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N.M. Stat. § 6-4-2.2 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-2.2
§ 6-4-2.2. General fund tax stabilization reserve
Status: in_force

A. The “tax stabilization reserve” is created within the state treasury as a reserve fund of the state.

B. The tax stabilization reserve consists of money directed or appropriated to it by law and all income from investment of the reserve. The state investment officer, subject to the approval of the state investment council, shall invest money in the reserve:

(1) in accordance with the prudent investor rule set forth in the Uniform Prudent Investor Act; and

(2) in consultation with the state treasurer.

C. The state investment officer shall report quarterly to the legislative finance committee and the state investment council on the investments made pursuant to this section. Annually, a report shall be submitted no later than October 1 each year to the legislative finance committee, the revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and any other appropriate interim committees.

D. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection E of this section and Subsection B of Section 6-4-4 NMSA 1978 , any balance of the tax stabilization reserve may be:

(1) appropriated only by a two-thirds' majority vote of both houses of the legislature following receipt by the legislature of a declaration of the governor that such an appropriation is necessary for the public peace, health and safety; or

(2) expended by the governor only:

(a) pursuant to an appropriation made by a two-thirds' majority vote of both houses of the legislature specifying the amount of the appropriation and the purpose of the expenditure; and

(b) if the governor declares that the expenditure is necessary for the public peace, health and safety.

E. If general fund revenues, including all transfers to the general fund authorized by law, are projected by the governor to be insufficient either to meet the level of appropriations authorized by law from the general fund for the current fiscal year or to meet the level of appropriations recommended in the budget and appropriations bill submitted in accordance with Section 6-3-21 NMSA 1978 for the next fiscal year, the balance in the tax stabilization reserve may be appropriated by the legislature up to the amount of the projected insufficiency for either or both fiscal years.
N.M. Stat. § 5-15-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 15 / Section 5-15-13
§ 5-15-13. Authority to impose property tax levy
Status: in_force

A district has the power to establish a property tax levy upon real property located within the tax increment development area, with the following limitations:

A. the maximum property tax levy a district may impose is five dollars ($5.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code, which may be used for operation, maintenance and capital improvements, in furtherance of the purposes of the Tax Increment for Development Act;

B. a district may impose a property tax levy only after authorization through a determination made by the owners of real property in the district and by a majority of votes cast by the qualified resident electors of a district in an election held in accordance with the Local Election Act and the Tax Increment for Development Act; and

C. a property tax levy imposed by a district shall not be effective for more than four years.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-13.2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-13.2
§ 22-8-13.2. Financial reporting
Status: in_force

A. Each local superintendent or person in charge of the fiscal management of a charter school shall provide quarterly reports on the financial position of the school district or charter school, as applicable, to the local school board of the school district or the governing body of the charter school for use in reviewing the financial status of the school district or charter school. The department shall develop the forms to be used for the financial reporting required under this section. The forms shall provide for at least the following:

(1) a report on the budget status of the local school district or charter school, including the approved operating budget for revenues and expenses compared with year-to-date actual revenue and expenses;

(2) a statement of any budget adjustment requests;

(3) cash reports, including revenue, expenses, temporary loans and cash balances for operational, state and federal grants, capital outlay and debt service funds;

(4) voucher reports, including a list of issued warrants or checks;

(5) reports listing procurement, travel or gas card expenses; and

(6) investment reports.

B. School districts and charter schools shall post the reports required under Subsection A of this section on the school district's or charter school's web site.

C. As used in this section:

(1) “ charter school ” means a school organized as a charter school pursuant to the provisions of the Charter Schools Act; and

(2) “ governing body ” means the governing structure of a charter school as set forth in the school's charter.
N.M. Stat. § 58-7-3.4 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 7 / Section 58-7-3.4
§ 58-7-3.4. Right of rescission
Status: in_force

All agreements for precomputed loan transactions shall include a provision granting the borrower the right to rescind the transaction by returning in cash, or through certified funds, one hundred percent of the amount advanced by the lender pursuant to the New Mexico Bank Installment Loan Act of 1959 no later than the close of business New Mexico time or, if the loan was made online, no later than midnight New Mexico time on the first day of business conducted by the lender following the date of execution of the loan agreement. If a borrower exercises the right of rescission pursuant to this section, no fee for the rescinded transaction shall be charged to the borrower, and the lender shall not charge or impose on the borrower a fee for exercising the right of rescission pursuant to this section. If a borrower exercises the right of rescission pursuant to this section, any fee collected by the lender shall be returned in full to the borrower.
N.M. Stat. § 4-44-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 44 / Section 4-44-5
§ 4-44-5. Class B counties; intermediate valuation; salaries
Status: in_force

