FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
N.M. Stat. § 77-15-12 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 15 / Section 77-15-12
§ 77-15-12. Abolition or continuation of program
Status: in_force

The owners of fifty-one percent of the animals covered by a county predator control program can abolish the program in any year by a petition to the county commissioners on or before the first Monday of August of any year in the same manner as the program was created.

If it is desired to continue a program past the date set for its termination, it must be done by the same type of petition by which the program was initiated, and must be filed by the first Monday of August of the year preceding the termination date.
N.M. Stat. § 61-9-8 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 9 / Section 61-9-8
§ 61-9-8. Records
Status: in_force

A. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applications for licensure which shall show:

(1) the name, age and residence of each applicant;

(2) the date of the application;

(3) the place of business of the applicant;

(4) a summary of the educational and other qualifications of the applicant;

(5) whether an examination was required;

(6) whether a license was granted;

(7) the date of the action of the board; and

(8) such other information as may be deemed necessary or advisable by the board in aid of the requirements of this subsection.

B. Except as provided otherwise in the Professional Psychologist Act, the records of the board are public records and are available to the public in accordance with the Public Records Act.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-59.4 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-59.4
§ 67-3-59.4. State transportation project bonds; authorization and appropriation; priorities; criteria; reports
Status: in_force

A. It is the intent of the legislature to authorize the New Mexico finance authority to issue state transportation project bonds pursuant to Section 67-3-59.3 NMSA 1978 for projects specified in Laws 2003 (1st S.S.), Chapter 3, Sections 27 and 28, Laws 2020 (1st S.S.), Chapter 3, Section 8 and Section 1 of this 2021 act in the total aggregate principal amount of one billion five hundred eighty-five million dollars ($1,585,000,000).

B. The state transportation commission may authorize the New Mexico finance authority to issue and sell state transportation project bonds. The proceeds of the bonds are appropriated to the department of transportation for projects listed in Laws 2003 (1st S.S.), Chapter 3, Sections 27 and 28, Laws 2020 (1st S.S.), Chapter 3, Section 8 and Section 1 of this 2021 act.

C. The department of transportation shall provide to the legislature and the governor a report on transportation priorities and progress. The report shall include:

(1) justification of priority ranking of projects, including the following for each highway project enumerated in Laws 2003 (1st S.S.), Chapter 3, Sections 27 and 28:

(a) traffic counts and accident rates and the expected improvements to traffic flow, health and safety;

(b) the ranking of the pavement and substructure conditions;

(c) an assessment of economic development impacts; and

(d) other information deemed significant by the department;

(2) the expected life of the proposed improvement;

(3) sufficiency of revenue to pay the principal and interest of all outstanding and proposed bonds based on a five- and twenty-year financial forecast for the state road fund and the effect of the bond program on the department's construction and maintenance program;

(4) status report of ongoing major construction;

(5) the relationship between the requested projects and the statewide transportation improvement program; and

(6) any other information requested by the legislature or the executive.

D. The department of transportation shall provide quarterly progress reports to the department of finance and administration and the legislative finance committee.

E. The department of transportation shall adopt and enforce rules with the goal that no less than seventy percent of the work force of an exclusively state-funded project authorized in Laws 2003 (1st S.S.), Chapter 3, Sections 27 and 28 shall be residents of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 3-39-5 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 39 / Section 3-39-5
§ 3-39-5. Planning and zoning laws
Status: in_force

All municipal airport facilities are subject to planning and zoning laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the area in which the airport facility is located.
N.M. Stat. § 58-21B-9 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 21B / Section 58-21B-9
§ 58-21B-9. Standards for license renewal
Status: in_force

A. The minimum standards for license renewal for mortgage loan originators shall include the following:

(1) the mortgage loan originator continues to meet the minimum standards for license issuance pursuant to Section 58-21B-6 NMSA 1978;

(2) the mortgage loan originator has satisfied the annual continuing education requirements set forth in Section 58-21B-10 NMSA 1978; and

(3) the mortgage loan originator has paid all required fees for renewal of the license.

