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N.M. Stat. § 22-15-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15 / Section 22-15-2
§ 22-15-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Instructional Material Law:

A. “ division ” or “ bureau ” means the instructional material bureau of the department;

B. “ director ” or “ chief ” means the chief of the bureau;

C. “ instructional material ” means school textbooks and other educational media that are used as the basis for instruction, including combinations of textbooks, learning kits, supplementary material and electronic media;

D. “ multiple list ” means a written list of those instructional materials approved by the department;

E. “ membership ” means the total enrollment of qualified students on the fortieth day of the school year entitled to the free use of instructional material pursuant to the Instructional Material Law;

F. “ additional pupil ” means a pupil in a school district's, state institution's or private school's current year's certified forty-day membership above the number certified in the school district's, state institution's or private school's prior year's forty-day membership;

G. “ school district ” includes state-chartered charter schools; and

H. “ other classroom materials ” means materials other than textbooks that are used to support direct instruction to students.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-4
§ 3-33-4. Improvement district; additional purpose
Status: in_force

An improvement district may also be created as authorized in Chapter 3, Article 33 NMSA 1978 in order to construct, repair and maintain in one or more locations facilities for the parking of motor vehicles off the public streets or to construct or acquire, repair, operate and maintain one or more of the following inadequacies necessary to bring a premature subdivision into compliance within an improvement district within a municipality:

A. street right-of-way or street access control;

B. drainage easements or right-of-way;

C. park, recreation or open space areas;

D. overall grading and drainage plan; and

E. adequate subdivision grading both on or off the public right-of-way.
N.M. Stat. § 23-2-1 — NM Code / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 23-2-1
§ 23-2-1. Carrie Tingley crippled children's hospital program created
Status: in_force

In order to provide care and treatment for the crippled children of New Mexico in need of long-term inpatient or outpatient care, there is hereby created the Carrie Tingley crippled children's hospital program to be administered by the board of regents of the university of New Mexico. For the purposes of this section, “crippled children” means children whose primary diagnosis is a chronic impairment which may require long-term inpatient or outpatient medical or surgical care or treatment.
N.M. Stat. § 19-13-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 13 / Section 19-13-15
§ 19-13-15. Posting of open acreage; simultaneous applications
Status: in_force

When newly acquired acreage is posted to the tract books, or when other acreage is designated upon the tract books to be open acreage after having been previously leased or after having been withdrawn from leasing by the commissioner, all applications for leases filed thereon within three regular working days after such posting or designation shall be considered as simultaneous applications.
N.M. Stat. § 21-14-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 14 / Section 21-14-14
§ 21-14-14. Title to property acquired from proceeds of bond issue
Status: in_force

All property acquired from the proceeds of a bond issue shall be taken in the name of the board of education or the board of regents of the parent institution. In the event an independent public college entity evolves from the branch community college, the property so held by the board of education or the board of regents of the parent institution shall be transferred and conveyed to the governing body of the new independent public college entity. No transfer or conveyance shall take place without the express approval of the board of educational finance.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-10 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-10
§ 6-6-10. Violation of expense limit; penalty
Status: in_force

Any member of any board of county commissioners, or of any local school board, or of any governing board or council of any municipality, or any other official who shall violate the provisions of Sections 6-6-7 through 6-6-10 NMSA 1978 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than six months or both [and] upon conviction under the section the position shall be declared vacant. Any official whose duty it is to allow claims and issue warrants therefor, who issues warrants or evidences of indebtedness contrary to the provisions of Sections 6-6-7 through 6-6-10 NMSA 1978 shall be liable to his respective county, school district or municipality for such violations and recovery may be made against the bondsmen of such official.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7A / Section 24-7A-12
§ 24-7A-12. Effect of copy
Status: in_force

A copy of a written advance health-care directive, revocation of an advance health-care directive or designation or disqualification of a surrogate has the same effect as the original.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48B-21 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48B / Section 4-48B-21
§ 4-48B-21. Ordinance authorizing revenue bonds
Status: in_force

At a regular or special meeting called for the purpose of issuing revenue bonds as authorized pursuant to the Hospital Funding Act, the county commissioners may adopt an ordinance that:

