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N.M. Stat. § 53-20-11 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 53-20-11
§ 53-20-11. Service of process
Status: in_force

A. The registered agent appointed by a foreign business trust authorized to transact business in this state shall be an agent of the foreign business trust upon whom may be served any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the foreign business trust.

B. A foreign business trust may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to a trustee of the foreign business trust at its principal office shown on its application for a certificate of authority if the foreign business trust:

(1) has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot be served with reasonable diligence;

(2) has withdrawn from transacting business in New Mexico; or

(3) has had its certificate of authority revoked.

C. Service is perfected under Subsection B of this section at the earliest of:

(1) the date the foreign business trust receives the mail;

(2) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign business trust; or

(3) five days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

D. This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a foreign business trust described in Subsection B of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 14-3-5 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-5
§ 14-3-5. Gifts, donations and loans
Status: in_force

A. The commission may receive from private sources financial or other donations to assist in building, enlarging, maintaining or equipping a records center or for the acquisition by purchase of documentary material, in accordance with plans made and agreed upon by the commission and the administrator. The commission may also receive from private sources financial or other donations for support of specific agency functions if the donations are so designated. Funds thus received shall be administered by the commission separately from funds supplied by the state for the execution of the Public Records Act but shall be audited by the state. Such funds shall not be subject to reversion to the general fund if unexpended at the close of the fiscal year. Although all material acquired by expenditure of such donated funds and all such donated material shall become the unqualified and unrestricted property of the state, permanent public acknowledgment of the names of the donors may, in each case, be made in an appropriate manner.

B. The commission may receive either as donations or loans from private sources, other state agencies, counties, municipalities, the federal government and other states or countries documentary materials of any physical form or characteristics that are deemed to be of value to the state and the general public for historical reference or research purposes. Acceptance of both donations and loans shall be at the discretion of the commission upon advice of the administrator. Accepted donations shall become, without qualification or restriction, the property of the state of New Mexico. Loans shall be accepted only after a written agreement covering all terms and conditions of each loan shall have been signed by the lender and the administrator and approved by the commission.
N.M. Stat. § 22-7-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 7 / Section 22-7-1
§ 22-7-1. New Mexico Statutes Chapter 22. Public Schools § 159, eff. April 3, 2019
Status: in_force

Chapter 22, Article 7 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Local School Board Member Recall Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 73-14-14 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 14 / Section 73-14-14
§ 73-14-14. Application of election law
Status: in_force

Sections 73-14-9 through 73-14-13 NMSA 1978 shall not be construed as applying to any conservancy district organized for the purpose of providing and maintaining for surface waters: flood protection, river control, drainage, water storage for supplementing irrigation needs, constructing and maintaining distribution systems for irrigation and other improvements for public health and safety.
N.M. Stat. § 12-10C-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10C / Section 12-10C-3
§ 12-10C-3. Termination of employment of volunteer emergency responder prohibited; limitation; notice; certification; withholding pay
Status: in_force

A. An employee shall not be terminated, demoted or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment because the employee, when serving as a volunteer emergency responder, is absent from the employee's place of employment in order to respond to an emergency or disaster.

B. Subsection A of this section shall not apply if the employee, while acting as a volunteer emergency responder to an emergency or disaster, is absent from the employee's place of employment for a period of more than ten regular business days in a calendar year.

C. An employee who will be absent from the employee's place of employment while serving as a volunteer emergency responder to an emergency or disaster shall make reasonable efforts to notify the employer of that service and shall continue to make those reasonable notification efforts over the course of the absence.

D. An employer may request an employee to provide to the employer a written verification from the office of emergency management or a state or local official managing an emergency or disaster of the dates and time that the employee served as a volunteer emergency responder to an emergency or disaster.

