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N.M. Stat. § 3-61-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 61 / Section 3-61-1
§ 3-61-1. Power to create metropolitan water board; exercise of power
Status: in_force

In addition to all other powers granted to municipalities and counties, the board of county commissioners of any county and the governing board of any municipality lying totally or partially within the boundaries of that county may, by the passage of identical ordinances that comply with the provisions of Section 3-61-1.1 NMSA 1978 , create a metropolitan water board of not more than ten members and grant to that board that portion of the powers of the municipality and the county which pass the identical ordinances necessary to allow the board to:

A. contract for, lease or sublease any supply of water which the municipality and the county in combination with any other entity, public or private, may receive from the United States department of the interior, bureau of reclamation, for municipal, domestic or industrial purposes pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 388), the Act of June 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 96) and the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105), all as amended or supplemented;

B. enter into contracts, leases or subleases with other agencies of the United States and the state of New Mexico for purposes related to municipal, industrial and domestic water use, as necessary, pursuant to appropriate federal and state law; and

C. conduct or engage in analysis or studies of the short and long range availability and need of water resources and of ways to accomplish more efficient use of water resources for purposes related to municipal, industrial and domestic water use in order to provide recommendations thereon.
N.M. Stat. § 21-5-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 21-5-18
§ 21-5-18. Pledge of income for interest and retirement; leased land income
Status: in_force

For the faithful and prompt payment of all interest and principal of said bonds as and when the same shall mature according to the tenor thereof, the issue thereof shall constitute an irrevocable pledge by said board of so much of each year's income from the permanent fund of the New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired in the hands of the treasurer of this state, as shall be necessary to provide the “interest and retirement fund” herein mentioned, for the ensuing year, and to at all times fully and faithfully keep the same in not less than the amount necessary to pay the interest and principal maturing as aforesaid; and in addition thereto the issue of said bonds shall constitute an irrevocable pledge by said board of so much of each year's income from the income and current fund derived from the lease of such of its land [lands] as remain unsold, as may be necessary to fully protect the “interest and retirement fund” for the ensuing year, and keep the same at all times in proper amount as herein provided.
N.M. Stat. § 28-3-8 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 3 / Section 28-3-8
§ 28-3-8. Findings and purpose of act
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that there is an increasing number of persons in New Mexico who, in their middle years and having fulfilled the role of homemaker, find themselves displaced because of dissolution of marriage, death of a spouse or other loss of family income. As a consequence of this displacement such persons suffer a greatly reduced income, high rate of unemployment because of age, lack of work experience, discrimination and limited or no opportunity to collect funds of assistance such as social security, unemployment compensation, medicaid and other health insurance benefits or pension plans of the spouse. It is the purpose of this legislation to provide research and planning for programs to serve such displaced homemakers.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-71 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-71
§ 72-16-71. Sale of securities
Status: in_force

Any securities herein authorized, except for warrants not issued for cash and except for temporary bonds issued pending preparation of definitive bond or bonds, shall be sold at public or private sale at, above or below par at a net effective interest rate not exceeding the maximum net effective interest rate permitted by the Public Securities Act, as hereafter amended and supplemented.
N.M. Stat. § 72-13-11 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 13 / Section 72-13-11
§ 72-13-11. Using water for stock purposes
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to use water from any artesian well for the purpose of watering stock, except where such water shall be carried through pipes to watering troughs fitted with float feeds or other means of control to prevent waste therefrom.
N.M. Stat. § 28-7-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 7 / Section 28-7-13
§ 28-7-13. Prohibiting influence against joining organizations for the visually handicapped
Status: in_force

No officer or employee of the state or any political subdivision of the state who is concerned with the administration of any program for the visually handicapped shall exert the influence of his office or position against the right of a person to join organizations for the visually handicapped.
N.M. Stat. § 60-6C-9 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 6C / Section 60-6C-9
§ 60-6C-9. Compromising liability
Status: in_force

The director is authorized to compromise the penalty for any violations of the Liquor Control Act or of any department regulation or order when he deems it is in the best interest of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7F-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7F / Section 10-7F-5
§ 10-7F-5. Right to produce evidence
Status: in_force

