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N.M. Stat. § 52-3-49 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-49
§ 52-3-49. Rights and liabilities of employer and employee after award; penalty for failure to file undertaking or become exempt therefrom
Status: in_force

A. Any employee awarded compensation for disablement under the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law shall, previous to the due date of any installment of compensation provided for in the compensation order upon the order of the workers' compensation judge if requested by his employer or any other person bound by the compensation order, submit himself to medical examination by a physician licensed to practice medicine at a place designated by the person so demanding and which shall be reasonably convenient for the employee, and the employee may have a licensed physician present of his own election. The person requesting such examination shall, at the employee's request, bear the cost of transportation and necessary travel expense to and from the point of examination if the point of examination is more than twenty-five miles from the residence of the employee. The purpose of the examination shall be to determine whether the employee has recovered so that his earning power at any kind of work is restored, and the workers' compensation judge shall be empowered to hear evidence upon such issue. If it is disclosed upon such hearing that termination of disablement has taken place, the workers' compensation judge shall order termination of payment of compensation. If the employee in such cases refuses to submit to examination or obstructs the same, his right to payments shall be suspended until an examination has taken place, and no compensation shall be payable during the period of refusal.

B. The right of any employee or, in case of his death, of those entitled to receive payment or damages for injuries occasioned to him by the negligence or wrong of any person other than the employer as hereinafter defined, shall not be affected by the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law; but he or they, as the case may be, shall not be allowed to receive payment or recover damages therefor and also claim compensation from the employer hereunder, and in such case the receipt of compensation from the employer hereunder shall operate as an assignment to the employer, his or its insurer, guarantor or surety, as the case may be, of any cause of action, to the extent of the liability of the employer to the employee occasioned by such injury which the employee or his legal representative or others may have against any other party for such injuries or death.

C. Any employer who fails in any case covered by the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law to file undertaking of insurance, guaranty or security for the payment of compensation which may become due hereunder or, in lieu thereof, the certificate of the superintendent of insurance as herein provided within the time herein required, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any such offense.
N.M. Stat. § 23-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 23 / Article 10 / Section 23-10-1
§ 23-10-1. New Mexico poison and drug information center created
Status: in_force

The “New Mexico poison and drug information center” is created as part of the university of New Mexico health sciences center.
N.M. Stat. § 8-6-1 — NM Code / Chapter 8 / Article 6 / Section 8-6-1
§ 8-6-1. Treasurer and auditor; offices; bonds
Status: in_force

The state treasurer and the state auditor shall keep their offices at the seat of government of the state. They shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, respectively, execute, and deliver to the secretary of state a bond to the state in the sum of three hundred thousand dollars [($300,000)] for the treasurer, and twenty-five thousand dollars [($25,000)] for the auditor, with good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the governor and conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties required or which may be required of them by law. The approval of the governor and the date thereof shall be endorsed on the bond.
N.M. Stat. § 58-21B-4 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 21B / Section 58-21B-4
§ 58-21B-4. License and registration required to originate mortgage loans
Status: in_force

A. Unless specifically exempted from the New Mexico Mortgage Loan Originator Licensing Act pursuant to Subsection B of this section, an individual shall not engage in the business of a mortgage loan originator with respect to any dwelling located in New Mexico without first obtaining and maintaining annually a license pursuant to that act. Each licensed mortgage loan originator must register with and maintain a valid unique identifier issued by the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry. All new licenses and license renewals shall expire on December 31 of each year. All license renewal applications shall be submitted on or before November 1 of each year.

B. The following are exempt from the provisions of the New Mexico Mortgage Loan Originator Licensing Act:

(1) registered mortgage loan originators when acting for an entity defined in Subparagraphs (a) through (c) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection P of Section 58-21B-3 NMSA 1978;

(2) an individual who offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan with or on behalf of an immediate family member of the individual;

(3) an individual who offers or negotiates terms of a real property sale financed in whole or in part by the seller and secured by the seller's real property; or

(4) a licensed attorney who negotiates the terms of a residential mortgage loan on behalf of a client as an ancillary matter to the attorney's representation of the client, unless the attorney is compensated by a lender, a mortgage loan company or other mortgage loan originator or by any agent of such lender, mortgage loan company or other mortgage loan originator.

