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N.M. Stat. § 59A-47-42 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 47 / Section 59A-47-42
§ 59A-47-42. Coverage of part-time employees
Status: in_force

A health care plan that provides coverage for health care pursuant to the Nonprofit Health Care Plan Law shall make available, upon an employer's request prior to issuance, delivery or renewal, coverage for regular part-time employees who work or are expected to work an average of at least twenty hours per week over a six-month period. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require an employer to offer or provide coverage for regular part-time employees.
N.M. Stat. § 42-3-4 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 3 / Section 42-3-4
§ 42-3-4. Administration
Status: in_force

In order to prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, any displacing agency may make relocation payments, provide relocation assistance or otherwise carry out the provisions of the Relocation Assistance Act by entering into an agreement to utilize the facilities, personnel and services of any agency having an established organization for conducting relocation assistance programs.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-29.1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-29.1
§ 1-12-29.1. Qualifying provisional, absentee and other paper ballots
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of state shall issue rules to create a uniform process and set of criteria for deciding if provisional, absentee and other paper ballots shall be counted.

B. When qualifying provisional, absentee and other paper ballots, middle initials, suffixes and addresses shall not be dispositive as to whether that person's ballot is qualified and counted in the vote totals, provided that the county clerk can otherwise verify the person is a voter based on the information provided on the outer envelope of the paper ballot or affidavit.
N.M. Stat. § 72-4-13 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 4 / Section 72-4-13
§ 72-4-13. Hydrographic survey of state stream systems; duty of state engineer; dam and reservoir sites; cooperation with United States
Status: in_force

The state engineer shall make hydrographic surveys and investigations of each stream system and source of water supply in the state, beginning with those most used for irrigation, and obtaining and recording all available data for the determination, development and adjudication of water supply of the state including the location and survey of suitable sites for dams and reservoirs and the determination of the approximate water supply, capacity and cost of each. He is authorized to cooperate with the agencies of the United States engaged in similar surveys and investigations and in the construction of works for the development and use of the water supply of the state, expending for such purposes any money available for the work of his office, and may accept and use in connection with the operations of his office the results of the agencies of the United States.
N.M. Stat. § 53-18-5 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 18 / Section 53-18-5
§ 53-18-5. Forms to be furnished by secretary of state
Status: in_force

Forms for all documents to be filed in the office of the commission [secretary of state] may be furnished by the commission [secretary of state] on request therefor, but the use thereof unless otherwise specifically prescribed by law, is not mandatory.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-5.11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-5.11
§ 1-1-5.11. Special election
Status: in_force

As used in the Election Code, “ special election ” means an election at which only ballot questions are considered and that is held at a time other than a statewide election.
N.M. Stat. § 17-1-15 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 17-1-15
§ 17-1-15. Disbursement of money; limitation on expenditures
Status: in_force

All disbursements of moneys, including salaries, by the state game commission shall be by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration, supported by itemized voucher, certified to be correct by the state game director, and shall be paid out of moneys in the game protection fund.

Expenditures by the state game commission shall be limited to funds available in the game protection fund, and neither the state game commission nor any employee thereof shall incur or authorize any obligation for the payment of which sufficient funds are not then available in the game protection fund.

The state shall not be liable for any obligation created by the state game commission or any employee thereof, except to the extent of such game protection fund.

Neither the state game commission nor any employee thereof shall issue any voucher, nor shall the secretary of finance and administration approve any such voucher, for the payment of which moneys are not then available in the game protection fund.
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-27 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-27
§ 53-11-27. Bylaws
Status: reserved

The initial bylaws of a corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors. The power to alter, amend or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws shall be vested in the board of directors unless reserved to the shareholders by the articles of incorporation. The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21H-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21H / Section 21-21H-9
§ 21-21H-9. Rules
Status: in_force

The department may adopt such rules as necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions of the New Mexico Scholars Act. A financial aid officer may exercise professional judgment when special circumstances exist to adjust the cost of attendance or the expected family contribution or to modify other factors that make the program responsive to a student's special financial circumstances and for which documentation exists in the student's file within the parameters authorized for this program.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-16 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-16
§ 67-3-16. General duty to construct, repair and maintain highways
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such commission to construct, repair and maintain, at the expense of the state either wholly or in part, such public roads and highways, within the state, as in their judgment will best subserve the interest of the general public, looking to the construction and maintenance of a complete system of highways in the state.
N.M. Stat. § 66-13-10 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 13 / Section 66-13-10
§ 66-13-10. Administration of chemical test; payment of costs; additional tests
Status: in_force

A. Only the persons authorized by the Boating While Intoxicated Act shall withdraw blood from a person for the purpose of determining its alcohol or drug content. This limitation does not apply to the taking of samples of breath.