A. declares the necessity for issuing revenue bonds;

B. authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county commissioners of the county; and

C. designates the source of the pledge [pledged] revenues.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1B-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1B / Section 7-1B-10
§ 7-1B-10. Appointment of hearing officer for expedited adjudicatory proceedings under the Medicaid Provider and Managed Care Act
Status: in_force

The chief hearing officer shall select a hearing officer for expedited adjudicatory proceedings as provided by the Medicaid Provider and Managed Care Act.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-24 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-24
§ 73-8-24. Assessments for bond interest and installments
Status: in_force

Should such bonds be issued under the provisions of this act for the purposes herein expressed, the same and the interest thereon, and all payments due or to become due the ensuing year to the United States under any contract between the district and the United States, accompanying which bonds of the district have not been deposited with the United States as aforesaid, shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual assessment upon the real property of the district, and such real property shall be and remain liable to be assessed for such payments as herein provided.
N.M. Stat. § 75-5-5 — NM Code / Chapter 75 / Article 5 / Section 75-5-5
§ 75-5-5. Management
Status: in_force

A. The purposes of management shall be for education, research and preservation, provided that no use of the lands acquired under the Natural Lands Protection Act shall compromise or endanger the natural attributes for which they were acquired.

B. The secretary of natural resources may assign responsibility for management of lands acquired under the Natural Lands Protection Act to the corporation which jointly owns the land.

C. The corporation shall be required to develop and submit to the secretary of natural resources for review a plan for the management of lands for which they are responsible. The secretary of natural resources, in consultation with the committee, will review these plans to insure compliance with the purposes of the Natural Lands Protection Act.

D. Lands adjacent to the land acquired under the Natural Lands Protection Act shall not be subjected to any regulation or restriction as a result of such acquisition.

E. Access to the land by the general public may be restricted to visits conducted under the direct supervision of an employee or designated representative of the managing corporation.

F. The corporation shall annually pay to the state and its political subdivisions a sum equal to an amount which would have been paid in taxes, levies and assessments. This payment shall be in lieu of such taxes, levies and assessments.
N.M. Stat. § 3-31-8 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 31 / Section 3-31-8
§ 3-31-8. Revenue bonds; refunding authorization; authority to mortgage municipal utility
Status: in_force

A. Any municipality having issued revenue bonds as authorized in Sections 3-31-1 through 3-31-7 NMSA 1978 or pursuant to any other laws enabling the governing body of any municipality having issued such revenue bonds payable only out of the pledged revenue may issue refunding revenue bonds for the purpose of refinancing, paying and discharging all or any part of such outstanding bonds of any one or more or all outstanding issues:

(1) for the acceleration, deceleration or other modification of the payment of such obligations, including without limitation any capitalization of any interest thereon in arrears or about to become due for any period not exceeding one year from the date of the refunding bonds;

(2) for the purpose of reducing interest costs or effecting other economies;

(3) for the purpose of modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations pertaining to the issuance of additional bonds, otherwise concerning the outstanding bonds or to any facilities relating thereto; or

(4) for any combination of such purposes.

B. The municipality may pledge irrevocably for the payment of interest and principal on refunding bonds the appropriate pledged revenues, which may be pledged to an original issue of bonds as provided in Section 3-31-1 NMSA 1978 , and it may pledge revenues from one source to the payment of bonds that refund bonds payable from a different source of revenue.

C. Bonds for refunding and bonds for any purpose permitted by Section 3-31-1 NMSA 1978 may be issued separately or issued in combination in one series or more.

D. In addition to pledging of utility revenues to the payment of the refunding revenue bonds that refund utility bonds or joint utility bonds as provided in Section 3-23-4 NMSA 1978 , the municipality may grant by ordinance, or by resolution if the refunding revenue bonds are issued and sold to the New Mexico finance authority pursuant to Subsection C of Section 3-31-4 NMSA 1978 , a mortgage of the municipal utility that has been solely financed by revenue bonds to the bondholder or a trustee for the benefit and security of the holders of the refunding revenue bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-5.18 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-5.18
§ 7-27-5.18. Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this act to encourage economic development in New Mexico by linking deposit of the severance tax permanent fund in New Mexico financial institutions to an increase in loans to New Mexico businesses and investment in New Mexico government entities and to encourage financial institutions to make the type of loans that meet business needs not addressed by conventional loans and loans guaranteed by federal, state or local agencies.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14A-9 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14A / Section 24-14A-9
§ 24-14A-9. Health information system; fees
Status: in_force

