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N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-47 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-47
§ 3-60A-47. Sufficiency of code
Status: in_force

A. The Metropolitan Redevelopment Code, without reference to other statutes of the state, constitutes full authority for the exercise of powers granted herein, including but not limited to the authorization and issuance of bonds under that code.

B. No other act or law with regard to the authorization of issuance of bonds that provides for an election requiring an approval or in any way impeding or restricting the carrying out of the acts authorized in the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken under or acts done pursuant to that code, except for laws to which reference is expressly made in that code or by necessary implication of that code.

C. The provisions of no other law, either general or local, except as provided in the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code, shall apply to the things authorized to be done pursuant to that code, and no board, agency, bureau, commission or official not designated herein has any authority or jurisdiction over any of the acts authorized in that code to be done, except as otherwise provided by that code.

D. No notice, consent or approval by any public body or officer thereof shall be required as a prerequisite to the sale or issuance of any bonds, the making of any contract or financing agreement or the exercise of any other power under the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code, except as provided herein.

E. The powers conferred by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code shall be in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by that code shall not affect the powers conferred by any other law.

F. No part of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code shall repeal or affect any other law or part thereof except to the extent that the provisions of that code are inconsistent with any other law, it being intended that the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives and not an exclusive one; and the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code shall not be construed as repealing, amending or changing any other law except to the extent of such inconsistency.
N.M. Stat. § 13-1A-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 1A / Section 13-1A-2
§ 13-1A-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Purchasing Discount Act is to effect certain economies in the operation of state government by requiring state agencies to establish bookkeeping and administrative procedures to accelerate payments to vendors for supplies and equipment so as to secure price discounts offered by such vendors for early payment of accounts.
N.M. Stat. § 4-44-29 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 44 / Section 4-44-29
§ 4-44-29. Fees to be collected in advance
Status: in_force

Every county officer shall collect every fee as prescribed by law for services performed by him in advance, if the amount of the same can be ascertained, and when any officer shall negligently or willfully fail to collect any such fee, double the amount shall be charged to him on account of his salary.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-5.8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-5.8
§ 24-1-5.8. Legislative findings; licensing requirements for certain hospitals
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that:

(1) acute care general hospitals throughout New Mexico operate emergency departments and provide vital emergency medical services to patients requiring immediate medical care; and

(2) federal and state laws require hospitals that operate an emergency department to provide certain emergency services and care to any person, regardless of that person's ability to pay. Accordingly, these hospitals encounter significant financial losses when treating uninsured or underinsured patients.

B. As used in this section:

(1) “ limited service hospital ” means a hospital that limits admissions according to medical or surgical specialty, type of disease or medical condition, or a hospital that limits its inpatient hospital services to surgical services or invasive diagnostic and treatment procedures; provided, however, that a “limited service hospital” does not include:

(a) a hospital licensed by the department as a special hospital;

(b) an eleemosynary hospital that does not bill patients for services provided; or

(c) a hospital that has been granted a license prior to January 1, 2003;

(2) “ department ” means the department of health; and

(3) “ low-income patient ” means a patient whose family or household income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty level.

C. The department shall issue a license to an acute-care or general hospital or a limited services hospital that agrees to:

(1) continuously maintain and operate an emergency department that provides emergency medical services as determined by the department;

(2) participate in the medicaid, medicare and county indigent care programs;

(3) require a physician owner to disclose a financial interest in the hospital before referring a patient to the hospital;

(4) comply with the same quality standards applied to other hospitals;

(5) provide emergency services and general health care to nonpaying patients and low-income reimbursed patients in the same proportion as the patients are treated in acute-care general hospitals in the local community, as determined by the department in consultation with a statewide hospital organization, the government of the county in which the facilities are located and the affected hospitals; provided that:

(a) a hospital may appeal the determination of the department pursuant to Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978; and

(b) the annual cost of the care required to be provided pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed an amount equal to five percent of the hospital's annual revenue; and

(6) require a health care provider to disclose a financial interest before referring a patient to the hospital.
N.M. Stat. § 21-7-9.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 21-7-9.1
§ 21-7-9.1. Purpose of Spanish resource center
Status: in_force

Pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the ministry of education and science of Spain and the university of New Mexico providing for the establishment of a Spanish resource center in New Mexico, the center for southwest research will:

A. receive from the ministry of education and science of Spain:

(1) approximately two thousand volumes of Spanish language children's literature representative of the best materials published;

(2) a methodological and pedagogical collection of scholarly Spanish language works, including essays, university studies and special publications;

(3) approximately one thousand volumes of Spanish language classical and contemporary literature;

(4) a significant collection of Spanish language educational, technical and instructional materials;

(5) more than four thousand hours of recorded Spanish language audio and audiovisual materials; and

(6) an important library of current and classical Spanish language movies;

B. make the items received from the ministry of education and science of Spain available to scholars, teachers, university students, bilingual coordinators, administrators and others researching or interested in Hispanic language and culture;

C. organize, coordinate with the state department of public education and sponsor with the ministry of education and science of Spain various workshops, seminars and other educational and training events for bilingual teachers that focus on:

(1) Spanish language;

(2) bilingual and other language instruction methodologies;

(3) Spanish language classroom resources; and

(4) specific topics related to Hispanic history, arts and culture;

D. support, through pilot projects, research related to bilingualism and teaching Spanish as a foreign language;

E. provide exhibitions and showings of the materials in the Spanish resource center's Spanish language collections; and

F. promote statewide cultural activities related to the collections and activities of the Spanish resource center.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-21
§ 1-12-21. Conduct of election; challenges; entries
Status: in_force

When a challenge is interposed, the judges or election clerks shall enter the word “CHALLENGED” under the notation headings in the signature rosters, along with the reason for the challenge, the time the challenge was made and the name and title of the person interposing the challenge.
N.M. Stat. § 9-5B-6 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 5B / Section 9-5B-6
§ 9-5B-6. Commission; powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The commission may:

(1) accept gifts, devises, grants and donations from others to carry out the provisions of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act;

(2) request assistance and staff support from the department;

(3) employ such personnel as necessary to carry out the provisions of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act;

(4) delegate responsibility for the administration and implementation of conservation projects, corps members' employment and supervision, project coordination and other program matters;

(5) establish work camps and long-term residential facilities to house corps members and their supervisors; and

(6) contact potential sponsors and funding sources for support.

B. The commission shall:

(1) adopt rules that are necessary for the proper administration of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act;

(2) administer and enforce the provisions of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act and rules adopted pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this subsection;

(3) develop and approve corps work projects, activities and contracts with project sponsors;

(4) establish standards, procedures and policies for selecting, hiring, providing compensation for and other personnel matters involving corps members and other personnel;

(5) foster partnerships and cooperation between the corps and New Mexico's secondary and post-secondary schools to assist corps members in obtaining education and job training; and

(6) hire a program manager, who shall be the administrative officer of the corps.
N.M. Stat. § 30-7-2.4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 7 / Section 30-7-2.4
§ 30-7-2.4. Unlawful carrying of a firearm on university premises; notice; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Unlawful carrying of a firearm on university premises consists of carrying a firearm on university premises except by:

(1) a peace officer;

(2) university security personnel;

(3) a student, instructor or other university-authorized personnel who are engaged in army, navy, marine corps or air force reserve officer training corps programs or a state-authorized hunter safety training program;

(4) a person conducting or participating in a university-approved program, class or other activity involving the carrying of a firearm; or

(5) a person older than nineteen years of age on university premises in a private automobile or other private means of conveyance, for lawful protection of the person's or another's person or property.

B. A university shall conspicuously post notices on university premises that state that it is unlawful to carry a firearm on university premises.

C. As used in this section:

(1) “ university ” means a baccalaureate degree-granting post-secondary educational institution, a community college, a branch community college, a technical-vocational institute and an area vocational school; and

(2) “ university premises ” means:

(a) the buildings and grounds of a university, including playing fields and parking areas of a university, in or on which university or university-related activities are conducted; or

(b) any other public buildings or grounds, including playing fields and parking areas that are not university property, in or on which university-related and sanctioned activities are performed.

