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N.M. Stat. § 10-16G-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16G / Section 10-16G-6
§ 10-16G-6. Executive director; appointment; duties and powers
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall appoint an executive director who shall be knowledgeable about state ethics laws and who shall be appointed without reference to party affiliation and solely on the grounds of fitness to perform the duties of the office. The director shall hold office from the date of appointment until such time as the director is removed by the commission.

B. The director shall:

(1) take the oath of office required by Article 20, Section 1 of the constitution of New Mexico ;

(2) hire a general counsel who may serve for no more than five years, unless rehired for up to an additional five years;

(3) hire additional personnel as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the commission;

(4) prepare an annual budget for the commission and submit it to the commission for approval;

(5) make recommendations to the commission of proposed rules or legislative changes needed to provide better administration of the State Ethics Commission Act;

(6) perform other duties as assigned by the commission; and

(7) be required to reapply for the position after six years of service and may serve as director for no more than twelve years.

C. The director may:

(1) enter into contracts and agreements on behalf of the commission; and

(2) have the general counsel administer oaths and take depositions subject to the Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Courts.

D. For a period of one calendar year immediately following termination of the director's employment with the commission, the director shall not:

(1) represent a respondent, unless appearing on the director's own behalf; or

(2) accept employment or otherwise provide services to a respondent, unless the director accepted employment or provided services prior to the filing of a complaint against the respondent.
N.M. Stat. § 14-11-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 11 / Section 14-11-4
§ 14-11-4. Proof of publication
Status: in_force

Proof of the publication of any such legal notice or advertisement may be made by the affidavit of the printer, business manager, editor, publisher or proprietor of the newspaper in which the publication is made, or by any other competent person who has personal knowledge of the essential facts, which affidavit, in addition to the other matters required by law to be set forth therein, shall state that such notice or advertisement was published in a newspaper duly qualified for that purpose within the meaning of this act, and that payment therefore has been made or assessed as court costs.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15 / Section 6-15-19
§ 6-15-19. Definition of terms
Status: in_force

The term “municipality” shall mean any incorporated city, town, or village in this state, whether the same shall have been incorporated by special character [charter] or under the general laws of this state. The term “school district” shall mean and include all municipal independent union high school or rural districts, whether the same shall be under the jurisdiction of a county board of education or municipal boards of education, and shall include districts organized for high school purposes. The term “governing body” shall mean the board of county commissioners, city council, board of trustees, board of commissioners or similar legislative bodies of municipalities, and shall mean the board of education or similar board having control of school affairs.
N.M. Stat. § 57-15-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 15 / Section 57-15-5
§ 57-15-5. Injunctions to prevent violation
Status: in_force

A. The attorney general of the state of New Mexico or the district attorney of the district in which the violation occurs or a private citizen may bring an action in the name of the state against any person to restrain and prevent any violation of this act. Any proceeding initiated under this section by a private citizen shall be initiated on his behalf and all others similarly situated.

B. The court in exceptional cases brought by private citizens may award reasonable attorneys' fees to the prevailing party. Costs or attorneys' fees may be assessed against a defendant only if the court finds that he has willfully engaged in false advertising.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7E-8 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7E / Section 10-7E-8
§ 10-7E-8. Public employee labor relations board; created; terms; qualifications
Status: in_force

A. The “public employee labor relations board” is created. The board consists of three members appointed by the governor. The governor shall appoint one member recommended by organized labor representatives actively involved in representing public employees, one member recommended by public employers actively involved in collective bargaining and one member jointly recommended by the other two appointees.

B. Except for appointments made in 2003, board members shall serve for a period of three years with terms commencing on July 1. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the governor in the same manner as the original appointment, and such appointments shall only be made for the remainder of the unexpired term. A board member may serve an unlimited number of terms.

C. During the term for which he is appointed, a board member shall not hold or seek any other political office or public employment or be an employee of a labor organization or an organization representing public employees or public employers.

