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N.M. Stat. § 22-14-9 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 14 / Section 22-14-9
§ 22-14-9. Custody of funds; budgets; disbursements
Status: in_force

A. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of all federal aid funds. The state treasurer shall hold these funds in separate accounts according to the purposes of the funds.

B. All state funds, federal aid funds or grants to the state relating to vocational education shall be budgeted and accounted for as provided by law and by the rules of the department of finance and administration. These funds or grants shall be disbursed by warrants of the department of finance and administration on vouchers issued by the director of the instructional support and vocational education division or the director's authorized representative.

C. All state funds, federal aid funds or grants to the state relating to vocational rehabilitation shall be budgeted and accounted for as provided by law and by the rules of the department of finance and administration. These funds or grants shall be disbursed by warrants of the department of finance and administration on vouchers issued by the director of the vocational rehabilitation division or the director's authorized representative.

D. All federal aid funds received by the state to be used for vocational education or vocational rehabilitation programs may be expended in any succeeding year from the year received.
N.M. Stat. § 7-36-16 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 36 / Section 7-36-16
§ 7-36-16. Responsibility of county assessors to determine and maintain current and correct values of property
Status: in_force

A. County assessors shall determine values of property for property taxation purposes in accordance with the Property Tax Code and the regulations, orders, rulings and instructions of the department. Except as limited in Section 7-36-21.2 NMSA 1978 , they shall also implement a program of updating property values so that current and correct values of property are maintained and shall have sole responsibility and authority at the county level for property valuation maintenance, subject only to the general supervisory powers of the director.

B. The director shall implement a program of regular evaluation of county assessors' valuation activities with particular emphasis on the maintenance of current and correct values.

C. Upon request of the county assessor, the director may contract with a board of county commissioners for the department to assume all or part of the responsibilities, functions and authority of a county assessor to establish or operate a property valuation maintenance program in the county. The contract shall be in writing and shall include provisions for the sharing of the program costs between the county and the department. The contract must include specific descriptions of the objectives to be reached and the tasks to be performed by the contracting parties. The initial term of any contract authorized under this subsection shall not extend beyond the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which it is executed, but contracts may be renewed for additional one-year periods for succeeding years.

D. The department of finance and administration shall not approve the operating budget of any county in which there is not an adequate allocation of funds to the county assessor for the purpose of fulfilling his responsibilities for property valuation maintenance under this section. If the department of finance and administration questions the adequacy of any allocation of funds for this purpose, it shall consult with the department, the board of county commissioners and the county assessor in making its determination of adequacy.

E. To aid the board of county commissioners in determining whether a county assessor is operating an efficient program of property valuation maintenance and in determining the amount to be allocated to him for this function, the county assessor shall present with his annual budget request a written report setting forth improvements of property added to valuation records during the year, additions of new property to valuation records during the year, increases and decreases of valuation during the year, the relationship of sales prices of property sold to values of the property for property taxation purposes and the current status of the overall property valuation maintenance program in the county. The county assessor shall send a copy of this report to the department.
N.M. Stat. § 33-1-4.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 33-1-4.2
§ 33-1-4.2. Restraints on pregnant prisoners
Status: in_force

A. An adult or juvenile correctional facility, detention center or local jail shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary when the facility has actual or constructive knowledge that an inmate is in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. No restraints of any kind shall be used on an inmate who is in labor, delivering her baby or recuperating from the delivery unless there are compelling grounds to believe that the inmate presents:

(1) an immediate and serious threat of harm to herself, staff or others; or

(2) a substantial flight risk and cannot be reasonably contained by other means.

B. If an inmate who is in labor or who is delivering her baby is restrained, only the least restrictive restraints necessary to ensure safety and security shall be used.
N.M. Stat. § 5-15-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 15 / Section 5-15-10
§ 5-15-10. Governance of the district
Status: in_force

A. Following formation of a tax increment development district, a district board shall administer in a reasonable manner the implementation of the tax increment development plan as approved by the governing body.

