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N.M. Stat. § 22-5-3 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-3
§ 22-5-3. School board membership; optional form
Status: in_force

A. The local school board of any school district in this state may by resolution provide for the local board of that district to be composed of seven qualified electors of the state who reside within the district. The resolution shall provide that the board consist of seven separate positions, and each such position shall be designated by number. Qualified electors seeking election to the school board shall file and run for only one of the numbered positions.

B. If the resolution provided for in this section is adopted, it shall go into effect within thirty days after its adoption unless a petition signed by the qualified electors of the school district in a number equal to twenty percent of all the voters in the district voting at the last regular school board election is presented to the local board within such thirty days asking that an election be held on the question of increasing the membership of the local board to seven members.

C. Upon receipt and verification of the petition, the local school board shall within thirty days call a special school election to vote upon the question of increasing the membership of the local school board in that district to seven members.

D. If the voters of the school district approve the increase in the local school board's membership to seven members, the resolution shall be in effect.

E. A resolution adopted pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall conform to the requirements of Section 1-22-5 NMSA 1978 and shall provide for the election of two additional school board members at the next regular school district election. One new member shall be elected to serve until the first regular school board election following the member's election. The second new member shall be elected to serve until the second regular school board election following the member's election. Thereafter, persons elected to fill the additional new positions on the board shall be elected for terms as provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11-21 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11 / Section 58-11-21
§ 58-11-21. Membership
Status: in_force

A. The membership of a credit union shall consist of those persons who share a common bond set forth in the bylaws, have been duly admitted members, have paid any required one-time or periodic membership fee, or both, have paid for in cash or its equivalent one or more shares and have complied with such other requirements as the articles of organization and the bylaws specify.

B. Credit union membership may include persons within one or more groups having a common bond of similar occupation, association or interest, or persons who reside or belong to one or more groups that are based within an identifiable neighborhood, community or rural district, or employees of a common employer, or persons employed within a defined business district, industrial park or shopping center and members of the immediate family of such persons.

C. Organizations in which majority ownership or control is vested in persons eligible for membership in a credit union, may be admitted to membership in that credit union. Also, organizations one of whose principal functions is to provide services to persons who are eligible for membership in the credit union may be admitted to membership. Other organizations having a commonality of interest with the credit union may be admitted to membership with the approval of the director.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-15 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-15
§ 21-1-15. One member of board to reside in adjacent municipality
Status: in_force

At least one member of the said several boards shall be a resident of the town or city at or near which the institution is located.
N.M. Stat. § 70-12-4 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 12 / Section 70-12-4
§ 70-12-4. Compensation for oil and gas operations
Status: in_force

A. An operator shall compensate the surface owner for damages sustained by the surface owner, as applicable, for loss of agricultural production and income, lost land value, lost use of and lost access to the surface owner's land and lost value of improvements caused by oil and gas operations. The payments contemplated by this section only cover land affected by oil and gas operations.

B. An operator shall not be responsible for allocating compensation between the surface owner and any tenant, except that an operator shall compensate a tenant of the surface owner for any leasehold improvements damaged as a result of the operator's oil and gas operations if the improvements are approved and authorized by the surface owner. The compensation shall equal the cost of repairing or replacing the improvements.

C. An operator shall reclaim all the surface affected by the operator's oil and gas operations.
N.M. Stat. § 61-7-6 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 7 / Section 61-7-6
§ 61-7-6. Voluntary restriction of licensure
Status: in_force

A health care provider may request in writing to the board a restriction of the license, registration or certification to practice. The board may grant the request for restriction and shall have authority, if it deems appropriate, to attach conditions to the license, registration or certification of the health care provider to practice within specified limitations and waive the commencement of any proceeding pursuant to provisions of Section 61-7-8 NMSA 1978 . Removal of a voluntary restriction on licensure to practice shall be subject to the procedure for reinstatement of license, registration or certification in Section 61-7-9 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 5-15-24 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 15 / Section 5-15-24
§ 5-15-24. Tax increment accounting procedures
Status: in_force

A district board shall separately account for all revenues and indebtedness based on gross receipts tax increments and property tax increments. The district board shall individually account for all gross receipts tax increments.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-36 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-36
§ 3-33-36. Improvement district; payment of reassessment; continuing proceedings to collect assessment
Status: in_force

A. The governing body shall enforce payment of the reassessment of the tract or parcel of land benefiting from an improvement in the manner provided in Chapter 3, Article 33 NMSA 1978 for the enforcement of the original assessment.

