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N.M. Stat. § 77-5-4 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 5 / Section 77-5-4
§ 77-5-4. Dairy cattle; importation; tests
Status: in_force

All cattle intended for dairy or milking purposes or for the breeding of dairy cattle brought into this state in any manner must be tagged for identification and must be accompanied by a permit from the board and a certificate signed by some duly qualified veterinarian of the United States department of agriculture or of some state or territory showing record of tuberculine test made immediately prior to shipment and showing that they are free from infection, except in cases where cattle are from accredited herds, modified accredited areas, accredited areas or free areas created and supervised by the United States department of agriculture and state cooperating agency, in which event such cattle must be accompanied by a certificate from a duly qualified veterinarian of the United States department of agriculture or a state recognized veterinarian. Copies of such certificates shall be mailed by the officer making same to the director of the board. Such cattle after coming into the state, if deemed necessary, shall be held for a period of sixty to ninety days or until retested and released in quarantine under such rules as may be provided by the board and shall not be allowed to mingle with nor occupy the same range, pasture, lots, corrals, pens, barns or sheds with other animals. Such cattle shall be tested again before the expiration of the ninety days but no sooner than sixty days by a qualified veterinarian duly authorized by the board and the report of the test filed with the board. Provided, that if any such cattle when retested for tuberculosis shall react and shall be destroyed in accordance with the provisions of this article, the owners of the cattle shall not be reimbursed for the loss of any such imported cattle.
N.M. Stat. § 7-41-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 41 / Section 7-41-7
§ 7-41-7. Administration and enforcement of act
Status: in_force

The department shall interpret the provisions of the Health Care Quality Surcharge Act. The department shall administer and enforce the collection of the health care quality surcharge, and the Tax Administration Act applies to the administration and enforcement of that surcharge.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15A / Section 6-15A-12
§ 6-15A-12. Legal investments for public officers and fiduciaries
Status: in_force

Lease-purchase arrangements entered into under the authority of the Education Technology Equipment Act shall be legal investments in which all insurance companies, banks and savings and loan associations organized under the laws of the state, public officers and public bodies and all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-30A-14 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 30A / Section 59A-30A-14
§ 59A-30A-14. Appeals
Status: in_force

A. An insured whose claim is denied in whole or in part by the association may request the receivership court, or the ancillary receivership court in this state, to review the association's decision. The request for review shall be filed within thirty days after the date of denial. The receivership court and ancillary receivership court in this state shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all such claims. The decision of the court shall be binding on both the claimant and the association.

B. A member insurer may appeal to the superintendent from any action of the association's board of directors by filing a notice of appeal within thirty days after the date of the action appealed from.

C. A final order of the superintendent pursuant to Subsection B of this section is subject to judicial review by an action in the district court of Santa Fe county to set aside the order as unlawful or not supported by substantial evidence. If judicial review is not sought within thirty days after the date of the superintendent's order, the order shall be final and not subject to appeal.
N.M. Stat. § 1-21-6 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 21 / Section 1-21-6
§ 1-21-6. New resident; former resident; presidential ballot register
Status: in_force

A. For each presidential election, the county clerk shall keep a “new resident--former resident presidential ballot register” containing the names of new residents and former residents in a form and manner prescribed by the secretary of state.

B. Such register is a public record open to public inspection in the county clerk's office during regular office hours.

C. The county clerk shall transmit to the secretary of state and to the county chairman of each of the major political parties in the county, a complete copy of entries made in such register. Such transmission shall be made once each week beginning four weeks immediately prior to the presidential election. A final copy shall be transmitted on the Friday immediately following the presidential election.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16-26 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-26
§ 30-16-26. Theft of a credit card by taking or retaining possession of card taken
Status: in_force

A person who takes a credit card from the person, possession, custody or control of another without the cardholder's consent, or who with knowledge that it has been so taken, acquires or possesses a credit card with the intent to use it or to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder, is guilty of a fourth degree felony. Taking a credit card without consent includes obtaining it by conduct defined or known as statutory larceny, common-law larceny by trespassory taking, common-law larceny by trick, embezzlement or obtaining property by false pretense, false promise or extortion.
N.M. Stat. § 19-11-5 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 11 / Section 19-11-5
§ 19-11-5. Sales prohibited; exceptions
Status: in_force

