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N.M. Stat. § 30-7-2.2 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 7 / Section 30-7-2.2
§ 30-7-2.2. Unlawful possession of a handgun by a person; exceptions; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Unlawful possession of a handgun by a person consists of a person knowingly having a handgun in the person's possession or knowingly transporting a handgun, except when the person is:

(1) in attendance at a hunter's safety course or handgun safety course or participating in a lawful shooting activity;

(2) engaging in the use of a handgun for target shooting at an established range authorized by the governing body of the jurisdiction in which the range is located or in an area where the discharge of a handgun without legal justification is not prohibited by law;

(3) engaging in an organized competition involving the use of a handgun;

(4) participating in or practicing for a performance by an organization that has been granted exemption from federal income tax by the United States commissioner of internal revenue as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended or renumbered;

(5) engaging in legal hunting or trapping activities;

(6) traveling, with an unloaded handgun in the person's possession, to or from an activity described in Paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) of this subsection; or

(7) on real property under the control of the person's parent, grandparent or legal guardian and the person is being supervised by a parent, grandparent or legal guardian.

B. A person who commits unlawful possession of a handgun by a person is guilty of a misdemeanor.

C. As used in this section:

(1) “ person ” means an individual who is less than nineteen years old; and

(2) “ handgun ” means a loaded or unloaded pistol, revolver or firearm that will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosion and the barrel length of which, not including a revolving, detachable or magazine breech, does not exceed twelve inches.
N.M. Stat. § 6-18-14 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 18 / Section 6-18-14
§ 6-18-14. Interest; refunding; approval by local government; additional findings
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act are not subject to any limitations on interest rates or net effective interest rates or interest rate approval requirements contained in any other laws of this state provided that:

A. the bond legislation shall contain findings by the governing body that any fixed rate or rates of interest or discount on the bonds, or in the case of a variable rate or rates of interest, that the maximum rate or method of determining the maximum rate, and that the maximum net effective interest rate on the bonds, are reasonable under existing or anticipated bond market conditions and necessary and advisable for the marketing and sale of the bonds. The bond legislation shall declare that the governing body has considered all relevant information and data in making its findings. The findings and declarations in the bond legislation shall constitute conclusive authority for the public body to issue the bonds within the interest rate limitations set forth herein and in the bond legislation; and

B. any bonds issued pursuant to the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act to renew, or fund or refund, any prior issue of bonds, in whole or in part, may be issued notwithstanding the provisions of any other laws of the state, provided that bond legislation pertinent to the bonds shall contain findings that the issuance of such bonds is necessary or advisable, and the amount of such bonds which it is deemed necessary and advisable to issue. The determination of necessity or advisability contained in the bond legislation shall constitute conclusive authority for the public body to issue any such renewal, funding or refunding bonds and no additional approval of any department, board or other officer of the state or any other official approval is required.
N.M. Stat. § 56-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 3 / Section 56-3-1
§ 56-3-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

A. “credit bureau” means any business engaged in furnishing credit information about consumers; and

B. “consumer” means any natural person in the general consuming public who seeks or is seeking credit for personal, family or household purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 61-12B-8 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12B / Section 61-12B-8
§ 61-12B-8. Expedited licensing without training and examination
Status: in_force

A. The department shall waive the education and examination requirements for an applicant who presents proof that the applicant holds a valid, unrestricted license in another licensing jurisdiction and is in good standing with that licensing jurisdiction.

B. The department shall, as soon as practicable but no later than thirty days after an out-of-state licensee files an application paid the required fees, process the application and issue the expedited license in accordance Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978 .

C. The department shall determine the states and territories of the United States and the District of Columbia from which it will not accept applicants for expedited licensure and the foreign countries from which it will accept applicants for expedited licensure. The department shall post the lists of disapproved and approved licensing jurisdictions on its website. The list of disapproved licensing jurisdictions shall include the specific reasons for disapproval. The lists shall be reviewed annually to determine if amendments to the rule are warranted.
N.M. Stat. § 1-16-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 16 / Section 1-16-9
§ 1-16-9. Ballot questions; single ballot; space on ballot
Status: in_force

A. Ballot questions submitted to the voters at any election shall be printed on one ballot only.

B. State ballot questions certified by the secretary of state shall be printed on the ballot as provided in the Election Code.