B. If for any reason a reassessment is held to be invalid or uncollectible, the governing body shall continue to reassess the tract or parcel of land as provided in Sections 3-33-33 through 3-33-37 NMSA 1978 until the benefited tract or parcel of land has paid the cost of any improvement chargeable to the benefited tract or parcel of land.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-16
§ 27-2-16. Compliance with federal law
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the availability of state funds, the human services [health care authority] department may provide assistance to aged, blind or disabled individuals in the amounts consistent with federal law to enable the state to be eligible for medicaid funding. Individuals shall be determined to be aged, blind or disabled according to regulations of the human services [health care authority] department.

B. If drug product selection is permitted by Section 26-3-3 NMSA 1978 , reimbursement by the medicaid program shall be limited to the wholesale cost of the lesser expensive therapeutic equivalent drug generally available in New Mexico plus a reasonable dispensing fee of at least three dollars sixty-five cents ($3.65).
N.M. Stat. § 29-3-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 3 / Section 29-3-10
§ 29-3-10. DNA collection from persons arrested
Status: in_force

A. A person eighteen years of age or over who is arrested for the commission of a felony under the laws of this state or any other jurisdiction shall provide a DNA sample to jail or detention facility personnel upon booking. A sample is not required if it is determined that a sample has previously been taken, is in the possession of the administrative center, has not been expunged pursuant to the DNA Identification Act and is sufficient for DNA identification testing.

B. Jail or detention facility personnel who collect samples pursuant to this section shall forward the samples to the administrative center. A sample shall not be analyzed and shall be destroyed unless one of the following conditions has been met:

(1) the arrest was made upon an arrest warrant for a felony;

(2) the defendant has appeared before a judge or magistrate who made a finding that there was probable cause for the arrest; or

(3) the defendant posted bond or was released prior to appearing before a judge or magistrate and then failed to appear for a scheduled hearing.

C. Samples shall be collected in accordance with rules and procedures adopted by the DNA oversight committee, shall be subject to the confidentiality and penalty provisions of the DNA Identification Act and shall be used only as authorized by that act.

D. As used in this section:

(1) “ administrative center ” means the law enforcement agency or unit that administers and operates the DNA identification system pursuant to the provisions of the DNA Identification Act;

(2) “ DNA ” means deoxyribonucleic acid; and

(3) “ sample ” means a sample of biological material that is sufficient for DNA testing.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 13-4-22
§ 13-4-22. Secretary of state as agent for service
Status: in_force

In the event any such contract shall not contain the provision above set forth in Section 1 of this act, or in the event the agent so designated in such contract shall die or remove from the state of New Mexico, then and in such event, the nonresident person, partnership or foreign corporation, as the case may be, by entering into said contract shall be deemed to have named the secretary of the state of New Mexico, and his successor in office, as the true and lawful agent of such person, partnership or corporation upon whom such legal process or writs may be served in any action arising out of such contract, and when service is made upon the secretary of state in the manner hereinafter provided, such service shall have the same force and effect as though personal service had been made upon such person, partnership or corporation within the state of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 50-11-2 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 11 / Section 50-11-2
§ 50-11-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Employee Privacy Act:

A. “employee” means a person that performs a service for wages or other remuneration under a contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied, and includes a person employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state;

B. “employer” means a person that has one or more employees and includes an agent of an employer and the state or a political subdivision of the state; and

C. “person” means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association or any other legal entity.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21A-15 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21A / Section 21-21A-15
§ 21-21A-15. Legal investments; tax exemption
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by the foundation under the Educational Assistance Act are legal and authorized investments for banks, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, fiduciaries, trustees and guardians and for the sinking funds of political subdivisions, departments, institutions and agencies of the state. When accompanied by all unmatured coupons appurtenant to them, the bonds are sufficient security for all deposits of state funds and of all funds of any board in control of public money at the par value of the bonds. The bonds and the income from the bonds are free from taxation within this state except inheritance and gift taxes. The foundation, in its discretion and by such means as it deems appropriate, may waive the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the bonds. The bonds subject to federal income taxation issued by the foundation shall be payable as to principal and interest with such frequency as may be required by the foundation.
N.M. Stat. § 4-25-5 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 25 / Section 4-25-5
§ 4-25-5. Records and tax rolls
Status: in_force

