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N.M. Stat. § 1-8-8 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1-8-8
§ 1-8-8. Vacancy on general election ballot; occurring after primary
Status: in_force

A. If after a primary election, but ninety or more days before the general election, a vacancy occurs, for any cause, in the list of the nominees of a qualified political party for any public office to be filled in the general election, or a vacancy occurs because of the resignation or death of a person holding a public office not included in the secretary of state's general election proclamation and which office is required by law to be filled at the next succeeding general election, or a vacancy occurs because a new public office is created and was not included in the secretary of state's general election proclamation but is capable by law of being filled at the next succeeding general election, the vacancy on the general election ballot may be filled by:

(1) the central committee of the state political party filing the name of its nominee for the office with the proper filing officer when the office is a federal office, state office, district office or multicounty legislative district office; and

(2) the central committee of the county political party filing the name of its nominee for the office with the proper filing officer when the office is a magistrate office, county office or legislative district office where the district is entirely within the boundaries of a single county.

B. Appointments made pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall qualify pursuant to Section 1-8-18 NMSA 1978 .

C. The county or state central committee members making the appointment pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be as provided for in the rules of the respective party; provided that, at a minimum, the committee shall include those members residing within the boundaries of the area to be represented by the public office.

D. Appointments to fill vacancies in the list of a party's nominees shall be made and filed with the proper filing officer on or before the seventieth day prior to a general election using the form prescribed by the secretary of state, along with the declaration of candidacy form subscribed and sworn by the selected nominee and the form for candidates pursuant to the Campaign Reporting Act.

E. When the name of a nominee is filed as provided in this section, the name shall be placed on the general election ballot as the party's candidate for that office.
N.M. Stat. § 44-10-8 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 10 / Section 44-10-8
§ 44-10-8. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
Status: in_force

The Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c) , or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b) .
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-9 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-9
§ 72-20-9. Appointment of first board; initial management
Status: in_force

A. When the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act goes into effect, the governor shall forthwith appoint five qualified electors of the authority as the directors comprising the first board. They shall serve until their successors have been elected and qualified. Immediately upon their appointment, the five directors shall meet, qualify and choose officers, as provided for organizational meetings in Section 13 of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act.

B. Immediately following the appointment of the first board of directors, the management and administration of the authority may be performed by the southern Sandoval county arroyo flood control authority, for a reasonable fee, until the first board election for the authority is held. Subsequent to the election of the first board of the authority, the authority may enter into an agreement with the southern Sandoval county arroyo flood control authority for the continued management and administration of the authority.
N.M. Stat. § 33-3B-3 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 3B / Section 33-3B-3
§ 33-3B-3. Incarceration of felony offenders in county detention facilities; rate of reimbursement
Status: in_force

A. The distribution amount for each eligible county each fiscal year shall be derived by multiplying the total amount of money available in the fund for distribution pursuant to this section by the felony offender incarceration percentage for that county. The felony offender incarceration percentage shall be equal to a fraction:

(1) the numerator of which is the rolling average of the number of felony offenders incarcerated in an eligible county on June 30 of each of the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the distribution is to be made pursuant to Section 4 of the County Detention Facility Reimbursement Act; and

(2) the denominator of which is the rolling average of the number of felony offenders incarcerated in all eligible counties on June 30 of each of the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the distribution is to be made pursuant to Section 4 of the County Detention Facility Reimbursement Act.

B. Annually, on or before December 1, the New Mexico sentencing commission shall:

(1) determine the felony offender incarceration percentage for each eligible county;

(2) calculate the distribution amount for each eligible county by applying the formula in Subsection A of this section; and

(3) certify to the division the felony incarceration percentage and the distribution amount for each eligible county.
N.M. Stat. § 7-14-4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 14 / Section 7-14-4
§ 7-14-4. Determination of amount of motor vehicle excise tax
Status: in_force

The rate of the motor vehicle excise tax is four percent and is applied to the price paid for the vehicle. If the price paid does not represent the value of the vehicle in the condition that existed at the time it was acquired, the tax rate shall be applied to the reasonable value of the vehicle in such condition at such time. However, allowances granted for vehicle trade-ins may be deducted from the price paid or the reasonable value of the vehicle purchased.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-70 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-70
§ 7-38-70. Issuance of deeds as result of sale of real property for delinquent taxes; effect of deeds; limitation of action to challenge conveyance
Status: in_force

A. Upon receiving payment for real property sold for delinquent taxes, the division shall execute and deliver a deed to the purchaser.

