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N.M. Stat. § 18-17-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 17 / Section 18-17-3
§ 18-17-3. Veterans museum division created; location; property
Status: in_force

A. The “veterans museum division” is created in the cultural affairs department. The principal facility of the division is the “New Mexico veterans museum” located in Las Cruces. The site shall be held in the name of the state.

B. All property, real or personal, now held or subsequently acquired for the operation of the museum shall be under the control and authority of the board.

C. Funds or other property received by gift, endowment or legacy shall remain under the control of the board and shall, upon acceptance, be employed for the purpose specified.
N.M. Stat. § 5-17-31 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 17 / Section 5-17-31
§ 5-17-31. Term of bonds
Status: in_force

For any bonds issued in connection with Section 28, 29 or 30 of the Infrastructure Development Zone Act, the 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 thirty years, interest payment dates and interest rates, whether fixed or variable, not exceeding the maximum rate stated in the notice of the election or the resolution of the 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or with a trustee or agent designated by the board, to the credit of the infrastructure development zone to be withdrawn for the purposes provided by the Infrastructure Development Zone Act. Pending that use, the proceeds may be invested as determined by the board. The bonds shall be made payable as to both principal and interest solely from revenues of the infrastructure development zone, and shall specify the revenues pledged for such purposes, and shall contain such other terms, conditions, covenants and agreements as the board deems proper. The bonds may be payable from any combination of taxes, assessments or other revenues collected or received pursuant to the Infrastructure Development Zone Act.
N.M. Stat. § 5-9-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 5-9-9
§ 5-9-9. State agency cooperation; business incentives
Status: in_force

A. State agencies shall cooperate with, assist, and where possible, give preference in selection to a business located within an enterprise zone for any statutorily authorized state-administered grant and loan programs including, but not limited to, investments and loans through the severance tax permanent fund at market rates, in-plant training program instruction and job training through the federal Job Training Partnership Act, 1 matching funds through community development block grants and such other incentives that are or become available through the economic development department or through any other sources at the state level.

B. The economic development department shall conduct workshops throughout the state for the purpose of explaining the provisions of the Enterprise Zone Act to local governments.
N.M. Stat. § 40-13A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 13A / Section 40-13A-5
§ 40-13A-5. Registration of foreign protection order
Status: in_force

A. A person may register a foreign protection order in New Mexico. To register a foreign protection order, a person shall present to the clerk of the district court:

(1) a copy of the foreign protection order that has been certified by the issuing tribunal; and

(2) an affidavit by the protected individual stating that, to the best of the protected individual's knowledge, the foreign protection order is currently in effect.

B. The clerk shall register the foreign protection order in accordance with this section. After the foreign protection order is registered, the clerk shall furnish to the person registering the order a certified copy of the registered order and shall send a copy of the registered order to the local law enforcement agency. The clerk shall not notify the respondent that the foreign protection order has been registered in New Mexico unless requested to do so by the protected individual.

C. A registered foreign protection order that is inaccurate or is not currently in effect shall be corrected or removed from the tribunal's records in accordance with New Mexico law.

D. A foreign protection order registered under the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act may be entered in any state or federal registry of protection orders in accordance with applicable law.

E. A fee shall not be charged for the registration of a foreign protection order.
N.M. Stat. § 4-53-9 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 53 / Section 4-53-9
§ 4-53-9. Multi-county special districts
Status: in_force

In the event that the territory of any special district lies in two or more counties, proposals to create, or petitions to merge, consolidate or dissolve special districts shall be forwarded to commissions in each of the counties affected. The commissions shall within ten days agree upon a date and place for a joint public hearing and shall proceed jointly as otherwise directed by the Special District Procedures Act, except that all time spans shall be measured from the date of the agreement.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-5-5 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 5 / Section 32A-5-5
§ 32A-5-5. Indian child placement preferences
Status: in_force

A. In any adoptive placement of an Indian child under state law, preference shall be given, in the absence of good cause to the contrary, to a placement with:

(1) a member of the Indian child's extended family;

(2) other members of the child's Indian tribe; or

(3) other Indian families.

B. An Indian child accepted for pre-adoptive placement shall be placed in the least restrictive setting which most approximates a family in which the child's special needs, if any, may be met. The Indian child shall also be placed within reasonable proximity to the Indian child's home, taking into account special needs of the Indian child. In any foster care or pre-adoptive placement, a preference shall be given, in the absence of good cause to the contrary, to a placement with:

(1) a member of the Indian child's extended family;

(2) a foster home licensed, approved and specified by the Indian child's tribe;

(3) an Indian foster home licensed or approved by an authorized non-Indian licensing authority; or

(4) an institution for children approved by the Indian tribe or operated by an Indian organization that has a program suitable to meet the Indian child's needs.

