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N.M. Stat. § 7-38-48 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-48
§ 7-38-48. Property taxes are a lien against real property from January 1; priorities; continuance of taxing process
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, taxes on real property are a lien against the real property from January 1 of the tax year for which the taxes are imposed. The lien runs in favor of the state and secures the payment of taxes on the real property and any penalty and interest that become due. The lien continues until the taxes and any penalty and interest are paid. The lien created by this section is a first lien and paramount to any other interest in the property, perfected or unperfected. The annual taxing process provided for in the Property Tax Code shall continue as to any particular property regardless of prior tax delinquencies or of pending protests, actions for refunds or other tax controversies involving the property, including a sale for delinquent taxes.

B. No lien is created pursuant to Subsection A of this section if:

(1) the tax otherwise creating the lien is not due for the current tax year or the immediately preceding property tax year;

(2) the tax otherwise creating the lien is the result of real estate improvements that were omitted from property tax schedules in a prior year and listed and billed pursuant to Section 7-38-76 NMSA 1978; and

(3) the current owner was not the owner at the time the improvements were omitted and had no actual notice that the improvements were omitted.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-46-48 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 46 / Section 59A-46-48
§ 59A-46-48. Coverage of colorectal cancer screening
Status: in_force

A. An individual or group health maintenance organization contract that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state shall provide coverage for colorectal screening for determining the presence of precancerous or cancerous conditions and other health problems. The coverage shall make available colorectal cancer screening, as determined by the health care provider in accordance with the evidence-based recommendations established by the United States preventive services task force.

B. Coverage for colorectal screening may be subject to deductibles and coinsurance consistent with those imposed on other benefits under the same policy, plan or certificate.
N.M. Stat. § 48-9-8 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 9 / Section 48-9-8
§ 48-9-8. Priority; assignment; representation
Status: in_force

A. Liens or claims for taxes measured by the value of product and royalty payments due the state, whether under the Oil and Gas Products Lien Act or other acts, shall have a first, superior and paramount priority. The purchase money security interest and lien provided by the Oil and Gas Products Lien Act shall then and thereafter be preferred to and have priority over any other lien, mortgage, security interest or other encumbrance which may attach to or be asserted against the unpaid for products severed from a production unit or the proceeds of product if such product has been sold by the first purchaser, except liens under the Oil and Gas Lien Act and perfected liens of common carriers provided by Sections 48-3-8 , 65-2-51 and 63-3-12 NMSA 1978 or under published tariff schedules.

B. The purchase money security interest and lien granted to an interest owner under the provisions of the Oil and Gas Products Lien Act may be assigned, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the rights of any assignee shall be the same as those of the assignor; and, provided further, however, that any deed of trust, mortgage or security agreement executed by an interest owner in favor of another and covering products severed or to be severed from a production unit shall also be deemed an assignment of the interest owner's rights under this act.

C. Any first purchaser who takes, receives or purchases products severed or to be severed from a production unit shall be deemed to make a continuing representation that he will not take, receive or purchase products while insolvent.
N.M. Stat. § 17-2-33 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-33
§ 17-2-33. Use of firearms by minors
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful after April 1, 1972, for any person born after January 1, 1958, to hunt with or shoot a firearm, unless:

(1) he is supervised by a parent, legal guardian or a responsible adult designated by the parent or guardian; or

(2) he carries a certificate indicating that he has successfully completed the New Mexico hunter training course or the hunter training course of another state which is approved by the New Mexico department of game and fish; or

(3) he is eighteen years of age or older.

B. It is unlawful after April 1, 1976, for any person under the age of eighteen years to hunt with or shoot a firearm unless he is carrying a certificate indicating that he has successfully completed the New Mexico hunter training course or a hunter training course of another state which is approved by the New Mexico department of game and fish.

C. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2A / Section 27-2A-6
§ 27-2A-6. Hardship waiver
Status: in_force

The department shall waive the application of the provisions of the Medicaid Estate Recovery Act if application of the provisions would work an undue hardship as determined pursuant to regulations adopted and promulgated by the secretary of human services. The regulations shall include a provision for special consideration when an asset subject to recovery is the sole income-producing asset or is a homestead of modest value.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-6A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 6A / Section 32A-6A-1
§ 32A-6A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1H-5 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1H / Section 24-1H-5
§ 24-1H-5. Off-reservation Native American health care plan implementation
Status: in_force

A. The secretary may contract for services as recommended by the commission, unless the secretary enters an objection with the commission, detailing reasons why recommended services are not in keeping with the initial off-reservation Native American health care plan or the permanent restructuring plan.

