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N.M. Stat. § 30-16-25 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-25
§ 30-16-25. Credit cards; definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 30-16-25 through 30-16-38 NMSA 1978:

A. “ cardholder ” means the person or organization identified on the face of a credit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card is issued by an issuer;

B. “ credit card ” means:

(1) any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, charge card or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of value, either on credit or in consideration of an undertaking or guarantee by the issuer of the payment of a check drawn by the cardholder; or

(2) a credit card account number;

C. “ expired credit card ” means a credit card which shows on its face that it is outdated;

D. “ issuer ” means the business organization or financial institution, or its duly authorized agent, which issues a credit card;

E. “ participating party ” means a business organization, or financial institution, other than the issuer, which acquires for value a sales slip or agreement;

F. “ sales slip or agreement ” means any writing evidencing a credit card transaction;

G. “ merchant ” means every person who is authorized by an issuer or a participating party to furnish money, goods, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit card by a cardholder;

H. “ incomplete credit card ” means a credit card upon which a part of the matter, other than the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the credit card before it can be used by a cardholder, has not been stamped, embossed, imprinted or written on it;

I. “ revoked credit card ” means a credit card for which the permission to use has been suspended or terminated by the issuer, and notice thereof has been given to the cardholder; and

J. “ anything of value ” includes money, goods and services.
N.M. Stat. § 30-22-16 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 22 / Section 30-22-16
§ 30-22-16. Possession of deadly weapon or explosive by prisoner
Status: in_force

Possession of deadly weapon or explosive by prisoner in lawful custody consists of any inmate of a penal institution, reformatory, jail or prison farm or ranch possessing any deadly weapon or explosive substance.

Whoever commits possession of deadly weapon or explosive by prisoner is guilty of a second degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 7-33-2 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 33 / Section 7-33-2
§ 7-33-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Natural Gas Processors Tax Act:

A. “ average annual taxable value ” means the average of the taxable value per mcf, determined pursuant to Section 7-31-5 NMSA 1978 , of all natural gas produced in New Mexico for the specified calendar year as determined by the department;

B. “ department ” means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or any employee of the department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;

C. “ fiscal year ” means the period starting July 1 and ending June 30 of the succeeding calendar year;

D. “ mcf ” means one thousand cubic feet;

E. “ mmbtu ” means one million British thermal units;

F. “ natural gas ” means any hydrocarbon that at atmospheric conditions of temperature and pressure is in a gaseous state, and includes non-hydrocarbon gases that are in combination with hydrocarbon gases;

G. “ natural gas processing plant ” means a facility used to extract liquid hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbon gaseous or liquid substances, individually or in any combination, from natural gas, but does not include a facility that refines or processes oil, natural gas or liquid hydrocarbons or that extracts substances from natural gas through a field or lease operation;

H. “ person ” means any individual, estate, trust, receiver, business trust, corporation, firm, copartnership, cooperative, joint venture, association or other group or combination acting as a unit;

I. “ processor ” means a person who operates a natural gas processing plant; and

J. “ tax ” means the natural gas processors tax.
N.M. Stat. § 30-7-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 7 / Section 30-7-17
§ 30-7-17. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 6 of this act may be cited as the “Explosives Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-9
§ 21-21-9. Refunding bonds
Status: in_force

Upon recommendation of the state treasurer, the state board of finance may, be [by] resolution, provide for the issuance of refunding bonds to refund any outstanding bonds issued under the Student Loan Act, together with accrued interest thereon. Provisions governing the issuance and sale of bonds under the Student Loan Act govern the issuance and sale of refunding bonds insofar as applicable. Refunding bonds may be exchanged for the outstanding bonds or may be sold and the proceeds used to retire the outstanding bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 21-9-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 9 / Section 21-9-3
§ 21-9-3. Methods of collecting samples
Status: in_force

All samples of material for analysis and examination shall be collected under the directions from the state chemical laboratory and must be sealed and shipped in accordance with instructions set forth in such directions for taking samples.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-20-3 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 20 / Section 59A-20-3
§ 59A-20-3. Standard provisions required
Status: in_force

A. No insurer shall deliver or issue for delivery in this state any life insurance policy unless the policy contains in substance all of the applicable standard provisions required by Sections 369 through 380 of this article, subject to Section 346 of the Insurance Code as to waiver or use of substitute provisions with the superintendent's approval.

