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N.M. Stat. § 19-4-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-22
§ 19-4-22. Paramount right to lands
Status: in_force

Upon the trial of any such action, either party may give in evidence the statement mentioned in Section 19-4-10 NMSA 1978 , deposited by the other, or by the person under whom he, or she, claims, with the corporate authorities or probate judge. And the person, or persons, who shall have first acquired the right to the possession, or occupancy, of such lands, either in person, or by agent, servant or tenant, or those claiming under him, her or them, shall be deemed to have the prior and paramount right to such lands: provided, that nothing in this section shall be so construed to recognize the right of any person or persons who have virtually abandoned any land held as a townsite, to any title therein.
N.M. Stat. § 73-2A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 2A / Section 73-2A-1
§ 73-2A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Acequia and Community Ditch Fund Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 33-2-30 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2 / Section 33-2-30
§ 33-2-30. Enforcing commands to prisoners; when wounding or killing justified
Status: in_force

If a convict sentenced to the penitentiary resist the authority of any officer, or refuse to obey his lawful commands, it shall be the duty of such officer immediately to enforce obedience by the use of such weapons or other aid as may be effectual, and if in so doing, any convict thus resisting be wounded or killed by any such officer or his assistant, or any guard or other employee, they shall be justified and shall be held guiltless; but such officer, assistant, guard or other employee shall not be excusable for using greater force than the emergency of the case demands.
N.M. Stat. § 72-4A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 4A / Section 72-4A-6
§ 72-4A-6. Authority; duties
Status: in_force

The authority shall:

A. provide staff support for the board;

B. develop application procedures and forms for qualifying entities to apply for grants and loans from the water project fund; and

C. make loans or grants to qualifying entities for qualifying water projects authorized by the legislature; provided that the service area for the project is wholly within the boundaries of the state or the project is an interstate project that directly benefits New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 7-5A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 5A / Section 7-5A-8
§ 7-5A-8. Limited binding and beneficial effect
Status: in_force

A. The agreement binds and benefits only this state and other member states. Only a member state is an intended beneficiary of the agreement. A benefit to a person other than a member state is established by the law of this state and member states and not by the terms of the agreement.

B. A person shall not:

(1) have a cause of action or a defense pursuant to the agreement; and

(2) challenge an action or inaction of a department, agency, political subdivision or instrumentality of this state on the grounds that the action or inaction is not consistent with the agreement.

C. A law of this state or the application of the law is valid despite the inconsistency of the law or its application with the agreement.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7C-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7C / Section 24-7C-5
§ 24-7C-5. Waiting period
Status: in_force

A prescription for medical aid in dying medication shall:

A. not be filled until forty-eight hours after the prescription for medical aid in dying medication has been written, unless the qualified individual's prescribing health care provider has medically confirmed that the qualified individual may, within reasonable medical judgment, die before the expiration of the waiting period identified herein, in which case, the prescription may be filled once the prescribing health care provider affirms that all requirements have been fulfilled pursuant to Section 3 of the End-of-Life Options Act; and

B. indicate the date and time that the prescription for medical aid in dying medication was written and indicate the first allowable date and time when it may be filled.
N.M. Stat. § 69-14-3 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 14 / Section 69-14-3
§ 69-14-3. Qualifications for certain positions
Status: in_force

The mining safety board may, by rule, enact requirements, including requirements for applications, examinations and qualifications, for the certification of any mine personnel required to be qualified by state or federal law.
N.M. Stat. § 7-7-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 7-7-7
§ 7-7-7. Interest on amount due; extension of time to file federal return
Status: in_force

Interest, as provided in the Tax Administration Act, 1 shall be paid to the state on the amount of tax due under the Estate Tax Act, from the first day following the day on which payment of the tax would be due in the absence of an extension of time, until the day paid, whether or not the personal representative is granted an extension of time within which to file the federal estate tax return.
N.M. Stat. § 10-4-22 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 10-4-22
§ 10-4-22. Effect of suspension order
Status: in_force

The order of suspension shall operate to relieve the officer from all the duties of the office until the matter is finally determined, and he must forthwith vacate the office and turn over all moneys, books, papers and property belonging thereto to the party appointed to serve until such suspension is removed.
N.M. Stat. § 42-6-13 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 6 / Section 42-6-13
§ 42-6-13. Method of service on state; answer
Status: in_force