D. Each board member shall be paid per diem and mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act.

E. For the purpose of making initial appointments to the board in 2003, the governor shall designate one member to serve a one-year term, one member to serve a two-year term and one member to serve a three-year term. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed for three-year terms.
N.M. Stat. § 40-1-6 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 40-1-6
§ 40-1-6. Restrictions on marriage of minors
Status: in_force

A. The county clerk shall not issue a marriage license to an unemancipated person sixteen or seventeen years of age, and no person authorized by the laws of this state to solemnize marriages shall knowingly unite in marriage any person sixteen or seventeen years of age, unless the minor first receives the written consent of each of the minor's living parents as shown on the minor's certificate of birth, or the district court has authorized the marriage of such person upon request of a parent or legal guardian of the person for good cause shown, and a certified copy of the judicial authorization is filed with the county clerk.

B. The county clerk shall not issue a marriage license to any person under sixteen years of age, and no person authorized by the laws of this state to solemnize marriages shall knowingly unite in marriage any person under sixteen years of age, unless the children's or family court division of the district court has first authorized the marriage of the person upon request of a parent or legal guardian of the person in settlement of proceedings to compel support and establish parentage, or where an applicant for the marriage license is pregnant, and a certified copy of the judicial authorization is filed with the county clerk.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21M-8 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21M / Section 21-21M-8
§ 21-21M-8. Report
Status: in_force

A. Each public post-secondary educational institution shall submit an annual students with disabilities scholarship report to the department that includes information required by the department. The department shall submit an annual report to the legislative finance committee and to the legislative education study committee.

B. The department and public post-secondary educational institutions shall cooperate in data collection and data sharing and for other matters necessary to carry out the provisions of the Students with Disabilities Scholarship Act.
N.M. Stat. § 9-27-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 27 / Section 9-27-17
§ 9-27-17. Exclusion from jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The department of information technology shall not have supervisory control over:

A. the use of radio equipment, except as to the technical requirements of the equipment or unless the equipment is used by one or more agencies, and the department of information technology must determine priority of use;

B. the radio equipment of the department of military affairs, except the department of information technology may maintain all radio equipment owned by the department of military affairs that interfaces with state-owned radio equipment; or

C. unless otherwise directed by the secretary of information technology, radio equipment that is incidental to a system that is primarily a telephone system.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-4.6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-4.6
§ 21-1-4.6. Nondiscrimination policy for admission to any public post-secondary educational institution; nondiscrimination in eligibility for education benefits
Status: in_force

A. A public post-secondary educational institution shall not deny admission to a student on account of the student's immigration status.

B. Any tuition rate or state-funded financial aid that is granted to residents of New Mexico shall also be granted on the same terms to all persons, regardless of immigration status, who have attended a secondary educational institution in New Mexico for at least one year and who have either graduated from a New Mexico high school or received a high school equivalency credential in New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16D-6 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16D / Section 30-16D-6
§ 30-16D-6. Altering or changing engine or other numbers
Status: in_force

A. No person shall, with fraudulent intent, deface, remove, cover, destroy or alter the manufacturer's serial number, engine number, decal or other distinguishing number or identification mark or number placed under assignment of the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department of a vehicle required to be registered under the Motor Vehicle Code or any vehicle, motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine or component as defined by the Motor Vehicle Code for which a dismantler's notification form has been processed through the division, nor shall any person place or stamp any serial, engine, decal or other number or mark upon the vehicle except one assigned by the division. Any violation of this section is a fourth degree felony.

B. This section shall not prohibit the restoration by an owner of an original serial, engine, decal or other number or mark when the restoration is made under permit issued by the division nor prevent any manufacturer from placing, in the ordinary course of business, numbers, decals or marks upon vehicles or parts thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-34-9 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 34 / Section 59A-34-9
§ 59A-34-9. Salaries of officers, directors
Status: in_force

No insurer shall pay any salary, compensation or emolument to any officer or director thereof unless such payment has been duly authorized by the insurer's board of directors.
N.M. Stat. § 7-33-1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 33 / Section 7-33-1
§ 7-33-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 33 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Natural Gas Processors Tax Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 9-11-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 9-11-1
§ 9-11-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 9, Article 11 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Taxation and Revenue Department Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 61-37-24 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 37 / Section 61-37-24
§ 61-37-24. Preemption
Status: in_force

