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N.M. Stat. § 30-15-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 15 / Section 30-15-8
§ 30-15-8. Criminal damage to property by theft or attempted theft of regulated material; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Criminal damage to property by theft or attempted theft of regulated material consists of the unlawful taking or attempted taking of any regulated material from another that results in any damage to real or personal property. Whoever commits criminal damage to property by theft or attempted theft of regulated material resulting in property damage or property loss, based on the fair market value of that damage or loss, in an amount of:

(1) less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) is guilty of a petty misdemeanor;

(2) one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more but less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) is guilty of a misdemeanor; or

(3) two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

B. For the purposes of this section:

(1) “ aluminum material ” means wire or coil products made from aluminum, an aluminum alloy or an aluminum byproduct;

(2) “ copper or brass material ” means:

(a) insulated or noninsulated copper wire, hardware or cable of the type used by a public utility, commercial mobile radio service carrier or common carrier that consists of at least twenty-five percent copper; or

(b) a copper or brass item of a type commonly used in construction or by a public utility, commercial mobile radio service carrier or common carrier;

(3) “ regulated material ” means:

(a) aluminum material;

(b) copper or brass material;

(c) steel material;

(d) a utility access cover;

(e) a water meter cover;

(f) a road or bridge guard rail;

(g) a highway or street sign;

(h) a traffic directional or control sign or signal; or

(i) a catalytic converter that is not part of an entire motor vehicle; and

(4) “ steel material ” means infrastructure-grade or construction products made from an alloy of iron, chromium, nickel or manganese.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a claim made pursuant to any other section of law.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21F-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21F / Section 21-21F-4
§ 21-21F-4. Eligibility
Status: in_force

A. A survivor meeting entrance requirements shall be entitled to a scholarship to the eligible institution of the survivor's choice.

B. If the eligible institution is in New Mexico, the amount of the scholarship shall be equal to the amount of tuition, room and board charged by the institution attended. If the eligible institution is not in New Mexico, the amount of the scholarship shall not exceed the average cost of attendance at New Mexico research institutions.

C. The scholarship shall continue for such time as the recipient remains a student in good standing at the institution, but in no event shall any survivor receive a scholarship for more than six years.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8B-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8B / Section 22-8B-3
§ 22-8B-3. Purpose
Status: in_force

The Charter Schools Act is enacted to enable individual schools to structure their educational curriculum to encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods that are based on reliable research and effective practices or have been replicated successfully in schools with diverse characteristics; to allow the development of different and innovative forms of measuring student learning and achievement; to address the needs of all students, including those determined to be at risk; to create new professional opportunities for teachers, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the school site; to improve student achievement; to provide parents and students with an educational alternative to create new, innovative and more flexible ways of educating children within the public school system; to encourage parental and community involvement in the public school system; to develop and use site-based budgeting; and to hold charter schools accountable for meeting the department's educational standards and fiscal requirements.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21C-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21C / Section 6-21C-11
§ 6-21C-11. Building bonds tax exempt
Status: in_force

All building bonds shall be exempt from taxation by the state or any of its political subdivisions.
N.M. Stat. § 6-4-18 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-18
§ 6-4-18. Directory of tobacco product manufacturers and cigarette brands
Status: in_force

A. The attorney general shall develop, maintain and publish on its web site a directory listing all tobacco product manufacturers that have provided current, accurate and complete certifications as required by the Tobacco Escrow Fund Act and all brand families that are listed in those certifications. The attorney general shall not include or retain in the directory a name or brand family if:

(1) the participating manufacturer fails to provide the required certification or to make a payment calculated by an independent auditor to be due from it under the master settlement agreement except to the extent that it is disputing such payment;

(2) the nonparticipating manufacturer fails to provide the required certification or the attorney general determines that its certification is not in compliance with Section 6-4-17 NMSA 1978; or

(3) the attorney general concludes that:

(a) all escrow payments required by Section 6-4-13 NMSA 1978 for any period for any brand family, whether or not listed by the nonparticipating manufacturer, have not been fully paid into a qualified escrow fund governed by a qualified escrow agreement that has been approved by the attorney general;

(b) any outstanding final judgments, including interest thereon, for violations of Section 6-4-13 NMSA 1978 have not been fully satisfied for the brand family or the nonparticipating manufacturer;

(c) for a nonparticipating manufacturer or a tobacco product manufacturer that became a participating manufacturer after the master settlement agreement in New Mexico or in any other state, or any of its principals, the nonparticipating manufacturer or tobacco product manufacturer fails to provide reasonable assurance that it will comply with the requirements of the Tobacco Escrow Fund Act; or

(d) the manufacturer has knowingly failed to disclose any material information required or knowingly made any material false statement in the certification of any supporting information or documentation provided.