No timber or timbered lands of the state shall be sold except as provided in Sections 3 and 4 of this act or Section 19-11-10 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 60-13A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 13A / Section 60-13A-1
§ 60-13A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Employee Leasing Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-32-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 32 / Section 3-32-2
§ 3-32-2. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 3, Article 32 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Industrial Revenue Bond Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 57-13-8 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 13 / Section 57-13-8
§ 57-13-8. Pyramid Promotional Schemes Act restitution fund
Status: in_force

A. All civil penalties collected under Section 57-13-4 NMSA 1978 shall be deposited in the state treasury in a fund to be designated as the “Pyramid Promotional Schemes Act restitution fund”, which fund is hereby established and which shall be administered by the attorney general. All expenditures from this fund shall be paid upon petition to the attorney general to those persons adequately establishing injury in money, property or other things in a transaction related to a practice declared unlawful under the Pyramid Promotional Schemes Act and who were unknown to the court at the time judgment was rendered.

B. Excepting any amount then being considered as an expenditure pursuant to a petition under Subsection A of this section, the balance of a civil penalty collected shall be transferred to the state general fund eighteen months after collection.
N.M. Stat. § 58-9-4 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 9 / Section 58-9-4
§ 58-9-4. Certificate required; compliance with state and federal law; separation of trust fund and investments
Status: in_force

A. No person, legal entity or corporation shall engage in the trust business without first obtaining a certificate from the director; provided, however, that a bank having its principal office in this state or an out-of-state bank not having an established office in this state otherwise authorized under state or federal laws to engage in the trust business or a savings and loan association having its principal office in this state acting as trustee or custodian pursuant to Section 58-10-35 NMSA 1978 may engage in trust business to the extent permitted in that section without obtaining a certificate under the Trust Company Act.

B. A trust company shall conduct such business in compliance with all state and federal laws, and all rules promulgated pursuant to those laws, including the Trust Company Act, the Uniform Probate Code, the Uniform Prudent Investor Act and the Uniform Trust Code.

C. A trust company shall keep all trust funds and investments separate and apart from the assets of the trust company, and all investments made by the trust company as a fiduciary shall be designated so that the trust or estate to which such investment belongs is clearly identified.
N.M. Stat. § 40-3-15 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 3 / Section 40-3-15
§ 40-3-15. Joinder of minor spouse in conveyances, mortgages and leases
Status: in_force

A married person under the age of majority may join with his or her spouse in all transactions for which joinder is required by Section 40-3-13 NMSA 1978 and such joinder shall have the same force and effect as if the minor spouse had attained his or her majority at the time of the execution of the instrument.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-12.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-12.1
§ 7-2-12.1. Limitation on claiming of credits and tax rebates
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided otherwise in this section, a credit or tax rebate provided in the Income Tax Act that is claimed shall be disallowed if the claim for the credit or tax rebate was first made after the end of the third calendar year following the calendar year in which the return upon which the credit or tax rebate was first claimable was initially due.

B. Subsection A of this section does not apply to:

(1) the credit authorized by Section 7-2-13 NMSA 1978 for income taxes paid another state; or

(2) the credit authorized by Section 7-2-19 NMSA 1978 for income taxes paid another state.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2F-5 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2F / Section 7-2F-5
§ 7-2F-5. Assignment
Status: in_force

A. A film production company that is eligible to receive a credit pursuant to the Film Production Tax Credit Act may assign the payment of an authorized film production tax credit or a film and television tax credit to a third-party financial institution, or to an authorized third party, one time in a full or partial amount. If the parties to the assignment have complied with the procedures established by the taxation and revenue department for the assignment of a film production tax credit payment, the department shall remit to the institution that amount of tax credit approved by the department that would otherwise be remitted to the company.

B. For the purposes of this section:

(1) “ authorized third party ” means an entity that:

(a) holds the rights to a film for which a film production tax credit may be claimed; and

(b) initiates that film's production; and

(2) “ financial institution ” means:

(a) a fund purposely created to produce a film; or

(b) a bank, savings institution or credit union that is organized or chartered pursuant to the laws of New Mexico or the United States and that files a New Mexico income tax return.
N.M. Stat. § 21-31-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 31 / Section 21-31-2
§ 21-31-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Student Athlete Endorsement Act:

A. “ post-secondary educational institution ” means an academic, vocational, technical, business, professional or other school, college or university or other organization or person offering or purporting to offer courses, instruction, training or education from a physical site in New Mexico, through distance education, correspondence or in person;

