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N.M. Stat. § 9-24-12 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 24 / Section 9-24-12
§ 9-24-12. 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 education programs in which financial or other participation by the federal government is authorized or mandated under state or federal laws, rules or orders. The secretary may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government to implement education 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 public school program when that designation is a condition of federal financial or other participation in the program under applicable federal law, 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 public school 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. § 27-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 3 / Section 27-3-1
§ 27-3-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Public Assistance Appeals Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 58-21-10 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 21 / Section 58-21-10
§ 58-21-10. Subpoenas, oaths and examination of witnesses; penalties
Status: in_force

A. In the conduct of any examination, investigation or hearing, the director may:

(1) compel the attendance of any person or obtain any documents by subpoena;

(2) administer oaths; and

(3) examine any person under oath concerning the business of any person subject to the provisions of the Mortgage Loan Company Act and in connection therewith require the production of any books, records or papers relevant to the inquiry.

B. In case of refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, the district court of the first judicial district of Santa Fe county, upon application by the director, may issue to the person an order requiring the person to appear before the director or the staff member designated by the director, there to produce documentary evidence if so ordered or to give evidence relating to the matter under investigation or in question. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of court.
N.M. Stat. § 58-22-10 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 22 / Section 58-22-10
§ 58-22-10. Surety bond required
Status: in_force

An escrow company shall obtain a surety bond in the minimum amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) running to the people of the state of New Mexico, which bond shall be executed and acknowledged by a corporation that is licensed by the superintendent of insurance to transact the business of fidelity and surety insurance. The bonds shall be in a form acceptable to the director and shall be filed in the director's office.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-14 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-14
§ 58-10-14. Forfeiture of charter for failure to commence business
Status: in_force

Any association whose charter has been approved under the Savings and Loan Act shall commence business within six months after satisfactory proof has been filed with the supervisor showing that insurance of accounts has been obtained. If an association has not commenced business within this time, the incorporators may request a hearing before the supervisor, and, if good cause is shown for the failure, the supervisor may grant a reasonable extension of the time for commencing business to give the association an opportunity to overcome the cause for the delay in commencing business. Failure to commence business as required in this section constitutes grounds for forfeiture of the association's charter.
N.M. Stat. § 47-6-7 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 6 / Section 47-6-7
§ 47-6-7. Vacation of plats; approval; duties of county clerk; effect
Status: in_force

A. Any final plat filed in the office of the county clerk may be vacated or a portion of the final plat may be vacated if:

(1) the owners of the land proposed to be vacated sign an acknowledged statement, declaring the final plat or a portion of the final plat to be vacated; and

(2) the statement is approved by the board of county commissioners of the county within whose platting authority the vacated portion of the subdivision is located.

B. In approving the vacation of all or a part of a final plat, the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not the vacation will adversely affect the interests of persons on contiguous land or persons within the subdivision being vacated. In approving the vacation of all or a portion of a final plat, the board of county commissioners may require that streets dedicated to the county in the final plat continue to be dedicated to the county. The owners of parcels on the vacated portion of the final plat may enclose in equal proportions the adjoining streets and alleys that are authorized to be abandoned.

C. The approved statement declaring the vacation of a portion or all of a final plat shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in which the final plat is filed. The county clerk shall mark the final plat with the words “Vacated” or “Partially Vacated” and refer on the final plat to the volume and page on which the statement of vacation is recorded.

D. The rights of any utility existing prior to the vacation, total or partial, of any final plat are not affected by the vacation of a final plat.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-4
§ 4-55A-4. Improvement district; purpose
Status: in_force

An improvement district may be created as authorized in the County Improvement District Act in order to construct, acquire, repair or maintain in one or more locations any one or any combination of the following projects, including land served by any project and any right of way, easement or privilege appurtenant or related thereto:

A. a street, road, bridge, walkway, overpass, underpass, parkway, alley, curb, gutter or sidewalk project, including median and divider strips, parkways and boulevards, ramps and stairways, interchanges, alleys and intersections, arches, support structures and pilings and the grading, regrading, oiling, surfacing, graveling, excavating, macadamizing, paving, repairing, laying, backfilling, leveling, lighting, landscaping, beautifying or in any manner improving of all or any part of one or more streets, roads, bridges, walkways, pathways, curbs, gutters or sidewalks or any combination of the foregoing;

