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N.M. Stat. § 42-9-17 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 9 / Section 42-9-17
§ 42-9-17. Service of writ; seizure or levy; return; endorsements; garnishment of inaccessible property
Status: in_force

The manner of serving writs of attachment shall be as follows:

A. the writ or other lawful statement of the cause of action, shall be served on the defendant as an ordinary summons;

B. when lands or tenements or interests or estates in real estate whether legal or equitable are to be attached, the officer shall briefly describe the same in his return, and state that he attached all the right, title and interest of the defendant to the same, and shall moreover give notice to the actual occupants, if any there be;

C. when goods and chattels, moneys, effects, evidences of debt or other personal property are to be attached, the officer shall seize the same and keep them in his custody, if accessible, and if not accessible, he shall summon the person in whose hands they may be as garnishee. If the property to be attached is an intangible interest or right either legal or equitable in personal property in the possession of someone other than the defendant, the officer in whose hands the writ of attachment is placed shall endorse an entry thereon of his levy on all of the right, title and interest, legal or equitable, of the defendant in and to said personal property describing it, and shall forthwith serve a copy of the writ of attachment so endorsed upon the person in possession of said personal property in the same manner as summons are served, and if said property be in possession of a corporation incorporated under the laws of this state or any foreign corporation doing business in this state, a copy of the writ of attachment so endorsed shall be served on said corporation by delivering the same to the agent designated by said corporation upon whom process against the corporation may be served or said copy may be served upon said corporation as provided by law for the service of process upon corporations doing business in the state of New Mexico; if service cannot thus be made, such copy shall be served by leaving the same at the usual and most notorious place of doing business of such corporation in this state, which entry and service shall amount to and be considered a seizure of all the right, title and interest of defendant, legal or equitable, in and to the personal property so described, to all intent [intents] and purposes, and may be sold under execution;

D. if any provision of this section is inconsistent with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code 1 the code shall control.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-63 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-63
§ 19-7-63. Erroneous distribution to permanent fund
Status: in_force

Refunds shall be made hereunder, of any money erroneously distributed to any permanent fund, only out of that part of the state lands maintenance fund distributable to that beneficiary into whose permanent fund the erroneous distribution was made. Provided, however, in the event the fund distributable to a beneficiary for the current fiscal year is insufficient to pay an approved refund, a temporary loan may be made to that beneficiary from that part of the maintenance fund as represents receipts for fees and copies. Such loans are repayable from distributable funds allocated to the beneficiary for the following fiscal year.
N.M. Stat. § 7-7-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 7-7-16
§ 7-7-16. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Art Acceptance Act:

A. “board” means the board of regents of the museum of New Mexico;

B. “decedent” means the deceased individual;

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

D. “museum” means the museum of New Mexico;

E. “personal representative” means the executor or administrator of a decedent or, if no executor or administrator is appointed, qualified and acting, any person who has possession of any property of the decedent; and

F. “work of art” includes any painting, drawing, print, photograph, sculpture, carving, textile, basketry, artifact, natural specimen, rare book, authors' papers, objects of historical or technical interest or other article of intrinsic cultural value.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7E-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7E / Section 10-7E-1
§ 10-7E-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 10, Article 7E NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Public Employee Bargaining Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-5A-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 5A / Section 7-5A-6
§ 7-5A-6. Agreement requirements
Status: in_force

The secretary of taxation and revenue shall not enter into the agreement unless the agreement:

A. sets restrictions to achieve more uniform state tax rates by limiting:

(1) the number of member state tax rates;

(2) the application of maximums on the amount of member state taxes due on transactions; and

(3) the application of thresholds on the application of member state taxes;

B. establishes uniform standards for:

(1) sourcing transactions to taxing jurisdictions;

(2) administering exempt sales; and

(3) providing allowances that a seller can receive for bad debts;

C. requires member states to develop and adopt uniform definitions of sales tax and use tax terms that enable the member states to make policy choices consistent with the definitions;

D. provides for a certified automated system that allows a seller to register to collect and remit sales taxes and use taxes for each member state;

E. provides that registration with the certified automated system and the collection of a sales tax and a use tax in a member state will not be used to determine if the seller has a nexus with a member state for tax purposes;