B. As used in this section, “ reasonable assurances ” means information and documentation establishing to the satisfaction of the attorney general that a failure to pay in New Mexico or elsewhere was the result of a good faith dispute over the payment obligation.

C. The attorney general shall update the directory as necessary by adding or removing a tobacco product manufacturer or a brand family to keep the directory in conformity with the requirements of the Tobacco Escrow Fund Act.

D. A distributor shall provide a current electronic mail address to the attorney general for the purpose of receiving notifications as may be required pursuant to the Tobacco Escrow Fund Act.
N.M. Stat. § 14-11-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 11 / Section 14-11-12
§ 14-11-12. Publication in lieu of posting
Status: in_force

All legal process against nonresidents, unknown or absent parties, notices of sale of real estate under foreclosure of mortgages or executions, trespass warnings and other documents, the publication of which is required by law to be made by posting written or printed notices in public places, may be published instead of being pasted up, in English and Spanish, in some newspaper published in the county, if there be one, if not, then in some newspaper published in some other county of the state for the same length of time it may be required to be posted, and when so published it shall not be necessary to post such notices in public places: provided, that the person who may have to pay for such publication shall have the right to designate the newspaper in which the same may be published: and provided, further, that no newspaper shall be allowed to charge more than the price fixed by law to be charged for legal advertisements.
N.M. Stat. § 9-7A-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 7A / Section 9-7A-4
§ 9-7A-4. Department established
Status: in_force

There is created in the executive branch the “department of environment”. The department shall be a cabinet department and shall include, but not be limited to, an information technology division and the programs and functions of the environmental improvement division. All references in the law to the environmental improvement agency or the environmental improvement division of the health and environment department shall be construed to mean the department. All references to the director of the environmental improvement division shall be construed to mean the secretary. The department shall consist of the staff of the environmental improvement division and such other powers, duties and personnel of the former health and environment department as may be assigned by the governor pursuant to executive order.
N.M. Stat. § 10-12B-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 12B / Section 10-12B-17
§ 10-12B-17. Suspension or forfeiture of benefits
Status: in_force

A. If a member retires and is subsequently employed by any employer covered by any state system or the educational retirement system, the retired member's pension shall be suspended effective the first day of the month following the month in which the subsequent employment begins. The suspended pension of a previously retired member shall resume and be effective the first day of the month following the month in which the member leaves office or terminates the subsequent employment.

B. The right to receive a pension pursuant to the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act shall be forfeited if the member is removed from office pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, Section 32 of the constitution of New Mexico and the member's only entitlement from the fund shall be the refund of the member's own contributions.
N.M. Stat. § 73-17-11 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 17 / Section 73-17-11
§ 73-17-11. Board to secure cooperation
Status: in_force

Whenever lands owned by the federal government or over which it has jurisdiction or control, shall be included in any district, the board shall immediately upon its appointment, proceed to make all necessary arrangements with the proper department or agency of the government for cooperating in making the contemplated improvements to the end that the said lands may properly remain within the district, and may be charged with and bear their just share of the costs of the improvements.
N.M. Stat. § 3-12-2.1 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 12 / Section 3-12-2.1
§ 3-12-2.1. Governing body; mayor-council; change in number of members
Status: in_force

A. The number of members on the council or board of trustees of a municipality having a mayor-council form of government may be changed as set forth in this section provided such number shall not be less than or more than that number specified in Subsection D of Section 3-12-2 NMSA 1978 .

B. A majority of the members elected to the governing body may adopt an ordinance increasing or decreasing the number of councilmen or trustees of that body and calling a special election on the question of approving or disapproving the change.