E. An employer may charge against an employee's regular pay time that the employee is absent from employment while serving as a volunteer emergency responder to an emergency or disaster.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21A-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21A / Section 6-21A-3
§ 6-21A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund Act:

A. “ authority ” means the New Mexico finance authority;

B. “ department ” means the department of environment;

C. “ drinking water facility construction project ” means the acquisition, design, construction, improvement, expansion, repair or rehabilitation of all or part of any structure, facility or equipment necessary for a drinking water system or water supply system;

D. “ drinking water supply facility ” means any structure, facility or equipment necessary for a drinking water system or water supply system;

E. “ financial assistance ” means loans, the purchase or refinancing of debt obligation of a local authority at an interest rate that is less than or equal to the market interest rate in any case in which a debt obligation is incurred after July 1, 1993, loan guarantees, bond insurance or security for revenue bonds issued by the authority;

F. “ fund ” means the drinking water state revolving loan fund;

G. “ local authority ” means any municipality, county, incorporated county, sanitation district, water and sanitation district or any similar district, public or private water cooperative or association or any similar organization, public or private community water system or nonprofit noncommunity water system or any other agency created pursuant to a joint powers agreement acting on behalf of any entity listed in this subsection with a publicly owned drinking water system or water supply system that qualifies as a community water system or nonprofit noncommunity system as defined by the Safe Drinking Water Act. 1 “Local authority” does not include systems owned by federal agencies;

H. “ operate and maintain ” means to perform all necessary activities, including the replacement of equipment or appurtenances, to assure the dependable and economical function of a drinking water facility in accordance with its intended purpose; and

I. “ Safe Drinking Water Act ” means the federal Safe Drinking Water Act as amended in 1996 and its subsequent amendments or successor provisions.
N.M. Stat. § 9-27-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 27 / Section 9-27-13
§ 9-27-13. Telecommunications services
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of information technology may hire a communications engineer to oversee the engineering responsibilities of the department of information technology. The communications engineer shall have a degree in either electrical engineering with an electrical communications specialty or in electronics engineering.

B. In providing telecommunications services pursuant to Chapter 15 NMSA 1978 , the department of information technology shall not provide telecommunications services, including telephone, data and broadband services, to an entity other than those authorized pursuant to Section 15-5-1 NMSA 1978 , except as is necessary to facilitate a state-mandated program, including distance education, telehealth or school-based health center programs. Before expansion or upgrade of a state-owned or state-funded telecommunications network, whether voice, data or video transmission, the department shall prepare a plan consistent with state law and applicable rules that includes an assessment of how the project would potentially affect local telecommunications service providers and telecommunications service ratepayers.
N.M. Stat. § 9-22-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 22 / Section 9-22-10
§ 9-22-10. Bureaus; chiefs
Status: in_force

The secretary may establish, within each division, such “bureaus” that the secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Veterans' Services Department Act. The secretary shall appoint a “chief” to be the administrative head of a bureau. All chiefs and subsidiary employees of the department shall be covered by the Personnel Act, unless otherwise provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23-23 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23 / Section 59A-23-23
§ 59A-23-23. Benefits required
Status: in_force

A group health plan, other than a small group health plan or a blanket health insurance policy or contract that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state shall provide coverage for all mental health or substance use disorder services required by generally recognized standards of care.
N.M. Stat. § 30-7-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 7 / Section 30-7-7
§ 30-7-7. Unlawful sale, possession or transportation of explosives
Status: in_force

Unlawful sale, possession or transportation of explosives consists of:

A. knowingly selling or possessing any explosive or causing such explosive to be transported without having plainly marked in large letters in a conspicuous place on the box or package containing such explosive the name and explosive character thereof and the date of manufacture. For the purpose of this subsection, the term “explosive” is as defined in Section 2 of the Explosives Act, but shall not include:

(1) explosive materials in medicine and medicinal agents in the forms prescribed by the official United States pharmacopoeia or the national formulary;

(2) small arms ammunition and components thereof;

(3) commercially manufactured black powder in quantities not to exceed fifty pounds, percussion caps, safety and pyrotechnic fuses, quills, quick and slow matches and friction primers intended to be used solely for sporting, recreational or cultural purposes as defined in Section 921(a)(4) [FN1] of Title 18 of the United States Code , or in antique devices as exempted from the term “destructive device” in Section 921(a)(16) [FN2] of Title 18 of the United States Code ; or

(4) explosive materials transported in compliance with the regulations of the United States department of transportation and agencies thereof; or

B. knowingly transporting or taking any explosive upon or into any vehicle belonging to a common carrier transporting passengers. For the purpose of this subsection, the term “explosives” is as defined in Section 2 of the Explosives Act, but shall not include:

(1) explosive materials in medicines and medicinal agents in the forms prescribed by the official United States pharmacopoeia or the national formulary;

(2) small arms ammunition or components thereof; or

(3) explosive materials transported in compliance with the regulations of the United States department of transportation and agencies thereof.