B. This section does not apply as to group or pure endowment policies, annuity contracts or any provision of a life insurance policy or contract supplemental thereto relating to disability benefits or additional benefits in event of death by accident or accidental means.

C. Any of such provisions or portions thereof not applicable to single premium or nonparticipating or term policies, or insurance granted in exchange for lapsed or surrendered policies, shall to that extent not be incorporated therein.
N.M. Stat. § 76-20-5 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 20 / Section 76-20-5
§ 76-20-5. Reporting
Status: in_force

A. 1 The department shall report to the legislature at each annual session the progress made in improving agricultural markets for New Mexico farm products. Such report shall include monetary and volume increases achieved.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-34-10 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 34 / Section 59A-34-10
§ 59A-34-10. Records and accounts
Status: in_force

A. Every domestic insurer shall keep at its principal place of business in this state its original books, records, documents, accounts and vouchers in such manner that its financial condition can be ascertained, its financial statements filed with the superintendent readily verified, and its compliance with law determined. A domestic insurer the records of which on January 1, 1983 and on the effective date of the Insurance Code were being lawfully maintained outside this state shall for good cause shown be allowed by the superintendent a reasonable period, not to exceed one (1) year after such effective date, to return such records to its principal place of business in this state.

B. The insurer may destroy records which have become obsolete in accordance with such classifications and schedule for destruction as may be adopted by the insurer and approved in writing by the superintendent.

C. This section shall not be deemed to prohibit safekeeping arrangements for computerized and other records of the insurer outside such principal place of business and in the same general locality of this state so long as readily available to the insurer, and, for purposes of examination, to the superintendent.
N.M. Stat. § 3-56-8 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 56 / Section 3-56-8
§ 3-56-8. Cooperation
Status: in_force

Any local government or special district within the region may, and all participating local governments and special districts shall, file with the regional planning commission all current and proposed plans, zoning ordinances, official maps, building codes, subdivision regulations and project plans for capital facilities and amendments and revisions of any of them as well as copies of their regular and special reports dealing with planning matters. Each governmental unit within the geographic area over which a regional planning commission has jurisdiction shall give the commission a reasonable opportunity to comment upon any proposed plans, zoning, subdivision and platting ordinances, regulations and capital facilities projects and shall consider any comments prior to adopting the plan, ordinance, regulation or project. By appropriate revision of an agreement, the parties may require that, as a condition precedent to their adoption, any or all proposed plans, zoning, subdivision and platting ordinances, regulations and capital facilities projects of their respective jurisdictions be determined by the regional planning commission to be in conformity with the relevant plan of the commission. The sole power to adopt proposed plans, ordinances, regulations or projects remains with the local governing body or special district proposing them.
N.M. Stat. § 74-2-11 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 2 / Section 74-2-11
§ 74-2-11. Confidential information
Status: in_force

A. Any records, reports or information obtained under the Air Quality Control Act by the department, the environmental improvement board, the local board or the local agency shall be available to the public, except that upon a satisfactory showing to the secretary, the director, the environmental improvement board, the local board or the local agency, as applicable, by any person that records, reports or information, or particular parts thereof, except emission data, to which the department, the local agency, the environmental improvement board or the local board has access under the Air Quality Control Act, if made public, would divulge confidential business records or methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of that person, the secretary, the director, the environmental improvement board or the local board, as applicable, shall consider such record, report or information, or particular portion thereof, confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 14-2-1 NMSA 1978 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1905 , except that such record, report or other information may be disclosed:

(1) to other officers, employees or authorized representatives of the department, the local agency, the environmental improvement board or the local board concerned with carrying out the Air Quality Control Act;

(2) to officers, employees or authorized representatives of the United States environmental protection agency concerned with carrying out the federal act; or

(3) when relevant, in any proceeding under the Air Quality Control Act or the federal act.

