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N.M. Stat. § 10-7A-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7A / Section 10-7A-8
§ 10-7A-8. Deferred compensation plan; local public employee participation
Status: in_force

A. Local public employees shall be eligible to participate in a deferred compensation plan approved by the board upon the filing of a local public body's participation agreement, conforming to board requirements, applicable to its local public employees and such other participants permitted by the plan as the local public body may elect. Such filing shall be made at such dates and places and in such manner as the board requires.

B. A local public body may terminate its local public employees' and other qualified participants' future participation in a board-approved plan any time not less than two years after the date participation has become effective, upon the local public body's filing of written or electronic notice conforming to board requirements.
N.M. Stat. § 74-4A-11 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 4A / Section 74-4A-11
§ 74-4A-11. Committee duties
Status: in_force

At the beginning of each interim, the committee shall hold one organizational meeting to develop a work plan and budget for the period prior to January 1 preceding the next regular session of the legislature. The work plan and budget shall be submitted to the New Mexico legislative council for approval. Upon approval of the work plan and budget by the legislative council, the committee shall examine all matters relevant to the purposes of the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Act and shall submit recommended legislation, together with a report on the activities and expenditures of the committee, to the legislature. In making recommendations, the committee shall review and monitor the following areas:

A. the generation, treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of radioactive or hazardous materials and wastes;

B. the control and handling of mixed waste transported to the waste isolation pilot plant site for disposal;

C. the progress and effectiveness of remediation actions at sites contaminated by radioactive or hazardous materials;

D. the compliance with the environmental protection agency, the council on environmental quality and the office of surface mining regulations and standards pursuant to federal environmental statutes;

E. the provision of activities and investigations and the dissemination of information by the environmental evaluation group; however, nothing in the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Act shall be construed to limit the independent technical review and evaluation by that group of the impact on health and safety of the waste isolation pilot plant;

F. the disposition of uranium mine and mill tailings;

G. the means through which disposition of low-level wastes may be accomplished, such as participation in a regional compact with other states;

H. the state emergency response capability;

I. the Ground Water Protection Act, in cooperation with other legislative committees, regarding the use or management of storage tanks and releases;

J. the Hazardous Chemicals Information Act, in cooperation with other legislative committees; and

K. such matters assigned by the legislature and consultations and negotiations with the federal government and other state governments or their representatives and agreements and revisions thereto.
N.M. Stat. § 23-2-2 — NM Code / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 23-2-2
§ 23-2-2. Advisory committee
Status: in_force

The board of regents of the university of New Mexico shall appoint and consult with an advisory group consisting of at least three parents of children with a chronic impairment and two health professionals.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-54-18 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 54 / Section 59A-54-18
§ 59A-54-18. Collective action
Status: in_force

Neither the participation by insurers in the pool, the establishment of rates, forms or procedures for coverages issued by the pool nor any other joint or collective action required by the Medical Insurance Pool Act shall be the basis of any legal action, civil or criminal liability or penalty against the members of the pool either jointly or separately.
N.M. Stat. § 11-5-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 11-5-2
§ 11-5-2. State bicentennial grant-in-aid fund
Status: in_force

There is created the state bicentennial grant-in-aid fund in the office of the state treasurer.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8B-5.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8B / Section 22-8B-5.3
§ 22-8B-5.3. Chartering authority; powers; duties; liability
Status: in_force

A chartering authority shall:

A. evaluate charter applications;

B. actively pursue the utilization of charter schools to satisfy identified education needs and promote a diversity of educational choices;

C. approve charter applications that meet the requirements of the Charter Schools Act;

D. decline to approve charter applications that fail to meet the requirements of the Charter Schools Act or are otherwise inadequate;

E. negotiate and execute, in good faith, charter contracts that meet the requirements of the Charter Schools Act with each approved charter school;

F. monitor, in accordance with the requirements of the Charter Schools Act and the terms of the charter contract, the performance and legal compliance of charter schools under their authority;

G. determine whether a charter school merits suspension, revocation or nonrenewal; and

H. develop and maintain chartering policies and practices consistent with nationally recognized principles and standards for quality charter authorizing in all major areas of authorizing, including:

(1) organizational capacity and infrastructure;

(2) evaluating charter applications;

(3) performance contracting;

