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N.M. Stat. § 1-22-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 22 / Section 1-22-1
§ 1-22-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Local Election Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 68-2-22 — NM Code / Chapter 68 / Article 2 / Section 68-2-22
§ 68-2-22. Cutting and removing woody material without written consent
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

(1) “ owner ” means any public agency, person, partnership, firm, corporation and recognized agents owning or having legal control to the surface rights of the land upon which the woody material is located and having legal authority to issue permits or enter into agreements for the disposal of the woody material; and

(2) “woody material” includes any live or dead evergreen, coniferous or deciduous tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub in its natural condition, trimmed or untrimmed, and with or without roots.

B. No person shall cut, remove, transport or sell any woody material without written consent of the owner or proof of ownership, whether the land is publicly or privately owned. The written consent shall contain a legal description of the land where the woody material is removed, the name and address of the legal owner, the volume or amount of material to be removed, the date of execution and the expiration date of the consent. In addition, any person purchasing woody material from another for the purpose of resale must possess a valid bill of sale containing the date of sale, the amount of material purchased and the name, address and signature of the seller. The written consent, bill of sale or a true copy shall be carried by every person in charge of cutting, removing, transporting or selling the woody material and shall be exhibited to any peace officer at the officer's request. This provision shall not apply to campers, picnickers, hunters and persons fishing who gather woody material for use in the immediate vicinity of their campsite or private landowners removing woody material from their own land for their personal use.
N.M. Stat. § 61-27B-20 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 27B / Section 61-27B-20
§ 61-27B-20. Fees
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978 , the department shall establish a schedule of reasonable fees as follows:

A. private investigator fees:

(1) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(2) initial private investigator's license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300); and

(3) initial private investigations manager license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200);

B. private patrol operator fees:

(1) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(2) initial private patrol operator's license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300); and

(3) initial private patrol operations manager license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200);

C. private investigations employee or private patrol employee, initial registration fee or registration renewal fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

D. private investigation company or private patrol company, initial license fee or renewal license fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300);

E. security guard fees:

(1) level one or level two security guard registration fee or registration renewal fee, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00); and

(2) level three security guard registration fee or registration renewal fee, not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00);

F. polygraph examiners:

(1) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(2) initial polygraph examiner's license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400); and

(3) examination fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

G. instructors:

(1) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); and

(2) initial registration or registration renewal, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); and

H. other fees applying to private investigators, private patrol operators, polygraph examiners and instructors:

(1) change in license fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200);

(2) late fee on license or registration renewals, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(3) special event permit fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); and

(4) special event license fee for a private patrol company, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00).
N.M. Stat. § 58-24-6 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 24 / Section 58-24-6
§ 58-24-6. Authority; loans
Status: in_force

A. The authority may:

(1) make, and undertake commitments to make, lender loans and project loans under terms and conditions requiring the proceeds thereof to be used to finance an industrial, commercial or agricultural project or facility. Project loan commitments and project loans shall be originated through and serviced by a lender; and

(2) invest in, purchase or make commitments to invest in or purchase, or take assignments or make commitments to take assignments of, project loans made by lenders to finance an industrial, commercial or agricultural project or facility.

B. Prior to exercising any of the powers authorized in Subsection A of this section, the authority shall require the lender to certify and agree that:

(1) the project loan is, or, if the project loan has not yet been made, will be at the time of making, in all respects a prudent investment; and

(2) such lender will use the proceeds of the lender loan, or the sale or assignments of a project loan, within a reasonable period of time to make project loans; or, if such lender has made a commitment to make project loans on the basis of a commitment from the authority to purchase such project loans, such lender will make and sell the project loans to the authority within a reasonable period of time.

