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N.M. Stat. § 65-1-30 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 65-1-30
§ 65-1-30. Reciprocity commission; saving clause; transfer of records
Status: in_force

All current valid agreements entered into with other states by the commission created for the purpose of representing New Mexico in the matter of making reciprocal agreements relating to the operation of motor vehicles shall continue in effect according to their terms until such time as they are otherwise acted upon by the reciprocity commission created by the Motor Transportation Act. All records and property of the commission are transferred to the reciprocity commission.
N.M. Stat. § 57-9-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 9 / Section 57-9-5
§ 57-9-5. Penalty
Status: in_force

A. The first violation of the Used Merchandise Act is a misdemeanor.

B. Second and all subsequent violations of the Used Merchandise Act which occur after the date of conviction for the first offense are fourth degree felonies.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-13.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-13.1
§ 17-3-13.1. Disabled veteran; license fee exemption; lifetime license
Status: in_force

A. The director of the department of game and fish shall issue without a fee a general hunting and fishing license and class A trout stamp to any resident who was one hundred percent disabled as a result of having served in the armed forces of the United States, upon submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the commission that he was one hundred percent disabled as a result of having served in the armed forces of the United States.

B. Any license and stamp issued pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this section shall be issued only once, but shall be issued for the life of the licensee, provided the licensee is a resident of New Mexico and provided the licensee notifies the director of the department of game and fish promptly of any change of residence within or outside the state.

C. Any person holding a license and stamp under the provisions of this section shall be subject to all applicable hunting and fishing regulations, provisions and penalties of Chapter 17 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 1-4-47 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1-4-47
§ 1-4-47. Driver's license voter registration
Status: in_force

A. Every person who is a qualified elector and is applying for a driver's license, to renew a driver's license or for an identification card shall, if qualified to register to vote, with the consent of the applicant be simultaneously registered to vote.

B. The secretary of taxation and revenue shall select certain employees of the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department or employees of entities on contract to provide field services to the motor vehicle division to provide assistance to any applicant requesting voter registration assistance.

C. Every motor vehicle division office, field office or contract field office of the division shall display within the offices clearly visible signs stating “voter registration assistance available” and:

(1) personnel in each office shall advise each person who is a qualified elector and an applicant for licensure or renewal or for an identification card that initial voter registration or a change of address for voter registration may be made simultaneously with the motor vehicle application;

(2) voter registration shall be conducted in a manner such that the applicant completes the full certificate of registration electronically;

(3) the applicant's digital signature shall be affixed to the certificate of registration using an electronic signature in conformance with the Electronic Authentication of Documents Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the form and signature shall be transmitted to the secretary of state; and

(4) every certificate of registration completed electronically shall include the applicant's full social security number and shall be transmitted by means of a secured electronic transmission to the secretary of state for delivery to the appropriate county clerk.

D. A motor vehicle division employee or contractor shall not intentionally influence the prospective registrant in the selection of political party, or independent status, by word or act. A motor vehicle division employee or contractor shall not reveal the existence of or the nature of the voter registration to anyone other than a registration officer.

E. Any certificate of voter registration completed on a paper form and made or accepted at a motor vehicle division office, field office or contract field office shall be transmitted to the secretary of state or the county clerk of the county in which the office is located within seven days.

F. The secretary of state shall work with the motor vehicle division to:

(1) ensure compliance in the application of the provisions of this section with the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993;

(2) ensure consistent implementation in the various counties, based on county classification and developing technology; and

(3) develop procedures to ensure that, once voter registration information is transmitted to the appropriate registration officer, the voter's certificate of registration is printed and placed in the county's register of voters.
N.M. Stat. § 76-4-30 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 4 / Section 76-4-30
§ 76-4-30. Discarding and storing of pesticides and pesticide containers
Status: in_force

No person shall discard, transport or distribute any pesticide or pesticide container in a manner that may cause injury to humans, vegetation, crops, livestock, wildlife or beneficial insects or pollute any waterway.
N.M. Stat. § 12-1-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 12-1-5
§ 12-1-5. New Mexico compilation fund; created
Status: in_force

