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N.M. Stat. § 57-30-2.3 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 30 / Section 57-30-2.3
§ 57-30-2.3. Duties of secondhand metal dealers
Status: in_force

A. A secondhand metal dealer shall:

(1) maintain a valid registration, issued by the department, and comply with the requirements of the Sale of Recycled Metals Act and rules promulgated pursuant to that act;

(2) comply with all federal requirements for scrap metal dealers, including maintaining storm water permits;

(3) register for the metal theft alert system, maintained by the institute of scrap recycling industries or its successor organization; and

(4) keep all employees who are involved in the purchasing or receiving of regulated material apprised of alerts received on theft of regulated material in the geographic area.

B. A secondhand metal dealer who becomes aware that the dealer is in possession of regulated material that was stolen or unlawfully obtained shall not remove the material from the dealer's premises and shall report the same to a local law enforcement agency within twenty-four hours.
N.M. Stat. § 69-9-3 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 9 / Section 69-9-3
§ 69-9-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Chapter 69, Article 9 NMSA 1978:

A. “small tract” means a tract of land comprising two acres or less. Where contiguous tracts of two acres or less are owned in common, as for example common ownership of contiguous lots created by platting, each tract is nevertheless a small tract within this definition;

B. “ore” means uranium exclusively with the exception of associated minerals mined therewith;

C. “owner” means a person having an interest in or right to ore in place, or the mining and removal thereof, in or on a small tract included in the area covered by an application for consolidation under Chapter 69, Article 9 NMSA 1978;

D. “mining rights” means the right to explore for, mine, remove, own and dispose of ore; and

E. “secretary” means the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources.
N.M. Stat. § 3-24-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 24 / Section 3-24-2
§ 3-24-2. Electric utility; charges
Status: in_force

A municipality owning and operating an electric utility shall charge only the person receiving the electric service. Charges shall not be limited to measurement by kilowatt or the kilowatt hour. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale by a municipality of surplus electric power and energy derived from its generating facility or its interest in a jointly owned generating facility.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.20
§ 7-1-6.20. Identification of money in extraction taxes suspense fund; distribution
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, after the necessary disbursements have been made from the extraction taxes suspense fund, the money remaining in the suspense fund as of the last day of the month shall be identified by tax source and distributed or transferred in accordance with the provisions of Sections 7-1-6.21 through 7-1-6.23 and 7-1-6.61 NMSA 1978 . After the necessary distributions and transfers, any balance, except for remittances unidentified as to source or disposition, shall be transferred to the general fund.

B. Payments on assessments issued by the department pursuant to the Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act 1 , the Oil and Gas Emergency School Tax Act 2 , the Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act 3 and the Oil and Gas Severance Tax Act 4 shall be held in the extraction taxes suspense fund until the secretary determines that there is no substantial risk of protest or other litigation, whereupon after the necessary disbursements have been made from the extraction taxes suspense fund, the money remaining in the suspense fund as of the last day of the month attributed to these payments shall be identified by tax source and distributed or transferred in accordance with the provisions of Sections 7-1-6.21 through 7-1-6.23 and 7-1-6.61 NMSA 1978 . After the necessary distributions and transfers, any balance, except for remittance unidentified as to source or disposition, shall be transferred to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 22-5-10 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-10
§ 22-5-10. Publications; advertisements
Status: in_force

Except where otherwise specifically provided, whenever a local school board is required by law to make a publication or advertisement, the publication or advertisement shall be published in English in any newspaper published in the school district having general circulation within the school district. If there is no such newspaper, any newspaper published in the state having general circulation in the school district.
N.M. Stat. § 28-3-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 3 / Section 28-3-8
§ 28-3-8. Findings and purpose of act
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that there is an increasing number of persons in New Mexico who, in their middle years and having fulfilled the role of homemaker, find themselves displaced because of dissolution of marriage, death of a spouse or other loss of family income. As a consequence of this displacement such persons suffer a greatly reduced income, high rate of unemployment because of age, lack of work experience, discrimination and limited or no opportunity to collect funds of assistance such as social security, unemployment compensation, medicaid and other health insurance benefits or pension plans of the spouse. It is the purpose of this legislation to provide research and planning for programs to serve such displaced homemakers.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-22
§ 21-21-22. Reimbursement of the fiscal agent
Status: in_force