C. The governing body of the municipality shall adopt an election resolution calling a special election on the question of approving or disapproving a change in the number of councilmen or trustees if there is filed with the municipal clerk a petition requesting an election on such a change and the petition is signed by at least five percent of the number of registered voters of the municipality. The petition shall specify the number of councilmen in addition to the mayor which shall constitute the governing body of the municipality. The petition shall be validated by the municipal clerk by verification that it contains the required number of signatures of registered voters. The election resolution shall be adopted within ten days after the petition is verified by the municipal clerk.

D. A special election to approve or disapprove a change in the number of councilmen or trustees shall be held within ninety days after the adoption of the ordinance as provided in Subsection B of this section or within ninety days after the date the petition is verified as provided in Subsection C of this section, as the case may be, or the election may be held in conjunction with a regular municipal election if such election occurs within ninety days after the adoption of the ordinance or verification of the petition. The municipality shall pay for the cost of the election.

E. If at an election called pursuant to this section a majority of the registered voters voting on the question of changing the number of councilmen or trustees vote in favor of such change, all councilmen or trustees shall serve until their current term of office expires. At each of the subsequent two regular municipal elections, one-half of the newly required number of councilmen or trustees shall be elected.

F. If a majority of the registered voters voting on the question of changing the number of councilmen or trustees disapproves or approves of such change, then such change in the number of members shall not be considered again for a period of four years from the date of the election.
N.M. Stat. § 30-22-12 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 22 / Section 30-22-12
§ 30-22-12. Furnishing articles for prisoner's escape
Status: in_force

Furnishing articles for prisoner's escape consists of:

A. intentionally giving to any person in lawful custody or confinement any deadly weapon or explosive substance, without the express consent of the officer in charge of such place of confinement; or

B. intentionally giving to any person in lawful custody or confinement any disguise, instrument, tool or other thing useful to aid any prisoner to effect an escape, with intent to assist a prisoner to escape from custody.

Whoever commits furnishing articles for prisoner's escape is guilty of a second degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 30-31A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 31A / Section 30-31A-3
§ 30-31A-3. Duty to administer
Status: in_force

The board shall administer the Imitation Controlled Substances Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-34 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-34
§ 7-2-34. Deduction; net capital gain income
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, a taxpayer may claim a deduction from net income in an amount equal to the greater of:

(1) the taxpayer's net capital gain income for the taxable year for which the deduction is being claimed, but not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000); or

(2) forty percent of the taxpayer's net capital gain income for the taxable year for which the deduction is being claimed.

B. Married individuals who file separate returns for a taxable year in which they could have filed a joint return may each claim only one-half of the deduction provided by this section that would have been allowed on the joint return.

C. A taxpayer may not claim the deduction provided in Subsection A of this section if the taxpayer has claimed the credit provided in Section 7-2D-8.1 NMSA 1978 .

D. As used in this section, “ net capital gain ” means “net capital gain” as defined in Section 1222 (11) of the Internal Revenue Code .
N.M. Stat. § 29-16-9 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 16 / Section 29-16-9
§ 29-16-9. Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. The attorney general or a district attorney may petition a district court for an order requiring a covered offender or a person required to provide a DNA sample pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of this 2006 act to:

(1) provide a sample; or

(2) provide a sample by alternative means if the covered offender or person will not cooperate.

B. Nothing in this section shall prevent the collection of samples by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or the collection of samples of covered offenders.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-53 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-53
§ 53-8-53. Revocation of certificate of incorporation
Status: in_force

A. The certificate of incorporation of a corporation to conduct affairs in New Mexico may be revoked by the secretary of state upon the conditions prescribed in this section when:

(1) the corporation has failed to file its annual report within the time required by the Nonprofit Corporation Act or has failed to pay any fees or penalties prescribed by that act when they have become due and payable;

(2) the certificate of incorporation of the corporation was procured through fraud practiced upon the state;

(3) the corporation has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by the Nonprofit Corporation Act; or

(4) a misrepresentation has been made of any material matter in any application, report, statement or other document submitted by the corporation pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Act.