B. any utility project for providing gas, water, electricity or telephone service;

C. any storm sewer project, sanitary sewer project or water project, including investigating, planning, constructing, acquiring, excavating, laying, leveling, backfilling or in any manner improving all or any part of one or more storm sewers, drains, sanitary sewers, water lines, trunk lines, mains, laterals and property connections and acquiring or improving hydrants, meters, valves, catch basins, inlets, outlets, lift or pumping stations and machinery and equipment incidental thereto or any combination of the foregoing;

D. a flood control or storm drainage project, including the investigation, planning, construction, improvement, replacement, repair or acquisition of dams, dikes, levees, ditches, canals, basins and appurtenances such as spillways, outlets, syphons and drop structures, channel construction, diversions, rectification and protection with appurtenant structures such as concrete lining, banks, revetments, culverts, inlets, bridges, transitions and drop structures, rundowns and retaining walls, storm sewers and related appurtenances such as inlets, outlets, manholes, catch basins, syphons and pumping stations, appliances, machinery and equipment and property rights connected therewith or incidental thereto convenient and necessary to control floods or to provide drainage and lessen their danger and damages;

E. railroad spurs, railroad tracks, railyards, rail switches and any necessary real property; or

F. on-site or off-site improvements required as a condition to obtaining required approvals of a development to be served by a project, including the payment of any fees or charges levied as a means of paying for all or part of such on-site or off-site improvements.
N.M. Stat. § 3-51-42 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 51 / Section 3-51-42
§ 3-51-42. Bonds; exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

Bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued under the provisions of the Greater Municipality Parking Law shall forever be and remain free and exempt from taxation by this state or any subdivision thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 30-2-8 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 2 / Section 30-2-8
§ 30-2-8. When homicide is excusable or justifiable defendant to be acquitted
Status: in_force

Whenever any person is prosecuted for a homicide, and upon his trial the killing shall be found to have been excusable or justifiable, the jury shall find such person not guilty and he shall be discharged.
N.M. Stat. § 18-13-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 13 / Section 18-13-3
§ 18-13-3. Historic landscape trust created
Status: in_force

The “historic landscape trust” is created. It is a public nonprofit corporation and shall be organized pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Act.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14B-11 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14B / Section 61-14B-11
§ 61-14B-11. Board powers and duties
Status: in_force

The board shall:

A. promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act in accordance with the State Rules Act;

B. promulgate rules implementing continuing education requirements;

C. adopt a code of ethics that includes rules requiring audiologists and hearing aid dispensers, at the time of the initial examination for possible sale and fitting of a hearing aid if a hearing loss is determined, to inform each prospective purchaser about hearing aid options that can provide a direct connection between the hearing aid and assistive listening systems. These rules shall be in accordance with the latest standards for accessible design adopted by the United States department of justice in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended;

D. conduct hearings upon charges relating to the discipline of licensees, including the denial, suspension or revocation of a license in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act;

E. investigate complaints against licensees by issuing investigative subpoenas prior to the issuance of a notice of contemplated action;

F. establish fees for licensure;

G. provide for the licensing and renewal of licenses of applicants; and

H. promulgate rules that provide for expedited licensure and temporary permits for speech-language pathologists, audiologists or hearing aid dispensers.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-825 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-825
§ 66-3-825. Lamps on parked vehicles
Status: in_force

A. Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half-hour after sunset and a half-hour before sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon such street or highway no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.

B. Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half-hour after sunset and a half-hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of five hundred feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one or more lamps meeting the following requirements:

(1) at least one lamp shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle; and

(2) the same lamp or at least one other lamp shall display a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle, and the location of said lamp or lamps shall always be such that at least one lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a motorcycle.

C. Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
N.M. Stat. § 7-14A-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 14A / Section 7-14A-7
§ 7-14A-7. Deduction; transactions in interstate commerce
Status: in_force

Receipts from transactions in interstate commerce may be deducted from gross receipts to the extent that the imposition of the leased vehicle gross receipts tax would be unlawful under the United States constitution.
N.M. Stat. § 6-4-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-7
§ 6-4-7. Computer systems enhancement fund; created
Status: in_force

There is created in the state treasury the “computer systems enhancement fund”. The state treasurer shall deposit in the fund all amounts appropriated to the fund. The department of finance and administration shall administer the fund for the purpose of enhancing computer programs and systems and providing personnel support for those systems. The department is authorized to transfer any necessary federal or other state funds to serve as matching funds to carry out the purposes of the fund.
N.M. Stat. § 9-29-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 29 / Section 9-29-5
§ 9-29-5. Department reorganization and organizational unit creation
Status: in_force

A. The secretary may reorganize the department. If the secretary does so, the secretary shall report on the reorganization to the legislature.

B. The secretary shall, with the approval of the governor, appoint directors of the department's divisions.

C. The secretary may establish within each of the department's divisions additional bureaus as necessary to implement the Early Childhood Education and Care Department Act. The secretary shall appoint chiefs to serve as the administrative heads of the department's bureaus.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 8F / Section 2-8F-1
§ 2-8F-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “2021 Senate Redistricting Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 12-13A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 13A / Section 12-13A-5
§ 12-13A-5. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall provide a forum for discussion and resolution of issues of mutual concern to the governments of New Mexico and Chihuahua.

B. The commission may:

(1) identify projects that can be cooperatively pursued by New Mexico and Chihuahua;

(2) create avenues of communication between New Mexico and Chihuahua concerning cultural, artistic, economic and industrial affairs;

(3) confer with New Mexican and Chihuahuan cultural, artistic, economic and industrial leaders to determine the best methods and procedures to carry out the provisions of the New Mexico-Chihuahua Commission Act;

(4) promote legislation to further the goals of the commission; and

(5) communicate with state or province international commissions in other states or nations in order to obtain information about successful international intergovernmental cooperative activities or models.

C. The governor of New Mexico may negotiate with appropriate officials from Chihuahua to create cooperative projects to be implemented by Chihuahua and New Mexico or to resolve issues of mutual concern to New Mexico and Chihuahua. The governor may implement the agreements reached through those negotiations or projects developed, provided that an agreement that has a fiscal impact on New Mexico and requires an appropriation shall require an act of the legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 5-10-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 10 / Section 5-10-13
§ 5-10-13. Limitations
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Local Economic Development Act shall be construed to affect any other requirements of the constitution or other laws regarding local government debt, issuance of bonds, use of tax revenues or the grant, lease or sale of land or other property.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-38 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-38
§ 19-7-38. Presenting assignment to commissioner; indexing; filing; public inspection
Status: in_force

All such assignments shall be presented to the commissioner of public lands for his approval, and, after approval by the commissioner, shall be indexed in a book kept for that purpose and filed in a suitable place provided by the commissioner. The commissioner is authorized and directed to provide and install, as soon as possible after the passage of this act, a full and complete system for the indexing and filing in his office of such assignments, as is necessary for carrying out the provisions of this act, and such indexes and files shall be open for inspection by the public during business hours of the office of the commissioner of public lands, under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-2
§ 27-2-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Public Assistance Act:

A. “ department ” means the human services department [health care authority department];

B. “ board ” means the human services department [health care authority department];

C. “ director ” means the secretary of human services;

D. “ local office ” means the county or district office of the human services department [health care authority department];

E. “ medicaid advisory committee ” means the body, established by federal law, that advises the New Mexico medicaid program on policy development and program administration;

F. “ medicaid forward plan ” means a health care coverage plan that leverages the medicaid program to provide a state-administered health care coverage option;

G. “ public welfare ” or “ public assistance ” means any aid or relief granted to or on behalf of an eligible person under the Public Assistance Act and regulations issued pursuant to that act;

H. “ applicant ” means a person who has applied for assistance or services under the Public Assistance Act;

I. “ recipient ” means a person who is receiving assistance or services under the Public Assistance Act;

J. “ federal act ” means the federal Social Security Act, 1 as may be amended from time to time, and regulations issued pursuant to that act; and

