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N.M. Stat. § 10-16-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16 / Section 10-16-2
§ 10-16-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Governmental Conduct Act:

A. “ business ” means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, organization or individual carrying on a business;

B. “ confidential information ” means information that by law or practice is not available to the public;

C. “ contract ” means an agreement or transaction having a value of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) with a state or local government agency for:

(1) the rendition of services, including professional services;

(2) the furnishing of any material, supplies or equipment;

(3) the construction, alteration or repair of any public building or public work;

(4) the acquisition, sale or lease of any land or building;

(5) a licensing arrangement;

(6) a loan or loan guarantee; or

(7) the purchase of financial securities or instruments;

D. “ employment ” means rendering of services for compensation in the form of salary as an employee;

E. “ family ” means an individual's spouse, parents, children or siblings, by consanguinity or affinity;

F. “ financial interest ” means an interest held by an individual or the individual's family that is:

(1) an ownership interest in business or property; or

(2) any employment or prospective employment for which negotiations have already begun;

G. “ local government agency ” means a political subdivision of the state or an agency of a political subdivision of the state;

H. “ official act ” means an official decision, recommendation, approval, disapproval or other action that involves the use of discretionary authority;

I. “ public officer or employee ” means any elected or appointed official or employee of a state agency or local government agency who receives compensation in the form of salary or is eligible for per diem or mileage but excludes legislators;

J. “ standards ” means the conduct required by the Governmental Conduct Act;

K. “ state agency ” means any branch, agency, instrumentality or institution of the state; and

L. “ substantial interest ” means an ownership interest that is greater than twenty percent.
N.M. Stat. § 76-4-26 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 4 / Section 76-4-26
§ 76-4-26. Inspection of equipment
Status: in_force

A. The department shall provide for an annual inspection of any equipment used for the application of pesticides by a commercial pesticide applicator and may require repairs or other changes before the equipment is used to apply pesticides. A list of requirements that the equipment shall meet shall be provided by the department.

B. Any piece of equipment which fails inspection shall have affixed to it an out-of-order seal. The equipment shall not be put back into service until it has passed reinspection and the out-of-order seal is removed by the department. A prescribed inspection fee shall be charged for each reinspection.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-67 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-67
§ 20-12-67. Misbehavior of sentinel
Status: in_force

Any sentinel or look-out who is found drunk or sleeping upon his post, or leaves it before he is regularly relieved, shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or other punishment as a court-martial may direct, but if the offense is committed at any other time, by punishment other than death as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55D-7 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55D / Section 4-55D-7
§ 4-55D-7. Special assessment financing
Status: in_force

A. Special assessment financing shall be provided by capital providers and disbursed directly by capital providers to fund eligible improvements subject to a special assessment financing agreement.

B. A county is not liable in any way for the debt of the property owner, is not a third-party obligor and is not pledging or lending its credit to the property owner or the capital provider.
N.M. Stat. § 72-19-64 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 19 / Section 72-19-64
§ 72-19-64. Interest coupons
Status: in_force

Except for any bonds which are registrable for payment of interest, interest coupons payable to bearer and appertaining to the bonds shall be issued and shall bear the original or facsimile signature of the chairman.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21P-6 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21P / Section 21-21P-6
§ 21-21P-6. Scholarship authorized; administration; preference in scholarship awards
Status: in_force

A. The department shall administer the Grow Your Own Teachers Act and shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of that act. The department shall consult the public education department any time the department promulgates rules relating to the Grow Your Own Teachers Act.

B. Scholarships shall be awarded to qualified school employees. Qualifications shall be determined by rule of the department.

C. The department shall allocate money to public post-secondary educational institutions based on a student need formula calculated according to income reported on the free application for federal student aid and on the number of students enrolled in each public education department-approved teacher preparation program at a New Mexico public post-secondary educational institution.

D. Public post-secondary educational institutions shall make awards to qualifying eligible students based on financial need in an amount not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) per year for not more than five years as determined by rule of the department.

E. Money for the scholarship shall be placed in an account at the public post-secondary educational institution in the name of the school employee, and the money may be drawn upon to pay educational expenses charged by the institution, including tuition, fees, books and course supplies.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-52-20 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 52 / Section 59A-52-20
§ 59A-52-20. Cease and desist orders; certain violations are misdemeanors
Status: in_force

A. When the state fire marshal or the marshal's deputy, authorized officer or designated agent finds any violation of the rules issued in compliance with Chapter 59A, Article 52 NMSA 1978 , the marshal or the marshal's deputy, authorized officer or designated agent shall issue an order to the owner or the owner's agent to cease and desist such violations.

