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N.M. Stat. § 69-27-7 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 27 / Section 69-27-7
§ 69-27-7. Misdemeanors, punishment; intoxicants, damage to equipment, violation of danger signs and unauthorized travel prohibited
Status: in_force

Any employee violating the provisions of Section 199 of Article 34 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment or both as set forth in another section of this act. No miner or other person shall carry into a mine intoxicating liquors or alcoholic beverages or enter the mine under the influence of intoxicating liquor; he shall not destroy any part of the machinery or equipment of the mine; no unauthorized person shall enter any part of the mine against a danger sign nor travel any haulageway in a mine where a manway is provided.
N.M. Stat. § 28-3-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 3 / Section 28-3-7
§ 28-3-7. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Displaced Homemakers Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 1-6-10.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-10.1
§ 1-6-10.1. Absentee ballot; delivery to county clerk
Status: in_force

A. A voter, caregiver to that voter or member of that voter's immediate family or household may deliver that voter's absentee ballot to the county clerk in person or by mail; provided that the voter has subscribed the official mailing envelope of the absentee ballot.

B. As used in this section, “ immediate family ” means the spouse, children, parents, domestic partner, grandchildren, grandparents or siblings of a voter or a person with whom the voter has a continuing personal relationship.
N.M. Stat. § 19-11-6 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 11 / Section 19-11-6
§ 19-11-6. Cutting certain timber for purchaser's own consumption
Status: in_force

Any purchaser of timbered lands, under the provisions of this act, shall be permitted to cut sufficient pinon and juniper for his own consumption only.
N.M. Stat. § 57-5-6 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 5 / Section 57-5-6
§ 57-5-6. Announcement of pictures to be produced; contents of announcement; filing with public regulation commission; sale to competitor at less price unlawful; sale or lease to be by contract; penalty for violation
Status: in_force

Whenever a producer and/or distributor announces a group or series of pictures or annual product to exhibitors, either made or to be made, it shall be filed immediately with the corporation commission [public regulation commission] and announced directly and simultaneously to all exhibitors in competitive situations. All pictures or productions shall be announced by either name, title, star, star series, series or by number and shall be classified in groups as to the price and/or box office value. Each group so classified shall be identified by letters A, B, C, D, etc.; Group “A” being the highest priced or best box office pictures or productions; Group “B” being the next highest priced or next best box office pictures or productions, and so on, and the number of pictures in each group shall be specified. In the event of any change or changes in the product made, or to be made, making it different from that in the announcement filed with the corporation commission [public regulation commission], notice of the nature of such change or changes made or to be made shall be filed with the corporation commission [public regulation commission] within ten days after such change or changes are made. After one competitive exhibitor has purchased, rented or contracted for his proportionate part of a product, it shall be unlawful for the producer and/or distributor to sell or lease the remainder of said product to the other competitive exhibitor or exhibitors, on a different playing arrangement or for a less price, for a period of six months. And all pictures sold or leased by producers and/or distributors shall be by written contract, in which the price paid or to be paid, and playing arrangement for each picture sold or leased shall be stated. Any producer or exhibitor violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
N.M. Stat. § 7-14A-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 14A / Section 7-14A-10
§ 7-14A-10. Distribution of proceeds
Status: in_force

At the end of each month, the net receipts attributable to the leased vehicle gross receipts tax and any associated penalties and interest shall be distributed as follows:

A. one-fourth to the local governments road fund; and

B. three-fourths to the highway infrastructure fund.
N.M. Stat. § 7-37-5.4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 37 / Section 7-37-5.4
§ 7-37-5.4. Property owned by a disabled veteran is exempt from a special benefit assessment
Status: in_force

A. Property owned by a disabled veteran, including joint or community property of the veteran and the veteran's spouse, is exempt from the imposition of a special benefit assessment if the property is occupied by the disabled veteran as the veteran's principal place of residence. Property held in a grantor trust established under Sections 671 through 677 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as those sections may be amended or renumbered, by a disabled veteran or the veteran's surviving spouse is also exempt from the imposition of a special benefit assessment if the property otherwise meets the requirements for exemption in this subsection or Subsection B of this section.

