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N.M. Stat. § 58-31-7 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 31 / Section 58-31-7
§ 58-31-7. 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 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 approval of the state board of finance.
N.M. Stat. § 30-8-3 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 8 / Section 30-8-3
§ 30-8-3. Refuse defined
Status: in_force

Refuse means any article or substance:

A. which is commonly discarded as waste; or

B. which, if discarded on the ground, will create or contribute to an unsanitary, offensive or unsightly condition.

Refuse includes, but is not limited to, the following items or classes of items: waste food; waste paper and paper products; cans, bottles or other containers; junked household furnishings and equipment; junked parts or bodies of automobiles and other metallic junk or scrap; portions or carcasses of dead animals; and collections of ashes, dirt, yard trimmings or other rubbish.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-40 — NM_STATUTES 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. § 59A-5-11.1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 5 / Section 59A-5-11.1
§ 59A-5-11.1. Exemption from authority requirement; provider service networks
Status: in_force

A certificate of authority shall not be required of a provider service network, except as provided in the Provider Service Network Act.
N.M. Stat. § 28-1-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 1 / Section 28-1-5
§ 28-1-5. Procedures for adopting regulations
Status: repealed

A. The secretary may adopt, promulgate, amend and repeal rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of the Human Rights Act.

B. No rule or regulation of general application may be adopted, amended or repealed without a public hearing before the secretary or his designee.

C. The public hearing shall be in Santa Fe, and notice of the subject, time and place of the meeting, the manner in which interested persons may present their views and the method by which copies of the proposed rule, regulation or amendment may be obtained shall be:

(1) published in each county at least thirty days prior to the hearing date in a newspaper of general circulation; and

(2) mailed at least thirty days prior to the hearing date to all persons who have made a written request for advance notice of the hearing.

D. The secretary shall allow all interested persons a reasonable opportunity to submit arguments and to examine witnesses testifying at the hearing.

E. The secretary may designate a hearing officer to take evidence at the hearing.

F. Any person appearing or represented at the hearing shall be given written notice of the secretary's action on the proposed rule, regulation, amendment or repeal.

G. No rule, regulation, amendment or repeal shall become effective until thirty days after its filing.
N.M. Stat. § 9-11-4 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 9-11-4
§ 9-11-4. Department established
Status: in_force

There is created in the executive branch the “taxation and revenue department”. The department shall be a cabinet department and shall consist of, but not be limited to, seven divisions as follows:

A. the audit and compliance division;

B. the property tax division;

C. the revenue processing division;

D. the tax fraud investigations division;

E. the motor vehicle division;

F. the administrative services division; and

G. the information technology division.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-9 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-9
§ 67-3-9. Office
Status: in_force

That the said state highway commission and the state highway engineer shall be provided with suitable offices in the state capitol by the superintendent of public buildings and property, which offices shall be under the charge of the said state highway engineer and shall be kept open at such times as the business of the commission and the convenience of the public shall require. Such offices shall be conveniently and properly furnished and shall be the repository for all records of the commission.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.22
§ 7-1-6.22. Distributions to oil and gas production tax fund, oil and gas equipment tax fund and copper production tax fund; creation of funds
Status: in_force

A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.20 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the “oil and gas production tax fund”, hereby created in the state treasury, of the net receipts including advance payments, attributable to the Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act. 1

B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.20 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the “oil and gas equipment tax fund”, hereby created in the state treasury, of the net receipts attributable to the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act. 2

C. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.20 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the “copper production tax fund”, hereby created in the state treasury, of the net receipts attributable to the Copper Production Ad Valorem Tax Act. 3
N.M. Stat. § 72-12B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 12B / Section 72-12B-2
§ 72-12B-2. Applicability
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall apply to applications pending before the state engineer under the surface water and ground water codes.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-52 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-52
§ 7-38-52. Notification to motor vehicle division of unpaid property taxes on manufactured homes; notice of filing constitutes lien on vehicle
Status: in_force

A. In the preparation of the tax delinquency notices, the county treasurer shall ascertain those persons who have failed to pay taxes on manufactured homes.