K. “ secretary ” means the secretary of human services.
N.M. Stat. § 5-4-9 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 5-4-9
§ 5-4-9. Payment of expenses incurred in equipping, operating, and maintaining recreational facilities
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred in the equipment, operation and maintenance of such recreational facilities and activities shall be paid from the treasuries of the respective municipality or county, and governing bodies of the same may annually appropriate, and cause to be raised by taxation, money for such purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 28-16B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 16B / Section 28-16B-2
§ 28-16B-2. Office of guardianship; created; staff
Status: in_force

A. The “office of guardianship” is created in the developmental disabilities planning council.

B. The executive director of the developmental disabilities planning council shall employ a head of the office who shall be an attorney licensed in New Mexico who is hired on the basis of ability, experience and knowledge of guardianship issues under the Uniform Probate Code. The position shall be classified pursuant to the Personnel Act.

C. Subject to appropriations, the executive director may hire such other professional and clerical staff as necessary to carry out the purposes of the office.
N.M. Stat. § 20-10-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 10 / Section 20-10-1
§ 20-10-1. Awards authorized
Status: in_force

There are established and authorized within Chapter 20, Article 10 NMSA 1978 awards for presentation to units and members of the national guard and the New Mexico state defense force and, where indicated, for presentation to other persons for recognized service to the national guard or New Mexico state defense force, to the state or to the United States.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-20-23 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 20 / Section 59A-20-23
§ 59A-20-23. Annuities, reinstatement
Status: in_force

In any annuity or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary or group annuity, there shall be a provision that the contract may be reinstated at any time within one year from the default in making stipulated payments to the insurer, unless the cash surrender value has been paid, but all overdue stipulated payments and any indebtedness to the insurer on the contract shall be paid or reinstated with interest thereon at a rate to be specified in the contract but not exceeding six percent per annum payable annually, and in cases where applicable the insurer may also include a requirement of evidence of insurability satisfactory to the insurer.
N.M. Stat. § 4-56-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 56 / Section 4-56-3
§ 4-56-3. Authority of board of county commissioners to administer
Status: in_force

A. The board of county commissioners in any county establishing a system of collection and disposal of refuse may acquire by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise or through condemnation proceedings, in the manner provided in Sections 42-1-1 through 42-2-21 NMSA 1978 , such lands and rights-of-way as are necessary for the exercise of any authorized function of the county in the collection and disposal of refuse.

B. The board of county commissioners may execute contracts on behalf of the county with any municipality or other county for the joint operation of any refuse collection system and sanitary landfill or other disposal method.

C. The board of county commissioners may determine that the collection and disposal of refuse is in the interest of public health, safety and welfare, and regulate such collection and disposal within the county.

D. The board of county commissioners may receive all grants or assistance from and cooperate with county, municipal, state and federal agencies in carrying out the purpose and function of the collection and disposal of refuse.

E. If the board of county commissioners has acted under this section to establish one or more sanitary landfill sites and is regulating the disposal of refuse in the county, it may establish, assess and collect fees from persons using the refuse disposal sites.

F. If the board of county commissioners has acted under this section to establish a system of collection and disposal of refuse and is regulating the collection and disposal of refuse, it may establish, assess and collect fees from persons who use the disposal system in order to pay the necessary costs of the refuse collection and disposal system. Before taking final action on the establishment of a system of fees, the board of county commissioners shall give at least twenty days' notice of the meeting at which final action to establish a system of fees is to be taken and shall publish that notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least fifteen days prior to the meeting.

G. The board of county commissioners shall consult with and coordinate solid waste disposal activities with the local health department.
N.M. Stat. § 7-4-5 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 7-4-5
§ 7-4-5. Allocation of certain nonbusiness income
Status: in_force

Rents and royalties from real or tangible personal property, capital gains, interest, dividends, or patent or copyright royalties, to the extent that they constitute nonbusiness income, shall be allocated as provided in Sections 6 through 9 of the Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act .