C. A loan processor or underwriter who is an independent contractor shall not engage in the activities of a loan processor or underwriter unless the independent contractor loan processor or underwriter obtains and maintains a license pursuant to Subsection A of this section. Each contractor loan processor or underwriter licensed as a mortgage loan originator shall have and maintain a valid unique identifier issued by the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry.

D. A mortgage loan originator who is currently licensed in another state through the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry may be granted a temporary mortgage loan originator license valid for ninety days while the mortgage loan originator completes the education and testing requirements of the New Mexico Mortgage Loan Originator Licensing Act. The mortgage loan originator's current license in another state must be valid for more than ninety days beyond the date of application for a temporary license in order to receive a temporary license in New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 34-9-12 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 9 / Section 34-9-12
§ 34-9-12. Municipal court automation fund created; administration; distribution
Status: in_force

A. There is created in the state treasury the “municipal court automation fund” to be administered by the administrative office of the courts.

B. All balances in the municipal court automation fund may be expended only upon application by a municipality to the administrative office of the courts for the purpose of purchasing, maintaining and operating a court automation system in that municipality's courts. Operation includes staff expenses, temporary or otherwise, and costs as needed to comply with Section 35-14-12 NMSA 1978 .

C. Payments from the municipal court automation fund shall be made upon vouchers issued and signed by the director of the administrative office of the courts. Any purchase or lease purchase agreement entered into by a municipality for a court automation system shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Code.
N.M. Stat. § 18-3-2 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 18-3-2
§ 18-3-2. Museum board of regents; appointment; terms; vacancies
Status: in_force

The “museum board of regents”, comprised of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, is created. In making the appointments, the governor shall appoint residents of New Mexico and give due consideration to geographical distribution of the members. The members shall be persons conversant with or showing a continuing interest in history, fine arts, Indian art, folk art or anthropology. The members shall be appointed for terms of six years or less in such manner that the terms of at least two but no more than three members expire on July 8 of each odd-numbered year. Vacancies shall be filled by the governor for the remainder of the original terms. Members of the museum board of regents shall receive per diem and mileage as provided for nonsalaried public officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 25-7A-9 — NM Code / Chapter 25 / Article 7A / Section 25-7A-9
§ 25-7A-9. Promulgation of definitions and standards by the board
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of the board such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the board shall after public hearing promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any dairy product or class of dairy products a reasonable definition and standard of identity or reasonable standard of quality or fill of container or any combination of such requirements. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for a dairy product or class of dairy products in which optional ingredients are permitted, the board shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients that shall be named on the label. The definitions and standards promulgated shall conform so far as practicable to the definitions and standards promulgated under the authority of the federal act.
N.M. Stat. § 69-3-28 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 3 / Section 69-3-28
§ 69-3-28. Termination of lease; thirty days' notice
Status: in_force

Hereafter any lease upon any mine, or portion of a mine, not given in writing, for a specified time, shall not be terminated until after notice of the date of such termination, given by the lessor to the lessee, not less than thirty days prior to such date of termination.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-30 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-30
§ 6-21-30. New Mexico finance authority oversight committee
Status: in_force

There is created a joint interim legislative committee that shall be known as the “New Mexico finance authority oversight committee”. The legislative council shall determine the membership of the committee and shall appoint the members and designate the chairman and the vice chairman in accordance with legislative council policies. The staff for the committee shall be provided by the legislative council service.
N.M. Stat. § 72-8-6 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 8 / Section 72-8-6
§ 72-8-6. General penalty
Status: in_force

All violations of the provisions of this article, declared to be misdemeanors, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor less than ten dollars ($10.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and any justice [magistrate] court of the county in which such misdemeanor has been committed shall have jurisdiction thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7-4.2 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 10-7-4.2
§ 10-7-4.2. Group insurance; counties and municipalities; contributions; definition; exemption from state plan
Status: in_force

A. All municipalities, counties and political subdivisions with twenty-five employees or fewer shall cooperate in providing group term life, medical or disability income insurance for the benefit of eligible employees or salaried officers of the respective departments, institutions and subdivisions.

