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N.M. Stat. § 53-17-20 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 17 / Section 53-17-20
§ 53-17-20. Transacting business without certificate of authority
Status: in_force

A. No foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority shall be permitted to maintain any action, suit or proceeding in any court of this state, until the corporation has obtained a certificate of authority. Nor shall any action, suit or proceeding be maintained in any court of this state by any successor or assignee of the corporation on any right, claim or demand arising out of the transaction of business 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 transact business in this state does not impair the validity of any contract or act of the corporation, and does not prevent the corporation from defending any action, suit or proceeding in any court of this state.

C. A foreign corporation which transacts business in this state without a certificate of authority is liable to this state, for the years or parts thereof during which it transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority, in an amount equal to all fees and franchise taxes which would have been imposed upon the corporation had it applied for and received a certificate of authority to transact business in this state as required by the Business Corporation Act, and thereafter filed all annual reports required by it, plus all penalties for failure to pay the fees and franchise taxes, plus a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense.
N.M. Stat. § 11-13A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 11 / Article 13A / Section 11-13A-5
§ 11-13A-5. Joint legislative committee on compacts; creation; membership; authority
Status: in_force

A. The joint legislative “committee on compacts” is created. Once established it shall continue to exist until specific action is taken by the legislature to terminate its existence.

B. The committee shall consider the requirements of the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 1 provisions of existing state law and the best interests of the tribes and the citizens of the state in considering any compact or amendment submitted to it.

C. The committee shall have sixteen members, eight from the house of representatives and eight from the senate. House members shall be appointed annually by the speaker of the house and senate members shall be appointed annually by the committees' committee or, if the senate appointments are made in the interim, by the president pro tempore after consultation with and agreement of a majority of the members of the committees' committee. Members shall be appointed from each house to give the two major political parties in each house equal representation on the committee. The appointing authorities shall consider appointing to the committee a Native American member or a member who represents a district in which Native Americans constitute a significant percentage of the voting age population.

D. The president pro tempore of the senate shall designate a senate member of the committee to be chairman of the committee in odd-numbered years and the vice chairman in even-numbered years. The speaker of the house of representatives shall designate a house member of the committee to be chairman of the committee in even-numbered years and the vice chairman in odd-numbered years.

E. The committee shall meet at the call of the chairman to consider a compact or amendment submitted to it.

F. The committee may meet during legislative sessions as needed.

G. Staff services for the committee shall be provided by the legislative council service.
N.M. Stat. § 47-7B-10 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7B / Section 47-7B-10
§ 47-7B-10. Exercise of development rights
Status: reserved

A. To exercise any development right reserved under Paragraph (8) of Subsection A of Section 17 of the Condominium Act, the declarant shall prepare, execute and record an amendment to the declaration and comply with Section 21 of the Condominium Act. The declarant is the unit owner of any units thereby created. The amendment to the declaration shall assign an identifying number to each new unit created, and, except in the case of subdivision or conversion of units described in Subsection C of this section, reallocate the allocated interests among all units. The amendment must describe any common elements and any limited common elements thereby created and, in the case of limited common elements, designate the unit to which each is allocated to the extent required by Section 20 of the Condominium Act.

B. Development rights may be reserved within any real estate added to the condominium if the amendment adding that real estate includes all matters required by Section 17 or 18 of the Condominium Act as the case may be, and the plats and plans include all matters required by Section 21 of that act. This provision does not extend the time limit on the exercise of development rights imposed by the declaration pursuant to Paragraph (8) of Subsection A of Section 17 of that act.

C. Whenever a declarant exercises a development right to subdivide or convert a unit previously created into additional units, common elements or both:

(1) if the declarant converts the unit entirely to common elements, the amendment to the declaration shall reallocate all the allocated interests of that unit among the other units as if that unit had been taken by eminent domain; and

(2) if the declarant subdivides the unit into two or more units, whether or not any part of the unit is converted into common elements, the amendment to the declaration shall reallocate all the allocated interests of the unit among the units created by the subdivision in any reasonable manner prescribed by the declarant.