C. If the placement preferences of this section are not followed or if the Indian child is placed in an institution, a plan shall be developed to ensure that the Indian child's cultural ties are protected and fostered.
N.M. Stat. § 19-13-4 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 13 / Section 19-13-4
§ 19-13-4. Geothermal resources of commercial value
Status: in_force

Where it is determined by the commissioner that the production or use of geothermal energy is also susceptible of economically producing other of the geothermal resources in commercially valuable quantities, and a market therefor exists, production of the other geothermal resources may be required by the commissioner.
N.M. Stat. § 46-14-12 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 14 / Section 46-14-12
§ 46-14-12. Application to co-trustee
Status: in_force

The terms of a trust may relieve a co-trustee from duty and liability with respect to another co-trustee's exercise or nonexercise of a power of the other co-trustee to the same extent that, in a directed trust, a directed trustee is relieved from duty and liability with respect to a trust director's power of direction under Sections 9 through 11 of the Uniform Directed Trust Act.
N.M. Stat. § 16-6-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 6 / Section 16-6-20
§ 16-6-20. Prohibitions against obligating state of New Mexico
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize New Mexico state fair to contract a debt on behalf of, or in any way to obligate, the state of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 5-3-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 5-3-4
§ 5-3-4. Terms and conditions of bonds; sale
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall bear interest at not to exceed four and one-half (4 1 / 2 ) per cent per annum, payable annually or semiannually, shall be payable at the option of such municipality at the end of ten years from date thereof; and due by their terms in not more than twenty years from date thereof; as determined by the municipality; shall be serial in form and maturity and numbered from one upward, consecutively, and shall be sold for cash, at not less than par, and at either public or private sale.
N.M. Stat. § 57-28-2 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 28 / Section 57-28-2
§ 57-28-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Prompt Payment Act:

A. “ construction ” means building, altering, repairing, installing or demolishing in the ordinary course of business any:

(1) road, highway, bridge, parking area or related project;

(2) building, stadium or other structure;

(3) airport, subway or similar facility;

(4) park, trail, athletic field, golf course or similar facility;

(5) dam, reservoir, canal, ditch or similar facility;

(6) sewage or water treatment facility, power generating plant, pump station, natural gas compression station or similar facility;

(7) sewage, water, gas or other pipeline;

(8) transmission line;

(9) radio, television or other tower;

(10) water, oil or other storage tank;

(11) shaft, tunnel or other mining appurtenance;

(12) electrical wiring, plumbing or plumbing fixture, gas piping, gas appliances or water conditions;

(13) air conditioning conduit, heating or other similar mechanical work;

(14) leveling or clearing land;

(15) excavating earth;

(16) drilling wells of any type, including seismographic shot holes or core drilling; and

(17) similar work, structures or installations;

B. “ contractor ” means a person performing construction through a contract with an owner;

C. “ owner ” means a person, local public body or state agency other than the department of transportation;

D. “ person ” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar legal entity; and

E. “ subcontractor ” means a person performing construction for the owner not through a contract with the owner.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-45-2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 45 / Section 59A-45-2
§ 59A-45-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article:

A. “person” means any individual, corporation, association, partnership or any other legal entity;

B. “insurance policy” or “insurance contract” means any contract of insurance, indemnity, medical or hospital services, suretyship or annuity issued, proposed for issuance or intended for issuance by any person;

C. “insurance premium finance agreement” means an agreement by which an insured or a prospective insured promises to pay to any person engaged in the business of premium financing, the amount advanced or to be advanced under the agreement to an insurer or to an insurance agent or broker in payment of premiums on an insurance contract; and

D. “insurance premium finance company” means a person engaged in the business of entering into insurance premium finance agreements.
N.M. Stat. § 22-26A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 26A / Section 22-26A-3
§ 22-26A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Public School Lease Purchase Act:

A. “ financing agreement ” or “ lease purchase arrangement ” means an agreement for the leasing of a building or other real property with an option to purchase for a price that is reduced according to the payments made, which periodic lease payments composed of principal and interest components are to be paid to the holder of the agreement and pursuant to which the owner of the building or other real property may retain title to or a security interest in the building or other real property and may agree to release the security interest or transfer title to the building or other real property to the school district for nominal consideration after payment of the final periodic lease payment; and