Whoever commits unlawful sale, possession or transportation of explosives as set forth in Subsection A of this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

Whoever commits unlawful transportation of explosives as set forth in Subsection B of this section is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7A-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7A / Section 10-7A-10
§ 10-7A-10. Expenditure
Status: in_force

Any expenditure necessary to implement the Deferred Compensation Act shall be charged to participating employees or to deferred compensation carriers including those submitting proposals.
N.M. Stat. § 9-19-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 19 / Section 9-19-9
§ 9-19-9. Directors
Status: in_force

The secretary shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, directors of the divisions as are established within the department; provided, the director of the New Mexico state police division shall be titled the “chief of the New Mexico state police”. The positions so appointed are exempt from the Personnel Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 67-5-14 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 5 / Section 67-5-14
§ 67-5-14. Report of viewers; contents; compensation
Status: in_force

The viewers shall file a report of the view in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such view was made, ten days before the next regular meeting of the board of county commissioners held after the same is completed, which shall be signed by a majority of the viewers and shall contain a full statement of their proceedings, a description of the land over which such road extends, an estimate of the cost of opening it for travel, an assessment of the damages and benefits accruing to any person or persons by reason of the alteration, widening, changing or laying out of such road and the sum awarded any person or persons for damages in excess of the benefits assessed to him or them, and if such road be practicable, and the establishment of it be recommended by them. To this report the viewers shall annex the plat, survey and report of the surveyor. For their services the viewers shall receive a warrant on the county treasurer for a sum to be fixed by the county commissioners, not exceeding five dollars ($5.00) per day.
N.M. Stat. § 18-7-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 7 / Section 18-7-2
§ 18-7-2. New Mexico museum of space history commission
Status: in_force

There is created the “New Mexico museum of space history commission” consisting of eleven members appointed by the governor. Membership shall be composed of geographically diverse residents of the state that are proficient in the scientific study of space, museums or other relevant subject areas. Three members shall be appointed to the commission for a term ending December 31, 1974, four members shall be appointed to the commission for a term ending December 31, 1975 and four members shall be appointed to the commission for a term ending December 31, 1976. Thereafter, members of the commission shall be appointed for terms of three years or less in such manner that the staggered expiration date is maintained. Necessary officers shall be elected by the commission. The commission members shall be reimbursed for their necessary and actual mileage and per diem expenses as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
N.M. Stat. § 10-14-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 14 / Section 10-14-4
§ 10-14-4. Federal-state agreement; divided retirement systems
Status: in_force

The agreement executed and approved as specified in Section 10-14-3 NMSA 1978 shall provide, in accordance with the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., for dividing retirement systems, and for extending coverage to individuals in positions covered by divided retirement systems.
N.M. Stat. § 48-6-1 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 6 / Section 48-6-1
§ 48-6-1. Landlords shall have preference lien
Status: in_force

All persons leasing or renting agricultural lands, at will or for a term, shall have a preference lien upon the property of the tenant hereinafter indicated, upon such premises, for any rent that may become due and for all money and the value of all animals, tools, provisions and supplies furnished by the landlord to the tenant to enable the tenant to make a crop on such premises, and to gather, secure, house and put the same in condition for market, the money, animals, tools, provisions and supplies so furnished being necessary for that purpose, whether the same is to be paid in money, agricultural products or other property; and this lien shall apply only to animals, tools and other property furnished by the landlord to the tenant, and to the crop raised on such rented premises.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-11A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 11A / Section 59A-11A-5
§ 59A-11A-5. Insurance consultants; contracts and agreements
Status: in_force

No contract or agreement with an insurance consultant for any advice, counsel, recommendation or other information provided within the scope of his license shall be enforceable by him unless:

A. it is in writing and executed in duplicate by the person to be charged or his legal representative;

B. the duplicate is delivered to or retained by the person to be charged when it is signed by him;

C. it plainly specifies the amount of the fee paid or payable by the person to be charged and the services to be rendered by the insurance consultant; and

D. it is in a form currently approved by the superintendent.
N.M. Stat. § 74-10-20 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 10 / Section 74-10-20
§ 74-10-20. Filling vacancies on board
Status: in_force

