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N.M. Stat. § 20-10-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 10 / Section 20-10-11
§ 20-10-11. Outstanding unit citation
Status: in_force

The governor may award an outstanding unit citation of appropriate design with accompanying individual ribbon to any recognized unit of the national guard or state defense force which, through outstanding effort of all its members, has excelled in the performance of its duty and mission for a period of service in a manner that clearly exceeds that of other units, within or without the state, similar in composition or mission. In extraordinary circumstances a “V” device may be awarded to denote valor exemplified by the unit.
N.M. Stat. § 66-1-5 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1-5
§ 66-1-5. Measurements
Status: in_force

Whenever any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code or regulations promulgated thereunder refers to weight, height, length, width or speed in English units of measurement, it also refers to the metric equivalent of those units or, when adopted, to the metric substitutes for those units adopted by the state highway and transportation department.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-50 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-50
§ 2-7F-50. Representative district forty-four
Status: in_force

Representative district forty-four is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 6, 10, 86, 220 and 238; and Sandoval county precincts 11 through 13, 31 through 36, 38, 52 through 54, 57, 59, 92 through 94, 96 through 99, 102, 112, 113, 119, 136, 140, 141, 153 and 154.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21A / Section 21-21A-3
§ 21-21A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Educational Assistance Act:

A. “ bond ” means any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness;

B. “ educational loan ” means a loan for educational purposes made to or for the benefit of qualified persons;

C. “ foundation ” means a corporation formed pursuant to the provisions of the Educational Assistance Act to provide financial assistance for post-secondary education; and

D. “ institution of higher education ” means the state institutions of higher education enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico or other institution of higher education approved by the foundation.
N.M. Stat. § 21-19A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 19A / Section 21-19A-10
§ 21-19A-10. Distribution of funds
Status: reserved

A. Upon recommendation of the advisory committee, the division shall adopt formulas and administrative procedures to be used in requesting appropriations of state funds as a budgetary line item for the apprenticeship system of adult vocational education.

B. The advisory committee shall prepare an update to the apprenticeship related instruction cost study adopted by the division prior to each session of the legislature.

C. Upon recommendation of the advisory committee, the division shall adopt forms, formulas and administrative procedures for the distribution of available funds to apprenticeship training programs. Distribution formulas shall be uniform in application to all local program sponsors.

D. Upon recommendation of the advisory committee, the division shall reserve until March 1 of each year a percentage of the funds appropriated under the line item described in this section to be used solely for apprenticeship related instruction programs. This percentage shall be established by the formulas required by this section. Reserved funds that are not obligated on March 1 may be used for preparatory and supplementary instruction programs as well as related instruction programs.

E. No funds shall be distributed to an apprenticeship committee until the apprenticeship committee has filed all reports required by the Apprenticeship Assistance Act and by the division. Funds shall not be distributed to programs not in compliance with their approved standards. Programs determined to be in noncompliance with their standards will be required to refund all funds to the division for the current fiscal year.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-69.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-69.1
§ 7-1-69.1. Civil penalty for failure to file an information return
Status: in_force

A taxpayer, wholesaler, retailer or rack operator who fails to file an information return on time pursuant to the Gasoline Tax Act or the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act shall pay a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each late report. This penalty shall be in addition to other applicable penalties.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-1-22 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 1 / Section 32A-1-22
§ 32A-1-22. Medical cannabis program; removal of children; family services intervention; school enrollment; medical care
Status: in_force

A. An individual's participation in the state's medical cannabis program established pursuant to the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act shall not in itself constitute grounds for:

(1) intervention, removal or placement into state custody of a child in that individual's care pursuant to the Abuse and Neglect Act; or

(2) the provision of state prevention, diversion or intervention services to that individual's family pursuant to the Voluntary Placement and Family Services Act.

B. A person shall not be denied custody of or visitation or parenting time with a child, and there is no presumption of neglect or child endangerment, for conduct allowed under the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act.

C. A school shall not refuse to enroll or otherwise penalize a person solely for conduct allowed pursuant to the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act, unless failing to do so would cause the school to lose a monetary or licensing-related benefit under federal law or regulation.