Except for the annual reports required pursuant to the Health Information System Act, the department may collect a fee of up to one hundred dollars ($100) per hour to offset partially the costs of producing public-use data aggregations or data for single use special studies. Entities contributing data to the system shall be charged reduced rates. Rates shall be established by regulation and shall be reviewed annually. Fees collected pursuant to this section are appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of the Health Information System Act.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1D-7 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1D / Section 24-1D-7
§ 24-1D-7. Corps service for educational loan-for-service programs
Status: in_force

Service in the corps may be used to satisfy service requirements pursuant to the provisions of state educational loan-for-service programs.
N.M. Stat. § 22-10A-35 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10A / Section 22-10A-35
§ 22-10A-35. Local sabbatical leave program authorized
Status: in_force

A local school board may provide as part of its compensation plan a program of sabbatical leave for its certified employees. The governing authority of a state agency may provide a program of sabbatical leave for its certified school instructors.
N.M. Stat. § 31-21-1 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 21 / Section 31-21-1
§ 31-21-1. Construction of statutory provisions prescribing term of imprisonment; maximum or minimum
Status: in_force

In all penal statutes of the state where by the terms of such statutes a definite punishment of imprisonment in the penitentiary is prescribed the time of such imprisonment in such statute shall be construed to be the maximum of imprisonment, unless such statutes expressly provide that such time is the minimum.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-34 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-34
§ 59A-22-34. Newly born children coverage
Status: in_force

A. All individual and group health insurance policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state and which provide coverage on an expense-incurred basis for a family member of the insured shall, as to such family members' coverage, also provide that the health insurance benefits applicable for children shall be payable with respect to a newly born child of the insured from the moment of birth.

B. All individual and group health insurance policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state that do not provide coverage for a family member of the insured shall provide for an option to add to the coverage any newly born child of the insured provided that the requirements of Subsection D of this section have been met.

C. The coverage for newly born children shall consist of coverage of injury or sickness, including the necessary care and treatment of medically diagnosed congenital defects and birth abnormalities and, where necessary to protect the life of the infant, transportation, including air transport, to the nearest available tertiary care facility for newly born infants.

D. If payment of a specific premium is required to provide coverage for a child, the policy may require that a notification of birth of a newly born child and payment of the required premium must be furnished to the insurer within thirty-one days after the date of birth in order to have the coverage from birth.

E. As used in this section and in Section 59A-22-35 NMSA 1978 , “tertiary care facility” means a hospital unit which provides complete perinatal care and intensive care of intrapartum and perinatal high-risk patients with responsibilities for coordination of transport, communication, education and data analysis systems for the geographic area served.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1J-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1J / Section 24-1J-6
§ 24-1J-6. Department; powers and duties
Status: in_force

The department shall:

A. in consultation with health councils, develop benchmarks, expectations and mechanisms to ensure the long-term viability of health councils;

B. in collaboration with universities, other state agencies and other public health entities, provide training, technical assistance and other supports to health councils;

C. in collaboration with other entities, develop a system to evaluate the effectiveness of health councils and the gathering of necessary evaluation data;

D. administer funding to support the work of the health councils, including local health council staffing, training and technical assistance, and monitor and evaluate contracts for funding; and

E. adopt and promulgate rules as necessary to carry out the purposes of the County and Tribal Health Councils Act and to strengthen community-based health planning and self-determination.
N.M. Stat. § 22-13-3.7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13 / Section 22-13-3.7
§ 22-13-3.7. Disbursement of funds; approved projects
Status: in_force

A. Any school district or state-chartered charter school may apply for a grant from the literacy for children at risk fund for the purpose of acquiring, equipping and staffing a learning laboratory.

B. The department shall adopt rules setting forth the criteria that a school district or state-chartered charter school shall meet in order to qualify for a grant from the literacy for children at risk fund. The criteria to qualify for a grant shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) the learning laboratory shall improve the reading, writing or math literacy levels of children at risk by at least one grade level per year, as demonstrated to the department's satisfaction;

(2) the learning laboratory shall encompass the teaching of children in kindergarten through grade twelve who are reading below grade level;

(3) the learning laboratory shall have reading diagnostic capabilities; and

(4) the learning laboratory shall have the capability to self-monitor the performance of both the learning laboratory and the children at risk using the laboratory.