B. The person tested shall be advised by the law enforcement officer of the person's right to be given an opportunity to arrange for a physician, licensed professional or practical nurse or laboratory technician or technologist who is employed by a hospital or physician of his own choosing to perform a chemical test in addition to a test performed at the direction of a law enforcement officer.

C. Upon the request of the person tested, full information concerning the test performed at the direction of the law enforcement officer shall be made available to him as soon as it is available from the person performing the test.

D. The agency represented by the law enforcement officer at whose direction the chemical test is performed shall pay for the chemical test.

E. If a person exercises his right under Subsection B of this section to have a chemical test performed upon him by a person of his own choosing, the cost of that test shall be paid by the agency represented by the law enforcement officer at whose direction a chemical test was administered pursuant to Section 8 of the Boating While Intoxicated Act.
N.M. Stat. § 47-7B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7B / Section 47-7B-2
§ 47-7B-2. Unit boundaries
Status: in_force

Except as provided by the declaration:

A. if walls, floors or ceilings are designated as boundaries of a unit, all lath, furring, wallboard, plasterboard, plaster, paneling, tiles, wallpaper, paint, finished flooring and any other materials constituting any part of the finished surfaces thereof are a part of the unit, and all other portions of the walls, floors or ceilings are a part of the common elements;

B. if any chute, flue, duct, wire, conduit, bearing wall, bearing column or any other fixture lies partially within and partially outside the designated boundaries of a unit, any portion thereof serving only that unit is a limited common element allocated solely to that unit, and any portion thereof serving more than one unit or any portion of the common elements is a part of the common elements;

C. subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this section, all spaces, interior partitions and other fixtures and improvements within the boundaries of a unit are a part of the unit;

D. any shutters, awnings, window boxes, doorsteps or stoops and all exterior doors and windows or other fixtures designed to serve a single unit, but located outside the unit's boundaries, are limited common elements allocated exclusively to that unit; and

E. any porches, balconies or patios designed to serve a single unit, but located outside the unit's boundaries, are limited common elements allocated exclusively to that unit.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4-20 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 13-4-20
§ 13-4-20. Additional bond in case of insolvency of sureties
Status: in_force

Whenever in its judgment any surety on such bond shall be insolvent, or for any cause is not a proper or sufficient surety, the obligee may require the contractor to furnish a new or additional bond or security within ten days; and thereupon, if the obligee shall so order, all work on said contract shall cease until such new or additional bond or security shall be furnished. If not furnished within said time, the obligee may at its option take over and complete said work as the agent and at the expense of the contractor and sureties, either doing the work on force account or letting the same by contract, and shall be entitled to use any equipment, materials and supplies of the delinquent contractor in completing said work.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-30 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-30
§ 21-8-30. Equipment
Status: in_force

The various laboratories of the college of engineering and their equipment shall be available for the use of the building materials research and testing institute, provided that their use for instruction and research in the regular work of the university shall take precedence over their use by the building materials research and testing institute. The director of the building materials research and testing institute may procure, for temporary or permanent use, additional equipment to carry on the functions of the institute.
N.M. Stat. § 14-4-5.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 4 / Section 14-4-5.3
§ 14-4-5.3. Public participation, comments and rule hearings
Status: in_force

A. The notice of proposed rulemaking shall specify a public comment period of at least thirty days after publication in the New Mexico register during which a person may submit information and comment on the proposed rule. The information or comment may be submitted in an electronic or written format or at a public rule hearing pursuant to Subsection B of this section. The agency shall consider all information and comment on a proposed rule that is submitted within the comment period.