Any vacancy on the board shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board, the appointee to act until the next biennial election when the vacancy shall be filled by election. Any vacancy on the appointed board shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments, the appointee to act until the next election.
N.M. Stat. § 39-5-22 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 5 / Section 39-5-22
§ 39-5-22. Rights of purchaser upon redemption; growing crops; rents and profits; waste
Status: in_force

Whenever any property shall be redeemed under the terms or provisions of any section of this act, the purchaser, his personal representatives or assigns shall have the growing crops upon such lands and shall not be responsible for rents and profits, but shall account only for waste.
N.M. Stat. § 14-9A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 9A / Section 14-9A-1
§ 14-9A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 14-3-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-18
§ 14-3-18. County and municipal records; geographic information system; computer databases; copy fees
Status: in_force

A. The administrator may advise and assist county and municipal officials in the formulation of programs for the disposition of public records maintained in county and municipal offices.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection E of this section, a county or municipality may charge a reasonable fee, as adopted by ordinance of the respective board of county commissioners or governing body of a municipality, for a document or product generated by a geographic information system.

C. Except as otherwise provided by federal or state law, information contained in a computer database shall be a public record and shall be subject to disclosure in printed or typed format by a county or municipality that has inserted that information into the database, in accordance with the Public Records Act.

D. The administrator may advise and assist county and municipal officials with the procedures, schedules and technical standards for the retention of computer databases.

E. A county or municipality that has inserted data in a computer database shall authorize an electronic copy to be made of the computer database of a public record on a currently available electronic medium for a person if the person agrees to pay a reasonable fee based upon the cost of:

(1) materials;

(2) making an electronic copy of the computer database; and

(3) personnel time to research and retrieve the electronic record.

F. Subject to any confidentiality provisions of law, a county or municipality may permit another federal, state or local government entity access to all or any portion of a computer database created by the county or municipality.

G. A county or municipality may at its option, and if it has the capability, permit access or use of its computer and network system to search, manipulate or retrieve information from a computer database and charge reasonable fees based on the cost of materials, personnel time, access time and the use of the county or municipality's computer network.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-33 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-33
§ 19-4-33. Streets, alleys, parks and public grounds
Status: in_force

Whenever the title to any such lands shall be vested in any probate judge, he shall convey to the proper or legal authorities so much of the land as is or shall be laid out by the town authorities into streets, lanes, avenues, parks, public grounds and commons, within the time prescribed in this chapter for making conveyance to individuals. But when the title to such lands shall be held by the corporate authorities of any town, all land used, laid out or designated for public use by such corporate authorities, as streets, lanes, avenues, alleys, parks, commons and public grounds, shall vest in and be held by the corporation absolutely, and shall not be claimed adversely by any person or persons whosoever [whomsoever], and it shall not be necessary to execute any conveyance for the same to the corporation or people of such town.
N.M. Stat. § 3-45-6 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 45 / Section 3-45-6
§ 3-45-6. Prohibited actions
Status: in_force

Neither a housing authority nor any of its contractors or their subcontractors may enter into any contract, subcontract or agreement in connection with a housing project under any contract in which any of the following persons has an interest, direct or indirect, during the person's tenure or for one year thereafter:

A. any present or former member of the commission of the housing authority or any member of the member's immediate family. The prohibition established by this subsection does not apply to any member who has not served on the governing body of a resident management corporation and who otherwise has not occupied a policymaking position with the resident management corporation or the housing authority;

B. any employee of the housing authority who formulates policy or who influences decisions with respect to a housing project, any member of the employee's immediate family or any partner of the employee; or

C. any public official, member of a governing body or state legislator, or any member of that person's immediate family, who exercises functions or responsibilities with respect to the housing project or the housing authority.
N.M. Stat. § 21-11-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 11 / Section 21-11-15
§ 21-11-15. Authority to borrow money; purposes
Status: in_force

For the purpose of erecting, altering, improving, furnishing or equipping any necessary buildings at the New Mexico school of mines [New Mexico institute of mining and technology], or for acquiring any necessary land for the use of said school [institute], or both, or for the purpose of acquiring lands and buildings for use as a branch of said school [institute], or for the purpose of retiring the whole or any part of any series of bonds previously issued, the board of regents of the New Mexico school of mines [institute] is hereby authorized to borrow money in conformity with the terms of this act.