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N.M. Stat. § 61-14A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14A / Section 61-14A-2
§ 61-14A-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

In the interest of the public health, safety and welfare and to protect the public from the unprofessional, improper, incompetent and unlawful practice of acupuncture and oriental medicine, it is necessary to provide laws and regulations to govern the practice of acupuncture and oriental medicine. The primary responsibility and obligation of the board of acupuncture and oriental medicine is to protect the public.
N.M. Stat. § 39-5-23 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 5 / Section 39-5-23
§ 39-5-23. Duty to record redemption
Status: in_force

A. In all cases of redemption of lands from sale pursuant to the provisions of Sections 39-5-17 through 39-5-23 NMSA 1978:

(1) if the redemption is by payment to the purchaser, it is the duty of the purchaser within forty-five days of receiving payment to create an acknowledged instrument in writing evidencing the redemption; or

(2) if the redemption is by making deposit in the office of the clerk of the district court upon approval of the redemption by the district judge, it is the duty of the clerk of the court to create under the seal of the court an instrument evidencing the redemption.

B. It is the duty of the party redeeming to record the instrument evidencing the redemption in the office of the county clerk in the same manner as other instruments of writing affecting title to real estate.
N.M. Stat. § 9-27-24 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 27 / Section 9-27-24
§ 9-27-24. Appropriation
Status: in_force

All income to the central telecommunication network fund is appropriated to carry out the purposes of Sections 9-27-20 through 9-27-25 NMSA 1978 or their successor recompiled sections. Payments from the central telecommunication network fund shall be made on vouchers signed by the secretary or the secretary's designee.
N.M. Stat. § 7-24A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 24A / Section 7-24A-1
§ 7-24A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 24A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “County and Municipal Gasoline Tax Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 12-11-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 11 / Section 12-11-5
§ 12-11-5. Disaster successors to other state executive offices
Status: in_force

The governor shall, pursuant to his constitutional powers to appoint officers, whose appointment is not otherwise provided for, designate three disaster successors to each state executive office and specify their order of succession.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-6.3 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-6.3
§ 6-21-6.3. Water and wastewater project grant fund; creation; administration; purposes
Status: in_force

A. There is created in the authority the “water and wastewater project grant fund”, which shall be administered by the authority. The authority shall adopt, in accordance with the New Mexico Finance Authority Act, rules necessary to administer the fund.

B. The following shall be deposited directly into the water and wastewater project grant fund:

(1) the net proceeds from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 6-21-6.1 NMSA 1978 for the purposes of the water and wastewater project grant fund and payable from the public project revolving fund;

(2) money appropriated by the legislature to implement the provisions of this section; and

(3) any other public or private money dedicated to the fund.

C. Money in the water and wastewater project grant fund is appropriated to the authority to make grants to qualified entities for water or wastewater public projects pursuant to specific authorization by law for each project and to pay administrative costs of the water and wastewater project grant program.

D. The authority shall adopt rules governing the terms and conditions of grants made from the water and wastewater project grant fund. Except in the circumstances set forth in Subsection F of this section, grants may be made from the fund only with participation from the qualified entity in the form of a local match, which shall be determined by a sliding scale based on the qualified entity's financial capacity to pay a portion of the project from local resources. Grants from the water and wastewater project grant fund may be made only as all or part of financing for a complete project after the authority has determined that the financing for the complete project is cost effective.

E. The authority may make grants from the water and wastewater project grant fund to qualified entities for emergency public projects without specific authorization by law. Each emergency public project shall be designated as such by the authority prior to making the grant. The aggregate amount of grants for emergency public projects in fiscal years 2003, 2004 and 2005 shall not exceed six million dollars ($6,000,000) for each fiscal year. The aggregate amount of grants for emergency public projects in fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years shall not exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000) for each fiscal year.