D. For the purposes of medical care, including an organ transplant, a qualified patient's use of cannabis pursuant to the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act shall be considered the equivalent of the use of any other medication under the direction of a physician and shall not be considered to constitute the use of an illicit substance or otherwise disqualify a qualified patient from medical care.
N.M. Stat. § 4-4-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 4-4-3
§ 4-4-3. Change in part of southern boundary
Status: in_force

The north line of township twenty-three north, along ranges fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen east, as shown by approved United States surveys, shall be the dividing line between Colfax county on the south, Mora county on the north and the range line between ranges nineteen and twenty east, to a point where said range line at present intersects the boundary line between said counties, from which point said boundary line, as now established by said act, January 13, 1876, shall continue east to the west line of the state of Texas.
N.M. Stat. § 49-5-7 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 5 / Section 49-5-7
§ 49-5-7. Officers; duties; secretary-treasurer's bond; compensation
Status: in_force

That the board of directors shall choose a president and a secretary-and-treasurer. The president shall be chosen from the members of the board, shall preside at all meetings of the board and act as the executive officer thereof. He shall sign all warrants for the payment of money and all deeds and other instruments of writing requiring the corporate seal.

The secretary-and-treasurer shall give bond to the state of New Mexico in such sum as the board of trustees shall require, the same to be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. It shall be his duty to keep a record of the proceedings of the board, which record shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable hours, to attest all warrants for the payment of money and all deeds and other instruments of writing requiring the signature of the president. He shall be the custodian of all funds, moneys and papers belonging to the board of trustees. No compensation shall be voted at any time to any trustee or to any officer thereof, save the secretary-and-treasurer.
N.M. Stat. § 61-12A-16 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12A / Section 61-12A-16
§ 61-12A-16. Display of license
Status: in_force

A. Each licensee shall display his current license certificate in a conspicuous place in the principal office where he practices occupational therapy. At secondary places of employment, documentation of license shall be verified by photocopy with a note attached indicating where the current license certificate is posted.

B. A consumer information sign shall be displayed in the principal place of practice. The consumer information sign shall read:

“Complaints regarding noncompliance with the Occupational Therapy Act can be directed to the board of examiners for occupational therapy.”
N.M. Stat. § 22-15-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15 / Section 22-15-5
§ 22-15-5. Instructional material fund
Status: in_force

A. The state treasurer shall establish a nonreverting fund to be known as the “instructional material fund”. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and any other money credited to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the department, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of the Instructional Material Law.

B. The instructional material fund shall be used for the purpose of paying for the cost of purchasing instructional material pursuant to the Instructional Material Law. Transportation charges for the delivery of instructional material to a school district, a state institution or a private school as agent and emergency expenses incurred in providing instructional material to students may be included as a cost of purchasing instructional material. Charges for rebinding of used instructional material that appears on the multiple list pursuant to Section 22-15-8 NMSA 1978 may also be included as a cost of purchasing instructional material.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-14 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-14
§ 61-23-14. Certification as an engineer intern; requirements
Status: in_force

A. An applicant for certification as an engineer intern shall file the appropriate application that demonstrates that the applicant:

(1) is of good moral character and reputation as determined by board rules;

(2) has obtained at least a senior status in a board-approved, four-year curriculum in engineering or in a board-approved, four-year curriculum in engineering technology that is accredited by the engineering technology accreditation commission of the accreditation board for engineering and technology; and

(3) has three references, one of whom shall be a licensed professional engineer.

B. After acceptance of the application by the board, the applicant shall be allowed to take the appropriate examination for certification as an engineer intern.

C. An applicant may be certified as an engineer intern upon successfully completing the examination; provided that the applicant has:

(1) graduated from a board-approved engineering curriculum of four years or more or graduated from an engineering master's program that is accredited by the engineering accreditation commission or a program that fulfills the required content of the engineering education standard as defined by the national council of examiners for engineering and surveying; or

(2) graduated from a board-approved, four-year engineering technology program accredited by the engineering technology accreditation commission of the accreditation board for engineering and technology and augmented by at least two years of board-approved, post-graduate engineering experience.

