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N.M. Stat. § 24-10B-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 10B / Section 24-10B-11
§ 24-10B-11. Summoning emergency vehicle without cause; penalty
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully summons an ambulance or emergency response vehicle or reports that one is needed when that person knows that the ambulance or emergency response vehicle is not needed is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 62-9-7 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 9 / Section 62-9-7
§ 62-9-7. Legislative declaration; voluntary service agreements
Status: in_force

A. The legislature declares that the existing scheme of public utility regulation is adequate to exempt voluntary service agreements, as approved and regulated pursuant to the Public Utility Act, from the antitrust laws.

B. In exercising its authority pursuant to Chapter 62, Article 9 NMSA 1978 , the commission may, after public hearing upon at least twenty days notice, approve voluntary service agreements between utilities providing similar service proposing the delineation between themselves of one or more service areas in which each shall be entitled to furnish service, if the commission first determines that the proposed delineation of service areas is consistent with the public convenience and necessity and otherwise conforms to the Public Utility Act.

C. Voluntary service agreements that the commission, after public notice and hearing, has previously approved are deemed to comply with Subsection A of this section and to have the same effect as if approved pursuant to Subsection B of this section.

D. Approval of a voluntary service agreement shall not affect the duties and restrictions imposed upon a public utility pursuant to Chapter 62, Article 8 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 13-4A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4A / Section 13-4A-1
§ 13-4A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Art in Public Places Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-36 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-36
§ 21-1-36. New Mexico cooperative education program; purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the New Mexico cooperative education program is to provide an opportunity for students in New Mexico post-secondary educational institutions to combine academic and employment experience by creating and expanding cooperative education programs in New Mexico colleges and universities, thereby enhancing the educational benefits and job training received by students who participate in cooperative education. The program shall encourage cooperative education for students from groups most severely underrepresented in specified fields of study or employment, particularly women and minorities in engineering.
N.M. Stat. § 12-9A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 9A / Section 12-9A-6
§ 12-9A-6. Rulemaking authority
Status: in_force

The regulation and licensing department may adopt and promulgate rules to implement the provisions of the Sunrise Act and assess costs among boards covered by the Uniform Licensing Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-16A-19.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 16A / Section 7-16A-19.1
§ 7-16A-19.1. Border crossing special fuel user permit
Status: in_force

A. A special fuel user who operates a commercial motor carrier vehicle registered or titled in Mexico, who is engaged primarily in movement across the New Mexico-Mexico border and into or from an international border commercial zone and whose exclusive use of New Mexico highways is limited to an area within ten miles of the New Mexico-Mexico border may apply for, on a form approved by the department of transportation, a quarterly, semi-annual or annual border crossing special fuel user permit. The department of transportation shall issue the permit if it approves the application and upon payment of the fee for the permit.

B. The department of transportation shall establish by rule the amount, which shall not exceed the following, of fees for border crossing special fuel user permits:

(1) for a quarterly permit, one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125);

(2) for a semi-annual permit, two hundred dollars ($200); and

(3) for an annual permit, three hundred fifty dollars ($350).

C. As used in this section, “ international border commercial zone ” means that part of a commercial zone established by a law of the United States that extends into New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 24-5-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 5 / Section 24-5-11
§ 24-5-11. Rules
Status: in_force

The secretary of health shall adopt rules for the immunization registry pursuant to the Immunization Act concerning the following:

A. the implementation and maintenance of the registry;

B. requirements for content and submission of reports of immunization to the registry;

C. procedures for the patient, or the patient's parent or guardian if the patient is a minor, to decline to participate in the registry;

D. procedures for the registrant, or the registrant's parent or guardian if the registrant is a minor, to review and correct information contained in the registry;

E. procedures for the registrant, or the registrant's parent or guardian if the registrant is a minor, to withdraw consent for participation at any time and to remove information from the registry;

F. limits on and methods of access to the registry by those authorized to gain access; and

G. procedures for managed care organizations to obtain summary statistics of immunization information on managed care organization members from the registry.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-13 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-13
§ 21-21-13. Investment of funds
Status: in_force

A. Money in the student loan sinking fund and money in the student loan fund in excess of the amount necessary for student loans may be invested by the state treasurer in:

(1) direct obligations of, or obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by, the United States;

(2) direct obligations of, or participation certificates guaranteed by, the federal intermediate credit bank, federal land banks, federal national mortgage association, federal home loan banks or banks for cooperatives;

(3) certificates of deposit of any bank or trust company whose deposits are fully secured by a pledge of securities of any kind specified in this subsection; and

(4) bonds of the state or its political subdivisions.

B. Money in the student loan sinking fund may be invested only in obligations which are scheduled to mature prior to the date the money must be available for its intended purpose.