C. Local government ballot questions authorized by law shall be printed on the ballot of each county containing any precinct in which votes may be cast for or against the local government ballot question.

D. If, after printing any offices required to be elected and the state ballot questions certified by the secretary of state, there is insufficient space on a single-page ballot using both sides of the page to accommodate the various ballot questions submitted by local governments:

(1) priority for printing local government ballot questions shall be in the order the approved ballot questions were filed with the county clerk; provided that for multicounty jurisdictions, exclusion from one county's ballot excludes that local government ballot question from the ballot in all applicable counties;

(2) a local government ballot question that, based on the order received by the county clerk, would require the ballot to be on more than one page shall be included on the ballot only if the local government submitting the ballot question pays the additional costs of any subsequent ballot page; provided that if more than one local government submits ballot questions that would require the ballot to be on more than one page, those local governments shall share the additional costs of any subsequent ballot page;

(3) a single ballot that is printed on more than one page may permit voters to cast on the first page a vote for or against any local government ballot question printed on a subsequent ballot page; and

(4) regardless of the order in which local government ballot questions are filed with the county clerk, the ballot questions shall be printed on the ballot in the order provided in Section 1-10-8 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 32A-23C-5 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 23C / Section 32A-23C-5
§ 32A-23C-5. Applicability
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not be construed to apply to the licensure or regulation of child care assistance, any licensed child care program or licensed exempt child care program.
N.M. Stat. § 50-6-4 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 6 / Section 50-6-4
§ 50-6-4. Prohibited occupations for children under sixteen; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. A child under the age of sixteen years shall not be employed or permitted to labor at any of the following occupations or in any of the following positions:

(1) on or around belted machines while in motion;

(2) on or around power-driven woodworking machines used for cutting, shaping, forming, surfacing, nailing, stapling, wire stitching, fastening or otherwise assembling, processing or printing wood or veneer;

(3) on or around power-driven hoisting apparatus with the exception that this section shall not prohibit the operation of an automatic elevator that is controlled by pushbuttons making leveling, holding, opening and closing of the car and hoistway doors entirely automatic;

(4) in or about plants, establishments or jobs using, manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive components;

(5) electronics jobs where the child is exposed to electrical hazards;

(6) in or about any establishment where malt or alcoholic beverages are manufactured, packed, wrapped or bottled;

(7) municipal firefighting whether using volunteers or paid employees;

(8) manufacture of goods for immoral purposes;

(9) in any employment dangerous to lives and limbs or injurious to the health or morals of children under the age of sixteen years; or

(10) soliciting door-to-door for other than a nonprofit organization or in other activities approved by the parent or guardian.

B. The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(1) children engaged in working with equipment in any school or place where cooperative education or science is taught while under supervision of an instructor;

(2) apprentices while under the supervision of a journeyman in a certified apprenticeship program; or

(3) children employed in a film or television production, where the set may be considered physically hazardous or special effects are used; provided that a New Mexico-certified trainer or technician accredited in a United States department of labor occupational safety and health administration-certified safety program specific to the film or television industry is present at all times that the child is exposed to the potentially hazardous condition.

C. Additional hazardous occupations not specifically listed in this section shall be determined by the state child labor inspector following consultation with the employer who wishes to employ minors over the age of fourteen years and under sixteen years of age.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-7.7 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-7.7
§ 1-9-7.7. Voting systems; technical requirements
Status: in_force

Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall:

A. have a unique embedded internal serial number for audit purposes;

B. be supplied with a dust- and moisture-proof cover for transportation and storage purposes;

C. if the net weight of the system, or aggregate of voting device parts, is over twenty pounds, have self-contained wheels so that the system can be easily rolled by one person on rough pavement and can roll through a standard thirty-inch door frame;

D. be a stand-alone, non-networked election system such that all pre-election, election day and post-election events and activities can be recorded and retained in each device;

E. employ scalable technology allowing easy enhancements that meet United States election assistance commission standards and state law;

F. have ancillary equipment, such as printers, power sources, microprocessors and switch and indicator matrices, that is installed internally or is modular and transportable;

G. display publicly the number of ballots processed;

H. be able to print:

(1) an alphanumeric printout of the contests, candidates and vote totals when the polls are opened so that the poll workers can verify that the counters for each candidate are on zero;

