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N.M. Stat. § 2-18-1 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 18 / Section 2-18-1
§ 2-18-1. Corrections oversight committee created; termination
Status: in_force

There is created a joint interim legislative committee that shall be known as the “corrections oversight committee”. The committee shall function from the date of its appointment until the first day of December prior to the first session of the forty-seventh legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-4-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 32A / Article 4 / Section 32A-4-19
§ 32A-4-19. Adjudicatory hearings; time limitations
Status: in_force

A. The adjudicatory hearing in a neglect or abuse proceeding shall be commenced within sixty days after the date of service on the respondent.

B. Prior to the adjudicatory hearing, all parties to the hearing shall attend a mandatory meeting and attempt to settle issues attendant to the adjudicatory hearing and develop a proposed treatment plan that serves the child's best interest.

C. The children's court attorney shall represent the state at the adjudicatory hearing.

D. When the adjudicatory hearing on any petition is not commenced within the time period specified in Subsection A of this section or within the period of any extension granted, the petition shall be dismissed with prejudice.
N.M. Stat. § 7-19D-7 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 19D / Section 7-19D-7
§ 7-19D-7. Collection by department
Status: in_force

The department shall collect each tax imposed pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Local Option Gross Receipts and Compensating Taxes Act in the same manner and at the same time it collects the state gross receipts and compensating taxes.
N.M. Stat. § 3-24-16 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 24 / Section 3-24-16
§ 3-24-16. Municipal liability
Status: in_force

In carrying out the powers granted by the Municipal Electric Generation Act, a municipality shall be liable only for its own acts with regard to the acquisition, operation, maintenance or management of a jointly owned generating facility in which it has any interest and shall not be liable for the acts, omissions or obligations of any other joint participant. The term “joint participant” as used in this section does not include an agent designated pursuant to Section 3-24-15 NMSA 1978 acting in its capacity as such. The provisions of this section shall not affect the liabilities, immunities, duties, limitations or other provisions affecting a municipality or public employee granted, permitted, required or provided for in the Tort Claims Act, as amended from time to time, nor the liabilities and duties assumed by the municipality under a contract pursuant to Section 3-24-15 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 48-1-2 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 1 / Section 48-1-2
§ 48-1-2. Execution of notices and certificates
Status: in_force

Certification, by the secretary of the treasury of the United States, his delegate or any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certification, of notices of liens, certificates, notices of compromise or notices affecting federal liens entitles them to be filed, and no other attestation, certification or acknowledgement is necessary.
N.M. Stat. § 73-21-28 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 21 / Section 73-21-28
§ 73-21-28. Board resolution; indebtedness; election
Status: in_force

Whenever the board shall, by resolution, determine that the interest of the district and the public interest or necessity demand the acquisition, construction, installation or completion of any works or other improvements or facilities, or the making of any contract with the United States or other persons or corporations, to carry out the objects or purposes of the district, requiring the creation of a general obligation indebtedness of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more, secured by property tax revenue from within the district, the board shall order the submission of the proposition of issuing the obligations or bonds or creating other indebtedness to the qualified electors of the district at a district election held in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act. The declaration of public interest or necessity required in this section and the provision for the holding of the election may be included within one and the same resolution. The resolution, in addition to the declaration of public interest or necessity, shall recite the objects and purposes for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the works or improvements, as the case may be, the amount of principal of the indebtedness to be incurred and the maximum rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness. The resolution shall also announce the date upon which the election shall be held; provided that the date is not in conflict with the provisions of Section 1-24-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 74-10-19 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 10 / Section 74-10-19
§ 74-10-19. Approval of proposals at election
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, any proposal submitted at any election held pursuant to the Solid Waste Authority Act 1 shall not carry unless the proposal has been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the authority voting on the proposal.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-424.25 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-424.25
§ 66-3-424.25. Special commemorative scouting registration plate; procedures; fee
Status: in_force

A. The division shall develop, establish and issue a special commemorative scouting registration plate celebrating the centennial of the boy scouts of America in consultation with the boy scouts of America and in accordance with the provisions of this section and shall adopt and promulgate rules and procedures for application for and issuance of the special commemorative scouting registration plate.

