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N.M. Stat. § 9-14-3 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 14 / Section 9-14-3
§ 9-14-3. Governor's office of policy and planning created; powers and duties
Status: in_force

There is created in the office of the governor an executive planning group, to be called the governor's office of policy and planning. Staff members of the governor's office of policy and planning shall be appointed by the governor, and shall be called governor's policy assistants. The governor's office of policy and planning shall provide overall plans for New Mexico state government in key areas such as, but not necessarily limited to, economic development, education, human and natural resources and energy. These plans will define and set forth ways to implement policies in order to achieve a cohesive direction in key areas. To design the overall plans the governor's office of policy and planning shall:

A. focus primarily on issue identification, formulation, analysis and follow through in order to develop major policy statements and implementation strategies, thereby achieving a cohesive and effective direction for the state;

B. define strategic issues where coordination of federal and state government resources is necessary in order to effectively determine and implement a coordinated and cohesive direction for state policy, and in order to ensure responsive and efficient state government.

To implement the overall plans and policies, the governor's office of policy and planning shall:

A. prepare a governor's policy manual to define the focus of the overall state plans and policies;

B. coordinate executive implementation of the plans and policies;

C. prepare legislative proposals which would implement plans and policies;

D. promote efficient inter-department coordination in the implementation and administration of the plans and policies;

E. coordinate cabinet meetings to achieve a cohesive direction in the implementation of the plans and policies;

F. serve as staff to the governor's alternate to the southwest border regional association;

G. serve as staff to the governor's alternate to the council of four corners governors;

H. consider emergency preparedness needs in conjunction with the office of military affairs and provide, as necessary, staff to coordinate these needs;

I. conduct ongoing planning studies to identify and analyze emerging planning and policy issues requiring immediate attention, and conduct special planning and policy studies as requested by the governor.
N.M. Stat. § 70-2-10 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 2 / Section 70-2-10
§ 70-2-10. Perjury; punishment
Status: in_force

If any person of whom an oath shall be required under the provisions of this act, or by any rule, regulation or order of the commission or division, shall willfully swear falsely in regard to any matter or thing respecting which such oath is required, or shall willfully make any false report or affidavit required or authorized by the provisions of this act, or by any rule, regulation or order of the commission or division, such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not more than five years nor less than six months.
N.M. Stat. § 14-3-18 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-18
§ 14-3-18. County and municipal records; geographic information system; computer databases; copy fees
Status: in_force

A. The administrator may advise and assist county and municipal officials in the formulation of programs for the disposition of public records maintained in county and municipal offices.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection E of this section, a county or municipality may charge a reasonable fee, as adopted by ordinance of the respective board of county commissioners or governing body of a municipality, for a document or product generated by a geographic information system.

C. Except as otherwise provided by federal or state law, information contained in a computer database shall be a public record and shall be subject to disclosure in printed or typed format by a county or municipality that has inserted that information into the database, in accordance with the Public Records Act.

D. The administrator may advise and assist county and municipal officials with the procedures, schedules and technical standards for the retention of computer databases.

E. A county or municipality that has inserted data in a computer database shall authorize an electronic copy to be made of the computer database of a public record on a currently available electronic medium for a person if the person agrees to pay a reasonable fee based upon the cost of:

(1) materials;

(2) making an electronic copy of the computer database; and

(3) personnel time to research and retrieve the electronic record.

F. Subject to any confidentiality provisions of law, a county or municipality may permit another federal, state or local government entity access to all or any portion of a computer database created by the county or municipality.

G. A county or municipality may at its option, and if it has the capability, permit access or use of its computer and network system to search, manipulate or retrieve information from a computer database and charge reasonable fees based on the cost of materials, personnel time, access time and the use of the county or municipality's computer network.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-34-7 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 34 / Section 59A-34-7
§ 59A-34-7. Nonuser of corporate charter
Status: in_force

A. Any domestic insurer which within one year from date of incorporation has not completed its organization and obtained a certificate of authority from the superintendent to transact insurance, shall unless granted an extension as hereinafter provided, forfeit its corporate charter, and the superintendent shall thereupon commence a proceeding for liquidation and dissolution of the corporation pursuant to the applicable provisions of Article 41 (conservation, rehabilitation, liquidation) of the Insurance Code. Upon written request by the corporation filed with him prior to the expiration of one year from its date of incorporation and for good cause shown, the superintendent may extend for an additional year the period within which the corporation shall qualify for and secure its certificate of authority as an insurer.