B. If the real property was sold substantially in accordance with the Property Tax Code, the deed conveys all of the former property owner's interest in the real property as of the date the state's lien for real property taxes arose in accordance with the Property Tax Code, subject only to perfected interests in the real property existing before the date the property tax lien arose.

C. After two years from the date of sale, neither the former real property owner shown on the property tax schedule as the delinquent taxpayer nor anyone claiming through him may bring an action challenging the conveyance.

D. Subject to the limitation of Subsection C of this section, in all controversies and suits involving title to real property held under a deed from the state issued under this section, any person claiming title adverse to that acquired by the deed from the state must prove, in order to defeat the title, that:

(1) the real property was not subject to taxation for the tax years for which the delinquent taxes for which it was sold were imposed;

(2) the division failed to mail the notice required under Section 7-38-66 NMSA 1978 or to receive any required return receipt;

(3) he, or the person through whom he claims, had title to the real property at the time of the sale and had paid all delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs prior to the sale as provided in Subsection E of Section 7-38-66 NMSA 1978; or

(4) he, or the person through whom he claims, had entered into an installment agreement to pay all delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs prior to the sale as provided in Section 7-38-68 NMSA 1978 and that all payments due were made timely.
N.M. Stat. § 77-15-4 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 15 / Section 77-15-4
§ 77-15-4. Payment of cost of rodent pest repression
Status: in_force

On lands which are a part of any national forest, Indian reservation or other national reserve, rodent pest repression is to be carried on at the expense of the federal government. On state lands leased or sold under contract for which the purchaser has not yet obtained the title, rodent pest repression is to be prosecuted on a cooperative basis with such lessee or purchaser on such terms as may be agreed upon. All leases hereafter issued for state lands, and all contracts hereafter made for the sale of the state lands, shall provide that the lessee or purchaser shall be obligated to destroy the rodent pests upon such lands and upon failure to do so to pay the cost of rodent pest repression upon such lands by the state rodent force or the cooperative force provided for by this act, which cost shall not exceed ten cents ($.10) per acre for the infested areas of such lands.

Upon public lands of the United States or of the state, not included in reservations or covered by lease or contract, rodent pest repression shall be carried on and paid for out of the state and federal cooperative funds available as hereinbefore mentioned.

Upon privately owned lands rodent pest repression under this act shall be based on voluntary cooperation of owners, lessees or occupants; poison materials or prepared poison grain to be supplied to such cooperators at actual cost, payable to the state of New Mexico, and the moneys so received shall revert and be added to the said rodent pest fund.

Landowners may arrange with the state rodent inspector or assistant of the biological survey in charge of rodent pest repression in any part of the state for the destruction of rodents on their lands, under written agreement; provided, that the state shall be reimbursed for the actual cost of such treatment to be paid into the state treasury within thirty days after the presentation of the itemized account therefor by the foreman or person in charge of such work; and if not so paid such amount shall be a lien upon the said land. Provided, the amount of such lien shall not exceed ten cents ($.10) per acre for the infested areas treated.
N.M. Stat. § 72-17-98 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-98
§ 72-17-98. Securities and income therefrom exempt
Status: in_force

Securities issued hereunder and the income therefrom shall forever be and remain free and exempt from taxation by the state, the authority and any other public body, except transfer, inheritance and estate taxes.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-28 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-28
§ 10-11-28. State police member, correctional officer member and probation and parole officer member coverage plan 1; age and service requirements for normal retirement
Status: in_force

Under state police member, correctional officer member and probation and parole officer member coverage plan 1:

A. for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of credited service;

(2) age sixty-four years and eight or more years of credited service;

(3) age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of credited service;

(4) age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of credited service;

(5) age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of credited service;