F. provides for reduction of the burden of complying with local sales taxes and use taxes by:

(1) restricting variances between the member state and local tax bases;

(2) requiring each member state to administer the sales tax and use tax levied by a local jurisdiction within the member state so that a seller collecting and remitting the taxes will not be required to register or file a return with, remit funds to or be subject to an independent audit from a local taxing jurisdiction;

(3) restricting change in each local sales tax rate and use tax rate and setting an effective date for a change in the boundaries of a local taxing jurisdiction; and

(4) providing notice of a change in each local sales tax rate and use tax rate and of a change in the boundaries of a local taxing jurisdiction;

G. outlines monetary allowances provided by member states to sellers and certified service providers;

H. requires each state to certify compliance with the terms of the agreement before becoming a member state and to maintain compliance with provisions of the agreement pursuant to the law of the member state while a member state;

I. requires each member state to adopt a uniform policy for certified service providers that protects the privacy of consumers and maintains the confidentiality of tax information; and

J. provides for the appointment of an advisory council of private sector representatives and an advisory council of nonmember state representatives with which to consult with respect to the administration of the agreement.
N.M. Stat. § 27-15-1 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 15 / Section 27-15-1
§ 27-15-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Money Follows the Person in New Mexico Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 12-6-10 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-6-10
§ 12-6-10. Annual inventory
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of each agency shall, at the end of each fiscal year, conduct a physical inventory of movable chattels and equipment costing more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and under the control of the governing authority. This inventory shall include all movable chattels and equipment procured through the capital program fund under Section 15-3B-16 NMSA 1978 , which are assigned to the agency designated by the director of the facilities management division of the general services department as the user agency. The inventory shall list the chattels and equipment and the date and cost of acquisition. No agency shall be required to list any item costing five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less. Upon completion, the inventory shall be certified by the governing authority as to correctness. Each agency shall maintain one copy in its files. At the time of the annual audit, the state auditor shall ascertain the correctness of the inventory by generally accepted auditing procedures.

B. The official or governing authority of each agency is chargeable on the official's or authority's official bond for the chattels and equipment shown in the inventory.

C. The general services department shall establish standards, including a uniform classification system of inventory items, and promulgate rules concerning the system of inventory accounting for chattels and equipment required to be inventoried, and the governing authority of each agency shall install the system. A museum collection list or catalogue record and a library accession record or shelf list shall constitute the inventories of museum collections and library collections maintained by state agencies and local public bodies.

D. No surety upon the official bond of any officer or employee of any agency shall be released from liability until a complete accounting has been had. All official bonds shall provide coverage of, or be written in a manner to include, inventories.
N.M. Stat. § 18-8-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 8 / Section 18-8-6
§ 18-8-6. No power of eminent domain
Status: in_force

No property or right of access may be acquired under the New Mexico Prehistoric and Historic Sites Preservation Act through exercise of the state's power of eminent domain or other condemnation process.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7E-6 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7E / Section 10-7E-6
§ 10-7E-6. Rights of public employers
Status: in_force

Unless limited by the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or by other statutory provision, a public employer may:

A. direct the work of, hire, promote, assign, transfer, demote, suspend, discharge or terminate public employees;

B. determine qualifications for employment and the nature and content of personnel examinations;

C. take actions as may be necessary to carry out the mission of the public employer in emergencies; and

D. retain all rights not specifically limited by a collective bargaining agreement or by the Public Employee Bargaining Act.
N.M. Stat. § 6-8-22 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 8 / Section 6-8-22
§ 6-8-22. Disclosure of third-party marketers; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Neither the state investment council nor the state investment officer shall make any investment, other than investments in publicly traded equities or publicly traded fixed-income securities, unless the recipient of the investment discloses the identity of any third-party marketer who rendered services on behalf of the recipient in obtaining the investment and also discloses the amount of any fee, commission or retainer paid to the third-party marketer for the services rendered.

B. Information disclosed pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be included in the monthly reports of the state investment officer and the annual reports of the state investment council.

C. Any person who knowingly withholds information required by Subsection A of this section is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or by imprisonment for a definite term not to exceed eighteen months or both.