B. The environmental improvement board or the local board shall adopt regulations to implement this section, including regulations specifying those business records entitled to treatment as confidential records.
N.M. Stat. § 24-15A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 15A / Section 24-15A-4
§ 24-15A-4. State search and rescue resource officer; position created
Status: in_force

A. The position of “state search and rescue resource officer” is created within the department of public safety.

B. The state search and rescue resource officer shall be a noncommissioned employee.

C. The state search and rescue resource officer shall be the chief administrator of the state search and rescue plan.
N.M. Stat. § 3-16-14 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 3-16-14
§ 3-16-14. Assets and liabilities of city and county vest in combined organization; exceptions
Status: in_force

If there is a city and county consolidation all property, assets, credits, causes of action or other rights or interests belonging to the city or county at the time the combined municipal organization government becomes operative shall belong to the combined municipal organization, and, if necessary, the combined municipal organization may demand, sue for, recover and enforce the rights in appropriate courts in the name of the combined municipal organization, and all debts and obligations of the city or county existing at the time the combined municipal organization government becomes operative shall become the debt and obligation of the combined municipal organization and shall be assumed and paid by it as and when due; provided, that all bonded indebtedness of the city or county shall remain the separate debt of the city or county, respectively, and the city or county shall respectively retain its separate identity for debt service purposes until the debts of each legal entity have been fully paid. Tax levies shall continue to be made in the city and county for the required debt service. Special assessments and revenue bonds of the city or county shall likewise continue to be paid only as provided originally for the payment thereof and the city or county shall maintain its separate identity for the purpose of the debt service. All budget and cash balances in all funds of the city and county, except interest and sinking funds for debt service, shall likewise vest in and belong to the combined municipal organization and become available for its use in paying current operating expenses.
N.M. Stat. § 47-7-1 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7 / Section 47-7-1
§ 47-7-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Building Unit Ownership Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 5-8-16 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 5-8-16
§ 5-8-16. Accounting for fees and interest
Status: in_force

A. The order, ordinance or resolution imposing an impact fee shall provide that all money collected through the adoption of an impact fee shall be maintained in separate interest-bearing accounts clearly identifying the payor and the category of capital improvements or facility expansions within the service area for which the fee was adopted.

B. Interest earned on impact fees shall become part of the account on which it is earned and shall be subject to all restrictions placed on the use of impact fees under the Development Fees Act.

C. Money from impact fees may be spent only for the purposes for which the impact fee was imposed as shown by the capital improvements plan and as authorized by the Development Fees Act.

D. The records of the accounts into which impact fees are deposited shall be open for public inspection and copying during ordinary business hours of the municipality or county.

E. As part of its annual audit process, a municipality or county shall prepare an annual report describing the amount of any impact fees collected, encumbered and used during the preceding year by category of capital improvement and service area identified as provided in Subsection A of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 67-8-21 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 8 / Section 67-8-21
§ 67-8-21. Municipally or county owned utilities; special districts; reimbursement for cost of relocation
Status: in_force

A. Under the provisions of this section, the commission shall reimburse cities, towns, villages and counties for cost of relocation of municipally or county owned utility facilities where relocation is required because of the construction or repair of any public state highway or interstate system in the city or county, town or village, provided only that the governing body of the municipality or county shall have adopted and filed with the commission its resolution electing to receive reimbursement of its costs of relocation pursuant to this section in lieu of Section 67-8-18 NMSA 1978 and of any other statute of this state that may provide the same or similar reimbursement relief to cities, towns, villages and counties with respect to relocations in the interstate system.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of Sections 67-8-15 through 67-8-21 NMSA 1978 , the commission may pay the cost of relocation of utilities owned by special districts, counties or municipalities located within the right of way of public highways on the state highway system when the relocation is required by the state highway and transportation department, provided that the special district, county or municipality can demonstrate, pursuant to rules promulgated by the commission, that the special district, county or municipality is financially unable to pay the cost of relocation. As used in this section, “special district” means any single or multipurpose district organized or that may be organized as a local public body of this state for the purpose of constructing and furnishing any urban-oriented service that another political subdivision of the state is authorized to perform, including but not limited to the services of water for domestic, commercial or industrial uses, sewage, garbage, refuse collection and recreation, but excluding the functions or services of drainage, irrigation, reclamation, soil and water conservation or flood control.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-5-12 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 5 / Section 32A-5-12
§ 32A-5-12. Placement for adoption; restrictions; full disclosure
Status: in_force

A. No petition for adoption shall be granted by the court unless the adoptee was placed in the home of the petitioner for the purpose of adoption:

(1) by the department;

(2) by an appropriate public authority of another state;

(3) by an agency; or

(4) pursuant to a court order, as provided in Section 32A-5-13 NMSA 1978 .

