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N.M. Stat. § 65-1-36.1 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 65-1-36.1
§ 65-1-36.1. Civil penalty for bad checks
Status: in_force

If any payment required pursuant to the Motor Transportation Act is attempted to be made by check that is not paid upon presentment, such dishonor is presumptive of negligence. The penalty for such dishonor shall be not less than ten dollars ($10.00). This penalty is in addition to any other penalty imposed under any other law.
N.M. Stat. § 52-1-26.3 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 1 / Section 52-1-26.3
§ 52-1-26.3. Partial disability determination; education modification
Status: in_force

A. The range of the education modification is one to eight. The modification shall be based upon the worker's formal education, skills and training at the time of the disability rating.

B. A worker shall be awarded points based on the formal education that the worker has received. A worker who:

(1) has completed no higher than the fifth grade shall be awarded three points;

(2) has completed the sixth grade but has completed no higher than the eleventh grade shall be awarded two points;

(3) has completed the twelfth grade or has obtained a high school equivalency credential but has not completed a college degree shall be awarded one point; and

(4) has completed a college degree or more shall receive zero points.

C. A worker shall be awarded points based upon the worker's skills. Skills shall be measured by reviewing the jobs that the worker has successfully performed during the ten years preceding the date of disability determination. For the purposes of this section, “ successfully performed ” means having remained on the job the length of time necessary to meet the specific vocational preparation (SVP) time requirement for that job as established in the dictionary of occupational titles published by the United States department of labor. The appropriate award of points shall be based upon the highest SVP level demonstrated by the worker in the performance of the jobs that the worker has successfully performed in the ten-year period preceding the date of disability determination, as follows:

(1) a worker with an SVP of one to two shall be awarded four points;

(2) a worker with an SVP of three to four shall be awarded three points;

(3) a worker with an SVP of five to six shall be awarded two points; and

(4) a worker with an SVP of seven to nine shall be awarded one point.

D. A worker shall be awarded points based upon the training that the worker has received. A worker who cannot competently perform a specific vocational pursuit shall be awarded one point. A worker who can perform a specific vocational pursuit shall not receive any points.

E. The sum of the points awarded the worker in Subsections B, C and D of this section shall constitute the education modification.
N.M. Stat. § 3-10-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 10 / Section 3-10-2
§ 3-10-2. Officers; oath and bond; failure to qualify
Status: in_force

A. Any officer elected or appointed to any municipal office shall take an oath or affirmation to support the constitution of the United States, the constitution and laws of New Mexico and to faithfully perform the duties of his office.

B. For the care and disposition of municipal funds in the employee's custody and for the faithful discharge of the employee's duties, the governing body of the municipality shall require a corporate surety bond from the treasurer, the police officer and any other employee it designates. In lieu of individual corporate surety bonds, the governing body may secure a blanket corporate surety bond. The municipality shall pay for the surety bond.

C. The governing body of any municipality may declare vacated the office of any person who fails, within ten days after he has been notified of his election or appointment to office, to take the oath of office, or to give bond when required.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-75 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-75
§ 67-3-75. Transportation bonds eligible for investment
Status: in_force

Transportation bonds issued by the state transportation commission are securities in which public officers and public bodies of this state and its political subdivisions and insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are securities that may properly and legally be deposited with and be received by a state or political subdivision officer for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is authorized by law. Bonds shall not be eligible for investment or deposit by or with the state or its political subdivisions unless they have been rated AA or higher by an independent nationally recognized bond rating service based solely on the security of the bonds as an investment without resort to a collateral guarantee.
N.M. Stat. § 66-8-102.5 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 8 / Section 66-8-102.5
§ 66-8-102.5. Driving while intoxicated with a minor in the vehicle; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Driving while intoxicated with a minor in the vehicle consists of a person committing a violation of Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 when a minor is in the vehicle and when the minor does not suffer great bodily harm or death. Whoever commits driving while intoxicated with a minor in the vehicle is guilty of a misdemeanor.

B. A charge for a violation of Subsection A of this section shall be in addition to a charge for the violation of Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 and shall be punished as a separate offense.

