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N.M. Stat. § 18-7-5 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 7 / Section 18-7-5
§ 18-7-5. Museum of space history director duties
Status: in_force

Consistent with the policies of the secretary of cultural affairs and the New Mexico museum of space history commission, the director of the museum of space history:

A. may:

(1) solicit and receive funds or property, including federal funds and public and private grants, for the development of the museum, its collections and its programs;

(2) as authorized by the secretary, enter into contracts related to the programs and operations of the museum, including services related to the location, acquisition, preservation, restoration, salvage or development of culturally related sites, structures or objects in the state;

(3) as authorized by the commission, lend collections or materials to qualified persons for purposes of exhibition and study and borrow collections or materials from other persons for like purposes;

(4) conduct facilities rentals for forty-five days or less and such retail sales as appropriate for the operation of the museum; and

(5) publish journals, books, reports and other materials as appropriate to the operation of the museum; and

B. shall:

(1) administer and operate the museum in accordance with applicable statutes and rules;

(2) develop exhibits and programs of an educational nature for the benefit of the public and in particular the students of the state;

(3) recommend acquisitions to the commission, by donation or other means, of collections and related materials appropriate to the mission of the museum;

(4) direct research, preservation and conservation as is appropriate to render the collections beneficial to the public;

(5) cooperate with educational institutions and other agencies and political subdivisions of state, tribal and federal governments to establish, maintain and extend the programs of the museum;

(6) employ and discharge personnel necessary for the operation of the museum in accordance with the provisions of the Personnel Act; 1

(7) propose budgets for operations and capital improvements;

(8) collect admission fees as determined by the commission; and

(9) perform such other appropriate duties as may be delegated by the commission, the secretary of cultural affairs or the governor or as may be provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 3-64-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 64 / Section 3-64-3
§ 3-64-3. Exemption of certain commercial personal property from property tax by local bodies
Status: in_force

A. The governing body of a county or a municipality may by a majority vote of the members elected to the governing body adopt a resolution exempting commercial personal property of a new business facility located in the county or municipality from the imposition of any property tax on commercial personal property authorized to be imposed by the respective governing body, subject to the limitations of Subsection B of this section.

B. The exemption authorized by Subsection A of this section may be for up to one hundred percent of the value for property taxation purposes of the property exempted.

C. The exemption authorized by Subsection A of this section may be for any period of time not to exceed twenty years. The effective date of any exemption shall be January 1 of the property tax year in which the new business facility commences commercial operations.
N.M. Stat. § 42A-2-4 — NM Code / Chapter 42A / Article 2 / Section 42A-2-4
§ 42A-2-4. Jurisdiction of courts; joint use
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 62-1-4 NMSA 1978 , the court shall have the power to regulate and determine the place and manner of making railroad connections and crossings, or of using in common use as provided in Section 42A-2-3 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 13-4-33 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 13-4-33
§ 13-4-33. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Subcontractors Fair Practices Act:

A. “contractor” means the prime contractor on a public works construction project who contracts directly with the using agency;

B. “subcontractor” means a contractor who contracts directly with the contractor;

C. “listing threshold” means the dollar amount, stipulated in the bidding documents, above which subcontractors must be listed;

D. “notice” means information, advice or a written warning intended to apprise a contractor, subcontractor or using agency of some proceeding in which the contractor's, subcontractor's or using agency's interests are involved or to inform him of some fact that is his right to know. Notice may be sent to a contractor, subcontractor or using agency by certified or registered mail and shall be deemed to be completed upon date of mailing; and

E. “using agency” means any state agency or local public body requiring services or construction.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-1-5 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 1 / Section 32A-1-5
§ 32A-1-5. Children's court established as division of district court; transfer
Status: in_force

A. There is established in the district court for each county a division to be known as the children's court. The district court of each judicial district shall designate one or more district judges to sit as judge of the children's court.

B. The supreme court shall adopt rules of procedure not in conflict with the Children's Code governing proceedings in the children's court, including rules and procedures for juries.