B. A certificate of incorporation of a corporation shall not be revoked by the commission [secretary of state] unless:

(1) the commission [secretary of state] has given the corporation not less than sixty days' notice thereof by mail addressed to the corporation's mailing address as shown in the most recent corporate report filed with the commission [secretary of state]; and

(2) the corporation fails prior to revocation to file an annual report, pay fees or penalties, file articles of amendment or articles of merger or correct a material misrepresentation in a document submitted by the corporation pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Act.
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-25.2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-25.2
§ 22-11-25.2. Persons receiving retirement benefits pursuant to the Public Employees Retirement Act
Status: in_force

A. An employee who is retired pursuant to the Public Employees Retirement Act and who has not suspended retirement benefits received pursuant to that act shall not make contributions to the fund as otherwise required by the Educational Retirement Act. A local administrative unit that employs such a retiree shall make contributions to the fund as required by that act.

B. An employee who receives retirement benefits pursuant to the Public Employees Retirement Act is not entitled to acquire or purchase service credit for the period of employment with a local administrative unit.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-31 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-31
§ 3-60A-31. Revenue bonds; issuance; status
Status: in_force

A. A local government may issue revenue bonds in connection with a financing agreement for the purposes of financing a project authorized by the provisions of the Redevelopment Bonding Law.

B. A revenue bond shall be a limited obligation of the local government, the principal and interest of which shall be payable, subject to the mortgage provisions of the Redevelopment Bonding Law, solely out of the revenues derived from the financing, sale or leasing of the project with respect to which the bonds are issued.

C. The revenue bond and interest coupons, if any, appurtenant thereto shall never constitute a debt or indebtedness of the local government within the meaning of any provision or limitation of the constitution of New Mexico, statutes of the state or a home rule charter of the local government, and the bond shall not constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of the local government or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers. These limitations shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-45-6 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 45 / Section 59A-45-6
§ 59A-45-6. Books and records
Status: in_force

A. Every person engaged in the business of financing insurance premiums shall maintain records of his premium finance transactions and the records shall be open to examination and investigation by the superintendent. The superintendent may at any time require any such persons to bring such records as he may direct to the superintendent's office for examination.

B. Every person who is engaged in the business of financing insurance premiums shall preserve his records of premium finance transactions, including cards used in a card system, for at least three (3) years after making the final entry in respect to any premium finance agreement. The preservation of records in photographic forms shall constitute compliance with this requirement.
N.M. Stat. § 23-2-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 23-2-2
§ 23-2-2. Advisory committee
Status: in_force

The board of regents of the university of New Mexico shall appoint and consult with an advisory group consisting of at least three parents of children with a chronic impairment and two health professionals.
N.M. Stat. § 47-6-14 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 6 / Section 47-6-14
§ 47-6-14. Public hearings on preliminary plats
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners shall adhere to the following requirements concerning public hearings on preliminary plats.

A. Notice of the hearing shall be given at least twenty-one days prior to the hearing date and shall state:

(1) the subject of the hearing;

(2) the time and place of the hearing;

(3) the manner for interested persons to present their views; and

(4) the place and manner for interested persons to secure copies of any favorable or adverse opinion and of the subdivider's proposal. The board of county commissioners may impose a reasonable charge for the costs of reproducing and mailing the opinions and proposals.

B. The notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

C. Reasonable effort shall be made to give notice to all persons who have made a written request to the board of county commissioners for advance notice of its hearings. Notice shall also be given to any public agency that issued an opinion or withheld an opinion on the basis of insufficient information.

D. Public hearings on preliminary plats shall be held within thirty days from the receipt of all requested public agency opinions where all such opinions are favorable, or within thirty days from the date all public agencies complete their review of any additional information submitted by the subdivider pursuant to Section 47-6-11 NMSA 1978 . If the board of county commissioners does not receive a requested opinion within the thirty-day period, the board shall proceed.

E. At the hearing, the board of county commissioners shall allow all interested persons a reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments, orally or in writing, and to examine witnesses testifying at the hearing.

F. The board of county commissioners shall approve, approve with conditions or disapprove the preliminary plat within thirty days of the public hearing at a public meeting of the board of county commissioners.
N.M. Stat. § 3-16-10 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 3-16-10
§ 3-16-10. Pending cases in courts not to be affected by consolidation
Status: in_force

If there is a city and county consolidation, any civil or criminal case filed or pending, in any proper court at the time the combined municipal organization becomes effective, shall not be affected by the consolidation but shall continue and may be tried, dismissed or disposed of in the same manner as if the consolidation had not been made.