C. As used in this section, “ minor ” means an individual who is younger than thirteen years of age.
N.M. Stat. § 39-3-19 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 3 / Section 39-3-19
§ 39-3-19. Death of party before review
Status: in_force

If a judgment is rendered against several persons and one or more of them dies, a writ of error or appeal may be brought by any survivors or by the successors in interest of the decedent.
N.M. Stat. § 73-20-4 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 20 / Section 73-20-4
§ 73-20-4. Watershed districts; formation
Status: in_force

Watershed districts may be formed as subdistricts of soil and water conservation districts in a watershed area, as provided in the Watershed District Act, for the purpose of developing and executing plans and programs relating to any phase of conservation of water, or of water usage, including water-based recreation, flood prevention, flood control, erosion prevention and control of erosion, and floodwater and sediment damages.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2H-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2H / Section 7-2H-4
§ 7-2H-4. Duties of the secretary
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of veterans' services shall conduct a study in cooperation with the taxation and revenue department to determine whether Native American veterans who were domiciled within the boundaries of their tribal lands or their spouse's tribal lands during the period of their active military duty had state personal income taxes withheld from their military income and if so, to determine the amount of such state personal income taxes withheld and the number and identity of Native American veterans or their survivors affected by the withholding of such state personal income taxes.

B. The secretary of taxation and revenue and the secretary of veterans' services shall promulgate rules for a state program to compensate Native American veterans or their survivors for state personal income taxes withheld from military income while on active military duty and domiciled within the boundaries of the veteran's or the veteran's spouse's tribal lands.

C. The secretary of taxation and revenue shall report to the appropriate interim legislative committee no later than October 1 of each year regarding estimates of the amount of state personal income taxes withheld from the military income of Native American veterans domiciled on their respective tribal lands, the number of Native American veterans or their survivors affected by such withholding of state personal income taxes, total expenditures from the fund for the previous fiscal year and the anticipated appropriations to the fund needed to pay for settlements to be entered into for the next fiscal year.
N.M. Stat. § 9-23-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 23 / Section 9-23-10
§ 9-23-10. Office of Indian elder affairs created
Status: in_force

The “office of Indian elder affairs” is created within the office of the secretary. The office of Indian elder affairs shall assume the responsibilities of the Indian area agency on aging, including contract management, program compliance monitoring, technical assistance, advocacy and training to pueblo and Apache tribe Older Americans Act of 1965 programs, and to establish relationships that support the efforts of the Navajo area agency on aging, and shall participate with the other divisions of the department to review and make recommendations regarding other health and social programs of the department that serve Indian elders. Abolishment or transfer of the office of Indian elder affairs out of the department shall require approval of the legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 17-4-31 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 17-4-31
§ 17-4-31. Federal funds; disbursement
Status: in_force

The state game commission is authorized to receive any moneys to which the state of New Mexico may become entitled under the aforesaid act of congress, such moneys, when received, to be deposited with the treasurer of the state of New Mexico to the credit of the state game protection fund, expended for the purpose designated and withdrawn as other moneys are withdrawn from the state game protection fund.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-14 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-14
§ 9-15-14. Administrative services division; duties
Status: in_force

A. The administrative services division of the department shall provide administrative services to the department, including:

(1) keeping all official records of the department;

(2) providing personnel administration, financial management, procurement and budget preparation services; and

(3) providing clerical, record-keeping and administrative support to agencies administratively attached to the department.

B. The division shall, in addition to its other duties, administer programs and grants that have been assigned generally to the department by the governor or the commission or by statute.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-62 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-62
§ 6-10-62. Destruction of documentary evidence of extinguished debt; certificates of destruction; retention
Status: in_force

A. When a debt in the form of a bond, note, certificate of indebtedness or interest coupon, incurred by the state, a state agency or institution, or by a political subdivision of the state (hereinafter called the “debtor agency”), has been extinguished by the full payment thereof, the documentary evidence of the debt may be destroyed. When the payment has been made by a bank, savings and loan association or other third-party paying agent, the bank, savings and loan association or other third-party paying agent shall forward to the governing authority of the debtor agency a certificate of destruction on which shall be specified:

(1) the number and maturity date of the bond, note, certificate or coupon;

(2) the date paid; and

(3) any other information required by the debtor agency. The debtor agency shall retain all such certificates of destruction for six years.

