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N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.42 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.42
§ 7-1-6.42. Distribution; state building bonding fund; gross receipts tax
Status: in_force

A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the state building bonding fund in the amount of six hundred eighty thousand dollars ($680,000) from the net receipts attributable to the gross receipts tax imposed by the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act. 1 The distribution shall be made:

A. after the required distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.4 NMSA 1978;

B. contemporaneously with other distributions of net receipts attributable to the gross receipts tax for payment of debt service on outstanding bonds or to a fund dedicated for that purpose; and

C. prior to any other distribution of net receipts attributable to the gross receipts tax.
N.M. Stat. § 47-6-21 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 6 / Section 47-6-21
§ 47-6-21. Information reports
Status: in_force

In determining whether the subdivider can fulfill the requirements of the subdivision and the proposals contained in his disclosure statement, the appropriate public agency may request, through the board of county commissioners, that the subdivider submit such information as the agency may feel necessary to permit it to make that determination.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 8F / Section 2-8F-12
§ 2-8F-12. Senate district six
Status: in_force

Senate district six is composed of Los Alamos county precincts 1 through 8; Rio Arriba county precincts 49 and 70 through 74; Santa Fe county precincts 2 through 5, 23, 40, 59 through 61, 87 and 128; and Taos county precincts 1, 2, 5 through 17, 19 through 42 and 44 through 47.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7B-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7B / Section 24-7B-11
§ 24-7B-11. Immunities
Status: in_force

A. A health care provider or mental health treatment facility acting reasonably and on reasonable grounds and in accordance with generally accepted health care standards applicable to the health care provider or mental health treatment facility is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for:

(1) complying or attempting to comply with a mental health treatment decision of a person apparently having authority to make a mental health treatment decision for a patient;

(2) declining to comply with a mental health treatment decision of a person based on a belief that the person then lacked authority;

(3) complying or attempting to comply with an advance directive for mental health treatment and assuming that the directive was valid when made and has not been revoked or terminated;

(4) declining to comply with a mental health treatment directive as permitted; or

(5) complying or attempting to comply with any other provision of the Mental Health Care Treatment Decisions Act.

B. An individual acting as agent or guardian under the Mental Health Care Treatment Decisions Act is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for mental health treatment decisions made in good faith.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21N-1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21N / Section 21-21N-1
§ 21-21N-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 21, Article 21N NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Legislative Lottery Tuition Scholarship Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-8A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 8A / Section 7-8A-12
§ 7-8A-12. Public sale of abandoned property
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the administrator, within three years after the receipt of abandoned property, shall sell it to the highest bidder at public sale at a location in this state or by any reasonable method, which in the judgment of the administrator affords the most favorable market for the property. The administrator may decline the highest bid and re-offer the property for sale if the administrator considers the bid to be insufficient. The administrator need not offer the property for sale if the administrator considers that the probable cost of sale will exceed the proceeds of the sale. A sale held under this section must be preceded by a single publication of notice, at least three weeks before sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is to be sold.

B. Securities listed on an established stock exchange must be sold at prices prevailing on the exchange at the time of sale. Other securities may be sold over the counter at prices prevailing at the time of sale or by any reasonable method selected by the administrator. If securities are sold by the administrator before the expiration of three years after their delivery to the administrator, a person making a claim under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995) before the end of the three-year period is entitled to the proceeds of the sale of the securities or the market value of the securities at the time the claim is made, whichever is greater, plus dividends, interest and other increments thereon up to the time the claim is made, less any deduction for expenses of sale. A person making a claim under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995) after the expiration of the three-year period is entitled to receive the securities delivered to the administrator by the holder, if they still remain in the custody of the administrator, or the net proceeds received from sale and is not entitled to receive any appreciation in the value of the property occurring after delivery to the administrator except in a case of intentional misconduct or malfeasance by the administrator.

C. A purchaser of property at a sale conducted by the administrator pursuant to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995) takes the property free of all claims of the owner or previous holder and of all persons claiming through or under them. The administrator shall execute all documents necessary to complete the transfer of ownership.
N.M. Stat. § 40-15-1 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 15 / Section 40-15-1
§ 40-15-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 4 of this act may be cited as the “Family Preservation Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-3A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 3A / Section 7-3A-4
§ 7-3A-4. Deductions considered taxes
Status: in_force

Amounts deducted under the provisions of the Oil and Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through Entity Withholding Tax Act are a collected tax. A remittee who receives payment of oil and gas proceeds or an owner with an allocable share of net income does not have a right of action against the remitter or pass-through entity for the amount deducted and withheld from the oil and gas proceeds or an allocable share of net income.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-62 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-62
§ 19-7-62. Annual appropriation for refunds; payment from state lands maintenance fund
Status: in_force

