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N.M. Stat. § 3-42-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 42 / Section 3-42-1
§ 3-42-1. Franchises; authorization
Status: repealed

A. A municipality may grant, by ordinance, a franchise to any person, firm or corporation for the construction and operation of any public utility.

B. No franchise ordinance shall become effective until at least thirty days after its adoption, during which time the franchise ordinance shall be twice published in full, not less than seven days apart.

C. If, during the thirty-day period, a petition signed by bona fide adult residents of the municipality equal in number to twenty percent of the number of those who voted at the last regular municipal election, and objection to the granting of the franchise is presented to the governing body of the municipality, the governing body of the municipality shall submit the question of granting the franchise to a vote of the qualified electors at a regular or special municipal election. If the date for the next regular municipal election is not more than ninety days after the date the petition is filed, the question shall be submitted at the regular municipal election; otherwise, a special municipal election shall be held.

D. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question favor the granting of a franchise, the franchise ordinance becomes effective. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question do not favor granting the franchise, the ordinance is repealed and the applicant for the franchise acquires no rights or privileges.

E. The expense of publishing the franchise ordinance and of holding a special election shall be paid by the applicant for the franchise.

F. No franchise ordinance shall be in effect for more than twenty-five years. The municipality may contract with the public utility for such services as are necessary for the health and safety of the municipality and may pay a sum agreed upon by the contracting parties for such services.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-401.1 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-401.1
§ 66-3-401.1. Use of vehicles with dealer plates by coaches and athletic directors
Status: in_force

A. Pursuant to Section 66-3-401 NMSA 1978 , a dealer may register a vehicle in the name of the dealer for the purpose of providing the use of a vehicle from the inventory of the dealer to a full-time coach or athletic director at any state-supported four-year institution of higher education in New Mexico.

B. A vehicle that a dealer elects to register pursuant to Subsection A of this section is not required to be titled pursuant to the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code, but the vehicle must be included in the driver's inventory for Internal Revenue Code of 1986 purposes and transferred to the full-time coach or athletic director under conditions that require the dealer to report the value of the use of the vehicle as income to the full-time coach or athletic director.

C. The number of vehicles registered and used pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be excluded when determining compliance with the maximum number of dealer plates allowed pursuant to Subsection B of Section 66-3-402 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 34-2-15 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 2 / Section 34-2-15
§ 34-2-15. Liability for injury to books or property
Status: in_force

A person who injures, defaces or destroys a book or other property that belongs to the supreme court law library shall forfeit twice the value of that book or property to be sued for and recovered by the state. It shall be the duty of the librarian of the supreme court law library to promptly notify the supreme court of any such offense.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-44 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-44
§ 24-1-44. School-based health centers; creation and operation
Status: in_force

A. The department shall provide funding, technical assistance, clinical oversight and other necessary support for the creation and operation of school-based health centers.

B. School-based health centers receiving funding from the department shall be regulated by the department to provide services pursuant to Subsection E of this section.

C. School-based health centers shall be established in schools, within the boundaries of school campuses or within safe walking distances from school campuses as determined by the school and the school-based health center operator, in communities based on:

(1) need for services;

(2) operator availability; and

(3) support from local educational authorities.

D. School-based health centers shall work in cooperation with schools and school districts and be operated by licensed health care providers, including hospitals, federally qualified health centers, the department's public health nurses and other qualified health care providers.

E. School-based health centers shall provide services through licensed providers, including:

(1) primary health care;

(2) preventive health care, including comprehensive health assessments and diagnosis;

(3) treatment of minor, acute and chronic conditions;

(4) mental health care;

(5) substance use disorder assessments, treatment and referral;

(6) crisis intervention; or

(7) referrals as necessary for additional treatment, including inpatient care, specialty care, emergency psychiatric care, oral health care and vision health care services.

F. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules for the regulation, operation and oversight of school-based health centers receiving funding from the department.

