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N.M. Stat. § 9-22-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 22 / Section 9-22-19
§ 9-22-19. Bond premium cost proration
Status: in_force

In each case where the department is appointed to serve as a personal representative or conservator of the estate of a beneficiary of the United States veterans' administration, the court in which the estate is filed shall authorize a charge for each estate's share of the bond premium to be paid from the assets of the estate. The department shall determine the charge to be made against each estate, and the aggregate amount of all charges shall not exceed the bond premium. It is the intent of the legislature that this charge shall be the share of each estate in the cost of the bond that the department posts as provided in Section 18 of the Veterans' Services Department Act.
N.M. Stat. § 72-19-28 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 19 / Section 72-19-28
§ 72-19-28. Elections
Status: in_force

Each biennial election of directors and other election of the authority, including an election to seek approval for the issuance of bonds, shall be conducted pursuant to the Local Election Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-2-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 3-2-2
§ 3-2-2. Characteristics of territory proposed to be incorporated as a municipality
Status: in_force

A. A territory proposed to be incorporated as a municipality shall:

(1) not be within the boundary of another municipality;

(2) have a population density of not less than one person per acre, except for a class B county with a net taxable value of property for property tax purposes in 1990 of over ninety-five million dollars ($95,000,000) and a population of less than ten thousand according to the 1990 federal decennial census and where the population density of the territory proposed to be incorporated is not less than one person per four acres;

(3) contain not less than one hundred fifty persons; and

(4) contain a sufficient assessed value of real property and a sufficient number of businesses so that the proposed municipality will contain a sufficient tax base to enable it to provide a clerk-treasurer, a police officer and office space for the municipal government within one year of incorporation.

B. In the alternative to the requirements of Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of this section, a territory proposed to be incorporated as a municipality shall:

(1) contain within its boundaries a resort area having more than fifty thousand visitors a year; and

(2) have more than one hundred fifty single-family residences, as shown by the property tax rolls.
N.M. Stat. § 24-8-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 8 / Section 24-8-3
§ 24-8-3. Legislative findings; purpose of act
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that:

(1) family planning has been recognized as an essential component of standard health care and has been recognized nationally and internationally as a universal human right;

(2) continuing population growth causes or aggravates many social, economic and environmental problems, both in this state and in the nation;

(3) family planning services are not available as a practical matter to many persons in this state;

(4) it is desirable that family planning services be readily accessible to all who want and need them; and

(5) dissemination of information about family planning by the state and its local governmental units is consistent with public policy.

B. It is the purpose of the Family Planning Act to assure that comprehensive family planning services are accessible on a voluntary basis to all who want and need them.
N.M. Stat. § 21-7-25 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 21-7-25
§ 21-7-25. Tax exemption of building and improvement bonds
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this act, being for the sole purposes specified in Section 1 hereof, shall forever be and remain free and exempt from taxation by this state or any subdivision thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-23.2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-23.2
§ 22-11-23.2. Retirement eligibility membership on or after July 1, 2013
Status: in_force

A. A member who initially became a member on or after July 1, 2013 or a member who was a member at any time prior to July 1, 2013 and had, before that date, been refunded all member contributions pursuant to Subsection A of Section 22-11-15 NMSA 1978 , and had not restored all refunded contributions and interest before July 1, 2013, shall be eligible for retirement benefits when:

(1) the member is any age and has thirty or more years of earned service credit; provided that the benefits of a member who retires pursuant to this paragraph prior to attaining the age of fifty-five years shall be reduced to an amount equal to the actuarial equivalent of the benefit the member would receive if the member had retired at the age of fifty-five years. The board shall recalculate the actuarial factors on which benefits are reduced no less frequently than every ten years beginning July 1, 2013. The benefits of a retired member that have been reduced at the time of retirement pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to further change based upon the board's recalculation of the actuarial factors;

(2) the member is at least sixty-seven years of age and has five or more years of earned service credit; or

(3) the sum of the member's age and years of earned service credit equals at least eighty; provided that a member who retires pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the benefit reductions provided in Subsection I of Section 22-11-30 NMSA 1978 .

