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N.M. Stat. § 76-21-5 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 21 / Section 76-21-5
§ 76-21-5. Hearings regarding establishment of commodity commission; notice of hearings
Status: in_force

A. Within sixty days after the petition has been filed with the director and upon payment of the cost estimate, the director shall cause notices to be given of the proposed hearings in areas of the state where the commodity is grown in economic quantities.

B. The notices of hearing shall be published at least fourteen days prior to the date of hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the state.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-5-3 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 5 / Section 59A-5-3
§ 59A-5-3. “Charter” defined
Status: in_force

“Charter” means certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation, articles of agreement, articles of association, charter granted by legislative act, or other basic constituent document of a corporation, or the subscribers' agreement and power of attorney of the attorney-in-fact of a reciprocal insurer or constituent documents of a Lloyds insurer.
N.M. Stat. § 49-11-3 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 11 / Section 49-11-3
§ 49-11-3. Land grant council; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The “land grant council” is created and is administratively attached to the department of finance and administration. The general purposes of the council are to establish a land grant support program to provide advice and assistance to land grants and to serve as a liaison between land grants and the federal, state and local governments.

B. The council shall consist of five members appointed by the governor from the boards of directors of land grants for staggered terms of four years, with two members of the initial council selected by lot to serve an initial term of two years.

C. The council may hire staff and contract for services to carry out the purposes of the Land Grant Support Act.

D. The council shall appoint a chairperson and may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary.

E. The council shall meet at least quarterly. Meetings of the council shall be called by the chairperson of the council or at the request of at least three members of the council.

F. Members of the council are entitled to receive per diem and mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21C-7 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21C / Section 21-21C-7
§ 21-21C-7. No funds for sectarian purposes
Status: in_force

No funds appropriated pursuant to the provisions of the Student Choice Act shall be used for sectarian purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-424.20 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-424.20
§ 66-3-424.20. Special registration plates for women armed forces veterans
Status: in_force

A. The department shall issue the distinctive registration plate, “Women Veterans Serve Proudly”, indicating that the recipient is a woman veteran of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in Section 9-22-3 NMSA 1978, or is retired from the national guard or military reserves, if that person submits proof satisfactory to the department of honorable discharge from the armed forces or of retirement from the national guard or military reserves.

B. For a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, any motor vehicle owner who is a woman veteran of the armed forces of the United States or is retired from the national guard or military reserves may apply for the issuance of a special registration plate as defined in Subsection A of this section. No two owners shall be issued identically lettered or numbered plates.

C. The fifteen-dollar ($15.00) fee provided in Subsection B of this section shall be waived for each registration period in which a validating sticker is issued under the provisions of Section 66-3-17 NMSA 1978 , in lieu of the issuance of a special woman armed forces veteran plate.

D. The revenue from the special registration plates for the women armed forces veteran fee imposed by Subsection B of this section shall be distributed as follows:

(1) seven dollars ($7.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates; and

(2) eight dollars ($8.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be transferred to the state treasurer for credit to the armed forces veterans license fund.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7C-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7C / Section 10-7C-10
§ 10-7C-10. Expulsion from program for falsification
Status: in_force

A. After written notice to the participating employee, eligible retiree or eligible dependent and hearing with a fair opportunity to appear and present the case personally or by counsel, the board may expel from participation in the retiree health care plan or plans any participating employee, eligible retiree or eligible dependent who submits a false claim under, or has falsified or attempted to falsify, any claim for health benefits or life insurance offered by the authority.

B. On its motion or on the receipt of a complaint, the board may call and hold a hearing to determine whether a participating employee, eligible retiree or eligible dependent has submitted a false claim under, or has falsified or attempted to falsify any claim for health benefits or life insurance offered under the Retiree Health Care Act.

