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N.M. Stat. § 48-4-1 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 4 / Section 48-4-1
§ 48-4-1. Lien on real estate
Status: in_force

Every bonded abstracter or abstract company, doing business in compliance with the provisions contained in Sections 51-1301 and 51-1302, 1941 Comp. Statutes, who shall hereafter compile and furnish any abstract or continuation of abstract, of title to any real estate at the request of the owner thereof, or his authorized agent, shall have a lien on said real estate for the amount due for compiling and furnishing such abstract of title and for all costs incurred in enforcing such lien, including cost of the preparation of claim of lien.
N.M. Stat. § 10-5-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 10-5-1
§ 10-5-1. Definition
Status: in_force

“Official of any local public body” means every officer, deputy or employee of:

A. every political subdivision of the state of New Mexico;

B. the agencies, instrumentalities and institutions of every political subdivision of this state; and

C. charitable institutions for which appropriations are made by the legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-5.9 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-5.9
§ 1-1-5.9. Proper filing officer
Status: in_force

As used in the Election Code, “ proper filing officer ” means, for the purposes of filing:

A. reports required by the Campaign Reporting Act and the School District Campaign Reporting Act, the secretary of state;

B. declarations of candidacy and candidate qualification documents by any candidate for statewide or federal office, the secretary of state; and

C. declarations of candidacy and candidate qualification documents by all other candidates, the county clerk of the county in which the candidate resides.
N.M. Stat. § 7-12A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 12A / Section 7-12A-4
§ 7-12A-4. Exemption; tobacco products tax
Status: in_force

A. Exempted from the tobacco products tax is the product value of tobacco products sold:

(1) to or by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof;

(2) to the governing body or any enrolled tribal member licensed by the governing body of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo to be distributed on the reservation or pueblo grant of that Indian nation, tribe or pueblo; or

(3) the state of New Mexico or any political subdivision thereof.

B. As used in this section, the term “ agency or instrumentality ” does not include persons who are agents or instrumentalities of the United States for a particular purpose or only when acting in a particular capacity or corporate agencies or instrumentalities.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-6.2 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-6.2
§ 67-3-6.2. Department of transportation may inspect books and records
Status: in_force

The department of transportation or person authorized by the department in writing under its seal to make an examination shall have the right at all times to inspect the books, papers and records of all such companies and common carriers doing business in this state relating to any matter pending before or being investigated by the department. Any officer, agent or employee of any such company or corporation or any person in charge of such books, papers and records who refuses to permit examination or who conceals, destroys or mutilates or attempts to conceal, destroy or mutilate any such books, papers or records or remove the same beyond the limits of the state for the purpose of preventing examination shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be fined not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months.
N.M. Stat. § 16-5-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 5 / Section 16-5-3
§ 16-5-3. Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission created
Status: in_force

There is created the “Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission,” an interstate agency authorized by the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Compact. The commission shall be composed of four members, two of whom serve for the state of New Mexico and two of whom serve for the state of Colorado.
N.M. Stat. § 3-35-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 35 / Section 3-35-1
§ 3-35-1. Fire-fighting facilities; preliminary plans of contemplated improvement; estimate of cost; assessment plat; provisional order
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality, when it believes the municipality requires fire stations, fire hydrants or fire-fighting equipment or water, may, by resolution, direct the city engineer or other competent engineer to prepare preliminary plans of the contemplated improvement and a preliminary estimate of the cost. He shall also submit an assessment plat showing the area to be assessed and the amount of maximum benefits estimated to be assessed against each tract or parcel of land in the assessment area, based on a front-foot zone, area or other equitable basis established by the resolution. The resolution may provide for one or more types of construction and the engineer shall separately estimate the cost of each type, either in a lump sum or by unit prices as the engineer thinks more desirable. The total estimate shall also include cost of advertising, appraising, engineering, printing and other necessary expenses. Upon filing with the municipal clerk, the governing body shall examine them and, if satisfactory, make a provisional order that the work of improvement be done.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-24.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-24.1
§ 7-2-24.1. Optional designation of tax refund contribution for tree plantings
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection C of this section, any individual whose state income tax liability after application of allowable credits and tax rebates in any year is lower than the amount of money held by the department to the credit of such individual for that tax year may designate any portion of the income tax refund due him to be paid into the conservation planting revolving fund. In the case of a joint return, both individuals must make such designation.

B. The department shall revise the state income tax form to allow the designation of such contributions in substantially the following form:

“Conservation Planting Revolving Fund--Check if you wish to

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contribute a part or all of your tax refund to the Conservation

Planting Revolving Fund to pay for the planting of trees in New Mexico. Enter here $__________ the amount of your contribution.”