B. Nothing in the Bernalillo County Off-Reservation Native American Health Commission Act shall prohibit the department from contracting for categories of off-reservation Native American health care services prior to its effective date or for services it deems essential for public health.
N.M. Stat. § 39-4C-7 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 4C / Section 39-4C-7
§ 39-4C-7. Asserting and defending foreign-money claim
Status: in_force

A. A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.

B. An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.

C. A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.

D. The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.
N.M. Stat. § 18-13-3 — NM 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. § 35-1-26 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 1 / Section 35-1-26
§ 35-1-26. Magistrate court; Sandoval district
Status: in_force

There shall be three magistrates in Sandoval magistrate district, divisions 1 and 3 in Bernalillo and division 2 in Cuba.
N.M. Stat. § 5-5-9 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 5-5-9
§ 5-5-9. Limitations upon incurring debts
Status: in_force

No general obligation bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, the payment of which is secured wholly or in part by a pledge of any proceeds of general ad valorem property taxes or to which the full faith and credit of a municipality are pledged, shall be issued, except as follows:

A. a county shall so borrow money only for the purpose of erecting necessary public buildings in connection with any project, and in any such case only after the proposition to create such debt shall have been submitted at a general or special election to the qualified electors of the county and approved by a majority of those voting thereon;

B. a city shall so contract any such debt only by an ordinance that shall be irrepealable until the indebtedness therein provided for shall have been fully paid or discharged and that shall specify the purposes to which the funds to be raised shall be applied. No such debt shall be created unless the question of incurring the debt shall, at a regular election for councilmen or other officers of the city, have been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors thereof and a majority of those voting on the question shall have voted in favor of creating the debt; and

C. no municipality shall ever become indebted to an amount in the aggregate, including existing indebtedness, exceeding four percent on the value of the taxable property within the municipality as shown by the last preceding assessment for state or county taxes, but excluding debts contracted by a city for the construction or purchase of a system for supplying water or of a sewer system for the city; and all bonds or obligations issued in excess of that amount shall be void.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-30 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-30
§ 7-1-30. Collection of penalties and interest
Status: in_force

Any amount of civil penalty and interest may be collected in the same manner as, and concurrently with, the amount of tax to which it relates, without assessment or separate proceedings of any kind.
N.M. Stat. § 29-19-9 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 19 / Section 29-19-9
§ 29-19-9. Possession of license
Status: in_force

A licensee shall have his concealed handgun license in his possession at all times while carrying a concealed handgun.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-17 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-17
§ 1-1-17. Person authorized to administer oaths
Status: in_force

As used in the Election Code, “person authorized to administer oaths” means any person empowered by the laws of any state, the federal government or of any foreign country to administer oaths.
N.M. Stat. § 24-5A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 5A / Section 24-5A-2
§ 24-5A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Vaccine Purchasing Act:

A. “ advisory committee on immunization practices ” means the group of medical and public health experts that develops recommendations on how to use vaccines to control diseases in the United States, established under Section 222 of the federal Public Health Service Act;

B. “ department ” means the department of health;

C. “ fund ” means the vaccine purchasing fund;

D. “ group health plan ” means an employee welfare benefit plan to the extent that the plan provides medical care to employees or their dependents under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 directly or through insurance, reimbursement or other means;

E. “ health insurance coverage ” means benefits consisting of medical care provided directly or through insurance or reimbursement or other means under any hospital or medical service policy or certificate, hospital or medical service plan contract or health maintenance organization contract offered by a health insurance issuer;

F. “ health insurer ” means any entity subject to regulation by the office of superintendent of insurance that:

(1) provides or is authorized to provide health insurance or health benefit plans;

(2) administers health insurance or health benefit coverage; or

(3) otherwise provides a plan of health insurance or health benefits;

