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N.M. Stat. § 28-1-9 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 1 / Section 28-1-9
§ 28-1-9. Exemptions
Status: reserved

Nothing contained in the Human Rights Act shall:

A. apply to any single-family dwelling sold, leased, subleased or rented by an owner without the making of any notice, statement or advertisement with respect to the sale, lease, sublease or rental of a dwelling unit that indicates any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. This exemption is subject to these further reservations:

(1) to qualify for the exemption, the seller must not be an owner of or own or have reserved any interest in more than three single-family dwellings; and

(2) if the seller does not currently live in the dwelling or he was not the most recent occupant, the exemption granted in this section shall only apply to one sale in twenty-four months;

B. bar any religious or denominational institution or organization that is operated, supervised or controlled by or that is operated in connection with a religious or denominational organization from limiting admission to or giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination or from making selections of buyers, lessees or tenants as are calculated by the organization or denomination to promote the religious or denominational principles for which it is established or maintained, unless membership in the religious or denominational organization is restricted on account of race, color, national origin or ancestry;

C. bar any religious or denominational institution or organization that is operated, supervised or controlled by or that is operated in connection with a religious or denominational organization from imposing discriminatory employment or renting practices that are based upon sexual orientation or gender identity; provided, that the provisions of the Human Rights Act with respect to sexual orientation and gender identity shall apply to any other:

(1) for-profit activities of a religious or denominational institution or religious organization subject to the provisions of Section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended; or

(2) nonprofit activities of a religious or denominational institution or religious organization subject to the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended;

D. apply to rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of the living quarters as his residence;

E. apply to public restrooms, public showers, public dressing facilities or sleeping quarters in public institutions, where the preference or limitation is based on sex; and

F. prevent the mandatory retirement of an employee upon reaching the age of sixty-five years or older, if the employer is operating under a retirement plan that meets the requirements of Public Law 93-406 , the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. 1
N.M. Stat. § 42A-3-2 — NM Code / Chapter 42A / Article 3 / Section 42A-3-2
§ 42A-3-2. Condemnation of property by state institutions
Status: in_force

If it is deemed necessary by the board of regents of a state educational institution enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico or of [by] the governing bodies of other state institutions to condemn property for the public use of such institutions, the governing bodies may acquire in the name of the state title to the property in the manner provided in the Eminent Domain Code.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-37-18 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 37 / Section 59A-37-18
§ 59A-37-18. Registration exemptions
Status: in_force

Sections 59A-37-11 through 59A-37-19.2 NMSA 1978 shall not apply to any insurer, information or transaction if and to the extent that the superintendent by rule, regulation or order shall exempt the same from the provisions of such sections.
N.M. Stat. § 21-13-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-13
§ 21-13-13. Per diem; mileage
Status: in_force

Members of the community college board shall, for attendance at meetings of the board, receive traveling expenses to and from meetings at the rate set by law for state employees, for each mile traveled by the shortest usually traveled route from their homes to the place of the meeting.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-3B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 3B / Section 32A-3B-2
§ 32A-3B-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Chapter 32A, Article 3B NMSA 1978 , “ family in need of court-ordered services ” means the child or the family has refused family services or the department has exhausted appropriate and available family services and court intervention is necessary to provide family services to the child or family and it is a family:

A. whose child, subject to compulsory school attendance, is absent from school without an authorized excuse more than ten days during a school year;

B. whose child is absent from the child's place of residence for a time period of twelve hours or more without consent of the child's parent, guardian or custodian;

C. whose child refuses to return home and there is good cause to believe that the child will run away from home if forced to return to the parent, guardian or custodian;

D. in which the child's parent, guardian or custodian refuses to allow the child to return home and a petition alleging neglect of the child is not in the child's best interests; or

E. whose child is:

(1) alleged to be engaged in an act that would be designated as prostitution if committed by an adult; or

(2) a victim of human trafficking as defined in Section 30-52-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-6
§ 19-4-6. Vacating all or part of townsite
Status: in_force