B. When there is found any violation of any statute or rules concerning flammable liquids, a cease and desist order shall be issued if the violation constitutes an immediate and distinct hazard to life or property, and any such violation shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). Each day such violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-20
§ 21-8-20. Establishment and replenishment of interest and retirement fund for building and improvement bonds
Status: in_force

The board of regents shall at the time of issuing said bonds, establish for the payment of the principal and interest thereof a fund to be known as “interest and retirement fund” into which fund said board shall immediately place a sum not less than the amount necessary to pay the interest and maturing principal of said bonds for the ensuing twelve months, and annually thereafter shall continue to place in said fund a sufficient amount to pay principal and interest maturing in the succeeding twelve months.
N.M. Stat. § 40-7A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 7A / Section 40-7A-6
§ 40-7A-6. Revocation or suspension of license; notice; reinstatement; appeal
Status: in_force

A. The division may deny, revoke, suspend, place on probation or refuse to renew the license of any child placement agency for failure to comply with the division's rules. The holder of the license that is to be denied, revoked, suspended or placed on probation or that is not renewed shall be given notice in writing of the proposed action and the reason therefor and shall, at a date and place to be specified in the notice, be given a hearing before a hearing officer appointed by the secretary with an opportunity to produce testimony in the holder's behalf and to be assisted by counsel. The hearing shall be held no earlier than twenty days after service of notice thereof unless the time limitations are waived or a child safety or health issue is present. A person whose license has been denied, revoked, suspended, placed on probation or not renewed may, on application to the division, have the license issued, reinstated or reissued upon proof that the noncompliance with the rules has ceased.

B. A child placement agency adversely affected by a decision of the division denying, revoking, suspending, placing on probation or refusing to renew a license may obtain a review by appealing to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .

C. The division or a child placement agency may deny, revoke, suspend or refuse to renew the license of any foster home for failure to comply with the division's rules. The holder of a license that is to be revoked or suspended or that is not renewed shall be given notice in writing of the proposed action and the reason for the proposed action and shall be given the opportunity to appeal the decision. A foster home that is denied a license shall be given the opportunity to request an administrative review of the reasons for the denial of the license.

D. When any foster home license is denied, suspended, revoked or not renewed, the care and control of any child placed pursuant to the Child Placement Agency Licensing Act shall be transferred to the child placement agency or the division.
N.M. Stat. § 5-11-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 5-11-6
§ 5-11-6. Order forming district; formation determination; election
Status: in_force

A. After the hearing, the governing body shall determine whether the district should be formed based upon the interests, convenience or necessity of the owners, residents of the district and citizens of the municipality or county in which the proposed district would be located. If the governing body determines that the district should be formed, it shall adopt a resolution ordering that the district be formed, deleting any property determined not to be directly or indirectly benefited by the district or modifying the general plan and then ordering that a formation determination be conducted and an election be held on the question whether to form the district. A resolution ordering a formation of the district shall state that the district will be governed by a district board consisting of members of the governing body, ex officio, or, upon determination of the governing body, five directors appointed by the governing body, and shall contain the names of the five initial directors and the terms of office of each. If the governing body appoints a district board, it shall appoint a treasurer and a clerk from the appointed members.

B. Before submitting the question of formation of the district to the qualified electors of the proposed district, a formation determination shall be conducted by the governing body among the owners unless a petition is presented to the governing body pursuant to Subsection F of Section 5-11-7 NMSA 1978 . In the formation determination, each owner shall have the number of votes or portions of votes equal to the number of acres or portions of acres rounded upward to the nearest one-fifth of an acre owned by that owner in the submitted district.

C. A formation or other determination shall not be a local election for purposes of the Local Election Act. The governing body or the district board may establish local procedures for noticing, conducting and canvassing determinations, which may include determinations made by unanimous written approval of the owners in affidavits executed by the owners and confirmed in a review by the district board.

D. Should the formation determination by the owners result in a three-fourths' majority vote in favor of formation, the question shall also be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the proposed district. The conduct of a formation election by qualified electors shall meet the requirements of Section 5-11-7 NMSA 1978 .