C. The provisions of this section do not apply to income tax refunds subject to interception under the provisions of the Tax Refund Intercept Program Act 1 and any designation made under the provisions of this section to such refunds is void.
N.M. Stat. § 46-13-12 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 13 / Section 46-13-12
§ 46-13-12. Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee is not an original user
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not an original user of an account the content of an electronic communication sent or received by an original or successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received or stored by the custodian in the account of the trust if the trustee gives the custodian:

A. a written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;

B. a certified copy of the trust instrument or a certified copy of the trust instrument or a certification of trust under Section 46A-10-1013 NMSA 1978 that includes consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications to the trustee;

C. a certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust; and

D. if requested by the custodian:

(1) a number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust's account; or

(2) evidence linking the account to the trust.
N.M. Stat. § 22-24-3 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 24 / Section 22-24-3
§ 22-24-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Public School Capital Outlay Act:

A. “ authority ” means the public school facilities authority;

B. “ building system ” means a set of interacting parts that makes up a single, nonportable or fixed component of a facility and that, together with other building systems, makes up an entire integrated facility or property, including roofing, electrical distribution, electronic communication, plumbing, lighting, mechanical, fire prevention, facility shell, interior finishes, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and school security systems, as defined by the council;

C. “ constitutional special schools ” means the New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired and the New Mexico school for the deaf;

D. “ constitutional special schools support spaces ” means all facilities necessary to support the constitutional special schools' educational mission that are not included in the constitutional special schools' educational adequacy standards, including performing arts centers, facilities for athletic competition, school district administration and facility and vehicle maintenance;

E. “ council ” means the public school capital outlay council;

F. “ education technology infrastructure ” means the physical hardware and services used to interconnect students, teachers, school districts and school buildings necessary to support broadband connectivity and remote learning as determined by the council;

G. “ fund ” means the public school capital outlay fund;

H. “ maximum allowable gross square foot per student ” means a determination made by applying the established maximum allowable square foot guidelines for educational facilities based on type of school and number of students in the current published New Mexico public school adequacy planning guide to the department's current year certified first reporting date membership;

I. “ replacement cost per square foot ” means the statewide cost per square foot as established by the council;

J. “ school district ” includes state-chartered charter schools and the constitutional special schools;

K. “ school district population density ” means the population density on a per square mile basis of a school district as estimated by the authority based on the most current tract level population estimates published by the United States census bureau; and

L. “ school district population density factor ” means zero when the school district population density is greater than fifty people per square mile, six-hundredths when the school district population density is greater than fifteen but less than fifty-one persons per square mile and twelve-hundredths when the school district population density is less than sixteen persons per square mile.
N.M. Stat. § 73-9-1 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 9 / Section 73-9-1
§ 73-9-1. Organizers' qualifications; exempt areas; exception
Status: in_force

A. Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders owning more than one-half of the lands, or the evidence of title to the lands, in any district in the state desire to provide for the irrigation of the lands, they may propose the organization of an irrigation district under the provisions of Chapter 73, Article 9 NMSA 1978 . When so organized, each district shall have the powers conferred by law upon irrigation districts. Provided that where ditches, canals or reservoirs were constructed before March 18, 1909, those ditches, canals, reservoirs and franchises and the lands irrigated from them shall be exempt from the operation of Chapter 73, Article 9 NMSA 1978 , unless the district is formed to purchase, acquire or lease the ditches, canals, reservoirs and their franchises; or unless a statement, signed by at least four-fifths of the owners of any such ditch, canal or reservoir and of the franchises and water rights of them and of the lands irrigated from them, is filed with the board of county commissioners of each county in which the ditch, canal, reservoir and lands are situate, giving their consent that the ditch, canal, reservoir, franchises, water rights and lands may be included in one or more irrigation districts organized under the provisions of Chapter 73, Article 9 NMSA 1978 , which statement shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the status of an acequia or community ditch association as a political subdivision of the state if the acequia or community ditch association was established prior to the formation of the irrigation district and has been governed by officers elected pursuant to Chapter 73, Article 2 or 3 NMSA 1978 continuously since the formation of the irrigation district.
N.M. Stat. § 72-19-76 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 19 / Section 72-19-76
§ 72-19-76. Covenants in security proceedings
Status: in_force

Any resolution or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of securities or any other instrument appertaining thereto may contain covenants and other provisions (notwithstanding such covenants and provisions may limit the exercise of powers conferred by the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act) in order to secure the payment of such securities in agreement with the holders and owners of such securities, as the board may determine, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure the authority's securities, or in the discretion of the board tend to make the securities more marketable, notwithstanding that such covenant, act or thing may not be enumerated in that act, it being the intention of that act to give the authority power to do all things in the issuance of securities and for their security except as specifically limited in that act.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-424.19 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-424.19
§ 66-3-424.19. Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad special registration plate; procedures; fee
Status: in_force

A. The division shall establish and issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 , featuring artwork related to the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad. The division shall adopt procedures for application for and issuance of the special Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad registration plate with a logo.

B. The division, in consultation with the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission, shall determine the color and design of the special Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad registration logo, and the division shall provide for its issuance.

C. For a fee of forty dollars ($40.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, any owner of a motor vehicle may apply for the issuance of a Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad registration plate. The owner of a motor vehicle shall apply and pay a fee each year that the owner wishes to retain and renew the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad registration plate.