B. The license of a mortgage loan originator who fails to satisfy the minimum standards for license renewal shall expire. The director may adopt rules for the reinstatement of expired licenses consistent with the standards established by the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry.
N.M. Stat. § 3-50-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 50 / Section 3-50-22
§ 3-50-22. Law controlling
Status: in_force

Insofar as the provisions of the Municipal Parking Law are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of the Municipal Parking Law shall be controlling.
N.M. Stat. § 3-39-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 39 / Section 3-39-14
§ 3-39-14. Legal investments
Status: in_force

Bonds are legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies under the laws of this state. They are bonds, notes or other obligations of a municipal subdivision of this state, issued pursuant to a law of this state, for the purposes of investment or purchase by the state investment officer.
N.M. Stat. § 70-5-5 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 5 / Section 70-5-5
§ 70-5-5. Power to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations; exceptions to act
Status: in_force

A. The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purpose of the LPG and CNG Act [this article] and for the public peace, health and safety as affected by the use of such materials. The regulations made shall substantially conform with the standards as published by the national fire protection association covering the same subject matter. Nothing contained in this section is intended to alter the specifications for manufacturing or testing of containers established by the interstate commerce commission or the U.S. department of transportation or of containers installed in refineries, gas processing plants, underground storage terminals, natural gas distributing plants and pipeline terminals.

B. The bureau may adopt a schedule of reasonable fees to be charged for furnishing any printed matter or forms, for filing or recording any data sheets, blueprints, drawings, plans, specifications, reports and any other instrument or document and for making and furnishing copies of any record, report, regulation, rule, law or any other matter on file with the bureau.
N.M. Stat. § 17-1-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 17-1-10
§ 17-1-10. Issuance of reserve conservation officer commissions; revocation
Status: in_force

Reserve conservation officer commissions shall be issued annually to such persons meeting the qualifications prescribed in Section 2, as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the director of the department of game and fish. Such commissions may be revoked at any time by said director at his discretion.
N.M. Stat. § 27-11-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 11 / Section 27-11-11
§ 27-11-11. Costs of expedited adjudicatory proceeding
Status: in_force

A. Each party shall be responsible for its own costs related to the expedited adjudicatory proceeding, including costs associated with preparation for the hearing, discovery, depositions, subpoenas, service of process and witness expenses, travel expenses and investigation expenses and attorney fees.

B. The hearing officer shall allow telephonic testimony of a witness if requested by a party.

C. The department shall reimburse the administrative hearings office for the costs of a contract hearing officer.
N.M. Stat. § 77-2-13 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 2 / Section 77-2-13
§ 77-2-13. Records; certified copy evidence
Status: in_force

The records required to be kept by the director, including inspector reports, shall be maintained by the board in a readily available manner, and a certified copy of any such records under the hand and seal of the director or the verified oath of an inspector shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the truth of any fact required to be recorded therein.
N.M. Stat. § 73-21-36 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 21 / Section 73-21-36
§ 73-21-36. Acquisition, construction or improvement of systems; joint revenue bonds
Status: in_force

A. Whenever the board of a district shall, by resolution, determine that interest or necessity requires the acquisition, construction, repair, extension, improvement or betterment of a water system, sewer system or other fee-for-service system, districts are authorized to issue revenue bonds or obtain loans, payable solely out of the net income, to be derived from the operation of a publicly owned water system or sewer system or from services rendered by the district for a fee, and to pledge, irrevocably, the income to the payment of the bonds.

B. The proceeds of the bonds are to be used solely for the purchasing, acquiring, constructing and making of necessary improvements, extensions, repairs and betterments of the water system, sewer system or other fee-for-service system for the purchase and acquiring of wells, cisterns, reservoirs or other sources of water supply and pumping plants, sewage disposal plants or other machinery necessary for the operation of those facilities and the land and real estate upon which those facilities are situated or to be situated.

C. Joint revenue bonds may be issued for the acquisition, construction, extension, enlargement or betterment of a joint water system and joint sewer system or other joint fee-for-service system and the income of one or more of the utilities may be pledged to secure the repayment of the joint bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 62-19-3 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 19 / Section 62-19-3
§ 62-19-3. Public regulation commission
Status: in_force

A. The “ public regulation commission ”, created in Article 11, Section 1 of the constitution of New Mexico , is composed of three commissioners appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate as provided in that article. 1

B. The commission shall annually elect one of its members chair, who shall preside at hearings. In the absence of the chair, the commission may appoint any other member to preside.
N.M. Stat. § 34-6-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 34 / Article 6 / Section 34-6-16
§ 34-6-16. Judges; thirteenth judicial district
Status: in_force