B. In addition to the information required under Section 7-38-51 NMSA 1978 , delinquency notices sent to the persons determined under Subsection A of this section shall include the location and vehicle identification number of the manufactured home.

C. A copy of the delinquency notice of unpaid taxes on a manufactured home shall be sent to the motor vehicle division of the department. Upon receipt and filing of the notice by the motor vehicle division, the unpaid taxes, penalty and interest constitute a security interest in and a lien on the vehicle in accordance with Section 66-3-204 NMSA 1978 . The delinquency notice sent to the owner of the manufactured home shall notify the owner of the mailing of the copy of the notification to the motor vehicle division and of the legal effect of the filing of the notice by that division.

D. When the delinquent taxes, penalty and interest are fully paid, the county treasurer shall certify the fact of payment and shall prepare a notification of certified payment. The original notification shall be sent to the motor vehicle division of the department, and a copy shall be sent to the owner of the manufactured home.

E. The lien provided for in this section is in addition to any other remedy available to the state for the collection of delinquent property taxes.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-20
§ 21-21-20. Conditions of loan
Status: in_force

The amount and conditions of any loan to an eligible student shall be determined according to regulations promulgated by the board [commission [department]]. No payment shall be made to any qualified student until he has executed a note, guaranteed under the Student Loan Guarantee Act and payable to the severance tax permanent fund, for the full amount of the loan and applicable interest. For the purpose of the Student Loan Guarantee Act, an eligible student has the capacity to contract and is bound by any contract executed by him; the defense that he was a minor at the time he executed a note is not available to him in any action arising on his note. Payments to eligible students executing notes may be made annually, semiannually, quarterly, monthly or for each semester as determined by the participating institution, depending upon the demonstrated capacity of the student to manage his financial affairs. The rate of interest charged the student shall be the maximum authorized by federal regulations. Disbursements may be made to a participating institution pursuant to a contract between the fiscal agent and the participating institution executed under the Student Loan Guarantee Act.
N.M. Stat. § 12-12-2 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12 / Section 12-12-2
§ 12-12-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Energy Emergency Powers Act:

A. “energy emergency” means an existing or imminent domestic, regional or national shortage of energy resources which may result in the curtailment of essential services or production of essential goods or the disruption of significant sectors of the economy or have a severe impact on the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of this state unless action is taken to conserve or limit the use of the energy form involved and the allocation of available energy resources among users;

B. “energy resource” means petroleum or other liquid fuels, natural or synthetic fuel gas, electricity, coal, synthetic fuel or its components;

C. “energy supply alert” means an anticipated shortfall of available energy resources on a national, regional or local basis which foreseeably could result in an energy emergency unless action is taken to reduce energy uses by the state, its agencies and political subdivisions; and

D. “person” means an individual, partnership, joint venture, private or public corporation, cooperative, association, firm, public utility, political subdivision, municipal corporation, government agency, joint operating agency or any other entity, public or private, however organized.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-38 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 8F / Section 2-8F-38
§ 2-8F-38. Senate district thirty-two
Status: in_force

Senate district thirty-two is composed of Chaves county precincts 14 through 16, 23 through 25, 31 through 35, 42, 51, 52, 61 through 64, 71 through 74, 81 through 85, 90 through 95, 101 through 104 and 106; and Eddy county precincts 1 through 4, 8, 22, 31, 41, 43 and 53.
N.M. Stat. § 76-12-5 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 12 / Section 76-12-5
§ 76-12-5. Purposes
Status: in_force

An association may be organized under this act to engage in any activity in connection with the marketing or selling of agricultural products, or with the harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, blending, canning, packing, grading, storing, warehousing, handling, shipping or utilizing such products; or in connection with the manufacturing, marketing, selling or supplying of the byproducts thereof or the manufacturing, selling or supplying of machinery, equipment, feed, fertilizer, seeds, oil, gasoline or other supplies; or in the financing of any of the above-enumerated activities or in performing or furnishing business or educational services on a cooperative basis for those engaged in agriculture as bona fide producers of agricultural products or in any one or more of the activities specified herein.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-21-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 21 / Section 59A-21-1
§ 59A-21-1. Short title; purpose
Status: in_force