C. Prior to exercising any of the powers under Subsection A of this section, the authority may, but is not obligated to, require any type of security, insurance or guarantee that it deems reasonable and necessary.
N.M. Stat. § 28-4-8 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 4 / Section 28-4-8
§ 28-4-8. Reports
Status: in_force

The state agency on aging [aging and long-term services department] shall submit reports on its work for the preceding year to the governor and the legislature at least forty-five days prior to each regular legislative session. The reports shall contain recommendations on present and future needs of the aged.
N.M. Stat. § 33-3-6 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 33-3-6
§ 33-3-6. Food for prisoners
Status: in_force

The sheriffs, jail administrators or independent contractors of each county in the state shall supply with food the prisoners in their jails, and at all times all food so furnished shall be of a good and wholesome quality and sufficient in quantity for the proper maintenance of life.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-12.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-12.3
§ 22-8-12.3. Local school board finance subcommittee; audit committee; membership; duties
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section, “ local school board ” includes the governing authority of a charter school.

B. Each local school board shall appoint at least two members of the board as a finance subcommittee to assist the board in carrying out its budget and finance duties.

C. The finance subcommittee shall:

(1) make recommendations to the local school board in the following areas:

(a) financial planning, including reviews of the school district's revenue and expenditure projections;

(b) review of financial statements and periodic monitoring of revenues and expenses;

(c) annual budget preparation and oversight; and

(d) procurement; and

(2) serve as an external monitoring committee on budget and other financial matters.

D. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each local school board shall appoint an audit committee that consists of two board members, one volunteer member who is a parent of a student attending that school district and one volunteer member who has experience in accounting or financial matters. The superintendent and the school district business manager shall serve as ex-officio members of the committee. A local school board with more than five members may appoint more than two board members to its audit committee. The audit committee shall:

(1) evaluate the request for proposal for annual financial audit services;

(2) recommend the selection of the financial auditor;

(3) attend the entrance and exit conferences for annual and special audits;

(4) meet with external financial auditors at least monthly after audit field work begins until the conclusion of the audit;

(5) be accessible to the external financial auditors as requested to facilitate communication with the board and the superintendent;

(6) track and report progress on the status of the most recent audit findings and advise the local school board on policy changes needed to address audit findings;

(7) provide other advice and assistance as requested by the local school board; and

(8) be subject to the same requirements regarding the confidentiality of audit information as those imposed upon the local school board by the Audit Act 1 and rules of the state auditor.
N.M. Stat. § 2-18-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 18 / Section 2-18-1
§ 2-18-1. Corrections oversight committee created; termination
Status: in_force

There is created a joint interim legislative committee that shall be known as the “corrections oversight committee”. The committee shall function from the date of its appointment until the first day of December prior to the first session of the forty-seventh legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2A-21 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2A / Section 60-2A-21
§ 60-2A-21. Length of professional contests; rounds
Status: in_force

No professional boxing contest shall be more than fifteen rounds in length, and each round shall not exceed three minutes in length. There shall be a one-minute rest between rounds. The commission shall adopt rules governing the length of professional wrestling contests, duration of rounds and the period of rest between rounds.
N.M. Stat. § 19-8-32 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-8-32
§ 19-8-32. Rules and regulations authorized
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to adopt such uniform and reasonable rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and not inconsistent therewith, said rules to be posted in a conspicuous place in the state land office for a period of at least ten consecutive days.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21M-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21M / Section 21-21M-3
§ 21-21M-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Students with Disabilities Scholarship Act:

A. “ award recipient ” means a student with disabilities who receives an undergraduate scholarship;

B. “ department ” means the higher education department;

C. “ secretary ” means secretary of higher education; and

D. “ student with disabilities ” means a student who has a record of a physical or mental condition that substantially limits one or more major life activities, including attention deficit disorder or other specific learning disabilities that the department recognizes as disabilities.
N.M. Stat. § 73-22-2 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 22 / Section 73-22-2
§ 73-22-2. Procedure for establishment of countywide erosion districts
Status: in_force

A. Freeholders owning in the aggregate in any county 25 percent of the total land area thereof may petition the board of county commissioners for the establishment of a wind erosion district coextensive with the boundaries of the county. Resident entrymen of federal public lands and lessees of state agricultural lands shall be considered as freeholders for the purposes of this act and shall share all of the privileges and obligations thereof.