All records, tax rolls, assessments and tax schedules heretofore belonging or pertaining to the county of San Miguel shall belong to and become the property of the county of Jefferson. All things and acts or duties which could have been legally required to be done or performed by any person, firm, corporation, board or official in the county of San Miguel may also be required from such person, firm, corporation, board or official in the county of Jefferson. Assessments of lands not assessed for the year 1923 shall be made for said year in the county of Jefferson by the state tax commission.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-22
§ 30-16-22. Presumptions created
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully conceals merchandise on his person or on the person of another or among his belongings or the belongings of another or on or outside the premises of the store shall be prima facie presumed to have concealed the merchandise with the intention of converting it without paying for it. If any merchandise is found concealed upon any person or among his belongings it shall be prima facie evidence of willful concealment.
N.M. Stat. § 47-3-11 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 3 / Section 47-3-11
§ 47-3-11. Local authority
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Solar Recordation Act or the Solar Rights Act, the governing body of a county or municipality may by ordinance regulate in whole or in part the claiming of solar rights in accordance with its powers to regulate zoning, planning and platting, and subdivisions; except that any solar right claimed pursuant to such local ordinance shall vest with respect to any property benefited or burdened by the solar right only after recordation as provided in Section 4 of the Solar Recordation Act. Such local regulation shall not affect any solar right vested before the effective date of such ordinance, nor shall the local regulation affect any solar rights transfer which vested prior to the effective date of such ordinance. In the absence of the local regulation of solar rights, the following principles shall apply in addition to those set forth in the Solar Rights Act. If the property burdened by a solar right has or could have improvements constructed to a maximum height of twenty-four feet, then the solar right shall be limited, as to that burdened property, to protecting an unobstructed line-of-sight path from the solar collector to the sun only as to obstructions located on the burdened property which cast a shadow greater than the shadow cast by a hypothetical fence ten feet in height located on the property line of the property on which the solar collector is located. If the property burdened by a solar right has or could have improvements constructed in excess of twenty-four feet in height, but no greater than thirty-six feet, then the solar right shall be limited, as to that burdened property, to protecting an unobstructed line-of-sight path from the solar collector to the sun only as to obstructions located on the burdened property which cast a shadow greater than the shadow cast by a hypothetical fence fifteen feet in height located on the property line of the property on which the solar collector is located. No solar right shall be obtained against property which has or could have improvements constructed in excess of thirty-six feet in height unless so provided in a local ordinance or agreed to by contract. Unless otherwise provided by contract or local ordinance, a person may allow vegetation to grow or construct or plan to construct any improvement which obstructs the protected solar right so long as such obstruction does not block more than ten percent of the collectible solar energy between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Unless otherwise provided by contract or local ordinance, solar rights shall be protected between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

B. Nothing in the Solar Recordation Act shall be construed to limit any county or municipal ordinances concerning solar rights in effect prior to the effective date of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 8-5-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 8 / Article 5 / Section 8-5-6
§ 8-5-6. Opinions and report
Status: in_force

The New Mexico compilation commission shall receive all opinions and advisory letters of the attorney general and shall maintain the attorney general's opinions and advisory letters as part of the master database of the commission. The attorney general shall provide the commission with an electronic copy of all opinions and advisory letters as issued in a format mutually agreed upon by the commission and the attorney general.
N.M. Stat. § 12-10B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10B / Section 12-10B-1
§ 12-10B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Intrastate Mutual Aid Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 1-11-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 11 / Section 1-11-6
§ 1-11-6. Voting machines; manner of preparing
Status: in_force

When preparing, inspecting and sealing voting machines, the county clerk shall:

A. certify to the secretary of state and the county chair of each political party participating in the election the type and serial number of each voting machine intended to be used in each polling location, by precinct number, where applicable;

B. prepare, in the presence of those persons entitled to be present, the electronic voting machines for the election as follows:

(1) all public, candidate and question counters shall be set at zero;

(2) each such counter shall be tested for accuracy by casting votes upon it until it correctly registers each vote cast;

(3) each such counter shall be reset at zero and the voting machine shall be immediately sealed with a numbered metal seal so as to prevent operation of the machine or its registering counters without breaking the seal; and