Service upon the state shall be made by serving the process of the court, with a copy of the complaint, upon the attorney general of the state and the state agency involved in the action. The complaint shall set forth with particularity the nature of the interest or lien of the state on the property. The attorney general and the state agency shall have thirty days after service as above provided, or such further time as the court may allow, within which to serve an answer or other pleading.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-16-3 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 16 / Section 59A-16-3
§ 59A-16-3. Practices and acts prohibited, in general
Status: in_force

No person shall engage in this state in any practice which in this article is defined or prohibited as, or determined to be, an unfair method of competition, or unfair or deceptive act or practice, or fraudulent.
N.M. Stat. § 7-24A-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 24A / Section 7-24A-2
§ 7-24A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the County and Municipal Gasoline Tax Act:

A. “county” means a class A county or an H class county;

B. “governing body” means the city council or city commission of a city, the board of trustees of a town or village or the board of county commissioners of a class A county or an H class county;

C. “municipality” means any incorporated city, town or village, whether incorporated under general act, special act or special charter located within a class A county or an H class county;

D. “person” means:

(1) any individual, estate, trust, receiver, cooperative association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate or other entity, including any utility owned or operated by a county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state; or

(2) to the extent permitted by law, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof or the state of New Mexico or any political subdivision thereof;

E. “transit route” means a road, highway or street normally used in the operation of a public transportation system; and

F. “vehicle emission inspection program” means a vehicle emission inspection program designed to reduce pollutants emitted by motor vehicles of less than ten thousand pounds pursuant to a county or municipal ordinance.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-17
§ 6-10-17. Amount of security to be deposited
Status: in_force

Any bank or savings and loan association designated as a depository of public money shall deliver securities of the kind specified in Section 6-10-16 NMSA 1978 to a custodial bank described in Section 6-10-21 NMSA 1978 and shall then deliver a joint safekeeping receipt issued by the custodial bank to the public official from whom or the public board from which the public money is received for deposit. The securities delivered shall have an aggregate value equal to one-half the amount of public money to be received in accordance with Subsection B of Section 6-10-16 NMSA 1978 . However, any such bank or savings and loan association may deliver a depository bond executed by a surety company as provided in Section 6-10-15 NMSA 1978 as security for any portion of a deposit of public money.
N.M. Stat. § 51-1-10 — NM Code / Chapter 51 / Article 1 / Section 51-1-10
§ 51-1-10. Rate of contribution
Status: in_force

For any contributions assessed against an employer under the provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Law of New Mexico prior to January 1, 1977, the base wage upon which contributions must be paid and the rate of contributions assessable shall be the base wage and rates in effect by law as of the date such contributions became due and payable to the department.
N.M. Stat. § 1-15A-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 15A / Section 1-15A-6
§ 1-15A-6. Nomination by petition
Status: in_force

No later than 5:00 p.m. on the thirtieth day following the nominations by committee, any person seeking the endorsement by the national political party for the office of president of the United States, or any group organized in this state on behalf of, and with the consent of, such person, may submit to the secretary of state a petition on a form prescribed and furnished by the secretary of state to have such candidate's name printed on the presidential primary ballot. The petition shall be signed by a number of registered voters in each of the congressional districts equal to not less than two percent of the total number of votes for president cast in each district at the last preceding presidential election. Each signer of such petition shall sign but one such petition. In verifying the petition, the secretary of state shall count each signature unless it is determined that the person signing is not a registered voter of this state, has signed more than one petition or is not the person whose name appears on the nominating petition.
N.M. Stat. § 3-66-5 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 66 / Section 3-66-5
§ 3-66-5. Collection of event center surcharge; remittance to municipality
Status: in_force

A. Upon the sale of a product or service subject to the event center surcharge, a vendor shall collect the event center surcharge from the purchaser of that product or service on behalf of the municipality and shall act as a trustee for the surcharge receipts. A purchaser of a product or service subject to the event center surcharge shall be charged separately for the event center surcharge from the cost of the product or service, or the vendor shall institute accounting controls or procedures sufficient to identify the amount of the surcharge owed to a municipality for each sale, transaction or exchange subject to the surcharge. Receipts from the event center surcharge shall be remitted by a vendor to the treasurer of the municipality in which the municipal event center at which the vendor sold the product or service is located no later than the tenth day of the month following the collection of the surcharge.