A. This article may be cited as the “Group Life Insurance Law”.

B. The purpose of this article is to define group life insurance and to prescribe standard provisions required in policies of group life insurance, in order to promote the peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of this state by providing reasonable standards for issuance, delivery and terms of any policy of group life insurance, and exercise of certain rights relative thereto.
N.M. Stat. § 7-13A-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 13A / Section 7-13A-5
§ 7-13A-5. Deduction; gasoline or special fuels returned; biodiesel for subsequent blending or resale by a rack operator
Status: in_force

A. Refunds and allowances made to buyers for gasoline or special fuels returned to the refiner, pipeline terminal operator or distributor or amounts of gasoline or special fuels, the payment for which has not been collected and has been determined to be uncollectible pursuant to provisions of regulations issued by the secretary may be deducted from gallons used to determine loads for the purposes of calculating the petroleum products loading fee. If such a payment is subsequently collected, the gallons represented shall be included in determining loads. The deduction under the provisions of this section shall not be allowed if the petroleum products loading fee has not been paid previously on the petroleum products that were returned to the seller or the sale of which created an uncollectible debt.

B. Biodiesel, as defined in the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act, loaded in or imported into New Mexico and delivered to a rack operator for subsequent blending or resale by a rack operator may be deducted from gallons used to determine loads for the purposes of calculating the petroleum products loading fee.

C. A taxpayer that deducts an amount of biodiesel pursuant to Subsection B of this section shall report the deducted amount separately with the taxpayer's return in a manner prescribed by the department.

D. The department shall calculate the aggregate amount, in dollars, of the difference between the amount of the petroleum products loading fee that would have been collected in a fiscal year if not for the deduction allowed pursuant to Subsection B of this section and the amount of the petroleum products loading fee actually collected. The department shall compile an annual report that includes the aggregate amount, the number of taxpayers that deducted an amount of biodiesel pursuant to Subsection B of this section and any other information necessary to evaluate the deduction. Beginning in 2019 and every five years thereafter, the department shall compile and present the annual reports to the revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and the legislative finance committee with an analysis of the costs and benefits to the state of the deduction.

E. For purposes of this section, “ rack operator ” means the operator of a refinery in this state or the owner of special fuel stored at a pipeline terminal in this state.
N.M. Stat. § 24-3B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 3B / Section 24-3B-2
§ 24-3B-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Department of Health Education Act:

A. “department” means the department of health;

B. “educational appraisal and review committee” means the educational appraisal and review committee as defined in the special education regulations of the state public education department;

C. “evaluated school-age resident” means a school-age resident who has been evaluated by the department according to the public education department special education regulations;

D. “fund” means the department of health education fund;

E. “institution-bound resident” means an evaluated school-age resident who is not enrolled in a public school;

F. “referred school-age resident” means an evaluated school-age resident who has been referred to a school district for enrollment;

G. “school-age resident” means a school-age person as defined in Section 22-1-2 NMSA 1978 who is a client as defined in Section 43-1-3 NMSA 1978 in a state institution under the authority of the secretary; and

H. “secretary” means the secretary of health.
N.M. Stat. § 25-6-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 6 / Section 25-6-3
§ 25-6-3. Purpose of the act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Egg Grading Act is to assure that no person, firm or corporation shall sell or have in his possession with the intent to sell, offer or expose for sale, or traffic in, any egg unfit for human food, unless the same is broken in shell and then denatured so that it cannot be used for human food, if it is or has:

A. addled or white rot;

B. moldy;

C. black rot;

D. blood ring;

E. stuck yolk;

F. sour;

G. green whites;

H. musty; or

I. incubator reject eggs.
N.M. Stat. § 21-10-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 10 / Section 21-10-2
§ 21-10-2. Indian resources development program created
Status: in_force