B. Any insurer which ceases to write and issue new insurance business for a continuous period of two years shall forfeit its right to resume the writing of new business except with the prior written approval of the superintendent granted upon reasonable grounds. Unless such approval is granted, the superintendent shall commence a proceeding pursuant to Article 41 (conservation, rehabilitation, liquidation) of the Insurance Code to liquidate and dissolve the insurer.
N.M. Stat. § 74-6-1 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 6 / Section 74-6-1
§ 74-6-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 74, Article 6 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Water Quality Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 76-5-12 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 5 / Section 76-5-12
§ 76-5-12. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Plant Protection Act:

A. “ board ” means the board of regents of New Mexico state university, the board controlling the New Mexico department of agriculture;

B. “ plant pests ” or “ pests ” means any organisms injurious to plants and plant products that in the normal course of events could be transported with the plant, including but not limited to the phyla arthropoda, mollusca or nematoda as well as weeds, fungi, bacteria, viruses or parasitic plants that cause pathological or detrimental physiological conditions in plants;

C. “ nursery stock ” means any plant grown, propagated or collected for planting or propagated for landscaping or decorative purposes but does not include field, vegetable and flower seeds;

D. “ florist stock ” means any parts of a plant used for decorative purposes, such as cut flowers, evergreens, annuals or perennials;

E. “ nursery ” means any ground or premises on or in which nursery stock is propagated, grown or cultivated and from which source nursery stock is offered for distribution or sale;

F. “ dealer ” means any person who buys and resells nursery or florist stock, or who is engaged in handling nursery or florist stock on a consignment basis, when the stock was not grown on the person's premises;

G. “ agent ” means any person selling or taking orders for nursery or florist stock not sold from any stock on hand for display purposes and is being offered directly to the consumer;

H. “ facilities ” means all buildings, greenhouses, vehicles, storage places, cellars, pits, trenches, bins, containers, packing material, crates and any other facilities and materials used in storing and distributing nursery or florist stock;

I. “ collected plants ” means those plants dug or gathered from any location in which plants are found growing wild;

J. “ inspector ” means any qualified person employed by the department to carry out the provisions of the Plant Protection Act;

K. “ landscaper ” means any person who buys and resells, in connection with the person's design services, plants used in landscaping;

L. “ plant ” means any part of any living thing not classified as an animal, which under the proper conditions can either continue to or resume growing;

M. “ stock ” means nursery or florist stock or both;

N. “ department ” means the New Mexico department of agriculture;

O. “ package ” means any bundle, parcel, box, carton, crate or container used in shipping or displaying nursery or florist stock; and

P. “ license year ” means a period of twelve months ending on a date specified by the board.
N.M. Stat. § 38-9-10 — NM Code / Chapter 38 / Article 9 / Section 38-9-10
§ 38-9-10. Privileged communication
Status: in_force

Whenever a deaf person communicates through an interpreter to any person under such circumstances that the communication would be privileged, and the deaf person could not be compelled to testify as to the communications, the privilege shall apply to the interpreter as well.
N.M. Stat. § 12-11-3 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 11 / Section 12-11-3
§ 12-11-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Disaster Succession Act:

A. “attack” means any hostile action by an enemy of the United States which is intended to and physically damages citizens or property in the United States;

B. “disaster” means damage or injury, caused by enemy attack, to persons or property in this state of such magnitude that a state of martial law is declared in the state and a disaster emergency is declared by the chief executive officer of the United States and the chief executive officer of this state;

C. “unavailable” means unable, because of death, disability or presumption of death raised by absence from usual place of domicile for unknown causes, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office. The appearance of the officer at his place of office will automatically disqualify a disaster successor, and remove the unavailability of the officer;

D. “deputy” means a deputy, assistant or subordinate officer who is authorized under ordinary circumstances to exercise the powers and duties of an office;

