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N.M. Stat. § 3-7-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 3-7-10
§ 3-7-10. Annexation; arbitration; chairman; meetings; power of board; final determination
Status: in_force

A. After the seven members of the board of arbitration have been selected, they shall elect a chairman and hold meetings upon call of the chairman. The board of arbitration shall determine if the benefits of the government of the municipality are or can be available within a reasonable time to the territory proposed to be annexed and may make such investigation as it may deem advisable in order to obtain information and data as to the availability of the benefits of the municipal government and may require the governing body of the municipality to furnish to it any records of the municipality pertaining thereto. The cost of such investigation shall be paid by the municipality.

B. Determination by a majority of the seven members of the board of arbitration shall be final. If a majority of the members of the board of arbitration determine that the territory should not be annexed, the governing body of the municipality shall not proceed further nor shall it pass any other resolution seeking to annex the territory for a period of two years. If a majority of the members of the board of arbitration determine that the territory or a part thereof should be annexed to the municipality, it shall certify over the signatures of the members of the board of arbitration who have made the determination to the clerk of the municipality, the clerk of the county, the secretary of finance and administration and the secretary of taxation and revenue.

C. Thereafter, the annexation shall be deemed complete as to the territory certified as proper to be annexed. The municipality to which the annexation is made shall pass an ordinance, not inconsistent with law, which will effectuate the terms of the annexation. The territory so annexed shall be governed as part of the municipality and the governing body of the municipality shall promptly proceed to make the benefits of the government of the municipality available to the territory so annexed within a reasonable time.

D. The final determination of the board of arbitration shall be certified not more than sixty days after the selection of the seventh member.
N.M. Stat. § 73-10-32 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 10 / Section 73-10-32
§ 73-10-32. Filing of order and new plat when land is added; status of district; liability of lands
Status: in_force

Upon the allowance of such petition and in case no protest has been filed with the board within thirty days after the entry of said order as aforesaid, a certified copy of the order of the board of directors making such change, and a plat of such district, showing such change, if any, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk of each county in which are situate any of the lands of the district, and the district shall remain an irrigation district, as fully as to every intent and purpose as if the lands which are included in the district by the change of the boundaries as aforesaid, had been included therein at the organization of the district; and said district as so changed and all the lands therein shall be liable for all existing obligations and indebtedness of the organized district.

Provided, that in case contract has been made between the district and the United States as in Section 13 hereof provided, no change shall be made in the boundaries of the district until the secretary of the interior shall assent thereto in writing and such assent be filed with the board of directors.
N.M. Stat. § 17-5-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 17-5-8
§ 17-5-8. Officers authorized to enforce act
Status: in_force

All peace officers, port of entry employees [employees of the motor transportation divisions of the taxation and revenue department] and deputy game wardens [conservation officers] are hereby authorized and required to cooperate fully with the state game commission in the enforcement of this act. It shall be the duty of all such persons to make searches, seizures and arrests as in the case of other misdemeanors.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2A / Section 60-2A-10
§ 60-2A-10. Licenses for promoters, boxers, wrestlers, trainers, ring officials and others
Status: in_force

A. All promoters, foreign co-promoters, matchmakers, professional boxers, professional wrestlers, managers, seconds, announcers, referees, trainers, booking agents and timekeepers shall be licensed by the commission.

B. No person shall be permitted to participate, either directly or indirectly, in any professional contest unless such person shall have first procured a license from the commission.

C. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 30-9-17.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 9 / Section 30-9-17.1
§ 30-9-17.1. Victims; polygraph examinations; prohibited actions
Status: in_force

A law enforcement officer, prosecuting attorney or other government official shall not ask or require an adult, youth or child victim of a sexual offense provided in Sections 30-9-11 through 30-9-13 NMSA 1978 to submit to a polygraph examination or other truth-telling device as a condition for proceeding with the investigation, charging or prosecution of the offense. The victim's refusal to submit to a polygraph examination or other truth-telling device shall not prevent the investigation, charging or prosecution of the offense.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-406 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-406
§ 66-3-406. Special registration plates for private vehicles
Status: in_force

A. Upon compliance with all laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and upon application to the division, special registration plates shall be furnished for vehicles owned by:

(1) elected state officials;

(2) members of the legislature;

(3) the chief clerks of the house of representatives and of the senate;

(4) the sergeants at arms of the house of representatives and of the senate; and

(5) disabled persons, pursuant to Section 66-3-16 NMSA 1978 .