B. “ governing body ” means:

(1) the governing structure of a charter school, as set forth in its approved charter; or

(2) a local school board as the governing structure of a school district.
N.M. Stat. § 2-18-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 18 / Section 2-18-2
§ 2-18-2. Membership; appointment; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. The corrections oversight committee shall be composed of eight members. Four members of the house of representatives shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. Four members of the senate shall be appointed by the senate committees' committee or, if the senate appointments are made in the interim, by the president pro tempore of the senate after consultation with and agreement of a majority of the members of the senate committees' committee.

B. Members shall be appointed from each house so as to give the two major political parties in each house equal representation on the corrections oversight committee as prevails in each house. However, in no event shall either party have less than one member from each house on the committee. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate shall each appoint a co-chairman of the committee.

C. A vacancy on the corrections oversight committee shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the original appointment.

D. No action shall be taken by the corrections oversight committee if a majority of the total membership from either house on the committee rejects the action.
N.M. Stat. § 22-23-4 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 23 / Section 22-23-4
§ 22-23-4. Department; powers; duties
Status: in_force

A. The department shall issue rules for the development and implementation of bilingual multicultural education programs.

B. The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of the Bilingual Multicultural Education Act.

C. The department shall assist school boards in developing and evaluating bilingual multicultural education programs.

D. In the development, implementation and administration of the bilingual multicultural education programs, the department shall give preference to New Mexico residents who have received specialized training in bilingual education when hiring personnel.
N.M. Stat. § 73-24-2 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 24 / Section 73-24-2
§ 73-24-2. Findings
Status: in_force

A. There is no mechanism for ensuring that flood and drainage planning assessments performed by flood control districts and conservancy districts are coordinated so as to ensure that conflicts in evaluation and planning for the needs of those districts are minimized and that public funds are expended in the optimal manner possible by flood control districts and conservancy districts that operate in overlapping or adjoining districts.

B. Ensuring that flood and drainage planning assessments performed by flood control districts and conservancy districts that operate in overlapping or adjoining districts will improve coordination, reduce operating costs and enhance the effectiveness of flood control districts and conservancy districts.
N.M. Stat. § 72-15-6 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 15 / Section 72-15-6
§ 72-15-6. Notice of approval
Status: in_force

Notice of the approval of said compact shall be given by the governor of New Mexico to the governors of each of the other signatory states and to the president of the United States, as provided in Article XI of said compact.
N.M. Stat. § 23-4-1 — NM Code / Chapter 23 / Article 4 / Section 23-4-1
§ 23-4-1. Veterans' home created; advisory board
Status: in_force

A. The “New Mexico state veterans' home” located near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, is declared to be a state home for veterans of service in the armed forces of the United States and their qualifying spouses, surviving spouses and gold star parents.

B. The “Fort Bayard medical center veterans' unit”, a separate and distinct unit of the Fort Bayard medical center, located near Silver City, New Mexico, is declared to be a state home for veterans of service in the armed forces of the United States.

C. There is created the “New Mexico veterans' home advisory board”. The advisory board shall consist of nine members as follows:

(1) the secretary of health or the secretary's designee;

(2) the secretary of veterans' services or the secretary's designee;

(3) the secretary of aging and long-term services or the secretary's designee;

(4) the administrator of a private nursing home;

(5) a registered health care professional who is employed by a public or private nursing home;

(6) the state commander of the department of New Mexico veterans of foreign wars or the department commander's designee;

(7) the department commander of the American legion or the department commander's designee;

(8) the state commander of disabled American veterans or the state commander's designee; and

(9) a member of any other congressionally recognized veteran service organization.

D. The governor shall appoint the members designated in Paragraphs (4), (5) and (9) of Subsection C of this section, and their terms shall be for three years each.