The fiscal agent shall be reimbursed by the department for the expenses connected with his duties under the terms of an agreement negotiated annually by the board with the approval of the state board of finance. Reimbursement shall include a reasonable overhead in addition to direct costs. An annual appropriation to the department for the cost of administering the student loan guarantee program shall be made from the severance tax income fund. Any part of this appropriation not needed for the reimbursement of the fiscal agent shall revert to the severance tax income fund at the end of each fiscal year.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21A-25 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21A / Section 21-21A-25
§ 21-21A-25. Educational assistance; nonprofit corporation status not affected by repeal
Status: in_force

The repeal of sections or parts of sections of the Educational Assistance Act does not affect the existence of the educational assistance nonprofit corporation created pursuant to that act or its designation as the single nonprofit corporation authorized to provide a statewide educational loan program for the purposes of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965.
N.M. Stat. § 19-6-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 6 / Section 19-6-8
§ 19-6-8. Opening and failing to close gates on forest reserves and adjoining lands
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to open and neglect to close, before leaving the immediate vicinity thereof, the gate or gates of any fence on, or enclosing any, lands of the different national forest reserves of this state, or to open and fail to close the gate or gates of any fence on the land of any person, firm or corporation, where the same is situate within the boundaries of, or adjoining any national forest reserve; provided, such gates are so constructed as to be easily opened and shut.
N.M. Stat. § 33-3B-4 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 3B / Section 33-3B-4
§ 33-3B-4. County detention facility reimbursement fund created; distribution
Status: in_force

A. The “county detention facility reimbursement fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund. Money in the fund shall not revert or be transferred to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year, and income from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The division shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the division to make distributions to counties in accordance with Subsection B of this section. Disbursements from the fund shall be by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the director of the division. No money in the fund shall be expended by the division for the purpose of administering the fund.

B. Annually, on or before January 30 and to the extent money in the fund is available for such purposes, money in the fund shall be distributed by the state treasurer as follows:

(1) an amount equal to seventy percent of the fund less thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to eligible counties in the amounts certified to the division in accordance with Section 3 of the County Detention Facility Reimbursement Act;

(2) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to the New Mexico sentencing commission to fund the annual calculation of the felony offender incarceration percentage and the distribution amount for each eligible county; and

(3) the remainder of the fund to counties other than class A counties that are designated by the division as needing additional resources due to inadequate base revenues.
N.M. Stat. § 48-9-3 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 9 / Section 48-9-3
§ 48-9-3. Security interest; lien; payment
Status: in_force

A. To secure payment from the first purchaser of the purchase price of the product, state royalty and all taxes which are required to be or are withheld and paid or to be paid by the first purchaser, an interest owner, subject to Section 48-9-5 NMSA 1978 , shall have a continuing purchase money security interest in and a lien upon his interest in or share of the unpaid for product severed from a production unit in which he owns an interest or the proceeds of product if such unpaid for product has been sold by the first purchaser, until the purchase price, state royalty and taxes have been paid to the person entitled to receive payment therefor.

B. In the event of a bona fide dispute as to the amount due the interest owner, the purchase money security interest and the lien herein provided shall not accrue if the first purchaser tenders to the interest owner the amount which the first purchaser in good faith believes to be due and payable.

C. Any purchaser who pays the purchase price for products to the person from whom the products are acquired or to a person who is authorized to receive payment for an interest owner shall be deemed a buyer in ordinary course of business, as defined in Section 55-1-201(9) NMSA 1978 , and take the products free of the purchase money security interest and lien of the interest owner, and the purchaser who makes such payment and all of his property shall be free from and not subject to the claims or purchase money security interest and lien of an interest owner.
N.M. Stat. § 21-24-7 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 24 / Section 21-24-7
§ 21-24-7. Enforcement
Status: in_force

The commission [department] or any state or local prosecuting officer may, by request or on his own motion, bring an appropriate action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the Out-of-State Proprietary School Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-13-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 3-13-4
§ 3-13-4. Municipality may establish a merit system; provisions constitute part of an employment contract
Status: in_force

A. Any municipality may establish by ordinance a merit system for the hiring, promotion, discharge and general regulation of municipal employees. The ordinance may contain reasonable restrictions or prohibitions on political activities which are deemed detrimental to the merit system thereby established. The ordinance may provide for a personnel board or personnel officer to:

(1) administer the ordinance; and

(2) establish rules and regulations pursuant to the ordinance, which may include:

(a) rules governing classification of employees;

(b) service rating of employees;

(c) establishment of pay scales and ranges;

(d) establishment of the number of hours of work per week; and

(e) methods of employment, promotion, demotion, suspension and discharge of the municipal employees.