G. “ insured child ” means a child under the age of nineteen who is eligible to receive health insurance coverage from a health insurer or medical care pursuant to a group health plan;

H. “ office of superintendent ” means the office of superintendent of insurance;

I. “ policy ” means any contract of health insurance between a health insurer and the insured and all clauses, riders, endorsements and parts thereof;

J. “ provider ” means an individual or organization licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide vaccinations to insured children; and

K. “ vaccines for children program ” means the federally funded program that provides vaccines at no cost to eligible children pursuant to Section 1928 of the federal Social Security Act.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-75 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-75
§ 58-10-75. Supervisor; disposition of fees
Status: in_force

All money collected by the supervisor shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the state general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14-1 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14 / Section 24-14-1
§ 24-14-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 24, Article 14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Vital Statistics Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 31-4-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 4 / Section 31-4-13
§ 31-4-13. Arrest prior to requisition
Status: in_force

Whenever any person within this state shall be charged on the oath of any credible person before any judge or magistrate of this state with the commission of any crime in any other state and, except in cases arising under Section 6 with having fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, or whenever complaint shall have been made before any judge or magistrate in this state setting forth on the affidavit of any credible person in another state that a crime has been committed in such other state and that the accused has been charged in such state with the commission of the crime, and, except in cases arising under Section 6, has fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, and is believed to be in this state, the judge or magistrate shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer commanding him to apprehend the person named therein, wherever he may be found in this state, and to bring him before the same or any other judge, magistrate or court who or which may be available in or convenient of access to the place where the arrest may be made, to answer the charge or complaint and affidavit, and a certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint and affidavit upon which the warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21A-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21A / Section 21-21A-5
§ 21-21A-5. Nonprofit foundation authorized; purpose
Status: in_force

A majority of the four-year institutions of higher education may form, pursuant to the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Act, 1 a nonprofit foundation, separate and apart from the state. The purpose of the foundation is to improve the educational opportunities of residents of New Mexico by providing financial assistance to qualified persons, including a program of making, financing, purchasing, holding and selling educational loans, and by servicing educational loan, scholarship, grant, work study and other educational assistance programs.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-37 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-37
§ 73-8-37. Notice of hearing on petition to include lands; contents; expenses
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall cause notice of such filing to be given in the manner provided by this act with reference to other notices required to be published. Such notice shall recite the filing of the petition, the names of the petitioners, a description of the lands involved and the prayer of the petitioners, and shall notify all interested persons to appear at the office of the board of directors at a time to be fixed in the notice, and show cause in writing, if any they have, why the petition should not be granted. The time specified in the notice shall be the regular meeting of the board held next after the expiration of the time fixed for the publication of notices under this act.

The petitioner or petitioners shall advance to the secretary sufficient money to cover the estimated costs of all proceedings under such petition, and until such estimated amount has been advanced no publication shall be made.
N.M. Stat. § 19-5-7 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 19-5-7
§ 19-5-7. Irrigation systems; contracts for construction
Status: in_force

The commissioner may contract with persons, associations of persons or corporations to construct irrigation systems for the purpose of irrigating and reclaiming state lands, and for the sale of such lands or any portion thereof, upon such terms and conditions as he may deem for the best interests of the state, not inconsistent with the provisions of law.
N.M. Stat. § 52-6-14 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 6 / Section 52-6-14
§ 52-6-14. Subsequent injury fund
Status: in_force

A group shall be subject to the provisions of the Subsequent Injury Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-51-34 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 51 / Section 3-51-34
§ 3-51-34. Liability of bonds; prohibition on impairment of payment
Status: repealed

A. Neither the governing body of a city nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on any bonds by reason of the issuance thereof hereunder. The bonds issued under the provisions of the Greater Municipality Parking Law shall be payable solely from the sources provided in Section 3-51-35 NMSA 1978 . The bonds shall not be a debt or general obligation of the city issuing them, and they shall so state on their face. The bonds shall not constitute a debt or indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter debt limitation or restriction.

