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N.M. Stat. § 7-2-28.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-28.1
§ 7-2-28.1. Veterans' state cemetery fund; created
Status: in_force

The “veterans' state cemetery fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and amounts designated pursuant to Section 7-2-28 NMSA 1978 . Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund. The veterans' services department shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the veterans' services department.
N.M. Stat. § 4-22-3 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 22 / Section 4-22-3
§ 4-22-3. County seat
Status: in_force

That the county seat of the said county of Roosevelt shall be established at the town of Portales in said county.
N.M. Stat. § 46-6-3 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 6 / Section 46-6-3
§ 46-6-3. Release of surety; notice
Status: in_force

When any surety upon the official bond of any fiduciary in this state not subject to the provisions of the Probate Code, shall desire to be released from such obligation, such surety may file his application for such release in the court having jurisdiction of such fiduciary and thereupon the clerk of such court shall issue, under the seal thereof, a notice to such fiduciary, requiring him or her to furnish a new bond, with sureties to be approved by the court, within twenty days from the date of the service of said notice. Such notice may be served in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in civil actions. If such fiduciary shall fail to furnish such bond within the time hereinbefore prescribed he or she may be summarily removed from office, and a new trustee, committee, guardian, assignee, receiver, executor, administrator or other fiduciary forthwith appointed. From and after the time when such new bond is furnished, or such new fiduciary appointed, the surety making such application shall be released from all liability upon the said bond, except for such default or other misconduct on the part of such fiduciary as occurred prior thereto.

It is further provided, that in case of the release or the withdrawal of any surety as provided in this section, and in case the principal shall account in due form of law for all his acts and doings, and all trust funds or estate, then the unearned portion of any premium paid to such surety shall be refunded and repaid by the said surety or such sureties as aforesaid.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15-15 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15 / Section 22-15-15
§ 22-15-15. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Historical Codes Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-76 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-76
§ 7-38-76. Property subject to property taxation but omitted from property tax schedules in prior years
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the limitations contained in the Property Tax Code and except as provided in Subsection B of this section, county assessors, treasurers and the department have the authority and the duty to enter in the valuation records, list on the property tax schedules, bill for and collect the taxes for all tax years on property that was subject to property taxation but was omitted from property tax schedules and for which taxes have not been paid but would be due except for the omission. Property tax bills shall be prepared and mailed by the county treasurers within thirty days of the date the omitted property is listed on the property tax schedule, and all taxes on omitted property shall be due the date the property tax bill is mailed.

B. Except for taxes due in the current tax year and the immediately preceding tax year, the current owner of the real estate is not liable for a property tax bill mailed pursuant to Subsection A of this section if:

(1) the omitted property is improvements that were placed on the real estate; and

(2) the current owner was not the owner at the time the improvements were omitted and had no actual notice that the improvements were omitted.

C. Nothing in this section relieves the owner of the property at the time the improvements were omitted from being personally liable for the taxes due pursuant to Section 7-38-47 NMSA 1978 .

D. The department shall promulgate regulations for the procedures to be followed and the records to be maintained in the administration and collection of taxes on omitted property. The department of finance and administration shall promulgate regulations covering the receipt of, accounting for and distribution of taxes on omitted property.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4B / Section 13-4B-2
§ 13-4B-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

A. “artist” means the natural person who actually creates a work of fine art but does not include art created by an employee within the scope of his employment. In case of a joint creation of a work of art, each joint creator shall have the rights of an artist with respect to the work of fine art as a whole;

B. “fine art” means any original work of visual or graphic art of any media including any painting, print, drawing, sculpture, craft, object, photograph, audio or video tape, film, hologram or any combination of such media of recognized quality;

C. “gross negligence” means the exercise of so slight a degree of care as to justify the belief that there was indifference to the particular work of fine art;

D. “public building” means a building owned by the state or any of its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities or institutions or a building owned by any political subdivision of the state or any of its agencies, instrumentalities or institutions; and

E. “public view” means on the exterior of a public building or in an interior area of a public building.
N.M. Stat. § 57-27-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 27 / Section 57-27-5
§ 57-27-5. Consumer rights; actions; treble damages
Status: in_force

A. This section shall not be construed to limit rights and remedies available to a consumer under any other law.

B. In addition to pursuing any other remedy, a consumer may bring an action to recover actual damages or the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), whichever is greater. Where the trier of fact finds that the party charged with a violation of the Assistive Device Lemon Law has willfully engaged in the violation, the court may award up to three times actual damages or three hundred dollars ($300), whichever is greater, to the party complaining of the violation.