C. All investments under this section may be sold at the prevailing market price. Income from these investments shall be credited to the student loan sinking fund.
N.M. Stat. § 6-17-19 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 17 / Section 6-17-19
§ 6-17-19. Validation
Status: in_force

All bonds issued prior to the effective date of this section by any board of regents under authority of any law, and the proceedings for authorization and issuance of the bonds and the pledges made for their payment, are validated, ratified and confirmed. All such bonds and proceedings are declared fully valid, effective and enforceable in accordance with their terms.
N.M. Stat. § 6-9-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 9 / Section 6-9-4
§ 6-9-4. Violation and penalty
Status: in_force

Any person who with intent to defraud uses on a public security or an instrument of payment:

A. a facsimile signature, or any reproduction of it, of any authorized officer; or

B. any facsimile seal, or any reproduction of it, of this state or any of its departments, agencies or other instrumentalities or of any of its political subdivisions is guilty of a felony.
N.M. Stat. § 31-9-1.4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 9 / Section 31-9-1.4
§ 31-9-1.4. Determination of competency; incompetent defendants
Status: in_force

If at any time the district court determines that there is not a substantial probability that the defendant will become competent to proceed in a criminal case within a reasonable period of time not to exceed nine months from the date of the original finding of incompetency, the district court may:

A. hear the matter pursuant to Section 31-9-1.5 NMSA 1978 within three months if the defendant is charged with a felony that involves the infliction of great bodily harm on another person; a felony that involves the use of a firearm; aggravated arson, as provided in Section 30-17-6 NMSA 1978; criminal sexual penetration, as provided in Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978; or criminal sexual contact of a minor, as provided in Section 30-9-13 NMSA 1978;

B. release the defendant from custody and dismiss with prejudice the charges against him; or

C. dismiss the criminal case without prejudice in the interest of justice. If the treatment supervisor has issued a report finding that the defendant satisfies the criteria for involuntary commitment contained in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, 1 the department of health shall commence proceedings pursuant to Chapter 43, Article 1 NMSA 1978 , and the court may order the defendant confined for a maximum of seven days to facilitate preparation and initiation of a petition pursuant to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. The district court may refer the defendant to the district attorney for possible initiation of proceedings under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
N.M. Stat. § 72-17-12 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-12
§ 72-17-12. Filling vacancies on board
Status: in_force

Upon a vacancy occurring in the board by reason of death, change of residence, resignation, or for any other reason, the governor shall appoint a qualified elector of the authority, as successor to serve the unexpired term.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-30 — NM 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. § 62-20-3 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 20 / Section 62-20-3
§ 62-20-3. Creation of authority; merger with authority; service area
Status: in_force

A. An authority is a political subdivision of the state.

B. Two or more entities may create an authority.

C. Each founding or joining entity shall adopt a resolution signifying its intention to establish or join an authority. A founding or joining entity shall not adopt a resolution until notice of a public hearing has been given and a minimum of two public hearings have been held, in which proposed articles of incorporation and bylaws were available for public viewing and comment. Public notice shall adhere to the requirements of the Open Meetings Act.

D. The resolution shall state:

(1) the proposed name and purpose of the authority;

(2) the proposed service area of the authority; and

(3) the lead founding entity of the authority that shall act as the interim registered agent until the authority is established.

E. Upon adoption of the resolutions in accordance with Subsection C of this section, the founding entities shall execute the articles of incorporation and bylaws. The founding entities shall file the articles of incorporation and bylaws with the secretary of state. The articles of incorporation and bylaws are effective upon filing unless a different date is provided in the articles of incorporation. Amendments to the articles of incorporation or bylaws shall not become effective unless filed with the secretary of state. No corporate report shall be required of an incorporated authority.

F. The issuance of a certificate of incorporation by the secretary of state shall establish the authority.

G. A founding, joining or dissolved entity shall transfer to the authority all assets and liabilities pertaining to or owned by the entity. Prior to transferring any compliance liability, a compliance schedule that addresses the liability shall be developed and approved by the authority and relevant state or federal agencies.

H. An authority's initial service area shall consist of the founding entities' existing place of use on file with and approved by the state engineer, but shall not encroach upon the service area of an existing non-joining entity.

I. When an entity joins an authority, the joining entity's place of use on file with and approved by the state engineer shall become part of the authority's service area, but shall not encroach upon the service area of an existing non-joining entity.

J. An authority shall file a plat with the state engineer and in the property records of the county or counties where the service area is located that designates the authority's initial service area and any subsequent amendments.

K. When a founding or joining entity transfers a water right to an authority, the authority shall file a change of ownership form with the state engineer and shall apply to the state engineer to change the place of use or point of diversion of the transferred right.
N.M. Stat. § 11-3A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 11 / Article 3A / Section 11-3A-10
§ 11-3A-10. Prohibited actions
Status: in_force

Neither the regional housing authority nor any of its contractors or their subcontractors may enter into any contract, subcontract or agreement in connection with a housing project under any contract in which any of the following persons has an interest, direct or indirect, during the person's tenure or for one year thereafter:

A. any present or former member of the board of commissioners of the regional housing authority or any member of the member's immediate family. The prohibition established by this subsection shall not apply to any member who has not served on the governing body of a resident management corporation, and who otherwise has not occupied a policymaking position with the resident management corporation or the regional housing authority;