When a municipality or county, including a home rule municipality or an urban county, adopts an ordinance, charter amendment or regulation pertaining to the sales of tobacco products, the ordinance, charter amendment or regulation shall be consistent with the provisions of the Tobacco Products Act.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11-42 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11 / Section 58-11-42
§ 58-11-42. Accounts of minors
Status: in_force

Payments on share accounts and deposit accounts may be received from a minor who may withdraw funds from those accounts, including the dividends and interest thereon. Payments on share accounts and deposit accounts by a minor and withdrawal by the minor shall be valid in all respects. For such purposes a minor is deemed of full age.
N.M. Stat. § 40-10C-11 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 10C / Section 40-10C-11
§ 40-10C-11. Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

In applying and construing the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
N.M. Stat. § 73-2-20 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 2 / Section 73-2-20
§ 73-2-20. Mayordomo not to lease lands; penalty
Status: in_force

Any violation of the preceding section shall be considered a misdemeanor, and be punishable upon conviction by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100 or both, at the discretion of the court.
N.M. Stat. § 6-28-5 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 28 / Section 6-28-5
§ 6-28-5. Navajo Nation projects; general fund appropriations
Status: in_force

Money appropriated from the general fund to several chapters of the Navajo Nation located in New Mexico for the same or similar purposes may be pooled by those chapters to create a regional or centralized project upon review of the Indian affairs department and approval by the state board of finance.
N.M. Stat. § 67-7-1 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 7 / Section 67-7-1
§ 67-7-1. Obstructing roads; penalties
Status: in_force

It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person or persons to in any manner obstruct any public road in this state, by putting therein or thereon any obstruction whatsoever, and all persons convicted of a violation of this section shall upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction be fined in any sum not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty days, and pay all the costs of prosecution, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court trying the cause.
N.M. Stat. § 62-17A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 17A / Section 62-17A-1
§ 62-17A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Community Energy Efficiency Development Block Grant Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 24-5-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 5 / Section 24-5-1
§ 24-5-1. Immunization regulations
Status: in_force

The public health division of the department of health shall, after consultation with the state public education department, promulgate rules and regulations governing the immunization against diseases deemed to be dangerous to the public health, to be required of children attending public, private, home or parochial schools in the state. The immunizations required and the manner and frequency of their administration shall conform to recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices of the United States department of health and human services and the American academy of pediatrics. The public health division shall supervise and secure the enforcement of the required immunization program.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-18-1 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 18 / Section 32A-18-1
§ 32A-18-1. Cultural recognition
Status: in_force

A. A person who serves as a judge, prosecutor, child's attorney, guardian ad litem, treatment guardian, court appointed attorney, court appointed special advocate, foster parent, mental health commissioner or mental health treatment service provider for a child subject to an abuse or neglect petition, a family in need of services petition or a mental health placement shall receive periodic training, to the extent of available resources, to develop his knowledge about children, the physical and psychological formation of children and the impact of ethnicity on a child's needs. Institutions that serve children and their families shall, considering available resources, provide similar training to institutional staff.

B. The training shall include study of:

(1) cross-cultural dynamics and sensitivity;

(2) child development;

(3) family composition and dynamics;

(4) parenting skills and practices;

(5) culturally appropriate treatment plans; and

(6) alternative health practices.
N.M. Stat. § 62-16A-15 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 16A / Section 62-16A-15
§ 62-16A-15. Legislative oversight
Status: in_force

A. In addition to its other duties, the New Mexico finance authority oversight committee shall:

(1) monitor and oversee the operation of the authority;

(2) meet on a regular basis to receive and review reports from the authority on implementation of the provisions of the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act and to review rules proposed for adoption pursuant to that act;

(3) review and provide assistance and advice to the authority before the authority enters into a project;

(4) undertake an ongoing examination of the statutes, constitutional provisions, regulations and court decisions governing energy transmission and renewable energy development; and

(5) report its findings and recommendations, including recommended legislation or necessary changes, to the governor, to the public regulation commission and to each session of the legislature. The report and proposed legislation shall be made available on or before December 15 of each year.