D. As used in this section, “ third-party marketer ” means a person who, on behalf of an investment fund manager or other person seeking an investment of public money and under a written or implied agreement, receives a fee, commission or retainer for such services from the person seeking an investment of public money.
N.M. Stat. § 3-51-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 51 / Section 3-51-2
§ 3-51-2. Finding and declaration of necessity
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that:

A. there exists in cities in the state of New Mexico serious conditions of congestion of street traffic, preventing free circulation of traffic, obstructing access to and use of both public and private property, increasing traffic hazards, impeding rapid and effective fighting of fires and the disposition of police forces and endangering the public peace, health and safety;

B. this condition is caused in substantial part by insufficiency of space or accommodations for the parking of motor vehicles off the public streets;

C. the installation of parking meters and the establishment of additional parking facilities, together with all undertakings incidental or advantageous thereto for the improvement of traffic control and regulation, are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired;

D. projects for such purposes will, in addition, confer special benefits on property within their environs; and

E. it is in the public interest that work on projects for such purposes be commenced as soon as possible in order to relieve traffic congestion; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-15
§ 7-27-15. Majority approval necessary for board action
Status: in_force

Any action taken hereunder by the state board of finance must be approved by a majority of its members.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7A-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7A / Section 10-7A-12
§ 10-7A-12. Division of funds as community property; notice requirement
Status: in_force

A court of competent jurisdiction, solely for the purposes of effecting a division of community property, may provide by appropriate order for a determination and division of a community interest in the deferred compensation plan provided for in the Deferred Compensation Act. Pursuant to such a court order a deferred compensation administrator shall provide notice, within ten days after a participating public employee files an application for a disbursement from the deferred compensation plan, to a former spouse who has a court-determined interest in a participating public employee's deferred compensation plan. The notice shall be sent to the last name and address the former spouse has filed with the administrator of the deferred compensation plan and shall include the schedule for and amounts of the disbursement and the address to which the participating public employee's disbursement will be sent.
N.M. Stat. § 6-18-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 18 / Section 6-18-16
§ 6-18-16. No action maintainable
Status: in_force

No action or proceeding, at law or in equity, to review any bond legislation, or to question the validity or enjoin the performance of any bond legislation, bond or act, or the issuance of any bond authorized by the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act, or for any other relief against the public body, the owners or holders of bonds or any party to any bond legislation, or against any acts or proceedings done or had under that act, whether based upon irregularities or jurisdictional defects, shall be maintained, unless commenced within thirty days after the initial authorization by the governing body of the bonds, or else be thereafter perpetually barred.
N.M. Stat. § 49-3-7 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 3 / Section 49-3-7
§ 49-3-7. Meetings of trustees; quorum; vacancies; expenditures; per diem for trustees in attendance
Status: in_force

That the regular meetings of the board of trustees shall be held on the second Monday of each alternate month. Special meetings may be held at any time on the call of the president of the board. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All vacancies of the board shall be filled by the remaining, qualified members thereof, the persons appointed to fill such vacancies, to hold their offices until the election and qualification of their successors. All expenses for holding elections under the provisions of this chapter and all expenses necessary and proper, incurred in the exercise of the powers herein conferred, may be paid by the board of trustees out of any funds belonging to the said community lands of the people of Chaperito, and such members of the board of trustees shall be entitled to receive the sum of two dollars ($2.00) per day for attending regular meetings, which amount may be paid by the board of trustees out of the funds belonging to the said community lands.
N.M. Stat. § 7-8A-31 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 8A / Section 7-8A-31
§ 7-8A-31. Severability clause
Status: in_force

If any provision of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995) or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of that act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of the act are severable.
N.M. Stat. § 15-5A-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 15 / Article 5A / Section 15-5A-7
§ 15-5A-7. Arts and cultural district fund established
Status: in_force

The “arts and cultural district fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests. The fund shall be administered by the cultural affairs department, and money in the fund is appropriated to the cultural affairs department to carry out the provisions of the Arts and Cultural District Act. Money in the fund shall be disbursed on warrants signed by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of cultural affairs or the secretary's authorized representative.
N.M. Stat. § 4-19-2 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 19 / Section 4-19-2
§ 4-19-2. County seat
Status: in_force