C. If, in a criminal action, it appears to a court other than the children's court division of the district court that jurisdiction is properly within the children's court division, the other court shall transfer the matter to the children's court division. Upon transfer, the children's court division obtains jurisdiction over the matter for proceedings in accordance with the provisions of the Children's Code.
N.M. Stat. § 73-11-36 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 11 / Section 73-11-36
§ 73-11-36. General tax laws applicable
Status: in_force

The revenue laws of this state for the assessment, levying and collection of taxes on real estate for county purposes except as herein modified, shall be applicable for the purposes of this act, including the enforcement of penalties and forfeiture for delinquent taxes.
N.M. Stat. § 18-2-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 2 / Section 18-2-8
§ 18-2-8. Certification of librarians
Status: in_force

The state librarian is hereby authorized to issue certificates to librarians. He shall have authority to prescribe and hold examinations, or require submission of credentials to establish the qualifications of those seeking certificates as librarians, and to issue certificates of librarianship to qualified persons, in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as he may provide.
N.M. Stat. § 34-8A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 8A / Section 34-8A-7
§ 34-8A-7. Metropolitan court; administration
Status: in_force

A. The metropolitan judges of a metropolitan court shall select and appoint a court administrator who shall supervise all matters relating to the administration of the metropolitan court. The court administrator shall, after his appointment, be directly responsible to and work at the direction of the presiding judge of the metropolitan court.

B. The metropolitan court administrator shall annually prepare and submit a proposed budget approved by the presiding judge of the metropolitan court to the administrative office of the courts. The metropolitan court shall make monthly written reports to the administrative office of the courts as is currently required of all magistrates and shall otherwise comply with the rules and statutes regarding administration except as provided by this act.

C. All money for the operation and maintenance of the metropolitan court shall be paid by the state treasurer upon warrants of the secretary of finance and administration, supported by vouchers of the presiding judge of the metropolitan court and in accordance with budgets approved by the administrative office of the courts and the state budget division of the department of finance and administration.
N.M. Stat. § 72-5-20 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5 / Section 72-5-20
§ 72-5-20. Headgates and measuring devices
Status: in_force

Every ditch owner shall, when requested to do so by the state engineer, construct and maintain a substantial headgate at the point where the water is diverted, and shall construct a measuring device, of a design approved by the state engineer, at the most practical point or points for measuring and apportioning the water as determined by the state engineer. The state engineer may order the construction of such device by the ditch owner and, if not completed within twenty days thereafter, refuse to deliver water to such owner. The taking of the water by such ditch owner, after refusal by the state engineer to deliver water to him until the construction of such device and the approval thereof by the state engineer, shall be a misdemeanor. Such devices shall be so arranged that they can be locked in place, and when locked by the state engineer or his authorized agent, for the measurement or apportionment of water, it shall be a misdemeanor for any unauthorized person to interfere with, disturb or change the same.
N.M. Stat. § 72-5-22 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5 / Section 72-5-22
§ 72-5-22. Transfer of water rights
Status: in_force

Any permit or license to appropriate water may be assigned, but no such assignment shall be binding, except upon the parties thereto, unless filed for record in the office of the state engineer. The evidence of the right to use water from any works constructed by the United States, or its duly authorized agencies, shall in like manner be filed in the office of the state engineer, upon assignment; provided, that no right to appropriate water, except water for storage reservoirs, for irrigation purposes shall be assigned, or the ownership thereof in anywise transformed, apart from the land to which it is appurtenant, except in the manner specially provided by law: provided, further, that the transfer of title of land in any manner whatsoever shall carry with it all rights to the use of water appurtenant thereto for irrigation purposes, unless previously alienated in the manner provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-3
§ 4-38-3. Residence in districts; period for districting; election at large
Status: in_force

A. A county having a population greater than thirteen thousand, according to the most recent federal decennial census, shall be divided by the board of county commissioners into as many compact single-member districts as there are board members to be elected. The districts shall be as equal in population as possible and numbered respectively to correspond to the number of board members. One commissioner shall be elected from each district by the voters of the district and shall be a resident of the district from which he is elected. If a commissioner permanently removes his residence from or maintains no residence in the district from which he was elected, he shall be deemed to have resigned. The division of the county into single-member districts shall be made once immediately following each federal decennial census.

B. An H class county or a county having a population of thirteen thousand or fewer according to the most recent federal decennial census, may be divided by the board of county commissioners into single-member districts. If the county is districted, the districts shall be as equal in population as possible and numbered respectively to correspond to the number of board members. A commissioner shall be a resident of the district from which he is elected. If a commissioner permanently removes his residence from or maintains no residence in the district from which he was elected, he shall be deemed to have resigned. The division of the county into single-member districts shall be made once immediately following each federal decennial census. The board of county commissioners in a county with only three board members may require either that:

(1) commissioners shall be elected from each district by the voters of the whole county; or

(2) each commissioner shall be elected by the voters of the district from which that commissioner is running for office.
N.M. Stat. § 7-37-6 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 37 / Section 7-37-6
§ 7-37-6. Rate of tax cumulative; determination; governmental units' entitlement to tax
Status: in_force

A. The rate of the tax is cumulative and shall be determined for application against any property in a tax year by adding all of the rates authorized by this article and set by the department of finance and administration for the use of the governmental units to which the net taxable value of the property is allocated.