E. The right of the qualified electors to vote on the question of formation of the district shall not be assigned or delegated to the property owners, or related entities of the property owners, signing a petition submitted to the governing body for formation of a district.
N.M. Stat. § 48-1A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 1A / Section 48-1A-1
§ 48-1A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Lien Protection Efficiency Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 33-9-10 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 9 / Section 33-9-10
§ 33-9-10. Annual report
Status: in_force

The department shall submit an annual report to the governor and the legislature not later than December 15 of each year. The report shall include but not be limited to funding awards, program effectiveness, monitoring efforts and future recommendations.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-65 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-65
§ 19-10-65. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 19-10-64 through 19-10-70 NMSA 1978:

A. “refinery charge stocks” means crude oils, petroleum or gas condensates and blends thereof and all other products charged or chargeable to petroleum refinery facilities;

B. “royalty oil” means crude oil, liquid petroleum products, condensates from wells or lease plants or a mixture thereof; and

C. “small business” means a concern owning a refinery located in New Mexico that obtains more than seventy percent of its New Mexico refinery input of crude oil from producers which do not control, are not controlled by and are not under common control with such concern and that does not refine more than one hundred thousand barrels per day of crude oil at owned or leased facilities located in New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 25-6-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 6 / Section 25-6-2
§ 25-6-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Egg Grading Act:

A. “egg dealer” includes any person, firm, partnership or corporation that buys eggs directly from the farmers or from any other sources for the purpose of reselling them at wholesale;

B. “cold storage eggs” means eggs which have been in cold storage for thirty days or more and which meet the grades and standards of qualification set by the board of regents of New Mexico state university;

C. “processor” includes any person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged in the process of breaking eggs for drying, freezing or for other purposes;

D. “consumer” means any person, business establishment or institution which changes the condition of the egg in preparation for human consumption;

E. “board” means the board of regents of New Mexico state university, the board controlling the department;

F. “department” means the New Mexico department of agriculture;

G. “candling” means the holding of an egg, large end up, before a light shining through an opaque shield, with an opening of about one-quarter inch in diameter. Candling is best done in a darkened room, but one may obtain candling devices that may be used in average daylight;

H. “ungraded eggs” means eggs that have not been graded according to quality or weight;

I. “addled” or “white rot” means putrid or rotten;

J. “moldy” means that mold or bacteria has developed in isolated areas within the shell;

K. “black rot” means that the egg has deteriorated to an extent that the whole interior represents a blackened appearance;

L. “blood ring” means that germs have developed to an extent that blood is formed;

M. “stuck yolk” means that the yolk has settled to one side and becomes fastened to the shell; and

N. “incubator reject eggs” means any eggs which have been subjected to heat for the purpose of hatching or for any other purposes whatsoever.
N.M. Stat. § 31-21-26 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 21 / Section 31-21-26
§ 31-21-26. Transitional provisions
Status: in_force

A. The records, property, equipment and unencumbered and unexpended funds previously belonging to or appropriated for the use of the former parole hearing board shall become, on the effective date of the Parole Board Act, a part of the property of the parole board.

B. The provisions of the Parole Board Act apply to all persons who, on the effective date, are on parole or eligible to be placed on parole with the same effect as if that act had been in effect at the time they were placed on parole or became eligible to be placed on parole.
N.M. Stat. § 63-3-27 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 3 / Section 63-3-27
§ 63-3-27. Fireguard made under direction of county commissioners; expenses
Status: in_force

Should any railroad corporation, operating a railroad in this state, not do the plowing and burning required to be done by the preceding two sections, the board of county commissioners of such county may hire the same to be done and charge the expenses thereof to the railroad company so failing to do such plowing and burning, and such company shall be obliged to pay the same and all costs and attorneys' fees for the collection thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21H-1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21H / Section 21-21H-1
§ 21-21H-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 21, Article 21H NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “New Mexico Scholars Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 44-1-12 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 1 / Section 44-1-12
§ 44-1-12. Attachment against sheriff; place of detention
Status: in_force

If a sheriff neglects to return such writ the attachment may be directed to any person designated therein, who shall have full power to execute the same, and such sheriff upon being brought up may be committed to the jail of any county other than his own.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 10-7-12
§ 10-7-12. Government cost savings incentive award
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

(1) “actual cost savings” means realized, not projected, cost savings substantiated by documentation;

(2) “award” means a government cost savings incentive award;

(3) “economy” includes maximizing the purchasing value of public funds;

(4) “efficiency” includes a significant reduction in paperwork and the elimination of unnecessary rules, regulations and procedures; and

(5) “state agency” means any office, department, institution, school district, board, commission, court, district attorney, council or committee of state government which receives appropriations and is authorized expenditures pursuant to a general appropriation act.

