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N.M. Stat. § 3-39-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 39 / Section 3-39-20
§ 3-39-20. Adoption of airport zoning regulations
Status: in_force

A. Every municipality and county or other political subdivision having within its territorial limits an area within which, according to an airport approach plan adopted by the legislative body, measures should be taken for the protection of airport approaches, shall adopt, administer and enforce, under the police power and in the manner and upon the conditions hereinafter prescribed, airport zoning regulations applicable to such area, which regulations shall divide the area into zones and within such zones, specify the land uses permitted, regulate and restrict the height to which structures and trees may be erected or allowed to grow, and impose such other restrictions and requirements as may be necessary to effectuate the legislative body's approach plan for the airport.

B. In the event that a political subdivision has adopted, or hereafter adopts, a general zoning ordinance regulating, among other things, the height of buildings, any airport zoning regulations adopted for the same area or portion thereof under the Municipal Airport Zoning Law may be incorporated and made a part of such general zoning regulations, and be administered and enforced in connection therewith, but such general zoning regulations shall not limit the effectiveness or scope of the regulations adopted under this act.

C. Any zoning or other regulations applicable to any area within which, according to an airport approach plan adopted by the legislative body, measures should be taken for the protection of airport approaches, including not only any airport zoning regulations adopted under Sections 3-39-16 through 3-39-26 NMSA 1978 , but any zoning or other regulations dealing with the same or similar matters, that have been or may be adopted under authority other than that conferred by Sections 3-39-16 through 3-39-26 NMSA 1978 , shall be consistent with, and conform to, the legislative body's approach plan for such area, and shall be amended from time to time as may be necessary to conform to any revision of the plan that may be made by the legislative body.

D. All airport zoning regulations adopted under Sections 3-39-16 through 3-39-26 NMSA 1978 , shall be reasonable and none shall require the removal, lowering or other change or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any nonconforming use, except as provided in Section 3-39-21 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 58-11A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11A / Section 58-11A-1
§ 58-11A-1. Authority to engage in leasing safe deposit facilities; subsidiary company
Status: in_force

A. Subject to such regulations as the director may prescribe, a credit union may maintain and lease safe deposit boxes and may accept property or documents for safekeeping if, except in the case of night depositories, it issues a receipt for them.

B. A credit union may own stock in safe deposit box companies not exceeding in aggregate cost fifteen percent of its regular reserve and undivided earnings, but at least ninety percent of the stock in each safe deposit box company must be owned by credit unions, banks or trust companies.
N.M. Stat. § 9-11-6.4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 9-11-6.4
§ 9-11-6.4. Electronic filing and payment
Status: in_force

A. The department is authorized to require where practical, in lieu of:

(1) the filing of paper documents, the filing by electronic or optical means of any return, application, report or other document required under any law or program administered by the department; and

(2) a paper check or cash payment, the remittance by electronic means of any payment required under any law or program administered by the department.

B. The department, using reasonable criteria, may require some classes of persons to file returns and remit payments electronically or optically while not so requiring others to file returns and remit payments in that manner. The date of filing or payment shall be the date the return, application, report, payment or other document is transmitted to the department in a form able to be processed.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16-37 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-37
§ 30-16-37. Obtaining fraudulently acquired transportation ticket at a discount
Status: in_force

Any person who obtains, at a discount price, a ticket issued by an airline, railroad, steamship or other transportation company, which ticket was acquired in violation of Section 30-16-33 NMSA 1978 , without reasonable inquiry to ascertain that the person from whom it was obtained had a legal right to possess it, shall be presumed to know that the ticket was acquired under circumstances constituting a violation of Section 30-16-33 NMSA 1978 , and shall be guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21H-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21H / Section 21-21H-3
§ 21-21H-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the New Mexico Scholars Act:

A. “ academic year ” means any consecutive period of two semesters, three quarters or other comparable units commencing with the fall term each year;

B. “ award recipient ” means a student awarded a New Mexico Scholars Act scholarship;

C. “ department ” means the higher education department;

D. “ eligible institution ” means any degree-granting educational institution in New Mexico accredited by the north central association of colleges and secondary schools;

E. “ satisfactory academic progress ” means completion of at least twenty-four credit hours per year and maintenance of a cumulative grade point average of a minimum of 3.0 or higher on a scale of 4.0; and

F. “ scholarship ” means a scholarship awarded pursuant to the New Mexico Scholars Act.
N.M. Stat. § 29-20-2 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 20 / Section 29-20-2
§ 29-20-2. Definition
Status: in_force