F. To encourage consolidation of water or wastewater systems and to discourage proliferation of multiple water or wastewater systems, the authority may determine the local match requirement based on the financial capacity of:

(1) the residents of the geographic area benefiting from the improvements to be financed with the proceeds of the grant received on their behalf by the qualified entity; or

(2) the qualified entity benefiting from the improvements to be financed with the proceeds of the grant when the benefiting qualified entity agrees to consolidate with the qualified entity receiving the grant.
N.M. Stat. § 61-27B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 27B / Section 61-27B-1
§ 61-27B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 61, Article 27B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Private Investigations Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-17A-11 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 17A / Section 59A-17A-11
§ 59A-17A-11. Severability
Status: in_force

If any part or application of the Personal Insurance Credit Information Act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.
N.M. Stat. § 30-30-1 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 30 / Section 30-30-1
§ 30-30-1. Illegal possession of mercury
Status: in_force

Illegal possession of mercury consists of possessing more than one pound of mercury without also possessing a bona fide bill of sale or other instrument in writing relating to the mercury in possession stating the name and address of the seller, the name and address of the purchaser, the date of the sale, the amount sold and the price paid therefor; provided however, this section shall not be applicable to any person engaged in the business of mining, processing mercury, or to any person using mercury as an integral part of a tool, instrument or device in his business, or to a law enforcement officer in discharge of his duties.

Whoever commits illegal possession of mercury is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 6-28-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 28 / Section 6-28-3
§ 6-28-3. Public employment programs
Status: in_force

Local tribal entities may be considered as vendors when they utilize their own resources to implement capital improvement projects.
N.M. Stat. § 73-6-21 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 6 / Section 73-6-21
§ 73-6-21. “Resident freeholder” defined
Status: in_force

Any person residing within any county in which any portion of a drainage or proposed drainage district shall lie, and who is the owner of agricultural land within the limits of the district, shall, for the purposes of this act, be considered a resident freeholder.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-14
§ 17-3-14. Director authorized to issue license when agreement to hunt antelope on deeded or leased property is made
Status: in_force

In any case where the department of game and fish enters into an agreement with the owner of deeded property or the lessee of property held under a grazing lease to obtain permission for the hunting of antelope on the property, the director of the department of game and fish is authorized to issue an antelope license free of charge to the owner or lessee of the property in consideration for the permission to hunt on the property.
N.M. Stat. § 3-51-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 51 / Section 3-51-15
§ 3-51-15. Levying, collecting and use of preliminary fund assessment
Status: in_force

The preliminary fund assessment shall be levied by an ordinance of the governing body. Within thirty days after publication of the levying ordinance the clerk of the city shall serve notice in writing of the amount of each assessment on each of the property owners to be assessed by mailing to his last known address, the names and addresses of such property owners to be obtained from the records of the county assessor or from such other sources as the clerk deems reliable. The notice shall state where and on what terms the assessment must be paid, and that it is a lien upon the property assessed. Within thirty days after the publication of the levying ordinance, the clerk of the city shall prepare, sign, attest with seal of the city, and file for record with the county clerk of the county in which the property is located, a claim of lien for the unpaid amount assessed against each tract or parcel of real property, and penalties or interest which may arise thereon. If the proceeds of such assessments exceed the preliminary expenses, the surplus shall be placed in the general fund of the district and used to pay the cost of the project.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2A-30 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2A / Section 7-2A-30
§ 7-2A-30. Deduction to offset material financial effects of changes in deferred tax amounts due to certain changes made to sections 7-2A-2, 7-2A-3, 7-2A-8.3, 7-4-10 and 7-4-18 NMSA 1978
Status: in_force

A. For each of ten consecutive taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, a filing group subject to the corporate income tax whose members are part of a publicly traded company may claim a deduction, as provided by Subsection B of this section, from taxable income before net operating losses are deducted.

B. The deduction for each taxable year shall not exceed one-tenth of the amount necessary to offset the aggregate increase in net deferred tax liabilities, the aggregate decrease in net deferred tax assets or an aggregate change from a net deferred tax asset to a net deferred tax liability, as measured under generally accepted accounting principles, that resulted from the changes to Sections 7-2A-2 , 7-2A-3 , 7-2A-8.3 , 7-4-10 and 7-4-18 NMSA 1978 made by this 2019 act; provided that:

(1) the amount of the aggregate change in deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities is properly included in the calculation of the deferred tax asset or deferred tax liability reported as part of the consolidated financial statements, as required by the federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for the first reporting period affected by the changes to Sections 7-2A-2 , 7-2A-3 , 7-2A-8.3 , 7-4-10 and 7-4-18 NMSA 1978 made by this 2019 act but for the deduction provided by this section; and

(2) if the deduction provided by this section is greater than the taxpayer's net income, any excess amount shall be carried forward and applied as a deduction to the taxpayer's net income in future income years until fully utilized.