D. The revenue from the special Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad registration plates shall be distributed as follows:

(1) fifteen dollars ($15.00) of the fee collected the first year a special Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad registration plate is issued shall be retained by the division and is appropriated to the division for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates. Thereafter, that amount of each fee shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978; and

(2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be distributed to the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-55.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-55.3
§ 10-11-55.3. Municipal general member coverage plan 3; amount of pension; form of payment A
Status: in_force

Under municipal general member coverage plan 3:

A. for a member with age and service requirements provided under Subsection A of Section 10-11-55.2 NMSA 1978 , the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to three percent of the final average salary multiplied by credited service. The amount shall not exceed one hundred percent of the final average salary; and

B. for a member with age and service requirements provided under Subsection B of Section 10-11-55.2 NMSA 1978 , the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to two and one-half percent of the final average salary multiplied by credited service. The amount shall not exceed one hundred percent of the final average salary.
N.M. Stat. § 1-15-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-15-1
§ 1-15-1. Presidential electors; notification of state chairmen
Status: in_force

On or before June 1 of each year in which the president and vice president of the United States are to be elected, the secretary of state shall send written notice to the state chairman of each qualified political party in New Mexico setting forth the method and requirements for nominating and electing presidential electors in this state at the general election.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2D-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2D / Section 7-2D-14
§ 7-2D-14. Administration of act
Status: in_force

The Venture Capital Investment Act shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of the Tax Administration Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 6-15A-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15A / Section 6-15A-16
§ 6-15A-16. Severability
Status: in_force

If any part or application of the Education Technology Equipment Act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other circumstances shall not be affected.
N.M. Stat. § 29-7-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 7 / Section 29-7-4
§ 29-7-4. Powers and duties of council
Status: in_force

The council shall:

A. develop a planned program, to be implemented by the director, of:

(1) basic law enforcement training and in-service law enforcement training, a portion of which may be conducted on a regional basis; and

(2) basic telecommunicator training and in-service telecommunicator training, as provided in the Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Act, 1 a portion of which may be conducted on a regional basis;

B. prescribe qualifications for instructors and prescribe courses of instruction for:

(1) basic law enforcement training and in-service law enforcement training; and

(2) basic telecommunicator training and in-service telecommunicator training, as provided in the Public Safety Telecommunicator Training Act;

C. report annually to the governor;

D. in its discretion, accept donations, contributions, grants or gifts from whatever source for the benefit of the academy, which donations, contributions, grants or gifts are appropriated for the use of the academy; and

E. adopt, publish and file, in accordance with the provisions of the State Rules Act, 2 all rules concerning the implementation and enforcement of Sections 29-7-2 through 29-7-7.7 , 29-7-12 , 29-7-14 , 29-7C-4 , 29-7C-5 and 29-7C-7 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 72-17-99 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-99
§ 72-17-99. Freedom from judicial process
Status: in_force

Execution or other judicial process shall not issue against any property herein authorized of the authority, nor shall any judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon its property.
N.M. Stat. § 47-8-23 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 8 / Section 47-8-23
§ 47-8-23. Application of rules or regulations
Status: in_force

An owner, from time to time, may adopt rules or regulations, however described, concerning the resident's use and occupancy of the premises. They are enforceable as provided in Section 47-8-33 NMSA 1978 against the resident only if:

A. their purpose is to promote the appearance, convenience, safety or welfare of the residents in the premises, preserve the owner's property from abusive use or make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for the residents generally;

B. they are reasonably related to the purpose for which they are adopted;

C. they apply to all residents in the premises in a fair manner;

D. they are sufficiently explicit in their prohibition, direction or limitation of the resident's conduct to fairly inform him of what he must or must not do to comply;

E. they are not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the owner; and

F. the resident is presented with copies of existing rules and regulations at the time he enters into the rental agreement and is presented notice of amendments to the rules and regulations and rules and regulations adopted subsequent to the time he enters into the rental agreement. A rule or regulation adopted after the resident enters into the rental agreement is enforceable against the resident if reasonable notice of its adoption is given to the resident and it does not work a substantial modification of his bargain.
N.M. Stat. § 61-1-3.3 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 1 / Section 61-1-3.3
§ 61-1-3.3. Conversion therapy; grounds for disciplinary action
Status: in_force

A. A person licensed pursuant to provisions of Chapter 61 NMSA 1978 shall not provide conversion therapy to any person under eighteen years of age. The provision of conversion therapy in violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be grounds for disciplinary action by a board in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Licensing Act.

B. As used in this section:

(1) “ conversion therapy ” means any practice or treatment that seeks to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, including any effort to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward persons of the same sex. “Conversion therapy” does not mean:

(a) counseling or mental health services that provide acceptance, support and understanding of a person without seeking to change gender identity or sexual orientation; or

(b) mental health services that facilitate a person's coping, social support, sexual orientation or gender identity exploration and development, including an intervention to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices, without seeking to change gender identity or sexual orientation;

(2) “ gender identity ” means a person's self-perception, or perception of that person by another, of the person's identity as a male or female based upon the person's appearance, behavior or physical characteristics that are in accord with or opposed to the person's physical anatomy, chromosomal sex or sex at birth; and

(3) “ sexual orientation ” means heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality, whether actual or perceived.