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N.M. Stat. § 7-2-30.7 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-30.7
§ 7-2-30.7. Optional designation of tax refund contribution; equine shelter rescue fund
Status: in_force

A. Any individual whose state income tax liability after application of allowable credits and tax rebates in any year is lower than the amount of money held by the department to the credit of such individual for that tax year may designate any portion of the income tax refund due to the individual to be paid to the equine shelter rescue fund. In the case of a joint return, both individuals must make such a designation.

B. The department shall revise the state income tax form to allow the designation of such contributions in the following form:

“Equine Shelter Rescue Fund--Check [ ] if you wish to contribute a part or all of your tax refund to the equine shelter rescue fund. Enter here $__________ the amount of your contribution.”.

C. 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, and any designation made under the provisions of this section to such refunds is void.
N.M. Stat. § 34-5-10 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 5 / Section 34-5-10
§ 34-5-10. Transfer of cases on appeal
Status: in_force

No matter on appeal in the supreme court or the court of appeals shall be dismissed for the reason that it should have been docketed in the other court, but it shall be transferred by the court in which it is filed to the proper court. Any transfer under this section is a final determination of jurisdiction. Whenever either court determines it has jurisdiction in a case filed in that court and proceeds to decide the matter, that determination of jurisdiction is final. No additional fees or costs shall be charged when a case is transferred to another court under this section.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-8
§ 3-60A-8. Designation of a metropolitan redevelopment area
Status: in_force

A. A local government shall not prepare a metropolitan redevelopment plan for an area unless the local government has, by resolution, determined the area to be a slum area or a blighted area or a combination thereof and designated the area as appropriate for a metropolitan redevelopment project, which resolution may be adopted only after the local government has caused to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the area of operation of the local government a notice that contains a general description of the area and the date, time and place where the local government shall hold a public hearing to consider the resolution and a notice that any interested party may appear and speak to the issue of the adoption of the resolution.

B. Notice shall be published at least twice, and the last publication shall be not less than twenty days before the hearing. The owner of any real property affected by the resolution has the right to file in the district court of the county within which the local government is located, within twenty days after the adoption of the resolution, an action to set aside the determination made by the local government.

C. A local government shall not acquire real property for a metropolitan redevelopment project unless the local government has approved a metropolitan redevelopment plan relating to the metropolitan redevelopment area in which the real property is located.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-32 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-32
§ 61-23-32. Termination of agency life; delayed repeal
Status: repealed

The state board of licensure for professional engineers and professional surveyors is terminated on July 1, 2029 pursuant to the Sunset Act. 1 The board shall continue to operate according to the provisions of the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act until July 1, 2030. Effective July 1, 2030, the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act is repealed.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-43-13 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 43 / Section 59A-43-13
§ 59A-43-13. Examination of association; financial reports
Status: in_force

The association is subject to examination and regulation by the superintendent. The board of directors shall submit, not later than June 30 each year, a financial report for the preceding calendar year in a form approved by the superintendent.
N.M. Stat. § 61-5B-11 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 5B / Section 61-5B-11
§ 61-5B-11. Impaired dentists and dental hygienists fund created
Status: in_force

A. There is created an “impaired dentists and dental hygienist fund”.

B. The fund shall be initially established by an assessment to all licensees as determined by the board and the dental hygienists committee.

C. All funds received by the board for an impaired assessment, either special or at time of relicensure, shall be deposited with the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall credit this money to the impaired dentists and dental hygienists fund.

D. Payments out of the fund shall be on vouchers issued and signed by the secretary-treasurer of the board upon warrants drawn by the department of finance and administration in accordance with the responsibilities of the board as approved by that department.

E. All amounts paid into the fund are subject to the order of the board and are to be used only for meeting necessary expenses incurred in executing the provisions and duties of the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act. All money unused at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund for use in accordance with provisions of the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act.

F. Licensees shall be assessed an impaired fee at the time of renewal. The amount of the fee shall be determined by the board and the committee and shall be established to meet the need for enforcing the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act.