E. The New Mexico state veterans' home shall be under the control and oversight of the department of health.

F. The New Mexico veterans' home advisory board shall provide advice to the secretaries of veterans' services and health and the administrators of the New Mexico state veterans' home and the Fort Bayard medical center regarding veterans' services.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9G-4 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9G / Section 63-9G-4
§ 63-9G-4. Rules to implement act
Status: in_force

The commission shall promulgate:

A. rules on what constitutes authorization of a change or addition to telecommunications services or change in provider for the purposes of determining cramming or slamming, including consideration of the rules on authorization adopted by the federal communications commission;

B. rules and standards on responsibilities of parties in cramming and slamming;

C. rules to establish an expedited consideration process for resolution of complaints filed with the commission, including the filing and investigation of complaints; and

D. other rules needed to implement the provisions of the Cramming and Slamming Act.
N.M. Stat. § 17-4-19 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 17-4-19
§ 17-4-19. Copy of invoice to be furnished purchaser upon resale
Status: in_force

In case of a sale or disposition of such game or game fish or any part thereof the vendor shall at the same time make a copy of such invoice and endorse thereon the date of sale, the number and kind of game or fish so disposed of and the name of the purchaser, and sign and deliver the same to the purchaser or donee, who shall keep it attached as aforesaid until the game or fish is prepared for consumption, and the same shall have the same force and effect as the original invoice.
N.M. Stat. § 57-9A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 9A / Section 57-9A-5
§ 57-9A-5. Exemptions
Status: in_force

A. The following persons are exempt from the provisions of the Unused Merchandise Ownership Protection Act:

(1) a vendor at an event organized or operated for religious, educational, charitable or other nonprofit purposes if no part of any admission fee or parking fee charged vendors or prospective purchasers and no part of the gross receipts or net earnings from the sale of merchandise at the event is paid to a private person for participating in the organization or operation of the event;

(2) a vendor at an industry or association trade show;

(3) a vendor at an event at which all of the merchandise offered for sale is new and at which all vendors are manufacturers or authorized representatives of manufacturers or distributors; and

(4) a vendor selling by sample, catalog or brochure for future delivery.

B. The requirements of the Unused Merchandise Ownership Protection Act do not apply to sales or offers for sale of the following unused merchandise:

(1) firewood, sand, gravel, flagstone, building stone or other natural product;

(2) live animals;

(3) vehicles subject to registration pursuant to Section 66-3-1 NMSA 1978;

(4) food intended for human consumption at the open market immediately after sale;

(5) merchandise offered for sale as an antique or otherwise historical item and, although never used, the style, packaging, material or appearance of which clearly indicates that the merchandise was not produced or manufactured within recent times;

(6) food offered for sale that was grown, harvested or processed by the vendor or the grower;

(7) art, crafts or handicrafts that were produced by the vendor or the grower; and

(8) fresh produce.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7A / Section 24-7A-8
§ 24-7A-8. Health-care information
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise specified in an advance health-care directive, a person then authorized to make health-care decisions for a patient has the same rights as the patient to request, receive, examine, copy and consent to the disclosure of medical or any other health-care information.
N.M. Stat. § 21-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 10 / Section 21-10-1
§ 21-10-1. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this act is to provide funds to New Mexico state university in order that agricultural and engineering education and work experience opportunities may be provided to Indian students to help prepare them for agricultural sciences, engineering sciences and management positions in irrigation projects and energy resources development to the end that the economic growth and public welfare of New Mexico will be promoted.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-97 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-97
§ 72-16-97. Property exempt from general taxes
Status: in_force

Thus, the authority shall not be required to pay any general (ad valorem) taxes upon any property appertaining to any project herein authorized and acquired within the state, nor the authority's interest therein.
N.M. Stat. § 27-11-14 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 11 / Section 27-11-14
§ 27-11-14. Maintenance of services; payment for ongoing services
Status: in_force

A. Following the referral of a medicaid provider or subcontractor based on a determination of a credible allegation of fraud, and during the pendency of a dispute between the department and a medicaid provider or subcontractor regarding an alleged overpayment, including an overpayment based in whole or in part on a credible allegation of fraud, the department shall not terminate or deny the medicaid provider's or subcontractor's continued participation in the state's medicaid program if the medicaid provider or subcontractor:

(1) submits to a prepayment review of claims for ongoing services;

(2) demonstrates that its employees have completed remedial training or education required by the department to prevent the submission of claims for payment to which the medicaid provider or subcontractor is not entitled; and

(3) engages an independent third party approved by the department to temporarily manage or provide technical assistance to the medicaid provider or subcontractor following the referral or during the pendency of the dispute.

B. The department shall not unreasonably withhold approval of a third party proposed by the medicaid provider or subcontractor pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of this section.

C. A medicaid provider or subcontractor that complies with the requirements of Subsection A of this section shall be reimbursed for each clean claim for ongoing services within ten calendar days of receipt if submitted electronically or thirty calendar days if submitted manually.