B. If the debtor agency is the paying agent, the bond, note, certificate of indebtedness or interest coupon shall be retained for a period of two years following payment, at which time the documentary evidence of the debt may be destroyed and a certificate of destruction prepared containing the same information as that required in Subsection A of this section. The certificate of destruction shall be retained by the debtor agency for six years.
N.M. Stat. § 57-13-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 13 / Section 57-13-5
§ 57-13-5. Settlements
Status: in_force

A. In lieu of beginning or continuing an action pursuant to the Pyramid Promotional Schemes Act, the attorney general may accept a written assurance of discontinuance of any practice in violation of that act from the person who has engaged in the unlawful practice. The attorney general may require an agreement by the person engaged in the unlawful practice that by a date set by the attorney general and stated in the assurance, he will make restitution to all persons of money, property or other things received from them in any transaction related to the unlawful practice. All settlements are a matter of public record.

B. A person need not accept restitution pursuant to an assurance. His acceptance of restitution bars recovery of any damages in any action by him or on his behalf against the same defendant on account of the same unlawful practice.

C. A violation of an assurance entered into pursuant to this section is a violation of the Pyramid Promotional Schemes Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-52-14 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 52 / Section 3-52-14
§ 3-52-14. Declaration of legislative intent
Status: in_force

The legislature in recognition of the provisions of Public Law 88-365 , 88th Congress, 1964, and realizing the importance of modern, efficient, economical transportation facilities in a municipality as an assurance of the convenience to the citizenry and the promotion of economic progress and development, desires to bring existing New Mexico laws in accord with the provisions of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 1 and to enable a municipality to qualify for a grant under such law through recognition of, and collective bargaining with, an appropriate union as required under the labor standards provision in Section 10, Paragraph (c) of the above federal law.
N.M. Stat. § 76-6B-12 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 6B / Section 76-6B-12
§ 76-6B-12. Disposition of assessment proceeds
Status: in_force

Money collected by a local pink bollworm control committee is not state funds and is not required to be deposited in the state treasury. A local committee shall deposit all money collected in a state chartered bank or other insured depository. Funds collected by local committees shall be held separate from each other. Money remaining after the abolishment of a pink bollworm control district shall be distributed to cotton producers in proportion to the percentage they contributed during the life of the pink bollworm control district.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2C-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2C / Section 26-2C-8
§ 26-2C-8. Licensees; disciplinary actions; sanctions; civil penalty
Status: in_force

A. A violation of the provisions of the Cannabis Regulation Act by a licensee is grounds for disciplinary action.

B. The division may:

(1) impose an intermediate sanction established by rule;

(2) impose a directed plan of correction;

(3) assess a civil monetary penalty established by rule; provided that a civil monetary penalty shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation; and provided further that penalties and interest recovered pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation Act on behalf of the state shall be remitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the current school fund; or

(4) suspend or revoke the license.

C. The division shall promulgate rules specifying the criteria for imposition of sanctions and civil monetary penalties.

D. The provisions of this section do not apply to occupational health and safety rules promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of the Cannabis Regulation Act.

E. A person aggrieved by an action taken by the division pursuant to this section may request and receive a hearing with the superintendent for the purpose of reviewing the action in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-15 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-15
§ 6-21-15. Refunding bonds
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized to issue its bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premiums thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of the outstanding bonds. Until the proceeds of the bonds issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds are applied to the purchase or retirement of the outstanding bonds or the redemption of the outstanding bonds, the proceeds may be placed in escrow and be invested and reinvested. The interest, income and profits, if any, earned or realized on any such investment may, in the discretion of the authority, also be applied to the payment of the outstanding bonds to be refunded by purchase, retirement or redemption, as the case may be. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of such proceeds and interest, if any, earned or realized on the investments thereof may be returned to the authority for use by it in any lawful manner. All such bonds shall be issued and secured and shall be subject to the provisions of the New Mexico Finance Authority Act in the same manner and to the same extent as any other bonds issued pursuant to the New Mexico Finance Authority Act.
N.M. Stat. § 1-11-14 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 11 / Section 1-11-14
§ 1-11-14. Tally sheets and statements of canvass; preparation
Status: in_force

Prior to election day, the secretary of state shall cause to be printed in the tally sheets and statements of canvass, in the proper places and under the proper designations, the names of all candidates appearing on the official ballot. The secretary shall approve a county's use of computer-based tally sheets upon recommendation of the voting system certification committee if the county submits the software program to be used for tallying to the secretary of state at least ninety days prior to the election and the voting system certification committee determines that the program is acceptable for the proposed use.
N.M. Stat. § 5-9-6 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 5-9-6
§ 5-9-6. Enterprise zone plan; incentives and initiatives
Status: in_force