D. If the declaration provides, pursuant to Paragraph (8) of Subsection A of Section 17 of the Condominium Act, that all or a portion of the real estate is subject to the development right of withdrawal:

(1) if all the real estate is subject to withdrawal, and the declaration does not describe separate portions of real estate subject to that right, none of the real estate may be withdrawn after a unit has been conveyed to a purchaser; and

(2) if a portion or portions are subject to withdrawal, no portion shall be withdrawn after a unit in that portion has been conveyed to a purchaser.
N.M. Stat. § 73-17-6 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 17 / Section 73-17-6
§ 73-17-6. Liability for damages
Status: in_force

A. All persons and public corporations, shall be liable for damages done to works of the district by themselves, their agents, their employees or by their livestock. Any person guilty of wilful damage shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not to exceed two hundred ($200) dollars and costs and shall be liable for all damages and costs. The board shall have authority to repair such damage at the expense of the person or public corporation causing the same.

B. In all cases declared misdemeanors by this act, any justice of the peace [magistrate] of the county in which the offense is committed shall have jurisdiction thereof, and upon complaint being made as is now required by law, may issue a warrant directed to any proper officer of his county, for the arrest of any person so charged with any such misdemeanor, and upon the arrest of such person, the justice of the peace [magistrate] before whom such person is brought for trial shall hear and determine the cause, and if he finds the accused guilty, shall assess the fine as prescribed in this act.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-8 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-8
§ 66-3-8. Examination of registration records and index of stolen and recovered vehicles
Status: in_force

The department, upon receiving application for original registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title, except a title issued on a manufactured home, shall first check the engine or other standard identification number provided by the manufacturer of the vehicle shown in the application against its own records, the records of the national crime information center and other records as appropriate.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7B-12 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7B / Section 24-7B-12
§ 24-7B-12. Prohibited practice
Status: in_force

A. No insurer or other provider of benefits regulated by the New Mexico Insurance Code or a state agency shall require a person to execute or revoke an advance directive for mental health treatment as a condition for membership in, being insured for or receiving coverage or benefits under an insurance contract or plan.

B. No insurer may condition the sale, procurement or issuance of a policy, plan, contract, certificate or other evidence of coverage, or entry into a pension, profit-sharing, retirement, employment or similar benefit plan, upon the execution or revocation of an advance directive for mental health treatment; nor shall the existence of an advance directive for mental health treatment modify the terms of an existing policy, plan, contract, certificate or other evidence of coverage of insurance.

C. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the superintendent of insurance under the New Mexico Insurance Code.
N.M. Stat. § 44-6-14 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 6 / Section 44-6-14
§ 44-6-14. Construction
Status: in_force

The Declaratory Judgment Act is declared to be remedial. The act's purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations, and is to be liberally construed and administered.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-70 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-70
§ 2-7F-70. Representative district sixty-four
Status: in_force

Representative district sixty-four is composed of Chaves county precincts 1, 10, 44 and 46; Curry county precincts 2, 17 through 19, 23, 24, 33, 35, 37 through 39 and 42; and Roosevelt county precincts 2 through 5, 9 through 16 and 18 through 21.
N.M. Stat. § 1-20-9 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 20 / Section 1-20-9
§ 1-20-9. Falsifying election documents
Status: in_force

Falsifying election documents consists of performing any of the following acts willfully and with knowledge and intent to deceive or mislead any voter, precinct board, canvassing board or other election official:

A. printing, causing to be printed, distributing or displaying false or misleading instructions pertaining to voting or the conduct of the election;

B. printing, causing to be printed, distributing or displaying any official ballot, sample ballot, facsimile diagram or pretended ballot that includes the name of any person not entitled by law to be on the ballot, or omits the name of any person entitled by law to be on the ballot, or otherwise contains false or misleading information or headings;

C. defacing, altering, forging, making false entries in or changing in any way a certificate of nomination, registration record or election return required by or prepared and issued pursuant to the Election Code;

D. suppressing any certificate of nomination, registration record or election return required by or prepared and issued pursuant to the Election Code;

E. preparing or submitting any false certificate of nomination, registration record or election return; or

F. knowingly falsifying any information on a nominating petition.

Whoever falsifies election documents is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 16-5-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 5 / Section 16-5-11
§ 16-5-11. Authorization to set and collect user fees
Status: in_force

The commission may establish user fees to be charged to passengers on the railroad. The fee schedule may provide for different fees for different classes of passengers.
N.M. Stat. § 61-12B-13 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12B / Section 61-12B-13
§ 61-12B-13. Respiratory care fund created; disposition; method of payment
Status: in_force

A. There is created in the state treasury the “respiratory care fund”.

B. All funds received by the superintendent and money collected under the Respiratory Care Act shall be deposited with the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall place the money to the credit of the respiratory care fund.