B. Once each calendar quarter, the authority shall report to the legislative finance committee on all expenditures made and activities conducted in the fiscal year to date pursuant to the provisions of the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act.
N.M. Stat. § 62-15-25 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 15 / Section 62-15-25
§ 62-15-25. Trustees, officers or members; notaries
Status: in_force

No person who is authorized to take acknowledgments under the laws of this state shall be disqualified from taking acknowledgments of instruments executed in favor of a cooperative or to which it is a party, by reason of being an officer, director or member of such cooperative.
N.M. Stat. § 4-37-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 37 / Section 4-37-12
§ 4-37-12. Effect and limitations
Status: in_force

The Home Rule County Validation Act shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to validate any amendments to a county charter adopted under Article 10, Section 5 of the constitution of New Mexico allowing the county to exercise the powers provided for in Article 10, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico and any acts and proceedings heretofore taken under such charter amendments which the legislature could have supplied or provided for or can now supply or provide for in the law under which such amendments were adopted and such acts and proceedings were taken. The Home Rule County Validation Act, however, shall be limited to the validation of charter amendments, acts and proceedings to the extent to which such validation can be effectuated under the state and federal constitutions. The Home Rule County Validation Act shall not operate to validate, ratify, approve, confirm or legalize any charter amendment, act, proceeding or other matter which has heretofore been determined in any legal proceeding to be illegal, void or ineffective.
N.M. Stat. § 22-19B-8 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 19B / Section 22-19B-8
§ 22-19B-8. Cumulative and complete authority
Status: in_force

The School District Bond Anticipation Notes Act is an additional and alternative method for obtaining funding for capital projects by a school district and constitutes full authority for the exercise of powers granted to a local school board by that act. Powers conferred by the School District Bond Anticipation Notes Act are supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws of the state, without reference to such other laws of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9A / Section 7-9A-6
§ 7-9A-6. Qualified equipment
Status: in_force

Equipment not previously used in New Mexico and not previously approved for a credit under the Investment Credit Act that is owned by the taxpayer or owned by the United States or an agency or instrumentality thereof or the state or a political subdivision thereof and leased or subleased to the taxpayer is qualified equipment if it is in New Mexico and is incorporated or to be incorporated within one year into a manufacturing operation.
N.M. Stat. § 33-14-1 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 14 / Section 33-14-1
§ 33-14-1. Contract to provide inmates with access to telecommunications services in a correctional facility or jail; conditions
Status: in_force

A. A contract to provide inmates with access to telecommunications services in a correctional facility or jail shall be negotiated and awarded to an entity that meets the correctional facility's or jail's technical and functional requirements for services, and that provides the lowest cost of service to inmates or any person who pays for inmate telecommunication services.

B. A contract to provide inmates with access to telecommunications services in a correctional facility or jail shall not include a commission or other payment to the operator of the correctional facility or jail based upon amounts billed by the telecommunications provider for telephone calls made by inmates in the correctional facility or jail.

C. As used in this section:

(1) “ correctional facility ” means a state correctional facility or a privately operated correctional facility; and

(2) “ jail ” means a county jail, a municipal jail or a privately operated jail.
N.M. Stat. § 12-6-15 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-6-15
§ 12-6-15. Annual financial audit report; state board of finance review
Status: in_force

Within six months after the report is due to the state auditor, each of the educational retirement board, the office of the state treasurer, the public employees retirement association and the state investment council shall present the agency's current annual financial audit report to the state board of finance for review.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-18-23 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 18 / Section 59A-18-23
§ 59A-18-23. Delivery of policy, motor vehicle vendors, mortgagees, pledgees
Status: in_force

A. If the original policy is delivered or is so required to be delivered to or for deposit with any vendor, mortgagee or pledgee of any motor vehicle, in which policy any interest of the vendee, mortgagor or pledgor in or with respect to such vehicle is insured, a duplicate of the policy setting forth the name and address of the insurer, insurance classification of vehicle, type of coverage, limits of liability, premiums for the respective coverages, and duration of the policy, or memorandum thereof containing the same information, shall be delivered by the vendor, mortgagee or pledgee to each such vendee, mortgagor or pledgor named in the policy or coming within the group of persons designated in the policy to be so included. If the policy does not provide coverage of legal liability of the vendee, mortgagor or pledgor for injury to persons or damage to property of third parties, a statement of such fact shall be printed, written or stamped conspicuously on the face of the duplicate policy or memorandum.

B. This section does not apply to inland marine floater policies.