(4) charter school oversight and evaluation; and

(5) charter school suspension, revocation and renewal processes.
N.M. Stat. § 1-15-1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-15-1
§ 1-15-1. Presidential electors; notification of state chairmen
Status: in_force

On or before June 1 of each year in which the president and vice president of the United States are to be elected, the secretary of state shall send written notice to the state chairman of each qualified political party in New Mexico setting forth the method and requirements for nominating and electing presidential electors in this state at the general election.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-103.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-103.2
§ 7-9-103.2. Deduction; gross receipts; electricity exchange
Status: in_force

A. Receipts from operating a market or exchange for the sale or trading of electricity, rights to electricity and derivative products and from providing ancillary services may be deducted from gross receipts.

B. The department shall report annually to the interim revenue stabilization and tax policy committee on use of the deduction provided in this section.

C. As used in this section, “ ancillary services ” means services that are supplied from or in connection with facilities employing voltage source conversion technology and that are used to support or enhance the efficient and reliable operation of the electric system.
N.M. Stat. § 66-13-9 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 13 / Section 66-13-9
§ 66-13-9. Consent of person incapable of refusal not withdrawn
Status: in_force

A person who is dead, unconscious or otherwise in a condition rendering him incapable of refusal shall be deemed not to have withdrawn the consent provided by the Boating While Intoxicated Act, and the test designated by the law enforcement officer may be administered.
N.M. Stat. § 1-6-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-20
§ 1-6-20. Creation of absent voter precinct
Status: in_force

A. The board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution creating, for absent voting purposes only, an absent voter precinct for each county.

B. Absent voter precincts shall be identified by the name of the county.
N.M. Stat. § 20-14-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 14 / Section 20-14-3
§ 20-14-3. National guard death benefits; determination; payment
Status: in_force

A. The adjutant general shall determine whether a member of the national guard or a member of the state defense force division of the department of military affairs has been killed while on state active duty. In addition to any other death benefits provided by law, the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the service member on a form provided by the department of military affairs shall be paid five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) as supplemental death benefits whenever a member of the national guard or a member of the state defense force division is killed while on state active duty. The benefits shall be paid from the national guard death benefit fund.

B. The benefits shall be paid to a beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the service member on a form provided by the department of military affairs.
N.M. Stat. § 28-4-1 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 4 / Section 28-4-1
§ 28-4-1. Commission on aging [Aging and long-term services department]; duties
Status: in_force

The commission on aging [aging and long-term services department] shall establish and maintain a comprehensive statewide program designed to meet the social service needs of the state's aged population. Not by way of limitation, the commission [department] shall:

A. strengthen and coordinate services of state and local public bodies for the benefit of the aged;

B. promote the utilization of older persons in all phases of employment;

C. disseminate information to the aged relative to federal, state and local services for the aged;

D. encourage training programs, retraining programs and opportunities for older workers;

E. develop new methods of job placement for older workers;

F. promote public recognition of the advantages of hiring and retaining older workers; and

G. promote and develop programs of community resources and facilities designed to meet the social needs of older persons.
N.M. Stat. § 12-4-3 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 12-4-3
§ 12-4-3. Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

That the officers of any organization, association, party or group which shall fail to register under the provisions of this act, or any person who shall knowingly fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a felony and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
N.M. Stat. § 48-3-27 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 3 / Section 48-3-27
§ 48-3-27. Disposition of proceeds of sale
Status: in_force

The proceeds of such sale shall be applied first to the payment of costs in giving notice of sale and conducting the sale, and second to the indebtedness claimed under the lien.

Any amount of the proceeds then remaining shall be paid to the lien debtor, after first deducting any other amounts due by lien debtor to lien claimant. If the whereabouts of the lien debtor are unknown and are not discovered within six (6) months from the date of the sale after reasonable search and inquiry, any remaining proceeds due such lien debtor shall be paid to the county treasurer for the benefit of the common school fund of the county.
N.M. Stat. § 44-1-13 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 1 / Section 44-1-13
§ 44-1-13. Precept for production of petitioner by officer executing attachment
Status: in_force

The officer by whom any such attachment is issued may also at the same time or afterward issue a precept to the sheriff, or other person to whom such attachment was directed, commanding him to bring forthwith before such officers the party for whose benefit such writ was allowed, who shall thereafter remain in the custody of such sheriff or person until he is discharged, bailed or remanded, as such officer directs.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-53 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-53
§ 52-3-53. Penalties
Status: in_force