When a hazardous duty officer is under investigation for an administrative matter, the officer shall be permitted to produce any relevant documents, witnesses or other evidence to support the officer's case and the officer may cross-examine any adverse witnesses during any grievance process or appeal involving disciplinary action.
N.M. Stat. § 24-19-6 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 19 / Section 24-19-6
§ 24-19-6. Per diem and mileage; board
Status: in_force

Members of the board shall be reimbursed as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act 1 and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 24-10B-9.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 10B / Section 24-10B-9.1
§ 24-10B-9.1. Emergency transportation
Status: in_force

Any person may be transported to an appropriate health care facility by an emergency medical technician, under medical direction, when the emergency medical technician makes a good faith judgment that the person is incapable of making an informed decision about his own safety or need for medical attention and is reasonably likely to suffer disability or death without the medical intervention available at such a facility.
N.M. Stat. § 34-9-14.1 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 9 / Section 34-9-14.1
§ 34-9-14.1. Magistrate drug court fund; created
Status: in_force

The “magistrate drug court fund” is created in the state treasury. The administrative office of the courts shall administer money in the fund to offset client service costs of drug court programs in magistrate courts, consistent with standards approved by the supreme court. Money in the fund shall be expended on warrants of the secretary of finance and administration upon vouchers signed by the court administrator or his authorized representative. Balances in the fund shall not revert to the general fund at the end of a fiscal year.
N.M. Stat. § 29-10-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 10 / Section 29-10-8
§ 29-10-8. Review of arrest record information; appeal
Status: in_force

A person who believes that arrest record information concerning him is inaccurate or incomplete is, upon satisfactory verification of his identity, entitled to review the information and obtain a copy of it for the purpose of challenge or correction. In the event a law enforcement agency refuses to correct challenged information to the satisfaction of the person to whom the inaccurate or incorrect information relates, the person is entitled to appeal to the district court to correct the information pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 72-19-77 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 19 / Section 72-19-77
§ 72-19-77. Remedies of security holders
Status: in_force

Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue or series of securities, or trustee therefor, including but not limited to the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion, percentage or number of such holders, and subject to any prior or superior rights of others, any holder of securities, or trustee therefor, shall have the right and power for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of securities similarly situated:

A. by mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to enforce his rights against the authority and the board and any of its officers, agents and employees, and to require and compel the authority or the board or any such officers, agents or employees to perform and carry out its and their duties, obligations or other commitments under the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act and its and their covenants and agreements with the holder of any security;

B. by action or suit in equity to require the authority and the board to account as if they were the trustee of an express trust;

C. by action or suit in equity to have appointed a receiver, which receiver may enter and take possession of any system or project or services revenues from which are pledged for the payment of the securities, prescribe sufficient fees derived from the operation thereof, and collect, receive and apply all revenues or other money pledged for the payment of the securities in the same manner as the authority itself might do in accordance with the obligations of the authority; and

D. by action or suit in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holder of any security and to bring suit thereupon.
N.M. Stat. § 3-28-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 28 / Section 3-28-4
§ 3-28-4. Acknowledgment and filing of original certificate; recording of copy
Status: in_force

The certificate of association shall be acknowledged as required for deeds of real estate and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and a copy of the certificate, duly certified by the secretary of state, shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county or counties where the lands or works are located. The certificate or a copy thereof duly certified by the secretary of state or county clerk shall be evidence in all courts and places.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-35 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-35
§ 59A-22-35. Maternity transport required
Status: in_force

All individual and group health insurance policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state which provide maternity coverage on an expense-incurred basis, shall also provide, where necessary to protect the life of the infant or mother, coverage for transportation, including air transport, for the medically high-risk pregnant woman with an impending delivery of a potentially viable infant to the nearest available tertiary care facility (as defined in Section 456 of this article) for newly-born infants.
N.M. Stat. § 36-1A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 1A / Section 36-1A-10
§ 36-1A-10. Oaths; testimony; records; refusal
Status: in_force

The board or the state-personnel-office-designated hearing officer has the power to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses and compel the production of books and papers pertinent to any investigation or hearing authorized by the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act. Refusal to testify on matters pertaining to personnel is grounds for dismissal from employment.
N.M. Stat. § 14-3-8 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-8
§ 14-3-8. Records center
Status: in_force

A records center is established in Santa Fe under the supervision and control of the administrator. The center, in accordance with the regulations established by the administrator and the commission, shall be the facility for the receipt, storage or disposition of all inactive and infrequently used records of present or former state agencies or former territorial agencies which at or after the effective date of this act may be in custody of any state agency or instrumentality, and which are not required by law to be kept elsewhere, or which are not ordered destroyed by the commission.

