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N.M. Stat. § 6-4-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-1
§ 6-4-1. Capital programs; preparation; duties
Status: in_force

A. The department of finance and administration and the general services department shall jointly prepare, amend and maintain a four-year program of major state capital improvement projects recommended to be undertaken by the state or to be undertaken with state aid or under state regulation. The program shall classify projects with respect to urgency and need for realization, and it shall recommend a time sequence for construction. The program shall also contain the contract price or estimated cost of each project and it shall indicate probable operating and maintenance costs and probable revenues, if any, as well as existing sources of funds or the need for additional sources of funds for the construction and operation of each project.

B. Heads of departments and other agencies of the state shall transmit to the department of finance and administration on July 1 of each year a statement of all capital projects proposed for the ensuing four years for review and recommendation to the governor with respect to inclusion in the capital program of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-6.3 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-6.3
§ 67-3-6.3. Carrier inspection; fee
Status: in_force

A. Each carrier doing business in this state that is subject to the control and jurisdiction of the department of transportation with respect to its rates and service shall pay annually to the department a fee in performance of its duties as now provided by law. The fee for carriers shall not exceed two hundred fifty-six thousandths percent of its gross receipts from business transacted in New Mexico for the preceding calendar year. This sum shall be payable annually on or before April 1 in each year. No similar fee shall be imposed upon the carrier. In the case of carriers engaged in interstate business, the fees shall be measured by the gross receipts of the carriers from intrastate business only for the preceding calendar year and not in any respect upon receipts derived wholly or in part from interstate business.

B. When a fee is not paid on the date it is due, interest shall be paid to the state on the amount due. The interest on the amount due shall start to accrue on the day following the due date and shall continue to accrue until the total amount due is paid. The rate of interest on a late fee payment shall be fifteen percent per year, computed at the rate of one and one-fourth percent per month.

C. In addition to any interest due on a late fee payment, a penalty shall be paid to the state for failure to pay the fee when it is due. The penalty imposed shall be two percent of the amount of the fee due.

D. The attorney general, in the name of the state, shall bring suit to collect fees, interest and penalties that remain unpaid.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-34-29 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 34 / Section 59A-34-29
§ 59A-34-29. Mutual members, levy of contingent liability
Status: in_force

A. If at any time the assets of a domestic mutual insurer are less than its liabilities and the minimum amount of surplus required of it under the Insurance Code for authority to transact the kinds of insurance being transacted, and the deficiency is not otherwise cured, its directors may, if approved by the superintendent as being reasonable and in the best interests of the insurer and its members, levy an assessment only on its members who held policies providing for contingent liability at any time within the twelve (12) months next preceding the date the levy was authorized by the board of directors, and such members shall be liable to the insurer for the amount so assessed.

B. The assessment shall be for the amount required to cure the deficiency and to provide working funds in reasonable amount above such minimum surplus.

C. As to the respective policies subject to the levy, the assessment shall be computed upon the basis of premium earned by the insurer thereon during such twelve (12) month period.

D. No member shall have an offset against any assessment on account of any claim for unearned premiums or loss payable.

E. As to life insurance, any part of the assessment upon a member which remains unpaid following notice of assessment, demand for payment and lapse of a reasonable waiting period as specified in the notice may, if approved by the superintendent as being in the best interest of the insurer and its members, be secured by placing a lien upon the cash surrender values and accumulated dividends held or to be held by the insurer to the credit of the member's policy.
N.M. Stat. § 76-10-9 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 10 / Section 76-10-9
§ 76-10-9. Penalty for violating act or regulations
Status: in_force

Any person, individual, copartnership, association, firm, corporation, agent or employee who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this act or any of the regulations or restrictions promulgated by the regents of the agricultural college of New Mexico [New Mexico state university] under authority of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 and in addition thereto shall be liable in a civil action for all damage that may be occasioned or caused by a violation of this act or of any of the provisions or regulations or restrictions promulgated by the regents of the agricultural college of New Mexico [New Mexico state university] under authority of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-37 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-37
§ 19-7-37. Assignment of grazing or agricultural lease or purchase contract as collateral; approval of commissioner; effect
Status: in_force

