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N.M. Stat. § 7-15A-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 15A / Section 7-15A-16
§ 7-15A-16. Civil penalties; under-mileage reporters; under-weight reporters
Status: in_force

Any person required to file a report pursuant to Subsection B of Section 7-15A-8 NMSA 1978 that is determined to have reported less than the mileage actually traveled on New Mexico highways during a tax payment period or less than the actual gross vehicle weight traveled during a tax payment period shall, in addition to any other applicable fees, penalties and interest, pay an additional penalty computed in accordance with the following schedule:

Weight Distance Tax Owed Per Period

Penalty

$1 to $99

$ 100

$100 to $499

$ 500

$500 to $999

$1,000

$1,000 to $1,499

$1,500

$1,500 to $1,999

$2,000

$2,000 to $2,499

$2,500

$2,500 to $2,999

$3,000

$3,000 and over

$4,000.
N.M. Stat. § 30-42-4 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 42 / Section 30-42-4
§ 30-42-4. Prohibited activities; penalties
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for a person who has received proceeds derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity in which the person has participated, to use or invest, directly or indirectly, any part of the proceeds or the proceeds derived from the investment or use in the acquisition of an interest in, or the establishment or operation of, an enterprise. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty of a second degree felony.

B. It is unlawful for a person to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity in order to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, an interest in or control of an enterprise. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty of a second degree felony.

C. It is unlawful for a person employed by or associated with an enterprise to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in the conduct of the enterprise's affairs by engaging in a pattern of racketeering activity. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty of a second degree felony.

D. It is unlawful for a person to conspire to violate the provisions of Subsections A through C of this section. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty of a third degree felony.

E. Whoever is convicted of a violation of Subsection A, B, C or D of this section in addition to the prescribed penalties shall forfeit to the state of New Mexico:

(1) any interest acquired or maintained in violation of the Racketeering Act; and

(2) any interest in, security of, claim against or property or contractual right of any kind affording a source of influence over an enterprise that the person has established, operated, controlled, conducted or participated in the conduct of in violation of the Racketeering Act.

F. The provisions of the Forfeiture Act 1 apply to the seizure, forfeiture and disposal of property described in Subsection E of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 2-5-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 2-5-3
§ 2-5-3. Legislative finance committee; duties
Status: in_force

The committee shall:

A. direct the director of the legislative finance committee in his work;

B. examine the laws governing the finances and operation of departments, agencies and institutions of New Mexico and all of its political subdivisions, the effect of laws on the proper functioning of these governmental units, the policies and costs of governmental units as related to the laws;

C. recommend changes in these laws if any are deemed desirable, and draft and present to the legislature any legislation necessary;

D. make a full report of its findings and recommendations for the consideration of each successive legislature following its original establishment, the report and suggested legislation to be available to each member of the legislature on or before the first day of the regular session thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 19-1-13 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 19-1-13
§ 19-1-13. Maintenance fund balance; apportionment
Status: in_force

Any balance remaining in the state lands maintenance fund on June 30 of each year shall be apportioned by the state treasurer among the several funds from which derived. In addition, the state treasurer shall make distributions in such amounts as the commissioner may determine to be surplus.
N.M. Stat. § 1-21-11 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 21 / Section 1-21-11
§ 1-21-11. Handling presidential ballots by absent voter precinct board
Status: in_force

Presidential ballots shall be handled in the same manner as that specified for absentee ballots in the Election Code.
N.M. Stat. § 6-24-27 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 24 / Section 6-24-27
§ 6-24-27. Revenue and budget reports; records; independent audits
Status: in_force

A. The board shall:

(1) submit quarterly and annual reports to the governor and the legislative finance committee disclosing the total lottery revenue, prizes, commissions, ticket costs, operating expenses and other revenue of the authority during the reporting period and, in the annual report, describe the organizational structure of the authority and summarize the functions performed by each organizational division within the authority;

(2) maintain weekly or more frequent records of lottery transactions, including the distribution of lottery tickets to retailers, revenue received, claims for prizes, prizes paid, prizes forfeited and other financial transactions of the authority; and

(3) use the state government fiscal year.

B. The board shall provide, for informational purposes, to the department of finance and administration and the legislative finance committee, by December 1 of each year, a copy of the annual proposed operating budget for the authority for the succeeding fiscal year. This budget proposal shall also be accompanied by an estimate of the revenue to be deposited in the lottery tuition fund for the current and succeeding fiscal years.