C. A filing group shall not claim a deduction pursuant to this section unless the filing group files a preliminary notice with the secretary prior to January 1, 2023 and provides necessary information to show the calculation of the deduction expected to be claimed, as the secretary may require.
N.M. Stat. § 58-17-4 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 17 / Section 58-17-4
§ 58-17-4. Gifts and contributions; care funds; trust funds
Status: in_force

A. A cemetery authority is authorized and empowered to accept care funds and hold them in trust in perpetuity for the care of its cemetery; for the care of any lot, grave, crypt or niche in its cemetery; for the special care of any lot, grave, crypt or niche in its cemetery; or for the special care of any lot, grave, crypt or niche or of any family mausoleum or memorial, marker or monument in its cemetery. Creation of care funds shall not be invalid by reason of any indefiniteness or uncertainty as to the beneficiary designated in the instrument creating the funds. If care funds accepted by a cemetery authority include nonincome producing property, the authority may sell that property and invest the funds obtained in accordance with the provisions of this section.

B. In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling and managing care funds, the cemetery authority or trustee of the funds shall exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that men of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital. Within the limitations of this standard, the cemetery authority or the trustee of the care funds is authorized to acquire and retain every kind of property and every kind of investment that men of prudence, discretion and intelligence acquire or retain for their own account. Within the limitations of this standard, the cemetery authority or trustee is authorized to retain property properly acquired, without limitation as to time and without regard as to the suitability for original purpose.

C. Care funds may be commingled with other trust funds received by the cemetery authority for the care of its cemetery or for the care or special care of any lot, grave, crypt, niche, marker or monument in its cemetery, whether received by gift, grant, devise, bequest, contribution, payment, contract or other conveyance made to the cemetery authority. The net income only from the investment of the care funds shall be allocated and used for the purposes specified in the transaction by which the principal was established in the proportion that each contribution bears to the entire sum invested.

D. With the prior written approval of the director, care funds may be commingled with trust funds of other cemetery authorities received by those authorities pursuant to this section. Net income only from the investment of those care funds shall be allocated to each cemetery authority and used for the purposes specified in the transaction by which the principal was established in the proportion that each authority's contribution bears to the entire sum invested.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-43 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-43
§ 17-3-43. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 17-3-43 through 17-3-47 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Airborne Hunting Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-82 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-82
§ 72-20-82. Method of issuance
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued for refunding purposes may either be delivered in exchange for the outstanding bonds authorized to be refunded or may be sold as provided in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act for the sale of other bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15A-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15A / Section 22-15A-7
§ 22-15A-7. Council duties
Status: in_force

The council shall:

A. advise the department on implementation of the provisions of the Digital Equity in Education Act;

B. work with the department to conduct periodic assessments of the need for educational technology in the public school system to support on-site and distance learning and make recommendations to the department on how to meet those needs; and

C. promote the collaborative development and implementation of educational technologies, projects and practices to enhance on-site and distance learning instruction capabilities.
N.M. Stat. § 3-31-7 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 31 / Section 3-31-7
§ 3-31-7. Revenue bonds; mortgaging water utility property
Status: in_force

If revenue bonds are issued for the acquisition or improvement, betterment or extension of a municipal water utility, the municipality may further assure payment of the revenue bonds by mortgaging and conveying the water utility to a trustee for the benefit and security of the bondholders.
N.M. Stat. § 3-13-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 3-13-2
§ 3-13-2. Police officers
Status: in_force

A. The police officer of a municipality shall:

(1) execute and return all writs and process as directed by the municipal judge of the municipality employing the police officer;

(2) execute and return all criminal process as directed by the municipal judge of any incorporated municipality in the state if the criminal process arises out of a charge of violation of a municipal ordinance prohibiting driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs;

(3) serve criminal writs and process specified in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection in any part of the county wherein the municipality is situated; and

(4) within the municipality:

(a) suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace;

(b) apprehend all disorderly persons;

(c) pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice; and

(d) apprehend any person in the act of violating the laws of the state or the ordinances of the municipality and bring him before competent authority for examination and trial.