B. any employee of the regional housing authority who formulates policy or who influences decisions with respect to a housing project, any member of the employee's immediate family or any partner of the employee; or

C. any public official, member of a governing body or state legislator, or any member of such person's immediate family, who exercises functions or responsibilities with respect to the housing project or the regional housing authority.
N.M. Stat. § 73-7-53 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 7 / Section 73-7-53
§ 73-7-53. Owners of land; rights to use of drains; eminent domain
Status: in_force

The owner of any land that has been assessed for the cost of the construction of any ditch, drain or watercourse, as herein provided, shall have the right to use the ditch, drain or watercourse as an outlet for lateral drains from said land; and if said land is separated from the ditch, drain or watercourse by the land of another or others, and the owner thereof shall be unable to agree with said other or others as to the terms and conditions on which he may enter their lands and construct said drain or ditch, and [then] he may acquire a right-of-way therefor by condemnation as hereinafter provided by the provisions of Section 73-7-56 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 14-14A-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 14A / Section 14-14A-6
§ 14-14A-6. Identification of individual
Status: in_force

A. A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the individual is personally known to the officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that individual has the identity claimed.

B. A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the officer can identify the individual:

(1) by means of:

(a) a passport, driver's license or government-issued nondriver identification card, which is current or expired not more than one year before performance of the notarial act; or

(b) another form of government identification issued to an individual, which is current or expired not more than one year before performance of the notarial act, contains the signature or a photograph of the individual and is satisfactory to the officer; or

(2) by a verification on oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally appearing before the officer, who is unrelated to and unaffected by the document or transaction, and known to the officer and whom the officer can identify on the basis of a passport, driver's license or government-issued nondriver identification card, which is current or expired not more than one year before performance of the notarial act.

C. A notarial officer may require an individual to provide additional information or identification credentials necessary to assure the officer of the identity of the individual.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-26 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-26
§ 7-38-26. Scheduling of protest hearings
Status: in_force

Before scheduling a protest hearing, the county assessor shall notify the director and assure that the assigned property appraisal officer board member will be made available. The director may assign a property appraisal officer to act as a member of more than one county valuation protests board. He also may establish and publish schedules for hearings on protests in the various counties to make the most efficient use of assigned property appraisal officers and assure the expeditious determination of protests.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-46-29 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 46 / Section 59A-46-29
§ 59A-46-29. Health maintenance organizations; contract or certificate provisions relating to individuals who are eligible for medical benefits under the medicaid program
Status: in_force

A. Each individual or group contract or certificate that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state shall include provisions that require any indemnity benefits payable by a health maintenance organization on behalf of an enrollee under the contract or certificate to be paid to the human services department when:

(1) the human services department has paid or is paying benefits on behalf of the enrollee under the state's medicaid program pursuant to Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396, et seq. ;

(2) payment for the services in question has been made by the human services department to the medicaid provider; and

(3) the health maintenance organization is notified that the enrollee receives benefits under the medicaid program and that any indemnity benefits payable by the health maintenance organization must be paid directly to the human services department.

B. The notice required under Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of this section may be accomplished through an attachment to the claim by the human services department for any indemnity benefits payable by the health maintenance organization when the claim is first submitted by the human services department to the health maintenance organization.

C. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, checks in payment for claims for any indemnity benefits payable by a health maintenance organization pursuant to any individual or group contract or certificate for health care services provided to persons who are also eligible for benefits under the medicaid program and provided by medical providers not contracting with the health maintenance organization shall be made payable to the provider. The health maintenance organization may be notified that the enrollee is eligible for medicaid benefits through an attachment to the claim by the provider for health maintenance organization benefits when the claim is first submitted by the provider to the health maintenance organization.

D. No health maintenance organization group or individual contract or certificate delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state on or after the effective date of this section shall contain any provision denying or limiting health maintenance organization benefits because services are rendered to an enrollee who is eligible for or who has received medical assistance under the medicaid program of this state.

E. To the extent that payment for covered expenses has been made pursuant to the state medicaid program for health care items or services furnished to an individual, in any case where a health maintenance organization has a legal liability to make payments, the state is considered to have acquired the rights of the individual to payment by the health maintenance organization for those health care items or services.
N.M. Stat. § 76-26-2 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 26 / Section 76-26-2
§ 76-26-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the New Mexico Agricultural Workforce Development Program Act:

A. “ agricultural business ” means a business of a food or agricultural nature, including agriculture production or processing;

B. “ board ” means the board of regents of New Mexico state university;

C. “ department ” means the New Mexico department of agriculture;

D. “ director ” means the director of the department;

E. “ immediate family member ” means the spouse, parent, sibling or child of the owner or manager of an agricultural business; a person to whom the owner or manager of an agricultural business stands in loco parentis; or any other person living in the household of the owner or manager of an agricultural business and related to the owner or manager of an agricultural business by blood or marriage;

F. “ intern ” means an individual who is a student or a young and beginning farmer or rancher employed by an agricultural business pursuant to the program; and

G. “ program ” means the New Mexico agricultural workforce development program.