(6) age sixty years and twenty or more years of credited service; or

(7) any age and twenty-five or more years of credited service; and

B. for a member who was not a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty years or older and five or more years of service credit; or

(2) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit.
N.M. Stat. § 24-15-5 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 15 / Section 24-15-5
§ 24-15-5. Penalty
Status: in_force

Any operator convicted of operating a ski lift or aerial passenger tramway without having obtained and kept in force an insurance policy as required by the Ski Safety Act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each day of illegal operation. The attorney general or the district attorney of the county where the ski area is located has the power to bring proceedings in the district court of the county in which the ski area is located to enjoin the operation of any ski lift or tramway being operated without a current insurance policy, in the amounts prescribed herein, being obtained and kept in force and covering the operator concerned.
N.M. Stat. § 31-16-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 16 / Section 31-16-10
§ 31-16-10. Counsel not subject to liability
Status: in_force

No attorney assigned or contracted with to perform services under the Indigent Defense Act shall be held liable in any civil action respecting his performance or nonperformance of such services.
N.M. Stat. § 3-16-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 3-16-10
§ 3-16-10. Pending cases in courts not to be affected by consolidation
Status: in_force

If there is a city and county consolidation, any civil or criminal case filed or pending, in any proper court at the time the combined municipal organization becomes effective, shall not be affected by the consolidation but shall continue and may be tried, dismissed or disposed of in the same manner as if the consolidation had not been made.
N.M. Stat. § 1-25-5 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 25 / Section 1-25-5
§ 1-25-5. Recall; responsibilities of petitioner
Status: in_force

The petitioner shall complete the following portions of the face sheet:

A. name of the named official;

B. name of the local jurisdiction in which the named official has been elected;

C. name of the individual, group or organization initiating the petition; and

D. the specific charges to support recall of the named official, which shall constitute malfeasance in office, misfeasance in office or violation of oath of office.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-64 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-64
§ 58-10-64. Redemption of savings accounts
Status: in_force

At any time funds are on hand for the purpose, an association may redeem, by lot or otherwise as determined by the board of directors, all or any part of any of its savings accounts on a dividend date by giving thirty days' notice by mail addressed to each affected account holder at his last address of record on the books of the association. No association shall redeem any of its savings accounts when the association is subject to receivership action or when it has applications for withdrawal which have been on file for more than thirty days and have not been reached for payment. The redemption price of savings accounts redeemed shall be the withdrawal value thereof. If the notice of redemption has been given, and if, on or before the redemption date, the funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside and continue to be available, dividends upon the accounts called for redemption shall cease to accrue from the dividend date specified as the redemption date, and all rights with respect to such accounts shall terminate after the redemption date except the right of the account holder of record to receive the redemption price.
N.M. Stat. § 7-24-8 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 24 / Section 7-24-8
§ 7-24-8. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 7-24-8 through 7-24-16 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Local Liquor Excise Tax Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-39 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-39
§ 21-8-39. Waste management education and research consortium created; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The “waste management education and research consortium” is created and shall be a division of New Mexico state university.

B. Participating institutions in the consortium shall be New Mexico state university, the university of New Mexico, New Mexico institute of mining and technology, Dine college, Sandia national laboratories and Los Alamos national laboratory. The purposes of the consortium are to:

(1) engage in theoretical and practical education of and research on environmental and natural resource issues;

(2) disseminate knowledge acquired through educational programs;

(3) provide assistance in efforts to address environmental and natural resource problems; and

(4) cooperate with state and federal agencies.

C. The board of regents of New Mexico state university shall prepare reports showing the progress and condition of the consortium as the board deems necessary. The reports of the consortium may be printed and distributed by the board as appropriate, and revenue from the sale of the reports shall be paid into the account of New Mexico state university.