B. In the discharge of his proper duties, a police officer shall have the same powers and be subject to the same responsibilities as sheriffs in similar cases.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-81 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-81
§ 53-8-81. Conducting affairs without certificate of authority
Status: in_force

A. No foreign corporation which is conducting affairs in New Mexico without a certificate of authority shall be permitted to maintain any action, suit or proceeding in any court of this state until the corporation shall have obtained a certificate of authority. Nor shall any action, suit or proceeding be maintained in any court of New Mexico by any successor or assignee of the corporation on any right, claim or demand arising out of the conduct of affairs by the corporation in this state, until a certificate of authority has been obtained by the corporation or by a corporation which has acquired all, or substantially all, of its assets.

B. The failure of a foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in New Mexico shall not impair the validity of any contract or act of the corporation, and shall not prevent the corporation from defending any action, suit or proceeding in any district court of this state.

C. A foreign corporation which conducts affairs in New Mexico without a certificate of authority shall be liable to this state, for the years or parts thereof during which it conducted affairs in this state without a certificate of authority, in an amount equal to all fees which would have been imposed by the Nonprofit Corporation Act upon the corporation had it duly applied for and received a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state as required by that act and thereafter filed all reports required by that act, plus all penalties imposed by that act for failure to pay such fees. The attorney general shall bring proceedings to recover all amounts due New Mexico under the provisions of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-43 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-43
§ 27-2-43. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Indigent Catastrophic Illness Hospital Funding Act:

A. “department” means the human services [health care authority] department;

B. “fund” means the indigent catastrophic illness hospital fund;

C. “hospital” means any general or special hospital that is licensed by the health and environment department [department of health] and that has annual gross charges for medicare, medicaid and indigent patients greater than ten percent of the hospital's total annual gross charges; and

D. “medically indigent patient” means an individual who is a New Mexico resident who incurs hospital charges, who is not eligible for medicaid or medicare and whose family or household income does not exceed two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level.
N.M. Stat. § 33-2-26 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2 / Section 33-2-26
§ 33-2-26. Payment of prisoners for services
Status: in_force

The corrections and criminal rehabilitation department [corrections department] may, by appropriate rules and regulations, establish and administer a plan for the payment of prisoners who perform useful services as prison labor. The payment shall be at a rate depending on the skill and efficiency of the prisoner.
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-19 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-19
§ 4-38-19. County commissioners; employing deputies and employees; employing a county manager
Status: in_force

A. A board of county commissioners may set the salaries of such employees and deputies as it feels necessary to discharge the functions of the county, except that elected county officials have the authority to hire and recommend the salaries of persons employed by them to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the offices to which they are elected.

B. A board of county commissioners may employ and set the salary of a county manager to conduct the business of the county, to serve as personnel officer, fiscal director, budget officer, property custodian and to act generally as the administrative assistant to the board, aiding and assisting it in the exercise of its duties and responsibilities.

C. All officials, officers, deputies and employees of the county or of an elected official of the county, shall receive their salaries or wages for services rendered on regular paydays, not more than sixteen days apart.
N.M. Stat. § 22-10A-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10A / Section 22-10A-18
§ 22-10A-18. School principals; duties
Status: in_force

In addition to other duties prescribed by law, a school principal shall:

A. under the general supervision of the local superintendent, assume administrative responsibility and overall instructional leadership for the public school to which he is assigned, including the discipline of students and the planning, operation, supervision and evaluation of the educational program of the school;

B. recommend to the local superintendent the employment, promotion, transfer, discharge and termination of school employees in his school;

C. evaluate the performance of school employees and develop professional development plans or job improvement plans to assist school employees to improve;

D. take disciplinary action against school employees;

E. develop a proposed budget for the public school, with input from the school council, and submit it to the local superintendent; and

F. perform other duties assigned to him by the local superintendent to implement the policies of the local school board.
N.M. Stat. § 3-57-1 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 57 / Section 3-57-1
§ 3-57-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Metropolitan Boundary Act for Class A Counties.”