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N.M. Stat. § 6-19-9 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 19 / Section 6-19-9
§ 6-19-9. General obligation bonds
Status: in_force

A. The board of trustees may issue general obligation bonds of the district for the purposes of:

(1) constructing, acquiring or purchasing property for a project;

(2) equipping, furnishing, remodeling or renovating property for a project;

(3) purchasing or acquiring real property deemed necessary for a project; and

(4) refunding outstanding general obligation bonded indebtedness.

B. The board of trustees shall comply with the requirements and procedures set forth in Section 6-15-1 NMSA 1978 with respect to the proposed issuance of general obligation bonds. The local government division of the department of finance and administration shall apply the procedures set forth in Section 6-15-2 NMSA 1978 to the proposed issuance of general obligation bonds by the district.
N.M. Stat. § 3-57-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 57 / Section 3-57-2
§ 3-57-2. Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purpose of this act is to provide for the orderly extension of municipal boundaries, to control the formation of new local public bodies, and to minimize the overlapping of a 1 local governmental services, within class A counties.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-66 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-66
§ 53-8-66. Corporate name of foreign corporation
Status: reserved

No certificate of authority shall be issued to a foreign corporation unless the corporate name of the corporation and, if different, the name under which it proposes to transact business in New Mexico:

A. shall not contain any word or phrase that indicates or implies that it is organized for any purpose other than one or more of the purposes contained in its articles of incorporation;

B. shall not be the same as, or confusingly similar to, the name of any corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, existing under the laws of New Mexico, or foreign corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in this state, or a corporate name reserved or registered as permitted by the laws of this state; and

C. shall be expressed in English letters.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-12A-17 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 12A / Section 59A-12A-17
§ 59A-12A-17. Compliance deadline
Status: in_force

An administrator that is operating before the effective date of this act shall apply for a license under Chapter 59A, Article 11 NMSA 1978 not later than the sixtieth day after the effective date of this act. An administrator who has made application as provided by this section may continue to operate if it otherwise complies with applicable law, until such time as the superintendent acts on its application. If denied a license, the third party administrator may not act as a third party administrator but may appeal the superintendent's determination as provided by Chapter 59A, Article 4 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-41 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-41
§ 4-55A-41. Street and road improvement fund; use
Status: in_force

Bonds or assignable certificates authorized in Section 4-55A-20 NMSA 1978 for the construction of a street, road, walkway, bridge, overpass, underpass, pathway, alley, curb, gutter or sidewalk project may be purchased by the street and road improvement fund; provided that the bonds or assignable certificates shall be held in trust by the county treasurer and any receipts from the sale of the bonds or assignable certificates or from the payment of the assessment made to pay the interest and principal of the bonds or assignable certificates shall be held in trust by the county treasurer, and any receipts from the sale of the bonds or assignable certificates or from the payment of the assessment made to pay the interest and principal of the bonds or assignable certificates shall be credited to the street and road improvement fund.
N.M. Stat. § 3-18-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 3-18-18
§ 3-18-18. Parks
Status: in_force

Within or without the municipal boundary, a municipality may build, beautify and improve public parks and acquire any property for park purposes. The acquisition of property for park purposes which is outside the municipal zoning boundaries, and outside the boundaries of the county in which the municipality is located, shall be subject to the prior approval of the governing body of the local government within whose boundary the property is situated. Any property acquired for park purposes is under the immediate control of the governing body. The governing body may pay any expenses of transfer or conveyance and examination of title for any property given to the municipality for park purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-72 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-72
§ 10-11-72. Municipal police member coverage plan 3; member contribution rate
Status: in_force

A member under municipal police member coverage plan 3 shall contribute seven percent of salary with the first full pay period in the calendar month in which municipal police member coverage plan 3 becomes applicable to the member, except that a member whose annual salary is greater than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall contribute:

A. prior to July 1, 2022, eight and one-half percent of salary;

B. beginning July 1, 2022 and continuing through June 30, 2023, nine percent of salary;

C. beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through June 30, 2024, nine and one-half percent of salary;

D. beginning July 1, 2024 and continuing through June 30, 2025, ten percent of salary; and

E. beginning July 1, 2025 and thereafter, ten and one-half percent of salary.
N.M. Stat. § 1-7-1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 1-7-1
§ 1-7-1. Political parties; conditions for use of ballot
Status: in_force