B. If a personnel board is created, the method of appointment, the number of members and terms of office shall be set forth in the ordinance. The board shall serve without compensation for its service.

C. Following the adoption of a merit system, the contract of employment between the municipality and an employee in a position covered by the merit system shall be subject to the provisions of the ordinance and rules and regulations issued pursuant to the ordinance.

D. Within ten days following the adoption of a merit system, an employee in a position covered by the merit system may file with the clerk a declaration stating that the employee does not desire to have his employment subject to the ordinance together with the rules and regulations issued pursuant to the ordinance. The contract of employment of all other employees employed at the time of the adoption of the merit system, and in positions covered by the merit system, shall be subject to the provisions of the ordinance and all rules and regulations issued pursuant to the ordinance.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-35 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-35
§ 61-23-35. Engineering and surveying university support program
Status: in_force

A. The board may establish an “engineering and surveying university support program” that provides strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of New Mexico professional engineers and professional surveyors, increase career and educational opportunities and improve interaction with the engineering and surveying professions and institutions of higher education. The program may provide direct educational and training scholarships through qualified New Mexico educational institutions to candidates for the engineering and surveying professions willing to reside and practice in New Mexico. The program may also provide funding for equipment and related materials at qualified New Mexico educational institutions to support the education of engineering and surveying students. The amount of funding provided pursuant to the program shall not exceed annually two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in the aggregate.

B. The board may request and use appropriations to establish, implement and maintain the engineering and surveying university support program. Any appropriation shall be deposited in the engineering and surveying university support fund.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-2
§ 3-33-2. Improvement district; definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Chapter 3, Article 33 NMSA 1978:

A. “ adjustment of assessment ” means the adjustment in the estimated maximum benefit or assessment resulting from the division of the property to be assessed or assessed into smaller tracts or parcels or the combining of smaller parcels into one or more larger parcels or the changing of the configuration or legal description of such parcels. “Adjustment of assessment” may also include the reallocation of the assessment lien, without loss of priority, among parcels under single ownership that are subject to the assessment lien in order to permit the removal of the lien from one or more parcels where adequate security for the lien is demonstrated by the assessed parcels under such single ownership or provided by the owner;

B. “ construct ” or “ construction ” means to plan, design, engineer, construct, reconstruct, install, extend, better, alter, build, rebuild, improve, purchase or otherwise acquire any project authorized in Sections 3-33-3 , 3-33-4 , 3-33-4.1 and 3-33-6 NMSA 1978 , except that it shall not include “to acquire” for the purposes of projects authorized in Section 3-33-6 NMSA 1978;

C. “ engineer ” means any person who is a professional engineer licensed to practice in New Mexico and who is a permanent employee of the municipality or employed in connection with an improvement by the municipality or by a property owner subject to the improvement district property tax imposed by Section 3-33-14.1 NMSA 1978;

D. “ improvement ” means any one or any combination of projects in one or more locations authorized in Sections 3-33-3 , 3-33-4 , 3-33-4.1 and 3-33-6 NMSA 1978;

E. “ improvement district ” means one or more streets or one or more public grounds or one or more locations wherein the improvement is to be constructed and one or more tracts or parcels of land to be assessed or upon which an improvement district property tax will be imposed to pay for the cost of the improvement; and

F. “ premature subdivision ” means a subdivision that has been platted and sold into multiple private ownership prior to installation or financial guarantee of all required improvements for land development. Such subdivisions contain one or more developmental inadequacies under current local government standards and requirements, such as, but not limited to:

(1) inadequate street right of way or street access control;

(2) a lack of drainage easements of right of way;

(3) a lack of adequate park, recreation or open space area;

(4) a lack of an overall grading and drainage plan; or

(5) a lack of adequate subdivision grading both on and off the public right of way.
N.M. Stat. § 11-8-3 — NM Code / Chapter 11 / Article 8 / Section 11-8-3
§ 11-8-3. State defined; Article II
Status: in_force

As used in this compact, “state” means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-49.1 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-49.1
§ 52-3-49.1. Rehiring of disabled workers
Status: in_force

A. If an employer is hiring, the employer shall offer to rehire any worker who has stopped working due to a disablement for which he has received or is due to receive benefits under the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law and who applies for his pre-disablement job or modified job similar to the pre-disablement job, subject to the following conditions:

(1) the worker's treating health care provider certifies that the worker is fit to carry out the pre-disablement job or modified work similar to the pre-disablement job without significant risk of repeating or compounding the disablement; and

(2) the employer has the pre-disablement job or modified work available.