B. The district shall be governed by the governing body that adopted a resolution to form the district or by a five-member board composed of four members appointed by that governing body; provided, however, that the fifth member of the five-member board is the secretary of finance and administration or the secretary's designee with full voting privileges.

C. Two of the appointed directors shall serve an initial term to expire following a regular local election and not to exceed six years. Two of the appointed directors shall serve an initial term to expire following a regular local election and not to exceed four years. The resolution forming the district shall state which directors shall serve the longer terms and which shall serve the shorter terms. If a vacancy occurs on the district board because of the death, resignation or inability of the director to discharge the duties of the director, the governing body shall appoint a director to fill the vacancy, and the director shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term until a successor is appointed or elected.

D. In the case of an appointed board of directors that is not the governing body, at the end of the appointed directors' initial terms, the board shall hold an election of new directors by majority vote of qualified electors in accordance with the Local Election Act and the Tax Increment for Development Act. If the election is canceled pursuant to Subsection I of Section 5-15-8 NMSA 1978 , a determination by the owners conducted by ballot shall select the new directors.
N.M. Stat. § 12-1-5 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 12-1-5
§ 12-1-5. New Mexico compilation fund; created
Status: in_force

The “New Mexico compilation fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of filing, licensing and other fees; gifts, grants and donations; appropriations; and any other money credited to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the New Mexico compilation commission, and money in the fund is appropriated to the commission to carry out the purposes of Chapter 12, Article 1 NMSA 1978 . Expenditures from the fund shall be by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the executive director of the commission or the executive director's authorized representative.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-50 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-50
§ 58-10-50. Powers and privileges of association
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Savings and Loan Act, every company, association or corporation licensed under the provisions of the savings and loan laws of this state whose accounts are insured by the federal savings and loan insurance corporation or its successor, and which is a member of a federal home loan bank or its successor, shall possess in addition to the rights, powers, privileges, immunities and exceptions provided by the Savings and Loan Act, such additional rights, powers, privileges, immunities and exceptions which the supervisor may grant, extend and provide for by regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Sections 58-10-72 and 58-10-73 NMSA 1978; provided, however, that every such additional right, power, privilege, immunity and exception so granted, extended and provided for by the supervisor are also possessed by federally chartered associations at the time such regulation is promulgated. Provided, further, that the supervisor shall also adopt regulations controlling the aforesaid state associations to the same extent that federally chartered associations are controlled in those instances where state regulations are less restrictive than federal regulations.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-18
§ 19-10-18. No bids made; subsequent lease
Status: in_force

A. If no bid is received for any lease offered by notice of sale as provided in Section 19-10-17 NMSA 1978 on a tract classified as restricted and categorized as regular, then the tract or tracts upon which no bids are received may be leased by the commissioner to the first applicant for the respective tracts any time within ten days after the sale at not less than the minimum amount of rental and bonus, if any, specified in the notice of sale.

B. If no bid is received for any lease offered by notice of sale as provided herein on a tract classified as restricted and categorized as premium, then the tract or tracts upon which no bids are received may be reoffered for lease by the commissioner at some subsequent sale or may be offered for lease at some subsequent sale, as a restricted tract or tracts, categorized as regular.
N.M. Stat. § 21-25-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 25 / Section 21-25-2
§ 21-25-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

A. “nonproprietary out-of-state institution” means a public, out-of-state institution, school or similar academy offering a course or courses of instruction to any student within this state.
N.M. Stat. § 6-13-2 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 13 / Section 6-13-2
§ 6-13-2. State institutions
Status: in_force

The state institutions, within the meaning of Chapter 6, Article 13 NMSA 1978 , are the university of New Mexico, the New Mexico state university, the New Mexico institute of mining and technology, the New Mexico military institute, the New Mexico highlands university, the western New Mexico university, the northern New Mexico state school, the New Mexico school for the deaf, the New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired, the eastern New Mexico university, the Los Lunas medical center, the penitentiary of New Mexico, the New Mexico behavioral health institute at Las Vegas, the New Mexico boys' school and the miners' hospital.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-424.17 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-424.17
§ 66-3-424.17. Special patriot registration plate
Status: in_force

A. The department shall issue a standardized special patriot registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient is a patriot.