The annual salaries of elected officers of a class B county with an assessed valuation of over seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) but under three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall not exceed, for:

A. county commissioners, twenty-one thousand five hundred thirty-four dollars ($21,534) each;

B. treasurer, sixty-four thousand eight hundred forty-four dollars ($64,844);

C. assessor, sixty-four thousand eight hundred forty-four dollars ($64,844);

D. sheriff, sixty-seven thousand eight hundred fourteen dollars ($67,814);

E. county clerk, sixty-four thousand eight hundred forty-four dollars ($64,844); and

F. probate judge, fifteen thousand ninety-eight dollars ($15,098).
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-47 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-47
§ 6-10-47. Safekeeping and insurance of money and securities in state treasury; payment of cost
Status: in_force

The state board of finance shall have power to contract for the safekeeping and insurance of all monies or securities in the state treasury, the cost of such safekeeping and insurance to be paid out of the interest on deposit fund upon warrants drawn by the state auditor.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15E-7 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15E / Section 9-15E-7
§ 9-15E-7. Fund created
Status: in_force

A. The “bioscience development fund” is created in the state treasury. Separate accounts within the fund may be created for any project. Money in the fund, subject to appropriation by the legislature, may be expended by the authority for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Bioscience Development Act. Any general fund balance from money appropriated by the legislature in the fund shall revert at the end of a fiscal year.

B. Except as provided in this section, money received by the authority shall be deposited in the fund, including:

(1) money appropriated by the legislature;

(2) interest earned upon money in the fund;

(3) property or securities acquired through the use of money belonging to the fund;

(4) all earnings of property or securities acquired pursuant to Paragraph (3) of this subsection;

(5) all of the money received by the authority from a public or private source; and

(6) fees, rents or other charges imposed and collected by the authority.

C. Disbursements from the bioscience development fund shall be made only upon warrant drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of economic development or the secretary's designee pursuant to the Bioscience Development Act.
N.M. Stat. § 5-18-8 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 18 / Section 5-18-8
§ 5-18-8. Special assessment bonds
Status: in_force

A. A district may issue one or more series of bonds to provide money for renewable energy improvements to property in the district, and the bonds may be payable from the special assessments levied pursuant to one or more assessment resolutions.

B. For any bonds issued pursuant to the Renewable Energy Financing District Act, the district board shall prescribe the denominations of the bonds, the principal amount of each issue and the form of the bonds and shall establish the maturities, which shall not exceed twenty years, interest payment dates and interest rates, whether fixed or variable, not exceeding the maximum rate stated in the resolution of the district board. The bonds may be sold by competitive bid or negotiated sale for public or private offering at, below or above par. The proceeds of the bonds shall be deposited with the treasurer, or with a trustee or agent designated by the district board, to the credit of the district to be withdrawn for the purposes provided by the Renewable Energy Financing District Act. Pending that use, the proceeds may be invested as determined by the district. The bonds shall be made payable as to both principal and interest solely from revenues of the district, and shall specify the revenues pledged for such purposes, and shall contain such other terms, conditions, covenants and agreements as the district board deems proper.

C. No holder of special assessment bonds issued pursuant to the Renewable Energy Financing District Act may compel any exercise of the taxing power of the district, municipality or county to pay the bonds or the interest on the bonds. Special assessment bonds issued pursuant to that act are not a debt or general obligation of the county or the municipality in which the district is located, nor is the payment of special assessment bonds enforceable out of any money other than the revenue pledged to the payment of the bonds.

D. Pursuant to this section, the district may issue and sell refunding bonds to refund any special assessment bonds of the district authorized by the Renewable Energy Financing District Act. Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this section shall have a final maturity date no later than the final maturity date of the bonds being refunded.
N.M. Stat. § 14-5-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 5 / Section 14-5-9
§ 14-5-9. Effect of replacement of recovered document
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Public Records Recovery Act shall be construed to enlarge the rights of a person claiming an interest in real property under a document recovered under the terms of that act, or to make any conclusive presumptions as to the authenticity of the recovered documents.
N.M. Stat. § 18-3-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 18-3-10
§ 18-3-10. Temporary provision; transfers
Status: in_force