B. “ student athlete ” means an individual who engages in an intercollegiate sport; and

C. “ third party ” means an individual or entity other than a post-secondary educational institution, athletic association or athletic conference.
N.M. Stat. § 12-11-13 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 11 / Section 12-11-13
§ 12-11-13. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Legislative Disaster Succession Act:

A. “attack” means any hostile action by an enemy of the United States which is intended to and physically damages citizens or property in the United States;

B. “disaster” means the damage or injury, caused by enemy attack, to persons or property in this state of such magnitude that a state of martial law is declared to exist in this state, and a disaster emergency is declared by the chief executive officer of the United States and the chief executive officer of this state;

C. “unavailable” means unable because of death, disability or presumption of death raised by absence from usual place of domicile for unknown causes, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of a member of the legislature. The appearance of the member at a session will automatically disqualify a disaster successor, and remove the unavailability of the member;

D. “disaster successor” means a person possessing the qualifications required of a member, designated pursuant to the Legislative Disaster Succession Act, to act for a member who is unavailable during the period of disaster emergency.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23A / Section 59A-23A-8
§ 59A-23A-8. Incontestability period
Status: in_force

A. For a policy or certificate that has been in force for less than six months an insurer may rescind a long-term care insurance policy or certificate or deny an otherwise valid long-term care insurance claim upon a showing of misrepresentation that is material to the acceptance for coverage.

B. For a policy or certificate that has been in force for at least six months but less than two years an insurer may rescind a long-term care insurance policy or certificate or deny an otherwise valid long-term care insurance claim upon a showing of misrepresentation that is both material to the acceptance for coverage and which pertains to the condition for which benefits are sought.

C. After a policy or certificate has been in force for two years it is not contestable upon the grounds of misrepresentation alone. Such policy or certificate may be contested only upon a showing that the insured knowingly and intentionally misrepresented relevant facts relating to the insured's health.

D. No long-term care insurance policy or certificate may be field issued based on medical or health status. For purposes of this subsection, “field issued” means a policy or certificate issued by an agent or a third party administrator pursuant to the underwriting authority granted to the agent or third party administrator by an insurer.

E. If an insurer has paid benefits under the long-term care insurance policy or certificate, the benefit payments may not be recovered by the insurer in the event that the policy or certificate is rescinded.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21R-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21R / Section 21-21R-3
§ 21-21R-3. Conditions for eligibility
Status: in_force

A. A scholarship may be awarded to an eligible student who:

(1) has not earned a baccalaureate degree at the time the scholarship is awarded;

(2) is enrolled in a minimum of six credit hours per semester and no more than eighteen credit hours per fall or spring semester;

(3) maintains a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale; and

(4) has complied with other rules promulgated by the department to carry out the provisions of the Opportunity Scholarship Act.

B. A scholarship may be awarded for the summer semester; provided that the student enrolls in no less than three and no more than nine credit hours.

C. A scholarship may be awarded for one credit-bearing certificate or certificates, only one associate degree and only one bachelor's degree per student.

D. A scholarship for a credit-bearing certificate may only be awarded where data indicates that the certificate is in high demand by New Mexico employers as determined by the department in consultation with the workforce solutions department.

E. Students with disabilities or exceptional mitigating circumstances may petition for a waiver of eligibility requirements on a per semester basis. The lead financial aid officer of the public post-secondary institution or tribal college shall exercise professional judgment in consideration of any request for a waiver.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2E-61.1 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2E / Section 60-2E-61.1
§ 60-2E-61.1. Lien on winnings for debt owed to or collected by human services department; procedure
Status: in_force

A. By operation of law, a lien attaches to a payout of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) or more from a gaming machine of a racetrack gaming operator licensee when won by a person owing a debt to or collected by the human services department acting as the state's child support enforcement agency pursuant to Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act. 1

B. The human services department shall periodically provide the board with a verified list of names, social security numbers and the last known addresses of obligors owing a debt to or collected pursuant to Section 1 Subsection A by the department.

C. In order to enforce the lien, the board shall by rule adopt procedures applicable to racetrack gaming operator licensees when a payout occurs. The board shall provide a racetrack gaming operator licensee with an electronic system to search by the names and social security numbers of persons currently owing a debt subject to or collected by the human services department. Prior to the payment of a payout, the licensee shall make a good-faith effort to check the name of the winner against the list of names and social security numbers provided by the human services department to the board.

D. If the winner is a person owing a debt to or collected by the human services department, the racetrack gaming operator licensee shall retain the payout and promptly notify the department and the board on a form approved by the department. The human services department shall establish by rule an administrative process for support obligors to contest the obligation prior to release of the funds by the licensee to the department. The human services department shall, within seven working days of receipt of notice of the payout, provide the racetrack gaming operator licensee with written notice of its intent to enforce the administrative lien and of the amount claimed. After receiving the notice of intent, the racetrack gaming operator licensee shall retain the amount claimed in a suspense account and remit the balance to the payout winner. Upon final disposition of the administrative procedure, the human services department shall immediately notify the racetrack gaming operator licensee in writing of the amount to be tendered to the department and release the lien for any funds to be distributed to the payout winner.

E. The board shall by rule adopt lien attachment and enforcement procedures applicable to other gaming operator licensees when a gaming machine payout equals one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) or more.

F. Neither the board nor any gaming operator shall be liable to the human services department or to the person on whose behalf the department is collecting the debt if the licensee fails, in good faith, to match a winner's name to a name on the list provided pursuant to Subsection B of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-9 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-9
§ 72-16-9. Appointment of first board
Status: in_force

When this act goes into effect, the governor shall forthwith appoint five qualified electors of the authority as the directors comprising the first board. They shall serve until their successors have been elected and qualified. Immediately upon their appointment the five directors shall meet, qualify and choose officers, as provided for organizational meetings thereafter in Section 13 hereof.
N.M. Stat. § 3-25-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 25 / Section 3-25-4
§ 3-25-4. Financing acquisition of gas or geothermal utility
Status: in_force

The acquisition of facilities of a municipal gas or geothermal utility shall only be financed from funds received from the issuance and sale of bonds as authorized in Sections 3-30-5 through 3-30-8 and 3-31-1 through 3-31-12 NMSA 1978 except as provided in Section 3-23-4 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 10-7-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 10-7-7
§ 10-7-7. Old-age benefits under Social Security Act
Status: in_force

That in the event the government of the United States through amendment of the Social Security Act of the United States and particularly Title 8 1 thereof or by any other similar law of congress which authorizes or permits the payment by states of [or] their political subdivisions to become employers to the extent that they may cover employees of the respective states and the political subdivisions thereof under Title 8 of the Social Security Act of the United States or any amendment thereto or any other similar act of congress whereby old-age benefits or pensions may be established for said employees; then, and in that event, the state of New Mexico, its departments, municipalities in said state and the political subdivisions of the said state may [be] and hereby are authorized and directed to comply with the provisions of the said act of congress to the extent that all members of state and municipal police forces, and all paid members and employees of municipal fire departments within this state may receive any and all benefits with respect to such old-age benefit or pension provision of said federal law, and the state, its municipalities, and political subdivisions are hereby authorized and directed to pay on account of such employees the rate of tax which said federal law may levy and assess for said purposes, and to withhold and make payments on account of the employee's contributions required by such act of congress pertaining to said employees herein mentioned.
N.M. Stat. § 68-5-3 — NM Code / Chapter 68 / Article 5 / Section 68-5-3
§ 68-5-3. Prescribed burn use
Status: in_force

A. Prescribed burning is considered in the public interest and not a public or private nuisance.

B. Except as limited in Subsection C of this section, a private landowner or a private landowner's agent, contractor or legally authorized designee shall have a right to conduct a prescribed burn on the landowner's property, except when the state forester or a county or municipality issues restrictions prohibiting a prescribed burn because of drought or wind conditions; provided that the prescribed burn is conducted with appropriate precautionary measures, including: the use of sufficient personnel and equipment; the prior notification of local fire officials; burn and contingency planning; and the use of appropriate prescribed burn techniques that cause the fire to be confined to a predetermined area.

C. A prescribed burn shall not be started when the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for the area where the prescribed burn is planned to take place.
N.M. Stat. § 72-6-1 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 6 / Section 72-6-1
§ 72-6-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 72, Article 6 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Water-Use Leasing Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 61-17A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 17A / Section 61-17A-5
§ 61-17A-5. License required
Status: in_force

A. Unless licensed pursuant to the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act or exempted from the provisions of that act, no person shall practice barbering, hairstyling or cosmetology for compensation either directly or indirectly.

B. Unless licensed pursuant to the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act, no person shall operate a school or establishment for compensation.

C. Unless licensed pursuant to the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act or exempted from the provisions of that act, no person shall teach barbering, hairstyling, cosmetology or electrology for compensation.

D. Unless licensed by the board pursuant to the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act, no person shall practice as a manicurist-pedicurist, esthetician or electrologist for compensation.