There shall be nine district judges in the thirteenth judicial district.
N.M. Stat. § 29-9-1 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 9 / Section 29-9-1
§ 29-9-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 29-9-1 through 29-9-17 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Organized Crime Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-35-5 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 35 / Section 3-35-5
§ 3-35-5. Assessment of cost; hearing on assessment roll; notice; objections by property owners
Status: in_force

A. After making the contracts and determining the net cost to the municipality, the governing body shall:

(1) determine what portion of the costs of the work and equipment, including advertising, appraising, engineering, legal, printing and other costs, shall be paid by the property specially benefited;

(2) together with the engineer, make an assessment roll containing, among other things:

(a) the names of the last known owners of the property to be assessed or, if not known, a statement that the name is unknown;

(b) a description of each tract or parcel of land to be assessed; and

(c) the amount of the assessment on each tract or parcel; and

(3) fix a time and place for hearing and file the roll with the municipal clerk.

B. Assessments may be made on a front-foot zone, area or other equitable basis determined by the governing body, but never exceeding the estimated benefits to the property assessed.

C. The municipal clerk shall give notice of the hearing by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks, the last publication at least one week prior to the date of the hearing. The notice shall include a statement that the assessment roll is on file in his office and the time and place of the hearing when the governing body will consider objections to the assessment roll. Any owner of property to be assessed, whether or not named in the roll, may file his specific written objections with the clerk within ten days of the first publication provided in this section. Any objection to the regularity, validity and correctness of the proceedings, the assessment roll, each assessment on the roll and the amount levied on each tract or parcel of land is waived unless presented at the time and in the manner provided in this section.
N.M. Stat. § 24-26-12 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 26 / Section 24-26-12
§ 24-26-12. Criminal acts
Status: in_force

Any person other than a patient or surrogate found guilty of intentionally hampering, obstructing, tampering with or destroying a monitoring device or a recording made by a monitoring device installed in a facility pursuant to the Patient Care Monitoring Act is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 19-13-3 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 13 / Section 19-13-3
§ 19-13-3. Administration of act
Status: in_force

Administration of the Geothermal Resources Act shall be based on the principle of multiple use of state land and resources and shall allow coexistence of other leases on the same lands for deposits of other minerals, and the existence of leases issued pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Act shall not preclude other uses of the land covered thereby. Geothermal resources may be administered as a renewable energy resource, in which case any leases for and regulations of a geothermal resource as a renewable energy resource shall require that the geothermal resource not be diminished beneath applicable natural seasonal fluctuations in the measurable quantity, quality or temperature of any area classified as a known geothermal resources field. However, operations under other leases or for other uses shall not unreasonably interfere with or endanger operations under any lease issued pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Act, nor shall operations under leases issued pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Act unreasonably interfere with or endanger operations under any lease issued pursuant to any other law. The Geothermal Resources Act shall not be construed to supersede the authority that any state department or agency has with respect to the management, protection and utilization of the state lands and resources under its jurisdiction.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2E-26 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2E / Section 60-2E-26
§ 60-2E-26. Gaming operator licensees; general provisions; business plan; player age limit; restrictions
Status: in_force

A. An applicant for a gaming operator's license shall submit with the application a plan for assisting in the prevention, education and treatment of compulsive gambling. The plan shall include regular educational training sessions for employees. Plan approval by the board is a condition of issuance of the license.

B. An applicant for a gaming operator's license shall submit with the application a proposed business plan. The plan shall include at least:

(1) a floor plan of the area to be used for gaming machine operations;

(2) an advertising and marketing plan;

(3) the proposed placement and number of gaming machines;

(4) a current financial status and gaming protection plan;

(5) a security plan;

(6) a staffing plan for gaming machine operations;

(7) internal control systems in compliance with Section 60-2E-35 NMSA 1978; and

(8) details of any proposed progressive systems.

C. A gaming operator licensee shall be granted a license to operate a number of machines, not to exceed the statutory maximum, at a gaming establishment identified in the license application and shall be granted a license for each gaming machine.

D. A gaming operator licensee shall apply for and pay the machine license fee for any increase in the number of authorized gaming machines in operation at the licensed premises and shall notify the board of any decrease in the number of authorized gaming machines in operation at the licensed premises.

E. Gaming machines may be available for play only in an area restricted to persons twenty-one years of age or older.

F. A gaming operator licensee shall erect a permanent physical barrier to allow for multiple uses of the premises by persons of all ages. For purposes of this subsection, “ permanent physical barrier ” means a floor-to-ceiling wall separating the general areas from the restricted areas. The entrance to the area where gaming machines are located shall display a sign that the premises are restricted to persons twenty-one years of age or older. Persons under the age of twenty-one shall not enter the area where gaming machines are located.