G. The fund shall be used for the purpose of administration, testing, monitoring, hearings and consultation fees by the board or dental hygienists committee or their agent, which are necessary to enforce the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act. It is not the purpose of the fund to pay for treatment of impaired dentists and dental hygienists.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-24-3 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 24 / Section 32A-24-3
§ 32A-24-3. Helmet use requirements; civil penalty
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for a parent or legal guardian of a minor to knowingly permit that minor to operate or be a passenger on a bicycle, skates, scooter or skateboard unless that minor wears a well-fitted protective bicycle helmet, fastened securely upon the head with the straps of the helmet.

B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, a parent or legal guardian found guilty of violating Subsection A of this section shall pay a civil penalty of not more than ten dollars ($10.00). Magistrate and municipal courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction.

C. If a violation of Subsection A of this section is a first offense, the magistrate or municipal court may issue a verbal warning or require, in lieu of the fine imposed in Subsection B of this section, that the person found in violation provide proof that a protective helmet has been purchased for use by the minor found on the bicycle, skates, scooter or skateboard without a protective helmet.

D. A municipal court may issue only a verbal warning for a first or later violation.
N.M. Stat. § 6-25-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 25 / Section 6-25-8
§ 6-25-8. Leases of projects
Status: in_force

A. Prior to the department's lease of any project to an eligible entity, the authority shall determine:

(1) the amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and interest on project revenue bonds to be issued to finance the project;

(2) the amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds the authority establishes in connection with the retirement of the proposed project revenue bonds and the maintenance and repair of the project; and

(3) unless the terms under which the project is to be leased provide that the lessee shall maintain the project and carry all proper insurance with respect to the project, the estimated cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured.

B. The determinations required by Subsection A of this section shall be set forth in the resolution under which the proposed project revenue bonds are to be issued; and prior to the issuance of the bonds, the department shall lease or sell the project to a lessee or purchaser pursuant to an agreement conditioned upon completion of the project and providing for payment to the department and assigned to the authority or a trustee, of such rentals or payments as will be sufficient to:

(1) pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project;

(2) build up and maintain any reserve established by the authority for the bonds; and

(3) pay the costs of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured, unless the lease obligates the lessee to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the project.
N.M. Stat. § 5-8-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 5-8-10
§ 5-8-10. Agreement with owner regarding payment
Status: in_force

A municipality or county is authorized to enter into an agreement with the owner of a tract of land for which a plat has been recorded providing for a method of payment of the impact fees over an extended period of time otherwise in compliance with the Development Fees Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-58-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 58 / Section 3-58-2
§ 3-58-2. Authority to utilize revenues
Status: in_force

The governing board of any municipality or county may budget and utilize revenues for economic development promotion only upon approval by a majority of all of the members of the governing board.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11-52 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11 / Section 58-11-52
§ 58-11-52. Group purchasing
Status: in_force

A credit union may enter into arrangements and joint ventures with other credit unions, organizations or financial institutions to facilitate its members' voluntary purchase of goods, insurance and other services from third parties consistent with the purposes of the credit union, and in accordance with any applicable laws. A credit union may be compensated for services so provided.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16-13.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16 / Section 10-16-13.2
§ 10-16-13.2. Certain business sales to the employees of state agencies and local government agencies prohibited
Status: in_force

A. A public officer or employee shall not sell, offer to sell, coerce the sale of or be a party to a transaction to sell goods, services, construction or items of tangible personal property directly or indirectly through the public officer's or employee's family or a business in which the public officer or employee has a substantial interest, to an employee supervised by the public officer or employee. A public officer or employee shall not receive a commission or shall not profit from the sale or a transaction to sell goods, services, construction or items of tangible personal property to an employee supervised by the public officer or employee. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if the supervised employee initiates the sale. It is not a violation of this subsection if a public officer or employee, in good faith, is not aware that the employee to whom the goods, services, construction or items of tangible personal property are being sold is under the supervision of the public officer or employee.

B. A public officer or employee shall not sell, offer to sell, coerce the sale of or be a party to a transaction to sell goods, services, construction or items of tangible personal property, directly or indirectly through the public officer's or employee's family or a business in which the public officer or employee has a substantial interest, to a person over whom the public officer or employee has regulatory authority.

C. A public officer or employee shall not receive a commission or profit from the sale or a transaction to sell goods, services, construction or items of tangible personal property to a person over whom the public officer or employee has regulatory authority.