G. For purposes of this section:

(1) “ department ” means the department of health;

(2) “ mental health care ” means services related to emotional, psychological and social well-being;

(3) “ preventive health care ” means services that include screenings, checkups and patient counseling to stop or slow the progression of illness, diseases and other health problems; and

(4) “ primary health care ” means health care services that include providing preventive care, promoting wellness and treating common illnesses.
N.M. Stat. § 7-42-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 42 / Section 7-42-5
§ 7-42-5. Interpretation of the cannabis tax act; administration and enforcement of tax
Status: in_force

The department shall administer and enforce the collection of the cannabis excise tax pursuant to the Tax Administration Act.
N.M. Stat. § 73-2-11 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 2 / Section 73-2-11
§ 73-2-11. Community ditches made corporations; ditches taking water from common source
Status: in_force

All community ditches or acequias shall for the purposes of this article be considered as corporations or bodies corporate, with power to sue or to be sued as such. And every one of said community ditches beginning at the dam or entrance of the water, in continued course to the end of the same, shall be considered as one ditch or acequia only, to be superintended by three commissioners and one mayordomo as now provided by law, except that where two community ditches or more take water from a common ditch or head, they shall be and remain separate and under separate management.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16B-3 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16B / Section 30-16B-3
§ 30-16B-3. Unauthorized recording; prohibited act; penalties
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person to:

(1) knowingly transfer for sale or cause to be transferred any recording with intent to sell it or cause it to be sold or use it or cause it to be used for commercial advantage or private financial gain without the consent of the owner;

(2) transport within this state for commercial advantage or private financial gain a recording with the knowledge that the sounds have been transferred without the consent of the owner; or

(3) advertise or offer for sale, sell, rent or cause the sale, resale or rental of or possess for one or more of these purposes any recording that the person knows has been transferred without the consent of the owner.

B. Any person violating the provisions of Subsection A of this section:

(1) when the offense involves seven or more unauthorized recordings embodying sound or seven or more audiovisual recordings, at any one time, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; and

(2) when the offense involves fewer than seven unauthorized recordings embodying sound or fewer than seven audiovisual recordings, at any one time, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 61-18A-14 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 18A / Section 61-18A-14
§ 61-18A-14. License to foreign corporation or partnership
Status: in_force

No collection agency license shall be issued to any foreign corporation or partnership unless it has fully complied with the laws of the state of New Mexico so as to entitle it to do business in the state; provided that the foreign corporation or partnership shall establish and maintain a collection agency in New Mexico at all times during the life of any collection agency license issued to the foreign corporation or partnership. All records of the collection agency located in New Mexico shall be maintained at the collection agency's principal office in New Mexico unless the collection agency records are maintained electronically, in which case, electronic records may be maintained at a location where the collection agency regularly maintains records.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-22 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-22
§ 59A-22-22. Relation of earnings to insurance
Status: in_force

There may be a provision as follows:

If the total monthly amount of loss of time benefits promised for the same loss under all valid loss of time coverage upon the insured, whether payable on a weekly or monthly basis, shall exceed the monthly earnings of the insured at the time disability commenced or his average monthly earnings for the period of two years immediately preceding a disability for which claim is made, whichever is the greater, the insurance company will be liable only for such proportionate amount of such benefits under this policy as the amount of such monthly earnings or such average monthly earnings of the insured bears to the total amount of monthly benefits for the same loss under all such coverage upon the insured at the time such disability commences and for the return of such part of the premiums paid during such two years as shall exceed the pro rata amount of the premiums for the benefits actually paid hereunder; but this shall not operate to reduce the total monthly amount of benefits payable under all such coverage upon the insured below the sum of two hundred ($200.00) dollars, or the sum of the monthly benefits specified in such coverages, whichever is the lesser, nor shall it operate to reduce benefits other than those payable for loss of time.

