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N.M. Stat. § 22-11-24 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-24
§ 22-11-24. Retirement benefits; minimum contributory employment
Status: repealed

A. A member must have acquired not less than five years of contributory employment to be eligible for retirement benefits pursuant to the Educational Retirement Act.

B. A member desiring to retire before having completed five years of contributory employment shall be limited to the maximum benefit he would have been entitled to receive under any statute repealed by the Educational Retirement Act. A member may acquire five years or less of contributory employment by contributing to the fund, for each year of contributory employment desired, a sum equal to the prevailing combined contributions of the member and the local administrative unit in effect at the time the contributory employment is acquired. This contribution shall be computed on the member's average annual salary for the last five years of employment plus an additional sum as interest from the effective date of the Educational Retirement Act as fixed by the board, but not to exceed three percent a year.

C. Years of contributory employment purchased pursuant to this section shall not be considered as an addition to service actually performed in computing the sum of the member's retirement benefit.

D. The retirement benefits of members retired pursuant to the Educational Retirement Act prior to July 1, 1959 and who have acquired contributory employment years by purchase, shall be computed upon the basis of the amount paid therefor.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-424.26 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-424.26
§ 66-3-424.26. Special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection E of this section, the department shall issue a special registration plate commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the city of Santa Fe.

B. For a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), which is in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee, the owner of a vehicle may apply for issuance of a special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate. Until July 1, 2012, the owner shall apply for and pay the fee each year to retain and renew the special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate. After June 30, 2012, a person may renew a special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate by paying only the regular motor vehicle registration fee.

C. The revenue from the additional fee for the special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate shall be distributed as follows:

(1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the additional fee shall be retained by and is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing the special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate; and

(2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the additional fee collected is appropriated to the local government division of the department of finance and administration to be distributed to the city of Santa Fe to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the city of Santa Fe.

D. The design of the special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate shall be left to the discretion of the department in consultation with the public purpose interest group requesting the plate.

E. The department shall only issue special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plates for applications received on or before June 30, 2012.
N.M. Stat. § 30-7-14 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 7 / Section 30-7-14
§ 30-7-14. Weapon detection
Status: in_force

A bus transportation company may employ any reasonable means, including mechanical, electronic or x-ray devices to detect concealed weapons, explosives or other hazardous material in baggage or upon the person of a passenger. The company may take possession of any concealed weapon, explosive or other hazardous material discovered and shall turn such items over to law enforcement officers.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-7.11 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-7.11
§ 1-9-7.11. Voting systems; source code; escrow
Status: in_force

As a condition of initial certification and continued certification, the source code that operates a voting system shall be placed in escrow and be accessible to the state of New Mexico in the event the manufacturer ceases to do business or ceases to support the voting system.
N.M. Stat. § 70-10-3 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 10 / Section 70-10-3
§ 70-10-3. Payment of oil and gas proceeds; time for payment
Status: in_force

The oil and gas proceeds derived from the sale of production from any well producing oil, gas or related hydrocarbons in New Mexico shall be paid to all persons legally entitled to such payments, commencing not later than six months after the first day of the month following the date of first sale and thereafter not later than forty-five days after the end of the calendar month within which payment is received by payor for production unless other periods or arrangements are provided for in a valid contract with the person entitled to such proceeds.

Payment shall be made directly to the person or persons entitled thereto by the payor and payment shall be deemed to have been made upon deposit in the United States mail.
N.M. Stat. § 21-19A-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 19A / Section 21-19A-8
§ 21-19A-8. Duties of advisory committee
Status: in_force

The advisory committee shall provide input into the development of a statewide plan for a comprehensive program of apprenticeship training, which shall include but not be limited to the following:

A. formulas and administrative procedures to be used in requesting appropriations of state funds for apprenticeship training;

B. forms, formulas and administrative procedures to be used in distributing available funds to apprenticeship training programs, with the formulas based on data contained in the update to the apprenticeship-related instruction cost study required by Section 21-19A-10 NMSA 1978 , and the formulas shall be uniform in application to all program sponsors; and

C. the content and method of the public notice required by the Apprenticeship Assistance Act.
N.M. Stat. § 28-16A-13 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 16A / Section 28-16A-13
§ 28-16A-13. Authorization for providing support and services for persons with developmental disabilities
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the availability of appropriations provided expressly for this purpose, the department may:

(1) acquire, provide or coordinate support and services for persons with developmental disabilities;

(2) enter into contracts and provider agreements with agencies and persons capable of providing support and services to persons with developmental disabilities; and

(3) establish advisory councils and task forces as necessary to guide the development and review of support and services to persons with developmental disabilities.