There is appropriated annually out of the state lands maintenance fund created by Section 19-1-11 NMSA 1978 the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or such part thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of making refunds of payments determined in the manner provided by Sections 19-7-59 through 19-7-63 NMSA 1978 to have been erroneously collected; provided, however, that any refund of money paid into any fund other than the state lands maintenance fund shall be made only out of that part of the state lands maintenance fund distributable to the fund into which such payment was erroneously made, under the provisions of Section 19-1-13 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 4-48A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48A / Section 4-48A-12
§ 4-48A-12. Board of trustees; issue of bonds
Status: in_force

A. Upon approval of a majority of the qualified electors voting upon the question, the board of trustees may issue general obligation bonds of the special hospital district for the purposes of:

(1) constructing, acquiring or purchasing a hospital facility for the special hospital district;

(2) equipping, furnishing, remodeling or renovating a hospital facility owned or operated by the special hospital district;

(3) purchasing or acquiring real property deemed necessary to the construction, operation or maintenance of a hospital facility owned or operated by the special hospital district; or

(4) refunding outstanding general obligation bonded indebtedness.

B. No general obligation bonds of the special hospital district shall be issued which creates a total bonded indebtedness of the special hospital district in excess of three percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the special hospital district as shown by the most recent general assessment. The debt limitation specified in this section shall be in excess of other existing debt limitations provided by law.

C. The board of trustees shall comply with the requirements and procedures set forth in Section 6-15-1 NMSA 1978 with respect to the proposed issuance of general obligation bonds. The local government division of the department of finance and administration shall apply the procedures set forth in Section 6-15-2 NMSA 1978 to the proposed issuance of general obligation bonds by the special hospital district.
N.M. Stat. § 21-22E-10 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 22E / Section 21-22E-10
§ 21-22E-10. Reports
Status: in_force

The commission [department] shall report annually by January 1 to the governor and the legislature on its activities pursuant to the Teacher Loan for Service Act, including the loans granted, the names and addresses of loan recipients, the teacher preparation programs loan recipients are attending and the names and locations of practice of loan recipients who have completed their teacher preparation education and are teaching.
N.M. Stat. § 3-53-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 53 / Section 3-53-1
§ 3-53-1. Regulation of watercourses, ponds, wells and cisterns
Status: in_force

A municipality may:

A. deepen, widen, dock-cover, wall, alter or change the channel of watercourses;

B. cleanse and purify waters, watercourses and canals;

C. drain or fill ponds on private property to prevent or abate nuisances;

D. construct, repair and regulate the use of vaults, cisterns, hydrants, pumps, bridges, viaducts, tunnels and wells; and

E. regulate and authorize the construction of any ditch carrying water on, through or across any street.
N.M. Stat. § 18-3A-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 3A / Section 18-3A-7
§ 18-3A-7. Board; powers and duties
Status: in_force

The board shall:

A. exercise trusteeship over the collections of the museum;

B. accept and hold title to all property for museum use;

C. acquire objects of natural history and science of interest to the public and real property for museum use or benefit by purchase, donation or bequest;

D. review annually the performance of the director and report its findings to the secretary of cultural affairs;

E. adopt rules as appropriate governing:

(1) the loan of objects and exhibits to qualified institutions and agencies for the purpose of exhibition;

(2) gifts, donations or loans of exhibit or collection materials for museum use;

(3) the licensure of the museum's intellectual property; and

(4) other matters necessary to carry out the provisions of this section;

F. enter into leases with public or private organizations or agencies for the use of museum premises or facilities for periods of time that exceed forty-five days;

G. solicit funds or property of any nature for the development, restoration or equipping of the museum, its collections, exhibits and programs;

H. cooperate with other agencies and political subdivisions of state, tribal and federal governments and private organizations and individuals to the extent necessary to establish and maintain the museum and its programs;

I. subject to other provisions of law and excepting temporary statewide initiatives of the secretary of cultural affairs, impose admission fees to the museum facilities and programs; and

J. establish museum policy and determine the mission and direct the development of the institution subject to the approval of the secretary of cultural affairs.
N.M. Stat. § 52-1-64 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 1 / Section 52-1-64
§ 52-1-64. Extra-territorial coverage
Status: in_force

