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N.M. Stat. § 73-7-7 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 7 / Section 73-7-7
§ 73-7-7. Report; notice; personal service
Status: in_force

In case of service of said notice personally, or the acceptance and waiver thereof on all the owners of the lands within the district, said service shall be sufficient and give the court jurisdiction without said publication.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23E-20 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23E / Section 59A-23E-20
§ 59A-23E-20. Certification of coverage by issuers in the individual market
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 59A-23E-7 NMSA 1978 apply to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market in the same manner as it applies to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in connection with a group health plan in the small or large group market.
N.M. Stat. § 33-2A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2A / Section 33-2A-3
§ 33-2A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Corrections Population Control Act:

A. “ commission ” means the corrections population control commission;

B. “ female correctional facilities ” means:

(1) the women's correctional facility, located in Grants; and

(2) any other female correctional facility so designated by the corrections department;

C. “ male correctional facilities ” means:

(1) the penitentiary of New Mexico, located in Santa Fe;

(2) the central New Mexico correctional facility, located in Los Lunas;

(3) the southern New Mexico correctional facility, located in Las Cruces;

(4) the western New Mexico correctional facility, located in Grants;

(5) the Roswell correctional facility, located in Hagerman;

(6) the Guadalupe county correctional facility, located in Santa Rosa;

(7) the Lea county correctional facility, located in Hobbs; and

(8) any other male correctional facility so designated by the corrections department;

D. “ nonviolent offender ” means:

(1) a person convicted only of possession of a controlled substance, pursuant to the provisions of Section 30-31-23 NMSA 1978;

(2) a person incarcerated for violating the conditions of his parole plan due to use or possession of a controlled substance whose original conviction was for commission of a nonviolent offense; or

(3) an inmate designated by the commission as a nonviolent offender; provided that the offender was convicted for the commission of a nonviolent offense, as that term is defined in Subsection L of Section 33-2-34 NMSA 1978; and

E. “ rated capacity ” means the actual general population bed space, including only individual cells and areas designed for the long-term housing of inmates, available in female correctional facilities or male correctional facilities as certified by the secretary of corrections and subject to applicable state and federal law.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-5 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-5
§ 17-3-5. Application for hunting or fishing licenses; contents; filing
Status: in_force

A. The director of the department of game and fish shall prepare and furnish blank applications for all persons applying for fishing or hunting licenses within the state. Except as provided in Subsection B or E of this section, each person, before receiving any fishing or hunting license, shall make application on a blank so provided. Among other matters that may be shown by the application, a statement shall show the exact residence of the applicant. Except as provided in Subsection B or E of this section, the application shall be signed by the applicant. All applications for licenses shall be filed with and issued by license vendors appointed by the director. All fishing and hunting licenses and the applications therefor shall contain the place of residence of the person to whom any license may be issued.

B. License vendors, as authorized by the director of the department of game and fish, may take applications for hunting and fishing licenses or authorizations via telephone or the internet. The vendor or applicant shall fill out a license application with the same information as required for other applications. The vendor shall mail the license to the applicant, and the license shall be in the possession of the hunter or angler unless otherwise provided in Chapter 17 NMSA 1978 . All money collected through telephone or internet sales shall be remitted to the director by the tenth day of the month following the sale. An individual receiving a license pursuant to this subsection is not required to sign an application prior to issuance of the license; provided, however, that the individual is subject to prosecution pursuant to Section 17-3-6 NMSA 1978 for any false or fraudulent statement or other misrepresentation as if the individual had signed an application for license.

C. Upon request, an applicant for a fishing or game hunting license shall receive an authorization number as assigned by the director of the department of game and fish through the vendor. The authorization number may be used in lieu of the actual license only by the individual who applies and meets the requirements for a license. The authorization number shall serve as a license for the purposes of Sections 17-3-1 and 17-3-17 NMSA 1978 . It is a misdemeanor to hunt or fish with an invalid authorization number or a number issued to another person.

D. Each license vendor authorized to sell licenses via telephone or internet may collect the actual cost, not to exceed five dollars ($5.00), of shipping and handling the application and license issuance.