C. If the board, at the conclusion of the hearing, issues a decision that finds that a participating employee, eligible retiree or eligible dependent submitted a false claim or has falsified or attempted to falsify any claim for health benefits or life insurance offered under that act, the board shall expel the participating employee, eligible retiree or eligible dependent from participation in any or all coverage plans or impose conditions upon continued or future participation.
N.M. Stat. § 1-15-22 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-15-22
§ 1-15-22. Expiring term and next succeeding term; filing fee
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Primary Election Law, a candidate for both the expiring term and the next succeeding term of the same office shall pay only the fee required of a candidate for the office for one full term of such office.
N.M. Stat. § 73-10-30 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 10 / Section 73-10-30
§ 73-10-30. Payment of assessments as condition precedent to granting petition for including lands
Status: in_force

The board of directors, to whom such petition is presented, may require as a condition precedent to the granting of the same, that the petitioners shall severally pay to such district such respective sums, as nearly as the same can be estimated by the board, as said petitioners or their grantors would have been required to pay to such district as assessment for the payment of their pro rata share of all bonds and interest thereon, which may have previously thereto been issued by said district, or for the payment of the pro rata share of the cost of construction under any contract between the district and the United States accompanying which bonds of the district have not been deposited with the United States as in this act provided, had such lands been included in such district at the time the same was originally formed or when said bonds were so issued, or when said contract with the United States was made; provided, that in case unentered public land is proposed to be annexed to the district the board of directors of the district instead of requiring such payment as a condition precedent, may assess such charges against such unentered public land upon the records of the district to be collected in the manner authorized by the said act of congress of August 11, 1916.
N.M. Stat. § 21-7-9 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 21-7-9
§ 21-7-9. Departmental faculties; course of instruction; books, degrees and diplomas; removal of officers
Status: in_force

The immediate government of the several departments shall be entrusted to their respective faculties, but the regents shall have the power to regulate the course of instruction, and prescribe the books and authorities to be used in the several departments, and also confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are usually conferred and granted by other universities. The regents shall have power to remove any officer connected with the university when in their judgment the interests require it.
N.M. Stat. § 47-9-2 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 9 / Section 47-9-2
§ 47-9-2. Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Right to Farm Act is to conserve, protect, encourage, develop and improve agricultural land for the production of agricultural products and to reduce the loss to the state of its agricultural resources by limiting the circumstances under which agricultural operations may be deemed a nuisance.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-23 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-23
§ 19-10-23. Appeal of commissioner's decision
Status: in_force

A person or corporation aggrieved by a ruling or decision of the commissioner affecting his interest in any lease issued under or affected by the provisions relating to oil and gas leases of state lands may file an appeal pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 70-3-16 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 3 / Section 70-3-16
§ 70-3-16. Waiver of regulations
Status: in_force

Upon application by any person engaged in the transportation of gas or oil or owning or operating gas or oil pipeline facilities, the commission may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, and under such terms and conditions, and to such extent as the commission deems appropriate, waive compliance with any regulation established under the Pipeline Safety Act, if the commission determines that a waiver of compliance with the regulation is not inconsistent with pipeline safety. Any waiver for the transportation of gas or for gas pipeline facilities shall be subject to approval by the federal agency having jurisdiction as provided in Section 3(e) of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 1 being Public Law 90-481.
N.M. Stat. § 3-52-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 52 / Section 3-52-9
§ 3-52-9. Construction
Status: in_force

The Municipal Transit Law is full authority for authorization and issuance of bonds and no election is necessary. In any proceeding involving the validity and enforceability of any bond or its security, any bond reciting in substance that it was issued by the municipality to aid in financing public transit facilities is conclusively presumed to have been issued for a public transit facility planned, operated and used in accordance with the Municipal Transit Law.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-5.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-5.2
§ 1-1-5.2. Definition of a vote; machine-tabulated; hand-tallied; write-in
Status: in_force

A. For a candidate contest or ballot question that is machine-tabulated on a vote tabulation system certified for use in this state, a vote shall be counted if the:

(1) voter's selection of a candidate or answer to a ballot question is indicated in the voting response area of the paper ballot; and

(2) ballot is marked in accordance with the instructions for that ballot type.

B. For a candidate contest or ballot question that is hand-tallied, a vote shall be counted if:

(1) the ballot is marked in accordance with the instructions for that ballot type;

(2) the preferred candidate's name or answer to a ballot question is circled;

(3) there is a distinct marking, such as a cross or check, within the voting response area for the preferred candidate or answer to a ballot question; or

(4) the presiding judge and election judges hand-tallying the ballot unanimously agree that the voter's intent is clearly discernable.