B. Any law which authorizes the pledge of any or all of the special funds described in Section 3-51-35 NMSA 1978 to the payment of any bonds issued pursuant to the Greater Municipality Parking Law or which affects any of such special funds pledged to such bonds, or any law supplemental thereto or otherwise appertaining thereto, shall not be repealed or amended or otherwise directly or indirectly modified in such a manner as to impair adversely any such outstanding bonds unless such outstanding bonds have been discharged in full or provision has been fully made therefor.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-11A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 11A / Section 59A-11A-3
§ 59A-11A-3. Insurance consultant license; application; requirements for issuance; fee; renewal
Status: in_force

A. The superintendent shall issue a license as an insurance consultant to a person who:

(1) has reached the age of majority;

(2) files a written application in the manner and form prescribed by the superintendent, stating the lines of insurance for which the applicant desires a license;

(3) passes an examination as provided in Subsection B of this section;

(4) pays an application fee and an examination fee as specified in Section 59A-6-1 NMSA 1978; and

(5) satisfies the superintendent that the person is competent, financially responsible and of good moral character.

B. The superintendent shall examine all initial applicants for a license as an insurance consultant in the manner and form that the superintendent prescribes. The examination shall be of sufficient scope to demonstrate a broad knowledge of insurance contracts and the practices of the insurance industry in the lines of insurance for which the applicant desires a license. However, the superintendent may waive the requirement for the examination for:

(1) property and casualty insurance in the case of an applicant who has been awarded the professional designation of chartered property and casualty underwriter or certified insurance counselor in the property and casualty line;

(2) life and accident insurance in the case of an applicant who has been awarded the professional designation of chartered life underwriter; and

(3) all lines of insurance in the case of an applicant who has been awarded the professional designations of chartered property and casualty underwriter and chartered life underwriter.

C. If an applicant fails an examination, the applicant may be reexamined upon payment of a ten-dollar ($10.00) examination fee for each reexamination.

D. The license as an insurance consultant shall be issued for two years. The license may, at the discretion of the superintendent, be renewed biennially upon application and payment of a fee as specified in Section 59A-6-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 72-1-4 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 1 / Section 72-1-4
§ 72-1-4. Declaration of water rights vested prior to 1907; force and effect of prior declarations
Status: in_force

Declarations heretofore filed in substantial compliance with Section 1 hereof shall be recognized as of the same force and effect as if filed after the taking effect of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 10-8-1 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 8 / Section 10-8-1
§ 10-8-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 10-8-1 through 10-8-8 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Per Diem and Mileage Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1C-2 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1C / Section 24-1C-2
§ 24-1C-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Primary Care Capital Funding Act is to provide funding for capital projects to eligible entities in order to increase health care services in rural and other health care underserved areas in the state.
N.M. Stat. § 1-8-44 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1-8-44
§ 1-8-44. Primary Election Law; withdrawal of candidates
Status: in_force

A candidate seeking to withdraw from a primary election shall withdraw no later than the first Tuesday in April before that primary election by filing a signed and notarized statement of withdrawal with the proper filing officer.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2C-34 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2C / Section 26-2C-34
§ 26-2C-34. Employer protections; exemptions
Status: in_force

A. Unless there is an agreement between the employer and employee, nothing in the Cannabis Regulation Act shall:

(1) restrict an employer's ability to prohibit or take an adverse employment action against an employee for impairment by or possession or use of intoxicating substances at work or during work hours;

(2) require an employer to commit any act that would cause the employer to be noncompliant with or in violation of federal law or federal regulations or that would result in the loss of a federal contract or federal funding; or

(3) prevent or infringe upon the rights of an employer to adopt and implement a written zero-tolerance policy regarding the use of cannabis products. A zero-tolerance policy may permit the discipline or termination of an employee on the basis of a positive drug test that indicates any amount of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol metabolite.

B. The Cannabis Regulation Act does not apply to an employee of an employer subject to the provisions of Title 2 of the federal Railway Labor Act.

C. Nothing in the Cannabis Regulation Act shall be construed to invalidate, diminish or otherwise interfere with any collective bargaining agreement nor shall it be construed to invalidate, diminish or otherwise interfere with any party's power to collectively bargain such an agreement, or to an employer or employee.

D. As used in this section, “ adverse employment action ” means refusing to hire or employ a person; barring or discharging a person from employment; requiring a person to retire from employment; or discriminating against an employee in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment.