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N.M. Stat. § 14-14A-26 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 14A / Section 14-14A-26
§ 14-14A-26. Rules
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of state may adopt rules to implement the secretary's responsibilities pursuant to the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts. Rules adopted regarding the performance of notarial acts with respect to electronic records may not require, or accord greater legal status or effect to, the implementation or application of a specific technology or technical specification. The rules may:

(1) prescribe the manner of performing notarial acts regarding tangible and electronic records;

(2) include provisions to ensure that any change to or tampering with a record bearing a certificate of a notarial act is self-evident;

(3) include provisions to ensure integrity in the creation, transmittal, storage or authentication of electronic records or signatures;

(4) prescribe the process of granting or renewing a notary public commission;

(5) include provisions to prevent fraud or mistake in the performance of notarial acts;

(6) establish the process for approving and accepting surety bonds and other forms of assurance pursuant to Subsection D of Section 14-14A-20 NMSA 1978;

(7) provide for the administration of the examination pursuant to Subsection A of Section 14-14A-21 NMSA 1978 and the course of study pursuant to Subsection B of Section 14-14A-21 NMSA 1978; and

(8) provide for the administration of continuing legal education for notarial officers authorized to practice law in this state in collaboration with the board of bar commissioners of the state of New Mexico and pursuant to rules adopted by the board of bar commissioners of the state of New Mexico.

B. In adopting, amending or repealing rules about notarial acts with respect to electronic records, the secretary of state shall consider, so far as is consistent with the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts:

(1) the most recent standards regarding electronic records promulgated by national bodies, such as the national association of secretaries of state;

(2) standards, practices and customs of other jurisdictions that substantially enact the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts; and

(3) the views of governmental officials and entities and other interested persons.

C. The state ethics commission may adopt rules to implement the commission's responsibilities pursuant to the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts. The rules may:

(1) prescribe the process of submitting a complaint;

(2) provide for the administration of the adjudication of complaints;

(3) prescribe the procedure by which the state ethics commission shall handle complaints;

(4) prescribe the procedure the state ethics commission shall follow in approving a hearing officer's recommendation; and

(5) prescribe the procedure of appealing the state ethics commission's determination.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14D-12 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14D / Section 61-14D-12
§ 61-14D-12. Provisional permit
Status: in_force

A. An applicant for licensure who has passed the New Mexico state law and regulations examination may obtain a provisional permit to engage in the practice of athletic training; provided that the applicant meets all licensure requirements except for passing the national certification exam for athletic trainers. The applicant must provide proof of registration to take the national certification examination.

B. The provisional permit is valid until the results of the national certification examination have been received in the board office.

C. If the applicant should fail or not take the national certification examination, upon proof of re-registration for the national certification examination, the applicant will be issued a second provisional permit. No more than two provisional permits shall be issued to an individual.
N.M. Stat. § 21-7-28 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 21-7-28
§ 21-7-28. Creation of the Taos branch community college of the university of New Mexico
Status: in_force

On July 1, 2003, the “Taos branch community college” of the university of New Mexico is created.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-28 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-28
§ 2-7F-28. Representative district twenty-two
Status: in_force

Representative district twenty-two is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 551 through 559, 566, 570 through 580, 582, 595 through 597 and 603; and Torrance county precincts 1 through 5, 7 through 10, 14 through 17, 20 and 21.
N.M. Stat. § 22-2C-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 2C / Section 22-2C-5
§ 22-2C-5. Measuring and categorizing students' academic performance
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt the process and methodology for measuring students' academic performance. Academic performance shall be categorized by school and by the following subgroups:

A. ethnicity;

B. race;

C. limited English proficiency;

D. students with disabilities; and

E. poverty.
N.M. Stat. § 18-3A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 3A / Section 18-3A-1
§ 18-3A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 18, Article 3A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Natural History and Science Museum Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 65-3-4 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 3 / Section 65-3-4
§ 65-3-4. Regulations; inspections
Status: in_force

A. The secretary is directed to adopt in accordance with Section 65-1-10 NMSA 1978 necessary rules and regulations under the Motor Carrier Safety Act as they apply to motor carrier safety. Such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with or more stringent than applicable federal safety standards.