C. All amounts paid into the respiratory care fund shall be expended only pursuant to appropriation by the legislature and in accordance with the budget approved by the department of finance and administration and shall be used only for the purposes of implementing the provisions of the Respiratory Care Act. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 72-18-24 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 18 / Section 72-18-24
§ 72-18-24. Inclusion of additional property
Status: in_force

The boundaries of any district organized under the provisions of the Flood Control District Act may be changed in the manner prescribed in this section and Section 25 of that act but the change of boundaries of the district shall not impair or affect its organization or its rights in or to property or any of its rights or privileges, nor shall it affect or impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge for or upon which it might be liable or chargeable had any such change of boundaries not been made. The owners of real property may file with the board a petition, in writing, praying that such real property be included in the district. The petition shall prescribe the property owned by the petitioners, and the petition shall be deemed to give assent of the petitioners to the inclusion in the district of the property described in the petition. The petition shall be acknowledged in the same manner that conveyances of land are required to be acknowledged. The secretary shall cause notice of filing of the petition to be given and published in the county in which the property or the major portion thereof is located, which notice shall state the filing of the petition, the names of the petitioners, descriptions of lands mentioned, the prayer of the petitioners and that all persons interested may appear at the office of the board at the time stated in the notice and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted. The board shall, at the time and place mentioned or at such time or times at which the hearing may be adjourned, proceed to hear the petition and all objections presented in writing by any person showing cause why the petition should not be granted. The failure of any interested person to show cause in writing shall be deemed and held as an assent on his part to the inclusion of the lands in the district as prayed for in the petition. If the petition is granted, the board shall make an order to that effect and file it with the clerk of the court declaring the organization of the district, and upon order of the court the property shall be included in the district.
N.M. Stat. § 1-20-8.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 20 / Section 1-20-8.2
§ 1-20-8.2. Paper ballots; delivery of two or more ballots
Status: in_force

Every voter who knowingly attempts to vote on two or more paper ballots is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9F-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9F / Section 7-9F-6
§ 7-9F-6. Eligibility requirements
Status: in_force

A. A taxpayer conducting qualified research at a qualified facility and making qualified expenditures is eligible to claim the basic credit pursuant to the Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit Act.

B. A taxpayer conducting qualified research at a qualified facility and making qualified expenditures is eligible to claim the additional credit pursuant to the Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit Act if:

(1) the taxpayer increases the taxpayer's annual payroll expense at the qualified facility by at least seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) over the base payroll expense of the taxpayer;

(2) the increase in Paragraph (1) of this subsection has not previously been used to meet the requirements of this subsection; and

(3) there is at least a seventy-five-thousand-dollar ($75,000) increase in the taxpayer's annual payroll expense for every one million dollars ($1,000,000) in qualified expenditures claimed by the taxpayer in a taxable year in the same claim.
N.M. Stat. § 1-3-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-8
§ 1-3-8. Precinct changes; notice and publication
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption of any resolution, or upon the final action of any district court upon a petition creating, abolishing, dividing or consolidating any precinct, or changing any precinct boundary, or changing any designated polling place, the board of county commissioners shall:

A. send a certified copy of the resolution or court order to the secretary of state and to the county chair of each of the major political parties; and

B. publish once the resolution in a newspaper as provided in the Election Code.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10B-5 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10B / Section 19-10B-5
§ 19-10B-5. Commissioner of public lands; authorization to issue revenue bonds
Status: in_force

A. In order to provide funds for the design, development, acquisition and implementation of the ONGARD system, the commissioner of public lands is authorized to issue revenue bonds, in a principal amount not to exceed eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000), payable solely from that part of the income derived from state trust lands that is required by law to be deposited in the state lands maintenance fund and from certain revenues generated by the ONGARD system.

B. The bonds shall have a maturity of no more than twenty years from the date of issuance. The commissioner of public lands shall determine all other terms, covenants and conditions of the bonds subject to the approval of the state board of finance.