B. A member shall be subject to the provisions of this section as they existed at the beginning of the member's last cumulated four quarters of earned service credit, regardless of later amendment.
N.M. Stat. § 76-21-4 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 21 / Section 76-21-4
§ 76-21-4. Petition filing fee
Status: in_force

A. The director shall prepare and deliver to the petitioners an original budget estimate of the cost of the proposed hearings and referendum.

B. The petitioners, within thirty days after receipt of the cost estimate, shall remit to the director the amount of the cost estimate.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-98 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-98
§ 53-8-98. Unauthorized assumption of corporate powers
Status: in_force

All persons who assume to act as a corporation without authority so to do shall be jointly and severally liable for all debts and liabilities incurred or arising as a result thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-12
§ 21-21-12. Repayment of bonds
Status: in_force

All money received by the state treasurer as repayment of student loans granted under the Student Loan Act and interest on the loans shall be credited to the “student loan sinking fund” in the state treasury, except that an amount determined as described in Section 6 of the Student Loan Act shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the state for operating expenses of the fiscal agent under the Student Loan Act. The resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide for deposit from bond proceeds of not to exceed twenty-four months' interest, and may provide for use of bond proceeds as a reserve for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds. The state treasurer shall pay or cause to be paid from the student loan sinking fund the principal and interest on the bonds as they mature and come due.
N.M. Stat. § 1-8-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1-8-6
§ 1-8-6. Vacancy on primary ballot
Status: in_force

Regardless of the cause, no vacancy on the primary election ballot occurring after the period for filing a declaration of candidacy or the date of filing with the secretary of state a certificate of designation by state convention, whichever the case may be, shall be filled.
N.M. Stat. § 38-1-6 — NM Code / Chapter 38 / Article 1 / Section 38-1-6
§ 38-1-6. Process against foreign corporations
Status: in_force

A. In all personal actions brought in any court of this state against any foreign corporation, process may be served upon any officer, director or statutory agent of the corporation, either personally or by leaving a copy of the process at his residence or by leaving a copy at the office or usual place of business of the foreign corporation.

B. If no person has been designated by a foreign corporation doing business in this state as its statutory agent upon whom service of process can be made, or, if, upon diligent search, neither the agent so designated nor any of the officers or directors of the foreign corporation can be found in the state, then, upon the filing of an affidavit by the plaintiff to that effect, together with service upon the secretary of state of two copies of the process in the cause, the secretary of state shall accept service of process as the agent of the foreign corporation, but the service is not complete until a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is paid to the secretary of state by the plaintiff in the action. The plaintiff shall provide, if known, the name of the person upon whom summons and complaint is to be served and the last known address.

C. Within two days after receipt of the process and fee, the secretary of state shall give notice by certified or registered mail to the foreign corporation at its principal place of business outside the state of the service of the process. Where the secretary of state has no record of the principal office of the foreign corporation outside the state, he shall forward the copy of the process to the place designated as its principal office in an affidavit filed with the secretary of state by the plaintiff in the suit or by his attorney.

D. The foreign corporation served as provided in this section shall appear and answer within thirty days after the secretary of state gives the notice. The certificate of service shall not be issued by the secretary of state until the defendant is served with the summons and complaint.

E. The secretary of state shall keep a record of all process served on him as provided for in this section, and of the time of the service and of his action in respect to the service.

