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N.M. Stat. § 18-10-3 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 10 / Section 18-10-3
§ 18-10-3. Abandonment of property
Status: in_force

A. Property on loan to a museum shall be deemed abandoned:

(1) if, since the expiration date of the loan, seven years have passed with no written notice of termination of the loan from the lender to the museum; or

(2) if the loan has no expiration date, at least seven years have passed since the loan was made and the lender has failed to respond to written notice from the museum.

B. A museum shall acquire title to property deemed to be abandoned by providing the lender with a notice of abandonment. If no valid claim has been made for the property within sixty-five days from the date of notice of abandonment, title to the property shall vest in the museum free of all claims of the lender and all persons claiming on behalf of the lender.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13-6-1 and 13-6-2 NMSA 1978 , property acquired by a museum through abandonment procedures established in the Abandoned Cultural Properties Act may be kept by the museum, may be sold, with the proceeds going to the museum, or may be destroyed. The museum shall notify the state auditor or, in the case of private museums, the governing authority of the museum regarding the disposition of all abandoned property.
N.M. Stat. § 61-12C-24 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12C / Section 61-12C-24
§ 61-12C-24. Suspension, revocation and reinstatement of licenses
Status: in_force

A. Pursuant to the Uniform Licensing Act, the board may take disciplinary action against an individual licensed pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act.

B. The board has authority to take an action set forth in Section 61-1-3 NMSA 1978 upon a finding by the board that the licensee:

(1) is guilty of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;

(2) attempted to use as the licensee's own the license of another;

(3) allowed the use of the licensee's license by another;

(4) has been adjudicated as mentally incompetent by regularly constituted authorities;

(5) has been convicted of a crime that substantially relates to the qualifications, functions or duties of a massage therapist. A copy of the record of conviction, certified by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, is conclusive evidence of conviction;

(6) is guilty of unprofessional or unethical conduct or a violation of the code of ethics;

(7) is habitually or excessively using controlled substances or alcohol;

(8) is guilty of false, deceptive or misleading advertising;

(9) is guilty of aiding, assisting or advertising an unlicensed individual in the practice of massage therapy;

(10) is grossly negligent or incompetent in the practice of massage therapy;

(11) has had a license to practice massage therapy revoked, suspended or denied in any jurisdiction, territory or possession of the United States or another country for acts of the licensee similar to acts described in this section. A certified copy of the record of conviction shall be conclusive evidence of the conviction; or

(12) is guilty of failing to comply with a provision of the Massage Therapy Practice Act or rules of the board adopted pursuant to that act and filed in accordance with the State Rules Act.

C. Disciplinary proceedings may be instituted by sworn complaint of any individual, including members of the board, and shall conform with the provisions of the Uniform Licensing Act.

D. The board shall establish the guidelines for the disposition of disciplinary cases. Guidelines may include minimum and maximum fines, periods of probation, conditions of probation or reissuance of a license.

E. Licensees who have been found culpable and sanctioned by the board shall be responsible for the payments of all costs of the disciplinary proceedings.
N.M. Stat. § 20-5-3 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 5 / Section 20-5-3
§ 20-5-3. Composition; enlistment; appointment
Status: in_force

A. The state defense force shall consist of persons eighteen years or older voluntarily appointed or voluntarily enlisted therein and such additional members of the unorganized militia as therein may be appointed, enlisted, enrolled or inducted as provided by law.

B. The officers of the state defense force shall be appointed by the governor and serve at the governor's pleasure. They shall be chosen from the public and private leadership bases within local communities so as to best enable the community to efficiently muster and lead its people and protect its assets and well-being.
N.M. Stat. § 12-3-7 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 12-3-7
§ 12-3-7. Spanish language salute to the state flag
Status: in_force

The official Spanish language salute to the state flag is: Saludo la bandera del estado de Nuevo Méjico, el simbolo zia de amistad perfecta, entre culturas unidas.
N.M. Stat. § 16-3-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 3 / Section 16-3-7
§ 16-3-7. Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

Each person is guilty of a misdemeanor who shall:

A. willfully mutilate, deface or destroy any guidepost, notice, tablet, fence or other work which is for the protection or ornamentation of any state trail;

B. place along any trail or affix to any object in the right-of-way, without a written license from the secretary, any word, character or device designed to advertise any business, trade, profession, article, thing, matter or event; or

C. violate any rule or regulation adopted by the secretary in accordance with the State Rules Act to regulate the use of and prevent damage to lands within and adjacent to the state trails system.
N.M. Stat. § 31-26-6 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 26 / Section 31-26-6
§ 31-26-6. When rights and duties take effect; termination of rights and duties
Status: in_force

