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N.M. Stat. § 3-15-5 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 3-15-5
§ 3-15-5. Charter commission; appointment; number; qualifications; duties
Status: in_force

Within five days after the filing of the petition, the presiding officer of the governing body shall appoint a charter commission or the governing body of a municipality may appoint a charter commission upon its own initiative at any time. The charter commission shall consist of not less than seven members, no more than a simple majority shall belong to the same political party. The charter commission shall prepare a charter providing for the government of the municipality and shall complete the proposed charter and file it with the clerk of the municipality within one hundred eighty days from the date of its appointment. The commission shall select its own chairman.
N.M. Stat. § 7-42-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 42 / Section 7-42-1
§ 7-42-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 43 through 47 of this act may be cited as the “Cannabis Tax Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 4-59-9 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 59 / Section 4-59-9
§ 4-59-9. Use of proceeds from sale of bonds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of the County Industrial Revenue Bond Act shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued; any accrued interest and premiums received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds sold. If for any reason any portion of such proceeds shall not be needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, then such balance of such proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds. Any portion of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds or any accrued interest and premium received in any such sale, may, in the event the money will not be needed or cannot be effectively used to the advantage of the county for the purposes herein provided, be invested in short-term, interest-bearing securities if such investment will not interfere with the use of such funds for the primary purpose as herein provided. The cost of acquiring any project shall include the following:

A. the actual cost of the construction of any part of a project which may be constructed, including architects', attorneys' and engineers' fees;

B. the purchase price of any part of a project that may be acquired by purchase;

C. the actual cost of the extension of any utility to the project site, all expenses in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds to finance such acquisition; and

D. the interest on such bonds for a reasonable time prior to construction, during construction and not exceeding six months after completion of construction.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-2-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 32A / Article 2 / Section 32A-2-1
§ 32A-2-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 32A, Article 2 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Delinquency Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1B-3 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1B / Section 7-1B-3
§ 7-1B-3. Chief hearing officer; appointment
Status: in_force

The head of the administrative hearings office is the “chief hearing officer”, who shall be appointed for a term of six years, except that the initial term shall begin on July 1, 2015 and shall end on December 31, 2015. The chief hearing officer may be reappointed to successive terms. An appointed chief hearing officer shall serve and have all the duties, responsibilities and authority of that office during the period of time prior to appointment of a new chief hearing officer. The initial chief hearing officer shall be the person who is the chief of the administrative hearings office of the taxation and revenue department on July 1, 2015. The chief hearing officer shall be removed only for malfeasance, misfeasance or abuse of office.
N.M. Stat. § 58-18B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 18B / Section 58-18B-2
§ 58-18B-2. Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that:

A. current economic conditions, federal housing policies and declining resources at the federal, state and local levels affect adversely the ability of low-income persons to obtain safe, decent and affordable housing;

B. it is in the public interest to establish a continuously renewable resource to be known as the New Mexico low-income housing trust program to assist low-income citizens in meeting their basic housing needs; and

C. the program described in Subsection B of this section should, whenever feasible, be implemented through assistance in the form of loans or grants.
N.M. Stat. § 61-4-3 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 4 / Section 61-4-3
§ 61-4-3. Board created; appointment; officers; duties; compensation
Status: in_force

A. The “chiropractic board” is created and is administratively attached to the regulation and licensing department. The board shall consist of six persons, four of whom have been continuously engaged in the practice of chiropractic in New Mexico for five years immediately prior to their appointment. Two persons shall represent the public and shall not have practiced chiropractic in this state or any other jurisdiction. A person shall not be appointed to the board who is an officer or employee of or who is financially interested in any school or college of chiropractic, medicine, surgery or osteopathy.

B. Members of the board shall be appointed by the governor for staggered terms of five years or less and in a manner that the term of one board member expires on July 1 of each year. A list of five names for each professional member vacancy shall be submitted by the New Mexico chiropractic association to the governor for consideration in the appointment of board members. A vacancy shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. Board members shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified.

C. The board shall annually elect a chair and a secretary-treasurer. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. The board shall meet quarterly. Special meetings may be called by the chair and shall be called upon the written request of two members of the board. Notification of special meetings shall be made by certified mail unless such notice is waived by the entire board and the action noted in the minutes. Notice of all regular meetings shall be made by regular mail at least ten days prior to the meeting, and copies of the minutes of all meetings shall be mailed to each board member within thirty days after a meeting.