The “New Mexico compilation fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of filing, licensing and other fees; gifts, grants and donations; appropriations; and any other money credited to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the New Mexico compilation commission, and money in the fund is appropriated to the commission to carry out the purposes of Chapter 12, Article 1 NMSA 1978 . Expenditures from the fund shall be by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the executive director of the commission or the executive director's authorized representative.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-20
§ 17-3-20. Fee disposition
Status: in_force

Of the two dollars ($2.00) collected for each temporary license issued pursuant to Section 17-3-19 NMSA 1978 , one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) shall be paid to the department of game and fish to be credited to the game protection fund and fifty cents ($.50) shall be paid to the vendor of the license.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21I-1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21I / Section 21-21I-1
§ 21-21I-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 21, Article 21I NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Minority Doctoral Loan Repayment Assistance Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 51-1-40 — NM Code / Chapter 51 / Article 1 / Section 51-1-40
§ 51-1-40. Actions for enforcement
Status: in_force

A. In any civil action to enforce the provisions of this act, the division may be represented by the attorney general or some attorney designated by him to act, by any district attorney or by an attorney designated and employed by the department.

B. All criminal actions for violation of any provision of this act or any rules or regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be prosecuted by the district attorney of the district in which the offense was committed. The attorney general is authorized to assist in the conduct of any such prosecution if deemed necessary by him or by the district attorney, and the division is authorized to employ special counsel to assist in the prosecution, with the advice and consent of the district attorney and approved by the court. An authorized representative of the secretary may institute any such prosecution by the filing of a complaint or information in accordance with the laws of this state.

C. In addition to suits by civil action for the collection of contributions as authorized by Section 51-1-36 NMSA 1978 , the division may, in its own name, sue and may be sued by an employing unit or other proper party, in the manner provided by law for civil actions in the courts of this state including actions for declaratory judgments, where such action is necessary for the proper determination and enforcement of any right under this act; provided, that this shall not affect any administrative remedy or authority for judicial review contained in said act.

D. When contributions or payments in lieu of contributions imposed by the Unemployment Compensation Law have not been paid by an employer subject to that law, the division may institute an action in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-1-53 NMSA 1978 to ensure or compel payment of delinquent contributions or payments in lieu of contributions.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-17
§ 6-6-17. Current year same as fiscal year
Status: in_force

The current year for the purpose of Sections 6-6-11 , 6-6-13 to 6-6-16 NMSA 1978 inclusive shall be construed to mean the fiscal year as defined in Section 6-10-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 73-17-15 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 17 / Section 73-17-15
§ 73-17-15. Correction of faulty notices
Status: in_force

A. In any and every case where a notice is provided for in this act, if the court finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated, but the court shall in that case order due notice to be given, and shall continue the hearing until such time as notice shall be properly given and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.

B. In case any particular appraisal or appraisals, assessment or assessments, levy or levies, shall be held void for want of legal notice, or in case the board shall determine that any notice with reference to any land or lands may be faulty, then the board may file a motion in the original cause asking that the court order notice to be given to the owner of such land or lands, and the court shall set a time for hearing as provided in this act. And in case the original notice as a whole shall be held to be sufficient, but faulty only with reference to publication as to certain particular lands, in such case only the owners of and persons interested in such particular lands need be notified by such subsequent notice, and if the publication of any notice in any court shall be held to be defective or not made in time, publication of the defective notice need be had only in the county in which the defect occurred.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6A / Section 18-6A-2
§ 18-6A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Cultural Properties Protection Act:

A. “ committee ” means the cultural properties review committee;

B. “ cultural property ” means a structure, place, site or object having historic, archaeological, scientific, architectural or other cultural significance;

C. “ division ” means the historic preservation division of the cultural affairs department;

D. “ fund ” means the cultural properties restoration fund;

E. “ interpretation ” means the inventory, registration, mapping and analysis of cultural properties and public educational programs designed to prevent the loss of cultural properties;