B. The board of county commissioners after determining that any such petition is in conformity with the requirements of Subsection A of this section and upon payment by the petitioners of a sufficient sum to defray the cost shall order an election to be called on the question of the establishment of such wind erosion district.
N.M. Stat. § 17-8-6 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 8 / Section 17-8-6
§ 17-8-6. Exemptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Sport Shooting Range Act do not apply:

A. to recovery for an act or omission relating to recklessness, negligence, wanton misconduct or willful misconduct in the operation or use of a sport shooting range;

B. to a nuisance action on the basis of trespass involving the operation or use of a sport shooting range;

C. to the operation or use of a sport shooting range that substantially and adversely affects public health or public safety; or

D. if there has been a substantial change in the primary use of a sport shooting range.
N.M. Stat. § 8-5-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 8 / Article 5 / Section 8-5-20
§ 8-5-20. Missing indigenous persons specialists; duties
Status: in_force

A. The position of “missing indigenous persons specialist” is created within the office of the attorney general.

B. The attorney general shall employ one or more missing indigenous persons specialists, who shall work in collaboration with local, state, federal and tribal law enforcement agencies on missing indigenous persons cases pursuant to the Missing Persons Information and Reporting Act.

C. The missing indigenous persons specialists shall:

(1) review entries in the database of the national crime information center of the United States department of justice and other databases, including the missing persons information clearinghouse, to ensure records of missing indigenous persons are accurate, complete and made in a timely fashion;

(2) collaborate with other state and international missing persons programs and the national center for missing and exploited children to aid in locating indigenous children who are unlawfully taken out of or unlawfully brought into New Mexico;

(3) provide public outreach and education on missing indigenous persons issues and the prevention of indigenous child abductions;

(4) provide support and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies regarding data collection, data sharing and the cooperative use of available resources;

(5) compile reports of pending missing indigenous persons cases, including the status of pending missing indigenous persons cases, the clearance rate of investigating agencies responsible for tracking missing indigenous persons cases and an analysis by year of the characteristics of missing indigenous persons;

(6) assist with alerts and advisories at the request of the department of public safety to assist in locating a missing indigenous person; and

(7) collaborate with the New Mexico law enforcement academy to facilitate training for law enforcement agencies related to missing indigenous persons cases.
N.M. Stat. § 24-10B-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 10B / Section 24-10B-13
§ 24-10B-13. Certification of STEMI receiving and referring centers
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section, “ STEMI ” means ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.

B. In accordance with department rules, the department shall certify an acute care hospital as a STEMI receiving center or STEMI referring center if that hospital has been accredited as a STEMI receiving center or STEMI referring center by a nationally recognized organization that provides STEMI receiving or referring accreditation.

C. The department shall post information regarding certification on the department's website. The department shall coordinate with local and regional emergency medical services on the development and implementation of triage and transport plans for STEMI patients.

D. If a hospital loses its national accreditation as a STEMI receiving center or STEMI referring center, the secretary shall revoke the hospital's certification.

E. The secretary may adopt rules:

(1) relating to STEMI certification and revocation of certification by the department; and

(2) to assist and encourage STEMI receiving centers to enter into coordinated STEMI care agreements with STEMI referring centers and other health care facilities throughout the state to provide appropriate access to care for acute heart attack patients.
N.M. Stat. § 7-35-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 35 / Section 7-35-4
§ 7-35-4. Department to provide manuals and other materials
Status: in_force

The department shall prepare, issue and periodically revise valuation manuals, cost and valuation schedules, bulletins and annotated digests of property tax laws and regulations in handbook form for the use of its employees, the county assessors and their employees and other persons involved in the administration and collection of the property tax. The department shall make the foregoing materials available to members of the public and may charge a fee for the materials to offset the cost of physical preparation. Any amounts collected are appropriated to the department for its operation.
N.M. Stat. § 21-2A-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 2A / Section 21-2A-3
§ 21-2A-3. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the College District Tax Act is to provide a uniform procedure for the authorization, imposition and collection of tax levies for the operation of college districts and the issuance of college district general obligation and revenue bonds for capital improvements in a college district.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-6.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-6.1
§ 22-8-6.1. Charter school operating budgets; maximum mem
Status: in_force

A. Each state-chartered charter school shall submit to the charter schools division of the department a school-based operating budget. The operating budget shall be submitted to the division for approval or amendment pursuant to the Public School Finance Act and the Charter Schools Act. Thereafter, the operating budget shall be submitted to the commission for review.