B. For a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, a motor vehicle owner who is a patriot may apply for the issuance of a special registration plate as provided in Subsection A of this section. No two owners shall be issued identically lettered or numbered registration plates.

C. The twenty-five-dollar ($25.00) fee provided in Subsection B of this section shall be waived for each registration period in which a validating sticker is issued under the provisions of Section 66-3-17 NMSA 1978 , in lieu of the issuance of a special patriot registration plate.

D. The revenue from the special patriot registration plate fee imposed by Subsection B of this section shall be distributed as follows:

(1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates;

(2) seven dollars ($7.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate 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

(3) eight dollars ($8.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the armed forces veterans license fund for distribution pursuant to Section 66-3-419 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 34-6-22 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 6 / Section 34-6-22
§ 34-6-22. Personnel; oaths and bonds
Status: in_force

Before entering upon their duties, all district court personnel who receive or disburse money or have custody of property shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution for state officers and file with the secretary of state a corporate surety bond in an amount fixed by the director of the administrative office of the courts. Each bond shall be approved in writing on its face by the director of the administrative office of the courts and conditioned 1 upon faithful performance of duties and payment of all money received to the person entitled to receive it. In lieu of individual bond coverage, the director of the administrative office of the courts may prescribe schedule or blanket bond coverage in any judicial district. Bond premiums shall be paid from funds appropriated to the district courts.
N.M. Stat. § 45-2A-15 — NM Code / Chapter 45 / Article 2A / Section 45-2A-15
§ 45-2A-15. Bond or surety
Status: in_force

A personal representative or trustee under the Uniform Statutory Will Act shall serve without giving bond or surety unless the testator by will, or the court upon the application of any person interested in the estate, provides otherwise.
N.M. Stat. § 10-4-6 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 10-4-6
§ 10-4-6. Defendant's appearance or default
Status: in_force

The defendant must appear at the time appointed in the notice and answer the accusation unless for sufficient cause the court has assigned another date for that purpose. If he does not appear, the court may proceed to hear and determine the accusation in his absence.
N.M. Stat. § 9-23-7 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 23 / Section 9-23-7
§ 9-23-7. Division directors
Status: in_force

The secretary shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, “directors” of divisions established in the department. The directors so appointed are exempt from the Personnel Act.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9H-1 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9H / Section 63-9H-1
§ 63-9H-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 63, Article 9H NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Rural Telecommunications Act of New Mexico”.
N.M. Stat. § 26-1-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 1 / Section 26-1-19
§ 26-1-19. Power to make inspections and secure samples
Status: in_force

The board or its duly authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse or establishment in which drugs, devices or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such drugs, devices or cosmetics in commerce, for the purpose of inspecting such factory, warehouse, establishment or vehicle to determine if any of the provisions of the New Mexico Drug and Cosmetic Act [New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act] are being violated, and to secure samples or specimens of any drug, device or cosmetic after paying or offering to pay for such sample. It shall be the duty of the board to make or cause to be made examinations of samples secured under the provisions of this section to determine whether or not any provision of the New Mexico Drug and Cosmetic Act [New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act] is being violated.
N.M. Stat. § 15-3B-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 15 / Article 3B / Section 15-3B-2
§ 15-3B-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Property Control Act:

A. “ capital outlay project ” means the acquisition, improvement, alteration or reconstruction of assets of a long-term character that are intended to continue to be held or used, including land, buildings, machinery, furniture and equipment. A “ capital outlay project ” includes all proposed expenditures related to the entire undertaking;

B. “ department ” means the general services department;

C. “ director ” means the director of the division;

D. “ division ” means the facilities management division of the department;

E. “ jurisdiction ” means all state buildings and land except those under the control and management of the state armory board, the border authority, the cultural affairs department, the state fair commission, the department of game and fish, the department of transportation, the commissioner of public lands, the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department, the state institutions of higher learning, regional education cooperatives, the New Mexico school for the deaf, the New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, property acquired by the economic development department pursuant to the Statewide Economic Development Finance Act and property acquired by the public school facilities authority pursuant to the Public School Capital Outlay Act; and