B. At the public rule hearing, members of the public shall be given a reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments orally or in writing. Each agency shall determine, in accordance with governing statutory and case law, the manner in which parties to the proceeding and members of the public will be able to participate in public hearings. All public hearings shall be conducted in a fair and equitable manner. Except as otherwise provided by law, an agency representative or hearing officer shall preside over a public rule hearing.

C. The public rule hearing shall be open to the public and be recorded.
N.M. Stat. § 39-7-1 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 7 / Section 39-7-1
§ 39-7-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 27-13-1 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 13 / Section 27-13-1
§ 27-13-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Consumer Direction Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-18-3.1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 18 / Section 59A-18-3.1
§ 59A-18-3.1. Closed block of business
Status: in_force

As used in Chapter 59A, Article 18 NMSA 1978 , “ closed block of business ” means a policy or group of policies that division rules identify as closed because an insurer no longer markets or sells the policy or group of policies or because the policy's or group of policies' enrollment has decreased.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-4-14 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 4 / Section 59A-4-14
§ 59A-4-14. Examination expense; payment
Status: in_force

A. The person examined shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses of the examination upon presentation by the superintendent, upon completion of the examination, of a detailed statement of accrued costs and expenses. Remuneration and expenses of salaried personnel of the insurance department serving in the examination shall be paid to the superintendent, and upon receipt thereof, the superintendent shall deposit the payment with the state treasurer to the credit of the “insurance examination fund” which is hereby created in the state treasury. Money in the fund is appropriated to the superintendent to be used by the superintendent exclusively for expenses for examinations. All money in excess of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) remaining in the fund and unencumbered at the end of any fiscal year shall revert to the general fund. The examinee, upon the superintendent's written request and approval of the amount thereof, shall pay direct to the examiners or specialists remuneration and expenses of independently contracting examiners and specialists used by the superintendent in the examination, which remuneration shall be based on but not limited to the suggested compensation amounts of a national association of insurance commissioners.

B. If another state in examination of a person domiciled in this state charges per diem and other allowances in excess of those generally charged by this state in a similar examination, the superintendent in examination of a person domiciled in that state shall charge per diem and allowances at the same rate charged by the other state.
N.M. Stat. § 21-23A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 23A / Section 21-23A-4
§ 21-23A-4. American Indian post-secondary education division duties
Status: in_force

A. The division shall:

(1) develop and implement policies that positively affect the post-secondary educational success of American Indian students;

(2) provide assistance to public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal colleges in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of recruitment and retention strategies designed for American Indian college students;

(3) seek funding to assist public educational institutions and tribal colleges as needed to develop support services to increase the enrollment, retention and graduation rates of American Indians at public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal colleges, including:

(a) academic support and transition programs; and

(b) institutional efforts to increase academic financial support;

(4) develop a system for consistent data collection and sharing on the enrollment, retention and graduation rates of American Indian students at public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal colleges; and

(5) conduct outreach to tribes concerning financial aid opportunities for American Indian students.

B. The director of the division shall serve as a liaison with the Indian education advisory council.
N.M. Stat. § 42A-1-11 — NM Code / Chapter 42A / Article 1 / Section 42A-1-11
§ 42A-1-11. Modification of court order permitting suitability studies
Status: in_force

A. After notice and hearing, the court may modify an order made under Section 42A-1-9 NMSA 1978 .

B. If a deposit or surety bond is required or the amount required to be deposited or the amount of the surety bond is increased by an order of modification, the court shall specify the time within which the required amount must be deposited or the surety bond increased, and shall direct that any further entry or specified activities or studies under the order as modified be stayed until the required deposit or increase in the surety bond has been made.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-27 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-27
§ 24-1-27. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of creating a single interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative is to develop a statewide system of behavioral health care that promotes the behavioral health and well-being of children, individuals and families; encourages a seamless system of care that is accessible and continuously available; and emphasizes prevention and early intervention, resiliency, recovery and rehabilitation.
N.M. Stat. § 73-12-54 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 12 / Section 73-12-54
§ 73-12-54. Provisions of Civil Code shall apply; effect of findings of court
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure respecting the demurrer and answer to a verified complaint shall be applicable to a demurrer and answer to said petition. The person so demurring and answering said petition shall be the defendant to the special proceedings, and the board of directors shall be the plaintiff. Every material statement of the petition not specifically controverted by the answer shall, for the purpose of said special proceedings, be taken as true, and every person failing to answer the petition shall, in case said bonds are declared by the court to be valid and the benefits received equal to the taxes necessary to be levied, be estopped from thereafter questioning the legality of the organization of the district, that the benefits received equal the taxes necessary to be levied, or the validity of said bonds in any proceeding. The rules of pleading and practice relating to appeals and writs of error provided by the Code of Civil Procedure which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act are applicable to the special proceedings herein provided for.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2C-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2C / Section 7-2C-4
§ 7-2C-4. Remedy additional
Status: in_force