E. The director of the department of game and fish may prepare and furnish an electronic application for all persons applying for hunting license drawings. A person making an electronic application is not required to sign an application prior to issuance of the license; provided that the person is subject to prosecution pursuant to Section 17-3-6 NMSA 1978 for any false or fraudulent statement or other misrepresentation as if the person had signed an application.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21Q-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21Q / Section 21-21Q-4
§ 21-21Q-4. Commission; duties
Status: in_force

A. The “community governance attorney commission” is created. The commission shall be composed of five members as follows:

(1) the secretary or the secretary's designee;

(2) the dean of the university or the dean's designee; and

(3) three members appointed by the governor; provided that one member shall be a member of an acequia, one member shall be a current or past member of the land grant council and one member shall be a current or past member of the colonias infrastructure board and a resident of a colonia.

B. Staff and meeting space for the commission shall be provided by the university. The commission shall elect a chair and such other officers as it deems appropriate and shall meet at the call of the chair. Members of the commission shall receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation.

C. The commission shall:

(1) make recommendations to the department on applicants for the program;

(2) advise the department on the adoption of rules to implement the provisions of the Community Governance Attorney Act;

(3) pursuant to the Procurement Code, solicit proposals for disbursement from the fund for legal services;

(4) enter into contracts for expenditure of the fund for the purpose of providing community governance attorney services for acequias, land grants-mercedes and low-income residents of colonias on issues regarding the governance of colonias. The contracts shall be entered into with the university or with nonprofit organizations whose mission is to provide a range of free legal services to low-income New Mexicans. No contract shall provide funding in excess of one-half of a full-time community governance attorney position, and each contract shall be executed only with service providers that have secured sufficient matching nonstate funding to provide a full-time position; and

(5) adopt such rules as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

D. The department, pursuant to rules of the commission, shall administer the contracts and programs provided for in this section.
N.M. Stat. § 17-2-36 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-36
§ 17-2-36. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Hunter Training Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 72-2-17 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 2 / Section 72-2-17
§ 72-2-17. Hearing; notice; conduct; record
Status: in_force

A. After a written request for hearing has been filed, the state engineer shall notify the requestor, and all interested parties, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, of the hearing. The notice shall include:

(1) the time, place, date and nature of the hearing, which time shall be not less than five nor more than sixty days from the date of filing of the request for hearing, provided that the state engineer may for good cause or upon stipulation of the parties set the hearing for a later date; and

(2) the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing will be held.

B. In the conduct of the hearing:

(1) opportunity shall be afforded all parties to appear and present evidence and argument on all issues involved;

(2) irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded. The rules of evidence as applied in nonjury civil cases in the district courts of this state shall be generally followed; however, when it is necessary to ascertain facts not reasonably susceptible of proof under these rules, evidence not admissible thereunder may be admitted if it is of a type commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent men in the conduct of their affairs. Objections to evidentiary offers may be made and shall be noted in the record. Subject to these requirements, when a hearing will be expedited and interests of the parties will not be prejudiced substantially, any part of the evidence may be received in written form;

(3) a party may have and be represented by counsel and may conduct cross-examinations required for a full and true disclosure of the facts;

(4) notice may be taken of judicially cognizable facts. In addition, notice may be taken of generally recognized technical or scientific facts within the state engineer's specialized knowledge;

(5) oral proceedings or any part thereof shall be transcribed on request of any party; and

(6) findings of fact shall be based exclusively on the evidence and on matters officially noticed.

C. The state engineer or his appointed hearing examiner shall make a record of the hearing, which shall include:

(1) all pleadings, motions, intermediate rulings;

(2) evidence received or considered;

(3) a statement of the matters officially noticed;

(4) questions and offers of proof, objections and rulings thereon;