The rights and duties established pursuant to the provisions of the Victims of Crime Act take effect when an individual is formally charged by a district attorney for allegedly committing a criminal offense against a victim. Those rights and duties remain in effect until final disposition of the court proceedings attendant to the charged criminal offense.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7F-2 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7F / Section 10-7F-2
§ 10-7F-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Hazardous Duty Officers' Employer-Employee Relations Act:

A. “ compelled statement ” means a statement provided by an officer to the officer's employer if the statement is compelled under threat of dismissal from employment or any other employment sanction;

B. “ emergency medical technician ” means an individual who has been licensed by the department of health as an emergency medical technician;

C. “ firefighter ” means an individual who is employed as a non-volunteer firefighter and who has taken the oath prescribed for firefighters;

D. “ hazardous duty officer ” or “ officer ” means an individual who is employed full time by the state or a political subdivision of the state as a firefighter, emergency medical technician or paramedic, provided that “hazardous duty officer” does not include an individual who has not completed the probationary period established by the individual's employer as a condition of employment; and

E. “ paramedic ” means an individual who has been licensed by the department of health as a paramedic.
N.M. Stat. § 56-8-2 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 8 / Section 56-8-2
§ 56-8-2. Denominations to be reduced to lawful basis in actions
Status: in_force

The above section shall not in any manner affect any demand in money of another denomination, but such demand in any suit or proceeding affecting the same shall be reduced to the above denomination.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2D-9 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2D / Section 27-2D-9
§ 27-2D-9. Satisfactory participation
Status: in_force

A. To maintain satisfactory participation in the education works program, a recipient shall be a full-time student as defined by the school that the recipient attends.

B. A recipient may demonstrate good cause for failure to maintain satisfactory participation in the education works program, and must work with the department to address the barrier, in any month of participation for the following reasons:

(1) extended illness or injury of the recipient;

(2) the recipient is the primary caretaker for a special needs child or an ill or aging parent; or

(3) the recipient has been assessed to have a learning disability or a mental or physical health problem.

C. If a recipient falls below the academic standard of the school in one academic term, he shall be placed on probationary status for one academic term to improve his grades. If a recipient's overall grade point average falls below 2.0 based on a four-point system, the department shall place him on probation for a maximum of two academic terms to allow him to bring up his overall grade point average.

D. A recipient shall:

(1) attend classes as scheduled and participate as required by the standard of the school;

(2) report to the department a change that may affect the benefit group's eligibility for or anything that may affect the recipients ability to participate in the education works program;

(3) provide the department with copies of any financial aid award letters; and

(4) provide the department with copies of his grades as they become available.

E. If a recipient does not comply with Subsection C of this section or with the provisions of the Education Works Act, the department may require the recipient to apply for public assistance pursuant to the New Mexico Works Act. This decision shall be made in writing and the recipient shall have the opportunity to appeal the decision.
N.M. Stat. § 5-4-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 5-4-2
§ 5-4-2. Dedication of lands and buildings as playgrounds and recreation centers
Status: in_force

The governing body of such municipality or county may dedicate and set apart for use as playgrounds, recreation centers, zoos and other recreation purposes, any lands or buildings, or both, owned or leased by such municipality or county, and not dedicated or devoted to another or inconsistent public use; and authorized or provided by law for the acquisition of lands or buildings for public purposes by such municipality or county, acquire or lease lands or buildings, or both, within or beyond the constituted limits of such municipality or county, for playgrounds, recreation centers, zoos and other public recreational purposes, and when the governing body of the city, town or county, so dedicates, sets apart, acquires or leases lands or buildings for such purposes, it may provide for their conduct, equipment and maintenance according to the provisions of this act, by making an appropriation from the general municipality or county funds.
N.M. Stat. § 31-30-6 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 30 / Section 31-30-6
§ 31-30-6. Application requirements
Status: in_force

A. Each application for a grant from the violence intervention program fund shall include:

(1) clearly defined, measurable objectives for a proposal to improve public health and safety through evidence-based violence reduction interventions;

(2) a comprehensive violence reduction strategic plan, including consistent quality improvement and quality assurance measures, and a description of the strategies and tasks developed by a state agency, county, municipality or tribal government describing the goals of the plan, including community-based services or joint community-based services and law enforcement intervention strategies;

(3) a description of how a grant award would be used if awarded; and

(4) a list of community-based service providers in the locally focused geographic area in which the grant funds would be used, including those with an expressed commitment to participating in a violence intervention program.

B. The commission shall provide state agencies, counties, municipalities and tribal governments with data relevant to grant applications.

