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N.M. Stat. § 59A-36-2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 36 / Section 59A-36-2
§ 59A-36-2. Ownership statements; filing
Status: in_force

Every person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than ten percent of any class of any equity security of a domestic stock insurer, or who is a director or an officer of such insurer, shall file with the superintendent within ten (10) days after he becomes such beneficial owner, director or officer a statement, in such form as the superintendent may prescribe, of the amount of all equity securities of such insurer of which he is the beneficial owner; and within ten (10) days after the close of each calendar month thereafter, if there has been a change in such ownership during such month, shall file with the superintendent a statement, in such form as the superintendent may prescribe, indicating his ownership at the close of the calendar month and such changes in his ownership as have occurred during such calendar month.
N.M. Stat. § 6-18-1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 18 / Section 6-18-1
§ 6-18-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 22-2-2.2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 2 / Section 22-2-2.2
§ 22-2-2.2. Commission; duties
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall work with the department to develop the five-year strategic plan for public elementary and secondary education in the state. The strategic plan shall be updated at least biennially. The commission shall solicit the input of persons who have an interest in public school policy, including local school boards, school districts and school employees; home schooling associations; parent-teacher associations; educational organizations; the commission on higher education; colleges, universities and vocational schools; state agencies responsible for educating resident children; juvenile justice agencies; work force development providers; and business organizations.

B. In addition to the duty provided in Subsection A of this section, the commission shall:

(1) solicit input from local school boards, school districts and the public on policy and governance issues and report its findings and recommendations to the secretary and the legislature; and

(2) recommend to the secretary conduct and process guidelines and training curricula for local school boards.
N.M. Stat. § 44-9-12 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 9 / Section 44-9-12
§ 44-9-12. Limitation of actions; estoppel; standard of proof
Status: in_force

A. A civil action pursuant to the Fraud Against Taxpayers Act may be brought at any time. A civil action pursuant to the Fraud Against Taxpayers Act may be brought for conduct that occurred prior to the effective date of that act, but not for conduct that occurred prior to July 1, 1987.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a final judgment rendered in a criminal proceeding charging fraud or false statement, whether upon a guilty verdict after trial or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, shall estop the defendant from denying the essential elements of a fraud against taxpayers action where the criminal proceeding concerns the same transaction that is the subject of the fraud against taxpayers action.

C. In an action brought pursuant to the Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, the state or political subdivision or the qui tam plaintiff shall be required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.
N.M. Stat. § 30-31A-9 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 31A / Section 30-31A-9
§ 30-31A-9. Forfeitures; property subject
Status: in_force

The following are subject to forfeiture:

A. all raw materials, products and equipment of any kind that are used in the manufacturing, compounding or processing of any imitation controlled substance in violation of the Imitation Controlled Substances Act;

B. all property that is used or intended for use as a container for property described in Subsection A of this section; and

C. all books, records and research products and materials, including formulas, microfilm, tapes and data, that are used or intended for use in violation of the Imitation Controlled Substances Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-84 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-84
§ 7-9-84. Deduction; compensating tax; jet fuel
Status: in_force

A. From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2017, fifty-five percent of the value of the fuel specially prepared and sold for use in turboprop or jet-type engines as determined by the department may be deducted in computing the compensating tax due.

B. After June 30, 2017, forty percent of the value of the fuel specially prepared and sold for use in turboprop or jet-type engines as determined by the department may be deducted in computing the compensating tax due.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-4
§ 7-9-4. Imposition and rate of tax; denomination as “gross receipts tax”
Status: in_force

A. For the privilege of engaging in business, an excise tax equal to the following percentages of gross receipts is imposed on any person engaging in business in New Mexico:

(1) prior to July 1, 2023, five percent; and

(2) beginning July 1, 2023, four and seven-eighths percent, except as provided in Subsection C of this section.

B. The tax imposed by this section shall be referred to as the “gross receipts tax”.

C. If, for any single fiscal year occurring after fiscal year 2025 and prior to fiscal year 2030, gross receipts tax revenues are less than ninety-five percent of the gross receipts tax revenues for the previous fiscal year, as determined by the secretary of finance and administration, the rate of the gross receipts tax shall be five and one-eighth percent beginning on the July 1 following the determination made by the secretary of finance and administration.