When any tract of land may be filed upon, platted and recorded as a townsite in accordance with the provisions of an act of congress or law of New Mexico, and no town or organization under the laws of New Mexico shall have been perfected by the inhabitants residing thereon, or the owners thereof, the same may be vacated by consent of all such inhabitants or owners and disposed of as the said inhabitants or owners shall agree: provided, that a statement, signed and certified to by a majority of said inhabitants or owners, setting forth the fact of the vacation of such townsite, be filed with the clerk of the county in which the same shall be situated. When any tract of land has been recorded as a townsite, or has been annexed as an addition to a townsite, any part or portion thereof may be vacated upon the written consent of all the owners of that part or portion which it is proposed to vacate: provided, that no expenditures of money have been theretofore made or incurred by said town for the improvement or benefit of said part or portion, and that the same is bounded in same [whole] or in part by exterior town lines, and that when so vacated a statement, subscribed by such owners, setting forth the facts of such vacation, together with an accurate description, map and plat of such part vacated shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such town is situated.
N.M. Stat. § 3-29-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 29 / Section 3-29-13
§ 3-29-13. Existing associations
Status: in_force

Associations organized under the provisions of Laws 1947, Chapter 206, Laws 1949, Chapter 79 or Laws 1951, Chapter 52 shall have the same powers and duties as associations organized under the provisions of the Sanitary Projects Act; provided that the articles of incorporation shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-29-19 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 5-10-12 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 10 / Section 5-10-12
§ 5-10-12. Plan and project termination
Status: in_force

A. At any time after approval of an economic development plan, the governing body of the local government or the governing body of each local government in a regional government may enact an ordinance terminating the economic development plan and dissolving or terminating any or all public support for economic development projects. An ordinance repealing an economic development plan shall not be effective unless the ordinance provides for satisfying existing contracts and the rights of the parties arising from those contracts.

B. Any unexpended and unencumbered balances remaining in any project fund or account upon repeal of a plan and termination of public support for or dissolution of a project may be transferred to the general fund of the local government holding the fund or account. In the case of funds or accounts of a regional government, the unexpended and unencumbered balances shall be divided among the local governments as provided in the joint powers agreement.
N.M. Stat. § 22-14-20 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 14 / Section 22-14-20
§ 22-14-20. New Mexico school for the visually handicapped; certain functions transferred
Status: in_force

There is transferred to the services for the blind administrative unit of the vocational rehabilitation division of the department of education [public education department] those powers, fiscal responsibilities, duties, records, equipment, lands, buildings and personnel of the New Mexico school for the visually handicapped pertaining to the training, rehabilitating and employing of blind persons over the age of eighteen years in cooperation with any other federal or state agency.
N.M. Stat. § 52-6-11 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 6 / Section 52-6-11
§ 52-6-11. Licensing of agent
Status: in_force

Except for a salaried employee of a group, its administrator or its service company, any person soliciting membership in a group shall be a licensed solicitor or agent pursuant to the provisions of the Insurance Code.
N.M. Stat. § 7-29-4.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 29 / Section 7-29-4.3
§ 7-29-4.3. Price increase subject to approval of agency of United States of America, state of New Mexico or court; refund
Status: in_force

When an increase in the value of any product is subject to the approval of any agency of the United States of America or the state of New Mexico or any court, the increased value shall be subject to this tax. In the event the increase in value is disapproved, either in whole or in part, then the amount of tax which has been paid on the disapproved part of the value shall be considered excess tax. Any person who has paid any such excess tax may apply for a refund of that excess tax in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-1-26 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 31-6-3 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 6 / Section 31-6-3
§ 31-6-3. Challenge to grand jury
Status: in_force

Any person held to answer for an offense by grand jury indictment, upon arraignment to the charge therein, by motion to quash the indictment stating with particularity the ground therefor, may challenge the validity of the grand jury. A failure to file such motion is a waiver of the challenge. Grounds that may be presented by such motion are limited to the following:

A. the grand jury was not selected in accordance with law;

B. a member of the grand jury returning the indictment was ineligible to serve as a juror;

C. a member of the grand jury returning the indictment was a witness or is likely to become a witness; or

D. a member of the grand jury returning the indictment was not qualified to serve due to a conflict of interest, bias, partiality or inability to follow the law.
N.M. Stat. § 28-11A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 11A / Section 28-11A-2
§ 28-11A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

A. “deaf person” means any person whose hearing is totally impaired or whose hearing is so seriously impaired as to prohibit him from understanding telephonic voice communications; and