B. Special registration plates furnished under this section shall identify the officials, members and disabled persons as such. If legislators, the special registration plates shall indicate whether they are members of the house of representatives or of the senate.

C. When the ownership of the vehicle for which a special registration plate has been furnished by the division changes or the holder ceases to qualify, the special registration plate shall immediately be removed from the vehicle by the holder of the special registration plate and returned to the director, at which time the person removing the special registration plate shall receive a regular registration plate for the vehicle.

D. The holder of a special registration plate may transfer his special registration plate from one vehicle to another during the year in which the plate is valid upon application to the director for the transfer. If a transfer is made, the owner of the vehicle from which the special registration plate is removed may receive a regular registration plate upon payment of the fees established by law.

E. The holder of a special registration plate pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of this section may simultaneously hold a regular registration for the same vehicle. The division shall, by rule, provide for maintenance of simultaneous registration records.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-813 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-813
§ 66-3-813. Lamps and reflectors, small semitrailers, house trailers and trailers
Status: in_force

Every semitrailer, house trailer or trailer less than eighty inches in overall width shall be equipped as follows: on the rear: one red tail lamp; two red reflectors, one at each side; one red or amber stop lamp, if the semitrailer, house trailer or trailer obscures the stop lamp on the towing vehicle.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 6-3-3
§ 6-3-3. State budget division; cooperation between state budget division and state agencies; assistance to state agencies
Status: in_force

There shall be full cooperation between the various state agencies and the state budget division. State agencies will give complete access to the division of their books and records if so requested. The budget division will lend assistance to any state agency in the preparation of its budget estimates.
N.M. Stat. § 61-37-14 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 37 / Section 61-37-14
§ 61-37-14. Documentary evidence of age and identity
Status: in_force

A. A retailer or an employee of a retailer shall not knowingly, intentionally or negligently fail to verify the age of a consumer purchasing tobacco products.

B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, evidence of the age and identity of a person attempting to procure tobacco products in person shall be shown by a valid document that contains a picture of that person and is issued by a federal, state, county, municipal, tribal or foreign government, including a motor vehicle driver's license or an identification card.

C. For each sale made through a delivery sales method, age verification shall be completed through an independent, third-party age verification service that establishes that a consumer is of legal age by comparing information available from public records to personal information entered by the consumer during the ordering process.

D. A retailer may ship tobacco products only to a consumer whose age has been verified pursuant to Subsection C of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 70-5-13 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 5 / Section 70-5-13
§ 70-5-13. Provisions for hearings
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of written complaint from one of its representatives or by any person or party affected, the bureau may, if it finds probable cause for such complaint, request the commission to hold a hearing to consider the complaint under the provisions of the LPG and CNG Act [this article] and under such rules and regulations not inconsistent with that act. If at the hearing the commission finds that the licensee has violated or failed to comply with any of the provisions of the LPG and CNG Act or the rules and regulations of the bureau or commission, then the commission may revoke or suspend the license of the licensee. The bureau may investigate on its own motion any matters pertaining to the subject of the LPG and CNG Act and may hold such hearings as it deems necessary. The bureau may also summon and compel the attendance of witnesses, require the production of any records or documents deemed by it to be pertinent to the subject matter of any investigation and provide for the taking of depositions of witnesses under such rules as it may prescribe.
N.M. Stat. § 24-2D-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 2D / Section 24-2D-4
§ 24-2D-4. Disciplinary action; prohibitions
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Pain Relief Act shall prohibit discipline or prosecution of a health care provider for:

A. failing to maintain complete, accurate and current records documenting the physical examination and medical history of the patient, the basis for the clinical diagnosis of the patient and the treatment plan for the patient;

B. writing false or fictitious prescriptions for controlled substances scheduled in the federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 1 or Sections 26-1-23 and 30-31-18 NMSA 1978;

C. prescribing, administering or dispensing pharmaceuticals in violation of the provisions of the federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 or Sections 26-1-23 and 30-31-18 NMSA 1978; or

D. diverting medications prescribed for a patient to the provider's personal use or to other persons.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3-9 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 6-3-9
§ 6-3-9. State agency defined
Status: in_force