C. The board shall contract with an independent certified public accountant or firm for an annual financial audit of the authority. The certified public accountant or firm shall have no financial interest in any lottery contractor. The certified public accountant or firm shall present an audit report no later than March 1 for the prior fiscal year. The certified public accountant or firm shall evaluate the internal auditing controls in effect during the audit period. The cost of this financial audit shall be an operating expense of the authority. The legislative finance committee may, at any time, order an audit of any phase of the operations of the authority, at the expense of the authority, and shall receive a copy of the annual independent financial audit. A copy of any audit performed by the certified public accountant or ordered by the legislative finance committee shall be transmitted to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president pro tempore of the senate, the legislative finance committee and the legislative council service library.
N.M. Stat. § 10-9-8 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 9 / Section 10-9-8
§ 10-9-8. Personnel board; appointment
Status: in_force

The personnel board is created, and shall be composed of five members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate, who shall serve staggered terms of five years each with one board member's term expiring each year. No person shall be a member of the board or eligible for appointment to the board who is an employee in the service, holds political office or is an officer of a political organization.
N.M. Stat. § 69-3-18 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 3 / Section 69-3-18
§ 69-3-18. Abandonment of mining claims; methods; encumbered claims
Status: in_force

In addition to the provision of law now in force in respect to the abandonment of mining claims, they may be abandoned in the following manner: the owner or owners of any mining claim, wishing to abandon the same, may sign and acknowledge in the same manner provided by law for the acknowledgment of deeds, and file for record in the office of the county clerk, a certificate describing the same, stating when and by whom located, the name of the claim, the book and page where the notice of location of such claim is recorded; that he or they give up and abandon such claim, and that the same is open and subject to relocation. Upon the filing of such certificate, the mining claim therein described shall be considered abandoned and open to relocation as if the same had never been located, and the owner or owners thereof forever estopped from claiming any right or interest therein under the location mentioned in said certificate; provided, that this provision for abandonment shall not apply to any claim or location upon which any mortgage, lien or other encumbrance exists.
N.M. Stat. § 21-3-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 21-3-19
§ 21-3-19. Protection of interest and retirement fund of New Mexico highlands university
Status: in_force

That for the faithful and prompt payment of all interest and principal of said bonds as and when the same shall mature according to the tenor thereof, the issue thereof shall constitute an irrevocable pledge by said board of so much of each year's income from the permanent funds of such New Mexico normal university [New Mexico highlands university], so issuing bonds hereunder, in the hands of the treasurer, as shall be needed to provide the “interest and retirement fund” herein mentioned, for the ensuing year, and at all times fully and faithfully to keep the same in not less than the amount necessary to pay the interest and principal maturing as aforesaid; and in addition thereto the issue of said bonds shall constitute an irrevocable pledge by said board of so much of each year's income from the income and current fund derived from the lease of such of said institution's lands as remain unsold, as may be necessary to fully protect the “interest and retirement fund” for the ensuing year, and keep the same at all times in proper amount as herein provided.
N.M. Stat. § 74-9-7 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 9 / Section 74-9-7
§ 74-9-7. Plan; information required from counties and municipalities
Status: in_force

A. As a basis for developing and preparing the plan, the director shall request and shall use information from each county and municipality or combinations of counties and municipalities as further authorized under the provisions of this section.

B. The director shall prepare and distribute to each county and municipality guidelines to assist it in the preparation of the plan information submittals. These guidelines shall be distributed no later than October 1, 1990. The guidelines shall include requirements for submittal of:

(1) documentation that demonstrates that the submitting county or municipality considered combining with one or more other counties or municipalities, or both, to form a district for solid waste planning and local implementation of program elements for which the county's or municipality's participation is required under the provisions of the Solid Waste Act; and

(2) information to be furnished by counties or municipalities for their respective jurisdictions that corresponds generally to the provisions of Section 74-9-6 NMSA 1978 .

C. If a county or municipality indicates in its submission that it has developed through a joint powers agreement or otherwise a plan for formation of a solid waste district with one or more other participating counties or municipalities, that proposed district shall be recommended to the board by the director for designation under Section 74-9-11 NMSA 1978 .

D. In developing the information to be submitted to the director, each county and municipality shall provide:

(1) for the maximum public participation in the process that is possible within time constraints and available resources; and

(2) for obtaining information from representatives of the private sector involved in solid waste management.