D. On or before February 1 of each year, until the rate of the gross receipts tax is adjusted to five and one-eighth percent pursuant to Subsection C of this section, the secretary of finance and administration shall make a determination for the purposes of Subsection C of this section. If the rate of tax is adjusted pursuant to that subsection, the secretary shall certify to the secretary of taxation and revenue that the rate of the gross receipts tax shall be five and one-eighth percent, effective on the following July 1.

E. As used in this section, “ gross receipts tax revenues ” means the net receipts attributable to the gross receipts tax and distributed to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 3-50-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 50 / Section 3-50-17
§ 3-50-17. Additional remedies conferrable to an obligee
Status: in_force

A city shall have the power by its resolution, trust indenture, lease or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right, in addition to all rights that may be otherwise conferred, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction:

A. to cause possession of any parking facility project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any such obligee, which possession may be retained by such bondholder or trustee so long as the city shall continue in default;

B. to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any parking facility project of said city or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom. If such receiver be appointed he may enter and take possession of such parking facility project or any part thereof and so long as the city shall continue in default operate and maintain the same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues or other charges thereafter arising therefrom, and shall keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of said city as the court shall direct; and

C. to require said city and the officers and agents thereof to account for the money actually received as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
N.M. Stat. § 16-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 16 / Article 5 / Section 16-5-2
§ 16-5-2. Ratification of compact
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby ratifies the “Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Compact” as it is set forth in Section 16-5-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1972, Chapter 19, Section 1) signed at the city and county of Santa Fe, state of New Mexico, on the 11th day of December, A.D. 1974, by Bruce King, as governor of the state of New Mexico, pursuant to Section 16-5-1 NMSA 1978 and signed at the city and county of Denver, state of Colorado, on the 26th day of December, A.D. 1974, by John D. Vanderhoof, as governor of the state of Colorado, under authority of and in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 254 of the Session Laws of Colorado 1973. The consent of congress was given by Public Law 93-467 , approved October 24, A.D. 1974, by the senate and house of representatives.
N.M. Stat. § 31-16A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 16A / Section 31-16A-5
§ 31-16A-5. Program functions and responsibilities
Status: in_force

The preprosecution diversion program in each judicial district shall include:

A. individual counseling and guidance for all participants;

B. required victim restitution where applicable to the extent practical. In addition to monetary restitution, a program may require public service restitution; and

C. referral resources where clients may be sent for treatment and rehabilitation.
N.M. Stat. § 45-2A-13 — NM Code / Chapter 45 / Article 2A / Section 45-2A-13
§ 45-2A-13. Appointment of personal representative and trustee
Status: in_force

A. The person named in the will as personal representative or trustee is entitled to serve, if qualified, as personal representative or trustee.

B. If a qualified person is not named in the will as personal representative, or the named person is incapacitated, unwilling to serve or dead, and a qualified alternate is not named in the will, priority for appointment as personal representative is determined by the law of the state of decedent's domicile at death.

C. If a qualified person is not named in the will as trustee, or the named person is incapacitated, unwilling to serve or dead, and a qualified alternate is not named in the will, the personal representative may appoint, without court approval, a qualified person, including a person serving as personal representative, to serve as trustee.

D. If a personal representative or trustee resigns, is removed, becomes incapacitated or dies, the surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse or the surviving spouse is unable or unwilling to act, a majority of the adult children of the testator may appoint a qualified successor personal representative or trustee.

E. In all other cases, personal representatives and trustees must be appointed by the court.
N.M. Stat. § 7-33-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 33 / Section 7-33-7
§ 7-33-7. Natural gas on which tax has been levied; regulation by department
Status: in_force

The tax shall not be levied more than once on the same natural gas. Reporting of natural gas on which the tax has been paid is subject to the regulation of the department.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4D-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4D / Section 13-4D-7
§ 13-4D-7. Noncompliance; penalties
Status: in_force

An employer who willfully and knowingly fails to comply with the requirements of the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act shall be subject to the following penalties:

A. a noncomplying employer shall pay a civil penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) for every calendar day of noncompliance, and the penalty shall be imposed and collected for deposit into the public works apprentice and training fund by the public works bureau of the labor and industrial division of the labor department;

