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N.M. Stat. § 24-10C-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 10C / Section 24-10C-3
§ 24-10C-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Cardiac Arrest Response Act:

A. “ automated external defibrillator ” means a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:

(1) has received approval of its premarket modification filed pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 360(k) , from the United States food and drug administration;

(2) is capable of recognizing cardiac arrest that will respond to defibrillation, ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia, and is capable of determining whether defibrillation should be performed; and

(3) upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and is capable of delivering an electrical impulse to an individual's heart;

B. “ automated external defibrillator program ” means a program of trained targeted responders registered with the department;

C. “ defibrillation ” means the administration of a controlled electrical charge to the heart to restore a viable cardiac rhythm;

D. “ department ” means the department of health;

E. “ good Samaritan ” means a person who lacks automated external defibrillator training but who has access to an automated external defibrillator and provides emergency automated external defibrillator services to a person in need of defibrillation, provided that the good Samaritan:

(1) acts without willful, wanton or reckless behavior that is the cause of injury or death; and

(2) acts without compensation;

F. “ person ” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or any legal or commercial entity; and

G. “ trained targeted responder ” means a person trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator under emergency cardiac care guidelines.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21H-7 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21H / Section 21-21H-7
§ 21-21H-7. Amount of scholarships
Status: in_force

Scholarship awards shall be in an amount sufficient to pay for tuition, required student fees and books for an academic year. Students choosing to attend a nonstate college in New Mexico shall receive a scholarship amount equal to the highest tuition at a state institution, plus required fees and books.
N.M. Stat. § 30-7-10 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 7 / Section 30-7-10
§ 30-7-10. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 30-7-10 through 30-7-15 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Bus Passenger Safety Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 29-9-9 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 9 / Section 29-9-9
§ 29-9-9. Immunity from criminal prosecution or penalty
Status: in_force

A. If, in the course of any investigation or hearing conducted by the commission pursuant to the Organized Crime Act, a person refuses to answer a question or questions or produce evidence of any kind on the ground that he will thereby be exposed to criminal prosecution or penalty or forfeiture, the commission may order the person to answer the question or questions or produce the requested evidence and confer immunity as provided in this section. No order to answer or produce evidence with immunity shall be made except by resolution of a two-thirds majority of all the members of the commission and after the attorney general and the appropriate district attorney have been given at least ten days' written notice of the commission's intention to issue such order and afforded an opportunity to be heard in respect to any objections they or either of them may have to the granting of immunity. Upon application of the attorney general or the appropriate district attorney within ten days of the written notice, the commission shall defer the issuance of any order under this subsection for such period, not longer than thirty days from the date of the application, as the attorney general or district attorney may specify.

B. If, upon issuance of an order pursuant to Subsection A of this section, the person complies with such order, he shall be immune from having such responsive answer given by him or such responsive evidence produced by him, or evidence derived therefrom used to expose him to criminal prosecution or penalty or forfeiture, except that such person may be prosecuted for any perjury committed in such answer or in producing such evidence, or for contempt for failing to give an answer or produce evidence in accordance with the order of the commission; and any such answer given or evidence produced shall be admissible against him upon any criminal investigation, proceeding or trial against him for such perjury, or upon any investigation, proceeding or trial against him for such contempt.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-13
§ 6-6-13. Salaries to be prorated
Status: in_force

All fees, salaries and perquisites of officers of counties, municipalities, boards of education, school districts and all other officers shall be reduced if there is an insufficient collection of money with which to pay them as provided by law for their services in any current year so that there is no violation of the provisions of law as to incurring indebtedness for any current year over and above the money actually collected for that current year.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2E-25 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2E / Section 60-2E-25
§ 60-2E-25. Report of proposed issuance or transfer of ownership; report of change in corporate officers and directors; approval of board
Status: in_force

A. Before a company licensee, other than a publicly traded corporation, may issue or transfer five percent or more of its ownership to a person, it shall file a report of its proposed action with the board, which report shall request the approval of the board. The board shall have ninety days within which to approve or deny the request. If the board fails to act in ninety days, the request is deemed approved. If the board denies the request, the company shall not issue or transfer five percent or more of its securities to the person about whom the request was made.

