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N.M. Stat. § 6-21-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-18
§ 6-21-18. Agreement of the state
Status: in_force

The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued under the New Mexico Finance Authority Act that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders thereof or in any way impair the rights and remedies of those holders until the bonds or notes together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of those holders, are fully met and discharged. The authority is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of the bonds or notes.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-46 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-46
§ 21-1-46. Request for access to social networking account prohibited
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for a public or private institution of post-secondary education to request or require a student, applicant or potential applicant for admission to provide a password to gain access to the student's, applicant's or potential applicant's account or profile on a social networking web site or to demand access in any manner to a student's, applicant's or potential applicant's account or profile on a social networking web site.

B. It is unlawful for public or private institutions of post-secondary education to deny admission to an applicant or potential applicant for admission on the basis of the applicant's or potential applicant's refusal to provide an agent of a public or private institution of post-secondary education access to the applicant's or potential applicant's account or profile on a social media networking site.

C. It is unlawful for a private or public institution of post-secondary education to take any disciplinary action against a student for the student's refusal to grant access to an agent of the private or public institution of post-secondary education to the student's account or profile on a social media networking site.

D. Nothing in this section prohibits a public or private institution of post-secondary education from obtaining information about a student, applicant or potential applicant for admission that is in the public domain.

E. As used in this section, “ social networking web site ” means an internet-based service that allows individuals to:

(1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system created by the service;

(2) create a list of other users with whom they share a connection within the system; and

(3) view and navigate their list of connections and those made by others within the system.
N.M. Stat. § 3-7-14 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 3-7-14
§ 3-7-14. Meetings of the municipal boundary commission; election of a chairman; to meet in municipality to which annexation is proposed; public notice of meeting
Status: in_force

A. At its first meeting, and at any subsequent meeting when a change in the membership of the commission has occurred, the municipal boundary commission, by a majority vote, shall elect one member to serve as chairman of the commission and one member to serve as vice chairman who shall act whenever the chairman is not present. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum and the commission shall not transact business without a quorum being present.

B. After receipt of a petition, as authorized in Section 3-7-11 NMSA 1978 , the secretary to the municipal boundary commission shall call a meeting of the municipal boundary commission which shall meet within sixty days of the receipt of the petition to consider the petition for annexation. The secretary to the municipal boundary commission shall publish a notice, of a public hearing on the petition, once each week for four consecutive weeks and the last publication shall be at least twenty days before the day of the hearing. The notice shall contain the date when the meeting of the municipal boundary commission will be held, the place of the meeting and a general description of the boundary of the territory petitioned to be annexed to the municipality.

C. The municipal boundary commission shall meet in the municipality to which the territory is proposed to be annexed and shall hold a public hearing on the question of annexing to the municipality the territory petitioned to be annexed.
N.M. Stat. § 73-14-24 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 14 / Section 73-14-24
§ 73-14-24. Time and procedure for election
Status: in_force

A. The members of the boards of directors created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-30 NMSA 1978 shall be elected pursuant to the Local Election Act.

B. The elections for the members of the board of directors of the conservancy district shall be conducted, counted and canvassed as provided in the Local Election Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-24A-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 24A / Section 7-24A-20
§ 7-24A-20. Legal investments
Status: in_force

Bonds are legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies under the laws of this state. They are bonds, notes or other obligations of a county or municipality of this state, issued pursuant to a law of this state, for the purposes of investment or purchase by the state investment officer.
N.M. Stat. § 58-15-31 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 15 / Section 58-15-31
§ 58-15-31. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 58, Article 15 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955”.
N.M. Stat. § 69-14-4 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 14 / Section 69-14-4
§ 69-14-4. Certification period; recertification; discipline; appeal
Status: in_force

A. Certification for mine personnel shall be issued for a period of five years. All mine personnel certified by the state mine inspector prior to June 15, 2007 shall have their certification period extended five years. Each certified person has the responsibility to notify the state mine inspector of any change in address or change in mine employment within thirty days of the change. Failure to provide current information may result in suspension of certification.