B. Each locally chartered charter school shall submit to the local school board a school-based operating budget for approval or amendment. The approval or amendment authority of the local school board relative to the charter school operating budget is limited to ensuring that sound fiscal practices are followed in the development of the operating budget and that the charter school operating budget is within the allotted resources. The local school board shall have no veto authority over individual line items within the charter school's proposed financial budget or over any item in the educational plan, but shall approve or disapprove the operating budget in its entirety. Upon final approval of the charter school operating budget by the local school board, the individual charter school operating budget shall be included separately in the budget submission to the department required pursuant to the Public School Finance Act and the Charter Schools Act.

C. For its first year of operation, a charter school's operating budget shall be based on the projected number of program units generated by the school and its students using the at-risk index and the staffing cost multiplier of the school district in which the charter school is located, and the charter school's operating budget shall be adjusted using the qualified MEM on the first reporting date of the current school year. For its second and subsequent fiscal years of operation, a charter school's operating budget shall be based on the number of program units generated by the charter school and its students using the average of the MEM on the second and third reporting dates of the prior year, the at-risk index of the school district in which the charter school is located and the charter school's staffing cost multiplier.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-10
§ 3-33-10. Improvement district; limitations on powers of municipality with respect to street or right of way under jurisdiction of state transportation commission
Status: in_force

The municipality shall not construct improvements authorized by Section 3-33-3 NMSA 1978 on or through any street or right of way under the jurisdiction of the state transportation commission unless it receives prior written approval from the state transportation commission to undertake such improvements.
N.M. Stat. § 3-30-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 30 / Section 3-30-8
§ 3-30-8. General obligation bonds; issuance; sale; payable
Status: in_force

A. The bonds shall be issued and sold in the manner authorized under Sections 6-15-3 through 6-15-10 NMSA 1978 .

B. The bonds shall be of such denomination or denominations and shall be payable at such place or places within or without the state or both, shall be in such form, and otherwise shall bear such terms and conditions, as the governing body may determine, except as otherwise provided by law.

C. Said bonds shall be signed by the mayor and by the clerk, and the coupons appertaining thereto shall be signed by the treasurer.

D. The facsimile signature of the treasurer may be engraved, imprinted, stamped or otherwise reproduced on the coupons.

E. The bonds may be executed in the manner provided by the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Act.
N.M. Stat. § 15-3B-15 — NM Code / Chapter 15 / Article 3B / Section 15-3B-15
§ 15-3B-15. Maintenance charges; credited to agency operating budget
Status: in_force

A state agency that occupies a facility under the jurisdiction of the division and that acts as the representative of the division pursuant to a use agreement between the division and the state agency may charge maintenance and utility costs to other entities that use the facility. The charges shall be deposited to the credit of the state agency to cover maintenance and utility expenses.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21P-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21P / Section 21-21P-2
§ 21-21P-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Grow Your Own Teachers Act:

A. “ department ” means the higher education department;

B. “ public school ” includes constitutional special schools and state institutions and state agencies that educate children;

C. “ school employee ” means a resident of New Mexico who is authorized to work in the United States and who has been employed by a public school in a position that works directly with students for at least two years and is in good standing with the school district and who is enrolled in or accepted by an undergraduate teacher preparation program at a regionally accredited public post-secondary educational institution in New Mexico; and

D. “ teacher preparation program ” means a program that has been formally approved as meeting the requirements of the public education department and that leads to level one teacher licensure, including a program in a two-year post-secondary educational institution that meets the requirements for a teacher education transfer module established pursuant to Subsection C of Section 21-1B-4 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-56 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-56
§ 20-12-56. Maiming
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who, with intent to injure, disfigure or disable, inflicts upon the person of another an injury which:

A. seriously disfigures his person by a mutilation thereof;

B. destroys or disables any member or organ of his body; or

C. seriously diminishes his physical vigor by the injury of any member or organ;

is guilty of maiming and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.