B. The property of the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran is exempt from the imposition of a special benefit assessment if:

(1) the surviving spouse and the disabled veteran were married at the time of the disabled veteran's death;

(2) the surviving spouse continues to occupy the property continuously after the disabled veteran's death as the spouse's principal place of residence; and

(3) the surviving spouse has remained unmarried since the time of the disabled veteran's death.

C. For purposes of this section:

(1) “ disabled veteran ” means an individual who:

(a) has been honorably discharged from membership in the armed forces of the United States or has received a discharge certificate from a branch of the armed forces of the United States for civilian service recognized pursuant to federal law as service in the armed forces of the United States; and

(b) has been determined pursuant to federal law to have a one hundred percent permanent and total service-connected disability;

(2) “ honorably discharged ” means discharged from the armed forces pursuant to a discharge other than a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge; and

(3) “ special benefit assessment ” means an assessment or levy authorized by law for benefits, damages, construction, improvements or maintenance on property that is specially benefited by the benefits, damages, construction, improvements or maintenance; and includes an assessment or levy authorized by The Conservancy Act of New Mexico, 1 the Public Improvement District Act, 2 the Tax Increment for Development Act 3 and other similar laws outside the Property Tax Code. 4
N.M. Stat. § 12-10A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10A / Section 12-10A-2
§ 12-10A-2. Purposes of act
Status: in_force

The purposes of the Public Health Emergency Response Act are to:

A. provide the state of New Mexico with the ability to manage public health emergencies in a manner that protects civil rights and the liberties of individual persons;

B. prepare for a public health emergency; and

C. provide access to appropriate care, if needed, for an indefinite number of infected, exposed or endangered people in the event of a public health emergency.
N.M. Stat. § 33-2-2 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2 / Section 33-2-2
§ 33-2-2. Present penitentiary identified as one referred to in constitution as a beneficiary; rights and titles
Status: in_force

The penitentiary of New Mexico as herein established as a body politic and corporate, is hereby declared to be the same institution enumerated in Section 1 of Article XIV of the constitution of New Mexico , and the same institution which is one of the beneficiaries of the lands donated by the United States government to the state of New Mexico in trust for said institution, and as such body politic and corporate is hereby vested with the absolute legal right and title to all real estate, personal property and other assets and things of value heretofore held, used and operated by the board of commissioners of the penitentiary [corrections department] of New Mexico before incorporation, and all appropriations heretofore made, including the right to receive the benefits and proceeds of permanent and current funds pursuant to the Enabling Act.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-43-17 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 43 / Section 59A-43-17
§ 59A-43-17. Stay of proceedings; reopening of default judgments
Status: in_force

All proceedings in which the insolvent insurer is a party or is obligated to defend a party in any court in this state shall be stayed for not to exceed six (6) months from the date the insolvency is determined to permit proper defense by the association of all pending causes of action. As to any covered claims arising from a judgment under any decision, verdict or finding based on the default of the insolvent insurer or its failure to defend an insured, the association either on its own behalf or on behalf of the insured may apply to have the judgment, order, decision, verdict or finding set aside by the same court or administrator that made it and may defend against the claim on the merits.
N.M. Stat. § 5-17-12 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 17 / Section 5-17-12
§ 5-17-12. Service area of infrastructure development zones; overlapping districts
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, no infrastructure development zone may be organized wholly or partly within an existing special district or infrastructure development zone that provides the same service; provided that nothing in this subsection shall prevent an infrastructure development zone that provides different services from organizing wholly or partly within an existing special district or infrastructure development zone.

B. An overlapping district may be authorized to provide the same service as the existing special district or infrastructure development zone that the overlapping district overlaps or will overlap if:

(1) where the service plan of the overlapping district is subject to approval by a governing body, the governing body having jurisdiction over the overlapping territory approves by resolution the inclusion of the service as part of the service plan of the overlapping district;

(2) the improvements or facilities to be financed, established or operated by the overlapping district for the provision of the same service as the existing special district or infrastructure development zone do not duplicate or interfere with any other improvements or facilities already constructed or planned to be constructed within the portion of the existing special district or infrastructure development zone that the overlapping district overlaps or will overlap; and

(3) the board of directors of any special district or infrastructure development zone authorized to provide a service within the boundaries of the overlapping area consents to the overlapping district providing the same service.