B. Support and services shall be provided based on individual support and service plans developed by an interdisciplinary team. The team is responsible for collectively evaluating a child's or adult's needs and developing an individual support and service plan to meet the needs; provided that the early childhood education and care department shall be responsible for the team that is evaluating a child for family, infant, toddler program services.

C. The department or, for children eligible for family, infant, toddler program services, the early childhood education and care department shall:

(1) solicit the involvement of consumers, providers, parents, professional organizations and other governmental organizations prior to the adoption or revision of rules concerning the provision of support, services, standards or funding systems. Participants shall be selected in a manner that reflects geographical, cultural, organizational and professional representation across the state;

(2) develop rules, including policies and procedures that, to the extent possible, will promote uniformity in reimbursement and quality assurance systems regardless of the source of funding; and

(3) convene and maintain a family, infant, toddler interagency coordinating council and a statewide adult support and services task force that shall, at a minimum, address quality assurance.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-52 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-52
§ 10-11-52. Municipal general member coverage plan 2; amount of pension; form of payment A
Status: in_force

Under municipal general member coverage plan 2:

A. for a member with age and service requirements provided in Subsection A of Section 10-11-51 NMSA 1978 , the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to two and one-half percent of the final average salary multiplied by credited service. The amount shall not exceed one hundred percent of the final average salary; and

B. for a member with age and service requirements provided in Subsection B of Section 10-11-51 NMSA 1978 , the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to two percent of the final average salary multiplied by service credit. The amount shall not exceed one hundred percent of the final average salary.
N.M. Stat. § 16-6-31 — NM Code / Chapter 16 / Article 6 / Section 16-6-31
§ 16-6-31. Ownership and maintenance of real and personal property
Status: in_force

It shall hereafter be lawful for counties of this state to own, maintain, operate and sell, real and personal property for the purpose of maintaining and conducting county fairs for the teaching and advancement of agricultural, horticultural and domestic arts, and the breeding and improvement of neat cattle, horses, sheep, goats and hogs.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2A-11 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2A / Section 7-2A-11
§ 7-2A-11. Accounting methods
Status: in_force

A taxpayer shall use the same accounting methods for reporting income for corporate income tax purposes as are used in reporting income for federal income tax purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-26 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-26
§ 73-8-26. Certification of amounts to be assessed
Status: in_force

On or before September 1st of each year the board of directors of any such district shall certify to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the office of such district is located, the aggregate amount of money required for the purposes aforesaid; the amount required for the payment of interest upon bonds which may be issued for deposit with the United States and to meet payments required to be made under any contract with the United States, and the amount required for all other purposes under this act, shall be separately set forth; and the aforesaid certificate shall specify the assessments which are to become due for such purposes upon each tract of land within the district subject thereto. Provided, such lands as during any given year, shall not be subject to charges under the contract with the United States, shall not be assessed during any such year for the purposes of repayment to the United States under any such contract. And provided further, district lands shall be exempted from taxation, for the purposes of repayment to the United States, in any year when, and to the extent that, on account of seepage or other conditions, the district shall be exempted from repayment to the United States for such lands under any such contract as aforesaid.
N.M. Stat. § 40-3-11 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 3 / Section 40-3-11
§ 40-3-11. Priorities for satisfaction of community debts
Status: in_force

A. Community debts shall be satisfied first from all community property and all property in which each spouse owns an undivided equal interest as a joint tenant or tenant in common, excluding the residence of the spouses. Should such property be insufficient, community debts shall then be satisfied from the residence of the spouses, except as provided in Subsection B of this section or Section 42-10-9 NMSA 1978 . Should such property be insufficient, only the separate property of the spouse who contracted or incurred the debt shall be liable for its satisfaction. If both spouses contracted or incurred the debt, the separate property of both spouses is jointly and severally liable for its satisfaction.

