in the order in which requested and providing only the name and address of the voter;

J. “ precinct voter list ” means a voter list arranged in alphabetical order of voter surname within and for each precinct;

K. “ signature roster ” means a copy of a voter list with space provided opposite each voter's name for the voter's signature or witnessed mark;

L. “ special voter list ” means a prepared list of selected voters arranged in the order in which requested;

M. “ voter data ” means selected information derived from the voter file;

N. “ voter file ” means all voter registration information required by law and by the secretary of state that has been extracted from the certificate of registration of each voter in the county, stored on data recording media and certified by the county clerk as the source of all information required by the Voter Records System Act; and

O. “ voter list ” means any prepared list of voters.