D. The certification as engineer intern does not permit the intern to practice as a professional engineer. Certification as an engineer intern is intended to demonstrate that the intern has obtained certain skills in engineering fundamentals and is pursuing a career in engineering.
N.M. Stat. § 67-8-1 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 8 / Section 67-8-1
§ 67-8-1. Danger signals or lights for roads or bridges under construction
Status: in_force

Hereafter any person, firm, association, copartnership, contractor or corporation engaged in the alteration, repair or construction of any bridge, road or public highway in this state shall maintain at all times proper danger signals, or lights, posted conspicuously at or near the place where such work, alteration, repair or construction is being done.
N.M. Stat. § 1-11-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 11 / Section 1-11-16
§ 1-11-16. Signature roster certificates; checklist of registered voter's certificates; precinct board member's oath
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the signature roster certificates, checklist of registered voter's certificates and the precinct board member's oath.
N.M. Stat. § 61-29-4.2 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 29 / Section 61-29-4.2
§ 61-29-4.2. Additional powers of the commission; professional liability insurance; minimum coverage
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the powers and duties granted to the commission pursuant to the provisions of Sections 61-29-4 and 61-29-4.1 NMSA 1978 , the commission may adopt rules that require professional liability insurance coverage and may establish the minimum terms and conditions of coverage, including limits of coverage and permitted exceptions. If adopted by the commission, the rules shall require every applicant for an active license and licensee who applies for renewal of an active license to provide the commission with satisfactory evidence that the applicant or licensee has professional liability insurance coverage that meets the minimum terms and conditions required by commission rule.

B. The commission is authorized to solicit sealed, competitive proposals from insurance carriers to provide a group professional liability insurance policy that complies with the terms and conditions established by commission rule. The commission may approve one or more policies that comply with the commission rules; provided that the maximum annual premium shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for a licensee, that the minimum coverage shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for an individual claim and not less than a five-hundred-thousand-dollar ($500,000) aggregate limit per policy and that the deductible shall not be greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

C. Rules adopted by the commission shall permit an active licensee to satisfy any requirement for professional liability insurance coverage by purchasing an individual policy.

D. Rules adopted by the commission shall provide that there shall not be a requirement for a licensee to have professional liability insurance coverage during a period when a group policy, as provided in Subsection B of this section, is not in effect.
N.M. Stat. § 36-3-7 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 3 / Section 36-3-7
§ 36-3-7. Filing; process
Status: in_force

Any information required to be filed by any subsection of the Immigration and Nationality Law Practice Act shall be a matter of public record and shall be disclosed by the attorney general upon written request.
N.M. Stat. § 58-27-12 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 27 / Section 58-27-12
§ 58-27-12. Authority staff; contracts
Status: in_force

A. The authority shall hire an executive director who shall employ the necessary professional, technical and clerical staff to enable the authority to function efficiently.

B. The executive director of the authority shall direct the affairs and business of the authority, subject to the policies, control and direction of the authority.

C. The authority may contract with any other competent private or public organization or individual to assist in the fulfillment of its duties.
N.M. Stat. § 2-13-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 13 / Section 2-13-2
§ 2-13-2. Duties of the committee
Status: in_force

The committee shall conduct a continuing study of the programs, agencies, policies, issues and needs relating to health and human services including review and study of the statutes, constitutional provisions, regulations and court decisions governing such programs, agencies and issues. The committee shall also study the full continuum of programs and services available and needed for children, families and the aging population. The committee shall make an annual report of its findings and recommendations and recommend any necessary legislation to each session of the legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 10-7-13
§ 10-7-13. Leave; coordination with workmen's compensation benefits
Status: in_force

A. Payment of leave-time benefits in excess of an amount which results, when combined with workmen's compensation weekly benefits, in an injured state or university worker receiving in any month more than one hundred percent of that workman's monthly base salary is not permitted; provided that payment of accrued vacation leave time and compensating leave-time benefits may be permitted without regard to this limitation where the workman is finally determined to be permanently totally disabled or resigns his state or university employment.

B. As used in this section:

(1) “leave time” includes time accrued as sick leave, vacation leave and compensating leave; and

(2) “monthly base salary” means the full monthly salary to be paid the employee if he had worked as scheduled for the entire month, as established by the state personnel board's official salary schedule, or the official salary schedule of any state agency or university in effect during the last pay period during which the employee worked, exclusive of all overtime pay and the value of all accrued leave time and all fringe benefits of any kind.