D. A board member failing to attend three consecutive meetings, either regular or special, shall automatically be removed as a member of the board.

E. The board shall adopt a seal.

F. The board shall promulgate and file, in accordance with the State Rules Act, all rules necessary for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act, including educational requirements for a chiropractic assistant.

G. The board, for the purpose of protecting the health and well-being of the citizens of this state and maintaining and continuing informed professional knowledge and awareness, shall establish by rule mandatory continuing education requirements for chiropractic physicians and certified advanced practice chiropractic physicians licensed in this state.

H. Failure to comply with the rules adopted by the board shall be grounds for investigation, which may lead to revocation of license.

I. Members of the board shall be reimbursed as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act, but shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance for each day necessarily spent in the discharge of their duties.
N.M. Stat. § 61-6-11 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 6 / Section 61-6-11
§ 61-6-11. Physician licensure
Status: in_force

A. The board may consider for licensure a person who is of good moral character, is a graduate of an accredited United States or Canadian medical or osteopathic medical school, has passed an examination approved by the board and has completed two years of an approved postgraduate training program for physicians.

B. An applicant who has not completed two years of an approved postgraduate training program for physicians, but who otherwise meets all other licensing requirements, may present evidence to the board of the applicant's other professional experience for consideration by the board in lieu of the approved postgraduate training program. The board shall, in its sole discretion, determine if the professional experience is substantially equivalent to the required approved postgraduate training program for physicians.

C. A graduate of a board-approved medical or osteopathic medical school located outside the United States or Canada may be granted a license to practice medicine in New Mexico, provided the applicant presents evidence to the board that the applicant is a person of good moral character and provided that the applicant presents satisfactory evidence to the board that the applicant has successfully passed an examination as required by the board and has successfully completed two years of postgraduate medical training in an approved postgraduate training program for physicians. A graduate of a medical school located outside the United States who successfully completes at least two years of an approved postgraduate training program for physicians at or affiliated with an institution located in New Mexico prior to December 30, 2007 and who meets the other requirements of this section may also be granted a license to practice medicine.

D. All applicants for licensure may be required to appear personally before the board or a designated agent for an interview.

E. An applicant for licensure by examination shall not be granted a license if the applicant has taken the examination in two or more steps and has failed to successfully pass the final step within seven years of the date that the first step was passed. An applicant for licensure who holds a medical or osteopathic doctor degree and a doctoral degree in a medically related field must successfully complete the entire examination series within ten years from the date the first step of the examination is passed. The board may, by rule, establish exceptions to the time requirements of this subsection.

F. Every applicant for licensure under this section shall pay the fees required by Section 61-6-19 NMSA 1978 .

G. The board may require fingerprints and other information necessary for a state and national criminal background check.
N.M. Stat. § 61-37-8 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 37 / Section 61-37-8
§ 61-37-8. License application information changes
Status: in_force

If the information submitted in an application pursuant to the Tobacco Products Act for a license or for a license renewal changes, the licensee shall notify the division within ten business days of the change. If a change in the information required for an application results in a violation of the Tobacco Products Act, the director may impose an administrative penalty as provided in that act.
N.M. Stat. § 72-6-4 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 6 / Section 72-6-4
§ 72-6-4. Lessee's application
Status: in_force

Prior to his use of such water, the lessee shall apply to the state engineer requesting approval for the use and location of use to which such water will be put. The engineer shall prescribe the form of such application and may require any information pertinent to the matter.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-12
§ 4-55A-12. Improvement district; preliminary hearing; protest; action of the board; action in district court
Status: in_force

A. At the preliminary hearing of the board on the question of creating an improvement district as authorized in Section 4-55A-10 NMSA 1978 , any owner of a tract or parcel of land to be assessed or upon which it is proposed to impose an improvement district property tax may contest:

(1) the proposed assessment or tax;

(2) the regularity of the proceedings relating to the improvement;

(3) the benefits of the improvement; or

(4) any other matter relating to the improvement district.