C. The court shall award attorney fees and costs to the party complaining of a violation of the Assistive Device Lemon Law if he prevails. The court shall award attorney fees and costs to the party charged with a violation of the Assistive Device Lemon Law if it finds that the party complaining of the violation brought an action that was an action that is frivolous or brought in bad faith.

D. In any class action filed under this section, the court may award damages to the named plaintiffs as provided in Subsection B of this section and may award members of the class such actual damages as were suffered by each member of the class as a result of a violation of the Assistive Device Lemon Law.
N.M. Stat. § 68-2-30 — NM Code / Chapter 68 / Article 2 / Section 68-2-30
§ 68-2-30. Findings and purpose of act
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that the health and safety of our increasingly fragile environment is threatened daily by increased emissions of carbon dioxide. These emissions deplete the stratospheric ozone and cause dangerous greenhouse and global warming effects. Trees naturally synthesize carbon dioxide into oxygen as a byproduct of photosynthesis and thereby reduce the harmful environmental effects caused by carbon dioxide.

B. Trees protect and promote soil, energy and water conservation and generally enhance the state's environment.

C. The purpose of the New Mexico Forest Re-Leaf Act is to help protect the environment and to improve the quality of life by encouraging and arranging for the planting of trees throughout the state by children, students, parents, schools, civic and community groups and all residents of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-41-43.2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 41 / Section 59A-41-43.2
§ 59A-41-43.2. Liability for participation in fraudulent transfer or voidable preference
Status: in_force

A. Every officer, manager, employee, shareholder, member, subscriber, attorney or any other person acting on behalf of the insurer who knowingly participates in giving any preference or in any fraudulent transfer when he has reasonable cause to believe the insurer is or is about to become insolvent at the time of the preference or transfer shall be personally liable to the rehabilitator or liquidator for the amount of the preference or transfer. It shall be a rebuttable presumption that such was the case if the transfer was made within four months before the date of filing of a successful petition for rehabilitation or liquidation.

B. Every person receiving any property from the insurer or the benefit thereof as a voidable preference or as a fraudulent transfer shall be personally liable therefor and shall be bound to account to the rehabilitator or liquidator.

C. Nothing in this section shall prejudice any other claim by the rehabilitator or liquidator against any person.
N.M. Stat. § 17-2-20.1 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-20.1
§ 17-2-20.1. Seizure and forfeiture; property subject
Status: in_force

A. All firearms and bows and arrows may be subject to seizure and forfeiture when used as instrumentalities in the commission of the following crimes:

(1) illegal possession or transportation of big game during closed season;

(2) taking big game during closed season;

(3) attempting to take big game by the use of spotlight or artificial light; and

(4) exceeding the bag limit on any big game species during open season.

B. Any motor vehicle shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture when operated in violation of the provisions of Section 17-2-31 NMSA 1978 , regarding hunting by spotlight.

C. The provisions of the Forfeiture Act apply to the seizure, forfeiture and disposal of property subject to forfeiture pursuant to Subsections A and B of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 1-2-19 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1-2-19
§ 1-2-19. Oral assistance for language minority voters
Status: in_force

A. In those polling places designated by the secretary of state as being subject to the provisions of the 1975 amendments to the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, 1 oral assistance shall be made available to assist language minority voters who cannot read sufficiently well to exercise the elective franchise. As used in the Election Code, “language minority” means a person who is an American Indian or of Spanish heritage and “inability to read well enough to exercise the elective franchise” means inability to read the languages in which the ballot is printed or the inability to understand instructions for operating the voting machine.

B. In those precincts where oral assistance is required, the position of election translator is created. The election translator shall be an additional member of the regular precinct board unless oral assistance to language minorities can otherwise be rendered by a member of the regular precinct board. The election translator shall be appointed by the county clerk in the same manner as other precinct board members are appointed, except that the county clerk in appointing American Indian election translators shall seek the advice of the pueblo or tribal officials residing in that county. The election translator shall take the oath required of precinct board members and shall meet the same qualifications as other precinct board members. In precincts where election translators are required, an election translator shall represent each political party as required by law for precinct boards.