As used in the Law Enforcement Safe Pursuit Act, “high speed pursuit” means an attempt by a law enforcement officer in an authorized emergency vehicle to apprehend an occupant of a motor vehicle, the driver of which is actively attempting to avoid apprehension by exceeding the speed limit.
N.M. Stat. § 3-7-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 3-7-17
§ 3-7-17. Annexation; petition by owners of contiguous territory; duty of governing body; ordinance; appeal
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Sections 3-7-17.1 and 3-57-4 NMSA 1978 , whenever a petition:

(1) seeks the annexation of territory contiguous to a municipality;

(2) is signed by the owners of a majority of the number of acres in the contiguous territory;

(3) is accompanied by a map that shows the external boundary of the territory proposed to be annexed and the relationship of the territory proposed to be annexed to the existing boundary of the municipality; and

(4) is presented to the governing body, the governing body shall by ordinance express its consent or rejection to the annexation of such contiguous territory.

B. If the ordinance consents to the annexation of the contiguous territory, a copy of the ordinance, with a copy of the plat of the territory so annexed, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. After the filing, the contiguous territory is part of the municipality. The clerk of the municipality shall also send copies of the ordinance annexing the territory and of the plat of the territory so annexed to the secretary of finance and administration and to the secretary of taxation and revenue.

C. Within thirty days after the filing of the copy of the ordinance in the office of the county clerk, any person owning land within the territory annexed to the municipality may appeal to the district court questioning the validity of the annexation proceedings. If no appeal to the district court is filed within thirty days after the filing of the ordinance in the office of the county clerk or if the court renders judgment in favor of the municipality, the annexation shall be deemed complete.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48A / Section 4-48A-2
§ 4-48A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Special Hospital District Act:

A. “board of trustees” means the governing board of the special hospital district;

B. “qualified elector” means a natural person resident in a proposed or existing special hospital district who is registered to vote in state general elections;

C. “special hospital district” means a district wherein a public hospital is located or is proposed to be created and which:

(1) is composed of contiguous and compact territory lying wholly within a single county; or

(2) is composed of contiguous and compact territory which includes all or a portion of two or more counties or any combination thereof; and

(3) contains within its boundaries one or more incorporated municipalities; or whose boundaries coincide and are concurrent with the territorial areas of one or more political subdivisions within such county or counties;

D. “hospital facility” includes a medical facility or an outpatient clinic or both; and

E. “subdistrict” means, in the case of a special hospital district composed of all or a portion of two or more counties, the portion of the special hospital district which is located in one county.
N.M. Stat. § 56-6-2 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 6 / Section 56-6-2
§ 56-6-2. License to store agricultural products; issuance upon application; contents; fee
Status: in_force

No warehouseman shall issue negotiable warehouse receipts for agricultural products as in this act defined, unless he shall have obtained from the county clerk of the county in which his warehouse is located a license authorizing him to store such agricultural products. Such license shall be issued by said county clerk upon the written application, under oath, of the warehouseman, setting forth his name and the location of his warehouse or warehouses. At the time of filing such application with the county clerk, the applicant shall be required to pay to the county clerk a filing fee of $2.50. If the applicant is a partnership, the names of the partners shall be set forth, and if a corporation, then the names of the president, secretary and treasurer thereof shall be set forth. In the case of a corporate applicant, the application shall be signed and sworn to by its president or secretary. Such application shall be filed and preserved in the county clerk's office.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-48 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-48
§ 19-10-48. Effect of provisions on powers of oil conservation commission and commissioner of public lands
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall be held to modify in any manner the power of the oil conservation commission under laws now existing or hereafter enacted with respect to the proration, and conservation of oil or gas and the prevention of waste, nor as limiting in any manner the power and the authority of the commissioner of public lands now existing or hereafter vested in him.
N.M. Stat. § 3-14-18 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 14 / Section 3-14-18
§ 3-14-18. Commission-manager; initiative; failure of commission to adopt; election
Status: in_force

A. In any commission-manager municipality, upon petition, signed by the qualified electors in a number more than twenty percent of the average number of voters who voted at the previous four regular municipal elections or more than twenty percent of the number of voters who voted at the previous regular municipal election, whichever is the greater, any measure may be proposed to the commission for enactment within thirty days of the date of verification of the petition. If the commission:

(1) fails to act;

(2) acts adversely; or

(3) amends the proposed measure, the commission shall, within ten days of the expiration of the thirty day period, adopt an election resolution calling for the holding of a special election within ninety days of the expiration of the thirty day period for the purpose of submitting the measure to the electorate.