B. For a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), which fee shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, any owner of a motor vehicle may apply for the issuance of a special commemorative scouting registration plate. The owner of a motor vehicle shall apply and pay a fee for a special commemorative scouting registration plate each year that the owner wishes to retain and renew the plate.

C. The revenue from the special commemorative scouting registration plates shall be distributed so that ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be retained by and is appropriated to the division for the manufacture and issuance of the special commemorative scouting registration plate.
N.M. Stat. § 73-13-8 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 13 / Section 73-13-8
§ 73-13-8. Borrowing money; limitations
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and authority, and including districts organized for the purpose of cooperating with the government of the United States under the terms of the federal reclamation law and other federal laws now vested in irrigation districts organized and existing under the laws of New Mexico, irrigation districts, through their respective boards of directors are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money upon the income, credit and assets of such district and pledge the credit, income and assets thereof to secure the same, provided that no such loan shall exceed the sum of thirty dollars ($30.00) per acre for each acre of irrigated land within such district; if said loan exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000) the same shall be authorized or approved in writing by landowners who own in excess of fifty-one percent of the lands irrigated and assessed by the district for district purposes, as such ownership and acreage be shown by the records of such district as certified by the secretary and president of said district and which said certificate or certificates shall be considered sufficient and conclusive as to the amount of such total irrigated acreage, and of the assent of the landowners authorizing or approving such loan; and after securing the said approval in writing of the landowners, the board of directors of any such district making any such loan is hereby authorized and empowered to execute, make and deliver, in the name of and for and on behalf of such district, notes, debentures, mortgages or pledges, or other form of obligation as shall by the board of directors be deemed for the best interest of such district.
N.M. Stat. § 52-6-23 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 6 / Section 52-6-23
§ 52-6-23. Revocation of certificate of approval
Status: in_force

A. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the director may revoke a group's certificate of approval if it:

(1) is found to be insolvent;

(2) fails to pay any premium tax, regulatory fee or assessment or special fund contribution imposed upon it; or

(3) fails to comply with any of the provisions of the Group Self-Insurance Act, with any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or with any lawful order of the director within the time prescribed.

B. The director may revoke a group's certificate of approval if, after notice and opportunity for hearing, he finds that:

(1) any certificate of approval that was issued to the group was obtained by fraud;

(2) there was a material misrepresentation in the application for the certificate of approval; or

(3) the group or its administrator has misappropriated, converted, illegally withheld or refused to pay over, upon proper demand, any money that belongs to a member, an employee of a member or a person otherwise entitled to it and that has been entrusted to the group or its administrator in its fiduciary capacities.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-16.6 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-16.6
§ 17-3-16.6. Enhancement authorization packages; habitat enhancement
Status: in_force

The state game commission shall adopt rules for the department of game and fish to issue enhancement authorization packages each license year for the taking of one each of elk, deer, oryx, ibex and pronghorn antelope. Each enhancement authorization package shall be auctioned by the department of game and fish or by an incorporated nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of wildlife and sold to the highest bidder. Money collected from the enhancement authorization packages shall be deposited in the game protection fund and shall be used exclusively for big game habitat enhancement, conservation and protection.
N.M. Stat. § 53-7B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 7B / Section 53-7B-2
§ 53-7B-2. Purposes
Status: in_force

The purposes of the New Mexico Research Applications Act are to:

A. promote the public welfare and prosperity of the people of New Mexico;

B. foster economic development in the area of intellectual property within New Mexico;

C. attract investments that will drive technological innovations in New Mexico;

D. create high-value technology jobs in New Mexico with appropriately trained employees to fill such jobs;

E. forge links, critical partnerships and collaboration among New Mexico's business communities, universities, private foundations, national laboratories and government through the development of a research applications center;

F. support educational initiatives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the state to ensure the availability of the future work force required to meet the goals of the New Mexico Research Applications Act; and