C. The state personnel board shall send a copy of this law to all state agencies and universities which have salaried employees who do not fall under the jurisdiction of the state personnel board.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-31 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-31
§ 7-2-31. Optional designation of tax refund contribution
Status: in_force

A. Any individual whose state income tax liability in any year is lower than the amount of money held by the taxation and revenue department to the credit of that individual for that tax year may designate two dollars ($2.00) of the income tax refund due the individual to be paid to a state political party. “State political party”, for the purposes of this section, means those parties that on January 1 of the taxable year for which the return is filed meet the requirements of Section 1-7-2(A) NMSA 1978 . In the case of a joint return, each individual may make a designation.

B. The secretary of taxation and revenue shall revise the state income tax form to allow on the face of the form the designation by individual taxpayers of contributions to state political parties in substantially the following form:

“New Mexico Political Party Income Tax Refund Check-Off--Check if you wish to contribute two dollars ($2.00) of your income tax refund to a state political party that qualifies as such under Section 1-7-2 NMSA 1978 . My contribution should be made to the __________(name of state political party) party.”

C. The secretary of taxation and revenue shall provide a list on the state income tax form of the qualified state political parties to which the taxpayer may make a contribution.

D. The provisions of this section do not apply to income tax refunds subject to interception under the provisions of the Tax Refund Intercept Program Act, 1 and any designation made under the provisions of this section to such refunds is void.
N.M. Stat. § 20-2-1 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 2 / Section 20-2-1
§ 20-2-1. Definitions and principles
Status: in_force

A. “Militia” means all the military forces of this state, organized and unorganized, whether active or inactive; but excludes the regularly organized police forces of the state or its political subdivisions and excludes the civil air patrol division.

B. “National guard” means the New Mexico army national guard and the New Mexico air national guard. The national guard is federally recognized and has a dual state and federal character and mission. When used in Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 national guard shall refer to the national guard of New Mexico unless otherwise stated.

C. “New Mexico state defense force” means that part of the militia of the state which is not federally recognized. It is exclusively a state entity. Its standing cadre is a component of the organized militia; its ranks are filled upon order of the governor from the unorganized militia. When used in Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 , state defense force shall refer to the New Mexico state defense force.
N.M. Stat. § 4-36-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 36 / Section 4-36-6
§ 4-36-6. Parks; county government acquisition
Status: in_force

No county government shall acquire property within the exterior boundaries of any other local government for park purposes unless it has received the prior approval for such acquisition for such purposes from the governing body of the local government within whose boundaries the property is situated.
N.M. Stat. § 24-6B-17 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 6B / Section 24-6B-17
§ 24-6B-17. Other prohibited acts
Status: in_force

A person who, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal, commits a third degree felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment not exceeding six years, or both.
N.M. Stat. § 58-24-18 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 24 / Section 58-24-18
§ 58-24-18. Limitation of liability
Status: in_force

Neither the members of the board nor any person acting in its behalf, while acting within the scope of their authority, shall be subject to any personal liability resulting from carrying out any of the powers given in the Industrial and Agricultural Finance Authority Act.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-3 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-3
§ 19-4-3. Prosecutions for failure to record; duty of district attorneys
Status: in_force

It is hereby made the duty of the several district attorneys in the state of New Mexico to prosecute all violators of the preceding section.
N.M. Stat. § 28-16A-17 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 16A / Section 28-16A-17
§ 28-16A-17. Independent status of service providers
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, each service provider shall be considered to be an independent contractor and not an entity of state government.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-15-6 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 15 / Section 59A-15-6
§ 59A-15-6. Superintendent is attorney of unauthorized insurer for service of process
Status: in_force

Any act of transacting an insurance business in this state by any unauthorized insurer is equivalent to and shall constitute an irrevocable appointment by such insurer, binding upon him, his executor or administrator, or successor in interest if a corporation, of the superintendent or his successor in office, to be the true and lawful attorney of the insurer upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action, suit or proceeding in any court by the superintendent or by the state or others, and upon whom may be served any notice, order, pleading or process in any proceeding before the superintendent, and which arises out of transacting an insurance business in this state by such insurer. Any act of transacting an insurance business in this state by any unauthorized insurer shall be signification of its agreement that any such lawful process in such court action, suit or proceeding and any such notice, order, pleading or process in such administrative proceeding before the superintendent so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as personal service of process in this state upon the insurer.