B. The board shall not assess the tract or parcel of land an amount greater than the actual benefit to the tract or parcel of land by reason of the enhanced value of the tract or parcel of land as a result of the improvement as ascertained at the hearing. The board may allow a fair price, based on its current value, as a setoff against any assessment against a tract or parcel of land if the owner has improved the tract or parcel of land in such a manner that the improvement may be made part of the proposed improvement.

C. At the hearing, the board may:

(1) correct any mistake or irregularity in any proceeding relating to the improvement;

(2) correct an assessment to be made against or an improvement district property tax to be imposed upon any tract or parcel of land;

(3) in case of any invalidity, reassess the cost of the improvement against a benefiting tract or parcel of land; or

(4) recess the hearing from time to time.

D. Within thirty days after the hearing, any owner of a tract or parcel of land to be assessed or upon which it is proposed to impose an improvement district property tax, whether he appeared at the hearing or not, may commence an action in district court seeking an account of any error or invalidity of the proceedings relating to the improvement district to set aside or correct the assessment or any proceedings relating to the improvement district. Thereafter, any owner or his heirs, assigns, successors or personal representatives are perpetually barred from any action or any defense of error or invalidity in the proceedings or assessments. Where no owner of a tract or parcel to be assessed has presented a protest during the hearing and all owners of the property to be assessed, upon conclusion of the hearing, submit written statements in favor of the creation of the improvement district for the types and character of improvements indicated in the petition, such owners shall be deemed to have waived their right to bring any action in district court seeking an account of any error or invalidity of the proceedings relating to the improvement district or to set aside or correct the assessment or any proceedings relating to the improvement district.
N.M. Stat. § 73-2-18 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 2 / Section 73-2-18
§ 73-2-18. Pay of mayordomo
Status: in_force

The pay and other perquisites of the mayordomos shall be determined by a majority of the owners of the land irrigated by said ditch or acequia.
N.M. Stat. § 4-44-33 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 44 / Section 4-44-33
§ 4-44-33. Stationery, postage and office supplies
Status: in_force

The boards of county commissioners shall purchase and provide county officers with all necessary stationery, postage and office supplies, the actual cost thereof to be paid out of the county general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-49 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-49
§ 22-11-49. Alternative retirement plan; contributions
Status: in_force

A. A participant shall contribute an amount equal to the percentage of the participant's salary that the participant would be required to contribute if the participant were, instead, a regular member. The contribution shall be made as provided by the board.

B. A qualifying state educational institution shall contribute on behalf of each participant an amount of the participant's salary equal to the contribution that would be required of the employer if the participant were, instead, a regular member. Of that contribution, a sum equal to the following percentage of the annual salary of each participant shall be paid to the fund, and the remainder of the contribution shall be paid to the alternative retirement plan as provided by the board:

(1) from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, four and one-fourth percent;

(2) from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, six and one-fourth percent; and

(3) on and after July 1, 2023, seven and one-fourth percent; or

(4) if, on July 1 following any report by the actuary to the board that concludes that less than that percentage is required to satisfy the unfunded actuarial liability attributable to the participation of the participants in the alternative retirement plan, then the percentage the actuary determines is the minimum required to satisfy that liability.

C. Contributions required by this section may be made by a reduction in salary or by a public employer pick-up as provided in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-16 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-16
§ 21-1-16. Public inspection of board records
Status: in_force

The records of the said boards shall be open at all reasonable times for the inspection of any citizen.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-83 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-83
§ 72-20-83. Limitations upon issuance
Status: in_force

No bonds may be refunded under the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act unless the holders of the bonds voluntarily surrender them for exchange or payment or unless they either mature or are callable for prior redemption under their terms within ten years from the date of issuance of the refunding bonds. Provision shall be made for paying the bonds within that period of time. No maturity of any bonds refunded may be extended over fifteen years nor may any interest on the bonds be increased to any coupon rate exceeding the maximum net effective interest rate permitted by the Public Securities Act. The principal amount of the refunding bonds may exceed the principal amount of the refunded bonds if the aggregate principal and interest costs of the refunding bonds do not exceed such unaccrued costs of the bonds refunded. The principal amount of the refunding bonds may also be less than or the same as the principal amount of the bonds refunded so long as provision is duly and sufficiently made for their payment.
N.M. Stat. § 14-14A-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 14A / Section 14-14A-12
§ 14-14A-12. Notarial act under federal authority
Status: in_force

A. A notarial act performed under federal law has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state if the act performed under federal law is performed by:

(1) a judge;

(2) a court clerk or deputy court clerk;

(3) an individual in military service or performing duties under the authority of military service who is authorized to perform notarial acts under federal law;

(4) an individual designated a notarizing officer by the United States department of state for performing notarial acts overseas; or

(5) any other individual authorized by federal law to perform a specified notarial act.