Records required to be confidential by law and which are stored in the center shall be available promptly when called for by the originating agency, but shall not be made available for public inspection except as provided by law. All other records retained by the center shall be open to the inspection of the general public, subject to reasonable rules and regulations prescribed by the administrator. Facilities for the use of these records in research by the public shall be provided in the center.
N.M. Stat. § 62-11-2 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 11 / Section 62-11-2
§ 62-11-2. Notice to the commission
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of a notice of appeal, the appellant shall cause a copy thereof to be served upon the commission and parties of record in the proceeding before the commission in the manner prescribed by the Rules of Appellate Procedure for Civil Cases. Within thirty days after service of the notice of appeal or such further time as the supreme court for good cause may specify, the commission shall certify to the supreme court the record of the testimony taken before the commission and all exhibits offered or received in evidence at the hearing before the commission, and all pleadings, findings, conclusions, orders and opinions, or certified copies thereof, made and entered in, or in connection with, the hearing before the commission; provided, however, that the parties and the commission may stipulate that a specified portion only of the testimony taken at the hearing before the commission shall be certified to the supreme court for review on appeal.
N.M. Stat. § 11-3A-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 11 / Article 3A / Section 11-3A-4
§ 11-3A-4. Regional housing authorities created
Status: in_force

Three regional housing authorities are created for the state of New Mexico as follows:

A. the northern regional housing authority that shall include Cibola, Taos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel, Mora, Los Alamos, Colfax and Sandoval counties;

B. the eastern regional housing authority that shall include Chaves, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding, Lea, Lincoln, Otero, Quay, Roosevelt, Union and Curry counties; and

C. the western regional housing authority that shall include Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra, Socorro, Catron, Torrance and Valencia counties.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7E-3 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7E / Section 10-7E-3
§ 10-7E-3. Conflicts
Status: in_force

In the event of conflict with other laws, the provisions of the Public Employee Bargaining Act shall supersede other previously enacted legislation and rules; provided that the Public Employee Bargaining Act shall not supersede the provisions of the Bateman Act, the Personnel Act, the Group Benefits Act, the Per Diem and Mileage Act, the Retiree Health Care Act, public employee retirement laws or the Tort Claims Act.
N.M. Stat. § 58-22-30 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 22 / Section 58-22-30
§ 58-22-30. Exemption from authority of superintendent of regulation and licensing
Status: in_force

The responsibilities and authority of the director under the Escrow Company Act are hereby explicitly exempted from the authority of the superintendent of regulation and licensing as set forth in Subsection B of Section 9-16-6 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 62-10-9 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 10 / Section 62-10-9
§ 62-10-9. Witnesses
Status: in_force

The commission and each of the commissioners, for the purposes mentioned in this act, may administer oaths, examine witnesses at any hearing and certify official acts. In case of failure on the part of any person or persons to comply with any lawful order of the commission, or with any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, or in the case of the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which he may be interrogated lawfully, any court of record of general jurisdiction or a judge thereof, may on application of the commission or of a commissioner compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such a court or a refusal to testify therein.
N.M. Stat. § 1-6-16.1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-16.1
§ 1-6-16.1. Absentee ballot; conduct of election; when not timely received; emergency procedure for voting and counting
Status: in_force

A. A voter who applies for a mailed ballot or who was sent a mailed ballot pursuant to Section 1-6-22.1 NMSA 1978 but whose voted ballot has not been received by the county clerk as of the date of the election may go to a voter convenience center and, after executing an affidavit stating that the person wishes to void any previous mailed ballot that was issued, shall be permitted to vote.