(2) an alphanumeric printout of the contests, candidates and vote totals at the close of the polls, which printouts shall contain the system serial number and public counter total; and

(3) as many copies of the alphanumeric printouts as necessary to satisfy state law; and

I. include a feature to allow reports to be sent to an electronic data file.
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-12
§ 4-38-12. Seal; sessions to be public; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Every board of county commissioners shall have a seal, or scroll until a seal can be procured, and may alter the same at pleasure. Their sessions shall be public with open doors, and all persons conducting themselves in an orderly manner may attend their meetings, and they may establish rules and regulations to govern the transaction of their business.
N.M. Stat. § 70-5-16 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 5 / Section 70-5-16
§ 70-5-16. Appeal
Status: in_force

A licensee whose license is canceled or suspended by order of the commission may appeal the decision by filing an appeal with the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 59A-38-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 38 / Section 59A-38-8
§ 59A-38-8. Distribution of profits; how determined
Status: in_force

No profits out of a Lloyds Plan insurance operation shall accrue to an underwriter or underwriters except on the basis of his or their actual investment in cash or eligible securities, and no such profits shall be paid except out of surplus and in proportion to such investment. Such surplus shall be determined by the superintendent in the following manner:

A. he shall charge as liabilities the same reserves as are required of authorized stock insurers transacting the same kind of insurance;

B. he shall allow the surplus deposits of underwriters as an asset, except that if an underwriter's premium deposit is due and unpaid for ninety (90) days, the premium deposit shall first be charged against such surplus;

C. the surplus deposits of underwriters shall not be charged as liabilities;

D. all premium deposits due and unpaid for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days shall be allowed as assets; and

E. the amount of surplus shall otherwise be determined in accordance with similar determination, as applicable, of the surplus of other authorized stock and mutual insurers.
N.M. Stat. § 48-2A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2A / Section 48-2A-2
§ 48-2A-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature finds there are practices within the industry of constructing residential properties containing not more than four dwelling units resulting in certain financial inequities and, therefore, declares that the purpose of the Stop Notice Act is to: provide for timely payment by an original contractor to persons contracted with to furnish labor or materials incorporated or to be incorporated in residential construction; define stop notices and their legal usage; encourage construction lenders to assert reasonable supervision, monitoring and control of funds disbursed to the original contractor for the timely payment of labor or materials; restrain and bar diversion of funds for purposes not directly involved with construction of the residential site improvement; and provide for criminal penalties.
N.M. Stat. § 61-9A-29 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 9A / Section 61-9A-29
§ 61-9A-29. Injunctive proceedings
Status: in_force

The board may apply for an injunction in a district court to enjoin any person from committing any act prohibited by the Counseling and Therapy Practice Act.
N.M. Stat. § 53-10-6 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 10 / Section 53-10-6
§ 53-10-6. Suits against or by unincorporated associations; recovery of judgments
Status: in_force

A. An unincorporated association may sue or be sued in its common name for the purpose of enforcing for or against it any substantive right. Suit may be brought against an unincorporated association by any individual member of the association, and the unincorporated association may sue its individual associates.

B. Any money judgment obtained against an unincorporated association shall bind only the joint or common property of the association.

C. In any action against an unincorporated association process may be served by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint or other pleading to an officer of the association or other head officer or agent in charge of its principal office in this state or by serving process in the manner now provided for service of process against corporations.
N.M. Stat. § 14-3-20 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-20
§ 14-3-20. Interstate compacts; filing; index
Status: in_force

A. Each agency of this state and each political subdivision of the state entering into or administering an interstate compact or other intergovernmental agreement between or among states, subdivisions of this state and other states or between this state or any subdivision and the federal government, having the force of law and to which this state or any subdivision is a party, shall file with the records center:

(1) a certified copy of the compact or agreement;

(2) a listing of all other jurisdictions party to the compact or agreement and the date on which each jurisdiction entered into participation;

(3) the status of each compact or agreement with respect to withdrawals of participating jurisdictions;

(4) citations to any act or resolution of the congress of the United States consenting to the compact or agreement; and

(5) any amendment, supplementary agreement or administrative rule or regulation having the force of law and implementing or modifying the compact or agreement.

B. The records center shall index these documents and make them available for inspection upon request of any person during normal business hours.