C. Each county clerk shall compile and maintain a list of standby election translators to serve in those precincts on election day when the appointed election translator is unavailable for such service.

D. Each county clerk shall provide to the secretary of state no later than thirty days before any election a list of appointed election translators and a list of appointed standby election translators, together with the precinct numbers to which each election translator has been appointed.
N.M. Stat. § 47-11-4 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 11 / Section 47-11-4
§ 47-11-4. Disclosure statement
Status: in_force

Each developer shall fully and conspicuously disclose to each purchaser in a disclosure statement at least the following information:

A. the total financial obligation of the purchaser, including the initial purchase price and any additional charges to which the purchaser may be subject;

B. any person who has or may have the right to alter, amend or add to charges to which the purchaser may be subject and the terms and conditions under which such charges may be imposed;

C. the nature and duration of each agreement between the developer and the person managing the time share program or its facilities;

D. the date of availability of each amenity and facility of the time share program which is not completed at the time of sale of a time share;

E. the specific term of the time share;

F. the purchaser's right to cancel within seven days of execution of the contract and how that right may be exercised under the New Mexico Time Share Act; and

G. a statement that under New Mexico law an instrument conveying a time share must be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where the real property is located to protect that interest.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-11
§ 6-6-11. Yearly expenditures limited to income; Bateman Act
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any board of county commissioners, municipal governing body or any local school board, for any purpose whatever to become indebted or contract any debts of any kind or nature whatsoever during any current year which, at the end of such current year, is not and cannot then be paid out of the money actually collected and belonging to that current year, and any indebtedness for any current year which is not paid and cannot be paid, as above provided for, is void. Any officer of any county, municipality, school district or local school board, who shall issue any certificate or other form of approval of indebtedness separate from the account filed in the first place or who shall at any time use the fund belonging to any current year for any other purpose than paying the current expenses of that year, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-18
§ 21-21-18. Fund created; method of payment
Status: in_force

A. The state treasurer shall create a suspense account in the state treasury to be known as the “student loan guarantee fund” for the purpose of insuring student loans held by the fiscal agent. The student loan guarantee fund shall be held in trust and invested by the state treasurer in accordance with law.

B. There may be deposited in the student loan guarantee fund:

(1) receipts from the federal government under the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, 1 as amended;

(2) receipts under the Student Loan Guarantee Act from any other source, except interest earned from investment of the student loan guarantee fund which shall be credited to the general fund, when the receipts may be lawfully used for the purpose of insuring student loans held by the fiscal agent; and

(3) insurance fees charged by the commission on higher education [higher education department].

C. Disbursements from the student loan guarantee fund shall be made upon vouchers signed by the executive director of the commission on higher education [higher education department].
N.M. Stat. § 4-42-3 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 42 / Section 4-42-3
§ 4-42-3. Licensed professional surveyor; inquiry as to boundaries; oath to witnesses; report
Status: in_force

When a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners is called upon to make any survey that is to be used in any court, the surveyor is hereby authorized and required, upon application of either party, to administer an oath or affirmation to any witness who may be brought to prove any corner or line of that survey or any natural or artificial object or mark that may be necessary to identify the same, which testimony shall be reduced to writing and subscribed by the witness and a return made thereof with the return of the surveyor.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-5.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-5.1
§ 6-21-5.1. Bonds for county correctional facility loans
Status: in_force

The authority may issue bonds for a county to design, construct, equip, furnish and otherwise improve a county correctional facility pursuant to the County Correctional Facility Gross Receipts Tax Act 1 only after a majority of the qualified electors of the county has voted to allow the county to impose a county correctional facility gross receipts tax in the amount needed to repay bonds issued by the authority for the purpose of designing, constructing, equipping, furnishing and otherwise improving a county correctional facility.
N.M. Stat. § 21-13-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-21
§ 21-13-21. Addition of school districts to existing community college districts
Status: in_force

A. The school board of a school district, group of school districts within a county or school districts in an adjoining county, not included in the community college district as originally formed, may by resolution petition the higher education department 1 to be added to the community college district. The resolution may be initiated by the school board or upon presentation to the school board of a petition signed by ten percent of the qualified electors of the district.