D. Whoever commits unlawful carrying of a firearm on university premises is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 6-19-1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 19 / Section 6-19-1
§ 6-19-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Economic Advancement District Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 12-13A-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 13A / Section 12-13A-5
§ 12-13A-5. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall provide a forum for discussion and resolution of issues of mutual concern to the governments of New Mexico and Chihuahua.

B. The commission may:

(1) identify projects that can be cooperatively pursued by New Mexico and Chihuahua;

(2) create avenues of communication between New Mexico and Chihuahua concerning cultural, artistic, economic and industrial affairs;

(3) confer with New Mexican and Chihuahuan cultural, artistic, economic and industrial leaders to determine the best methods and procedures to carry out the provisions of the New Mexico-Chihuahua Commission Act;

(4) promote legislation to further the goals of the commission; and

(5) communicate with state or province international commissions in other states or nations in order to obtain information about successful international intergovernmental cooperative activities or models.

C. The governor of New Mexico may negotiate with appropriate officials from Chihuahua to create cooperative projects to be implemented by Chihuahua and New Mexico or to resolve issues of mutual concern to New Mexico and Chihuahua. The governor may implement the agreements reached through those negotiations or projects developed, provided that an agreement that has a fiscal impact on New Mexico and requires an appropriation shall require an act of the legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 76-19A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 19A / Section 76-19A-12
§ 76-19A-12. Inspection fees; reports; cancellation of registrations
Status: in_force

A. An inspection fee shall be paid to the board for all commercial feeds distributed in New Mexico. The fee shall not exceed fifteen cents ($.15) per ton, or, for each brand of commercial feed distributed in individual packages of ten pounds or less, a distributor shall pay an annual inspection fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and shall not pay the tonnage fee on such packages of the brand so registered.

B. Fees collected shall not exceed the costs of inspection, sampling and analysis and other expenses necessary for the administration of the New Mexico Commercial Feed Act. Fees collected shall constitute a fund for the payment of the costs of inspection, sampling and analysis and other expenses necessary for the administration of that act.

C. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who distributes commercial feed in New Mexico shall:

(1) file, not later than the last day of January, April, July and October of each year, a quarterly statement setting forth the number of net tons of commercial feeds distributed in New Mexico during the preceding calendar quarter and, upon filing the statement, shall pay the inspection fee. When more than one person is involved in the distribution of commercial feed, the person who distributes to the consumer is responsible for reporting the tonnage and paying the inspection fee unless the report and payment have been made by a prior distributor of the feed; and

(2) keep such records as may be necessary or required by the board to indicate accurately the tonnage of commercial feeds distributed in New Mexico, and the board may examine those records to verify statements of tonnage. If a quarterly report is not filed or if the inspection fee is not paid within the thirty-day period after the end of a quarter, a penalty of twenty percent, or a sum of ten dollars ($10.00), whichever is greater, will be due in addition to the inspection fees, and the inspection fees and the penalty shall constitute a debt for which suit may be brought by the board.

D. Failure to make an accurate statement of tonnage or to pay the inspection fee or comply with the provisions of the New Mexico Commercial Feed Act shall constitute sufficient cause for the cancellation of all registrations on file for the distributor.
N.M. Stat. § 12-1-14 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 12-1-14
§ 12-1-14. Proceeds from sale of debentures
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the sale of said debentures shall be placed to the credit of the New Mexico compilation fund, except such amount as may have been paid as accrued interest, which amount shall be credited to a special interest fund for payment of interest on such debentures. The expenses incurred by the state treasurer in the preparation and sale of said debentures shall be paid out of said compilation fund. The proceeds from said debentures shall be used exclusively for the purposes for which said indebtedness is authorized and shall be paid out on warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration supported by vouchers of the New Mexico compilation commission. The state treasurer shall keep separate accounts for all moneys collected from the taxes or fees hereby imposed for the payment of the interest and to provide a sinking fund for said debentures respectively, and may from time to time invest the moneys in said sinking fund in any bonds or other securities issued by the United States of America or the state of New Mexico at their market value, provided, such bonds or other securities will mature before the maturity date of the debentures for which the sinking fund is created.
N.M. Stat. § 49-1-11.2 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 1 / Section 49-1-11.2
§ 49-1-11.2. Adverse possession
Status: in_force