B. A treasurer of a municipality shall deposit municipal event center revenues and event center surcharge receipts in a separate account and act as trustee of the revenue on behalf of bondholders pursuant to the Municipal Event Center Funding Act so long as any bonds remain outstanding.
N.M. Stat. § 3-56-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 56 / Section 3-56-4
§ 3-56-4. Staff
Status: in_force

The regional planning commission shall appoint a director qualified by training and experience who serves at the pleasure of the commission. The director is the chief administrative and planning officer and regular technical adviser of the commission, and shall appoint and remove the staff of the commission. The director may make agreements with local planning agencies within the jurisdiction of the commission for temporary transfer or joint use of staff employees and may contract for professional or consultant services from other governmental and private agencies.
N.M. Stat. § 48-6-9 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 6 / Section 48-6-9
§ 48-6-9. Defendant may replevy
Status: in_force

The defendant shall have the right at any time within ten days from the date of said levy to replevy the property seized, by giving bond payable to the plaintiff, with two or more good and sufficient sureties in double the amount of the debt, or, at his election, for the value of the property so seized, conditioned that if the defendant be cast in the action he shall satisfy the judgment that may be rendered against him or pay the estimated value of the property, with lawful interest thereon from the date of the bond.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.58 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.58
§ 7-1-6.58. Distribution; public election fund
Status: in_force

A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the public election fund from the amount deposited pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-8A-13 NMSA 1978 in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per month during fiscal year 2008 and subsequent fiscal years.
N.M. Stat. § 57-11-8 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 11 / Section 57-11-8
§ 57-11-8. Foreign corporations as violators of act; revocation of license to do business in state
Status: in_force

Every foreign corporation, as well as every foreign association, exercising any of the powers, franchises or functions of a corporation in this state, violating any of the provisions of this act, is hereby denied the right [of] and prohibited from doing any business in this state, and it shall be the duty of the attorney general to enforce this provision by bringing proper proceedings by injunction or otherwise. The secretary of the state shall be authorized to revoke the license of any such corporation or association heretofore authorized by him to do business in this state.
N.M. Stat. § 7-16B-6 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 16B / Section 7-16B-6
§ 7-16B-6. Tax returns; payment of tax; alternative fuel distributors
Status: in_force

A. Alternative fuel distributors shall file alternative fuel excise tax returns in form and content as prescribed by the secretary on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month following the month in which alternative fuel is distributed in New Mexico. Payment of the alternative fuel excise tax shall be made with or prior to filing of the return.

B. In computing the alternative fuel excise tax due, amounts of alternative fuel distributed to an alternative fuel user may be deducted from the total amount of alternative fuel distributed in New Mexico during the tax period provided the alternative fuel user can establish proof of compliance with the provisions of Section 7 of the Alternative Fuel Tax Act.
N.M. Stat. § 9-14-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 14 / Section 9-14-1
§ 9-14-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 7 of this act may be cited as the “Executive Planning Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 76-1-1 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 1 / Section 76-1-1
§ 76-1-1. Creation of the New Mexico department of agriculture under the control of the board of regents of New Mexico state university
Status: in_force

The New Mexico department of agriculture is created under the control of the board of regents of New Mexico state university.
N.M. Stat. § 73-20-18 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 20 / Section 73-20-18
§ 73-20-18. Assessment lists
Status: in_force

A. The board of directors shall prepare a list of the landowners within the defined boundaries of the watershed district in each county involved showing the number of acres subject to assessment and deliver it to the county assessor of the county involved. The assessor shall indicate the information on the tax rolls.

B. The county assessor shall compute the assessment due the district from each landowner in accordance with the rate fixed by the board of directors and the value of the real property indicated on the tax roll. The computation shall be made on the regular tax bills in the manner as may be directed by regulation of the property tax division of the taxation and revenue department.
N.M. Stat. § 24-26-5 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 26 / Section 24-26-5
§ 24-26-5. Consent; waiver
Status: in_force

A. Consent to the authorization for the installation and use of a monitoring device may be given only by the patient or the surrogate.

B. Consent to the authorization for the installation and use of a monitoring device shall include a release of liability for the facility for a violation of the patient's right to privacy insofar as the use of the monitoring device is concerned.

C. A patient or the surrogate may reverse a choice to have or not have a monitoring device installed and used at any time, after notice to the facility and to the program upon a form prescribed by the agency.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2F-8 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2F / Section 60-2F-8
§ 60-2F-8. Classifications of licenses and permits
Status: in_force

A. The board shall establish and may issue the following categories of licenses:

(1) bingo license;

(2) distributor's license; and

(3) manufacturer's license.