F. Any foreign corporation engaging in business in this state, either in its corporate name or in the name of an agent, without having first procured a certificate of authority or otherwise become qualified to engage in business in this state shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-15 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-15
§ 9-15-15. Department cooperation with local and regional development agencies
Status: in_force

The department shall cooperate with local and regional development agencies, including:

A. coordinating activities of the department and local or regional development agencies;

B. assisting in gathering information on local and regional assets;

C. assisting in the establishment of procedures for handling potential clients;

D. assisting in the development of a plan for the expansion of the local or regional economic base;

E. assisting in marketing the benefits of local communities by providing matching funds through the state cooperative advertising program, which shall include as eligible expenses travel and related costs to attract new business investment into the communities;

F. assisting in the establishment of programs to attract new labor forces or to train local labor forces; and

G. identifying barriers to local or regional economic development and developing plans to overcome such barriers.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2C-4 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2C / Section 27-2C-4
§ 27-2C-4. Negotiated drug discounts and rebates
Status: in_force

A. The secretary shall negotiate discount prices or rebates for prescription drugs from drug manufacturers and labelers that include supplemental rebates for the medicaid program over and above those required under 42 U.S.C. 1396r-8 .

B. In negotiating rebate terms, the secretary shall consider the rebate calculated under the medicaid rebate program pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396r-8 , the price provided to eligible entities under 42 U.S.C. 256b and other available information on prescription drug prices, discounts and rebates.

C. The secretary shall prompt a review of whether to place a manufacturer's or labeler's products on the prior authorization list for the medicaid program if:

(1) the secretary and a drug manufacturer or labeler fail to reach agreement on the terms of a supplemental medicaid rebate or discount; and

(2) the discounts or rebates offered by the manufacturer or labeler are not as favorable to the state as the prices provided to eligible entities under 42 U.S.C. 256b .

D. Any prior authorization shall meet the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 1396r-8(d)(5) and be done in accordance with the Public Assistance Act 1 or department rules.

E. The names of manufacturers and labelers that do not enter into rebate agreements are public information, and the department shall release this information to the public and actively distribute it to physicians, pharmacists and other health care professionals.
N.M. Stat. § 69-3-8 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 3 / Section 69-3-8
§ 69-3-8. Exceptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not include or be applicable to seismic, core or other exploratory holes or wells drilled in search of, or for the production of, natural gas or hydrocarbons in any form.
N.M. Stat. § 58-16-7 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 16 / Section 58-16-7
§ 58-16-7. POS terminal not considered a financial institution branch office
Status: in_force

A POS terminal installed and operated pursuant to the Remote Financial Service Unit Act is not a branch office of a financial institution and shall not be construed to be a branch office of a financial institution under New Mexico law. If any court of competent jurisdiction construes a POS terminal to be installed or installed under the authority of the Remote Financial Service Unit Act to be a branch office of a financial institution, the supervisory authority approving branch offices of financial institutions shall approve any application for a POS terminal to be installed or installed under the authority of the Remote Financial Service Unit Act without regard to capital requirements for a financial institution branch office and without regard to the convenience and necessity for a financial institution branch office or any other factors normally considered in granting or denying a financial institution branch office application.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-1 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-1
§ 72-20-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 72, Article 20 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-59 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-59
§ 7-38-59. Certificates of sale; effect of certificates of sale
Status: in_force

A. Upon receiving payment for the personal property sold, the county treasurer shall execute and deliver a certificate of sale to the purchaser.

B. A certificate of sale:

(1) is prima facie evidence of the treasurer's right to make the sale and conclusive evidence of the regularity of all proceedings relating to the sale;

(2) transfers all of the former property owner's interest in the personal property as of the date of sale. The purchaser takes the personal property free of any unrecorded or unfiled interests unknown to him at the time of sale; and

(3) shall be in a form prescribed by regulation of the department.
N.M. Stat. § 3-23A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 23A / Section 3-23A-6
§ 3-23A-6. Service charges
Status: in_force

A municipality owning or operating a cable television system may charge reasonable, nondiscriminatory usage fees to its cable system customers. A municipality may not charge fees based on whether the customer is located inside or outside the municipal boundaries of the municipality owning or operating the system.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-17 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-17
§ 22-8-17. Program cost determination; required information
Status: in_force

A. The program cost for each school district and charter school shall be determined by the department in accordance with the provisions of the Public School Finance Act.