C. For a candidate contest in which there is a declared write-in candidate and a write-in vote is cast, the write-in vote shall be counted if the name is:

(1) the name of a declared write-in candidate for that office and position and is on the proper line provided for a write-in vote for that office and position; and

(2) written as first and last name; first name, middle name or initial and last name; one or two initials and last name; or last name alone if there is no other declared write-in candidate for the office or position that is the same or so similar as to tend to confuse the candidates' identities; provided that:

(a) when the presiding judge and election judges reviewing the write-in vote unanimously agree that the voter's intent is clearly discernable, an abbreviation, misspelling or other minor variation in the form of the name of a declared write-in candidate shall be accepted as a valid vote; and

(b) as used in this subsection, “write-in” and “written” do not include the imprinting of any name by stamp or similar method or device or the use of a stencil or a preprinted sticker or label.
N.M. Stat. § 72-19-13 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 19 / Section 72-19-13
§ 72-19-13. Organizational meetings
Status: in_force

Except for the first board, each board shall meet on the first business day next following the first day of the month that the term of office begins for members elected in the immediately preceding election at the office of the board within the authority. Each member of the board, before entering upon official duties, shall take and subscribe on oath that the member will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution and laws of New Mexico and will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of office to the best of the member's ability, which oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Each director shall, before entering upon official duties, give a bond to the authority in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) with good and sufficient surety, conditioned for the faithful performance of all of the duties of office, without fraud, deceit or oppression, and the accounting for all money and property coming into the director's hands, and the prompt and faithful payment of all money and the delivering of all property coming into the director's custody or control belonging to the authority, to the director's successors in office. Premiums on all bonds provided for in this section shall be paid by the authority, and all such bonds shall be kept on file in the office of the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7A-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7A / Section 24-7A-13
§ 24-7A-13. Effect of the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act
Status: in_force

A. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not made or who has revoked an advance health-care directive.

B. Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of health care in accordance with the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not for any purpose:

(1) constitute a suicide, a homicide or other crime; or

(2) legally impair or invalidate a governing instrument, notwithstanding any term of the governing instrument to the contrary. “Governing instrument” means a deed, will, trust, insurance or annuity policy, account with POD (payment on death designation), security registered in beneficiary form (TOD), pension, profit-sharing, retirement, employment or similar benefit plan, instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment or a dispositive, appointive or nominative instrument of any similar type.

C. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not authorize mercy killing, assisted suicide, euthanasia or the provision, withholding or withdrawal of health care, to the extent prohibited by other statutes of this state.

D. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not authorize or require a health-care provider or health-care institution to provide health care contrary to generally accepted health-care standards applicable to the health-care provider or health-care institution.

E. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not authorize an agent or surrogate to consent to the admission of an individual to a mental health-care facility. If the individual's written advance health-care directive expressly permits treatment in a mental health-care facility, the agent or surrogate may present the individual to a facility for evaluation for admission.

F. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not affect other statutes of this state governing treatment for mental illness of an individual admitted to a mental health-care institution.
N.M. Stat. § 47-7B-21 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7B / Section 47-7B-21
§ 47-7B-21. Merger or consolidation of condominiums
Status: in_force

A. Any two or more condominiums, by agreement of the unit owners as provided in Subsection B of this section, may be merged or consolidated into a single condominium. In the event of a merger or consolidation, unless the agreement otherwise provides, the resultant condominium is, for all purposes, the legal successor of all of the preexisting condominiums, and the operations and activities of all associations of the preexisting condominiums shall be merged or consolidated into a single association which shall hold all powers, rights, obligations, assets and liabilities of all preexisting associations.

B. An agreement of two or more condominiums to merge or consolidate pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be evidenced by an agreement prepared, executed, recorded and certified by the president of the association of each of the preexisting condominiums following approval by owners of units to which are allocated the percentage of votes in each condominium required to terminate that condominium. Any such agreement shall be recorded in each county in which a portion of the condominium is located and is not effective until recorded.