B. The provisions of Subsection A of this section do not apply to a child in the department's custody who is being adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Abuse and Neglect Act. 1

C. When an adoptee is not in the custody of the department or an agency, the adoption is an independent adoption and the provisions of this section and Section 32A-5-13 NMSA 1978 shall apply, except when the following circumstances exist:

(1) a stepparent of the adoptee seeks to adopt the adoptee and prior to the filing of the adoption petition, the adoptee has lived with the stepparent for at least one year since the marriage of the stepparent to the custodial parent and the family has received counseling, as provided for in Section 32A-5-22 NMSA 1978;

(2) a relative within the fifth degree of consanguinity to the adoptee or that relative's spouse seeks to adopt the adoptee, and, prior to the filing of the adoption petition, the adoptee has lived with the relative or the relative's spouse for at least one year; or

(3) a person designated to care for the adoptee in the will of the adoptee's deceased parent seeks to adopt the adoptee, and, prior to the filing of the adoption petition, the adoptee has lived with that person for at least one year.

D. All placements shall be made by the department, an agency or the parent of the adoptee pursuant to Section 32A-5-13 NMSA 1978 .

E. In all adoptions, prior to any placement being made, the person making the placement shall provide full disclosure.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2C-24 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2C / Section 26-2C-24
§ 26-2C-24. Protections for the use of cannabis
Status: in_force

A. Conduct allowed pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation Act shall not in itself constitute grounds for a holder of a professional or occupational license to be subject to professional discipline for providing advice or services related to cannabis establishments or applications to operate cannabis establishments on the basis that cannabis is illegal under federal law.

B. An applicant for a professional or occupational license shall not be denied a license based solely on previous employment related to cannabis establishments.

C. A person shall not be denied parental rights or custody of or visitation with a minor child by the state or local government based solely on conduct that is lawful pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation Act. Nothing in this subsection prevents law enforcement, the children, youth and families department or the courts from acting in the best interests of the minor child.

D. A person currently under parole, probation or other state supervision or released awaiting trial or other hearing shall not be punished or otherwise penalized based solely on conduct that is lawful pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation Act unless prohibition on the use or possession of cannabis has been a specific condition of parole, probation or other state supervision or release awaiting trial or other hearing.

E. A person shall not be denied eligibility in public assistance programs or denied health care based solely on conduct that is lawful pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation Act unless required by federal law.
N.M. Stat. § 22-2C-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 2C / Section 22-2C-3
§ 22-2C-3. Academic content and performance standards; department powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The department shall adopt academic content and performance standards for grades one through twelve in the following areas:

(1) mathematics;

(2) reading and language arts;

(3) science; and

(4) social studies.

B. The department may adopt content and performance standards in other subject areas.

C. Academic content and performance standards shall be sufficiently academically challenging to meet or exceed any applicable federal requirements.

D. The department shall measure the performance of every public school in New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 29-7D-1 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 7D / Section 29-7D-1
§ 29-7D-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 10 through 14 of this act may be cited as the “Use of Force Procedures Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8B-12.1 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8B / Section 22-8B-12.1
§ 22-8B-12.1. Charter school closure; chartering authority protocols; chartering authority duties; distribution of assets
Status: in_force

A. Prior to any charter school closure decision, the chartering authority shall develop a charter school closure protocol to ensure timely notification to parents, orderly transition of students and student records to new schools and proper disposition of school funds, property and assets in accordance with the provisions of Subsection C of this section. The protocol shall specify tasks, time lines and responsible parties, including delineating the respective duties of the charter school, the governing body and the chartering authority.

B. If a charter school is ordered closed for any reason, prior to closure, the chartering authority shall oversee and work with the closing school to ensure a smooth and orderly closure and transition for students and parents according to the closure protocol.

C. When a charter school is closed, the assets of the school shall be distributed first to satisfy outstanding payroll obligations for employees of the school, then to creditors of the school and then to the state treasury to the credit of the current school fund. If the assets of the school are insufficient to pay all parties to whom the schools owes compensation, the prioritization of the distribution of assets may be determined by decree of a court of law.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-47-64 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 47 / Section 59A-47-64
§ 59A-47-64. Confidentiality provisions
Status: in_force

A health care plan shall protect the confidentiality of a subscriber receiving mental health or substance use disorder treatment.