B. The department is authorized to inspect at the motor carrier's place of business those safety records required to be retained by the motor carrier pursuant to the provisions of the Motor Carrier Safety Act.
N.M. Stat. § 14-3-14 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-14
§ 14-3-14. Advisory groups
Status: in_force

The commission upon recommendation of the administrator may from time to time appoint advisory groups to more effectively obtain the best professional thinking of the bar, historians, political scientists, librarians, accountants, genealogists, patriotic groups, associations of public officials and other groups, on the steps to be taken with regard to any particular group or type of records.
N.M. Stat. § 61-29-17.2 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 29 / Section 61-29-17.2
§ 61-29-17.2. Unlicensed activity; civil penalty; administrative costs
Status: in_force

The commission may impose a civil penalty on any person who is found, through a court or administrative proceeding, to have acted in violation of Chapter 61, Article 29 NMSA 1978 in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation or, if the commission can so determine, in the amount of the total commissions received by the person for the unlicensed activity. The commission may assess administrative costs for any investigation and administrative or other proceedings against any such person. Any money collected by the commission under the provisions of this section shall be deposited into the real estate recovery fund.
N.M. Stat. § 24-5A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 5A / Section 24-5A-4
§ 24-5A-4. Vaccine purchasing fund
Status: in_force

A. The “vaccine purchasing fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of amounts reimbursed to the state by health insurers and group health plans pursuant to the Vaccine Purchasing Act and of appropriations from, and transfers made to, the fund. Money in the fund shall be expended only for the purposes specified in the Vaccine Purchasing Act, by warrant issued by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of health.

B. Money from the fund may be appropriated to the department to be expended only as authorized in Section 5 of the Vaccine Purchasing Act. 1

C. The fund shall be audited in the same manner as other state funds are audited, and all records of payments made from the fund shall be open to the public.

D. Any balance remaining in the fund shall not revert or be transferred to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year.

E. Money in the fund shall be invested by the state investment officer in accordance with the limitations in Article 12, Section 7 of the constitution of New Mexico . Income from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
N.M. Stat. § 50-1-5 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 1 / Section 50-1-5
§ 50-1-5. Inspections by director of the labor and industrial division; penalty for obstructing; notice; offenses of director or agents; penalties
Status: in_force

Said labor commissioner [director of the labor and industrial division] shall have the power to enter any store, factory, foundry, mill, office, workshop, mine or public or private works at any time during working hours and remain as long as necessary for the purpose of gathering facts and statistics contemplated by this act, and to examine safeguards and methods of protection from danger to employees, the sanitary conditions of the buildings and surroundings, and make a record thereof; and any owner, corporation, occupant or officer who shall refuse such entry to said labor commissioner [chief], his officers or agents, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars [($50.00)] nor more than five hundred dollars [($500)], or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Provided, that said labor commissioner [director] or his agent or agents, shall, upon entering any store, factory, foundry, mill, office, workshop, mine or any other public or private works, notify the owner, manager, superintendent or anyone in charge of such place of labor, of his intention to make such visit of inspection, and such owner, manager, superintendent or party in charge, shall have the right, either by himself or agent, to accompany such commissioner [director], or his agent or agents, during the entire time he spends upon such premises.

And, provided, further, that it shall be unlawful for any such labor commissioner [director], his agent or agents, during the term of office to which such commissioner [director] shall have been appointed, to either directly or indirectly, verbally or by written or printed matter, advocate the organization, or changes in organization, or the attempt at disorganization of labor organization or labor unions, or to officially do any act either for or against any political party in the state of New Mexico. Any commissioner [director], or his agent or agents who fail to give such notice of such visit, or refuses such owner, manager, superintendent or party in charge, or his agent, the right to accompany him at all times on visits of inspection, provided for herein, or who participates in the organization, changing or disorganization of the labor union or labor association, contrary to the provisions hereof, or who officially does any act for or against any political party in the state of New Mexico, during his term of office, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined any sum not less than fifty dollars [($50.00)] nor more than five hundred dollars [($500)], or [punished] by imprisonment in the county jail of not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-53 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-53
§ 73-8-53. Canvass of vote; declaration of dissolution; filing
Status: in_force

The votes cast at such election shall be canvassed at the time and in the manner prescribed by this act as applied to other elections herein mentioned; and if by such canvass it shall appear that a majority of the ballots cast at such election was in favor of dissolution, then it shall be the duty of the board of directors to declare the district to be disorganized; and the board shall certify to the county clerk [clerks] of the respective counties in which the district is situated, the number of signatures to the petition, the date when the election was held, the number of votes cast for and against the proposition and the result of the canvass as declared by the board; which certificate shall be signed by the president and secretary of the board, and authenticated by the seal of the district. Such certificate shall be recorded by the county clerks of the respective counties above mentioned.