B. If the county clerk has real-time synchronization between the voter convenience centers and the qualification of ballots received by mail, the voter shall be issued a replacement ballot to be filled out and fed by the voter into the electronic vote tabulator. If the county clerk does not have real-time synchronization between the voter convenience centers and the qualification of ballots received by mail, the voter shall be issued a provisional paper ballot, which shall be counted if no challenge is interposed and once the county clerk has verified that no other ballot from the same voter has been processed in that election.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-15
§ 22-8-15. Allocation limitation
Status: in_force

A. The department shall determine the allocations to each school district and charter school from each of the distributions of the public school fund, subject to the limits established by law.

B. The local school board in each school district with locally chartered charter schools shall allocate the appropriate distributions of the public school fund to individual locally chartered charter schools pursuant to each locally chartered charter school's school-based budget approved by the local school board and the department. The appropriate distribution of the public school fund shall flow to the locally chartered charter school within five days after the school district's receipt of the state equalization guarantee for that month.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-104 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-104
§ 7-9-104. Deduction; gross receipts; nonathletic special event at post-secondary educational institution
Status: in_force

Prior to July 1, 2027, receipts from admissions to a nonathletic special event held at a venue that is located on the campus of a post-secondary educational institution within fifty miles of the New Mexico border and that accommodates at least ten thousand persons may be deducted from gross receipts or from governmental gross receipts.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-32 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-32
§ 27-2-32. Duty of agencies to cooperate
Status: in_force

All state, county and municipal agencies, departments, bureaus and divisions shall cooperate in the location of absent parents who are not fulfilling their obligation to support their children and shall on request supply the department with all information on hand relative to the location, social security number, income and property of such absent parents, notwithstanding any other provision of law making the information confidential. The department shall use such information only for the purpose of enforcing the support liability of such absent parents and shall not use the information or disclose it for any other purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 1-8-36.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1-8-36.1
§ 1-8-36.1. Primary election law; write-in candidates
Status: in_force

A. Write-in candidates are permitted in the primary election only for the offices of United States representative, members of the legislature, district judges, district attorneys, public education commission, magistrates and any office voted upon by all voters of the state.

B. A person may be a write-in candidate only for nomination by the major political party with which the person is affiliated as shown by the certificate of registration, and such person shall have the same qualifications to be a candidate in the primary election for the political party for which the person is a write-in candidate.

C. A person desiring to be a write-in candidate for one of the offices listed in Subsection A of this section in the primary election shall file with the proper filing officer a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, accompanied by a nominating petition containing the same number of signatures required of other candidates for major party nomination for the same office. Such declaration of intent shall be filed between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday in March.

D. A person shall not be a declared write-in candidate until the person has been notified in writing by the proper filing officer that the certificate of registration on file, the declaration of candidacy and the nominating petition, if required, are in proper order and that the person, based on those documents, is qualified to be a candidate. The proper filing officer shall mail the notice by the Friday following the filing date. The determination by the proper filing officer that a person is a declared write-in candidate is subject to the provisions of Section 1-8-18 NMSA 1978 .

E. If a person is notified by the proper filing officer that the person is not qualified to be a write-in candidate, the person may challenge that decision by filing a petition with the district court within ten days of the notification. The district court shall hear and render a decision on the matter within ten days after the petition is filed. The decision of the district court may be appealed to the supreme court within five days after the decision is rendered. The supreme court shall hear and render a decision on the appeal forthwith.

F. A write-in candidate shall be considered a candidate for all purposes and provisions relating to candidates in the Election Code, including the obligations to report pursuant to the Campaign Reporting Act, except that the write-in candidate's name shall not be printed on the ballot.
N.M. Stat. § 25-8-2 — NM Code / Chapter 25 / Article 8 / Section 25-8-2
§ 25-8-2. Enforcement
Status: in_force

If, as a result of investigation, the environmental improvement agency finds that any person is violating any provision of Section 1 of this act, or any regulation issued thereunder, the agency may bring an action for injunctive or other appropriate relief in the district court for the county in which the violation is occurring, or in the district court for Santa Fe county.