B. The department is authorized to require from each school district and charter school the information necessary to make an accurate determination of the district's or charter school's program cost.
N.M. Stat. § 34-6-27 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 6 / Section 34-6-27
§ 34-6-27. Operation; process
Status: in_force

A. Process of the district courts in each judicial district shall be under witness of the district judge. Unless otherwise provided by rule of the district court in judicial districts having more than one district judge, process shall be under witness of the presiding judge.

B. The district court may grant free process to any party in any civil or criminal action or special statutory proceeding upon a proper showing of indigency.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-41 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-41
§ 22-8-41. Restriction on operational funds; emergency accounts; cash balances
Status: in_force

A. A school district shall not expend money from its operational fund for the acquisition of a building site or for the construction of a new structure, unless the school district has bonded itself to practical capacity or the secretary determines and certifies to the legislative finance committee that the expending of money from the operational fund for this purpose is necessary for an adequate public educational program and will not unduly hamper the school district's current operations.

B. A school district or charter school may budget out of cash balances carried forward from the previous fiscal year an amount not to exceed five percent of its proposed operational fund expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year as an emergency account. Money in the emergency account shall be used only for unforeseen expenditures incurred after the annual budget was approved and shall not be expended without the prior written approval of the secretary.

C. In addition to the emergency account, school districts or charter schools may also budget operational fund cash balances carried forward from the previous fiscal year for operational expenditures, exclusive of salaries and payroll, upon specific prior approval of the secretary. The secretary shall notify the legislative finance committee in writing of the secretary's approval of such proposed expenditures.

D. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the secretary shall reduce school districts' and charter schools' fiscal year 2017 state equalization guarantee distributions as credit for excess fiscal year 2016 operational fund cash balances in accordance with Section 2 of this 2017 act, and a school district or charter school whose distribution is accordingly reduced shall apply in the amount of that credit its audited fiscal year 2016 operational fund cash balance toward the school district's or charter school's fiscal year 2017 operations.
N.M. Stat. § 75-3-11 — NM Code / Chapter 75 / Article 3 / Section 75-3-11
§ 75-3-11. Judicial review
Status: in_force

Rulings by the commission on the issuance, refusal or revocation of a license are subject to review in the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 30-3-8.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 3 / Section 30-3-8.1
§ 30-3-8.1. Seizure and forfeiture of motor vehicle; procedure
Status: in_force

A. A motor vehicle shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture when the vehicle is used or intended for use in the commission of the offense of shooting at or from a motor vehicle pursuant to Subsection B of Section 30-3-8 NMSA 1978 .

B. The provisions of the Forfeiture Act 1 apply to the seizure, forfeiture and disposal of a motor vehicle subject to forfeiture pursuant to Subsection A of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23-12.2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23 / Section 59A-23-12.2
§ 59A-23-12.2. Pharmacist prescriptive authority services; reimbursement parity
Status: in_force

An insurer shall reimburse a participating provider that is a certified pharmacist clinician or pharmacist certified to provide a prescriptive authority service who provides a service pursuant to a health insurance plan, policy or certificate of health insurance at the standard contracted rate that the health insurance policy, health care plan or certificate of health insurance reimburses, for the same service pursuant to that policy, plan or certificate, any licensed physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act or any advanced practice certified nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act.
N.M. Stat. § 30-15-7 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 15 / Section 30-15-7
§ 30-15-7. Desecration of roadside memorials; penalty
Status: in_force

A. A person shall not knowingly or willfully deface or destroy, in whole or in part, a descanso, also known as a memorial, placed alongside a public road right of way to memorialize the death of one or more persons.

B. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection A of this section is:

(1) for a first offense, guilty of a petty misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978; and

(2) for a second and subsequent offense, guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement officials or other employees of the state or a political subdivision of the state who in the course of the lawful discharge of their duties move or remove a descanso that obstructs or damages any public road in this state or to an owner of private property upon which a descanso is located.