B. A state agency may provide an award to any employee whose accomplishment or written suggestion beyond the scope of his responsibility contributes to the efficiency, economy or improvement of agency operations and results in actual cost savings to the agency.

C. An award pursuant to this section shall:

(1) be paid only from actual cost savings;

(2) be paid only on the payday immediately following the first full pay period succeeding the award or immediately prior to separation or transfer from the agency; and

(3) be paid one time based on actual cost savings in an amount not to exceed the lesser of:

(a) two thousand dollars ($2,000); or

(b) an amount equal to ten percent of the actual cost savings attributable to the employee in the twelve-month period immediately preceding the award or a lesser period preceding the award, if appropriate.

D. Documentation substantiating awards pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the state personnel board which shall, as necessary or appropriate, prescribe regulations and review proposed awards made under this section and procedures used in making the awards to verify the cost savings for which the awards were made.

E. The state personnel board shall report by September 1 of each year to the legislative finance committee all awards paid and savings realized under this act [this section].
N.M. Stat. § 17-6-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 6 / Section 17-6-1
§ 17-6-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Habitat Protection Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-7 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-7
§ 7-2-7. Individual income tax rates
Status: in_force

The tax imposed by Section 7-2-3 NMSA 1978 shall be at the following rates for any taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2021:

A. For married individuals filing separate returns:

If the taxable income is:

The tax shall be:

Not over $4,000

1.7% of taxable income

Over $4,000 but not over $8,000

$68.00 plus 3.2% of excess over $4,000

Over $8,000 but not over $12,000

$196 plus 4.7% of excess over $8,000

Over $12,000 but not over $157,500

$384 plus 4.9% of excess over $12,000

Over $157,500

$7,513.50 plus 5.9% of excess over $157,500.

B. For heads of household, surviving spouses and married individuals filing joint returns:

If the taxable income is:

The tax shall be:

Not over $8,000

1.7% of taxable income

Over $8,000 but not over

$16,000 $136 plus 3.2% of excess over $8,000

Over $16,000 but not over

$24,000 $392 plus 4.7% of excess over $16,000

Over $24,000 but not over

$315,000 $768 plus 4.9% of excess over $24,000

Over $315,000

$15,027 plus 5.9% of excess over $315,000.

C. For single individuals and for estates and trusts:

If the taxable income is:

The tax shall be:

Not over $5,500

1.7% of taxable income

Over $5,500 but not over $11,000

$93.50 plus 3.2% of excess over $5,500

Over $11,000 but not over $16,000

$269.50 plus 4.7% of excess over $11,000

Over $16,000 but not over $210,000

$504.50 plus 4.9% of excess over $16,000

Over $210,000

$10,010.50 plus 5.9% of excess over $210,000.

D. The tax on the sum of any lump-sum amounts included in net income is an amount equal to five multiplied by the difference between:

(1) the amount of tax due on the taxpayer's taxable income; and

(2) the amount of tax that would be due on an amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable income and twenty percent of the taxpayer's lump-sum amounts included in net income.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-26 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-26
§ 7-27-26. Severance tax bonding fund continued
Status: in_force

The severance tax bonding fund created by Laws 1959, Chapter 323 is hereby continued as the severance tax bonding fund created by and referred to in the Severance Tax Bonding Act.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3-25 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 6-3-25
§ 6-3-25. Budget adjustment procedure
Status: in_force

A. Except for federal funds, disaster assistance funds and emergency response funds, any budget adjustment request to transfer, decrease or increase funds shall be held in abeyance for ten calendar days after the director of the state budget division of the department of finance and administration has approved the request and has filed the request with the director of the legislative finance committee or his designee. The request shall be accompanied by a statement, in writing, of the conditions under which the budget adjustment request is approved, together with justification for approval.

B. If within ten days the director of the legislative finance committee or his designee objects to the request, the request shall not go into effect until it is reviewed by the legislative finance committee at a public hearing held within thirty-five calendar days of receipt of the proposed budget adjustment by the director of the legislative finance committee or his designee. If the state fiscal year ends prior to the date scheduled for a hearing, the request shall go into effect on the last day of the fiscal year.

C. If within ten days of receipt of a budget adjustment request the director of the legislative finance committee or his designee indicates that no objection will be forthcoming, the proposed budget adjustment request may be implemented immediately. If no public hearing is held within the required thirty-five days, the request may be implemented.