Any lease of state lands for grazing or agricultural purposes and any contract for the purchase of state lands may be assigned as collateral security, with the approval of the commissioner of public lands; and after such approval such assignment shall have the effect of giving the assignee a lien on any lease or purchase contract so assigned, or any renewal or renewals thereof by assignor and all rights of renewal of any such lease, together with the improvements thereon, to secure the indebtedness specified in such assignment and any further advances or expenditures authorized to be made by the assignee by the terms of such assignment; and after any such assignment shall be approved by the commissioner of public lands, and while same is in force and effect as hereinafter provided, no relinquishment or assignment of a lease or transfer of a state purchase contract, or portions thereof, embraced in such assignment shall be accepted or approved for filing respectively by the commissioner of public lands, unless the holder of such collateral assignment shall release in writing any collateral assignment held by him covering such lease or contract being transferred, assigned or relinquished or, in case of assignment only, unless the assignee agrees in writing to assume or take the lease or contract subject to the rights of any collateral assignee. The preference right of renewal of any lease held under collateral assignment shall be vested in the holder of such assignment, subject only to the right of renewal of the lessee at the date of expiration of said lease, and to all the provisions of law now in effect or hereinafter enacted; provided, however, that any renewal lease issued to subsequent collateral assignees, under the preference right of renewal provided for herein, shall be subject to the rights of the holders of the prior assignments of record in the state land office.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-40 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-40
§ 20-12-40. Misconduct as prisoner
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who, while in the hands of the enemy in time of war, for the purpose of securing favorable treatment by his captors, acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, custom or regulation, to the detriment of others of whatever nationality held by the enemy as civilian or military prisoners or while in a position of authority over such persons, maltreats them without justifiable cause shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 29-2-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 2 / Section 29-2-22
§ 29-2-22. Rule-making power; rules to establish standards of conduct
Status: in_force

The secretary has authority to make and promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Sections 29-2-1 through 29-2-29 NMSA 1978 . The secretary shall establish by rules, from time to time, standards of conduct for members of the New Mexico state police, and a copy of the rules shall be delivered to each member and displayed at each station of the department. The rules shall be filed pursuant to the State Rules Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 3-45-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 45 / Section 3-45-8
§ 3-45-8. Eminent domain
Status: in_force

In addition to the other purposes for which a city may appropriate property, a city shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under the Municipal Housing Law after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. A city may exercise the power of eminent domain hereunder in the manner provided by the laws of the state of New Mexico, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto; or it may exercise the power of eminent domain hereunder in the manner provided by any other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Title to property so acquired shall be taken in the name of the city.
N.M. Stat. § 6-14-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 14 / Section 6-14-3
§ 6-14-3. Public securities; price
Status: in_force

A. A public body may issue and sell its public securities at, above or below par and at any net effective interest rate as the public body may determine subject to the remaining provisions of this section.

B. A public body may not issue its public securities as provided in Subsection A of this section at any net effective interest rate in excess of twelve percent a year, except for general obligation bonds which shall have a net effective interest rate of not more than ten percent a year, unless the state board of finance at any time prior to delivery of the public securities approves such higher net effective interest rate in writing, based upon the determination of the state board of finance that the higher rate is reasonable under existing or anticipated bond market conditions.

C. Any such approval of any such net effective interest rate in excess of twelve percent or not more than ten percent for general obligation bonds shall constitute conclusive authority for the affected public body to issue its public securities at the higher net effective interest rate.
N.M. Stat. § 52-5-5 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 5 / Section 52-5-5
§ 52-5-5. Claims; informal conferences
Status: in_force

A. When a dispute arises under the Workers' Compensation Act or the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law, any party may file a claim with the director no sooner than thirty-one days from the date of injury or the occurrence of the disabling disease. The director shall assist workers and employees not represented by counsel in the preparation of the claim document.

B. The director shall prepare a form of claim, which shall be available to all parties. The claim shall state concisely in numbered paragraphs the questions at issue or in dispute that the claimant expects to be determined with sufficient particularity that the responding or opposing party may be notified adequately of the claim and its basis, including, if applicable, the specific benefit that is due and not paid.