C. An applicant shall notify the appropriate criminal justice coordinating council established pursuant to Section 31-28-3 NMSA 1978 of its grant application.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9E-1 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9E / Section 63-9E-1
§ 63-9E-1. Pay telephones; credit cards for intrastate telephone calls
Status: in_force

Every privately owned, instrument implemented coin or coinless telephone capable of reselling public telecommunications services in New Mexico must be able to accept for intrastate telephone calls the same credit card accounts accepted for such calls at any pay telephone owned by a local exchange company operating in the same area.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-53-4 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 53 / Section 59A-53-4
§ 59A-53-4. Criteria for determination of needs; municipal fire department
Status: in_force

A. In making the determination of needs pursuant to Section 59A-53-3 NMSA 1978 , the marshal shall first determine that each municipality to be certified has maintained an official fire department created by and regulated in accordance with a duly enacted ordinance for a period of at least one year prior to the date of certification and possesses fire equipment and apparatus in serviceable condition to respond to a fire incident. The marshal shall also determine the number of fire stations and substations to be certified and shall certify to the state treasurer the amount to be distributed to each municipality for the purpose of maintaining each fire station and each substation, if any, that meets the requirements of the marshal and the requirements of this section. Unless adjusted pursuant to Section 59A-53-5.1 NMSA 1978 , the amounts distributed in a fiscal year for a class insurance rating shall equal the following:

class

main station

substation

number 1

$ 82,592

$ 30,606

number 2

77,086

28,780

number 3

70,919

26,724

number 4

64,751

24,667

number 5

61,667

22,612

number 6

58,584

20,555

number 7

55,501

19,530

number 8

52,418

18,502

number 9

39,058

15,425

number 10

34,944

none.

B. Any municipality may permit its fire department to service an area adjacent and contiguous to its corporate limits but within the corporate limits of another municipality or a county; provided that the other municipality or county by resolution or law duly adopted or enacted consents to the service and to the boundaries of the other area serviced. Before commencement of service, a plat showing the geographic limits and boundaries of the additional area to be serviced shall be filed with and approved by the marshal. A municipality may apply for fire protection fund eligibility for any fire station located within the additional area to be serviced.

C. Any municipality may apply for fire protection fund eligibility for a fire station located at a municipally owned airport, whether located outside or within its corporate limits.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-35 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-35
§ 53-8-35. Right to amend articles of incorporation
Status: in_force

A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation, from time to time, in any and as many respects as may be desired, so long as its articles of incorporation as amended contain only such provisions as are lawful under the Nonprofit Corporation Act.
N.M. Stat. § 10-10-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 10 / Section 10-10-1
§ 10-10-1. Creation of state government internship program
Status: in_force

There is established under the personnel board the office of inter-university and college training, to administer a program for securing, placing and training qualified university and college students who are New Mexico residents in positions within the state government.
N.M. Stat. § 24-8-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 8 / Section 24-8-5
§ 24-8-5. Prohibition against imposition of standards and requirements as prerequisites for receipt of requested family planning services
Status: in_force

Neither the state, its local governmental units nor any health facility furnishing family planning services shall subject any person to any standard or requirement as a prerequisite to the receipt of any requested family planning service except for:

A. a requirement of referral to a physician or a physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or certified nurse-midwife working within that person's scope of practice when the requested family planning service is something other than information about family planning or nonprescription items;

B. any requirement imposed by law or regulation as a prerequisite to the receipt of a family planning service; or

C. payment for the service when payment is required in the ordinary course of providing the particular service to the person involved.
N.M. Stat. § 50-1-3 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 1 / Section 50-1-3
§ 50-1-3. Powers and duties of director of the labor and industrial division
Status: in_force