State agency means any department, institution, board, bureau, commission, district or committee of government of the state of New Mexico and means every office or officer of any of the above.
N.M. Stat. § 77-15-6 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 15 / Section 77-15-6
§ 77-15-6. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “County Predatory Control Act.” 1
N.M. Stat. § 9-7-10.1 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 9-7-10.1
§ 9-7-10.1. Rehabilitation centers
Status: in_force

There are created within the department of health the “northern New Mexico rehabilitation center” and the “southern New Mexico rehabilitation center”. The centers shall be at Las Vegas and Roswell, respectively, and shall provide the citizens of New Mexico with physical therapy, speech and hearing diagnoses and therapy and family counseling services in conjunction with such therapy and in cooperation with related programs of other governmental and nonprofit entities. Such therapy and service shall be provided without regard to eligibility for federally funded vocational rehabilitation services.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16A-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16A / Section 10-16A-5
§ 10-16A-5. Education and voluntary compliance
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of state shall advise and seek to educate all persons required to perform duties under the Financial Disclosure Act of those duties. This includes providing timely advance notice of the required financial disclosure statement and preparing forms that are clear and easy to complete.

B. The secretary of state shall seek first to ensure voluntary compliance with the provisions of the Financial Disclosure Act. A person who violates that act unintentionally or for good cause shall be given ten days' notice to correct the matter before fines are imposed. Referrals to the state ethics commission for civil enforcement of the Financial Disclosure Act shall be pursued only after efforts to secure voluntary compliance with that act have failed.
N.M. Stat. § 40-3-9 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 3 / Section 40-3-9
§ 40-3-9. Definition of separate and community debts
Status: in_force

A. “Separate debt” means:

(1) a debt contracted or incurred by a spouse before marriage or after entry of a decree of dissolution of marriage;

(2) a debt contracted or incurred by a spouse after entry of a decree entered pursuant to Section 40-4-3 NMSA 1978 , unless the decree provides otherwise;

(3) a debt designated as a separate debt of a spouse by a judgment or decree of any court having jurisdiction;

(4) a debt contracted by a spouse during marriage which is identified by a spouse to the creditor in writing at the time of its creation as the separate debt of the contracting spouse;

(5) a debt which arises from a tort committed by a spouse before marriage or after entry of a decree of dissolution of marriage or a separate tort committed during marriage; or

(6) a debt declared to be unreasonable pursuant to Section 2 of this act.

B. “Community debt” means a debt contracted or incurred by either or both spouses during marriage which is not a separate debt.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-60 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-60
§ 2-7F-60. Representative district fifty-four
Status: in_force

Representative district fifty-four is composed of Chaves county precinct 104; Eddy county precincts 2 through 8, 22, 29 through 31, 40, 41, 43 and 53; and Otero county precincts 2 through 4, 13 through 17, 35, 53 through 55, 59, 60 and 63.
N.M. Stat. § 61-1-31.1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 1 / Section 61-1-31.1
§ 61-1-31.1. Expedited licensure; issuance
Status: in_force

A. A board that issues an occupational or professional license shall, as soon as practicable but no later than thirty days after an out-of-state licensee files a complete application for an expedited license accompanied by any required fees:

(1) process the completed application; and

(2) issue a license to the qualified applicant who submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant:

(a) holds a license that is current and in good standing issued by another licensing jurisdiction;

(b) has practiced and held an active license in the profession or occupation for which expedited licensure is sought for a period required by New Mexico law; and

(c) provides fingerprints and other information necessary for a state or national criminal background check or both if required by law or rule of the board.

B. An expedited license is a one-year provisional license that confers the same rights, privileges and responsibilities as regular licenses issued by a board; provided that a board may allow for the initial term of an expedited license to be greater than one year by board rule or may extend an expedited license upon a showing of extenuating circumstances.

C. Before the end of the expedited license term and upon application, a board shall issue a regular license through its license renewal process. If a board requires a state or national examination for initial licensure that was not required when the out-of-state applicant was licensed in the other licensing jurisdiction, the board shall issue the expedited license and may require the license holder to pass the required examination prior to renewing the license.