C. Upon receipt, every claim shall be evaluated by the director or the director's designee, who shall then contact all parties and attempt to informally resolve the dispute. Within sixty days after receipt of the claim, the director shall issue recommendations for resolution and serve the parties with a copy. Within thirty days of receipt of the recommendation of the director, each party shall notify the director on a form provided by the director of the acceptance or rejection of the recommendation. A party failing to notify the director waives any right to reject the recommendation and is bound conclusively by the director's recommendation unless, upon application made to the director within thirty days after the foregoing deadline, the director finds that the party's failure to notify was the result of excusable neglect. If either party makes a timely rejection of the director's recommendation, the claim shall be assigned to a workers' compensation judge for hearing.

D. Each party to a dispute shall have a peremptory right to disqualify one workers' compensation judge; provided that:

(1) the employer and the employer's insurer shall constitute a single party for purposes of this subsection;

(2) this peremptory right to disqualify one worker's compensation judge shall not apply to the judge appointed pursuant to Section 52-1-49 NMSA 1978 to render a decision within seven days on a request for a different health care provider; and

(3) no party shall be required to disqualify a workers' compensation judge until a judge has been assigned to a case.
N.M. Stat. § 4-42-8 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 42 / Section 4-42-8
§ 4-42-8. Survey of lands divided by county line
Status: in_force

Any person owning or claiming lands divided by a county line and wishing to have the lands surveyed may apply to a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners of any county in which any part of the land is situate, and, on such application being made, the surveyor is authorized to make a survey, which shall be as valid as though the lands were situate entirely in one county.
N.M. Stat. § 18-3-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 18-3-16
§ 18-3-16. State historic sites and monuments division created; board of regents
Status: in_force

A. The “state historic sites and monuments division” is created in the cultural affairs department. The division shall manage the state's historic sites and monuments, including:

(1) Coronado historic site;

(2) Jemez historic site;

(3) Fort Selden historic site;

(4) Bosque Redondo memorial and Fort Sumner historic site;

(5) Lincoln historic site;

(6) El Camino Real historic trail site;

(7) Fort Stanton historic site;

(8) Taylor Reynolds Barela Mesilla historic site; and

(9) Los Luceros historic site.

B. The state's historic sites shall operate under the imprimatur of the museum of New Mexico. The museum of New Mexico board of regents shall exercise trusteeship over state historic sites.

C. The director of the division shall meet the following minimum qualifications:

(1) hold a bachelor's or higher degree in a discipline related to the function of the division; and

(2) have significant experience in the management and operation of an organization similar to the division.

D. The director shall be appointed by the secretary of cultural affairs from a list of no less than three names provided by the museum of New Mexico board of regents.
N.M. Stat. § 4-50-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 50 / Section 4-50-3
§ 4-50-3. Inspection of rivers; construction of works; personnel; contracts for financing
Status: in_force

County flood commissioners may inspect rivers and streams in their respective counties where flood waters are liable to cause damage to property or life and in their discretion cause to be constructed and maintained dikes, embankments, dams, ditches or other structures or excavations necessary to control such flood water and protect life and property in their counties against loss and damage. County flood commissioners may employ engineering and other personnel, directly supervise or contract for the construction and maintenance of flood control works and do all other acts necessary to carry into effect the provisions of Sections 4-50-1 through 4-50-9 NMSA 1978 . If the money in the county flood fund is insufficient to finance flood control projects and provide for maintenance, the board of county commissioners, upon the recommendation of the county flood commissioner, may contract with any federal or state agency for grants or loans for the purpose of construction and maintenance of dikes, dams, embankments, ditches and other structures and excavations. Any contract for borrowing funds from state or federal agencies may provide that annual installments of principal and interest on the debt shall be paid out of the appropriate account within the county flood fund. The provisions of Sections 6-6-11 through 6-6-18 NMSA 1978 shall not apply to contracts entered into with state or federal agencies for flood control projects under the provisions of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60C-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60C / Section 3-60C-1
§ 3-60C-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 3, Article 60C NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Main Street Revolving Loan Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 19-11-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 11 / Section 19-11-9
§ 19-11-9. Purchaser of timber leasing additional grazing lands; conditions
Status: in_force

Any purchaser of timbered lands under the provisions of this act shall be privileged to lease additional state timbered lands for grazing purposes, but in which event the granting of said lease, by the state, shall be conditioned upon the lessee's compliance with the rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner of public lands, for the general protection of timber and timber products on said leased land, or other state timbered lands adjacent thereto.
N.M. Stat. § 50-15-2 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 15 / Section 50-15-2
§ 50-15-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Day Laborer Act:

A. “ check cashing service ” means a business that for a fee offers to cash checks or other payment instruments or that advertises that it cashes checks or other payment instruments;

B. “ day labor ” means employment that is under a contract between a day labor service agency and a third-party employer, that is occasional or irregular and that is for a limited time period;

C. “ day labor service agency ” means an entity, including a labor broker or labor pool, that provides day laborers to third-party employers and that charges the third-party employer for the service of providing day laborers for employment offered by the employer;

D. “ day laborer ” means a person who contracts for day labor employment with a day labor service agency;

E. “ department ” means the workforce solutions department;

F. “ office worker ” means a person employed to perform clerical, secretarial or other semiskilled or skilled work that is predominantly performed in an office setting;

G. “ payment instrument ” means a paycheck, payment voucher or other negotiable instrument from an employer provided to an employee to pay for hours worked; and

H. “ third-party employer ” means a person that contracts with a day labor service agency for the employment of day laborers.
N.M. Stat. § 7-12-13.2 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 12 / Section 7-12-13.2
§ 7-12-13.2. Criminal offenses; criminal penalties; seizure and destruction of evidence
Status: in_force

A. Whoever violates a provision of the Cigarette Tax Act or a rule adopted pursuant to that act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .

B. Whoever, with intent to defraud, fails to comply with a licensing, reporting or stamping requirement of the Cigarette Tax Act or with a licensing, reporting or stamping rule adopted pursuant to that act is guilty of a fourth degree felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .

C. Whoever packages cigarettes for sale in New Mexico or whoever sells cigarettes in New Mexico, in packages of other than five, ten, twenty or twenty-five cigarettes is:

(1) for the first offense, guilty of a misdemeanor and when convicted shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978; and

(2) for the second or subsequent offense, guilty of a fourth degree felony and when convicted shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .

D. Whoever purchases or otherwise knowingly obtains counterfeit stamps or whoever produces, uses or causes counterfeit stamps to be used is guilty of a fourth degree felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .

E. Whoever sells or possesses for the purpose of sale contraband cigarettes is in violation of the Cigarette Tax Act and shall have the product and related equipment seized. If convicted of selling or possessing for sale contraband cigarettes, the person shall be sentenced as follows:

(1) a violation with a quantity of fewer than two cartons of contraband cigarettes, or the equivalent, is a petty misdemeanor and is punishable in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978;

(2) a first violation with a quantity of two cartons or more of contraband cigarettes, or the equivalent, is a misdemeanor and is punishable in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978; and

(3) a second or subsequent violation with a quantity of two cartons or more of contraband cigarettes, or the equivalent, is a fourth degree felony and is punishable by a fine not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisonment for a definite term not to exceed eighteen months, or both, and shall also result in the revocation by the department of the manufacturer's or distributor's license, if any.

F. Contraband cigarettes or counterfeit stamps seized by the department or by a law enforcement agency shall be retained as evidence to the extent necessary. Contraband cigarettes or counterfeit stamps no longer needed as evidence shall be destroyed.

G. Prosecution for a violation of a provision of this section does not preclude prosecution under other applicable laws.
N.M. Stat. § 4-37-1 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 37 / Section 4-37-1
§ 4-37-1. Counties; powers; ordinances
Status: in_force

All counties are granted the same powers that are granted municipalities except for those powers that are inconsistent with statutory or constitutional limitations placed on counties. Included in this grant of powers to the counties are those powers necessary and proper to provide for the safety, preserve the health, promote the prosperity and improve the morals, order, comfort and convenience of any county or its inhabitants. The board of county commissioners may make and publish any ordinance to discharge these powers not inconsistent with statutory or constitutional limitations placed on counties.
N.M. Stat. § 46-14-4 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 14 / Section 46-14-4
§ 46-14-4. Common law and principles of equity
Status: in_force

The common law and principles of equity supplement the Uniform Directed Trust Act, except to the extent modified by that act or another law of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 61-29-3 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 29 / Section 61-29-3
§ 61-29-3. Criminal offender's character evaluation
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act shall govern any consideration of criminal records required or permitted by Sections 61-29-1 through 61-29-18 NMSA 1978 .