B. Certified persons may apply for recertification within twelve months prior to the end of the certification period. Every certification shall automatically expire on the last day of the certification period if the official has not recertified prior to that date. Recertification will require the applicant to submit an application and appropriate documentation as required by the state mine inspector. The mining safety board shall adopt rules for requirements for recertification.

C. The state mine inspector may refuse to certify or recertify or may suspend or revoke any certification held or applied for under Chapter 69 NMSA 1978 upon grounds that the applicant or certified person:

(1) gave false or forged evidence to the state mine inspector to obtain certification;

(2) is grossly negligent or incompetent in duties as a certified person;

(3) has failed to maintain certification;

(4) has violated or aided or abetted any person in a violation of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 or the state mine safety laws; or

(5) has been disciplined in another state that certifies mine personnel.

D. If the state mine inspector contemplates taking any of the actions in Subsection C of this section for any of the reasons provided in that subsection, the state mine inspector shall provide written notice to the applicant or certified person. The notice shall include a statement that the state mine inspector has sufficient evidence that, if not rebutted or explained, will justify the state mine inspector in taking the contemplated action, that indicates the general nature of the evidence and that provides the applicant or person at least twenty days to submit written evidence to rebut or explain the allegations.

E. If, after the response period ends, the state mine inspector takes any action of a type specified in Subsection C of this section, the state mine inspector shall serve upon the applicant or certified person a written notice of the action containing a statement that the applicant or certified person may file a petition for review with the mining safety board pursuant to the Mining Safety Act.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-5 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-5
§ 72-16-5. Creation of authority
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a flood control authority to be known and designated as the Albuquerque metropolitan arroyo flood control authority.
N.M. Stat. § 62-13-13.1 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 13 / Section 62-13-13.1
§ 62-13-13.1. Renewable energy distributed generation facilities; owners and operators not public utilities
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Public Utility Act to the contrary, a person not otherwise a public utility shall not be deemed to be a public utility subject to the jurisdiction, control or regulation of the commission and the provisions of the Public Utility Act solely because the person owns or controls all or any part of any renewable energy distributed generation facility that:

(1) is located on the host's site;

(2) produces electric energy used at the host's site and sold to the host or the host's tenants or employees located at the host's site; and

(3) shares a common point of connection with the electric utility serving the area and the host or the host's tenants and employees served by the renewable energy distributed generation facility.

B. Nothing contained in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit the sale of energy produced by the renewable energy distributed generation facility to the electric utility serving the area in which the renewable energy distributed generation facility is located.

C. As used in this section:

(1) “ host ” means the customer of a public utility who uses the electric energy produced by a renewable energy distributed generation facility and occupies the site upon which the renewable energy distributed generation facility is located;

(2) “ renewable energy distributed generation facility ” means a facility that produces electric energy by the use of renewable energy and that is sized to supply no more than one hundred twenty percent of the average annual consumption of electricity by the host at the site of the renewable energy distributed generation facility in accordance with applicable interconnection rules; and

(3) “ site ” means all the contiguous property owned or leased by the host, without regard to interruptions in contiguity caused by easements, public thoroughfares, transportation rights of way or utility rights of way.
N.M. Stat. § 77-4-8 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 4 / Section 77-4-8
§ 77-4-8. Offenses; penalty
Status: in_force

A person who willfully violates any provisions of Sections 77-4-1 through 77-4-8 NMSA 1978 or rules promulgated in conformity with those sections or who in any manner hinders, obstructs or resists the execution of a rule or hinders, obstructs or resists an officer or employee of the board in the discharge of his duty or in the exercise of his lawful powers or who willfully or negligently breaks any quarantine or willfully or negligently suffers any quarantined livestock to escape from any quarantine is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 59A-46-6 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 46 / Section 59A-46-6
§ 59A-46-6. Fiduciary responsibilities; fidelity bond
Status: in_force

A. Any director, officer, employee or partner of a health maintenance organization who receives, collects, disburses or invests funds in connection with the activities of the organization shall be responsible for such funds in a fiduciary relationship to the organization.