G. A gaming operator licensee shall not have automated teller machines in the area restricted pursuant to Subsection F of this section.

H. A gaming operator licensee shall not provide, allow, contract or arrange to provide alcohol or food for no charge or at reduced prices as an incentive or enticement for patrons to game.

I. Only a racetrack licensed by the state racing commission or a nonprofit organization may apply for or be issued a gaming operator's license. No other persons are qualified to apply for or be issued a gaming operator's license pursuant to the Gaming Control Act.
N.M. Stat. § 44-2-4 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 2 / Section 44-2-4
§ 44-2-4. Purpose of writ; judicial discretion not controlled
Status: in_force

It may be issued to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust or station; but though it may require an inferior tribunal to exercise its judgment, or proceed to the discharge of any of its functions, it cannot control judicial discretion.
N.M. Stat. § 76-7-11 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7 / Section 76-7-11
§ 76-7-11. Conduct of election; declaration of results
Status: in_force

A. The board of county commissioners having jurisdiction over the election shall create and define, by order, the voting precincts in the proposed district, and shall name the polling places within each district. The board of county commissioners shall also select and appoint the judges and other necessary officers for the conduct of the election.

B. Immediately after the election, the officers holding the election shall make returns of the results to the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction. The board of county commissioners shall canvass the vote and returns and enter an order declaring the results of the election. If it is found that a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the creation of the district, the board of county commissioners shall enter an order declaring the establishment of the district. If the proposed district embraces more than one county, the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction shall enter an order declaring the establishment of the district only in the territory included in each county in which the majority of the votes cast were in favor of its creation. A copy of the order shall be transmitted to the county clerk of each county in which a portion of the district lies and shall be filed by him as a public record.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2A / Section 26-2A-2
§ 26-2A-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that recent research has shown that the use of marijuana may alleviate the nausea and ill-effects of cancer chemotherapy, and, additionally, may alleviate the ill-effects of glaucoma. The legislature further finds that there is a need for further research and experimentation with regards to the use of marijuana under strictly controlled circumstances. It is for this purpose that the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act is hereby enacted.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-9.3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-9.3
§ 24-1-9.3. Sexually transmitted infections; mandatory counseling
Status: in_force

No positive test result for a sexually transmitted infection shall be revealed to the person upon whom the test was performed without the person performing the test or the health facility at which the test was performed providing or referring that person for individual counseling about:

A. the meaning of the test results;

B. the possible need for additional testing;

C. the availability of appropriate health care services, including mental health care, social services and support services; and

D. the benefits of locating and counseling any individual by whom the infected person may have been exposed to the sexually transmitted infection and any individual whom the infected person may have exposed to the sexually transmitted infection.
N.M. Stat. § 28-3-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 3 / Section 28-3-11
§ 28-3-11. Report and recommendations
Status: in_force

The director of the commission on the status of women, in conjunction with the office for displaced homemakers, shall submit to the legislature an annual report on the number of displaced homemakers served by existing public and private agencies and shall make recommendations for displaced homemaker programs which may include:

A. a plan for the establishment, funding and implementation of regional displaced homemaker service centers in New Mexico; and

B. recommendations for legislative action.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-26 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-26
§ 7-9-26. Exemption; gross receipts and compensating tax; fuel
Status: in_force

Exempted from the gross receipts and compensating tax are the receipts from selling and the use of gasoline, special fuel or alternative fuel on which the tax imposed by Section 7-13-3 , 7-16A-3 or 7-16B-4 NMSA 1978 has been paid and not refunded.
N.M. Stat. § 77-11-7 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 11 / Section 77-11-7
§ 77-11-7. Partido and herding contracts; rights of person in possession
Status: in_force

When anyone has or shall receive from the owner thereof any horses, cattle, sheep or goats under written contract, for the herding or caring for the same for pay or on shares, or in any other manner, except by absolute purchase, such horses, cattle, sheep and goats, together with the increase and product thereof, at all times, and until the full completion of such contract according to the terms thereof, shall be and remain the property of the said owner or owners so letting them out to be herded or cared for; and the person or persons so receiving the same for such purpose shall have no authority or right to sell, transfer, mortgage or dispose of the same, or any part thereof, in any manner whatever, without the express consent in writing of the owner or owners thereof.