B. Unless both spouses join in writing in the creation of the underlying debt or obligation incurred after the marriage, a judgment or other process arising out of such post-marital debt against one spouse alone or both spouses shall not create a lien or otherwise be subject to execution against the interest of the nonjoining spouse in the marital residence, whether held by the spouses as community property, joint tenants or tenants in common.

C. The priorities or exemptions established in this section for the satisfaction of community debts must be claimed by either spouse under the procedure set forth in Section 42-10-13 NMSA 1978, or the right to claim such priorities or exemptions is waived as between a spouse and the creditor.

D. This section shall apply only while both spouses are living and shall not apply to the satisfaction of debts after the death of one or both spouses.
N.M. Stat. § 12-10-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10 / Section 12-10-2
§ 12-10-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the All Hazard Emergency Management Act is to:

A. authorize the creation of local offices of emergency management in the political subdivisions of the state;

B. confer upon the governor and upon the governing bodies of the state all hazard emergency management powers;

C. provide an emergency operations plan for the protection of life and property adequate to cope with disasters resulting from acts of war or sabotage or from natural or man-made causes other than acts of war;

D. provide for coordination of all hazard emergency management functions of this state with the comparable functions of the federal government and other states and localities and of private agencies;

E. initiate programs to render aid in the emergency restoration of facilities, utilities and other installations essential to the safety and general welfare of the public; and

F. provide for assistance and care for persons displaced, left homeless or otherwise victims of disaster or war conditions.
N.M. Stat. § 72-14-6 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 14 / Section 72-14-6
§ 72-14-6. Appropriation--how disbursements are to be made
Status: in_force

A. Annually, one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be distributed from the improvement of Rio Grande income fund to the forest land protection revolving fund.

B. There is appropriated annually all money remaining in the improvement of the Rio Grande income fund after the distribution pursuant to Subsection A of this section or as much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of complying with Sections 72-14-4 through 72-14-6 and 72-14-9 through 72-14-28 NMSA 1978 and to fulfill and carry out their purposes and intentions. The appropriations authorized shall be paid, from time to time as may be necessary, upon vouchers approved by the interstate stream commission.
N.M. Stat. § 3-39-25 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 39 / Section 3-39-25
§ 3-39-25. Removal of airport obstructions by municipalities
Status: in_force

Any county, municipality or political subdivision which is authorized by law to establish and maintain an airport or landing field, hereby is authorized and empowered whenever, in the judgment of the legislative body of such county, municipality or other political subdivision, any structure or object located adjacent to such airport or landing field constitutes a hazard to the efficient and safe use of such airport or landing field, or whenever notified of the existence of any such hazard to require the removal and elimination or relocation of such structure or such object, and to acquire all necessary lands or rights-of-way and easements over lands incidental to such removal, elimination or relocation of any such structure or object upon payment to the owner of any land that may be affected by such relocation and the damages occasioned by such removal, elimination or relocation.
N.M. Stat. § 1-17-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 17 / Section 1-17-7
§ 1-17-7. Referendum petitions; false certification; penalty
Status: in_force

Falsely certifying to the statements contained in the certificate required of persons soliciting signatures on a referendum petition is a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 17-2-4.2 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-4.2
§ 17-2-4.2. Amphibians and reptiles; protected; permits; unlawful taking; misdemeanor; penalties
Status: in_force

A. All species, except for those collected in rattlesnake roundups, for fish bait or for lizard races, of native, free-ranging amphibians and reptiles are hereby classified as protected nongame animals for commercial taking purposes. The commercial taking or capturing of native, free-ranging amphibians and reptiles is prohibited except by a permit issued by the state game commission.

B. The state game commission shall adopt rules necessary to administer Paragraph (14) of Subsection A of Section 17-1-14 NMSA 1978 and this section to assure that viable populations of native, free-ranging amphibians and reptiles are maintained in the state.

C. If the state game commission determines that it will offer permits to take or capture native, free-ranging amphibians or reptiles, the commission shall adopt a rule listing protected native, free-ranging amphibians and reptiles that may be taken or captured after taking into consideration any criteria that can be shown to have an effect from commercial takings on the viability of the species population in the state.

D. Unlawful taking of a native, free-ranging amphibian or reptile consists of intentionally taking or capturing, for commercial purposes, a regulated native, free-ranging amphibian or reptile without a valid permit from the state game commission.