D. The consortium may receive appropriations from the legislature through the board and may receive any or other items of value from public or private sources.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-30-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 30 / Section 59A-30-1
§ 59A-30-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 59A, Article 30 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “New Mexico Title Insurance Law”.
N.M. Stat. § 73-6-12 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 6 / Section 73-6-12
§ 73-6-12. Hearing and determination
Status: in_force

The court shall hear and determine whether or not the petition contains the signatures of twenty-five percent of the adult owners of lands within the said proposed district and who represent one-fourth in area of the lands proposed to be affected by said work and shall determine all questions of law arising on said contest. The district court in which such petition shall be filed or the judge thereof may adjourn the hearing from time to time for want of sufficient notice or to give time to prepare for trial or for other good cause.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-5-1 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 5 / Section 32A-5-1
§ 32A-5-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 32A, Article 5 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Adoption Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 22-10B-8 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10B / Section 22-10B-8
§ 22-10B-8. Teacher residency fund; created; purpose
Status: in_force

The “teacher residency fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations to the fund. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to implement the provisions of the Teacher Residency Act. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by warrants of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of public education or the secretary's authorized representative.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-75 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-75
§ 7-1-75. Assault and battery of a department employee
Status: in_force

Whoever assaults and batters or attempts to assault and batter an employee of the department acting within the scope of his employment shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned for not less than three days nor more than six months, or both, together with costs of prosecution. Jurisdiction over actions brought under this section is hereby granted to magistrate courts.
N.M. Stat. § 31-15-12 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 15 / Section 31-15-12
§ 31-15-12. Explanation of rights; waiver of counsel; application fee; indigency determination
Status: in_force

A. If any person charged with any crime or a delinquent act that carries a possible sentence of imprisonment appears in any court without counsel, the judge shall inform the person of the person's right:

(1) to confer with the district public defender; and

(2) if the person is financially unable to obtain counsel, to be represented by the district public defender at all stages of the proceedings against the person.

B. Following notification of any person under Subsection A of this section, the judge shall notify the district public defender and continue the proceedings until the person has applied with the district public defender.

C. A person shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of ten dollars ($10.00) at the time the person applies with the public defender for representation. The fee shall be deposited in the public defender automation fund. The public defender shall determine if the person is indigent and unable to pay the fee, subject to review by the court. When the person remains in custody and is unable to pay the fee, the court may waive payment of the fee. A child subject to the provisions of the Delinquency Act shall not be required to pay the application fee.

D. Peace officers shall notify the district public defender of any person not represented by counsel who is being forcibly detained and who is charged with, or under suspicion of, the commission of any crime that carries a possible sentence of imprisonment, unless the person has previously appeared in court upon that charge.

E. Any person entitled to representation by the district public defender may intelligently waive the right to representation. The waiver may be for all or any part of the proceedings. The waiver shall be in writing and countersigned by a district public defender.
N.M. Stat. § 73-2-32 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 2 / Section 73-2-32
§ 73-2-32. Disposition of fines
Status: in_force

All fines and forfeitures recovered for the use and benefit of any public ditch or acequia, shall be applied by the overseer [mayordomo or superintendent] to the improvements, excavation and bridges for the same, wherever it may be crossed by any public road where bridges may be necessary.
N.M. Stat. § 9-21-5 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 21 / Section 9-21-5
§ 9-21-5. Secretary of Indian affairs
Status: in_force

A. The chief executive and administrative officer of the department is the “secretary of Indian affairs”. The secretary shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The secretary shall hold the office at the pleasure of the governor and shall serve in the executive cabinet.

B. An appointed secretary shall serve and have all of the duties, responsibilities and authority of that office during the period of time prior to final action by the senate confirming or rejecting the secretary's appointment.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-7 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-7
§ 21-1-7. Removal of faculty members; compensation of secretary and treasurer restricted
Status: in_force

No member of the faculty of any state educational institution shall be removed during the term for which he is elected or appointed, except for cause, following notice and an opportunity for a hearing under rules adopted by the board of regents of his institution. No secretary or treasurer of any state educational institution except those supported in whole or in part by United States appropriation shall receive any compensation as secretary or treasurer.
N.M. Stat. § 74-4E-1 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 4E / Section 74-4E-1
§ 74-4E-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 74, Article 4E NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Hazardous Chemicals Information Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 25-2-1 — NM Code / Chapter 25 / Article 2 / Section 25-2-1
§ 25-2-1. Title of act
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the New Mexico Food Act.