B. The board shall establish and may issue permits for the following employees:

(1) bingo manager;

(2) bingo caller; and

(3) any other bingo employee position for which the board, by rule, requires a permit.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6-22 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 18-6-22
§ 18-6-22. Loan program; duties of division and committee
Status: in_force

A. The division shall establish a program to make direct loans or loan subsidies and a program to contract with one or more lending institutions for deposits to be used for the purpose of making or subsidizing loans to owners of registered cultural properties for the restoration, rehabilitation or repair of those properties in accordance with the Historic Preservation Loan Act.

B. The division shall adopt rules and regulations to govern the application procedure and requirements for making or subsidizing loans under the Historic Preservation Loan Act.

C. The division shall adopt rules and regulations to govern the deposits with lending institutions for making or subsidizing loans under the Historic Preservation Loan Act.

D. The division and committee in cooperation shall adopt a system for the priority ranking of historic preservation projects, both eligible and ineligible for federal funding assistance, for which loan or loan subsidy applications have been received by the division. The system shall be based on factors including geographic distribution of recipient projects, severity of deterioration of the registered property, the degree of architectural and construction detail in the loan application demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed restoration, rehabilitation or repair of the registered cultural property and availability of other funding for the project. All loans or loan subsidies from the fund shall be granted pursuant to this system and the system shall be reviewed annually by the division and committee.

E. The committee and division shall monitor the fund and shall prepare an annual report to the governor and the legislature detailing the operations of the fund.

F. The division has the authority necessary and appropriate for the exercise of the powers and duties conferred by the Historic Preservation Loan Act.
N.M. Stat. § 29-14-6 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 14 / Section 29-14-6
§ 29-14-6. Investigation of administrative matters
Status: in_force

When any peace officer is under investigation for an administrative matter, the officer shall be permitted to produce any relevant documents, witnesses or other evidence to support his case and he may cross-examine any adverse witnesses during any grievance process or appeal involving disciplinary action.
N.M. Stat. § 14-9-6 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 9 / Section 14-9-6
§ 14-9-6. Wills not affected
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of this chapter shall be so construed as to extend to last wills and testaments.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-93 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-93
§ 10-11-93. Municipal fire member coverage plan 2; age and service requirements for normal retirement
Status: in_force

Under municipal fire member coverage plan 2:

A. for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of credited service;

(2) age sixty-four years and eight or more years of credited service;

(3) age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of credited service;

(4) age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of credited service;

(5) age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of credited service;

(6) age sixty years and twenty or more years of credited service; or

(7) any age and twenty-five or more years of credited service; and

B. for a member who was not a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty years or older and five or more years of service credit; or

(2) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit.
N.M. Stat. § 2-10-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 10 / Section 2-10-1
§ 2-10-1. Creation of committee; members; number; appointment; term of office
Status: in_force

A permanent joint interim committee of the legislature to be called the “legislative education study committee” is created. The committee shall be composed of ten members, four from the senate and six from the house. The house education committee and the senate education committee shall be represented. The committee members shall be appointed for two-year terms which shall expire on the first day of each odd-year session. The term of any member shall terminate when such member ceases to be a member of the legislature. Members shall be appointed by the committees' committee of the senate or, if the appointment is made in the interim, by the president pro tempore after consultation with and agreement of a majority of the members of the committees' committee, and the speaker of the house of representatives; provided, however, minority members shall be appointed by the speaker only from recommendations made by the minority floor leader although the speaker shall retain the right to reject any such recommendations. Vacancies on the committee shall be filled for the unexpired term by the respective appointing authority which makes the original appointments and subject to the same recommendations, provided that members shall be appointed from the respective houses, parties and committees, so as to maintain the same number of house and senate members and the same representation of standing committees as provided in the original appointments. Each of the two parties having the largest number of members in the legislature shall be represented on the committee in proportion to the membership of each such party in each house; provided that in the computation, major fractions shall be counted as whole numbers, and in no event shall either of the two major parties have less than one member from each house.

The officers shall be appointed for terms coterminous with their membership on the committee. Each office shall be alternated between the respective houses each two years. For the terms beginning in 1979, the chairman shall be a house member and the vice chairman, if any, shall be a senate member. The appointing authority of each house shall exercise its appointing authority by naming the chairman or vice chairman respectively on this alternating basis.

No action shall be taken by the committee if a majority of the total membership from either house on the committee rejects such action.