E. Amphibians and reptiles may be removed, captured or destroyed without a permit, by any person, in emergency situations involving an immediate threat to human life or private property.

F. Whoever commits unlawful taking of a native, free-ranging amphibian or reptile is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) per occurrence and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per occurrence or be imprisoned for not more than one year or both.

G. As referred to in this section, “ taking ” means the act of seizing amphibians or reptiles for a commercial purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 29-14-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 14 / Section 29-14-7
§ 29-14-7. Personnel files
Status: in_force

A. No document containing comments adverse to a peace officer shall be entered into his personnel file unless the officer has read and signed the document. When an officer refuses to sign a document containing comments adverse to him, the document may be entered into an officer's personnel file if:

(1) the officer's refusal to sign is noted on the document by the chief administrator of the officer's employer; and

(2) the notation regarding the officer's refusal to sign the document is witnessed by a third party.

B. A peace officer may file a written response to any document containing adverse comments entered into his personnel file and the response shall be filed with the officer's employer within thirty days after the document was entered into the officer's personnel file. A peace officer's written response shall be attached to the document.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2E-50 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2E / Section 60-2E-50
§ 60-2E-50. Crime; manipulation of gaming device with intent to cheat
Status: in_force

A person who manipulates, with the intent to cheat, any component of a gaming device in a manner contrary to the designed and normal operational purpose of the component, including varying the pull of the handle of a gaming machine with knowledge that the manipulation affects the outcome of the game or with knowledge of any event that affects the outcome of the game, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 4-34-10 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 34 / Section 4-34-10
§ 4-34-10. Tax levy for payment of bonds
Status: in_force

In case of a removal of the county seat as provided by law and the issue of bonds by any county for the purpose of constructing county buildings, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of such county to cause to be levied and collected at the time and in the manner of levying and collecting other taxes, each year until said bonds and the interest thereon are fully paid, a special tax upon all taxable property within said county sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds and to create a sinking fund to retire said bonds at maturity in accordance with the provisions thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-14 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-14
§ 6-10-14. Securities eligible for special road fund investments
Status: in_force

Investments provided for in Section one shall be in securities such as are eligible for investment of common school permanent or other permanent funds, and shall be subject to the same regulations and approval.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23-7.11 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23 / Section 59A-23-7.11
§ 59A-23-7.11. Coverage of prescription eye drop refills
Status: in_force

A. A blanket or group health insurance policy or contract that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides coverage for prescription eye drops shall not deny coverage for a renewal of prescription eye drops when:

(1) the renewal is requested by the insured at least twenty-three days for a thirty-day supply of eye drops, forty-five days for a sixty-day supply of eye drops or sixty-eight days for a ninety-day supply of eye drops from the later of the date that the original prescription was dispensed to the insured or the date that the last renewal of the prescription was dispensed to the insured; and

(2) the prescriber indicates on the original prescription that additional quantities are needed and that the renewal requested by the insured does not exceed the number of additional quantities needed.

B. As used in this section, “ prescriber ” means a person who is authorized pursuant to the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act 1 to prescribe prescription eye drops.
N.M. Stat. § 20-1-8.1 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 20-1-8.1
§ 20-1-8.1. Military deployment; municipal or county services and utilities discontinued
Status: in_force

A. When a resident is a member of a branch of the United States armed forces, the reserves or the New Mexico national guard and is deployed or on temporary duty assignment outside the resident's community for more than thirty days, the resident may suspend some or all municipal or county services, public utilities or telecommunications services provided by persons whose rates are regulated by the municipality, the county or the public regulation commission for the home of the resident without a penalty. The resident shall certify to the municipality, county or other service providers that:

(1) the resident has orders to deploy or to be temporarily assigned outside the resident's community;

(2) the service is in the resident's name;

(3) the resident owns the home or has a lease that does not preclude suspension of municipal or county services or utilities; and

(4) family members or other persons will not be staying in the home during the time the resident is deployed or temporarily assigned.

B. Upon return from deployment or temporary duty assignment, the resident shall be allowed to reconnect the suspended municipal or county services, public utilities or telecommunications services without having to pay a reconnection fee. Except for new equipment or installation of equipment, the resident may establish new service at a new address without paying a connection fee.