(5) any proposed findings submitted; and

(6) any decision, opinion or report by the state engineer or hearing examiner conducting the hearing.
N.M. Stat. § 62-17-3 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 17 / Section 62-17-3
§ 62-17-3. Policy
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the Efficient Use of Energy Act that public utilities, distribution cooperative utilities and municipal utilities include all cost-effective energy efficiency and load management programs in their energy resource portfolios, that regulatory disincentives to public utility development of cost-effective energy efficiency and load management be removed in a manner that balances the public interest, consumers' interests and investors' interests and that the commission provide public utilities an opportunity to earn a profit on cost-effective energy efficiency and load management resources that, with satisfactory program performance, is financially more attractive to the utility than supply-side resources.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-59 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-59
§ 52-3-59. Reciprocal recognition of extra-territorial coverage with other jurisdictions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of effecting mutually satisfactory reciprocal arrangements with other states respecting extra-territorial jurisdictions, the employment security division of the labor department is empowered to promulgate special and general regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law and, with the approval of the governor, to enter into reciprocal agreements with appropriate boards, commissions, officers or agencies of other states having jurisdiction over workers' compensation claims.
N.M. Stat. § 18-2-6 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 2 / Section 18-2-6
§ 18-2-6. Organization; officers
Status: in_force

The commission shall organize by electing a chairman and a vice chairman from its membership.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9F-10 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9F / Section 63-9F-10
§ 63-9F-10. Complaints
Status: in_force

All complaints, including complaints about the service provided by the telecommunications relay system, the provider of the telecommunications relay system or the operation and administration of the telecommunications relay system, shall be made directly to the commission.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-34 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-34
§ 19-7-34. Rent lien; attachment; forfeiture
Status: in_force

Rentals shall constitute a first lien on any and all improvements and crops upon the land leased, prior and superior to any other lien or encumbrance whatsoever whether created with or without notice of the lien for rental due or to become due. When any rental is due and unpaid the commissioner may forthwith attach, without attachment bond, all improvements and crops upon the land leased, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay such rental together with all costs necessarily incurred in the enforcement of such lien, and the enforcement of such lien shall work a forfeiture of such lease. The failure of any lessee of state land to pay the rental therefor when due or to furnish additional security for any deferred payment, when required by the commissioner, shall be sufficient cause for declaring any such lease forfeited.
N.M. Stat. § 73-2-22.1 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 2 / Section 73-2-22.1
§ 73-2-22.1. 1 Acequia and community ditch associations; additional powers; water rights acquisition; nonforfeiture
Status: in_force

A. Any acequia or community ditch association has the power to acquire and hold property and water rights and transfer and use the property and water rights so acquired pursuant to law.

B. The rights of an acequia or community ditch association to the waters of the acequia or association or their use or the lands and property owned by the acequia or association shall not be lost by the acequia or community ditch association by prescription or adverse possession or for nonuse of waters except as provided in Section 72-5-28 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 10-16E-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16E / Section 10-16E-1
§ 10-16E-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “One-Stop Business Portal Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 17-2-39 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-39
§ 17-2-39. Findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The legislature finds and declares that:

A. species of wildlife indigenous to the state that may be found to be threatened or endangered should be managed to maintain and, to the extent possible, enhance their numbers within the carrying capacity of the habitat;

B. the state should assist in the management of species of wildlife that are deemed to be endangered elsewhere by prohibiting the taking, possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offering for sale or shipment within this state of species of wildlife listed on the United States lists of endangered fish and wildlife, unless such actions will assist in preserving or propagating the species;

C. adequate funding should be made available to the department of game and fish by annual appropriations from the general fund or from other sources separate and apart from the game protection fund for management of threatened or endangered species; and

D. because the management and recovery of threatened or endangered species are the responsibility of and a benefit to all of society, the costs of management and recovery should be the responsibility of all sectors of society, and those costs should be minimized and should be borne by federal, state and local governments with contributions from the private sector.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-33 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-33
§ 73-8-33. Compensation and expenses of directors and president; offenses; penalty
Status: in_force

Members of the board of directors of any such drainage district, other than the president, shall each receive compensation at the rate of two and 50-100 dollars [($2.50)] per day while attending meetings of the board, or otherwise necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties, and their actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred while engaged upon official business. The president shall receive as compensation one hundred dollars [($100)] per annum for each ten thousand acres of land, or major fraction thereof, included within the drainage district, and his actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred while engaged upon official business.