F. “ officer ” means the state historic preservation officer;

G. “ preservation ” means sustaining the existing form, integrity and material of a cultural property or the existing form and vegetative cover of a cultural property and may include protective maintenance or stabilization where necessary in the case of archaeological sites;

H. “ professional survey ” means an archaeological or architectural survey;

I. “ protection ” means safeguarding the physical condition or environment of a cultural property from deterioration or damage caused by weather or other natural, animal or human intrusions;

J. “ restoration ” means recovering the general historic appearance of a cultural property or the form and details of an object or structure by removing incompatible natural or human-caused accretions and replacing missing elements as appropriate;

K. “ stabilization ” means reestablishing the structural stability or weather-resistant condition of a cultural property or arresting deterioration that may lead to structural failure;

L. “ state agency ” means a department, agency, institution or political subdivision of the state; and

M. “ state land ” means property owned, controlled or operated by a state agency.
N.M. Stat. § 3-18-16 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 3-18-16
§ 3-18-16. Markets and market places
Status: in_force

A municipality may establish and regulate municipal markets and market places.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-15
§ 3-60A-15. Exercise of powers in carrying out projects
Status: reserved

A. A local government may directly exercise its metropolitan redevelopment project powers or it may, by ordinance if it determines such action to be in the public interest, elect to delegate the exercise of such powers to the metropolitan redevelopment agency created pursuant to the Redevelopment Law. If the local government so determines, the agency shall be vested with all of the powers in the same manner as though all the powers were conferred on the agency or authority instead of the local government.

B. As used in this section, the term “ redevelopment project powers ” includes any rights, powers, functions and duties of a local government authorized by the Redevelopment Law except the following, which are reserved to the local government, the power to:

(1) declare an area to be a slum or a blighted area or combination thereof and to designate the area as appropriate for a redevelopment project;

(2) approve or amend redevelopment plans;

(3) approve a general plan for the local government as a whole;

(4) make findings of necessity prior to preparation of a metropolitan redevelopment plan as provided in the Redevelopment Law and the findings and determinations required prior to approval of a metropolitan redevelopment plan or project as provided in the Redevelopment Law;

(5) issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds as authorized by law;

(6) issue redevelopment bonds; and

(7) appropriate funds and levy taxes and assessments.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-301 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-301
§ 66-3-301. Registration by nonresidents
Status: in_force

A. Any nonresident owner of a vehicle of a type otherwise subject to registration may use or permit the use of the vehicle within the state for a period of one hundred eighty days without registering his vehicle, but any vehicle so used must display current registration plates issued for the vehicle in the state where the owner resides.

B. Any person gainfully employed within the boundaries of this state for a period of thirty days or more within a sixty-day period shall be presumed to be a resident of this state.

C. Notwithstanding the fact of their employment, the following are not required to register their vehicles if they display current registration plates issued for the vehicle in the state where the owner resides:

(1) nonresident students engaged in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning located within this state, and the vehicle displays a valid nonresident student sticker issued by the institution which they attend; or

(2) a nonresident owner gainfully employed within the boundaries of this state who uses his vehicle to commute daily from his home in another state to and from his place of employment within this state. The provisions of this paragraph apply only if the state in which the owner resides extends like privileges to New Mexico residents gainfully employed within the boundaries of that state.

D. A nonresident owner of a foreign vehicle operated within this state for the transportation of persons or property for compensation or for the transportation of merchandise either regularly according to a schedule or for a consecutive period exceeding thirty days shall register the vehicle and pay the same fees as required with reference to like vehicles owned by residents of this state. This subsection shall not be construed as limiting the effect of validly entered reciprocal agreements between New Mexico and other states or of proportional registration provided for in Section 66-3-4 NMSA 1978 .