B. A health maintenance organization shall maintain in force a fidelity bond or fidelity insurance on the employees and officers, directors and partners described in Subsection A of this section in an amount not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for each health maintenance organization or a maximum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in aggregate maintained on behalf of health maintenance organizations owned by a common parent corporation, or such sum as may be prescribed by the superintendent.
N.M. Stat. § 28-3-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 3 / Section 28-3-5
§ 28-3-5. Commission on the status of women; reports
Status: in_force

The commission shall submit reports on its preceding year's work to the governor and the legislature by December 1 of each year. The reports shall contain recommendations, if any, for legislation or other appropriate action.
N.M. Stat. § 34-2-13 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 2 / Section 34-2-13
§ 34-2-13. Supreme court law librarian; appointment; duties; bond; prohibitions; fines
Status: in_force

A. The supreme court law library shall be under the care and custody of a librarian who shall be appointed by the supreme court and shall hold office at its pleasure.

B. The librarian shall have the custody and charge of all books, archives, maps, charts, engravings and all other things properly belonging to the library or directed to be deposited in the library.

C. The librarian, before taking office, shall give bond to the state of New Mexico in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000), with sufficient surety or sureties, for the faithful performance of the librarian's duties, for the preservation and safe delivery of all property committed to the librarian's care to the librarian's successor and for the faithful paying over of all funds coming into the librarian's hands as librarian. The bond shall be approved by the chief justice of the supreme court and be filed with the clerk of the supreme court.

D. If the librarian permits or allows a person not authorized by rules promulgated by the supreme court to remove a book or other property from the library, the librarian shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of ten dollars ($10.00) for every book or other article so removed.
N.M. Stat. § 12-16-1 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 16 / Section 12-16-1
§ 12-16-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 12, Article 16 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Intertribal Indian Ceremonial Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-12D-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 12D / Section 59A-12D-8
§ 59A-12D-8. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

The reinsurance intermediary-manager shall not:

A. cede retrocessions on behalf of the reinsurer, except that the reinsurance intermediary-manager may cede facultative retrocessions pursuant to obligatory facultative agreements if the contract with the reinsurer contains reinsurance underwriting guidelines for such retrocessions. Such guidelines shall include a list of reinsures 1 with which such automatic agreements are in effect, and for each such reinsurer, the coverages and amounts or percentages that may be reinsured and commission schedules;

B. commit the reinsurer to participate in reinsurance syndicates;

C. appoint any producer without assuring that the producer is lawfully licensed to transact the type of reinsurance for which he is appointed;

D. without prior approval of the reinsurer, pay or commit the reinsurer to pay a claim, net of retrocessions, that exceeds the lesser of an amount specified by the reinsurer or one percent of the reinsurer's policyholder's surplus as of December 31 of the last complete calendar year;

E. collect any payment from a retrocessionaire or commit the reinsurer to any claim settlement with a retrocessionaire, without prior approval of the reinsurer. If prior approval is given, a report shall be promptly forwarded to the reinsurer;

F. jointly employ an individual who is employed by the reinsurer unless such reinsurance intermediary-manager is under common control with the reinsurer subject to The Insurance Holding Company Law;

G. appoint a sub-reinsurance intermediary-manager.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-20 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-20
§ 61-23-20. Engineering; licensure and renewal fees; expirations
Status: in_force

A. Licensure shall be for a period of two years as prescribed in the rules of procedure. Initial licenses shall be issued in accordance with the board's rules.

B. The board shall establish by rule a biennial fee for professional engineers. Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978 , licensure renewal is accomplished upon payment of the required fee and satisfactory completion of the requirements of professional development.

C. The executive director of the board shall send a renewal notice to each licensee's last known address. Notice shall be sent at least one month in advance of the date of expiration of the license.

D. Each licensee shall have the responsibility to notify the board of any change of address within thirty days of the change.

E. Upon receipt of a renewal fee and fulfillment of other requirements, the board shall issue a licensure renewal card that shall show the name and license number of the licensee and shall state that the person named has been granted licensure to practice as a professional engineer for the biennial period.