D. A public officer or employee shall not accept from a person over whom the public officer or employee has regulatory authority an offer of employment or an offer of a contract in which the public officer or employee provides goods, services, construction, items of tangible personal property or other things of value to the person over whom the public officer or employee has regulatory authority.
N.M. Stat. § 61-29-16.1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 29 / Section 61-29-16.1
§ 61-29-16.1. Foreign brokers; consent to service; referral fees
Status: in_force

A. A foreign broker may act in the capacity of a qualifying or associate broker with respect to commercial real estate located in New Mexico; provided that prior to performing any of the real estate activities of a qualifying or associate broker, the foreign broker enters into a transaction-specific written agreement with a New Mexico qualifying broker that includes, at a minimum:

(1) a description of the parties, the commercial real estate and any additional information necessary to identify the specific transaction governed by the agreement;

(2) the terms of compensation between the foreign broker and the New Mexico qualifying broker;

(3) the effective date and definitive termination date of the agreement; and

(4) a statement that the foreign broker agrees to:

(a) cooperate fully with the New Mexico qualifying broker and all associate brokers designated by the New Mexico qualifying broker;

(b) except for the foreign broker's interaction with the foreign broker's client, conduct all contact with parties, including the general public and other brokers, in association with the New Mexico qualifying broker or associate broker designated by the New Mexico qualifying broker;

(c) conduct all marketing and solicitations for business in the name of the New Mexico qualifying broker;

(d) timely furnish to the New Mexico qualifying broker copies of all documents related to the transaction that are required by the laws of New Mexico to be retained by its licensees, including without limitation, agency disclosure, offers, counteroffers, purchase and sale contracts, leases and closing statements;

(e) comply with and be bound by and subject to New Mexico law and the regulations of the commission; and

(f) submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of New Mexico with respect to the transaction and any and all claims related thereto by service of process upon the secretary of state of New Mexico and upon the appropriate official of the state, province or nation of the foreign broker's real estate licensure.

B. When a New Mexico associate broker or qualifying broker makes a referral to or receives a referral from a foreign broker for the purpose of receiving a fee, commission or any other consideration, the qualifying broker of the New Mexico brokerage and the foreign broker shall execute a written, transaction-specific referral agreement at the time of the referral.
N.M. Stat. § 66-13-7 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 13 / Section 66-13-7
§ 66-13-7. Blood-alcohol test; law enforcement, judicial or probation officer unauthorized to make arrest or direct test except in performance of official duties authorized by law
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Boating While Intoxicated Act is intended to authorize a law enforcement officer, or a judicial or probation officer, to make an arrest or direct the performance of a blood-alcohol or drug test, except in the performance of his official duties or as otherwise authorized by law.
N.M. Stat. § 52-5-19 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 5 / Section 52-5-19
§ 52-5-19. Fee for funding administration; workers' compensation administration fund created
Status: in_force

A. Beginning with the calendar quarter ending September 30, 2004 and for each calendar quarter thereafter, there is assessed against each employer who is required or elects to be covered by the Workers' Compensation Act a fee equal to two dollars thirty cents ($2.30) multiplied by the number of employees covered by the Workers' Compensation Act that the employer has on the last working day of each quarter. At the same time, there is assessed against each employee covered by the Workers' Compensation Act on the last working day of each quarter a fee of two dollars ($2.00), which shall be deducted from the wages of the employee by the employer and remitted along with the fee assessed on the employer. The fees shall be remitted by the last day of the month following the end of the quarter for which they are due.

B. The taxation and revenue department may deduct from the gross fees collected an amount not to exceed five percent of the gross fees collected to reimburse the department for costs of administration.

C. The taxation and revenue department shall pay over the net fees collected to the state treasurer to be deposited by him in a fund hereby created and to be known as the “workers' compensation administration fund”. Expenditures shall be made from this fund on vouchers signed by the director for the necessary expenses of the workers' compensation administration; provided that an amount equal to thirty cents ($.30) per employee of the fee assessed against an employer shall be distributed from the workers' compensation administration fund to the uninsured employers' fund.