All nominations of candidates for public office in New Mexico made by political parties shall be made pursuant to the Election Code. No political party shall be permitted to have the names of its candidates printed on any election ballot unless and until it has qualified as provided in the Election Code.
N.M. Stat. § 56-8-1 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 8 / Section 56-8-1
§ 56-8-1. Lawful money; definition; application
Status: in_force

The money of account of this state shall be the dollar, cent and mill; and all public accounts, and the proceedings of all courts in relation to money shall be kept and expressed in money of the above denomination.
N.M. Stat. § 23-9-5 — NM Code / Chapter 23 / Article 9 / Section 23-9-5
§ 23-9-5. Adolescent treatment hospital governing board; creation; organization; duties
Status: in_force

A. There is created the “adolescent treatment hospital governing board” consisting of five members appointed by the secretary. The members shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary and shall be familiar with the treatment and care of violent adolescents who are mentally disordered.

B. The board shall advise the secretary on professional practices, community concerns and policies and procedures related to the treatment of adolescents admitted to the adolescent treatment hospital.

C. The board, in consultation with the secretary, shall make and adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary or convenient to carry out its duties and to administer the provisions of the Adolescent Treatment Hospital Act.
N.M. Stat. § 30-9-15 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 9 / Section 30-9-15
§ 30-9-15. Corroboration
Status: in_force

The testimony of a victim need not be corroborated in prosecutions under Sections 2 through 5 of this act and such testimony shall be entitled to the same weight as the testimony of victims of other crimes under the Criminal Code.
N.M. Stat. § 36-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 3 / Section 36-3-1
§ 36-3-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Immigration and Nationality Law Practice Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 1-25-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 25 / Section 1-25-5
§ 1-25-5. Recall; responsibilities of petitioner
Status: in_force

The petitioner shall complete the following portions of the face sheet:

A. name of the named official;

B. name of the local jurisdiction in which the named official has been elected;

C. name of the individual, group or organization initiating the petition; and

D. the specific charges to support recall of the named official, which shall constitute malfeasance in office, misfeasance in office or violation of oath of office.
N.M. Stat. § 73-27-12 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 27 / Section 73-27-12
§ 73-27-12. Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority Act and the income from the bonds shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivision of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 7-39-7 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 39 / Section 7-39-7
§ 7-39-7. Determination of taxable values for taxing districts
Status: in_force

To determine for any purpose the total taxable value of property required to be taxed under the Copper Production Ad Valorem Tax Act for any taxing jurisdiction for any year after 1990, the taxable value of copper mineral property for the taxing jurisdiction entered upon the schedules prepared under the Copper Production Ad Valorem Tax Act for the tax year preceding the determination shall be used.
N.M. Stat. § 7-19D-4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 19D / Section 7-19D-4
§ 7-19D-4. Ordinance shall conform to certain provisions of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act and requirements of the department
Status: in_force

A. An ordinance imposing a tax under the provisions of the Municipal Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act shall adopt by reference the same definitions and the same provisions relating to exemptions and deductions as are contained in the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act 1 then in effect and as it may be amended from time to time.

B. The governing body of any municipality imposing a tax under the Municipal Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act shall impose the tax by adopting the model ordinance with respect to the tax furnished to the municipality by the department. An ordinance that does not conform substantially to the model ordinance of the department is not valid.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-39 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-39
§ 3-60A-39. Revenue bonds; determination of revenue
Status: in_force

A. Prior to entering into a financing agreement for the project and the issuance of revenue bonds in connection with the project, the local government shall determine:

(1) the amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the first bonds proposed to be issued to finance the project;

(2) the amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds that the local government may deem advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and the maintenance of the project; and

(3) the estimated cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured unless the terms under which the project is to be financed provide that the user shall maintain the project and carry all proper insurance with respect to the project.