B. Municipalities, counties and political subdivisions with twenty-five employees or fewer may contribute any amount up to one hundred percent of the cost of the insurance. As used in this section, “ cost of the insurance ” means the premium required to be paid to provide coverages.

C. When a public employee elects to participate in a cafeteria plan as authorized by the Cafeteria Plan Act and enters into a salary reduction agreement with a municipal or county employer, the provisions of Subsection B of this section with respect to the maximum contributions that can be made by the employer are not violated and will still apply. The employer contributions as provided in Subsection B of this section shall be determined by the employee's gross salary prior to any salary reduction agreement.

D. Any group medical insurance plan offered pursuant to this section shall include effective cost-containment measures to control the growth of health care costs. The responsible public body that administers a plan offered pursuant to this section shall report annually by September 1 to appropriate interim legislative committees on the effectiveness of the cost-containment measures required by this subsection.

E. Exempt from the provisions of Section 10-7-4 NMSA 1978 are all municipalities, counties and political subdivisions with twenty-five employees or fewer.
N.M. Stat. § 4-4-2 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 4-4-2
§ 4-4-2. Southern boundary
Status: in_force

That the boundary line between Mora and Colfax counties be and is hereby established, to wit: starting at a point on the eastern boundary of New Mexico and about fifty-three miles south of the northeast corner of New Mexico, and running west through the center of township twenty-three north from the base line as established by government survey to the western boundary of the counties of Mora and Colfax.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15 / Section 22-15-14
§ 22-15-14. Reports; budgets
Status: in_force

A. Annually, the department of education [public education department] shall submit a budget for the ensuing fiscal year to the department of finance and administration showing the expenditures for instructional material to be paid out of the instructional material fund, including reasonable transportation charges and emergency expenses.

B. Upon request, the department of education [public education department] shall make reports to the state board [department] concerning the administration and execution of the Instructional Material Law.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-34-26 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 34 / Section 59A-34-26
§ 59A-34-26. Mutual insurer bylaws
Status: in_force

A. The initial board of directors of a domestic mutual insurer shall adopt original bylaws for government of the corporation and conduct of its business. Such bylaws shall be subject to approval of the insurer's members at the next annual meeting of members and no bylaw provision shall thereafter be effective which is not so approved. Bylaws shall be revoked or modified only by vote of the insurer's members at a meeting of which notice was given as provided in the bylaws.

B. The bylaws shall provide that each of the insurer's members is entitled to one vote in election of corporate directors and on each matter voted on at membership meetings, and that such right to vote may be exercised in person or pursuant to written proxy.

C. The insurer shall promptly file with the superintendent a copy, certified by the insurer's secretary, of such bylaws and of every modification thereof or addition thereto.

D. The bylaws and modifications thereof or additions thereto shall be subject to the superintendent's approval. The superintendent shall not disapprove any such bylaw, modification or addition unless found by him, after a hearing thereon, to be unlawful, unreasonable, inadequate, unfair or injurious to the proper interests or protection of the insurer's members or any class thereof. The insurer shall not, after receiving written notice of disapproval and during the existence thereof, effectuate any bylaw provision so disapproved.
N.M. Stat. § 24-10A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 10A / Section 24-10A-5
§ 24-10A-5. Funding program; awards; appeals
Status: in_force

The bureau shall promptly notify each municipality and county that has applied for money and the local recipient of the bureau's determination to grant or deny an application for funding through the local emergency medical services funding program. A municipality or county may appeal a determination of the bureau within ten working days after notification of the determination. The bureau shall refer the appeal to the committee for its review and recommendation. The committee shall make its recommendation to the secretary, who shall make a final determination about whether to grant or deny an application for funding. The secretary shall notify the appellant of the secretary's decision within thirty days of the date on which the committee has notified the secretary of its recommendation.
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-37 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-37
§ 4-38-37. Procedure for issuing bonds for airports
Status: in_force

The proceedings for calling, holding and canvassing the results of an election to determine whether such bonds are to be issued, the manner of issuance and the terms and provisions of such bonds, the sale thereof, the levy of taxes for the payment thereof and the manner and time of payment thereof shall all be the same as is now or may hereafter be provided by law with respect to bonds issued for the purpose of building courthouses and, in general, all of the provisions of law with respect to county courthouse bonds shall, so far as applicable, apply to the bonds herein authorized.
N.M. Stat. § 47-7-15 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7 / Section 47-7-15
§ 47-7-15. Blanket encumbrances affecting a unit at time of first conveyance
Status: in_force