B. a noncomplying employer shall have the unpaid contributions, as required under the provisions of the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act, withheld as provided in Subsections A and B of Section 13-4-14 NMSA 1978; and

C. a noncomplying employer shall not be permitted to bid on any public works contracts as provided in Subsections A and B of Section 13-4-14 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 23-1-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-2
§ 23-1-2. Sale or lease of lands; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

The New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university] and all other state, educational and charitable institutions, in New Mexico, are authorized to expend the funds derived from the sale and lease of their lands, or so much thereof as may be necessary which are placed to the credit of the respective institutions, for buildings, equipment and other permanent improvements.
N.M. Stat. § 72-19-54 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 19 / Section 72-19-54
§ 72-19-54. Limitations upon payment of securities
Status: in_force

The payment of securities shall not be secured by an encumbrance, mortgage or other pledge of property of the authority, except for revenues, income, tax proceeds and other money pledged for the payment of securities. No property of the authority, subject to such exception, shall be liable to be forfeited or taken in payment of the securities.
N.M. Stat. § 49-1-23 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 1 / Section 49-1-23
§ 49-1-23. Community land grant registry established; reporting requirements
Status: in_force

A. The land grant council shall establish the “New Mexico community land grant registry”.

B. A community land grant organized and governed pursuant to Chapter 49, Article 1 or 4 NMSA 1978 and operating as a political subdivision of the state shall register its bylaws and a list of current officers with the land grant council. The board of trustees of that land grant shall notify the land grant council of the names and positions of the land grant's elected or appointed officers upon their election or appointment.

C. Community land grants organized and operating pursuant to special statutes or other general statutes may also register their bylaws and lists of officers with the land grant council.

D. A community land grant that registers in accordance with Subsection B or C of this section may request the land grant council to keep on file the originals or copies of current or historical documents or maps submitted by the board of trustees to the land grant council; provided that the land grant council shall store the originals of historical documents and maps in the state archives and records center.
N.M. Stat. § 29-21-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 21 / Section 29-21-1
§ 29-21-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Prohibition of Profiling Practices Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 6-4-10 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-10
§ 6-4-10. Tobacco settlement program fund created; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The “tobacco settlement program fund” is created in the state treasury and shall consist of distributions made to the fund from the tobacco settlement permanent fund. Income from investment of the tobacco settlement program fund shall be credited to the fund. Beginning in fiscal year 2002, money in the tobacco settlement program fund may be appropriated by the legislature for any of the purposes specified in Subsection B of this section and after receiving the recommendations of the tobacco settlement revenue oversight committee. Balances in the tobacco settlement program fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund.

B. Money may be appropriated from the tobacco settlement program fund for health and educational purposes, including:

(1) support of additional public school programs, including extracurricular and after-school programs designed to involve students in athletic, academic, musical, cultural, civic, mentoring and similar types of activities;

(2) any health or health care program or service for prevention or treatment of disease or illness;

(3) basic and applied research conducted by higher educational institutions or state agencies addressing the impact of smoking or other behavior on health and disease;

(4) public health programs and needs; and

(5) tobacco use cessation and prevention programs, including statewide public information, education and media campaigns.
N.M. Stat. § 4-52-14 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 52 / Section 4-52-14
§ 4-52-14. Discontinuance of districts
Status: in_force

A. Any time after five years from the organization of a district, fifty or more resident electors of a district, or, if less than one hundred resident electors are involved, a majority of the resident electors of the district, may file a petition with the board of county commissioners, praying that the existence of the district be discontinued. The petition shall state reasons for discontinuance and that all obligations of the district have been met.

B. After giving notice, as defined in Section 7, the board may conduct such hearings on the petition as may be necessary to assist it in making a determination.

C. Within sixty days after petition is filed, a referendum shall be held under supervision of the board. No informalities in the conduct of the referendum shall invalidate it or its results if notice of the referendum has been given substantially as provided in Subsection B of this section.

D. If a majority of votes cast in the referendum favor discontinuance of the district and it is found that all obligations have been met, the board shall make a determination that the district shall be discontinued. A copy of the determination shall be certified to the county clerk for recording.