B. The determination and findings of the local government required to be made by Subsection A of this section shall be set forth in the proceedings under which the proposed revenue bonds are to be issued; but the foregoing amounts need not be expressed in dollars and cents in the financing agreement and proceedings under which the bonds are authorized to be issued.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-12 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-12
§ 19-10-12. New lease or extension where no discovery made; preference right; conditions
Status: in_force

The legal owners of all leases issued by the commissioner of public lands prior to the effective date of this amendment, containing provision, or provisions, for preference right to a new lease, or extension of the term thereof upon the expiration of the initial five-year term, and where valuable discoveries of the oil and gas have not been made, shall have an absolute preference right to such new lease or extension, upon the terms and conditions provided in such leases without paying a bonus therefor, and in the exercise of such preference right the provisions of Chapter 125 of the 1929 Session Laws, and of this act relating to sales made upon competitive bidding by sealed bids, or at public auction, shall not apply in any case, but all such renewals, extensions or new leases made pursuant to such preference rights shall be only for a term of five years and as long thereafter as oil and gas in paying quantities, or either of them, is produced from the leased premises, and without further preference right to renewal or extension for successive terms.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-87 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-87
§ 10-11-87. Municipal fire member coverage plan 1; age and service requirements for normal retirement
Status: in_force

Under municipal fire member coverage plan 1:

A. for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of credited service;

(2) age sixty-four years and eight or more years of credited service;

(3) age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of credited service;

(4) age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of credited service;

(5) age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of credited service;

(6) age sixty years and twenty or more years of credited service; or

(7) any age and twenty-five or more years of credited service; and

B. for a member who was not a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty years or older and five or more years of service credit; or

(2) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit.
N.M. Stat. § 40-17-10 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 17 / Section 40-17-10
§ 40-17-10. Relinquishment of firearms
Status: in_force

A. A respondent who receives a temporary or one-year extreme risk firearm protection order shall relinquish all firearms in the respondent's possession, custody or control or subject to the respondent's possession, custody or control in a safe manner to a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement agency or a federal firearms licensee within forty-eight hours of service of the order or sooner at the discretion of the court.

B. A law enforcement officer, law enforcement agency or federal firearms licensee that takes temporary possession of a firearm pursuant to this section shall:

(1) prepare a receipt identifying all firearms that have been relinquished or taken;

(2) provide a copy of the receipt to the respondent;

(3) provide a copy of the receipt to the petitioner within seventy-two hours of taking possession of the firearms;

(4) file the original receipt with the court that issued the temporary or one-year extreme risk firearm protection order within seventy-two hours of taking possession of the firearms; and

(5) ensure that the law enforcement agency retains a copy of the receipt.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.59 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.59
§ 7-1-6.59. Distribution; Vietnam veterans memorial operation, maintenance and improvement
Status: in_force

A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the veterans' services department in an amount equal to the money designated pursuant to Section 7-2-30.4 NMSA 1978 as contributions to the veterans' services department for the operation, maintenance and improvement of the Vietnam veterans memorial near Angel Fire, New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 18-3-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 18-3-13
§ 18-3-13. Palace of the governors state history museum division created; location; board of regents
Status: in_force

A. The “palace of the governors state history museum division” is created in the cultural affairs department. The palace of the governors state history museum located in Santa Fe shall be operated as a division of the cultural affairs department under the imprimatur of the museum of New Mexico. The museum of New Mexico board of regents shall exercise trusteeship over the palace of the governors state history museum.

B. The director of the division shall meet the following minimum qualifications:

(1) hold a bachelor's or higher degree in a discipline related to the function of the division; and

(2) have significant experience in the management and operation of an organization similar to the division.