B. The signature and title of an individual acting under federal authority and performing a notarial act are prima facie evidence that the signature is genuine and that the individual holds the designated title.

C. The signature and title of an officer described in Subsection A of this section conclusively establish the authority of the officer to perform the notarial act. An official stamp is required unless a law specifies that an official stamp is not required by that federal notarial officer or for that notarial act.
N.M. Stat. § 9-5A-6.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 5A / Section 9-5A-6.1
§ 9-5A-6.1. State parks division designation
Status: in_force

As used in the NMSA 1978, “state park and recreation division” means the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department.
N.M. Stat. § 7-36-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 36 / Section 7-36-3
§ 7-36-3. Industrial revenue bond, pollution control bond, economic development bond and regional air center special economic district bond project property; health-related equipment; tax status
Status: in_force

A. Property interests of a lessee in project property held under a lease from a county or a municipality under authority of an industrial revenue bond or pollution control revenue bond act, the Statewide Economic Development Finance Act 1 or the Regional Air Center Special Economic District Act are exempt from property taxation for as long as there is an outstanding bonded indebtedness under the terms of the revenue bonds issued for the acquisition of the project property, but in no event for a period of more than thirty years from the date of execution of the first lease of the project to the lessee by the county or municipality.

B. Property interests of a person, other than a public utility, arising out of the purchase of a project authorized by the Industrial Revenue Bond Act, 2 the County Industrial Revenue Bond Act, 3 the Pollution Control Revenue Bond Act, 4 the Statewide Economic Development Finance Act or the Regional Air Center Special Economic District Act are exempt from property taxation for as long as the project purchaser remains liable to the project seller for any part of the purchase price, but not to exceed thirty years from the date of execution of the sale agreement.

C. Property interests of a participating health facility in health-related equipment purchased, acquired, leased, financed or refinanced with the proceeds of bonds issued under the Hospital Equipment Loan Act are exempt from property taxation for as long as the participating health facility remains liable for any amount under any lease, loan or other agreement securing the bonds, but not to exceed thirty years from the date the bonds were issued for the health-related equipment.

D. The exemptions from property taxation under this section are not cumulative; provided, however, that the exemptions may be applied consecutively if subsequent exemptions relate to the financing of a new project or new health-related equipment.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15 / Section 6-15-9
§ 6-15-9. Bonds authorized at election; time limit on issuance; exceptions
Status: in_force

Bonds shall not be issued or sold by a school district, county or municipality after the expiration of four years from the date of the election authorizing the issue, except for the purpose of refunding previous bond issues or in payment of judgments. The bonds may be sold to the United States or to the state in any case in which the state or the United States has made an offer to purchase the bonds and the offer was accepted prior to the expiration of the four-year period. Any period of time when the validity of bonds or the election therefor is in litigation shall be excluded from the four-year period.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-35 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-35
§ 7-38-35. Preparation of property tax schedule by assessor
Status: in_force

A. After receipt of the rate-setting order and the order imposing the tax, but no later than October 1 of each tax year, the county assessor shall prepare a property tax schedule for all property subject to property taxation in the county. This schedule shall be in a form that shall be made available electronically and contain the information required by regulations of the department and shall contain at least the following information:

(1) the description of the property taxed and, if the property is personal property, its location;

(2) the property owner's name and address and the name and address of any person other than the owner to whom the tax bill is to be sent;

(3) the classification of the property;

(4) the value of the property determined for property taxation purposes;

(5) the tax ratio;

(6) the taxable value of the property;

(7) the amount of any exemption allowed and a statement of the net taxable value of the property after deducting the exemption;

(8) the allocations of net taxable value to the governmental units;

(9) the tax rate in dollars per thousand of net taxable value for all taxes imposed on the property;

(10) the amount of taxes due on the described property; and

(11) the amount of any penalties and interest already imposed and due on the described property.

B. The property tax schedule is a public record and a part of the valuation records.