C. As used in this section:

(1) “ overlapping district ” means a new or existing special district or infrastructure development zone located wholly or partly within an existing special district or infrastructure development zone; and

(2) “ special district ” means any single or multipurpose district organized or that may be organized as a local public body of this state for the purpose of constructing and furnishing any urban-oriented service that another political subdivision of the state is authorized to perform.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7B-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7B / Section 24-7B-6
§ 24-7B-6. Revocation of advance directive for mental health treatment
Status: in_force

A. An individual, while having capacity, may revoke the designation of an agent either by a signed writing or by personally informing the supervising health care provider. If the individual cannot sign, a written revocation shall be signed for the individual and be witnessed by two witnesses pursuant to Subsections I and J of Section 4 of the Mental Health Care Treatment Decisions Act, each of whom has signed at the direction of the individual and in the presence of the individual and each other.

B. An individual, while having capacity, may revoke all or part of an advance directive for mental health treatment, other than the designation of an agent, at any time and in any manner that communicates an intent to revoke.

C. A mental health treatment provider, agent or guardian who is informed of a revocation shall promptly communicate the fact of the revocation to the supervising health care provider and to any mental health treatment facility at which the patient is receiving care.

D. The filing of a petition for or a decree of annulment, divorce, dissolution of marriage or legal separation revokes a previous designation of a spouse as agent, unless otherwise specified in the decree or in a power of attorney for mental health treatment. A designation revoked solely by this subsection is revived by the individual's remarriage to the former spouse, by a nullification of the divorce, annulment or legal separation or by the dismissal or withdrawal, with the individual's consent, of a petition seeking annulment, divorce, dissolution of marriage or legal separation.

E. An advance directive for mental health treatment that conflicts with an earlier advance directive for mental health treatment revokes the earlier directive to the extent of the conflict.

F. Unless otherwise specified in the power of attorney for mental health treatment, an advance health-care directive pursuant to the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act and an advance directive for mental health treatment shall be treated separately. A revocation of a power of attorney for mental health treatment shall not affect the validity of a power of attorney.
N.M. Stat. § 9-29-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 29 / Section 9-29-3
§ 9-29-3. Department created; organizational units
Status: in_force

A. The “early childhood education and care department” is created as a cabinet department and consists of the:

(1) administrative services division;

(2) office of the secretary;

(3) child care licensing and services division;

(4) early childhood education division; and

(5) early intervention services division, which consists of the:

(a) home visitation bureau; and

(b) family, infant, toddler program.

B. The office of the secretary shall include an assistant secretary for Native American early childhood education and care who will be advised by the Indian education advisory council created pursuant to Section 22-23A-6 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 35-5-5 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 5 / Section 35-5-5
§ 35-5-5. Criminal actions; disposition of bail receipt
Status: in_force

Whenever bail is received in any criminal action, the magistrate or person designated by the magistrate to accept bail shall complete the criminal bail receipt, require the defendant's acknowledgment of receipt of the form on all copies and deliver the original to the defendant. The magistrate shall file the second copy of the bail receipt with his standardized monthly report, and the third copy shall be retained by the magistrate.
N.M. Stat. § 28-11C-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 11C / Section 28-11C-1
§ 28-11C-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children's Educational Bill of Rights”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-13-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-5
§ 7-13-5. Tax returns; payment of tax
Status: in_force

Distributors shall file gasoline tax returns in form and content as prescribed by the secretary on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month following the month in which gasoline is received in New Mexico. Such returns shall be accompanied by payment of the amount of gasoline tax due. The department may require that the tax returns be provided through electronic means as long as an exception is provided for distributors with limited amounts of fuel distributed.
N.M. Stat. § 11-6-5.1 — NM Code / Chapter 11 / Article 6 / Section 11-6-5.1
§ 11-6-5.1. Powers and duties of the division
Status: in_force

The division, in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 11-6-4.1 NMSA 1978 , shall have the power and duty to:

A. act as a clearinghouse, provide coordination and handle applications for all state and federal grant or loan programs for local community infrastructure development;