D. The workers' compensation fee authorized in this section shall be administered and enforced by the taxation and revenue department under the provisions of the Tax Administration Act.
N.M. Stat. § 61-1-1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 1 / Section 61-1-1
§ 61-1-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 61, Article 1 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Uniform Licensing Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 72-17-51 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-51
§ 72-17-51. Ranking among securities of same issue
Status: in_force

All securities of the same issue or series shall be equally and ratably secured without priority by reason of number, date of maturity, date of securities, of sale, of execution, or of delivery, by a lien on said revenues in accordance with the provisions of this act and the resolution authorizing, or other instrument appertaining to, said securities, except to the extent such resolution or other instrument shall otherwise expressly provide.
N.M. Stat. § 5-19-1 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 19 / Section 5-19-1
§ 5-19-1. Validity of current franchise and right-of-way agreements
Status: in_force

Municipal and county franchise and other agreements with public utilities, as “ public utility ” is defined by Subsection G of Section 62-3-3 NMSA 1978 , providing access to public rights of way that are in effect as of January 1, 2010, are valid and enforceable agreements, including those that provide for a payment of fees by the public utility expressed as a percentage of the public utility's revenues or otherwise and including expired agreements that have continued to be honored by both the public utility and the local government according to their terms, regardless of the expiration date of the agreements, if both the public utility and the local government continue to abide by the terms of the expired agreement.
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-40 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-40
§ 53-11-40. Quorum of directors
Status: in_force

A majority of the number of directors as fixed pursuant to Section 53-11-36 NMSA 1978 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. A quorum, once attained at a meeting, shall be deemed to continue until adjournment notwithstanding the voluntary withdrawal of enough directors to leave less than a quorum. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-63 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-63
§ 7-1-63. Assessment of tax due; application of payment
Status: in_force

A. If, after any business is transferred to a successor, any tax from operating the business for which the former owner is liable remains due, the successor shall pay the amount due within thirty days. If the successor fails to pay within thirty days of the date notice provided for in Section 7-1-62 NMSA 1978 was mailed or if a certificate was not requested, the department shall assess the successor the amount due.

B. Upon the payment of the amount due from the amount placed in a trust account as provided by Subsection C of Section 7-1-61 NMSA 1978 , the balance, if any, remaining may be released to the former owner or otherwise lawfully disposed of. The former owner shall be credited with the payment of tax.

C. A successor may discharge an assessment made pursuant to this section by paying to the department the full value of the transferred tangible and intangible property. The successor shall remain liable for the amount assessed, however, until the amount is paid if:

(1) the business has been transferred to evade or defeat any tax;

(2) the transfer of the business amounts to a de facto merger, consolidation or mere continuation of the transferor's business; or

(3) the successor has assumed the liability.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-28-12 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 28 / Section 32A-28-12
§ 32A-28-12. Investigations
Status: in_force

A. Within twenty-four hours of initiating an investigation that involves an Indian child, the department shall notify the Indian child's tribe of:

(1) the investigation;

(2) the involvement of the Indian child;

(3) the department's obligation to collaborate with the Indian child's tribe to identify a potential qualified expert witness or witnesses to participate in the proceeding if the investigation results in a child custody proceeding; and

(4) the department's obligation to identify a potential qualified expert witness or witnesses no later than thirty days prior to a child custody or termination proceeding.

B. During an investigation that involves an Indian child, the department shall:

(1) coordinate services with the Indian child's tribe to prevent taking the child into custody;

(2) provide culturally appropriate remedial services designed to prevent the breakup of the Indian family; and

(3) make active efforts to identify extended family members and fictive kin able to be alternative care providers or to ensure the safety of the child.

C. The department's active efforts to coordinate services to prevent taking the Indian child into custody shall be documented in any subsequent action that may result in the child coming into the department's custody.

D. Before filing a petition related to an Indian child, the department shall notify the Indian child's tribe of the results of the investigation, including the active efforts that have been made to provide remedial services and rehabilitative programs designed to prevent the breakup of the Indian family and that these efforts have proved unsuccessful, resulting in the department's intention to file the petition.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-65 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-65
§ 72-20-65. Facsimile signatures
Status: in_force

Any of the officers, after filing with the secretary of state the officer's manual signature certified by the officer under oath, may execute or cause to be executed with a facsimile signature in lieu of the officer's manual signature any security authorized in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act; provided that such a filing is not a condition of execution with a facsimile signature of any interest coupon, and provided that at least one signature required or permitted to be placed on each such security, excluding any interest coupon, shall be manually subscribed. An officer's facsimile signature has the same legal effect as the officer's manual signature.