The director shall impose a penalty on any person who fails to file a report required by, or who violates any provision of, the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to that act. Unless specified otherwise in the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law, the penalty shall be a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), subject to the director's discretion.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-53-19 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 53 / Section 59A-53-19
§ 59A-53-19. Fire protection grant council; duties
Status: in_force

A. The “fire protection grant council” is created. The council consists of:

(1) a representative of the New Mexico municipal league;

(2) a representative of the New Mexico association of counties;

(3) two members appointed by the fire services council, who shall serve at the pleasure of the council;

(4) three members, one from each congressional district, appointed by the governor who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor; and

(5) the marshal, who shall serve as a nonvoting advisory member. The council shall elect a chair and vice chair from its membership.

B. The public members are entitled to receive per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act 1 and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.

C. The council shall develop criteria for assessing the critical needs of municipal fire departments and county fire districts for:

(1) fire apparatus and equipment;

(2) communications equipment;

(3) equipment for wildfires;

(4) fire station construction or expansion;

(5) equipment for hazardous material response;

(6) stipends for volunteer firefighters; and

(7) recruiting and retention programs for volunteer firefighters.

D. Applications for grant assistance from the fire protection grant fund shall be made by fire districts to the council in accordance with the requirements of the council. Using criteria developed by the council, the council shall evaluate applications and prioritize those applications most in need of grant assistance from the fund. To the extent that money in the fund is available, the council shall award grant assistance for those prioritized applications.

E. In awarding grant assistance, the council may require conditions and procedures necessary to ensure that the money is expended in the most prudent manner.

F. When considering applications for grant assistance to pay stipends to volunteer firefighters, the council shall:

(1) ensure the proposed stipends will comply with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 2 and United States department of labor requirements for maintaining volunteer status;

(2) require a basic level of training before a volunteer may receive a stipend;

(3) consider whether the fire district requires a service commitment from its volunteer firefighters in exchange for stipends; and

(4) weight the applications against other criteria or requirements determined by the council.
N.M. Stat. § 31-3-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 31-3-8
§ 31-3-8. Defects in bail or bail bond; effect
Status: in_force

No recognizance, undertaking or bond taken in any criminal proceeding shall be void, nor shall the principal or surety be discharged, from liability thereon for want of form or substance or for omission of any recital or condition or because the same was entered into on Sunday.
N.M. Stat. § 44-1-19 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 1 / Section 44-1-19
§ 44-1-19. Petitioner legally committed or guilty of offense; release on bail
Status: in_force

If it appears that the party has been legally committed for any criminal offense, or if he appears, by the testimony offered with the return upon the hearing thereof, to be guilty of such an offense, although the commitment is irregular, the officer before whom such party is brought shall proceed to let such party to bail, if the case be bailable and good bail is offered, or if not, shall forthwith remand such party.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11A / Section 10-11A-3
§ 10-11A-3. Volunteer firefighters retirement fund; creation; transfer of funds from the fire protection fund
Status: in_force

A. There is created the “volunteer firefighters retirement fund” in the state treasury. All annuities and benefits in lieu of annuities shall be paid from the fund as provided in the Volunteer Firefighters Retirement Act.

B. Beginning in fiscal year 1998, the state treasurer shall transfer annually on or before the last day of July seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) plus an additional two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for fiscal year 1998 plus an additional two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for fiscal year 1999 plus an additional five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for fiscal year 2000 from the fire protection fund to the credit of the volunteer firefighters retirement fund.
N.M. Stat. § 57-17-17 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 17 / Section 57-17-17
§ 57-17-17. Impersonation of officer; penalties
Status: in_force

A person who shall impersonate, in any manner, the director or an inspector, by the use of his seal or a counterfeit of his seal, or in any other manner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.
N.M. Stat. § 63-1-30 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 63-1-30
§ 63-1-30. Transfer of nonresident's shares of stock
Status: in_force

When shares of stock are owned by persons residing out of the state, the president, secretary or directors of the corporation, before entering any transfer thereof on the books, or issuing a certificate therefor to the transferee, may require from the attorney or agent of the nonresident owner, or from the person claiming under the transfer, an affidavit or other evidence that the nonresident owner was alive at the date of the transfer, and that his signature to the transfer is genuine; and if such affidavit or other satisfactory evidence be not furnished, may require from the attorney, agent or claimant, a bond of indemnity with two sureties, satisfactory to the board of directors; or if not so satisfactory, then one approved by a district or county judge of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is situated, conditioned to protect and indemnify the corporation against any liability to the nonresident owner or his or her legal representatives, in case of his or her death before the transfer, and if such affidavit or other evidence, or bond, be not furnished when required as herein provided, neither the corporation, nor any officer thereof, shall be liable for refusing to enter the transfer on the books of the corporation.