Said commissioner [director of the labor and industrial division] shall inform himself of all laws of the state for the protection of life and limb in any of the industries of the state, all laws regulating the hours of labor, the employment of minors, the payment of wages and all other laws enacted for the protection, health and benefit of employees, and thereunder foster, promote and develop the welfare of wage earners, advance opportunities for profitable employment; require, acquire and disseminate useful information on all subject [subjects] connected with labor, and assist in the enforcement of the workman's compensation laws and the employers' liability acts of the state. He shall have the power and authority, when in his judgment he deems it necessary, to take assignment of wage claims and prosecute actions for collection of wages or other claims or demands of employees or ex-employees, who are financially unable to employ counsel in cases in which in the judgment of the commissioner [director] such claims and demands are valid and enforceable in the courts. It shall be the duty of said labor commissioner to enforce all labor laws in the state of New Mexico, the enforcement of which is not specifically and exclusively vested in any other officer, board or commission, state or federal, and whenever after due inquiry, he shall be satisfied that any such law has been violated or that any employee or ex-employee financially unable to employ counsel, has a just, valid and enforceable claim for wages or other claims or demands, he shall present the facts to the district attorney of the county in which such violation occurred or wage claim accrued, and it shall be the duty of such district attorney to prosecute the same. Said labor commissioner shall also prosecute claims arising as between employment agencies and those seeking employment when in his judgment they are valid and enforceable in the courts.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-38-5 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 38 / Section 59A-38-5
§ 59A-38-5. Surplus required
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall not issue or continue a certificate of authority as to a Lloyds Plan underwriters under this article unless it has initially and thereafter maintained a surplus, over all liabilities, of admitted assets in amount of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The initial such surplus as contributed to the attorney-in-fact shall consist of cash or of securities approved by the superintendent, and shall include the amount of cash, securities, or surety bond deposited pursuant to Section 647 of this article.
N.M. Stat. § 1-16-9 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 16 / Section 1-16-9
§ 1-16-9. Ballot questions; single ballot; space on ballot
Status: in_force

A. Ballot questions submitted to the voters at any election shall be printed on one ballot only.

B. State ballot questions certified by the secretary of state shall be printed on the ballot as provided in the Election Code.

C. Local government ballot questions authorized by law shall be printed on the ballot of each county containing any precinct in which votes may be cast for or against the local government ballot question.

D. If, after printing any offices required to be elected and the state ballot questions certified by the secretary of state, there is insufficient space on a single-page ballot using both sides of the page to accommodate the various ballot questions submitted by local governments:

(1) priority for printing local government ballot questions shall be in the order the approved ballot questions were filed with the county clerk; provided that for multicounty jurisdictions, exclusion from one county's ballot excludes that local government ballot question from the ballot in all applicable counties;

(2) a local government ballot question that, based on the order received by the county clerk, would require the ballot to be on more than one page shall be included on the ballot only if the local government submitting the ballot question pays the additional costs of any subsequent ballot page; provided that if more than one local government submits ballot questions that would require the ballot to be on more than one page, those local governments shall share the additional costs of any subsequent ballot page;

(3) a single ballot that is printed on more than one page may permit voters to cast on the first page a vote for or against any local government ballot question printed on a subsequent ballot page; and

(4) regardless of the order in which local government ballot questions are filed with the county clerk, the ballot questions shall be printed on the ballot in the order provided in Section 1-10-8 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 1-6-10.1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-10.1
§ 1-6-10.1. Absentee ballot; delivery to county clerk
Status: in_force

A. A voter, caregiver to that voter or member of that voter's immediate family or household may deliver that voter's absentee ballot to the county clerk in person or by mail; provided that the voter has subscribed the official mailing envelope of the absentee ballot.

B. As used in this section, “ immediate family ” means the spouse, children, parents, domestic partner, grandchildren, grandparents or siblings of a voter or a person with whom the voter has a continuing personal relationship.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-45-10 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 45 / Section 59A-45-10
§ 59A-45-10. Delinquency charges
Status: in_force

A premium finance agreement may provide for the payment by the insured of a delinquency charge on each installment in default for a period of more than ten days and in an amount not to exceed five percent of each installment, or five dollars ($5.00), whichever is less, or in lieu thereof, interest after maturity of each such installment not to exceed the highest lawful contract rate; except that with respect to agreements financing coverages for other than personal, family or household purposes, the delinquency charge shall be an amount equal to five percent of the unpaid installment, but in no event more than five hundred dollars ($500). In addition, such contract may provide for the payment of an attorney's reasonable fee, where it is referred for collection to an attorney not a salaried employee of the person to whom the installment payment is due, and for court costs and disbursements.
N.M. Stat. § 74-4G-7 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 4G / Section 74-4G-7
§ 74-4G-7. Certificate of completion
Status: in_force

If the department determines that a participant has successfully complied with the voluntary remediation agreement and the site conditions meet applicable standards, the department shall issue the participant a certificate of completion.
N.M. Stat. § 34-5-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 34 / Article 5 / Section 34-5-10
§ 34-5-10. Transfer of cases on appeal
Status: in_force

No matter on appeal in the supreme court or the court of appeals shall be dismissed for the reason that it should have been docketed in the other court, but it shall be transferred by the court in which it is filed to the proper court. Any transfer under this section is a final determination of jurisdiction. Whenever either court determines it has jurisdiction in a case filed in that court and proceeds to decide the matter, that determination of jurisdiction is final. No additional fees or costs shall be charged when a case is transferred to another court under this section.