G. engage in cooperative ventures related to the use of research and development applications, including the use of research and development applications as a means of enhancing state and local resource development and promoting innovative technological advances in the areas of economic, community and work force development; education; science; technology; engineering; mathematics; research and development; conservation; and health care, within New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-22
§ 20-12-22. Missing movement
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who through neglect or design misses the movement of a ship, aircraft or unit with which he is required in the course of duty to move shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 17-6-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 6 / Section 17-6-10
§ 17-6-10. Commissioner of public lands exempt
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in the Habitat Protection Act shall alter, change, restrict or diminish the rights, powers and duties of the commissioner of public lands in the administration, management, care and control of state trust lands as provided for by the Enabling Act and other applicable state statutes.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21I-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21I / Section 21-21I-2
§ 21-21I-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Minority Doctoral Loan Repayment Assistance Act is to increase the number of ethnic minorities and women available to teach engineering, physical or life sciences, mathematics and other academic disciplines in which ethnic minorities or women are demonstrably underrepresented in New Mexico colleges and universities. Additionally, the purpose of the Minority Doctoral Loan Repayment Assistance Act is to create a partnership between the state, higher education institutions and students that will lead to greater participation of ethnic minorities and women in the ranks of college and university faculties, enhancing educational opportunities and quality for all New Mexico residents.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21N-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21N / Section 21-21N-5
§ 21-21N-5. Lottery tuition fund created; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The “lottery tuition fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department. Earnings from investment of the fund shall accrue to the credit of the fund. The fund shall maintain an annual average balance of two million dollars ($2,000,000), and any balance in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund for appropriation by the legislature as provided in this section.

B. Money in the fund shall be appropriated by the legislature to the department for distribution to New Mexico's public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal colleges to provide tuition assistance for qualified students and legacy students as provided in the Legislative Lottery Tuition Scholarship Act.
N.M. Stat. § 39-5-11 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 5 / Section 39-5-11
§ 39-5-11. Oath of appraisers
Status: in_force

The appraisers shall take and subscribe an oath annexed to such appraisements, to the effect that the property mentioned in the schedule is, to the best of their judgment, worth the sums specified therein, that the same is the fair cash value thereof at the time, exclusive of liens and encumbrances; which oath the sheriff is authorized to administer and attest when taken and subscribed by the appraisers.
N.M. Stat. § 56-15-15 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 15 / Section 56-15-15
§ 56-15-15. Perfection and priority of assignee's security interest in proceeds
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

(1) “ Article 9 ” means Chapter 55, Article 9 NMSA 1978 or, to the extent applicable to any particular issue, Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted by the state whose laws govern that issue pursuant to the choice-of-laws rules contained in Chapter 55, Article 9 NMSA 1978; and

(2) “ conflicting interest ” means an interest in proceeds, held by a person other than an assignee, that is:

(a) a security interest arising pursuant to Article 9; or

(b) any other interest if Article 9 resolves the priority conflict between that person and a secured party with a conflicting security interest in the proceeds.

B. An assignee's security interest in identifiable cash proceeds is perfected if its security interest in rents is perfected. An assignee's security interest in identifiable noncash proceeds is perfected only if the assignee perfects that interest in accordance with Article 9.

C. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection D of this section, priority between an assignee's security interest in identifiable proceeds and a conflicting interest is governed by the priority rules in Article 9.

D. An assignee's perfected security interest in identifiable cash proceeds is subordinate to a conflicting interest that is perfected by control pursuant to Article 9 but has priority over a conflicting interest that is perfected other than by control.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-22
§ 21-8-22. Payment of interest and principal of building and improvement bonds
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the secretary and treasurer of said board of regents to forward to the bank at which said bonds are payable, prior to the date on which any coupons or any principal amount of any of said bonds shall mature, out of the “interest and retirement fund” a sufficient sum of money to meet said coupons and maturing bonds as the same become due, plus any service charge which said bank shall be entitled to receive for its services.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-38 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-38
§ 2-7F-38. Representative district thirty-two
Status: in_force

Representative district thirty-two is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 3 and 60; Hidalgo county precincts 1 through 3, 5 and 6; and Luna county.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-48 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-48
§ 72-16-48. Additionally secured securities
Status: in_force

The board, in connection with such additionally secured securities, in the resolution authorizing their issuance or other instrument appertaining thereto, may pledge all or a portion of such revenues (subject to any prior pledges) as additional security for such payment of said securities, and at its option may deposit such revenues in a fund created to pay the securities or created to secure additionally their payment.
N.M. Stat. § 73-6-8 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 6 / Section 73-6-8
§ 73-6-8. Notice; owners not served
Status: in_force