A land grant-merced managed, controlled and governed as a political subdivision pursuant to Chapter 49 NMSA 1978 shall not be subject to adverse possession claims to or defenses against the common lands administered by the political subdivision, provided that those claims or defenses have not vested prior to the effective date of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 7-37-5.3 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 37 / Section 7-37-5.3
§ 7-37-5.3. Veterans' organization exemption
Status: in_force

The property of a veterans' organization chartered by the United States congress and that is used primarily for the benefit of veterans and their families is exempt from property taxation. The exemption provided by this section may be referred to as the “veterans' organization exemption”. The veterans' organization exemption shall be applied only if claimed and allowed pursuant to Section 7-38-17 NMSA 1978 and the rules of the department. The veterans' services department shall assist the taxation and revenue department and the county assessors in determining which veterans' organizations qualify for the veterans' organization exemption.
N.M. Stat. § 28-13A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 13A / Section 28-13A-1
§ 28-13A-1. Special recreation and museum privileges
Status: in_force

A. On the federally designated legal holiday known as “Veterans' Day”, any New Mexico resident, who provides satisfactory proof that the resident is currently serving or has served in the armed forces of the United States, and the resident's spouse and dependent children, shall be entitled to:

(1) free use of any state park or recreation area operated by the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department, including the waiving of all admittance, camping, permit or other user fees or charges; and

(2) free general admission to any state museum or historic site.

B. The governing boards of state museums and historic sites shall waive general museum and historic site admission fees for fifty percent or more disabled veterans residing in the state. Proof of disability satisfactory to the governing boards of the state museums and historic sites is required to obtain the privileges pursuant to this subsection.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55D-5 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55D / Section 4-55D-5
§ 4-55D-5. Imposition of special assessment; amount; collection; special assessment lien created
Status: in_force

A. Upon entering into a special assessment agreement, the county shall record a special assessment lien on the subject property in the real property records of the county in which the property is located.

B. The recording of the lien pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall include:

(1) the legal description of the property;

(2) the county assessor's parcel number of the property;

(3) the grantor's name, which shall be the same as the property owner on the special assessment agreement;

(4) the grantee's name, which shall be the county in which the property is located;

(5) the date on which the special assessment lien was created;

(6) the principal amount of the special assessment lien;

(7) the terms and length of the special assessment lien; and

(8) a copy of the special assessment agreement.

C. A special assessment lien shall be effective during the period in which the special assessment is imposed and shall have priority superior to all liens, claims and titles except a lien for general ad valorem property taxes or an improvement district lien that is coequal to property taxes.

D. A special assessment lien runs with the land, and that portion of the special assessment lien that has not yet become due is not accelerated or eliminated by foreclosure of the special assessment lien or any lien for taxes or assessments imposed by the state, a local government or taxing district against the property on which the special assessment lien is imposed.

E. Upon entering into a special assessment agreement, the county shall execute and record a special assessment assignable certificate from the county to the appropriate capital provider. The special assessment assignable certificate shall convey the special assessment lien including all of the characteristics described in Subsection B of this section. The holder of the special assessment assignable certificate shall be solely responsible for the billing and collection of the related special assessment and for the enforcement of the special assessment lien.

F. When the underlying special assessment financing has been satisfied, the special assessment shall be removed from the property and the county shall record a release of the special assessment lien.
N.M. Stat. § 72-2-5 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 2 / Section 72-2-5
§ 72-2-5. Annual report
Status: in_force

The state engineer shall prepare and deliver to the governor, on or before November 30 of each year, a full report of the work of his office, including a detailed statement of expenditures thereof to and including June 30 of that year, with such recommendations for legislation and appropriation as he deems advisable. He shall also prepare and submit special reports on the work and expenditures of his office at all other times when required by the governor.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2D-12 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2D / Section 7-2D-12
§ 7-2D-12. Pass-thru entities
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Venture Capital Investment Act, any gain or loss of a pass-thru entity that is treated for purposes of that act as a gain or loss of any person holding an interest in that entity shall retain its character as qualified diversifying business capital gain or loss in the hands of that person.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-35 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-35
§ 17-3-35. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the Regulated Shooting Preserve Act.