B. The ballot shall contain the proposed measure and the measure as amended, if the commission amends the proposed measure. After each measure there shall be printed the words:

“For”, and

“Against”,

followed by spaces for marking the ballot with a cross or check or other mark necessary for proper counting of the ballot, in order to cast a vote for the phrase desired.

C. The measure receiving a majority of the votes cast on that measure in its favor is adopted. If each measure receives a majority of votes cast on that measure in its favor, the measure receiving the greatest number of votes cast in its favor is adopted.
N.M. Stat. § 13-1A-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 1A / Section 13-1A-4
§ 13-1A-4. Revision of bookkeeping and payment procedures; reports of progress
Status: in_force

A. Not later than July 1, 1986, each state agency shall review and revise its bookkeeping and vouchering procedures so as to effect accelerated payments to vendors for purchases of supplies and equipment in order to secure for the state the largest available price discount offered by such vendors for early payment of accounts. On or before September 1 of each year, a progress report of the implementation of the provisions of the Purchasing Discount Act shall be submitted by each state agency to the department of finance and administration and to the legislative finance committee as an addendum to its budget request for the ensuing fiscal year.

B. The department of finance and administration shall review its administrative procedures for payment of vouchers by state agencies for the purchase of supplies and equipment in order to effect revised procedures to secure the largest available price discounts offered by vendors for early payment of accounts. The department shall prescribe guidelines for state agencies to implement the provisions of the Purchasing Discount Act. The department shall, annually by December 15, submit a progress report to the legislature on the overall progress made by state agencies in implementing the procedures required by the Purchasing Discount Act.
N.M. Stat. § 1-5-16 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 1-5-16
§ 1-5-16. Voter file; duplicate voter file; storage; protection
Status: in_force

A. All voter files shall be stored to safeguard them from loss, damage or unauthorized alteration.

B. All duplicate voter files shall be stored in a fireproof safe or vault located at a place remote from, and which is considered a separate damage risk from, the place of storage or use of the voter files from which they were duplicated.

C. No voter file and its duplicate shall be stored or transported in any manner that will subject both to possible loss or damage from common or related perils.
N.M. Stat. § 5-8-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 5-8-8
§ 5-8-8. Time for assessment and collection of fee
Status: in_force

A. Assessments of an impact fee shall be made at the earliest possible time. Collection of the impact fee shall occur at the latest possible time.

B. For land that has been platted in accordance with the subdivision or platting procedures of a municipality or county before the effective date of the Development Fees Act or for land on which new development occurs or is proposed without platting, the municipality or county may assess the impact fees at the time of development approval or issuance of a building permit, whichever date is earlier. The assessment shall be valid for a period of not less than four years from the date of development approval or issuance of a building permit, whichever date is earlier.

C. For land that is platted after the effective date of the Development Fees Act, the municipality or county shall assess the fees at the time of recording of the subdivision plat and this assessment shall be valid for a period of not less than four years from the date of recording of the plat.

D. Collection of impact fees shall occur no earlier than the date of issuance of a building permit.

E. For new development that is platted in accordance with the subdivision or platting procedures of a municipality or county before the adoption of an impact fee, an impact fee shall not be collected on any service unit for which a valid building permit has been issued.

F. After the expiration of the four-year period described in Subsections B and C of this section, a municipality or county may adjust the assessed impact fee to the level of current impact fees as provided in the Development Fees Act.
N.M. Stat. § 60-13A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 13A / Section 60-13A-4
§ 60-13A-4. Licensure requirements for certain employee leasing contractors
Status: in_force

An existing employee leasing contractor domiciled in New Mexico as of September 30, 1993 shall be issued an employee leasing contractor's license upon application.
N.M. Stat. § 61-34-3 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 34 / Section 61-34-3
§ 61-34-3. Scope of practice
Status: in_force

For the purposes of the Signed Language Practices Act, a person is interpreting if the person advertises, offers to practice, is employed in a position described as interpreting or holds out to the public or represents in any manner that the person is an interpreter in this state.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8F-2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8F / Section 22-8F-2
§ 22-8F-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Family Income Index Act:

A. “ above average income ” means a household income of two hundred twenty-five percent or a higher percentage of the federal poverty level;