B. A company licensee shall file a report of each change of the corporate officers and directors with the board within thirty days of the change. The board shall have ninety days from the date the report is filed within which to approve or disapprove such change. During the ninety-day period and thereafter, if the board does not disapprove the change, an officer or director is entitled to exercise all powers of the office to which the officer or director was elected or appointed.

C. A company licensee shall report to the board in writing a change in company personnel who have been designated as key executives. The report shall be made no later than thirty days after the change.

D. The board may require that a company licensee furnish the board with a copy of its federal income tax return within thirty days after the return is filed.
N.M. Stat. § 3-21-14 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 21 / Section 3-21-14
§ 3-21-14. Adoption of county zoning ordinances
Status: repealed

A. Ordinances authorized under Section 3-21-13 NMSA 1978 may be proposed by any member of the board of county commissioners but shall not be submitted to the board for final passage until after publication.

B. A majority of the board members may order publication of the title and a general summary of a proposed ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the date of the meeting of the board at which the ordinance is to be submitted for final passage. The date of the meeting shall be included in the published notice. The style and form of the ordinance shall be determined by the board.

C. A proposed ordinance shall be passed only by a majority vote of all the members of the board of county commissioners, and an existing ordinance shall be repealed by the same vote.

D. The original copy of the ordinance together with the proof of publication and supporting maps shall be filed in a book kept for that purpose and authenticated by the signature of the county clerk. The county clerk shall keep the book together with supporting maps in his office. The title and a general summary of the ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once each week for two consecutive weeks, the last date of publication being not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days prior to the effective date of the ordinance. No ordinance shall take effect until at least fifteen days after the last date of publication. It is a sufficient defense to any prosecution for violation of an ordinance to show that no publication was made. Copies of the proposed ordinance shall be made available to interested persons during normal and regular business hours of the county clerk upon request and payment of a reasonable charge, beginning with the date of publication and continuing to the date of consideration by the board of county commissioners.

E. Whenever the book of ordinances is introduced as evidence, the Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9D-8.1 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9D / Section 63-9D-8.1
§ 63-9D-8.1. Division powers
Status: repealed

A. The division may adopt reasonable rules necessary to carry out the provisions of the Enhanced 911 Act.

B. The division may fund enhanced 911 systems pursuant to the provisions of the Enhanced 911 Act.

C. Division powers are limited and do not include power to intervene between two vendors or restrict marketing efforts of vendors.

D. The division and the local governing body may establish 911 service areas.

E. Unless otherwise provided by law, no rule affecting any person, agency, local governing body or communications service provider shall be adopted, amended or repealed without a public hearing on the proposed action before the director of the division or a hearing officer designated by the director. The public hearing shall be held in Santa Fe unless otherwise permitted by statute. Notice of the subject matter of the rule, the action proposed to be taken, the time and place of the hearing, the manner in which interested persons may present their views and the method by which copies of the proposed rule or proposed amendment or repeal of an existing rule may be obtained shall be published once at least thirty days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation and mailed at least thirty days prior to the hearing date to all persons or agencies who have made a written request for advance notice of the hearing and to all local governing bodies and communications service providers.

F. All rules shall be filed in accordance with the State Rules Act.
N.M. Stat. § 31-27-11 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 27 / Section 31-27-11
§ 31-27-11. Transfer of forfeitable property to the federal government
Status: in_force

A. A law enforcement agency shall not directly or indirectly transfer seized property to a federal law enforcement authority or other federal agency unless:

(1) the value of the seized property exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), excluding the potential value of the sale of contraband; and

(2) the law enforcement agency determines that the criminal conduct that gave rise to the seizure is interstate in nature and sufficiently complex to justify the transfer of the property; or

(3) the seized property may only be forfeited under federal law.