C. Every merger or consolidation agreement shall provide for the reallocation of the allocated interests in the new association among the units of the resultant condominium either by stating the reallocations or the formulas upon which they are based or by stating the percentage of overall allocated interests of the new condominium which is allocated to all of the units comprising each of the preexisting condominiums, and providing that the portion of the percentages allocated to each unit formerly comprising a part of the preexisting condominium shall be equal to the percentages of allocated interests allocated to that unit by the declaration of the preexisting condominium.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1B-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1B / Section 7-1B-9
§ 7-1B-9. Motor vehicle administrative hearings; procedures
Status: in_force

A. A person may dispute the denial of or failure to either allow or deny a license, permit, placard or registration provided for in the Motor Vehicle Code. 1 Upon timely receipt of a protest, the chief hearing officer shall promptly designate a hearing officer to conduct a hearing and shall set a date for the hearing. On that date, the hearing officer shall hear the protest.

B. A person may appear at a hearing set pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this section for the person's self or be represented by a bona fide employee or an attorney. A hearing shall not be open to the public except if held pursuant to the provisions of the Implied Consent Act 2 or upon request of the person. A hearing officer may postpone or continue a hearing.

C. At the beginning of the hearing, the hearing officer shall inform the person of the person's right to representation. Within thirty days after the hearing, the hearing officer shall inform the protestant in writing of the decision and of the protestant's right to, and the requirements for perfection of, an appeal from the decision to the district court and of the consequences of a failure to appeal. The written decision shall embody an order granting or denying the relief requested or granting such part of the relief requested, as appropriate.

D. If the protestant or the secretary of taxation and revenue is dissatisfied with the decision and order of the hearing officer, the party may appeal pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .

E. No court of this state has jurisdiction to entertain a proceeding by any person in which the person calls into question the application to that person of any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code, except as a consequence of the appeal by that person to the district court from the action and order of the hearing officer as provided for in this section.

F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a criminal proceeding or to authorize an administrative protest of the issuance of a subpoena or summons.
N.M. Stat. § 11-1-3 — NM Code / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 11-1-3
§ 11-1-3. Authority to enter into agreements; approval of the secretary of finance and administration required
Status: in_force

If authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, two or more public agencies by agreement may jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, even though one or more of the contracting parties may be located outside this state; provided, however, nothing contained in this Joint Powers Agreements Act shall authorize any state officer, board, commission, department or any other state agency, institution or authority, or any county, municipality, public corporation or public district to make any agreement without the approval of the secretary of finance and administration as to the terms and conditions thereof. Joint powers agreements approved by the secretary of finance and administration shall be reported to the state board of finance at its next regularly scheduled public meeting. A list of the approved agreements shall be filed with the office of the state board of finance and made a part of the minutes.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 10-7-8
§ 10-7-8. Annuities and deferred compensation plans; reductions from gross salaries
Status: in_force

State agencies, state or educational institutions and political subdivisions of the state shall be authorized to enter into salary reduction agreements with their employees for the purpose of purchasing annuity contracts and deferred compensation plans, offered by insurance companies, banks and savings and loan associations authorized to transact business in New Mexico, when the salary reduction will result in an income tax deferment for the employees under federal law. The salary reduction agreement shall provide that the employer is not liable to the employee in the event the plan provider becomes insolvent or income tax on the salary reductions is not deferred. Such annuity contracts and deferred compensation plans must be approved by the secretary of general services for state agencies and the governing body of political subdivisions for such political subdivisions. State agencies, state or educational institutions and political subdivisions of the state shall further be authorized to deposit or invest funds deducted from an employee's salary or wages pursuant to any such approved deferred compensation plan. Any funds deducted from an employee's salary or wages pursuant to any such deferred compensation plan shall not be subject to any state law regulating or restricting the deposit or investment of public funds.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-72 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-72
§ 20-12-72. Principals
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who:

A. commits an offense punishable by Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 or aids, abets, counsels or procures its commission; or

B. causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him would be punishable by Chapter 20 NMSA 1978;

is a principal.