B. develop and adopt, insofar as possible, a common application form and funding cycle for all state and federal grant or loan programs for local community infrastructure development, including but not limited to programs under the New Mexico Community Assistance Act, the Water Supply Construction Act [Rural Infrastructure Act], the development fund, any state or federal solid waste management program, the federal wastewater treatment construction grants program, any state wastewater treatment construction grant or loan programs and federal community development block grant funds;

C. forward all applications for federal wastewater treatment construction grants to the water quality control commission or its designated constituent agency within five working days of receipt; provided that the water quality control commission and its designated constituent agency shall have authority for the administration of federal wastewater treatment construction grant funds, including determining eligibility of grant applicants, establishing priority systems and priority lists for grant applicants, technically reviewing grant applications and approving or denying grant applications;

D. administer federal community development block grant funds and all other federal and state grant or loan programs for local community infrastructure development for which the council has oversight responsibility or where such administration is not otherwise provided for by law; and

E. make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incident to its duties and the execution of its powers under the New Mexico Community Assistance Act.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-31 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-31
§ 61-23-31. Licensure under prior laws
Status: in_force

Any person holding a valid license as a professional engineer, professional surveyor, professional engineer and surveyor or certification as an engineer intern or surveyor intern granted by the board pursuant to any prior law of New Mexico shall not be required to make a new application or to submit to an examination, but shall be entitled to the renewal of licensure upon the terms and conditions of this article.
N.M. Stat. § 12-3-15 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 12-3-15
§ 12-3-15. Statuary hall commission created
Status: in_force

The “statuary hall commission” is created. The commission shall be composed of no more than nine persons, the chairman of which shall be the governor and the membership of which shall include the state treasurer, the state cultural affairs officer, the executive director of the New Mexico Indian affairs department and no fewer than four members appointed by the governor from a list of names that have been submitted to him by the Indian nations, tribes or pueblos in New Mexico, containing names of members of those Indian nations, tribes or pueblos who would be appropriate to serve on the commission. Terms of the members shall extend until a second statue from New Mexico is emplaced in the national statuary hall in Washington, D.C. The governor shall fill any vacancy on the statuary hall commission within three months from the date that the vacancy occurs in the same manner as original members were appointed.
N.M. Stat. § 73-3-9 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 3 / Section 73-3-9
§ 73-3-9. Ditch commissioner; neglect of duties
Status: in_force

Any wilful neglect of his duties or abuse of his powers by any ditch commissioner shall be deemed a misdemeanor and any such commissioner, upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace [magistrate court] within the county where such offense is committed, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) recoverable in the manner provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 73-11-50 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 11 / Section 73-11-50
§ 73-11-50. Financial statement of directors
Status: in_force

A. The board of directors of any such irrigation district, at the first regular meeting of each year, shall render, and immediately thereafter cause to be published a verified statement of the financial condition of the district for the preceding year, together with a statement of expenditures by the United States under any contract the district has entered into with the United States, or other construction contracts, such statement or statements to show status of administration expenses, operation and maintenance costs and construction costs, in a manner reasonably clear to the general public. Said publications shall be made at least once each week for two weeks in some newspaper published in the county where the office of the district is located, or the said statements may be issued in pamphlet or leaflet form and mailed to the last known address of each qualified elector.

B. The board of directors of any irrigation district organized for the purpose of cooperation with the United States under the federal reclamation law, so long as such district is in continued cooperation with the United States in accordance with the purpose for which it was organized, may satisfy the publication requirements of this subsection in lieu of the requirements imposed by Subsection A of this section in the following manner:

(1) by maintaining on file in the office of the district the same financial information as required to be published by other irrigation districts; and,

(2) making such financial information available for inspection by any qualified elector of the district; and

(3) providing any qualified elector of the district a copy of such financial information upon request.
N.M. Stat. § 27-13-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 13 / Section 27-13-4
§ 27-13-4. Consumer direction programs authorized
Status: in_force

Consistent with the federal Social Security Act and subject to the appropriation and availability of federal and state funds, each administering department or agency shall by rule provide a program permitting a consumer or surrogate to direct personal assistance services through the hiring, supervision and training of an attendant or attendants paid through a fiscal intermediary under contract with the department.