On the effective date of this act:

A. all functions, personnel, money, appropriations, records, files, furniture, equipment and other property of the museum of fine art or the museum of fine art division of the cultural affairs department shall be transferred to the New Mexico museum of art or the New Mexico museum of art division of that department, respectively;

B. all functions, personnel, money, appropriations, records, files, furniture, equipment and other property of the museum services division of the cultural affairs department shall be transferred to the museum resources division of that department;

C. all contractual obligations of the museum of fine art or museum of fine art division of the cultural affairs department shall be binding on the New Mexico museum of art or the New Mexico museum of art division of that department, respectively;

D. all contractual obligations of the museum services division of the cultural affairs department shall be binding on the museum resources division of that department;

E. all statutory references to the museum of fine art or museum of fine art division of the cultural affairs department shall be deemed to be references to the New Mexico museum of art or the New Mexico museum of art division of that department, respectively; and

F. all statutory references to the museum services division of the cultural affairs department shall be deemed to be references to the museum resources division of that department.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-36 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-36
§ 19-4-36. Probate judges declared county judges for purpose of trust
Status: in_force

The probate judges of the several counties in this state and their successors in office, are hereby declared to be county judges, for the purpose of executing the trust mentioned in the aforesaid act of congress.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-26 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-26
§ 4-55A-26. Improvement district; private or public sale of property; redemption period; application for authorization; appraisement; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

A. No real property shall be sold by the trustee to satisfy a delinquent assessment until at least fifteen days after the date of the order, judgment or decree of the court, within which time the owner of the tract or parcel of land may pay off the decree and avoid the sale. Any real estate sold under any order, judgment or decree of court to satisfy the lien may be redeemed at any time within one year of the date of sale by the owner or mortgage holder or other person having an interest, or their assigns, by repaying to the purchaser or his assign the amount paid with interest from the date of purchase at the rate of twelve percent per year.

B. After expiration of the fifteen-day period, the trustee may sell the property at a public or private sale subject to the right of redemption, and, if not paid from the proceeds of the sale, subject to the indebtedness claimed under the lien, ad valorem taxes and other special assessments having a lien on the property which is coequal with the lien for ad valorem taxes.

C. The proceeds of the sale of the foreclosed tract or parcel of land at either a private sale or a public sale shall be applied as follows:

(1) first, to the payment of costs in giving notice of the sale and of conducting the sale;

(2) second, to costs and fees taxed against the tract or parcel of land in the foreclosure proceedings;

(3) third, on a pro rata basis, to the indebtedness claimed under the lien and to ad valorem taxes and other special assessments having a lien on the property that are coequal with the ad valorem taxes; and

(4) fourth, after all such costs, liens, assessments and taxes are paid, to the former owner, mortgage holder or other parties having an interest in the tract or parcel, upon such person providing satisfactory proof to the court of such interest and upon approval of the court. Receipts for the satisfaction of the indebtedness claimed under the lien shall be paid into the proper improvement district fund for payment of the interest and the bonds or assignable certificates. In case of the sale of any tract or parcel of land subject to more than one delinquent assessment, such remaining proceeds shall be distributed into the proper improvement district funds for such payment pro rata based upon the total unpaid amount due each such district.
N.M. Stat. § 22-4-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 4 / Section 22-4-18
§ 22-4-18. Validation of previous annexation
Status: in_force

Every member of a local school board of a local school district which has been a party to an annexation similar to that authorized in Section 1 of this act but occurring prior to the effective date of this act is determined to have been a legally authorized governing authority and such annexation is validated as of the date of the resolution adopting such action.
N.M. Stat. § 40-15-3 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 15 / Section 40-15-3
§ 40-15-3. Family preservation goals; statement of policy
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state that its laws and programs shall:

A. support intact, functional families and promote each family's ability and responsibility to raise its children;

B. strengthen families in crisis and at risk of losing their children, so that children can remain safely in their own homes when their homes are safe environments and in their communities;

C. promote the creation of well-paying, stable jobs so that families can provide for their basic needs, including health, education, food, clothing and shelter; and

D. help halt the breakup of the nuclear family, stabilize neighborhoods and strengthen communities.
N.M. Stat. § 73-10-2 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 10 / Section 73-10-2
§ 73-10-2. Water users under community ditches; voting power unaffected
Status: in_force

Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed to in any manner affect the rights of water users under community ditches in towns or villages in this state as to their voting power in determining whether any such ditch shall be included in an irrigation district, and each of said water users shall have the same right and voice in determining such question and in the signing of the statement provided for in Section 1 as he has in the control and management of such ditch.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-14 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-14
§ 53-4-14. No proxy
Status: in_force

No member shall be permitted to vote by proxy.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-27.13 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-27.13
§ 61-23-27.13. Surveying; public work
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for the state or any of its political subdivisions or any person to engage in the construction of any public work involving surveying unless the surveying is under the responsible charge of a licensed professional surveyor.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2A / Section 60-2A-8
§ 60-2A-8. Jurisdiction of commission over professional contests
Status: in_force

The commission shall have sole direction, management, control and jurisdiction over all professional contests to be conducted, held or given within New Mexico, and no professional contest shall be conducted, held or given in this state except in accordance with the provisions of the Professional Athletic Competition Act.
N.M. Stat. § 51-1-44 — NM Code / Chapter 51 / Article 1 / Section 51-1-44
§ 51-1-44. Additional definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Unemployment Compensation Law:

A. “employment” means service performed by an individual in the employ of a governmental entity unless such service is performed by an individual in the exercise of his duties:

(1) as an elected official;

(2) as a member of a legislative body or a member of the judiciary of a governmental entity of this state;

(3) as a member of the national guard or air national guard;

(4) as an employee serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, snow, earthquake, flood or similar emergency; or

(5) in a position which, under or pursuant to state law, is designated as:

(a) a major nontenured policy-making or advisory position; or

(b) a policy-making or advisory position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than eight hours per week;

B. “governmental entity” means the state or any political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing which is wholly owned by one or more states or political subdivisions;

C. “local public body” means all political subdivisions of the state or any of their agencies, instrumentalities and institutions or any county hospitals, or outpatient clinics thereof, leased to, or operated under an agreement with, a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico . The term “local public body” shall not be construed to mean school districts; and

D. “state” or “state agency” means the state of New Mexico or any of its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities or institutions, and all school districts of this state.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-23 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-23
§ 24-1-23. Disclosure by medicare health care providers; limitation on charges to recipient of services
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

(1) “health care provider” means any person who provides health care services the charges for which either he or the recipient of the services is eligible for payment or reimbursement of under provisions of the federal medicare program; and

(2) “recipient” means a person who is eligible under the federal medicare program provisions for reimbursement to him or payment on his behalf for charges for health care services.

B. A health care provider shall disclose to a recipient before providing services the provider's policy regarding whether or not the provider accepts assignment of medicare benefits.
N.M. Stat. § 49-2-13 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 2 / Section 49-2-13
§ 49-2-13. Lands held in private ownership
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of any such corporation shall have no power or control over the lands within the exterior boundaries of any such grant which are held or claimed in private ownership, except as hereinafter provided.
N.M. Stat. § 18-2-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 2 / Section 18-2-3
§ 18-2-3. Library division; creation; director
Status: in_force

A. The “library division” is created within the cultural affairs department.

B. Subject to the authority of the secretary of cultural affairs, the administrative and executive head of the library division is the “state librarian”. The state librarian shall be appointed by the secretary.
N.M. Stat. § 22-19A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 19A / Section 22-19A-3
§ 22-19A-3. Bonds not general obligations of school district or state
Status: in_force

A. A local school board may issue bonds to finance the purchase, construction, renovation, equipping and furnishing of a housing project and may irrevocably pledge any or all pledgeable revenue to the payment of those bonds and to the debt service reserve fund if one is established for the bonds.

B. Bonds shall be payable solely from pledgeable revenue and shall not constitute an indebtedness or general obligation of the school district, the state or other political subdivisions of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-30 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-30
§ 1-12-30. Conduct of election; disposition of signature roster, checklist of registered voters and machine-printed return reporting unofficial returns
Status: in_force

A. After all certificates have been executed, the presiding judge and the two election judges shall place the checklist of registered voters voting and one copy of the machine-printed returns in the stamped, addressed envelope provided for that purpose and immediately mail it to the secretary of state.

B. The signature roster, the machine-printed returns and the removable media storage device shall be returned to the county clerk. The signature roster, the machine-printed returns and the removable media storage device shall not be placed in the ballot box.

C. Signature rosters and machine-printed returns in the custody of the county clerk may be destroyed only pursuant to Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978 .

D. The county clerk shall report the unofficial total returns for the county to the secretary of state within ten hours after the polls close.