E. The information submitted to the director shall include a description of methods used by the county or municipality to achieve the participation required under Subsection D of this section.

F. If a county or municipality or any combination of counties or municipalities designates in a plan information submittal proposed county, municipal or regional landfill disposal sites, and the sites comply with applicable substantive permitting requirements established by the Solid Waste Act and regulations adopted pursuant to that act, the designations shall be binding upon the director unless he applies for and receives from the board authorization to change a designation.

G. Counties and municipalities shall furnish the documentation and information described in Subsection B of this section no later than July 1, 1992.

H. Failure by a county or municipality to furnish information that is required by the director, giving due regard to the particular demographic, geographic, economic and other appropriate characteristics of the county or municipality, may render it ineligible to be a recipient of any grants authorized under the provisions of the Solid Waste Act and established by regulations adopted by the board.
N.M. Stat. § 7-13-5 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-5
§ 7-13-5. Tax returns; payment of tax
Status: in_force

Distributors shall file gasoline tax returns in form and content as prescribed by the secretary on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month following the month in which gasoline is received in New Mexico. Such returns shall be accompanied by payment of the amount of gasoline tax due. The department may require that the tax returns be provided through electronic means as long as an exception is provided for distributors with limited amounts of fuel distributed.
N.M. Stat. § 5-9-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 5-9-14
§ 5-9-14. Tax increment method; base value for distribution
Status: in_force

If the tax increment method of financing enterprise zone projects is used, the base value shall be the value used in calculating the limit of general obligation indebtedness imposed by the constitution of New Mexico and the statutes of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 1-3A-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 3A / Section 1-3A-7
§ 1-3A-7. District plans; requirements and prohibitions
Status: in_force

A. The committee shall develop district plans in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) congressional districts shall be as equal in population as practicable;

(2) state districts shall be substantially equal in population; no plans for state office will be considered that have a total deviation of more than ten percent;

(3) the committee shall use the most recent federal decennial census data generated by the United States census bureau and may use other reliable sources of demographic data as determined by majority vote of the committee;

(4) proposed redistricting plans to be considered by the legislature shall not be composed of districts that split precincts;

(5) plans must comport with the provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and federal constitutional standards; plans that dilute a protected minority's voting strength are unacceptable; race may be considered in developing redistricting plans but shall not be the predominant consideration; traditional race-neutral districting principles shall not be subordinated to racial considerations;

(6) all redistricting plans shall use only single-member districts;

(7) districts shall be drawn consistent with traditional districting principles;

(8) districts shall be composed of contiguous precincts and shall be reasonably compact;

(9) to the extent feasible, districts shall be drawn in an attempt to preserve communities of interest and shall take into consideration political and geographic boundaries, including the boundaries of Indian nations, tribes and pueblos; and

(10) in addition, and to the extent feasible, the committee may seek to preserve the core of existing districts.

B. The committee may incorporate suggested changes to its proposed district plans in accordance with public comments and testimony it receives, but shall not subordinate the requirements of Paragraphs (1) through (9) of Subsection A of this section in doing so.

C. When proposing or adopting district plans, the committee shall not:

(1) use, rely upon or reference partisan data, such as voting history or party registration data; provided that voting history in elections may be considered to ensure that the district plan complies with applicable federal law; or

(2) consider the voting address of candidates or incumbents, except to avoid the pairing of incumbents unless necessary to conform to other traditional districting principles.
N.M. Stat. § 10-17-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 17 / Section 10-17-9
§ 10-17-9. Defaulting officers; auditor's transcript of account; purpose
Status: in_force

Whenever any revenue officer or other person responsible for public money has neglected or refused or shall in future neglect or refuse to pay over to the state treasurer the sum or balance for which he is accountable, and which is due to the state, upon the settlement of his accounts, it shall be the duty of the state auditor to make a transcript of the account of such officer or person, with the state, showing the sum due the state by such officer or person, which said account shall be certified as true and correct, as taken from the books of the auditor, and shall be signed by said auditor and sealed with his official seal, and if he shall have no official seal, with his private seal, and the auditor shall transmit the same immediately, together with correct copies of any other document, bond, obligation or other instrument of writing, signed, sealed and certified as aforesaid, to the district attorney or attorney general to be used in the prosecution of such judge, officer, individual and their sureties, if they have such sureties.
N.M. Stat. § 72-12-1 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 12 / Section 72-12-1
§ 72-12-1. Underground waters declared to be public; applications for livestock watering, domestic and temporary uses of water
Status: in_force

The water of underground streams, channels, artesian basins, reservoirs or lakes, having reasonably ascertainable boundaries, is declared to belong to the public and is subject to appropriation for beneficial use. By reason of the varying amounts and time such water is used and the relatively small amounts of water consumed in the watering of livestock; in irrigation of not to exceed one acre of noncommercial trees, lawn or garden; in household or other domestic use; and in prospecting, mining or construction of public works, highways and roads or drilling operations designed to discover or develop the natural resources of the state, application for any such use shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 72-12-1.1 through 72-12-1.3 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 53-2-4 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 53-2-4
§ 53-2-4. Corporations; compilation
Status: in_force

The public regulation commission [secretary of state] shall compile annually from the records of its office a complete list, in alphabetical order, of the original and amended certificates of incorporation filed during the preceding year, together with the location of the principal office in this state of the corporations affected, the name of the agent in charge, the amount of the authorized capital stock, the amount of stock with which business is to be commenced, the date of filing the certificate and the period for which the corporation is to continue.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4A / Section 13-4A-6
§ 13-4A-6. Works of art
Status: in_force

The works of art acquired pursuant to the Art in Public Places Act may be an integral part of the building, attached to the building, detached within or outside the structure or placed on public lands, part of a temporary exhibition or loaned or exhibited by the agency in other public facilities.
N.M. Stat. § 35-14-9 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 14 / Section 35-14-9
§ 35-14-9. Penalty
Status: in_force

Any municipal judge violating any provision relating to making reports or remitting money collected is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-58 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-58
§ 6-10-58. Signing checks for state funds
Status: in_force

From and after the taking effect of this act, all checks drawn against any funds in the hands of the state treasurer shall be signed by the state treasurer or his duly authorized deputy.
N.M. Stat. § 3-29-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 29 / Section 3-29-11
§ 3-29-11. Membership
Status: in_force

All persons within a community who participate or desire to participate in any project may become members of an association upon complying with the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of directors of the association, such rules and regulations to meet with the approval of the department. Any person or persons who did not participate in an original project shall be admitted to membership in an association upon payment to the association of a reasonable fee as determined by the board of directors and the department.
N.M. Stat. § 20-4-7.3 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 4 / Section 20-4-7.3
§ 20-4-7.3. Service members' life insurance reimbursement fund created; purpose; appropriation
Status: in_force

A. The “service members' life insurance reimbursement fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of legislative appropriations to the fund; gifts, grants, donations and bequests to the fund; and income from investment of the fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be made on warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration signed by the adjutant general of the department of military affairs or the adjutant general's authorized representative.

B. The fund shall be administered by the department of military affairs, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department of military affairs for the purpose of reimbursing eligible members of the New Mexico national guard for premiums paid for benefits under the servicemembers' group life insurance program pursuant to 38 U.S.C. Section 1965 et seq., as amended.

C. The department of military affairs shall adopt rules necessary to determine eligibility for reimbursement from the service members' life insurance reimbursement fund and to implement a reimbursement program.

D. Nothing in this section is intended to alter, amend or change the eligibility or applicability of the servicemembers' group life insurance program pursuant to 38 U.S.C. Section 1965 et seq., as amended, or any rights, responsibilities or benefits thereunder.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-99 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-99
§ 72-20-99. Freedom from judicial process
Status: in_force

Execution or other judicial process shall not issue against any property of the authority authorized in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, nor shall any judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon its property.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-51 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-51
§ 2-7F-51. Representative district forty-five
Status: in_force

Representative district forty-five is composed of Santa Fe county precincts 29, 50, 51, 56, 62, 64, 75 through 78, 86, 89, 96, 105, 106, 116, 117, 124, 133, 140 through 144, 149, 151, 170, 173, 176 and 179.
N.M. Stat. § 58-17-1 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 17 / Section 58-17-1
§ 58-17-1. Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

It is declared to be necessary in the public interest that cemeteries advertising or selling “endowed care or perpetual care” in connection with the sale of cemetery lots or burial spaces be subject to sufficient regulation by the state to ensure the establishment of sound business practices necessary to furnish the endowed care or perpetual care guaranteed. The provisions of the Endowed Care Cemetery Act shall be liberally construed to carry out its purposes.