B. The law enforcement agency shall not transfer property to the federal government if the transfer would circumvent the protections of the Forfeiture Act that would otherwise be available to a putative interest holder in the property.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-54-21 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 54 / Section 59A-54-21
§ 59A-54-21. Exemption
Status: in_force

The pool is exempt from payment of all fees and all taxes levied by this state or any of its political subdivisions.
N.M. Stat. § 7-39-10 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 39 / Section 7-39-10
§ 7-39-10. Monthly report to department of finance and administration; remittances to state and county treasurers; state and county treasurers may distribute funds
Status: in_force

A. By the last day of each month, the department shall prepare and certify a report to the secretary of finance and administration. The report shall be for the preceding month and shall show the amount of copper production ad valorem tax distributed to the copper production tax fund, the amount due the state and each taxing district imposing a tax and any other information required by the secretary of finance and administration. The secretary of finance and administration shall forthwith remit the appropriate amounts from the copper production tax fund to the state treasurer and the county treasurers who shall make the appropriate distribution, except as provided in Subsection B of this section.

B. If the board of county commissioners notifies the secretary of finance and administration that the county elects not to distribute the proceeds of the copper production ad valorem tax due to the municipalities and school districts in the county, the secretary of finance and administration shall pay amounts due directly to municipalities and school districts within the county.
N.M. Stat. § 7-36-3.2 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 36 / Section 7-36-3.2
§ 7-36-3.2. Enterprise zone property; tax status of lessee's interests
Status: in_force

Property interests of a lessee in project property held under a lease with respect to a project authorized by the Enterprise Zone Act 1 and acquired or held by a local government are exempt from property taxation for a period not to exceed ten years from the date of execution of the first lease of the project by the local government.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-38 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-38
§ 6-10-38. Bonds of state treasurer, municipal treasurers and treasurers of boards in control
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall give an official bond in the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). Municipal treasurers and treasurers of any board in control shall give bond in a sum equal to twenty percent of the public moneys received by them during the preceding fiscal year, but in no instance shall the bond of a municipal treasurer be required in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

The state treasurer shall appoint a deputy treasurer who shall take the oath of office required of the treasurer and shall receive salary as provided by law. In case of the death of the state treasurer, his deputy shall, unless removed, continue in office and perform the duties of the treasurer until a treasurer is appointed and qualified as required by law.

The state board of finance may enforce the collection of any bond given by any defaulting public official or depository of the state or any of its agencies or political subdivisions. In the case of officers or depositories other than the state, at least four months must have elapsed after the ascertainment of any default by any officer or depository without collection of the amount of the default by the county, municipality or other political subdivision or board in control concerned. The state board of finance may employ attorneys and agents to enforce the collection and to pay them compensation out of any money appropriated for the board of finance.
N.M. Stat. § 47-4-1 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 4 / Section 47-4-1
§ 47-4-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

A. “person” includes individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, cooperatives and corporations; and

B. “abstracter's business” means the business of compiling or furnishing abstracts of title to any real estate within this state.
N.M. Stat. § 3-29-9 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 29 / Section 3-29-9
§ 3-29-9. Rules
Status: in_force

For the purposes of the Sanitary Projects Act, the department may perform such acts and prescribe such rules as are deemed necessary to carry out its provisions. Rules shall be drafted in consultation with representatives of the associations.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-49 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-49
§ 7-27-49. Authorization for severance tax bonds; New Mexico mortgage finance authority; New Mexico housing trust fund
Status: in_force

A. After the annual estimate of severance tax bonding capacity is made pursuant to Subsection B of Section 7-27-10.1 NMSA 1978 , the board of finance division of the department of finance and administration shall allocate two and one-half percent of the estimated bonding capacity for the New Mexico housing trust fund for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the New Mexico Housing Trust Fund Act.

B. The legislature authorizes the state board of finance to issue severance tax bonds in the amount allocated pursuant to this section for use by the New Mexico mortgage finance authority to fund the New Mexico housing trust fund for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the New Mexico Housing Trust Fund Act. The New Mexico mortgage finance authority shall certify to the state board of finance the need for issuance of bonds. The state board of finance may issue and sell the bonds in the same manner as other severance tax bonds in an amount not to exceed the authorized amount provided for in this section. If necessary, the state board of finance shall take the appropriate steps to comply with the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as that code may be amended or renumbered. Proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the New Mexico housing trust fund for the purposes certified by the New Mexico mortgage finance authority to the state board of finance.