(The foregoing policy provision may be inserted only in a policy which the insured has the right to continue in force subject to its terms by the timely payment of premiums (1) until at least age 50 or, (2) in the case of a policy issued after age 44, for at least five years from its date of issue. The insurance company may, at its option, include in this provision a definition of “valid loss of time coverage,” approved as to form by the superintendent, which definition shall be limited in subject matter to coverage provided by governmental agencies or by organizations subject to regulation by insurance law or by insurance authorities of this or any other state of the United States or any province of Canada, or to any other coverage the inclusion of which may be approved by the superintendent or any combination of such coverages. In the absence of such definition such term shall not include any coverage provided for such insured pursuant to any compulsory benefit statute (including any workmen's compensation or employer's liability statute) or benefits provided by union welfare plans or by employer or employee benefit organizations.)
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-78.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-78.1
§ 7-9-78.1. Deduction; compensating tax; uranium enrichment plant equipment
Status: in_force

The value of equipment and replacement parts for that equipment may be deducted in computing the compensating tax due if the person uses the equipment and replacement parts to enrich uranium in a uranium enrichment plant.
N.M. Stat. § 9-7A-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 7A / Section 9-7A-11
§ 9-7A-11. Cooperation with the federal government; authority of secretary; single state agency status
Status: in_force

A. The department is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of environmental programs in which financial or other participation by the federal government is authorized or mandated under state or federal laws, regulations, rules or orders. The secretary may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government to implement environmental programs subject to availability of appropriated state funds and any provisions of state laws applicable to such agreements or participation by the state.

B. The governor or the secretary may by appropriate order designate the department or any organizational unit of the department as the single state agency for the administration of any environmental program when that designation is a condition of federal financial or other participation in the program under applicable federal law, regulation, rule or order. Whether or not a federal condition exists, the governor may designate the department or any organizational unit of the department as the single state agency for the administration of any environmental program. No designation of a single state agency under the authority granted in this section shall be made in contravention of state law.
N.M. Stat. § 27-5-7.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 5 / Section 27-5-7.1
§ 27-5-7.1. County health care assistance fund; authorized uses of the fund
Status: in_force

A. The fund may be used to pay for:

(1) expenses of burial or cremation of an indigent person;

(2) ambulance transportation, hospital care and health care services for indigent patients; or

(3) [Vetoed by Governor;]

(4) [Vetoed by Governor;]

(5) [(3)] county administrative expenses associated with fund expenditures authorized in Paragraphs of this subsection.

B. The fund may be used to meet a county's obligation under Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-16.3 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-16.3
§ 17-3-16.3. Lieutenant governor's deer enhancement permits; issuance; use
Status: in_force

A. The state game commission shall direct the department of game and fish to authorize two deer enhancement permits each license year for the taking of two deer to raise funds for programs and projects to better manage deer.

B. The state game commission shall prescribe by rule the form, design and manner of issuance of the two deer enhancement permits. The issuance of one permit shall be subject to auction by the department or by an incorporated nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation of wildlife, as determined by the commission, and shall be sold to the highest bidder. The issuance of the other permit shall be subject to a lottery by the department or by an incorporated nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation of wildlife, as determined by the commission.

C. All money collected from the issuance and sale of the lieutenant governor's deer enhancement permits shall be credited to the game protection fund to be used exclusively for deer restoration and management.
N.M. Stat. § 28-17-5 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 17 / Section 28-17-5
§ 28-17-5. Rule-making authority of director
Status: repealed

The director shall adopt and promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as are deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Act. Unless otherwise provided by statute, no regulation affecting any person or agency outside the office shall be adopted, amended or repealed without a public hearing on the proposed action before the director or a hearing officer designated by him. The public hearing shall be held in Santa Fe unless the public notice of hearing indicates otherwise. Notice of the subject matter of the regulation, the action proposed to be taken, the time and place of the hearing, the manner in which interested persons may present their views and the method by which copies of the proposed regulation may be obtained shall be published once at least thirty days prior to the hearing date in a newspaper of general circulation and mailed at least thirty days prior to the hearing date to all persons who have made a written request for advance notice of hearing. All rules and regulations shall be filed in accordance with the State Rules Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 3-18-13 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 3-18-13
§ 3-18-13. Industrial nuisances and nauseous locations; regulation and prohibition
Status: in_force