C. The provisions of this section are in addition to other requirements of law for filing, publication or distribution.

D. No compact or agreement entered into after the effective date of this section shall become effective until filed as required in this section.

E. The executive official in charge of any state agency or political subdivision which fails to file any compact or agreement required by this section to be filed is guilty of a misdemeanor.

F. The records center shall be furnished copies of all interstate compacts, when available, as defined in this section, which have been filed with the supreme court librarian.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-51 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-51
§ 52-3-51. Reports to be filed with director
Status: in_force

It is the duty of every employer of labor in this state subject to the provisions of the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law or the employer's disease disablement compensation insurance carrier to make a written report to the director of all claims for disablement that may be filed by any of his employees during the course of their employment. A copy of the report shall be sent by the employer to the worker. Such reports shall be made within ten days after the employer has received notice from the employee of the disablement and upon forms to be furnished by the director containing such information as he may require. Upon request of the director, it is also the duty of the employer or the employer's insurance carrier to file with the director closing reports upon the closing of a claim upon forms approved by the director.
N.M. Stat. § 5-13-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 13 / Section 5-13-5
§ 5-13-5. Exemptions
Status: in_force

The convention center fee shall not apply:

A. if a vendee:

(1) has been a permanent resident of the lodging facility for a period of at least fifteen consecutive days; or

(2) enters into or has entered into a written agreement for a room at a lodging facility for a period of at least fifteen consecutive days;

B. if the local governmental entity by ordinance exempts lodging facilities whose maximum daily room charge is less than the amount stated in the ordinance;

C. to rooms at institutions of the federal government, the state or any political subdivision thereof;

D. to rooms at religious, charitable, educational or philanthropic institutions or other nonprofit organizations, including rooms at summer camps operated by such institutions;

E. to clinics, hospitals or other medical facilities;

F. to privately owned and operated convalescent homes or homes for the aged, infirm, indigent or chronically ill; or

G. if the vendor does not offer at least three rooms at its lodging facility. The convention center fee shall be imposed on the lodging facilities of a vendor that owns three or more lodging facilities within local governmental entities that have imposed a convention center fee, regardless of the number of rooms available for occupancy.
N.M. Stat. § 27-6A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 6A / Section 27-6A-1
§ 27-6A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Low Income Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Service Assistance Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 6-12A-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 12A / Section 6-12A-12
§ 6-12A-12. Authority for issuance
Status: in_force

The Short-Term Cash Management Act, without reference to any other statute, shall be full authority for the issuance and sale of anticipation notes and shall have all the qualities of investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code. 1
N.M. Stat. § 12-2A-11 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 2A / Section 12-2A-11
§ 12-2A-11. Enrolled and engrossed bill controls over subsequent publication
Status: in_force

If the text of an enrolled and engrossed bill differs from a later publication of the text, the enrolled and engrossed bill prevails.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-60 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-60
§ 19-7-60. Claim for refund; contents; time limit; notice of erroneous payment; limitation of action
Status: in_force

A person claiming a refund under the provisions of Sections 19-7-59 through 19-7-63 NMSA 1978 shall file with the commissioner of public lands a written claim for refund, stating the amount claimed to have been erroneously paid and the reasons why such payment was erroneously made. All claims for refund of money shall be filed within ninety days after notice. If an erroneous payment of any money is discovered by the commissioner of public lands, notice of the discovery shall be given by the commissioner of public lands, as soon after the discovery as possible, by registered mail to the last recorded address of the person making the erroneous payment. A claim for a refund that is not filed with the commissioner of public lands within six years from the date the erroneous payment was made shall be forever barred; provided that if notice of an erroneous payment is given less than ninety days before the end of the six-year limitation, the period of time to file a claim shall be extended beyond the six-year limitation for the number of days necessary to provide ninety days to file the claim.
N.M. Stat. § 5-8-35 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 5-8-35
§ 5-8-35. Approval of amendments required
Status: in_force

A. The municipality or county, within thirty days after the date of the public hearing on the amendments, shall approve, disapprove, revise or modify the amendments to the land use assumptions, the capital improvements plan or impact fees.

B. An ordinance, order or resolution approving the amendments to the land use assumptions, the capital improvements plan or impact fees shall not be adopted as an emergency measure and such adoption must comply with the procedural requirements of the Development Fees Act.