B. In reviewing the resolution, the higher education department shall ascertain the attitude of the community college board and ensure that the petitioning district is not already within another institution's service area. If the department finds that the proposed addition of the petitioning district is not within another institution's service area and the proposed addition is acceptable to the community college district, it shall approve the resolution. Thereafter, the petitioning district and the established community college district shall call an election pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act on the question of the inclusion of the area in the community college district.

C. If it appears on canvass of the results of the election a majority of the votes cast in each of the petitioning areas and within the established community college district was in favor of the addition of the petitioning area, the secretary of higher education shall declare the extension of the boundaries of the community college district to include the petitioning area in which the proposed addition referendum carried by a majority vote. The addition shall take effect on the next succeeding July 1.

D. The territory within each school district added to any existing community college district shall automatically be subject to any special levy on taxable property approved for the community college district for the maintenance of facilities and services and for support of bond issues.
N.M. Stat. § 29-21-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 21 / Section 29-21-4
§ 29-21-4. Independent oversight; complaints; confidentiality
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall establish independent procedures for receiving, and for maintaining a record of, complaints alleging profiling by a law enforcement officer or agency. The attorney general may initiate an investigation of a complaint alleging a violation, or a systematic pattern of violations, of the provisions of Section 2 of the Prohibition of Profiling Practices Act and take necessary actions as the attorney general deems appropriate. The attorney general may publish a report or summary of the attorney general's findings regarding violations of the provisions of the Prohibition of Profiling Practices Act; provided that personal and identifying information shall not be published or released to the public.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-2-32.1 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 2 / Section 32A-2-32.1
§ 32A-2-32.1. Information not to be disclosed on a public access web site
Status: in_force

A state agency or a political subdivision of the state, including a school district, county, municipality or home-rule municipality, shall not disclose on a public access web site maintained by it any information concerning the following:

A. an arrest or detention of a child;

B. delinquency proceedings for a child;

C. an adjudication of a child;

D. an adult sentence imposed on a child, except information required to be disclosed pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act 1 ; or

E. social records pertaining to a child as provided in Section 32A-2-32 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 59A-19-2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 19 / Section 59A-19-2
§ 59A-19-2. Scope of article
Status: in_force

A. This article applies as to all policies, group certificates, benefit or service certificates, contracts, plans or agreements providing coverage as to life or health of human beings, and delivered or issued for delivery in this state by any insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit health service corporation, prepaid health care plan, dental care plan, vision care plan, pharmaceutical plan, health maintenance organization and all similar organizations now or hereafter authorized to transact business in this state under any law of this state. The superintendent shall, by regulation, make this article applicable to any other policy, certificate, contract, plan or agreement of insurance when he determines that person delivering or issuing can reasonably comply with the provisions of this article.

B. This article shall not apply as to:

(1) any policy which is a security subject to federal jurisdiction;

(2) any group policy covering a group of one thousand (1,000) or more lives at date of issue, other than a group credit life insurance policy or a group credit health insurance policy; except, that any certificate issued pursuant to a group policy and delivered or issued for delivery in this state is not exempt;

(3) any group annuity contract which is a funding vehicle for a pension, profit-sharing or deferred compensation plan;

(4) any form used in connection with, or as a conversion from, or as an addition to, or in exchange pursuant to a contractual provision for, a policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state on an initial form approved or permitted to be issued prior to the date such initial form must be approved under this article; or

(5) the renewal of a policy delivered or issued for delivery prior to the date such policy form must be approved under this article.
N.M. Stat. § 17-8-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 8 / Section 17-8-6
§ 17-8-6. Exemptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Sport Shooting Range Act do not apply:

A. to recovery for an act or omission relating to recklessness, negligence, wanton misconduct or willful misconduct in the operation or use of a sport shooting range;

B. to a nuisance action on the basis of trespass involving the operation or use of a sport shooting range;

C. to the operation or use of a sport shooting range that substantially and adversely affects public health or public safety; or

D. if there has been a substantial change in the primary use of a sport shooting range.