E. “disaster successor” means a person possessing the qualifications required of the office, designated pursuant to the Disaster Succession Act to act in the stead of an officer who is unavailable during the period of a disaster.
N.M. Stat. § 4-37-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 37 / Section 4-37-10
§ 4-37-10. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Home Rule County Validation Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-59-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 59 / Section 3-59-9
§ 3-59-9. Use of proceeds from sale of bonds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of the Pollution Control Revenue Bond Act shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued; provided, that any accrued interest and premiums received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds sold; and provided further, that if for any reason any portion of such proceeds shall not be needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, then such balance of the proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the redemption premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, and provided further, that any portion of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, including refunding bonds, or any accrued interest and premium, received in any such sale, may, in the event the money currently will not be needed or cannot be effectively used to the advantage of the municipality for the purposes herein provided, be invested, in accordance with the procedures and subject to any restrictions established by the ordinance and other proceedings under which the bonds are issued, in any securities without limitation except as expressly provided to the contrary in Section 3-59-8 NMSA 1978 , if such investment will not interfere with the use of such funds for the primary purposes as herein provided. The cost of acquiring any project or projects shall be deemed to include the following:

A. the actual cost of the construction of any part of a project or projects which shall be constructed, including architects', attorneys' and engineers' fees;

B. the purchase price of any part of a project or projects that may be acquired by purchase;

C. the actual cost of the extension of any utility to the project site or sites, all expenses in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds to finance such acquisition; and

D. the interest on any bonds issued by the same municipality for the same or any other project or projects for a reasonable time prior to construction, during construction and for not exceeding six months after completion of construction.
N.M. Stat. § 36-1A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 1A / Section 36-1A-6
§ 36-1A-6. Board members; compensation
Status: in_force

Each board member shall be reimbursed as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act when traveling on board business directly related to the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act.
N.M. Stat. § 44-6-15 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 6 / Section 44-6-15
§ 44-6-15. Uniformity of interpretation
Status: in_force

The Declaratory Judgment Act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it, and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments and decrees.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-14
§ 7-38-14. Tabulation of construction permits; information required to be furnished to county assessors
Status: in_force

A. By the tenth day of each month, the trade boards operating under the Construction Industries Licensing Act 1 shall furnish the assessor of each county with a tabulation of all permits which they have issued in the assessor's county in the previous month for all construction projects, the cost of each of which exceeded one thousand dollars ($1,000). The tabulation shall include the name of the owner of the property for which a permit was issued, the construction location and the cost of the construction project for which the permit was issued. A copy of the tabulation shall be sent to the department.

B. By the tenth day of each month, each county or municipality issuing building permits shall furnish the assessor of the county issuing the permit or the county in which the municipality is located with a tabulation of all building permits issued in the previous month for all construction projects, the cost of each of which exceeded one thousand dollars ($1,000). The tabulation shall include the name of the owner of the property for which a permit was issued, the construction location and the cost of the construction project for which the permit was issued. A copy of the tabulation shall be sent to the department.

C. Upon receiving the information required to be furnished under this section, the county assessors and the department shall enter any required changes in their valuation or other records.
N.M. Stat. § 3-51-38 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 51 / Section 3-51-38
§ 3-51-38. Construction of bond provisions
Status: in_force

The Greater Municipality Parking Law, without reference to other statutes of the state, shall constitute full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds hereunder. No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds that provides for an election requires an approval or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken hereunder or acts done pursuant hereto.
N.M. Stat. § 2-16-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 16 / Section 2-16-4
§ 2-16-4. Subcommittees
Status: in_force

Subcommittees shall be created only by majority vote of all members appointed to the committee and with the prior approval of the legislative council. A subcommittee shall be composed of at least one member from the senate and one member from the house of representatives, and at least one member of the minority party shall be a member of the subcommittee. All meetings and expenditures of a subcommittee shall be approved by the full committee in advance of such meeting or expenditure, and the approval shall be shown in the minutes of the committee.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.29 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.29
§ 7-1-6.29. Money in workers' compensation collections suspense fund; distribution
Status: in_force

A. After the necessary disbursements from the workers' compensation collections suspense fund have been made, money remaining in the suspense fund as of the last day of the month, less any deduction for administrative costs determined and made by the department pursuant to Section 52-5-19 NMSA 1978 , less any distribution made pursuant to Subsection B of this section and less any amount determined by the department to be retained in the suspense fund for the purpose of making refunds, shall be distributed to the workers' compensation administration fund.