B. Each governmental unit that is authorized a rate under this article is entitled to that portion of the tax collected by applying the governmental unit's rate set for the tax year to the net taxable value of property allocated to the governmental unit.

C. For the purposes of this section and Section 7-37-7 NMSA 1978 , the net taxable value of all property subject to the tax is considered allocated to the state when determining or applying tax rates authorized for the use of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 22-2C-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 2C / Section 22-2C-1
§ 22-2C-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 22, Article 2C NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Assessment and Accountability Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 72-18-65 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 18 / Section 72-18-65
§ 72-18-65. Funding
Status: in_force

For the purpose of funding any interim debentures, any bond or bonds pledged as collateral security to secure the payment of the interim debentures may be reissued without an election, and any bonds not previously issued but authorized to be issued at an election for a purpose the same as or encompassing the purpose for which the interim debentures were issued may be issued for such a funding. The bonds shall mature at such time or times as the board may determine, but in no event exceeding forty years from the date of either any of the interim debentures so funded or any of the bonds so pledged as collateral security, whichever date is earlier. Bonds for funding, including but not necessarily limited to any such reissued bonds, and bonds for any other purpose authorized by the Flood Control District Act may be issued separately or issued in combination in one series or more. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 63 and 64 of that act and in this section, any such funding bonds shall be issued as is provided for refunding bonds in Section 62 of that act and for securities in Sections 49 through 61 of that act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-7.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-7.1
§ 7-9-7.1. Department barred from taking collection actions with respect to certain tax liabilities
Status: in_force

The department shall take no action to enforce collection of gross receipts tax for a tax period prior to July 1, 2019 on persons engaging in business if that person:

A. lacked physical presence in the state; and

B. did not report taxable gross receipts prior to July 1, 2019.
N.M. Stat. § 57-5-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-5
§ 57-5-5. Division of products among exhibitors
Status: in_force

Producers and/or distributors, or any person or corporation selling, leasing or supplying in any way motion pictures to exhibitors in any competitive situation, shall allot, divide or distribute their product in proportion to the kind and number of theaters in that town or city; first run pictures among exhibitors operating first run theaters and second run pictures to exhibitors operating second run theaters. In all towns and cities, where a competitive situation exists, each competitive exhibitor shall have the right to purchase, rent or acquire his or their proportionate part of any announced group, series or annual product of any producer, distributor, or owner or lessee of motion pictures; that in the event two or more competitive exhibitors desire to rent, lease or acquire their proportionate share of the product of any producer or distributor, the division or allotment shall be made by permitting each competitive exhibitor to select a picture alternately from the product of the said distributor in proportion to the number of theaters owned by them. Should one exhibitor own or operate more than one theater in a competitive situation, the theater in which each picture or production is to be played or exhibited must be specified in separate applications for contracts for each theater at the time the apportionment or allotment of the picture or product is made, and the pictures must be exhibited or played in the theater so specified.

In the event an exhibitor in a competitive situation does not elect to purchase or contract for his proportionate part of the product of a producer or distributor, the producer and/or distributor shall procure from the exhibitor a written waiver of his or their right to purchase or rent his or their proportionate share of said product, and said proportionate share shall be allotted or divided among the remaining competitive exhibitors in the competitive situation. All waivers must be filed with the corporation commission [public regulation commission]. Provided, however, that if one or more of the competitive exhibitors refuse to rent or purchase his or their proportionate share of the product at a fair and reasonable rental price, and refuse to sign a waiver for his or their proportionate part of such product, then, and in that event, the distributor and/or other competitive exhibitor may appeal to the corporation commission [public regulation commission] for permission to allot or acquire the proportionate part, or parts, of the product in question to the other or appealing competitive exhibitor or exhibitors. All such appeals shall be determined by the corporation commission [public regulation commission], with right of appeal to the district court.