If it shall be found before the hearing on a petition for the organization of a drainage district, that one or more owners or reputed owners of land in said district have not been duly served with notice of hearing on said petition, the court, or presiding judge, shall not thereby lose jurisdiction. The court, or presiding judge in such case shall adjourn the hearings, make an order directing the serving of said notice upon said landowner and fixing the time and manner of service of such notice, which notice shall notify him to appear at said adjourned time and place and be heard on said petition.
N.M. Stat. § 21-2A-16 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 2A / Section 21-2A-16
§ 21-2A-16. Liberal interpretation
Status: in_force

The College District Tax Act, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to the effect of the purposes of the act.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-5.2 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-5.2
§ 24-1-5.2. Health facilities; intermediate sanctions; civil penalty
Status: in_force

A. Upon a determination that a health facility is not in compliance with any licensing requirement of the department, the department, subject to the provisions of this section and Section 24-1-5 NMSA 1978 , may:

(1) impose any intermediate sanction established by rule, including but not limited to:

(a) a directed plan of correction;

(b) facility monitors;

(c) denial of payment for new medicaid admissions to the facility;

(d) temporary management or receivership; and

(e) restricted admissions;

(2) assess a civil monetary penalty, with interest, for each day the facility is or was out of compliance. Civil monetary penalties shall not exceed a total of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per day. Penalties and interest amounts assessed under this paragraph and recovered on behalf of the state shall be remitted to the department in a recurring account in the state treasury for the sole purpose of funding the nonreimbursed cost of facility monitors, temporary management and health facility receiverships. The civil monetary penalties contained in this paragraph are cumulative and may be imposed in addition to any other fines or penalties provided by law; and

(3) with respect to health facilities other than childcare centers or facilities, proceed pursuant to the Health Facility Receivership Act. 1

B. The secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules specifying the criteria for imposition of any intermediate sanction and civil monetary penalty. The criteria shall provide for more severe sanctions for a violation that results in any abuse, neglect or exploitation of residents, clients or patients as defined in the rules or that places one or more residents, clients or patients of a health facility at substantial risk of serious physical or mental harm.

C. The provisions of this section for intermediate sanctions and civil monetary penalties shall apply to certified nursing facilities except when a federal agency has imposed the same remedies, sanctions or penalties for the same or similar violations.

D. Rules adopted by the department shall permit sanctions pursuant to Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Subsection A of this section for a specific violation in a certified nursing facility if:

(1) the state statute or rule is not duplicated by a federal certification rule; or

(2) the department determines intermediate sanctions are necessary if sanctions permitted pursuant to Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Subsection A of this section do not duplicate a sanction imposed under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 1395 or 1396 for a particular deficiency.

E. A health facility is liable for the reasonable costs of a directed plan of correction, facility monitors, temporary management or receivership imposed pursuant to this section and Section 24-1-5 NMSA 1978 . The department may take all necessary and appropriate legal action to recover these costs from a health facility. All money recovered from a health facility pursuant to this subsection shall be paid into the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 70-10-3.1 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 10 / Section 70-10-3.1
§ 70-10-3.1. Duty to locate
Status: in_force

A. The operator or lessee arranging for the sale of oil and gas shall furnish the payor with the name, the address and the percentage of interest of each person to whom payment is to be made, as well as proof of marketable title to all of the oil and gas to be sold.

B. The payor shall make a diligent effort to furnish each interest owner with a reasonable division or transfer order that will set forth the proper interest to which the interest owner is entitled, as well as the mailing address to which payment may be directed.

C. If the purchaser or payor is unable to locate any person listed by the operator or lessee then the purchaser or payor shall notify the operator or lessee that he has been unable to locate or obtain the address of the person entitled to payment.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3-21 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 6-3-21
§ 6-3-21. Preparation of the budget
Status: in_force

A. The governor shall prepare the budget and submit it to the legislative finance committee and each member of the legislature not later than January 5 in even-numbered years and not later than January 10 in odd-numbered years. In the preparation of the budget the governor may:

(1) change the tentative budget by adding new items, increasing or decreasing or eliminating items;

(2) obtain advice and assistance from any state agency; and

(3) hold hearings on the budget.

B. Any budget hearings conducted by the governor shall be open to the public. The governor may require the attendance of any head of an agency, whether elective or appointive. At the hearings, any officer or agency may protest budget items.