B. Upon certification by the New Mexico finance authority that a project is sufficiently developed to warrant the issuance of bonds by the authority, the department shall distribute the first forty cents ($.40) of each workers' compensation assessment imposed pursuant to Section 52-5-19 NMSA 1978 to the New Mexico finance authority. Upon certification by the authority, the department shall cease distribution to the authority.
N.M. Stat. § 6-4-25 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-25
§ 6-4-25. Gasoline and home heating relief fund; created
Status: in_force

The “gasoline and home heating relief fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations. Balances in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund. The fund is administered by the department of finance and administration and money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature:

A. to provide gasoline price rebates to New Mexico taxpayers burdened as a result of extremely high gasoline prices;

B. to provide economic relief, in accordance with programs existing within New Mexico law, to New Mexico taxpayers suffering from rapidly increasing home heating costs; and

C. for the low income home energy assistance program.
N.M. Stat. § 33-3-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 33-3-8
§ 33-3-8. Rules for punishment
Status: in_force

The sheriffs, jail administrators or independent contractors in charge of the respective jails shall submit proposed rules and regulations which shall be effective upon being adopted by the local governing body or bodies responsible for the jail for the punishment of persons violating the rules of the jail.
N.M. Stat. § 58-23-27 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 23 / Section 58-23-27
§ 58-23-27. Bondholders; pledge; agreement of the state
Status: in_force

The state pledges and agrees with the holder of any bonds issued under the Hospital Equipment Loan Act that the state will not alter the rights vested in the council to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the bondholders or in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders until the bonds, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders are fully met and discharged. The council is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of the bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 73-10-19 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 10 / Section 73-10-19
§ 73-10-19. Property acquired by district; title; tax exemption; conveyance to United States
Status: in_force

The title to all property acquired under the provisions of this act shall immediately and by operation of law vest in such irrigation district, in its corporate name, and shall be held by such district in trust for, and is hereby dedicated and set apart for the uses and purposes set forth in this act, and shall be exempt from all taxation; and said board is authorized and empowered to hold, use, acquire, manage, occupy and possess said property as herein provided; provided, that when any district contemplated in this act shall find it necessary to procure and acquire a supply of water from outside the boundaries of this state, then and in such event it shall be lawful for said district to contract and pay for the same in the same manner as other property acquired by the district is purchased and paid for: provided, further, that any property acquired by the district may be conveyed to the United States insofar as the same may be needed for the construction, operation and maintenance of works by the United States for the benefit of the district under any contract that may be entered into by the United States pursuant to this act.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-11-22 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 11 / Section 59A-11-22
§ 59A-11-22. Duty to report
Status: in_force

A. A licensee shall report to the superintendent any administrative action taken against the licensee in another jurisdiction or by another governmental agency in this state within thirty days of the final disposition of the matter. The report shall include a copy of the order, consent to order or other relevant legal documents.

B. Within thirty days of the initial pretrial hearing date, a licensee shall report to the superintendent any criminal prosecution of the licensee taken in any jurisdiction. The report shall include a copy of the initial complaint filed, the order resulting from the hearing and any other relevant legal documents.
N.M. Stat. § 3-45-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 45 / Section 3-45-7
§ 3-45-7. Removal of commissioners
Status: in_force

A commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor, but only for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office and only after the commissioner has been given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to the hearing on the charges and has had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of the removal of any commissioner by the mayor, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings, shall be filed in the office of the clerk. Commissioners may be removed for cause based on noncompliance with housing program regulations.
N.M. Stat. § 28-22-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 22 / Section 28-22-5
§ 28-22-5. Construction of act
Status: in_force

Nothing in the New Mexico Religious Freedom Restoration Act authorizes a government agency to burden a person's free exercise of religion. The protection of the free exercise of religion granted in that act is in addition to the protections granted by federal law and the state and federal constitutions. The New Mexico Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not affect the grant of benefits or tax exemptions to religious organizations nor does it impair any other exemptions granted by law.