B. “telecommunication device for the deaf” means a teletypewriter or other instrument for telecommunication in which speaking or hearing is not required for communication.
N.M. Stat. § 6-31-1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 31 / Section 6-31-1
§ 6-31-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 6 of this act may be cited as the “Economic Development Grant Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 19-8-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-8-17
§ 19-8-17. Relinquishment of permits for conversion
Status: in_force

Any legal owner and holder of any placer prospecting permit issued by the commissioner prior to the effective date of this act, if not in default of any of the provisions thereof, may relinquish the same to the state and, upon application filed at the time of filing such relinquishment, the commissioner shall issue a lease in accordance with the provisions of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48A-24 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48A / Section 4-48A-24
§ 4-48A-24. Revenue bonds not general obligations of special hospital district
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds issued by a special hospital district under the authority of the Special Hospital District Act shall not be construed or held to be general obligations of such special hospital district or the counties in which the special hospital district is located and shall be collectible only out of all or a portion of the revenues derived from the ownership and operation of a hospital facility and the revenues derived from the leasing of or other contractual arrangement for the operation of a hospital facility which revenue is so pledged, and each of the bonds of any issue or revenue bonds so issued shall recite on its face that it is payable and collectible solely from the pledged revenues hereinbefore mentioned and that the holders hereof may not look to any general or other fund for the payment of principal or interest of such obligations.
N.M. Stat. § 9-28-7 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 28 / Section 9-28-7
§ 9-28-7. Temporary provision; transfer of personnel and property; contractual obligations; statutory references
Status: in_force

A. On the effective date of this act, all functions, personnel, money, appropriations, records, furniture, equipment and other property of the office of homeland security or the homeland security advisor of the governor's office are transferred to the homeland security and emergency management department.

B. On the effective date of this act, all functions, personnel, money, appropriations, records, furniture, equipment and other property of the office of emergency management and the homeland security and emergency management program of the department of public safety are transferred to the homeland security and emergency management department.

C. On the effective date of this act, contractual obligations of the office of homeland security or the homeland security advisor of the governor's office or of the technical and emergency support division of the department of public safety or the department of public safety pertaining to the homeland security and emergency management program shall be binding on the homeland security and emergency management department.

D. On the effective date of this act, all references in the law to the office of homeland security or the homeland security advisor of the governor's office shall be deemed to be references to the homeland security and emergency management department.

E. On the effective date of this act, references in law to the State Civil Emergency Preparedness Act shall be deemed to be references to the All Hazard Emergency Management Act. All references in law to the Emergency Management Act shall be deemed to be references to the Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Act.
N.M. Stat. § 72-12-9 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 12 / Section 72-12-9
§ 72-12-9. Fees and costs
Status: in_force

The state engineer shall, by regulations, establish the fees to be paid by applicants and declarants, which fees shall not exceed the reasonable cost of the service to be performed by the state engineer, and the applicant shall pay to the publisher the cost of the necessary advertising.
N.M. Stat. § 44-3-7 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 3 / Section 44-3-7
§ 44-3-7. Right to elective office; allegations concerning election
Status: in_force

In all actions brought to determine the right to any office it shall be necessary for the plaintiff or relator whenever the defendant is in possession of the office in controversy under a certificate of election issued by the proper officer or board of canvassers, to state in his complaint in what respect such certificate was improperly or illegally issued; and in case it is claimed that the relator received a majority of legal votes cast for the office at any legal election to fill such office he shall also state in such complaint the number of legal votes cast, as far as he may be able so to do, for the relator and for the defendant for such office respectively, and also the number of votes cast for the relator and for the defendant respectively for such office, as determined by the legal canvass of such election.
N.M. Stat. § 77-2-26 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 2 / Section 77-2-26
§ 77-2-26. Board not to be assessed for general administrative overhead
Status: in_force

No appropriation for the board shall include an item for general administrative overhead. No charge for general administrative overhead shall be assessed against or appropriated out of the interim receipts and disbursement fund or from any other fund or money administered by the board. No fees or money collected by the board shall be subject to assessment for any charge for general administrative overhead.
N.M. Stat. § 14-2-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 14-2-12
§ 14-2-12. Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. An action to enforce the Inspection of Public Records Act may be brought by:

(1) the attorney general or the district attorney in the county of jurisdiction; or

(2) a person whose written request has been denied.