There is created the “Indian resources development program” to assist the education and training, through practical on-the-job experience opportunities, of Indian students in the agricultural, engineering and associated management sciences for the purpose of insuring the successful development and management of the agricultural and energy resources on Indian lands.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-46-34 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 46 / Section 59A-46-34
§ 59A-46-34. Prohibited practices
Status: in_force

A. No health maintenance organization, or representative thereof, may cause or knowingly permit the use of advertising which is untrue or misleading, solicitation which is untrue or misleading, or any form of evidence of coverage which is deceptive. For purposes of this article:

(1) a statement or item of information is deemed to be untrue if it does not conform to fact in any respect which is or may be significant to an enrollee of, or person considering enrollment in a health maintenance organization;

(2) a statement or item of information is deemed to be misleading, whether or not it may be literally untrue, if, in the total context in which such statement is made or such item of information is communicated, such statement or item of information may be reasonably understood by a reasonable person, not possessing special knowledge regarding health care coverage, as indicating any benefit or advantage or the absence of any exclusion, limitation or disadvantage of possible significance to an enrollee of, or person considering enrollment in, a health maintenance organization, if such benefit or advantage or absence of limitation, exclusion, or disadvantage does not in fact exist; and

(3) an evidence of coverage is deemed to be deceptive if the evidence of coverage taken as a whole, and with consideration given to typography and format, as well as language, shall be such as to cause a reasonable person, not possessing special knowledge regarding health care coverage and evidences of coverage therefor, to expect benefits, services, charges, or other advantages which the evidence of coverage does not provide or which the health maintenance organization issuing such evidence of coverage does not regularly make available for enrollees covered under such evidence of coverage.

B. An enrollee may not be canceled or nonrenewed on the basis of the status of his health.

C. No health maintenance organization, unless licensed as an insurer, may use in its name, contracts or literature any of the words “insurance,” “casualty,” “surety,” “mutual” or any other words descriptive of the insurance, casualty or surety business if such words are used in a manner to imply that such coverages are being illegally offered by the health maintenance organization or if deceptively similar to the name or description of any insurance or surety corporation doing business in the state.

D. Any person not in possession of a valid certificate of authority issued pursuant to this article shall not use the phrase “health maintenance organization” or “HMO” in the course of operation.
N.M. Stat. § 47-1A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 1A / Section 47-1A-2
§ 47-1A-2. Risk of loss
Status: in_force

A contract made after the effective date of the Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act for the purchase and sale of real estate shall be interpreted as including an agreement that the parties shall have the following rights and duties, unless the contract expressly provides otherwise:

A. if, when neither the legal title nor the possession of the subject matter of the contract have been transferred, all or a material part thereof is destroyed without fault of the purchaser or is taken by eminent domain, the vendor cannot enforce the contract, and the purchaser is entitled to recover any portion of the price that has been paid; or

B. if, when either the legal title or the possession of the subject matter of the contract has been transferred, all or any part thereof is destroyed without fault of the vendor or is taken by eminent domain, the purchaser is not thereby relieved from a duty to pay the price, nor is he entitled to recover any portion thereof that has been paid.
N.M. Stat. § 28-17-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 17 / Section 28-17-15
§ 28-17-15. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

The agency shall ensure that:

A. no individual or a member of the immediate family of an individual involved in the designation of the ombudsman or the designation of a regional or local ombudsman is subject to a conflict of interest;

B. no officer or employee of the office, ombudsman coordinator or representative, or a member of their immediate family, is subject to a conflict of interest; and

C. any ombudsman:

(1) does not have a direct involvement in the licensing or certification of a long-term care facility or of a provider of a long-term care service;

(2) does not have an ownership or investment interest, represented by equity, debt or other financial relationship, in a long-term care facility or a long-term care service;

(3) is not employed by, or participating in the management of, a long-term care facility; and

(4) does not receive, or have the right to receive, directly or indirectly, remuneration in cash or in kind under a compensation arrangement with an owner or operator of a long-term care facility.