D. A board by rule shall determine those states and territories of the United States and the District of Columbia from which the board will not accept an applicant for expedited licensure and determine any foreign countries from which the board will accept an applicant for expedited licensure. The list of those licensing jurisdictions shall be posted on the board's website. The list of disapproved licensing jurisdictions shall include the specific reasons for disapproval. The lists shall be reviewed by the board annually to determine if amendments to the rule are warranted.
N.M. Stat. § 40-3-3 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 3 / Section 40-3-3
§ 40-3-3. Separation of property; admission to dwelling of spouse
Status: in_force

Neither husband nor wife has any interest in the property of the other, but neither can be excluded from the other's dwelling.
N.M. Stat. § 17-10-4 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 10 / Section 17-10-4
§ 17-10-4. Exceptions
Status: in_force

It is not a violation of Section 3 of the Wildlife Trafficking Act if any of the following conditions are satisfied:

A. the covered animal part or product is a fixed component of an antique product that is not made wholly or primarily of covered animal parts or products; provided that the antique status is established by the owner or seller with evidence proving origin and showing that:

(1) the covered animal part or product is more than one hundred years old;

(2) the total weight of the covered animal part or product is less than two hundred grams; and

(3) at least fifty percent of the value of the antique product does not stem from the covered animal part or product;

B. the covered animal part or product is a component of a gun or musical instrument, including stringed instruments and bows, wind and percussion instruments and pianos;

C. the covered animal species or covered animal part or product is lawfully possessed by an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo for traditional, cultural or religious purposes;

D. the owner distributed the covered animal species or covered animal part or product to an educational or scientific institution, and such institution establishes, through evidence, that it is in compliance with all federal laws regulating the covered animal species or covered animal part or product;

E. the noncommercial transfer of ownership of the covered animal species or covered animal part or product is to a legal beneficiary of an estate, trust or other inheritance upon the death of the owner of the covered animal species or covered animal part or product or is a gift;

F. the sale, trade or purchase of the covered animal species or covered animal part or product is authorized by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora or by federal or state law or permit; or

G. the alleged violation of a provision of Section 3 of the Wildlife Trafficking Act is by an employee or agent of a federal, state or local law enforcement agency who is operating in the employee's or agent's official capacity as a federal, state or local law enforcement officer.
N.M. Stat. § 5-11-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 5-11-9
§ 5-11-9. Appointment of directors; qualifications; terms; resumption of governance by governing body
Status: in_force

A. The governing body, at its option, may authorize the appointment of a separate district board. In the case of an appointed district board, three of the appointed directors shall serve an initial term to expire following a regular local election and not to exceed six years. Two of the appointed directors shall serve an initial term to expire following a regular local election and not to exceed four years. The resolution forming the district shall state which directors shall serve the longer terms and which shall serve the shorter terms. If a vacancy occurs on the district board because of death, resignation or inability of the director to discharge the duties of director, the governing body shall appoint a director to fill the vacancy, who shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term until a successor is appointed or elected.

B. At the end of the appointed directors' terms, the governing body shall resume governance of the district as its board either directly or through the governing body's designees or, at the governing body's option, shall hold an election of new directors by majority vote of the qualified electors or if the election is canceled pursuant to Subsection G of Section 5-11-7 NMSA 1978 , an owner's determination conducted by ballot shall decide the new directors.
N.M. Stat. § 76-10-5 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 10 / Section 76-10-5
§ 76-10-5. Pure strain zones and neutral zones
Status: in_force

The regents of the agricultural college of New Mexico [New Mexico state university] shall upon petition of farmers or growers or those who intend to plant or grow crops for the purpose of producing pure strains of seeds and after public hearing of said petition designate, outline and delimit zones within which only one strain, variety or species of such crop may be grown, and to [sic] give public notice thereof. The said regents are also hereby authorized and empowered to designate and delimit neutral zones on either side of said plant production zones within which neutral zones no plant or plants, plots or fields of the same or nearly related strains, varieties or species of the said crop shall be permitted to be grown to the stage in which buds are produced.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-30-10 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 30 / Section 59A-30-10
§ 59A-30-10. Reserve for losses and loss expenses
Status: in_force

A. All title insurers operating under the provisions of the New Mexico Title Insurance Law shall at all times establish and maintain, in addition to other reserves, a reserve against unpaid losses and a reserve against loss expense. Such reserves shall be calculated by making a careful estimate in each case of the loss and loss expense likely to be incurred by reason of every claim presented pursuant to notice, from or on behalf of the insured of a title defect in or lien or adverse claim against the title insured, that may result in a loss or cause expense to be incurred for the proper disposition of the claim.

B. The amounts so estimated may be revised from time to time as circumstances warrant, but shall be redetermined at least once each year.

C. The amounts set aside in such reserve in any year shall be deducted in determining the net profits for such year of any title insurer.