No director or officer named in this act shall in any manner be interested directly or indirectly in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board of directors, or in the profits to be derived therefrom; nor shall he receive any bonus, gratuity or bribe; and for any violation of this provision any such officer upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars [($500)], or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment; and such conviction shall work a forfeiture of his office.
N.M. Stat. § 30-8-2 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 8 / Section 30-8-2
§ 30-8-2. Polluting water
Status: in_force

Polluting water consists of knowingly and unlawfully introducing any object or substance into any body of public water causing it to be offensive or dangerous for human or animal consumption or use. Polluting water constitutes a public nuisance.

For the purpose of this section, “body of water” means any public river or its tributary, stream, lake, pond, reservoir, acequia, canal, ditch, spring, well or declared or known ground waters.

Whoever commits polluting water for which the act or penalty is not otherwise prescribed by law is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 61-9A-14.3 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 9A / Section 61-9A-14.3
§ 61-9A-14.3. Alcohol and drug abuse counselor; requirements for grandfathered licensure
Status: in_force

A. Effective July 1, 2007 through July 1, 2010, the board shall license as an alcohol and drug abuse counselor a person who holds a current certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor certification issued between July 1, 1996 and July 1, 2010 and files a completed application accompanied by the required fees and submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant:

(1) is of good moral character with conduct consistent with the code of ethics;

(2) has reached the age of twenty-one;

(3) has submitted evidence of having participated in a total of six thousand client contact hours and three hundred supervised face-to-face hours; and

(4) has completed two hundred seventy-six clock hours of education or training that includes ninety hours in each area of the fields of alcohol and drug abuse counseling and six hours of training in professional ethics acquired within two years of receipt of the application.

B. An applicant who meets the requirements of Subsection A of this section will not be required to complete an examination.
N.M. Stat. § 77-2-7.10 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 2 / Section 77-2-7.10
§ 77-2-7.10. Brands; board may reject
Status: in_force

The board shall have the power to reject any brand offered for record under the provisions of Section 77-9-16 NMSA 1978 when upon satisfactory evidence it is shown to the board that the same is offered for or is of such character that may be used for malicious or deceptive purposes or is not in conformity with the provisions of Section 77-9-16 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 24-8-3 — NM 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. § 7-8A-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 8A / Section 7-8A-22
§ 7-8A-22. Enforcement
Status: in_force

The administrator may maintain an action in this or another state to enforce the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995). The court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party.
N.M. Stat. § 31-4-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 4 / Section 31-4-21
§ 31-4-21. Governor may recall warrant or issue alias
Status: in_force

The governor may recall his warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever he deems proper.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2C-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2C / Section 7-2C-1
§ 7-2C-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 2C NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Tax Refund Intercept Program Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 20-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 10 / Section 20-10-1
§ 20-10-1. Awards authorized
Status: in_force

There are established and authorized within Chapter 20, Article 10 NMSA 1978 awards for presentation to units and members of the national guard and the New Mexico state defense force and, where indicated, for presentation to other persons for recognized service to the national guard or New Mexico state defense force, to the state or to the United States.
N.M. Stat. § 36-1-3 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 1 / Section 36-1-3
§ 36-1-3. District attorneys; travel expenses
Status: in_force

District attorneys and their employees shall be allowed per diem and shall be reimbursed for their necessary travel expenses incurred while absent from their district headquarters upon official business as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act. These expenses shall be paid from the appropriation to the district attorney of the judicial district for which the business is transacted.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-35 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-35
§ 19-7-35. Cancellation or forfeiture of agricultural or grazing leases restricted; sale of leased land
Status: in_force

That no lease of state lands for agricultural or grazing purposes shall be canceled or forfeited by the commissioner of public lands, before the expiration of the full term thereof, without the written consent of the lessee, except for fraud, collusion, mutual mistake or default of the lessee, and the right to cancel or forfeit such lease without cause, based on any agreement or consent contained in such lease is hereby waived. All sales of state lands embraced within such lease shall be made subject to all the terms and provisions thereof, except the right of the lessee to a renewal at the end of the term. Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the commissioner from granting rights-of-way and easements over, across or upon the land embraced in the lease for public highways, railroads, tramways, telegraph, telephone and power lines, irrigation works, mining, logging and business leases.