B. A district court may issue a writ of mandamus or order an injunction or other appropriate remedy to enforce the provisions of the Inspection of Public Records Act.

C. The exhaustion of administrative remedies shall not be required prior to bringing any action to enforce the procedures of the Inspection of Public Records Act.

D. The court shall award damages, costs and reasonable attorneys' fees to any person whose written request has been denied and is successful in a court action to enforce the provisions of the Inspection of Public Records Act.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-25 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-25
§ 52-3-25. Effect of failure of worker to file claim by reason of conduct of employer
Status: in_force

The failure of any person entitled to benefits under the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law to give any notice or file any claim within the time fixed by that law shall not deprive the person of the right to benefits where the failure was caused in whole or in part by the conduct of the employer or insurer which reasonably led the person entitled to compensation to believe the benefits would be paid.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-29 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-29
§ 53-4-29. Liability of members
Status: in_force

Members shall not be jointly or severally liable for any debts of the association, nor shall subscribers be so liable except to the extent of the unpaid amount on the shares or membership certificates subscribed by them. No subscriber shall be released from such liability by reason of any assignment of his interest in the shares or membership certificate, but shall remain jointly and severally liable with the assignee until the shares or certificates are fully paid up.
N.M. Stat. § 69-25B-10 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 25B / Section 69-25B-10
§ 69-25B-10. Additional powers
Status: in_force

A. The director may engage in any work and do all things necessary or expedient to implement and administer the provisions of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act.

B. The director may adopt rules and regulations which are necessary to effectuate the provisions of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act, taking into account appropriate federal rules and regulations.

C. If necessary, the director may engage in cooperative projects under the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act with any agency of the United States and with any other agency of the state or its political subdivisions.

D. The director may request the attorney general who is hereby authorized to initiate an action in equity for an injunction to restrain any interference with the exercise of the right to enter or to conduct any work provided in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act.

E. The director may construct and operate a plant or plants for the control and treatment of water pollution resulting from mine drainage. The construction of a plant or plants may include major interceptors and other facilities appurtenant to the plant.
N.M. Stat. § 29-15-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-10
§ 29-15-10. Interagency cooperation
Status: in_force

A. State agencies and public and private schools shall cooperate with a law enforcement agency that is investigating a missing person report and shall furnish any information that will assist the law enforcement agency in completing the investigation.

B. Information provided by a state agency or a public or private school shall not be released to any person outside the law enforcement agency or the clearinghouse, except as provided by rule of the department of public safety.
N.M. Stat. § 9-2A-14.1 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 2A / Section 9-2A-14.1
§ 9-2A-14.1. Juvenile continuum grant fund; created; purpose; administration; grant applications
Status: in_force

A. The “juvenile continuum grant fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the children, youth and families department and shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund.

B. Money in the juvenile continuum grant fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to the children, youth and families department for awarding grants to juvenile justice continuums for the provision of cost-effective services and temporary, nonsecure alternatives to detention for juveniles arrested or referred to juvenile probation and parole or at a risk of such referral.

C. A local or tribal government may apply for a grant from the juvenile continuum grant fund for a juvenile justice continuum within its jurisdiction. The amount of the grant application shall not exceed sixty percent of the annual cost of the continuum. A local match of forty percent may consist of money, land, equipment or in-kind services.

D. The children, youth and families department shall adopt rules on qualifications for grants and specify the format, procedure and deadlines for grant applications. The juvenile justice advisory committee shall review all grant applications and submit those applications recommended for final approval to the secretary of children, youth and families.

E. Disbursements from the juvenile continuum grant fund shall be made upon vouchers issued and signed by the secretary of children, youth and families or the secretary's designee upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration.

F. As used in this section, a “juvenile justice continuum” is a system of services and sanctions for juveniles arrested or referred to juvenile probation and parole or at risk of such referral and consists of a formal partnership among one or more units of local or tribal governments, the children's court, the district attorney, the public defender, local law enforcement agencies, the public schools and other entities such as private nonprofit organizations, the business community and religious organizations. A juvenile justice continuum shall be established through a memorandum of understanding and a continuum board.