F. Every license shall automatically expire if not renewed on or before December 31 of the applicable biennial period. A delinquent licensee may renew a license by the payment of twice the biennial renewal fee at any time before March 1, but the delinquent licensee shall not practice during this period. Should the licensee apply to renew an expired license after the March 1 deadline has elapsed, the licensee shall submit a formal application and fee as provided in Section 61-23-17 NMSA 1978 . The board, in considering the reapplication, may consider the applicant's qualifications for licensure if the requirements for licensure have changed since the applicant was first licensed. The board may adopt rules for inactive and retired status.
N.M. Stat. § 64-1-23 — NM Code / Chapter 64 / Article 1 / Section 64-1-23
§ 64-1-23. Penalty
Status: in_force

Whoever is convicted of unlawful interference with the flight of an aircraft shall be guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 29-7D-3 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 7D / Section 29-7D-3
§ 29-7D-3. Unlawful use of force
Status: in_force

A law enforcement officer shall not:

A. discharge a firearm into a fleeing motor vehicle unless such discharge is necessary to prevent an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to an officer or another person and the officer has no reasonable alternative course of action to prevent death or serious bodily injury; provided that when possible, an officer threatened by an oncoming motor vehicle shall move out of its path instead of discharging a firearm at it or any of its occupants; or

B. use a vascular neck restraint, unless a person's attack poses a threat of imminent harm to the officer or another person; provided that an officer shall cease the use of a vascular neck restraint as soon as the person no longer poses a threat of imminent harm to the officer or another person.
N.M. Stat. § 19-8-21 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-8-21
§ 19-8-21. Rentals
Status: in_force

All leases issued by the commissioner shall provide for an annual rental to be paid by the lessee in advance, the amount thereof to be fixed by the commissioner, but in no case shall the same be less than five cents (5¢) per acre for the primary term nor less than fifty cents (50¢) per acre for the secondary term; provided that the annual rental for any one lease shall not be less than ten dollars ($10.00).
N.M. Stat. § 37-1-3 — NM Code / Chapter 37 / Article 1 / Section 37-1-3
§ 37-1-3. Notes; written instruments; period of limitation; computation of period
Status: in_force

A. Actions founded upon any bond, promissory note, bill of exchange or other contract in writing shall be brought within six years.

If the payee of any bond, promissory note, bill of exchange or other contract in writing enters into any contract or agreement in writing to defer the payment thereof, or contracts or agrees not to assert any claim against the payor or against the assets of the payor until the happening of some contingency, the time during the period from the execution of the contract or agreement and the happening of the contingency shall not be included in computing the six-year period of limitation provided in this subsection.

B. Actions against any banking or financial organization subject to the provisions of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995) founded upon a bill of exchange shall be brought within ten years.

C. Actions founded upon a traveler's check shall be brought within fifteen years.
N.M. Stat. § 61-32-20 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 32 / Section 61-32-20
§ 61-32-20. Embalming
Status: in_force

A. All dead human bodies not disposed of within twenty-four hours after death or release or receipt by the establishment or crematory shall be embalmed in accordance with the Funeral Services Act or stored under refrigeration as determined by board rule, unless otherwise required by regulation of the office of the state medical investigator or the secretary of health or by orders of an authorized official of the office of the state medical investigator, a court of competent jurisdiction or other authorized official.

B. A dead human body shall not be embalmed except by a funeral service practitioner, embalmer or a funeral service intern under the supervision of a funeral service practitioner.

C. When embalming is not required under the provisions of this section, a dead human body shall not be embalmed without express authorization by the:

(1) surviving spouse or next of kin;

(2) legal agent or personal representative of the deceased; or

(3) person assuming responsibility for final disposition.

D. When embalming is not required, and prior to obtaining authorization for the embalming, a dead human body may be washed and other health procedures, including closing of the orifices, may be performed without authorization.

E. When a dead human body is embalmed, the funeral service practitioner or embalmer who embalms the body or the funeral service intern who embalms the body and the funeral service practitioner who supervises the embalming shall, within twenty-four hours after the embalming procedure, complete and sign an embalming case report describing the elapsed time since death, the condition of the remains before and after embalming and the embalming procedures used. The embalming case report shall be kept on file at the establishment for a period of not less than seven years following the embalming.

F. Except as provided in Subsection A of this section, embalming is not required.
N.M. Stat. § 65-1-1 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 65-1-1
§ 65-1-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 65, Articles 1, 3 and 5 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the Motor Transportation Act.