Should it appear as the result of such canvass that a majority of the votes cast at such election were against dissolution, then the board of directors shall declare the proposition lost, and shall cause the result as thus ascertained and declared, and the vote cast, to be made a part of the records of the district.
N.M. Stat. § 30-4-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 4 / Section 30-4-1
§ 30-4-1. Kidnapping
Status: in_force

A. Kidnapping is the unlawful taking, restraining, transporting or confining of a person, by force, intimidation or deception, with intent:

(1) that the victim be held for ransom;

(2) that the victim be held as a hostage or shield and confined against his will;

(3) that the victim be held to service against the victim's will; or

(4) to inflict death, physical injury or a sexual offense on the victim.

B. Whoever commits kidnapping is guilty of a first degree felony, except that he is guilty of a second degree felony when he voluntarily frees the victim in a safe place and does not inflict physical injury or a sexual offense upon the victim.
N.M. Stat. § 3-45-9 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 45 / Section 3-45-9
§ 3-45-9. Operation not for profit
Status: in_force

It is declared to be the policy of this state that each city shall manage and operate its housing projects and affordable housing programs in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations and that no city shall construct or operate any housing project for profit. To this end, a city shall set the rental rates for dwellings in the housing projects it manages and operates at no higher rates than it finds to be necessary in order to produce revenues that, together with any grants or subsidies from the federal government or other sources for housing projects, will be sufficient:

A. to pay, as they become due, the principal and interest on the bonds or other obligations of the city issued under the Municipal Housing Law;

B. to meet the cost of and to provide for maintaining and operating the housing projects and affordable housing programs, including the cost of any insurance, the administrative expenses of the city incurred in connection with the housing projects and affordable housing programs and the funding of any operational reserves as the authority deems appropriate;

C. to fund such reserves to secure the payment of its bonds as the authority deems appropriate or convenient; and

D. to allow private, profit-making entities to enter into agreements with the authority, and such agreements shall not be deemed to affect the nonprofit status of the authority or conflict with the intent of the creation of the authority.
N.M. Stat. § 3-16-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 3-16-16
§ 3-16-16. City and county property vests in combined organization
Status: in_force

If there is a city and county consolidation, all property, real, personal or mixed, belonging to the city or county shall vest in and become the property of the combined municipal organization government immediately when the combined municipal organization government becomes operative.
N.M. Stat. § 73-14-22 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 14 / Section 73-14-22
§ 73-14-22. Board of directors; apportionment
Status: in_force

The representation on the board of directors of the conservancy district shall be apportioned as follows:

A. three members shall be elected from and by the qualified electors of the most populous county within the conservancy district;

B. one member each shall be elected from and by the qualified electors of those portions of each of the remaining counties in the conservancy district; and

C. one member shall be elected from and by the qualified electors of the conservancy district at large.
N.M. Stat. § 30-22-1 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 22 / Section 30-22-1
§ 30-22-1. Resisting, evading or obstructing an officer
Status: in_force

Resisting, evading or obstructing an officer consists of:

A. knowingly obstructing, resisting or opposing any officer of this state or any other duly authorized person serving or attempting to serve or execute any process or any rule or order of any of the courts of this state or any other judicial writ or process;

B. intentionally fleeing, attempting to evade or evading an officer of this state when the person committing the act of fleeing, attempting to evade or evasion has knowledge that the officer is attempting to apprehend or arrest him;

C. willfully refusing to bring a vehicle to a stop when given a visual or audible signal to stop, whether by hand, voice, emergency light, flashing light, siren or other signal, by a uniformed officer in an appropriately marked police vehicle; or

D. resisting or abusing any judge, magistrate or peace officer in the lawful discharge of his duties.

Whoever commits resisting, evading or obstructing an officer is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 73-9-19 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 9 / Section 73-9-19
§ 73-9-19. Bonds; how paid; liens
Status: in_force