B. If an employer is hiring, that employer shall offer to rehire a worker who applies for any job that pays less than the pre-disablement job and who has stopped working due to a disablement for which he has received, or is due, benefits under the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law, provided that the worker is qualified for the job and provided that the worker's treating health care provider certifies that the worker is fit to carry out the job offered. Occupational disease disablement benefits of a worker hired pursuant to this subsection shall be reduced as provided in Section 52-1-25.1 NMSA 1978 .

C. As used in this section, “rehire” includes putting the disabled worker back to active work, regardless of whether he was carried on the employer's payroll during the period of his inability to work.
N.M. Stat. § 72-4B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 4B / Section 72-4B-2
§ 72-4B-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Water Data Act:

A. “ agencies ” means:

(1) the bureau of geology and mineral resources of the New Mexico institute of mining and technology;

(2) the interstate stream commission;

(3) the office of the state engineer;

(4) the department of environment; and

(5) the energy, minerals and natural resources department;

B. “ data and information platform ” means software, hardware and tools that collect, organize, integrate, distribute and archive water data that at a minimum:

(1) integrate water data managed by state and local entities using consistent and standardized formats; and

(2) integrate:

(a) state and local government data on streamflow, precipitation, reservoir and irrigation system operations, ground water use and levels, municipal and industrial water use and land uses, but not including data from residential wells;

(b) data on water rights, water diversions and water quality; and

(c) data on fish, aquatic and riparian systems and ecological data; and

C. “ water data ” means measurements of basic properties relating to the planning and management of water resources, including streamflow, precipitation, ground water, water quality and water use in agriculture, industry and municipal uses and natural systems.
N.M. Stat. § 74-10-86 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 10 / Section 74-10-86
§ 74-10-86. Issuance of interim debentures and pledge of bonds as collateral security
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any limitation or other provision in the Solid Waste Authority Act, whenever a majority of the qualified electors of the authority voting on a proposal to issue bonds has authorized the authority to issue bonds for any purpose authorized in that act, the authority is authorized to borrow money without any other election in anticipation of taxes, the proceeds of the bonds or any other revenues of the authority, or any combination thereof, and to issue interim debentures to evidence the amount so borrowed. Interim debentures may mature at such time not exceeding a period of time equal to the estimated time needed to effect the purpose for which the bonds are so authorized to be issued, plus two years, as the board may determine. Except as otherwise provided in this section and in Sections 87 and 88 of the Solid Waste Authority Act, interim debentures shall be issued as provided in that act for securities in Sections 66 and 68 of that act. Taxes, other revenues of the authority, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing proceeds of bonds to be thereafter issued or reissued or bonds issued for the purpose of securing the payment of interim debentures may be pledged for the purpose of securing the payment of the interim debentures. Any bonds pledged as collateral security for the payment of any interim debentures shall mature at such time as the board may determine, but in no event exceeding forty years from the date of either any of such bonds or any of such interim debentures, whichever date is the earlier. Any such bonds pledged as collateral security shall not be issued in an aggregate principal amount exceeding the aggregate principal amount of the interim debenture secured by a pledge of such bonds nor shall they bear interest at any time which with any interest accruing at the same time on the interim debenture so secured exceeds six percent per year.
N.M. Stat. § 22-16-2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 16 / Section 22-16-2
§ 22-16-2. State transportation division; duties
Status: in_force

Subject to the policies of the state board [department], the state transportation division of the department of education [public education department] shall:

A. establish standards for school bus transportation;

B. establish standards for school bus design and operation pursuant to provisions of Section 22-16-11 NMSA 1978;

C. establish procedures pertaining to the resolution of transportation issues in areas where local school districts are engaged in school district boundary disputes;

D. enforce those regulations adopted by the state board [department] relating to school bus transportation;

E. audit records of school bus contractors or school district-owned bus operations in accordance with regulations promulgated by the state transportation director;

F. establish standards and certify for safety, vehicles that are defined as school buses by the Motor Vehicle Code; 1 and

G. establish regulations for the purpose of permitting commercial advertisements on school buses.