C. The bonds shall be executed with the manual or facsimile signature of the commissioner of public lands and countersigned by the state treasurer, with the seal of the commissioner of public lands imprinted or otherwise affixed to the bonds.

D. Proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be placed in a special fund created within the state treasury. The fund and the earnings of the fund are appropriated to the commissioner of public lands for the design, development, acquisition and implementation of the ONGARD system and may also be used to pay expenses incurred in the preparation, issuance and sale of the bonds. Any balance remaining in the fund after the ONGARD system has been fully implemented shall be used to retire the bonds or, if the bonds have been fully retired, shall be deposited into the state lands maintenance fund.

E. The bonds may be sold only at a private sale and only to the state investment officer or to the state treasurer.

F. This section is full authority for the issuance and sale of the bonds, and the bonds shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance and sale and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders of the bonds for value.

G. An amount of money in the state lands maintenance fund sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as they become due in each year shall be set aside, and is hereby pledged, for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds.

H. The bonds shall be payable by the state treasurer who shall keep a complete record relating to the payment of the bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-11 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-11
§ 6-6-11. Yearly expenditures limited to income; Bateman Act
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any board of county commissioners, municipal governing body or any local school board, for any purpose whatever to become indebted or contract any debts of any kind or nature whatsoever during any current year which, at the end of such current year, is not and cannot then be paid out of the money actually collected and belonging to that current year, and any indebtedness for any current year which is not paid and cannot be paid, as above provided for, is void. Any officer of any county, municipality, school district or local school board, who shall issue any certificate or other form of approval of indebtedness separate from the account filed in the first place or who shall at any time use the fund belonging to any current year for any other purpose than paying the current expenses of that year, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 4-62-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 62 / Section 4-62-3
§ 4-62-3. Revenue bonds; terms
Status: in_force

County revenue bonds:

A. may have interest, appreciated principal value or any part thereof payable at intervals or at maturity as may be determined by the governing body;

B. may be subject to prior redemption at the county's option at such time and upon such terms and conditions with or without the payment of a premium as may be determined by the governing body;

C. may mature at any time not exceeding fifty years after the date of issuance, except county revenue bonds issued for reconstructing, resurfacing or repairing existing streets, which may mature at any time not exceeding twenty years after the date of issuance;

D. may be serial in form and maturity or may consist of one bond payable at one time or in installments or may be in such other form as may be determined by the governing body;

E. shall be sold for cash at, above or below par and at a price that results in a net effective interest rate that does not exceed the maximum permitted by the Public Securities Act; and

F. may be sold at public or negotiated sale.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-58-7 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 58 / Section 59A-58-7
§ 59A-58-7. Transactions exempt from premium tax
Status: in_force

The premium tax imposed pursuant to Chapter 59A, Article 6 NMSA 1978 does not apply to any business transacted pursuant to the provisions of the Service Contract Regulation Act.
N.M. Stat. § 6-25-24 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 25 / Section 6-25-24
§ 6-25-24. Agreement of the state
Status: in_force

The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of any economic development revolving fund bonds, project revenue bonds or notes issued by the authority under the Statewide Economic Development Finance Act that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the authority or the department to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of the economic development revolving fund bonds, project revenue bonds or notes or in any way impair the rights and remedies of those holders until the economic development revolving fund bonds, project revenue bonds or notes together with the interest on the economic development revolving fund bonds, project revenue bonds or notes, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of those holders, are fully met and discharged. The authority may include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of the economic development revolving fund bonds, project revenue bonds or notes.
N.M. Stat. § 22-13-3.4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13 / Section 22-13-3.4
§ 22-13-3.4. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Literacy For Children At Risk Act is to promote greater literacy among children.
N.M. Stat. § 40-4A-20 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 4A / Section 40-4A-20
§ 40-4A-20. Unpaid child support interest arrears management program
Status: in_force

The department shall designate an arrears management program starting on or after December 15, 2004 to provide amnesty for child support arrears, pursuant to procedures adopted by the department. The arrears management program shall not exceed more than twelve months and shall only be authorized thereafter every two years. The department shall, before renewing the next arrears management program, provide to the interim welfare reform oversight committee a report on the previous arrears management program.