F. “ secretary ” means the secretary of general services.
N.M. Stat. § 10-2-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 2 / Section 10-2-6
§ 10-2-6. Record of official bonds of state and district officers
Status: in_force

The bonds of all state and district officers shall be recorded in a record book to be provided for that purpose, and known as the record of official bonds, in the office of the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 4-53-2 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 53 / Section 4-53-2
§ 4-53-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Special District Procedures Act:

A. “special district” means any single or multipurpose district organized or that may be organized as a local public body of this state for the purpose of constructing and furnishing any urban-oriented service which another political subdivision of the state is authorized to perform, including but not limited to the services of water for domestic, commercial or industrial uses, sewage, garbage, refuse collection and recreation, but excluding the functions or services of drainage, irrigation, reclamation, soil and water conservation or flood control;

B. “county officer” means an elected county official or a member of the board of county commissioners;

C. “city officer” means a mayor or a member of the governing authority of municipality; and

D. “commission” means a county special district commission.
N.M. Stat. § 74-6B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 6B / Section 74-6B-1
§ 74-6B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 74, Article 6B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Ground Water Protection Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.53 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.53
§ 7-1-6.53. Distribution; energy efficiency and renewable energy bonding fund; gross receipts tax
Status: in_force

A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the energy efficiency and renewable energy bonding fund from the net receipts attributable to the gross receipts tax imposed by the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act in an amount necessary to make the required bond debt service payments pursuant to the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bonding Act as determined by the New Mexico finance authority. The distribution shall be made:

A. after the required distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.4 NMSA 1978;

B. contemporaneously with other distributions of net receipts attributable to the gross receipts tax for payment of debt service on outstanding bonds or to a fund dedicated for that purpose; and

C. prior to any other distribution of net receipts attributable to the gross receipts tax.
N.M. Stat. § 22-2B-3 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 2B / Section 22-2B-3
§ 22-2B-3. Regional education cooperatives authorized
Status: in_force

A. The department may authorize the existence and operation of “regional education cooperatives”. Upon authorization by the department, local school boards may join with other local school boards or other state-supported educational institutions to form cooperatives to provide education-related services. Cooperatives shall be deemed individual state agencies administratively attached to the department; provided that:

(1) pursuant to the rules of the department, cooperatives may own, and have control and management over, buildings and land independent of the director of the facilities management division of the general services department;

(2) cooperatives shall not submit budgets to the department of finance and administration but shall submit them to the department. The department shall, by rule, determine the provisions of the Public School Finance Act 1 relating to budgets and expenditures that are applicable to cooperatives; and

(3) pursuant to the rules of the department, the secretary may, after considering the factors specified in Section 22-8-38 NMSA 1978 , designate a cooperative council as a board of finance with which all funds appropriated or distributed to it shall be deposited. If such a designation is not made or if such a designation is suspended by the secretary, the money appropriated or to be distributed to a cooperative shall be deposited with the state treasurer. Unexpended or unencumbered balances in the account of a cooperative shall not revert.

B. The department shall, by rule, establish minimum criteria for the establishment and operation of cooperatives. The department shall also establish procedures for oversight of cooperatives to ensure compliance with department rule. Cooperatives shall be exempt from the provisions of the Personnel Act. 2

C. With council approval, a cooperative may provide revenue-generating education-related services to nonmembers, so long as those services do not detract from the cooperative's ability to fulfill its responsibilities to its members.

D. With council approval, a cooperative may apply for and receive public and private grants as well as gifts, donations, bequests and devises and use them to further the purposes and goals of the cooperative.

E. Each cooperative shall cooperate with the department as required by federal-state plans or department rules in the effectuation and administration of its educational programs. Each cooperative shall submit reports to the department at such times and in such form as required by department rule. Reports shall include an evaluation of the effectiveness of the technical assistance and other services provided to members of the cooperative and any nonmember public and private entities to which the cooperative provided educational services. The reports and evaluations submitted pursuant to this subsection shall be made available upon request to the legislative education study committee and the legislative finance committee.