Any exhibitor, producer and/or distributor violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section twelve of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 52-8-10 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 8 / Section 52-8-10
§ 52-8-10. Withdrawal of certification; grounds
Status: in_force

A. If certification of a self-insurer is withdrawn by the director, the private employer shall not be considered a self-insurer during any appeal of that determination. The private employer shall therefore obtain any necessary coverage from other sources pending resolution of the appeal.

B. Certification of a self-insurer may be withdrawn by the director in accordance with regulations he adopts. The regulations shall consider the following as grounds for termination:

(1) the employer no longer meets the requirements, financial or otherwise, of being a qualified self-insurer;

(2) the self-insurer engages in or induces workers to engage in fraudulent practices;

(3) the self-insurer fails to comply with rules and regulations of the director; or

(4) the self-insurer fails to maintain a sufficient fund balance, in which event certification shall be withdrawn effective the date that the fund balance is insufficient.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-816 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-816
§ 66-3-816. Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side-marker lamps
Status: in_force

A. Reflectors required by Sections 66-3-809 and 66-3-810 NMSA 1978 shall be mounted upon the motor vehicle at a height of not less than twenty-four inches nor more than sixty inches above the ground on which the motor vehicle stands, except that reflectors shall be mounted as high as practicable on motor vehicles which are so constructed as to make compliance with the twenty-four-inch requirements impractical. They shall be so installed as to perform their function adequately and reliably and, except for temporary reflectors required for vehicles in driveaway-towaway operations, all reflectors shall be permanently and securely mounted in workmanlike manner so as to provide the maximum of stability, and the minimum likelihood of damage. Required reflectors otherwise properly mounted may be securely installed on flexible strapping or belting provided that under conditions of normal operation they reflect light in the required directions. Required temporary reflectors mounted on motor vehicles during the time they are in transit in any driveaway-towaway operation must be firmly attached.

B. All reflectors on the rear and those nearest to the rear on the sides, except those referred to in Subsection C of this section, shall reflect a red color; all other reflectors, except those referred to in Subsection C of this section, shall reflect an amber color; provided that this requirement shall not be construed to prohibit the use of motor vehicles in combination if such motor vehicles are severally equipped with reflectors as required by Sections 66-3-809 through 66-3-815 NMSA 1978 .

C. Retroreflective surfaces, other than required reflectors, may be used, provided:

(1) designs do not resemble traffic control signs, lights or devices, except that straight edge stripping resembling a barricade pattern may be used;

(2) designs do not tend to distort the length or width of the motor vehicle;

(3) such surfaces shall be at least three inches from any required lamp or reflector unless of the same color as such lamp or reflector;

(4) no red color shall be used on the front of any motor vehicle; and

(5) no provision of this subsection shall be so construed as to prohibit the use of retroreflective registration plates required by any state or local authorities.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-43.5 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-43.5
§ 10-11-43.5. State legislator member coverage plan 2; state contribution rate
Status: in_force

The state shall contribute amounts sufficient to finance the membership of members under state legislator member coverage plan 2 on an actuarial reserve basis.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-12.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-12.3
§ 7-27-12.3. Administration of certain bond proceeds appropriated to the public school capital outlay fund
Status: in_force

Proceeds of severance tax bonds and supplemental severance tax bonds previously or hereafter issued by the state board of finance that are appropriated to the public school capital outlay fund for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Public School Capital Outlay Act shall, except to the extent that the proceeds are derived from any bonds the interest on which is excluded from federal income tax, be transferred by the state board of finance immediately upon receipt to the public school capital outlay fund. All money so transferred shall be administered for disbursement purposes by the public school capital outlay council consistent with the requirements of the Public School Capital Outlay Act.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 18-6-19
§ 18-6-19. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Historic Preservation Loan Act is to provide owners of registered cultural properties in New Mexico with low-cost financial assistance in the restoration, rehabilitation and repair of properties listed in the state register of cultural properties or national register of historic places, which are a part of the state's heritage and which contribute substantially to the state's economic well being and to a sound and proper balance between preservation and development, through the creation of a self-sustaining revolving loan program to rehabilitate, repair and restore historic properties.
N.M. Stat. § 9-24-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 24 / Section 9-24-13
§ 9-24-13. Public education department
Status: in_force

The public education department shall appoint the secretary of public education or the secretary's designee to serve as a member of the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative and shall ensure that any behavioral health services, including mental health and substance abuse services funded, provided, contracted for or approved, are in compliance with the requirements of Section 9-7-6.4 NMSA 1978 .