A. The enterprise zone plan shall include:

(1) a map of the enterprise zone;

(2) a narrative describing how the enterprise zone will eliminate economic distress in the enterprise zone;

(3) a description of local incentives and initiatives to be implemented in the enterprise zone;

(4) the concurrences of any other local government or nongovernmental entity involved in providing local incentives and initiatives;

(5) the termination date for the enterprise zone;

(6) a listing of properties within the enterprise zone to which the tax increment procedures authorized by the Enterprise Zone Act are to be applied;

(7) a boundary description of the enterprise zone;

(8) a list of street addresses contained in the enterprise zone; and

(9) any other information the local government requires by ordinance to be included in the plan.

B. The local incentives and initiatives to be implemented may use local funds and, to the extent permitted by law, funds from federal or state programs and may include:

(1) a reduction of taxes or fees applying within the enterprise zone when the reduction is permitted by law;

(2) programs to increase the level of efficiency of local services provided within the enterprise zone;

(3) preferences to be granted to businesses operating within the enterprise zone;

(4) mechanisms to increase the equity ownership of residents and employees of businesses operating within the enterprise zone; and

(5) methods to involve private entities, organizations, neighborhood associations and community groups in the enterprise zone.

C. At any time after an enterprise zone is designated, the local government may change the enterprise zone plan after public hearing on the proposed changes.
N.M. Stat. § 29-8-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-3
§ 29-8-3. Mutual aid agreements
Status: in_force

Any state, county or municipal agency having and maintaining peace officers may enter into mutual aid agreements with any public agency as defined in the Mutual Aid Act, with respect to law enforcement, provided any such agreement shall be approved by the agency involved and the governor.
N.M. Stat. § 3-18-27 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 3-18-27
§ 3-18-27. Trees and shrubs
Status: in_force

A municipality may, by ordinance, regulate the planting, transplanting, growing, trimming, pruning, preservation and protection of trees, shrubs and vines or create a commission for the purpose of such regulation.
N.M. Stat. § 3-65-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 65 / Section 3-65-9
§ 3-65-9. Cumulative and complete authority
Status: in_force

The Minor League Baseball Stadium Funding Act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for obtaining funding for a minor league baseball stadium, establishing the stadium surcharge and completing the acts authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws of the state, without reference to such other laws of the state, and shall constitute full authority for the exercise of powers granted herein, including but not limited to the pledging of stadium surcharge receipts and gross receipts tax revenues by the governing body to make loan payments to the authority.
N.M. Stat. § 23-1-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-3
§ 23-1-3. Boards to disburse funds; reports
Status: in_force

The board of regents or other boards of control of said institutions are hereby authorized to expend said moneys as herein provided for said purposes and said boards shall make a full and complete report of the expenditures which they may make under the provisions of this act, giving amount and purpose for which expended, to the governor of the state of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-29 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-29
§ 17-3-29. Permit to take game, birds or fish as specimens or for scientific or propagating purposes; eligibility; issuance; contents; nonassignable; sale for food purposes prohibited
Status: in_force

The state director may issue permits to any person to take, capture, kill, transport within or out of the state any game, birds or fish mentioned in this chapter at any time when satisfied that such person desires the same exclusively as specimens or for scientific or propagating purposes. Such permit shall be in writing and shall state the kind and number to be taken and the manner of taking, the name of the person to whom issued, the name of the place to which the same is to be transported and the name of the persons shipping such game, birds or fish, and shall be signed by him. Such permit shall not be transferable nor shall it be lawful to sell or barter any of the animals, birds or fish taken or exported under such permit for food purposes, and the holder of such permit shall be liable to the penalties provided in this chapter if he violates any of its provisions.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-17 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-17
§ 19-7-17. Appeal
Status: in_force

A person in interest aggrieved by the decision of the commissioner in fixing the value of improvements or in collecting costs may appeal to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-1
§ 7-38-1. Applicability
Status: in_force

This article applies to the administration and enforcement of all taxes imposed under the Property Tax Code.
N.M. Stat. § 30-7-17 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 7 / Section 30-7-17
§ 30-7-17. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 6 of this act may be cited as the “Explosives Act”.