C. The amount of any grant awarded under Subsections A and B of this section shall be equal to eighty percent of the total cost of acquiring, equipping and staffing a learning laboratory. Any grant awarded is contingent upon the qualifying school district or state-chartered charter school demonstrating to the department's satisfaction that it can pay for twenty percent of the total cost of the learning laboratory.

D. Any school district or state-chartered charter school that establishes a learning laboratory under this section may use the laboratory for any other reading, writing or math literacy program when it is not in use for the purposes of the Literacy For Children At Risk Act.

E. The department, after approving the application of a school district or state-chartered charter school to receive a grant under the Literacy For Children At Risk Act, shall authorize a disbursement of funds, in an amount equal to the grant, from the literacy for children at risk fund directly to the approved school district or charter school.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-2 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-2
§ 53-8-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Nonprofit Corporation Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

A. “ corporation ” or “ domestic corporation ” means a nonprofit corporation subject to the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Act, except a foreign corporation;

B. “ foreign corporation ” means a nonprofit corporation organized under laws other than the laws of New Mexico for a purpose for which a corporation may be organized under the Nonprofit Corporation Act;

C. “ nonprofit corporation ” means a corporation no part of the income or profit of which is distributable to its members, directors or officers;

D. “ articles of incorporation ” means the original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of consolidation and all amendments thereto, including articles of merger;

E. “ bylaws ” means the code of rules adopted for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation, irrespective of the name by which such rules are designated;

F. “ member ” means one having membership rights in a corporation in accordance with the provisions of its articles of incorporation or bylaws;

G. “ board of directors ” means the group of persons vested with the management of the affairs of the corporation, irrespective of the name by which such group is designated;

H. “ insolvent ” means inability of a corporation to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of its affairs;

I. “ commission ” or “ corporation commission ” means the public regulation commission [secretary of state] or its delegate;

J. “ address ” means:

(1) the mailing address and the street address, if within a municipality; or

(2) the mailing address and a rural route number and box number, if any, or the geographical location, using well-known landmarks, if outside a municipality;

K. “ duplicate original ” means a document that is signed or executed in duplicate;

L. “ delivery ” means:

(1) if personally served, the date documentation is received by the corporations bureau of the commission; and

(2) if mailed to the commission [secretary of state], the date of the postmark plus three days, upon proof thereof by the party delivering the documentation; and

M. “ person ” includes individuals, partnerships, corporations and other associations.
N.M. Stat. § 36-1-8.2 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 1 / Section 36-1-8.2
§ 36-1-8.2. Eleventh judicial district; two district attorney divisions
Status: in_force

The eleventh judicial district is divided into two separate district attorney divisions which shall constitute two separate election divisions, as follows:

A. district attorney division 1, to be composed of San Juan county; and

B. district attorney division 2, to be composed of McKinley county.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-18 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-18
§ 66-3-18. Display of registration plates and temporary registration permits; displays prohibited and allowed
Status: in_force

A. The registration plate shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle for which it is issued; however, the registration plate shall be attached to the front of a road tractor or truck tractor. The plate shall be securely fastened at all times in a fixed horizontal position at a height of not less than twelve inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of the plate. It shall be in a place and position so as to be clearly visible, and it shall be maintained free from foreign material and in a condition to be clearly legible.

B. A demonstration or temporary registration permit shall be firmly affixed to the inside left rear window of the vehicle to which it is issued, unless such display presents a safety hazard or the demonstration or temporary registration permit is not visible or readable from that position, in which case, the demonstration or temporary registration permit shall be displayed in such a manner that it is clearly visible from the rear or left side of the vehicle.

C. No vehicle while being operated on the highways of this state shall have displayed either on the front or the rear of the vehicle any registration plate, including validating sticker, other than one issued or validated for the current registration period by the department or any other licensing authority having jurisdiction over the vehicle. No expired registration plate or validating sticker shall be displayed on the vehicle other than an expired special registration plate, which may be exhibited on the front of the vehicle.

D. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the use of a promotional or advertising plate on the front of the vehicle.

E. A violation of a provision of this section is a penalty assessment misdemeanor.