(4) on the certificate for that voting machine there shall be recorded:

(a) the number on the seal; and

(b) the reading shown on the protective counter; and

C. seal and retain the logic and accuracy test printout, known as the internal audit trail, until it may be disposed of pursuant to Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 6-17-1.1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 17 / Section 6-17-1.1
§ 6-17-1.1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Chapter 6, Article 17 NMSA 1978 , “state educational institution” means the following:

A. the university of New Mexico;

B. the New Mexico state university;

C. the New Mexico highlands university;

D. the western New Mexico university;

E. the eastern New Mexico university;

F. the New Mexico institute of mining and technology;

G. the northern New Mexico state school;

H. the New Mexico military institute;

I. the New Mexico school for the deaf;

J. the New Mexico school for the visually handicapped;

K. the San Juan college;

L. the New Mexico junior college;

M. the Santa Fe community college; and

N. any post-secondary technical, vocational and area vocational institutes as defined in Sections 21-16-2 and 21-17-2 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 32A-13-2 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 13 / Section 32A-13-2
§ 32A-13-2. Juvenile forensic evaluation program
Status: in_force

A. There is created within the children, youth and families department the “juvenile forensic evaluation program”. The program shall be staffed by juvenile forensic evaluation teams and shall provide evaluation of children alleged or found to be in need of supervision and alleged delinquents upon request of the court, law enforcement agencies and juvenile probation officers.

B. The juvenile forensic evaluation teams shall recommend referral of children alleged or found to be in need of supervision or alleged delinquents to the children, youth and families department, department of health or human services department [health care authority department] or recommend any other appropriate legal disposition based on the diagnostic evaluation. Juvenile forensic evaluation teams shall follow the juvenile in each stage of treatment, utilizing a data management system established by the children, youth and families department, and shall provide information upon request to state agencies, pursuant to applicable confidentiality provisions pertaining to children.
N.M. Stat. § 28-11C-1 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 11C / Section 28-11C-1
§ 28-11C-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children's Educational Bill of Rights”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-36-7 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 36 / Section 3-36-7
§ 3-36-7. Application of proceeds from sale of property
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the sale of the property by the municipality pursuant to a foreclosure sale on a municipal lien under the provisions of Section 3-36-4 or 3-36-6 NMSA 1978 shall be applied as follows:

A. first, to the payment of costs in giving notice of the sale and of conducting the sale;

B. second, to the indebtedness claimed under the lien and thence to ad valorem taxes and other special assessments having a lien of the property which are coequal with the lien for ad valorem taxes; and

C. third, after all such costs, liens, assessments and taxes are paid, to the former owner, mortgage holder or other parties having an interest in the tract or parcel, upon such person providing satisfactory proof to the court of such interest and upon approval of the court.
N.M. Stat. § 58-27-16.1 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 27 / Section 58-27-16.1
§ 58-27-16.1. Authority loans; terms
Status: in_force

If the authority borrows money from a financial institution or other entity:

A. the interest, principal payments or any part thereof shall be payable at intervals as may be determined by the authority;

B. the loan shall mature at any time not exceeding thirty years from the date of origination;

C. the principal amount of the loan shall not exceed the fair market value of the real or personal property to be acquired with the proceeds of the loan as evidenced by a certified appraisal in accordance with the Real Estate Appraisers Act; and

D. the loan shall be subject to the approval of the state board of finance.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14A-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14A / Section 24-14A-8
§ 24-14A-8. Health information system; confidentiality
Status: in_force

A. Health information collected and disseminated pursuant to the Health Information System Act is strictly confidential and shall not be a matter of public record or accessible to the public except as provided in this section and Sections 24-14A-6 and 24-14A-7 NMSA 1978 . No data source shall be liable for damages to any person for having furnished the information to the department.

B. Record-level data provided to the department pursuant to Section 24-14A-6 NMSA 1978 are confidential. The agency that receives record-level data shall not disclose the data except to the extent that they are included in a compilation of aggregate data.

C. The individual forms, electronic information or other forms of data collected by and furnished for the health information system shall not be public records subject to inspection pursuant to Section 14-2-1 NMSA 1978 . The department may release or disseminate aggregate data, including those data that pertain to a specifically identified hospital or other type of health facility. These data shall be public records if the release of these data does not violate state or federal law relating to the privacy and confidentiality of individually identifiable health information.