No person holding stock as executor, guardian or trustee, or holding it as collateral security or in pledge, shall be personally subject to any liability as a stockholder of the company; but the person pledging the stock shall be considered as holding the same and shall be liable as a stockholder accordingly; and the estate and funds in the hands of the executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, shall be liable in like manner to the same extent as testator or intestate, or as the ward or person interested in the trust fund would have been if he had been living and competent to act and hold the stock in his own name.
N.M. Stat. § 1-2-31 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1-2-31
§ 1-2-31. County canvass observers
Status: in_force

A. The county chair of each political party represented on a partisan ballot may appoint in writing county canvass observers. A candidate for elected office and an election-related organization in a statewide or special election may each appoint county canvass observers in a county if the candidate or organization makes a written request to the secretary of state and specifies the names of the qualified appointees. The secretary of state shall immediately notify the county clerk of the qualified appointees.

B. County canvass observers shall be voters of a precinct located in that county to which they are appointed. No person shall be qualified for appointment or service as a county canvass observer who is a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal or state or municipal police officer.

C. A county canvass observer or an election observer, upon presentation of the observer's written appointment, shall be permitted to be present at any time from the time the county canvassing begins until the completion of the canvass.

D. A county canvass observer or election observer is strictly limited to observing and documenting the canvassing process and shall not interrupt the canvassing process.

E. County canvass observers and election observers shall not interfere with the orderly conduct of the canvass and may be removed by the county clerk if the observer does not comply with the law.

F. As used in this section, “ county canvass ” means the process in the office of the county clerk of qualifying and verifying paper ballots and counting and tallying votes for each precinct beginning upon the closing of the polls and ending with the certification and announcement of the results by the county canvassing board.
N.M. Stat. § 25-5-1.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 25-5-1.1
§ 25-5-1.1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 25-5-1 through 25-5-9 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Flour and Bread Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 15-7-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 15 / Article 7 / Section 15-7-8
§ 15-7-8. Local public bodies; insurance policies; reports
Status: in_force

A. Upon request, any local public body shall file with the director of the risk management division:

(1) a copy of every insurance policy currently in effect; and

(2) a detailed statement of the cost of such policies.

B. If a local public body has been unable to insure any risk or for any other reason has failed to insure any risk, it shall report the reason for such failure to the director of the risk management division on or before November 1 of each year.
N.M. Stat. § 63-2-7 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 2 / Section 63-2-7
§ 63-2-7. State lands; granting right-of-way over and right to appropriate water thereon
Status: in_force

There is hereby granted to every railroad corporation formed under the laws of New Mexico a right-of-way for its railroads and telegraphs to the width of one hundred feet on each side of the center line of the track over and through any of the swamp or overflowed lands or other lands, which belonged to the territory of New Mexico, and in cases where deep excavations, or heavy embankments, or other cuttings, ditches, drains, canals, culverts or structures to protect the road beds and to facilitate the use and enjoyment of the same, is or may be required for the grade or other uses of said roads, then, at such places, a greater width of such lands may be taken by such corporation, and the same is hereby further granted to such corporation, not exceeding, in addition, five hundred feet wide. And the right is hereby further granted to such corporation to locate, occupy and hold so much of said lands as may be necessary for sites and grounds for watering places, depots, stations or other buildings or structures, along the line of said railroads necessary for the accommodation of the public, the operating of said roads and the transaction of the business of such corporation. And the further right is hereby granted to such corporation to appropriate to its use, by means of pipes, ditches, aqueducts or other conduits, so much of the waters of any springs or streams on said lands as may be necessary to the operating of the roads and the transaction of the business of such corporation, together with the right-of-way over said lands to such springs or streams for such pipes, ditches, aqueducts or other conduits.