At the time of the first conveyance of each unit, every blanket encumbrance affecting the unit shall be paid and satisfied of record, or the unit being conveyed shall be released therefrom by partial release duly recorded.
N.M. Stat. § 28-11B-4 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 11B / Section 28-11B-4
§ 28-11B-4. Commission; task forces
Status: in_force

The commission for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons may appoint task forces as they are needed to study specific issues regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. The task forces shall make written recommendations to the commission regarding improvement and coordination of activities relative to the concerns of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-16 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-16
§ 72-16-16. Meetings of board
Status: in_force

All meetings of the board shall be held within the authority and shall be open to the public. No business of the board shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least three-fifths of the total membership of the board is present. Any action of the board requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present and voting. A smaller number of directors than a quorum may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as the board may provide.
N.M. Stat. § 1-13-21 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 1-13-21
§ 1-13-21. Clearing voting systems; transferring ballots
Status: in_force

A. The county clerk shall not clear the votes recorded on the removable storage media devices until at least forty-five days after adjournment of the county or state canvassing board, whichever is later.

B. The county clerk shall not clear and shall keep locked those removable media storage devices from voting systems used to tabulate votes for precincts where a recount, judicial inquiry or inspection is sought, subject to order of the district court or other authority having jurisdiction of the contest or inspection.

C. Beginning forty-five days after the adjournment of the state or county canvassing board, whichever is later, or forty-five days after completion of a recount or judicial inquiry, the county clerk may transfer ballots from the locked ballot boxes for disposition pursuant to Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 6-4-20.1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-20.1
§ 6-4-20.1. Joint and several liability
Status: in_force

For each nonparticipating manufacturer located outside the United States, each importer into the United States of the nonparticipating manufacturer's brand families that are sold in New Mexico shall bear joint and several liability with the nonparticipating manufacturer for deposit of all escrow amounts due under Section 6-4-13 NMSA 1978 , payment of all penalties imposed in accordance with Section 6-4-13 NMSA 1978 and payment of all costs and attorney fees imposed in accordance with the Tobacco Escrow Fund Act.
N.M. Stat. § 76-12-7 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 12 / Section 76-12-7
§ 76-12-7. Articles of incorporation
Status: in_force

The incorporators of an association to be formed under the Cooperative Marketing Association Act must prepare and file articles of incorporation setting forth:

A. the name of the association, which may or may not include the word “cooperative”;

B. its purposes;

C. its duration;

D. its principal place of business in the state;

E. the name and post office address of each of the incorporators;

F. the names and addresses of those who are to serve as incorporating directors for the first term or until the election and qualifications of their successors;

G. if organized without capital stock, whether the property rights and interests of each member are to be equal or unequal; if unequal, the general rule applicable to all members by which the property rights and interests respectively of each member shall be determined; and provision for the admission of new members who shall share in the property of the association in accordance with the general rule;

H. if organized with capital stock, the amount of such stock and the number of shares into which the capital stock is to be divided, whether all or part of the capital stock shall have par value and, if so, the par value thereof; and if there is to be more than one class of stock created, a description of the different classes, the number of shares in each class, the relative rights, interests and preferences each class shall represent and the dividends, which may be cumulative not exceeding eight percent per year, to which each share shall be entitled; and

I. in addition to the foregoing, the articles of incorporation may contain any provision consistent with law with respect to management, regulation, government, financing, indebtedness, membership, the establishment of voting districts and the election of delegates for representative purposes, the issuance, retirement and transfer of its stock, if formed with capital stock, or any provision relative to the way or manner in which it shall operate with respect to its members, officers or directors and any other provisions relating to its affairs.

The articles of incorporation must be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged by one of them before an officer authorized by the law of the state to take and certify acknowledgments of deeds and conveyances and shall be filed with the secretary of state. When filed, the articles of incorporation or certified copies thereof shall be received in all courts of the state as prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein and of the due incorporation of the association.