E. Any funds remaining after discontinuance shall revert to the county general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-12
§ 21-8-12. Acceptance of Adams Act grant for experiment station
Status: in_force

That the assent of the legislature of the state of New Mexico is hereby given, in pursuance of the requirements of Section 2 of an act of congress entitled, “An act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditures thereof, approved March 16, 1906,” commonly known as the Adams Act, 1 to the purpose of the grants of money authorized by such act to the carrying out, within the state of New Mexico, of all and singular the provisions of said act.
N.M. Stat. § 76-10-21 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 10 / Section 76-10-21
§ 76-10-21. Violations and prosecutions
Status: in_force

Every violation of the provisions of this act, and every violation of any rules and regulations promulgated under this act, after a notice to cease and desist, shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense and not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each subsequent similar offense.

When the board or its agent shall find that any person has violated any of the provisions of this act, they or their duly authorized agent or agents may institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the violation occurred, to have such person convicted therefor. The board or its agents may file with the district attorney in each district, with a view of [toward] prosecution, such evidence as may be deemed necessary; provided, however, that no prosecution under this act shall be instituted without the defendant first having been given an opportunity to appear before the board or its agents to introduce evidence either in person or by agent or attorney at a private hearing. If, after hearing, or without such hearing in case the defendant or his agent or attorney fails or refuses to appear, the board or its agents is of the opinion that the evidence warrants prosecution, he shall proceed as herein provided.

It is the duty of the district attorney in each district to institute proceedings at once against any person charged with a violation of this act, if, in the judgment of such officer the information submitted warrants such action.

After judgment by the court in any case arising under this act, the board or its agent shall publish any information pertinent to the issuance of the judgment by the court in such media as he [it] may designate from time to time.
N.M. Stat. § 22-23-2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 23 / Section 22-23-2
§ 22-23-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Bilingual Multicultural Education Act:

A. “ bilingual learner ” means a student whose bilingualism is emerging through the development of English and a language other than English;

B. “ bilingual multicultural education program ” means a program using two languages, including English and the home or heritage language, as a medium of instruction in the teaching and learning process;

C. “ culturally and linguistically different ” means students who are of a different cultural background than mainstream United States culture and whose home or heritage language, inherited from the student's family, tribe or country of origin, is a language other than English;

D. “ district ” means a public school or any combination of public schools in a district;

E. “ English language learner ” means a student whose first or heritage language is not English and who is unable to read, write, speak or understand English at a level comparable to grade level English proficient peers and native English speakers;

F. “ heritage language ” means a language other than English that is inherited from a family, tribe, community or country of origin;

G. “ home language ” means a language other than English that is the primary or heritage language spoken at home or in the community; and

H. “ standardized curriculum ” means a district curriculum that is aligned with the state academic content standards, benchmarks and performance standards.
N.M. Stat. § 19-5-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 19-5-3
§ 19-5-3. Fire protection; expenses
Status: in_force

The commissioner is given authority to exercise the police power of the state in preventing and extinguishing fires upon any state lands, including lands under lease or contract of sale, and for such purposes he may enter upon private lands and may employ such assistants as may be necessary. He may allow such assistants while in actual discharge of their duties, per diem, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding two and one-half dollars [($2.50)] and actual necessary transportation expenses, which shall be paid out of the state lands maintenance fund.
N.M. Stat. § 56-9-25 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 9 / Section 56-9-25
§ 56-9-25. Statement of accounts; time of making; dismissal for failure to make
Status: in_force

Every assignee shall exhibit on oath a statement of the accounts of the trust, with proper vouchers, to the district court at the first regular term after the execution of the assignment unless for good cause postponed, and shall file a like statement at least every three months thereafter for the inspection of the judge, and if by the judge found correct and proper, to be by him approved; such statements to be so made until assigned estate is fully settled. And if such assignee shall fail to make such settlement as herein provided for within the time mentioned, then on the application of any person interested, the court or judge thereof shall order a citation to issue to such assignee requiring him to appear before him at his chambers within a time named therein and exhibit on oath a statement of his accounts, and if said assignee shall neglect and fail to exhibit such accounts within the time named in such citation, the judge shall, on motion, unless for good cause shown, dismiss said assignee from his trust and enter an order that he pay all costs of the proceedings.