A municipality may within one mile of its boundary direct the location, regulate and prohibit any offensive and unwholesome business or establishment.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-30 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-30
§ 20-12-30. Resistance, breach of arrest and escape
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who resists apprehension or breaks arrest or who escapes from custody or confinement shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 22-2-8.8 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 2 / Section 22-2-8.8
§ 22-2-8.8. High school equivalency credential
Status: in_force

The department shall issue a high school equivalency credential to any candidate who is at least sixteen years of age and who has successfully completed the high school equivalency credential tests.
N.M. Stat. § 77-1B-3 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 1B / Section 77-1B-3
§ 77-1B-3. Animal sheltering committee created; members; qualifications; terms; vacancies; duties; removal; application of Uniform Licensing Act
Status: in_force

A. The “animal sheltering committee” is created. The animal sheltering committee shall consist of five members as follows:

(1) one euthanasia agency employee with training and education in euthanasia;

(2) one veterinarian who has provided paid or unpaid services to an animal shelter;

(3) one representative from a nonprofit animal advocacy group;

(4) one member of the public; and

(5) a manager or director of a New Mexico facility that provides shelter to animals on a regular basis; provided that the manager or director selected is trained in animal shelter standards.

B. No more than two animal sheltering committee members shall be appointed from any one county within the state.

C. With respect to licenses issued pursuant to the Animal Sheltering Act, the board and its operations are governed by the Uniform Licensing Act. 1 If the provisions of the Uniform Licensing Act conflict with the provisions of the Animal Sheltering Act, the provisions of the Animal Sheltering Act shall prevail.

D. The board shall appoint members to the animal sheltering committee for terms of four years, except in the first year of the animal sheltering committee, when members shall be appointed for staggered terms. Of the first appointments, two members shall be appointed for four-year terms, one member shall be appointed for a three-year term, one member shall be appointed for a two-year term and one member shall be appointed for a one-year term. Subsequent appointments shall be made to fill vacancies created in unexpired terms, but only until the term ends or for a full four-year term when the term of an animal sheltering committee member expires. Animal sheltering committee members shall hold office until their successors are duly qualified and appointed. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the board for the unexpired term within sixty days of the vacancy to maintain the required composition of the animal sheltering committee.

E. Members of the animal sheltering committee shall be reimbursed for per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act 2 and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.

F. A simple majority of the appointed board members constitutes a quorum.
N.M. Stat. § 10-1-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 10-1-11
§ 10-1-11. Payment of nepotic employees; liability of employer and bondsmen; employment void
Status: in_force

No person so unlawfully employed shall be paid or receive any compensation from public funds, and such employment shall be null and void, and the person or persons giving such employment, together with his or their bondsmen, shall be liable for any and all monies so unlawfully paid out.
N.M. Stat. § 73-21-20 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 21 / Section 73-21-20
§ 73-21-20. Officers levy and collect taxes
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the body having authority to levy taxes within each county, to levy taxes provided in this act and it shall be the duty of all officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes to collect such taxes at the time and in the form and manner and with like interest and penalties as other taxes are collected and when collected to pay the same to the districts ordering its levy and collection, and the payment of such collections shall be made monthly to the treasurer of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district. All taxes levied under this act, together with interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs of collecting the same, shall, until paid, constitute a perpetual lien on and against the property taxed, and such lien shall be on a parity with the tax lien of general taxes.
N.M. Stat. § 10-6-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 6 / Section 10-6-4
§ 10-6-4. Filling vacancy when office permanently abandoned
Status: in_force

The officer, agent, employee, board or other agency of the state, or of its departments, agencies, counties, municipalities or political subdivisions, who is by law authorized to fill ordinary vacancies in the public office or employment so permanently abandoned, as provided in Section 3 hereof, is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to appoint to such public office or employment some qualified person who shall thereafter receive the salary and perform the duties thereof until the expiration of the term of the former incumbent or until his successor shall have been elected, appointed or otherwise chosen and qualified or until the former incumbent shall have been relieved from active duty in the armed services and shall have resumed the personal discharge of the duties of such public office or employment.