The remedies of a claimant agency under the Tax Refund Intercept Program Act are in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedies available by law.
N.M. Stat. § 42-10-10 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 10 / Section 42-10-10
§ 42-10-10. Exemption in lieu of homestead
Status: in_force

Any resident of this state who does not own a homestead shall in addition to other exemptions hold exempt real or personal property in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in lieu of the homestead exemption.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-842 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-842
§ 66-3-842. Motorcycle maneuverability
Status: in_force

A. No motorcycle shall be equipped in a manner such that it is incapable of turning a ninety-degree angle within a circle having a radius of not more than fourteen feet. Evidence of a motorcycle's being unable to turn a ninety-degree angle within a circle having a radius of not more than fourteen feet shall be prima facie evidence of an unsafe vehicle as described in Section 66-3-801 NMSA 1978 .

B. For the purposes of this section, a peace officer may require the driver of a motorcycle to demonstrate the ability of any motorcycle to be ridden as described in Subsection A of this section. Failure or refusal of any operator to demonstrate the ability of any motorcycle being operated upon the highways shall be prima facie evidence of an unsafe vehicle as described in Section 66-3-801 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 62-19-16 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 19 / Section 62-19-16
§ 62-19-16. Pipeline safety bureau
Status: in_force

The pipeline safety bureau shall serve as staff to the commission for the regulation of pipelines and pipeline safety, as provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 12-1-12 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 12-1-12
§ 12-1-12. Sale of debentures
Status: in_force

Said debentures shall be sold by the state treasurer to the highest bidder for cash at not less than par and accrued interest at such times and in such amounts as may be determined by the New Mexico compilation commission, after advertising the time and place of sale in such manner as the commission may determine. Provided, however, that said debentures or any part thereof may be sold by the state treasurer at any time at private sale without advertisement for not less than par and accrued interest. The state treasurer may, with the approval of the state board of finance, and other officials whose approval is required by law for investment of public funds, purchase any or all of such debentures at not less than par and accrued interest without the necessity of advertising or offering said debentures for public sale or after rejection of bids for all or part of any issue.
N.M. Stat. § 35-1-15 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 1 / Section 35-1-15
§ 35-1-15. Magistrate court; Hidalgo district
Status: in_force

There shall be one magistrate in Hidalgo magistrate district with a court in Lordsburg.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15A / Section 6-15A-1
§ 6-15A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 6, Article 15A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Education Technology Equipment Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 4-62-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 62 / Section 4-62-7
§ 4-62-7. Revenue bonds; refunding authorization
Status: in_force

A. Any county having issued revenue bonds as authorized in Sections 4-62-1 through 4-62-6 NMSA 1978 or pursuant to any other laws enabling the governing body of any county having issued revenue bonds payable only out of the pledged revenue may issue refunding revenue bonds for the purpose of refinancing, paying and discharging all or any part of the outstanding bonds of any outstanding issues:

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

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

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

(4) for any combination of such purposes.

B. The county may pledge irrevocably for the payment of interest and principal on refunding bonds the appropriate pledged revenues that may be pledged to an original issue of bonds as provided in Section 4-62-1 NMSA 1978 . This section permits the pledge of revenues from one source to the payment of bonds that refund bonds payable from a different source of revenue.

C. Bonds for refunding and bonds for any purpose permitted by Section 4-62-1 NMSA 1978 may be issued separately or issued in combination in one or more series.