That the county seat of said county so created is hereby fixed and established at the town of Alamogordo therein.
N.M. Stat. § 19-3-14 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 19-3-14
§ 19-3-14. Second or subsequent use of range; conditions
Status: in_force

Whenever any person, company or corporation turns loose on any range in this state, already occupied or in the possession of another or others by virtue of their having complied with the provisions of the preceding section, he or they must be the owner or owners of, or must be lawfully entitled to the possession of some other living, permanent water upon such range, sufficient for the proper maintenance of all such additional cattle so turned loose, other than that owned by or lawfully possessed, or lawfully in the possession of any other person, company or corporation that may have previously appropriated, stocked or taken possession of such range in accordance with the provisions of this and the preceding section; and such person, company or corporation so turning loose cattle upon such range must at all times, furnish, supply and maintain upon such range such other permanent living water free and unfenced and upon the surface of the ground.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-12B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 12B / Section 59A-12B-1
§ 59A-12B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 59A, Article 12B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Managing General Agents Law”.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-39 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-39
§ 19-10-39. Litigation involving lessee's oil and gas rights on land sold with reservation of oil and gas; suspense account for royalty payments
Status: in_force

In any case where litigation has been instituted in the state courts of the state of New Mexico, or in the United States district court for the district of New Mexico, involving the right or title of the lessee under any oil and gas leases issued by the state of New Mexico on lands heretofore sold or contracted to be sold by the state of New Mexico, with a reservation of oil and gas to the state of New Mexico, where such litigation calls in question the right of the state of New Mexico to make any such lease or the ownership by the state of New Mexico of such oil and gas, the commissioner of public lands is authorized to place in a special suspense fund with the treasurer of the state of New Mexico, all moneys accruing to the state under the terms of any such lease from royalties.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15D-6 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15D / Section 22-15D-6
§ 22-15D-6. Fine arts education programs; eligibility for state financial support
Status: in_force

A. To be eligible for state financial support, a fine arts education program shall:

(1) provide for the educational needs of students in the areas of visual arts, music, theater or dance;

(2) integrate the fine arts into the curriculum;

(3) use certified school instructors to supervise those who are teaching the program if those persons do not hold valid teaching licenses in one or more of the disciplines included in fine arts education; and

(4) require background checks in accordance with Section 22-10-3.3 NMSA 1978 .

B. A fine arts education program shall meet each requirement of Subsection A of this section and be approved by the department of education [public education department] to be eligible for state financial support.
N.M. Stat. § 1-15A-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 15A / Section 1-15A-9
§ 1-15A-9. National convention
Status: in_force

A. Upon the completion of the state canvass of the results of the presidential primary, the secretary of state shall forthwith certify to the state chairman of each political party participating in the primary and to the credentials committee of the national convention of each such political party the following:

(1) the names of all candidates and uncommitted category; and

(2) the total vote and the percentage of the total vote of such candidates or uncommitted category received.

B. Each political party shall select as many delegates and alternates to the national party convention in the manner prescribed by the rules of that party and as are allotted to it by the national committee of that party.

C. The vote of the delegates or their alternates to the national convention from each such political party from New Mexico shall be cast on the first presidential nomination ballot of the national convention by the chairman of the delegation. The manner of casting the vote of each party delegation shall be as follows:

(1) each candidate and the uncommitted category shall be entitled to a share of the total vote allotted to the delegation that is equal to the proportion that the vote he received in the presidential primary bears to the total combined vote received by all qualified candidates; provided that no candidate shall be excluded who has received at least fifteen percent of the total vote cast for candidates for president of that party, and no candidate shall be excluded in violation of any political party rule; and

(2) the method used to compute the total votes allowed to a candidate or the uncommitted category shall be determined by the party rules on file in the office of the secretary of state.

D. The provisions of this section with regard to the manner of voting by the New Mexico delegations at the national party conventions apply only to the first nominating ballot cast at such conventions. Such delegations may be released prior to the first ballot from voting in the manner provided by this section upon death of the candidate or upon his written unconditional release of such votes allotted to him. Any votes so released shall be cast in the manner of votes allotted to the uncommitted category.