C. Money from the severance tax bonds provided for in this section shall not be used to pay indirect project costs. Any unexpended balance from proceeds of severance tax bonds issued for projects pursuant to the New Mexico Housing Trust Fund Act shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund within one year of completion of the project. Any unencumbered balance from the proceeds of severance tax bonds issued pursuant to this section after three years from the issuance of those bonds shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund. The New Mexico mortgage finance authority shall monitor and ensure proper reversions of the bond proceeds appropriated for the projects.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-17-23 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 17 / Section 59A-17-23
§ 59A-17-23. Advisory organizations; appeal by minority
Status: in_force

A member of or subscriber to an advisory organization may appeal to the superintendent from the action or decision of the advisory organization in approving or rejecting a proposed change in or addition to the filings of the advisory organization and the superintendent shall, after a hearing, issue an order approving the action or decision of the advisory organization or directing it to give further consideration to the proposal; or, if the appeal is from the action or decision of the advisory organization in rejecting a proposed addition to its filings, the superintendent may, in the event the superintendent finds that the action or decision was unreasonable, issue an order directing the advisory organization to make an addition to its filings, on behalf of its members and subscribers, in a manner consistent with the superintendent's findings, within a reasonable time after the issuance of the order.
N.M. Stat. § 22-18B-3 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 18B / Section 22-18B-3
§ 22-18B-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Qualified School Bonds Act:

A. “ allocation ” means New Mexico's allocation of the national zone academy bond limitation pursuant to Section 1397E(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

B. “ council ” means the public school capital outlay council;

C. “ eligible taxpayer ” means an entity that qualifies as an eligible taxpayer under Section 1397E(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and includes a bank, insurance company or corporation actively engaged in the business of lending money;

D. “ qualified contribution ” means a contribution meeting the requirements of Section 1397E(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , from a private entity to the qualifying school and includes:

(1) equipment for use in the qualifying school, including state-of-the-art technology and vocational equipment;

(2) technical assistance in developing curriculum or in training teachers in order to promote appropriate market-driven technology in the classroom;

(3) services of employees as volunteer mentors;

(4) internships, field trips or other educational opportunities outside the qualifying school for students; and

(5) any other property or service specified by the governing body of the qualifying school;

E. “ qualified school bond ” means a bond issued by the state or a political subdivision of the state that meets all of the requirements of Section 4 of the Qualified School Bonds Act and the requirements for a qualified zone academy bond pursuant to Section 1397E(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

F. “ qualified purpose ” means a purpose of a bond issue that meets the requirements of Section 1397E(d)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and Article 9, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico ; and

G. “ qualifying school ” means a public school, a New Mexico state educational institution providing education or training below the post-secondary level or a program within such a public school or educational institution and which school, institution or program meets the requirements for a qualified zone academy pursuant to Section 1397E(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 .
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-31 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-31
§ 10-11-31. State police member, correctional officer member and probation and parole officer member coverage plan 1; member contribution rate
Status: in_force

A member under state police member, correctional officer member and probation and parole officer member coverage plan 1 shall contribute seven and six-tenths percent of salary, except that a member whose annual salary is greater than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall contribute nine and one-tenth percent of salary.
N.M. Stat. § 3-63-3 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 63 / Section 3-63-3
§ 3-63-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Business Improvement District Act:

A. “business” means a fixed place of business within an incorporated municipality where one or more persons are employed or engaged in the purchase, sale, provision or manufacturing of commodities, products or services, and includes the ownership of unoccupied real property that is held for commercial investment purposes, for sale or for lease;

B. “council” means the governing body of the incorporated municipality within which the district is found;

C. “district” means an entity having a contiguous area of clearly defined boundaries within an incorporated municipality in which at least three-quarters of the area is zoned and used for business or mixed commercial or retail use, that is established pursuant to the Business Improvement District Act in which the improvements are to be constructed and upon which the business improvement benefit fee for the costs of the improvements is to be imposed;

D. “improvement” means any one or any combination of services or projects in one or more locations authorized pursuant to the Business Improvement District Act;

E. “management committee” means the district management committee as established pursuant to the Business Improvement District Act;

F. “planning group” means a group appointed by the council to prepare the proposed district plans as provided in the Business Improvement District Act; and

G. “real property” means real property that is used to engage in the purchase, sale, provision or manufacturing of commodities, products or services and unoccupied real property that is held for commercial investment purposes, for sale or for lease.