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N.M. Stat. § 60-2E-23 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2E / Section 60-2E-23
§ 60-2E-23. Finding of suitability required for directors, officers and key executives; removal from position if found unsuitable; suspension of suitability by board
Status: in_force

A. Each officer, director and key executive of a holding company, intermediary company or publicly traded corporation who the board determines is or is to become actively and directly engaged in the administration or supervision of, or in any other significant involvement with, the activities of the subsidiary licensee or applicant shall apply for a finding of suitability.

B. If any officer, director or key executive of a holding company, intermediary company or publicly traded corporation required to be found suitable pursuant to Subsection A of this section fails to apply for a finding of suitability within thirty days after being requested to do so by the board, or is not found suitable by the board, or if his finding of suitability is revoked after appropriate findings by the board, the holding company, intermediary company or publicly traded corporation shall immediately remove that officer, director or key executive from any office or position in which the person is engaged in the administration or supervision of, or any other involvement with, the activities of the certified subsidiary until the person is thereafter found to be suitable. If the board suspends the finding of suitability of any officer, director or key executive, the holding company, intermediary company or publicly traded corporation shall immediately and for the duration of the suspension suspend that officer, director or key executive from performance of any duties in which he is actively and directly engaged in the administration or supervision of, or any other involvement with, the activities of the subsidiary licensee.
N.M. Stat. § 76-25-1 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 25 / Section 76-25-1
§ 76-25-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Healthy Soil Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-28-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 28 / Section 59A-28-1
§ 59A-28-1. Scope of article
Status: in_force

This article shall apply only with respect to contracts of mortgage guaranty insurance as defined in Section 112 of the Insurance Code. Such contracts are also subject to the applicable provisions of Article 18 (the insurance contract) of the Insurance Code.
N.M. Stat. § 35-5-8 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 5 / Section 35-5-8
§ 35-5-8. Magistrate court; indigency standard; fee schedule; reimbursement
Status: in_force

A. The magistrate court shall use a standard adopted by the public defender department to determine indigency of persons accused of crimes carrying a possible jail sentence.

B. The magistrate court shall use a fee schedule adopted by the public defender department when appointing attorneys to represent defendants who are financially unable to obtain private counsel.

C. The magistrate court shall order reimbursement from each person who has received or desires to receive legal representation or another benefit under the Public Defender Act after a determination is made that he was not indigent according to the standard for indigency adopted by the public defender department.

D. Any amounts recovered pursuant to this section shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 3-23A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 23A / Section 3-23A-1
§ 3-23A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Municipal Cable Television Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 29-11-7 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 11 / Section 29-11-7
§ 29-11-7. Free forensic medical exams for victims of sexual crimes
Status: in_force

The administrator shall:

A. provide free forensic medical exams to victims of sexual crimes;

B. arrange for victims of sexual crimes to obtain free forensic medical exams; or

C. reimburse victims of sexual crimes for the cost of forensic medical exams, provided that:

(1) the reimbursement covers the full cost of the forensic medical exam, without any deductible requirement or limit on the amount of the reimbursement;

(2) the victim of a sexual crime is entitled to apply for reimbursement for a period of one year from the date of the forensic medical exam;

(3) reimbursement is provided not later than ninety days after the administrator receives written notification of the expense incurred by the victim for the forensic medical exam; and

(4) all victims of sexual crimes, including victims with limited or no English proficiency, are provided with information at the time of the forensic medical exam regarding how to obtain reimbursement for the cost of the exam.
N.M. Stat. § 72-4-8 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 4 / Section 72-4-8
§ 72-4-8. Water system cost paid from bond proceeds only
Status: in_force

No county that undertakes to acquire or establish a water supply system under the authority of Sections 72-4-2 through 72-4-12 NMSA 1978 shall have the power to pay out of its general funds or otherwise contribute any part of the costs of acquiring a water supply system. The entire cost of acquiring the system shall be paid out of the proceeds from the sale of water revenue bonds issued under the authority of Sections 72-4-2 through 72-4-12 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 61-6A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 6A / Section 61-6A-7
§ 61-6A-7. License renewal
Status: in_force

A. A licensee shall renew the licensee's genetic counseling license biennially by submitting prior to the date established by the board:

(1) the completed application for license renewal on the form provided by the board; and

(2) the required fee for annual license renewal.

B. The board may require proof of continuing education or other proof of competence as a requirement for renewal.

C. A sixty-day grace period shall be allowed a licensee after the end of the licensing period, during which time the license may be renewed by submitting:

(1) the completed application for license renewal on the form provided by the board;

(2) the required fee for annual license renewal; and

(3) the required late fee.

D. A genetic counselor's license not renewed at the end of the grace period shall be considered expired, and the licensee shall not be eligible to practice within the state. For reinstatement of an expired license within one year of the date of renewal, the board shall establish requirements or fees that are in addition to the fee for annual license renewal and may require the former licensee to reapply as a new applicant.
N.M. Stat. § 57-16-7.1 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 16 / Section 57-16-7.1
§ 57-16-7.1. Sales and service incentives; audit
Status: in_force

A manufacturer or distributor may audit a claim for sales and service incentives only during the six-month period immediately following payment or credit issued for the claim; however, this limitation shall not apply if there is a reasonable suspicion of fraud.
N.M. Stat. § 49-6-7 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 6 / Section 49-6-7
§ 49-6-7. Compensation of trustees
Status: in_force

Said trustees shall be paid such reasonable compensation as the said district court shall order or direct: provided, that it shall in no event exceed three hundred dollars ($300) per year for each member thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-17
§ 9-15-17. Director; duties
Status: in_force

The director of the technology enterprise division is responsible for the overall supervision of the division in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-15-16 NMSA 1978 . In addition, the director shall:

A. formulate and submit to the commission a five-year state technology development plan;

B. develop and be responsible for the operating and capital budgets of the division;

C. develop agreements with federal research, development, testing and evaluating organizations and universities to facilitate the transfer and commercialization of technology;

D. recommend to the secretary proposed projects and contracts in accordance with the policies, procedures and guidelines established by the department;

E. subject to the approval of the secretary, apply for and accept any federal funds or grants and private donations;

F. develop requests for proposals in technology commercialization areas given priority by the commission in the state's economic development and tourism plan; receive and refer with commentary to the secretary proposals submitted in response to requests for proposals; confer with research investigators to assist them when needed; monitor progress on state-funded research and development projects; maintain contact with research and development offices of the universities, federal laboratories and private research operations; and receive reports of individual projects;

G. prepare an annual report on:

(1) the status of the technology enterprise division;

(2) the status of ongoing research and development projects;

(3) the results obtained from completed projects and the dissemination of those results; and

(4) other activities of the division;

H. maintain and update records on the status of all completed and ongoing projects;

I. request from each entity under contract with the division a detailed description of tasks and associated budgets for review and approval by the commission; and

J. perform such other duties as are assigned to him by the secretary in order to further the purposes of Section 9-15-17 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 53-19-62.3 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 19 / Section 53-19-62.3
§ 53-19-62.3. Conversion and mergers; non-exclusivity
Status: in_force

Sections 53-19-59 through 53-19-62.2 NMSA 1978 do not preclude an entity from being converted or merged under other law.
N.M. Stat. § 44-5-13 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 5 / Section 44-5-13
§ 44-5-13. Time for commencing action
Status: in_force

Any action for money or property brought under this chapter, shall be commenced within one year from the time such action accrued, and not afterwards.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-39 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-39
§ 3-33-39. Improvement district; definition of “bonds”; refunding improvement bonds; authority
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section and in Sections 3-33-40 through 3-33-42 NMSA 1978 , “bonds”, when not modified by the word “refunding”, includes assignable certificates.

B. The governing body may issue refunding improvement district bonds to refund all or any part of outstanding improvement district bonds. Refunding bonds may be issued:

(1) to change the payment schedule for the bonds;

(2) to fund principal and interest due on bonds that are in default, or for which there is not and, in the opinion of the governing body, will not be sufficient money available to pay the principal and interest when due;

(3) to reduce interest costs on the bonds or on the assessments providing security for the bonds or to provide other savings;

(4) to modify or eliminate restrictive or burdensome contractural [contractual] limitations concerning the bonds;

(5) to provide enhanced or substitute security for the bonds; or

(6) to provide for any other reasonable and necessary purpose or any combination of the foregoing purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 21-31-4 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 31 / Section 21-31-4
§ 21-31-4. Professional representation
Status: in_force

A post-secondary educational institution shall not interfere with or prevent a student athlete from fully participating in athletics for obtaining representation in relation to contracts or legal matters.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-13 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-13
§ 3-33-13. Improvement district; provisional order; protest; appeal to district court
Status: in_force

A. At the hearing of the governing body on the provisional order creating an improvement district, an interested person or owner of property to be assessed for the improvement may file a written protest or objection questioning the:

(1) propriety and advisability of constructing the improvement;

(2) estimated cost of the improvement;

(3) manner of paying for the improvement; or

(4) estimated maximum benefit to each individual tract or parcel of land.

B. The governing body may recess the hearing from time to time so that all protestants may be heard.

C. Within thirty days after the governing body has, by adoption of a resolution:

(1) concluded the hearing;

(2) determined:

(a) the advisability of constructing the improvement; and

(b) the type and character of the improvement; and

(3) created the improvement district, a person who during the hearing filed a written protest with the governing body protesting the construction of the improvement may appeal the determination of the governing body pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .

D. Where no person has filed a written protest during the hearing and all owners of property to be assessed, upon conclusion of the hearing, submit to the governing body written statements in favor of the creation of the improvement district for the types and character of improvements indicated in the provisional order, those owners shall be deemed to have waived their right to bring any action challenging the validity of the proceedings or the amount of benefit to be derived from the improvements.
N.M. Stat. § 2-11-9 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 11 / Section 2-11-9
§ 2-11-9. Penalties
Status: in_force

In addition to any other penalties that may be assessed, any person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of the Lobbyist Regulation Act shall be punished by a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) and may have his lobbyist registration revoked or his lobbying activities enjoined for up to three years.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-55-25 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 55 / Section 59A-55-25
§ 59A-55-25. Binding effect of orders issued in United States district court
Status: in_force

An order issued by any district court of the United States enjoining a risk retention group from soliciting or selling insurance or operating in any state upon a finding that such a group is in hazardous financial or financially impaired condition shall be enforceable in the state courts of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-43 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-43
§ 19-10-43. Suit by state to determine rights
Status: in_force

If the commissioner of public lands shall not be satisfied with the conduct or determination of any litigation between the lessee under any such oil and gas lease, and the purchaser of said lands from the state, he shall request the attorney general to bring such suit or suits in the name of the state as said commissioner may deem necessary and advisable for the complete and final determination of the questions involved.
N.M. Stat. § 4-49-14 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 49 / Section 4-49-14
§ 4-49-14. Vote for issuance; notice of bids; proposals; place of construction
Status: in_force

If the majority of the legal votes cast at any such election herein provided for shall be in favor of the proposition voted for the issuing of bonds, then the county commissioners of such county, if the proposition be for the building of a courthouse or jail or bridge for which bonds were voted, shall without delay give notice in some newspaper of general circulation published in such county, not exceeding thirty days, that sealed proposals will be received until a certain hour in a certain day named in such notice, not to exceed thirty days thereafter, for the building of such courthouse, or jail, or bridge, as the case may be, which notice shall set forth the location of the proposed courthouse or jail or bridge with such particularity of details that an inspection of the premises may be had without difficulty.

Proposals for the building of any such courthouse or jail or bridge, if notices have not been given by the county commissioners of such county that such proposals shall be for the building of such courthouse or jail or bridge, in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the possession of said county commissioners, such proposals shall be accompanied with complete plans and specifications of the same, the price to be charged therefor in the bonds of the county at par value, or for cash, together with a bond of undertaking, with good and sufficient security double the amount of the proposed cost thereof, conditioned for the faithful execution of the work proposed and the carrying into effect of any contract made in reference thereto. The board of county commissioners are [is] hereby authorized to build courthouses, jails and bridges, in the place designated by the petitioners, if the majority of the voters so decide, and in no other place.
N.M. Stat. § 21-11-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 11 / Section 21-11-4
§ 21-11-4. Operations vested in board of regents; corporate powers; quorum
Status: in_force

The management and control of said school of mines [New Mexico institute of mining and technology], the care and preservation of all property of which it shall become possessed, the erection and construction of all buildings necessary for its use, and the disbursement and expenditure of all moneys, shall be vested in a board of five regents. Said regents and their successors in office shall constitute a body corporate, under the name and style of, the regents of the New Mexico school of mines [New Mexico institute of mining and technology], with the right, as such, of suing and being sued, of contracting and being contracted with, of making and using a common seal and altering the same at pleasure, and of causing all things to be done necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-51 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-51
§ 72-20-51. Ranking among securities of same issue
Status: in_force

All securities of the same issue or series shall be equally and ratably secured without priority by reason of number, date of maturity, date of securities, of sale, of execution or of delivery, by a lien on such revenues in accordance with the provisions of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act and the resolution authorizing, or other instrument appertaining to, such securities, except to the extent such resolution or other instrument otherwise expressly provides.
N.M. Stat. § 72-5A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5A / Section 72-5A-7
§ 72-5A-7. Modification and assignment of project permit
Status: in_force

A. The state engineer may modify the conditions of a permit if he finds that modifications are necessary and will not impair existing water rights or the water quality of the aquifer. The applicant shall provide notice of any proposed modifications as required by the Ground Water Storage and Recovery Act for new applications. Objections may be filed in the manner of objections to new applications.

B. The permittee may apply to the state engineer for approval to assign a permit to another person. The state engineer shall approve the assignment if the state engineer determines that all provisions of the Ground Water Storage and Recovery Act will be met.
N.M. Stat. § 73-9-33 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 9 / Section 73-9-33
§ 73-9-33. Compensation of directors and secretary; personal interest in contracts; bribery; penalty
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall each receive compensation at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per day while attending meetings, and their actual and necessary expenses while engaged in official business. The salary of the secretary shall not exceed twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) a year. No director or any officer named in this act shall, in any manner, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom; nor shall such director or officer receive any bonus, gratuity or bribe; and for any violation of this provision any such director or officer shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit his office, and be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years or less than one year.
N.M. Stat. § 58-16-2 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 16 / Section 58-16-2
§ 58-16-2. Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purposes of the Remote Financial Service Unit Act are:

A. to provide greater convenience for the consumer by authorizing financial institutions and merchants to offer certain financial services in convenient ways and locations;

B. to enable the use of remote financial service units at business locations for purposes of authorizing debit and certain credit transactions and verifying or guaranteeing payment of negotiable instruments or nonnegotiable share drafts to reduce the loss exposure of businesses;

C. to permit certain electronic transfers of funds to reduce the number of negotiable instruments processed and relieve the burden on the overall clearinghouse system;

D. to permit financial institutions and merchants to share the use of remote financial service units through networks; and

E. to maintain equal competitive opportunities for merchants and for financial institutions.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-9.1 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-9.1
§ 19-7-9.1. State land office; public notice; public meetings
Status: in_force

A. Prior to taking final agency action, the commissioner of public lands shall publish notice of and hold a public meeting to receive public comment regarding the following activities:

(1) land sales;

(2) land exchanges;

(3) right-of-way permits for electrical transmission lines in excess of two hundred thirty kilovolts situated on state trust land; and

(4) right-of-way permits for oil or gas pipelines in excess of twenty-four inches in diameter and at least ten contiguous miles in length situated on state trust land.

B. A notice of a proposed land sale, land exchange or right-of-way permit as set forth in Subsection A of this section shall be published on the state land office website and in a newspaper of general circulation published in Santa Fe and in a newspaper of general circulation published near the general geographic location of the proposed activity.

C. The notice required in this section shall contain:

(1) a description of the state trust land offered for sale or exchange or on which the right of way is to be located;

(2) a summary of the effect or potential effect of the proposed transaction or right of way on surrounding lands;

(3) the time, place and location for the public meeting on the sale, exchange or right-of-way permit; and

(4) the name of a person to contact at the state land office for additional information on the sale, exchange or right-of-way permit and the subject state trust land.

D. The public meeting required pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be held in the same general geographic location as the proposed activity.

E. The requirement for a hearing is waived if public input has been solicited pursuant to another state process or federal law. The commissioner of public lands shall by rule establish the procedures for a hearing held pursuant to this section.

F. No provisions of this section shall alter, change, restrict or diminish the rights, powers and duties of the commissioner of public lands in the administration, management, care and control of state trust lands as provided for by the Enabling Act for New Mexico and applicable state statutes.