Any and all bonds issued under the provisions of this act, and the interest coupons attached thereto, shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual ad valorem assessment and levy upon all of the real property within the district, which real property shall be and remain liable to be assessed for the payment of such bonds until such bonds, both principal and interest, are fully paid, and said assessment shall be made, levied and collected in the same manner as are general county and state taxes. Said bonds, interest coupons and the assessments made for their payment shall be and remain a perpetual lien upon all of the real property located within said district until said bonds and all interest coupons thereto appurtenant have been paid in full. The sale of any land within the district for general or other taxes [shall] in no manner divest said real property so sold of the lien of said bonds, interest coupons and assessments.
N.M. Stat. § 3-14-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 14 / Section 3-14-17
§ 3-14-17. Commission-manager; referendum; subjects petition; election; effect; repeal of emergency measure
Status: repealed

A. If within thirty days following the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, a petition, signed by the qualified electors in a number more than twenty percent of the average number of voters who voted at the previous four regular municipal elections or more than twenty percent of the number of voters who voted at the previous regular municipal election, whichever is the greater, is presented to the commission asking that the ordinance or resolution in question be submitted to a special election for its adoption or rejection, the ordinance or resolution shall become ineffective upon verification of the petition and the commission shall within ten days of verification adopt a resolution calling for the holding of a special election on the measure within ninety days of the verification of the petition.

B. The ballot shall contain the text of the ordinance or resolution in question. Below the text shall be the phrases:

“For the above measure”, and

“Against the above measure”,

followed by spaces for marking the ballot with a cross or check or other mark necessary for proper counting of the ballot, in order to cast a vote for the phrase desired. If a majority of the votes cast favor the measure, it shall take effect immediately. If a majority of the votes cast are against the measure, it shall not take effect.

C. If an ordinance or resolution is an emergency measure, it shall go into effect immediately, but it may be repealed by an adverse majority at a referendum election.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-27 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-27
§ 6-10-27. Provisions inapplicable to permanent and certain other funds
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 6-10-25 and 6-10-26 NMSA 1978 , shall not apply to the investment of permanent funds or the income derived therefrom nor to the investment of funds otherwise authorized by law.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 8F / Section 2-8F-4
§ 2-8F-4. Elections; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. Members of the senate shall be elected for terms of four years.

B. If a vacancy occurs in the office of senator for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled as follows:

(1) for a senate district that is situated wholly within the exterior boundaries of a single county, the board of county commissioners of that county shall appoint the senator to fill the vacancy; and

(2) for a senate district situated within two or more counties:

(a) the board of county commissioners of each county in the senate district shall submit one name to the governor; and

(b) the governor shall appoint the senator to fill the vacancy from the list of names so submitted.

C. All appointments to fill vacancies in the senate shall be for a term ending on December 31 subsequent to the next succeeding general election, at which general election a person shall be elected to fill the remainder of any unexpired term.

D. An appointment to fill a vacancy made before the general election of 2024 shall be made from the district as it was described in Section 2-8E-1 NMSA 1978 , as established by the court in Egolf v. Duran , D-101-CV-2011-02942 (1st Dist. Ct., Judgement and Final Order (State Senate Trial) filed January 25, 2012). On or after the general election of 2024, a vacancy shall be filled by appointment from the district as set out in the 2021 Senate Redistricting Act.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-17
§ 22-8-17. Program cost determination; required information
Status: in_force

A. The program cost for each school district and charter school shall be determined by the department in accordance with the provisions of the Public School Finance Act.

B. The department is authorized to require from each school district and charter school the information necessary to make an accurate determination of the district's or charter school's program cost.
N.M. Stat. § 73-10-47 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 10 / Section 73-10-47
§ 73-10-47. Employees' pensions; group insurance; employers' liability insurance
Status: in_force

Any irrigation district is authorized to create out of its general funds a fund to pension old or incapacitated employees, to make reasonable reservations out of wages and salaries of employees for creation, augmentation or support of such a fund and to provide out of its general fund or any other fund created for such purpose, the premiums for group insurance or for employers' liability insurance now required by the laws of New Mexico or which hereafter may be required by said laws.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4D-6 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4D / Section 13-4D-6
§ 13-4D-6. Notice to employers; publication of programs
Status: in_force

A. An employer's contribution requirement under the provisions of the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act shall be included with all minimum wage determinations issued by the labor and industrial division of the labor department on all public works construction projects. The director shall also provide the contribution rate for approved apprentice and training programs, and that information shall be part of the public works construction projects.

B. The labor and industrial division of the labor department shall publish a list of approved apprentice and training programs in New Mexico.