B. “ extremely low income ” means a household income of up to seventy-five percent of the federal poverty level;

C. “ low income ” means a household income of at least one hundred thirty percent but less than one hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level;

D. “ moderate income ” means a household income of at least one hundred eighty-five percent but less than two hundred twenty-five percent of the federal poverty level;

E. “ school district ” includes a state-chartered charter school; and

F. “ very low income ” means a household income greater than seventy-five percent but less than one hundred thirty percent of the federal poverty level.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9A / Section 63-9A-1
§ 63-9A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 63, Article 9A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “New Mexico Telecommunications Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 1-3A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 3A / Section 1-3A-6
§ 1-3A-6. Committee meetings before proposing district plans
Status: in_force

A. Before the committee issues proposed district plans for public comment, the committee shall hold no fewer than six public meetings at which the committee shall receive testimony, documents and information regarding the identification of communities of interest and other testimony, documents and information regarding the creation of district plans. The committee shall provide the public with notice not later than thirty days before these meetings and the notice shall include information about how the public may participate and submit testimony, documents and information. The committee shall hold meetings in various regions across the state, including in central New Mexico and in each of the four geographic quadrants of the state, with at least one meeting on tribal lands.

B. The committee shall compile, index, maintain and provide public access to all testimony, documents and information received in the meetings conducted before issuing proposed district plans for public comment.

C. The proposed district plans that the committee issues for public comment shall be based, in part, on the testimony, documents and information received.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-32 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 8F / Section 2-8F-32
§ 2-8F-32. Senate district twenty-six
Status: in_force

Senate district twenty-six is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 23, 27 through 29, 33 through 40, 46 through 48, 61, 62, 70, 119, 120, 134, 156 through 160, 167, 169, 178, 189, 198, 199, 233, 234, 263, 394, 399, 599, 607, 617, 618, 622, 633 and 639.
N.M. Stat. § 7-16A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 16A / Section 7-16A-5
§ 7-16A-5. Special fuel inventories
Status: in_force

A. On the day prior to the day in which the special fuel excise tax rate is increased or decreased, each supplier, dealer and bulk storage user shall take inventory of the gallons of special fuel on hand.

B. Suppliers and bulk storage users shall report total gallons of special fuel in inventory on the day prior to the day in which an increase in the special fuel excise tax rate is effective and pay any special fuel inventory tax due.
N.M. Stat. § 7-29A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 29A / Section 7-29A-5
§ 7-29A-5. Secretary of taxation and revenue approval; refund
Status: in_force

A. The person responsible for paying the oil and gas severance tax on production from the enhanced recovery project shall not qualify to receive the recovered oil tax rate unless that person:

(1) applies to the secretary of taxation and revenue in the form and manner prescribed by the secretary for approval to pay the oil and gas severance tax on crude oil severed and saved from the enhanced recovery project at the recovered oil tax rate;

(2) includes the certifications from the division of approval and designation of the affected areas of the enhanced recovery project and of a positive production response from the enhanced recovery project; and

(3) provides all relevant material that the secretary of taxation and revenue considers necessary to administer the applicable provisions of the Enhanced Oil Recovery Act.

B. An approval of the secretary of taxation and revenue in accordance with Subsection A of this section shall be applicable to crude oil severed and sold from the enhanced recovery project on and after the first day of the month following the month in which the division certifies that a positive production response with respect to the enhanced recovery project has occurred. If the oil and gas severance tax is paid at a rate imposed in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 7-29-4 NMSA 1978 on crude oil severed and saved from the enhanced recovery project after the month in which the division certifies that a positive production response with respect to the enhanced recovery project has occurred, a claim for refund may be filed in accordance with Section 7-1-26 NMSA 1978 for the excess in tax over the amount due using the recovered oil tax rate. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection F of Section 7-1-26 NMSA 1978 any such refund granted shall be made in the form of a credit against future oil and gas severance tax liabilities.
N.M. Stat. § 6-9-5 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 9 / Section 6-9-5
§ 6-9-5. Uniformity of interpretation
Status: in_force

This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
N.M. Stat. § 35-15-2 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 15 / Section 35-15-2
§ 35-15-2. Pleading existence of ordinance provisions violated
Status: in_force

In all actions brought to enforce any ordinance, it shall be sufficient to state in the complaint or affidavit the number of the section and title of the ordinance violated without stating said section or ordinance in full or the substance thereof.