C. The director shall be appointed by the secretary of cultural affairs from a list of no less than three names provided by the museum of New Mexico board of regents.
N.M. Stat. § 47-1-27 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 1 / Section 47-1-27
§ 47-1-27. “Statutory forms” of conveyance and mortgage of real property
Status: in_force

The forms set forth in the appendix to this act may be used and shall be sufficient for their respective purposes. They shall be known as “statutory forms” and may be referred to as such. They may be altered as circumstances require, and the authorization of such forms shall not prevent the use of other forms.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-39 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-39
§ 22-8-39. Boards of finance; suspension
Status: in_force

The department may at any time suspend a local school board or governing body of a state-chartered charter school from acting as a board of finance if the department reasonably believes there is mismanagement, improper recording or improper reporting of public school funds under the local school board's or governing body of a state-chartered charter school's control. When a local school board or governing body of a state-chartered charter school is suspended from acting as a board of finance, the department shall:

A. immediately take control of all public school funds under the control of the local school board or governing body of a state-chartered charter school acting as a board of finance;

B. immediately have an audit made of all funds under the control of the local school board or governing body of a state-chartered charter school acting as a board of finance and charge the cost of the audit to the school district or state-chartered charter school;

C. act as a fiscal agent for the school district or state-chartered charter school and take any action necessary to conform the fiscal management of funds of the school district or state-chartered charter school to the requirements of law and good accounting practices;

D. report any violations of the law to the proper law enforcement officers;

E. act as fiscal agent for the school district or state-chartered charter school until the department determines that the local school board or governing body of a state-chartered charter school is capable of acting as a board of finance or until the department determines that the county treasurer should act as fiscal agent for the school district or state-chartered charter school;

F. inform the local school board or governing body of a state-chartered charter school in writing of the department's determination as to who is to act as board of finance or fiscal agent for the school district or state-chartered charter school and also inform the county treasurer in writing if it determines that the county treasurer should act as fiscal agent for the school district or state-chartered charter school; and

G. consider commencing proceedings before the commission to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the charter of the state-chartered charter school in the case of a state-chartered charter school that has engaged in serious or repeated mismanagement, improper recording or improper reporting of public school funds under its control.
N.M. Stat. § 21-16A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 16A / Section 21-16A-3
§ 21-16A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Learning Center Act:

A. “ board ” means a learning center district board;

B. “ commission ” means the commission on higher education [higher education department];

C. “ community college board ” means the governing body of a community college district;

D. “ district ” means a learning center district;

E. “ extended learning services ” means academic and vocational educational programs offered by an institution away from a campus of the institution without the facility of a learning center and as defined by commission [department] rule consistent with the Learning Center Act;

F. “ institution ” means a regionally accredited public or private post-secondary educational institution;

G. “ local school board ” means the governing body of a school district; and

H. “ taxable value of property ” means the sum of the following:

(1) the “net taxable value”, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code, 1 of property subject to taxation under the Property Tax Code;

(2) the “assessed value” of “products” as those terms are defined in the Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act; 2

(3) the “assessed value” of “equipment” as those terms are defined in the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act; and

(4) the “taxable value” of “copper mineral property” as those terms are defined in the Copper Production Ad Valorem Tax Act. 3
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-30 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-30
§ 9-15-30. Mexican affairs division created; duties
Status: in_force

A. The “Mexican affairs division” is created as a division of the department.

B. The division shall be responsible for conducting and coordinating the state's relations with the Republic of Mexico and the state of Chihuahua and shall promote New Mexico products and services in Mexico. The division is created to coordinate activities of the department, the tourism department, the cultural affairs department, the department of transportation, the department of health, the department of environment, the department of public safety, the New Mexico-Chihuahua commission, the border authority and the joint border research institute at New Mexico state university as those activities relate to improving New Mexico-Mexico relations and trade and encouraging or funding appropriate border development.

C. The division shall provide periodic reports to the New Mexico finance authority oversight committee on its activities and the activities of the state pertaining to New Mexico-Mexico relations, trade and border development.
N.M. Stat. § 3-3-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 3-3-4
§ 3-3-4. Municipalities incorporated under special act; reorganization approved; election for new officers; term of office
Status: in_force

A. If a majority of the votes cast on the question of reorganizing a municipality incorporated by a special act favors reorganizing the municipality under general law, the governing body shall adopt an election resolution calling for an election of officers, which shall be held at the first regular local or general election following approval of reorganization. The election shall be called, conducted and canvassed in the manner provided in the Local Election Act.

B. The terms of office for the mayor, municipal judge and one-half of the members of the governing body shall be until the next regular local election. The terms of office for the remaining one-half of the governing body shall be until the second regular local election is held. The elected municipal officers shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. The length of terms of the first members shall be determined by lot.