E. Every nonresident including any foreign corporation carrying on business within this state and owning and regularly operating in that business any vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, house trailer or pole trailer within the state shall register each vehicle and pay the same fees as required with reference to like vehicles owned by residents of this state.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-38-14 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 38 / Section 59A-38-14
§ 59A-38-14. Venue of action
Status: in_force

Actions against the attorney-in-fact or underwriters of a domestic Lloyds Plan insurance operation may be brought either in the county in which the person or property insured is resident or located, or in which the attorney-in-fact has his principal office or place of business in this state.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-23 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-23
§ 66-3-23. Notice of change of address or name
Status: in_force

A. Whenever any person after making application for or obtaining the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title moves from the address named in the application or shown upon a registration card or certificate of title, he shall, within ten days thereafter, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, notify the division in writing of his old and new addresses or by electronic media pursuant to department regulations.

B. Whenever the name of any person who has made application for or obtained the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title is changed by marriage or otherwise, the person shall, within ten days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, make application for a new certificate of title and registration to the division. The division may require such evidence as it deems satisfactory regarding the change of name.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1J-4 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1J / Section 24-1J-4
§ 24-1J-4. County and tribal health councils; designation
Status: in_force

A. Residents of a jurisdiction may create a county or tribal health council to carry out the provisions of the County and Tribal Health Councils Act; provided that:

(1) a board shall recognize only a single health council for its jurisdiction; and

(2) two or more boards may collaborate to recognize a common, single health council representing two or more jurisdictions.

B. A board shall recognize only a county or tribal health council whose members represent a diverse spectrum of community interests, including individuals and public, private and nonprofit entities.

C. Members of a health council shall elect from among themselves a chair for a term designated by the health council.

D. Health council members shall not be paid, but they may receive per diem and mileage expenses as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act 1 .
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-24 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-24
§ 53-11-24. Fractional shares
Status: in_force

A. A corporation may:

(1) issue fractions of a share, either represented by a certificate or uncertificated;

(2) arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by those entitled thereto;

(3) pay in money the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined; or

(4) issue scrip in registered or bearer form which shall entitle the holder to receive a certificate for a full share or an uncertificated full share upon the surrender of such scrip aggregating a full share.

B. A certificate for a fractional share or an uncertificated fractional share shall, but scrip shall not unless otherwise provided therein, entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, to receive dividends thereon and to participate in any of the assets of the corporation in the event of liquidation. The board of directors may cause scrip to be issued subject to the condition that it shall become void if not exchanged for certificates representing full shares or uncertificated full shares before a specified date, or subject to the condition that the shares for which the scrip is exchangeable may be sold by the corporation and the proceeds thereof distributed to the holders of the scrip, or subject to any other conditions which the board of directors may deem advisable.
N.M. Stat. § 68-2-27 — NM Code / Chapter 68 / Article 2 / Section 68-2-27
§ 68-2-27. Using false information to comply with the Forest Conservation Act
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to use false information or documentation to obtain any permit, license or other benefit under the Forest Conservation Act. Any person who is found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be sentenced according to Section 68-2-17 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 67-8-16 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 8 / Section 67-8-16
§ 67-8-16. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 67-8-15 through 67-8-21 NMSA 1978:

A. “ utility ” means publicly, privately and cooperatively owned utilities, without distinction, for the rendition of water, electric power, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, steam, fuel gas, telephone or telegraph service through a system of pipes or wires devoted to public utility service;

B. “ cost of relocation ” means the entire amount paid properly attributable to such relocation after deducting therefrom any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility;

C. “ commission ” means the state transportation commission;

D. “ public highway ” means any state highway or other public way in this state, including extensions thereof within urban areas, constructed in whole or in part with state aid and shall include any incorporated or related physical facilities for the handling of traffic and the right of way;

E. “ relocation ” means any horizontal or vertical movement of utility facilities intact and any protective measures taken or, where found by the commission to be necessary, the construction of new or additional facilities, with or without contemporaneous removal and salvage of old facilities, in this state including in any case adjustment or protection of connecting off-highway utility lines to the extent necessary;

F. “ federal-aid highways ” means all roads constructed in whole or in part with federal aid and includes the “interstate system”, the “primary system” and the “secondary system” in this state as designated by the commission; and

G. “ urban area ” means an area in this state including and adjacent to a municipality or other urban place having a population of five thousand or more, as determined by the latest available federal census, within reasonable boundaries fixed by the commission.