If an employee, while working outside the territorial limits of this state, suffers an injury on account of which the employee or, in the event of the employee's death, the employee's dependents would have been entitled to the benefits provided by the Workers' Compensation Act, had such injury occurred within this state, the employee or, in the event of the employee's death resulting from the injury, the employee's dependents shall be entitled to the benefits provided by that act; provided that at the time of the injury:

A. the employee's employment is principally localized in this state;

B. the employee is working under a contract of hire made in this state in employment not principally localized in any state;

C. the employee is working under a contract of hire made in this state in employment principally localized in another state whose workers' compensation law is not applicable to the employee's employer;

D. the employee is working under a contract of hire made in this state for employment outside the United States and Canada; or

E. the employee is an unpaid health professional deployed outside this state by the department of health in response to a request for emergency health personnel made pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
N.M. Stat. § 21-12-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 12 / Section 21-12-2
§ 21-12-2. Election of officers; duties; bond of secretary-treasurer
Status: in_force

The said board of regents shall organize and elect from their number, a president, a vice president, and a secretary and treasurer, who shall do and perform all of the duties that shall be incumbent upon them as such officers. The secretary and treasurer shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties as such, execute a good and sufficient bond to the state of New Mexico with some solvent surety company authorized to do business in the state of New Mexico as the surety, in a penal sum to be fixed by the said board of regents of not less than $20,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such secretary and treasurer and that he will faithfully account for and pay over to the person or persons entitled to receive the same from him all monies which shall come into his hands as such officer, which said bond shall be approved by the said board of regents and kept on file as directed by the said board.
N.M. Stat. § 47-14-10 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 14 / Section 47-14-10
§ 47-14-10. Controlling person
Status: in_force

Each appraisal management company applying to the board for registration in this state shall designate one controlling person that will be the main contact for all communication between the board and the appraisal management company.
N.M. Stat. § 22-4-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 4 / Section 22-4-9
§ 22-4-9. Alternate method; standards for consolidation
Status: in_force

The state department may order consolidation according to the recommendations contained in a final report and recommendations of the school district survey committee approved by each local school board of each school district affected by the survey only if it determines that such consolidation:

A. will help to equalize the educational opportunities for public school students in each school district affected by the consolidation;

B. will make the most advantageous and economical use of public school facilities;

C. takes into consideration the convenience and welfare of the public school students in each school district affected by the survey; and

D. is in the best interest of public education in each school district affected by the consolidation and in the best interest of public education in the state.
N.M. Stat. § 16-3-7 — NM 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. § 73-7-54 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 7 / Section 73-7-54
§ 73-7-54. Assessments; confirmation conclusive of regularity
Status: in_force

The collection of any assessments made by the commissioners for construction and confirmed by the court, shall not be restrained or obstructed by reason of any omission, imperfection or defect in the organization of any district or in the proceedings occurring prior to the order confirming the assessments of benefits, but such order shall be conclusive as to the regularity of all proceedings relating to the assessments of benefits unless appealed from within thirty days after the entry of such order.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-814 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-814
§ 66-3-814. Lamps and reflectors, pole trailers
Status: in_force

Every pole trailer shall be equipped as follows:

A. on the rear: one red tail lamp, two red reflectors, one at each side; placed to indicate extreme width of the pole trailer; and

B. on each side, on the rearmost support for the load: one combination marker lamp showing amber to the front and red to the side and rear, mounted to indicate the maximum width of the pole trailer; and red reflector, located at or near the rear; and on pole trailers thirty feet or more in overall length, an amber marker lamp on each side near the center.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-103 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-103
§ 58-10-103. Payment from savings account of decedent
Status: in_force

A. Where no executor or administrator of a deceased savings account depositor has qualified and given notice of his qualification to a savings and loan association, it may pay out of all savings accounts maintained with it by the deceased in his individual capacity all sums which do not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) in the aggregate:

(1) to the surviving spouse; or

(2) to the next of kin, in the above order of priority in case of conflicting claims.

B. A savings and loan association may, at any time after sixty days from the death of a depositor whose residence address, according to the books of the association, is outside this state, pay the balance of his accounts not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000) in the aggregate to an executor or administrator who has qualified in another state unless the association has received written notice of the appointment of an executor or administrator in this state.

C. No savings and loan association shall be liable for damage, penalty, tax or claims of creditors of the estate by reason of any payment or refusal to pay made pursuant to this section.

D. Payment under this section releases a savings and loan association from all liability for the amount paid.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-7 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-7
§ 1-9-7. Voting systems; acquisition
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of state shall provide to the county clerk of each county a sufficient number of voting systems as required by the Election Code for the conduct of primary and general elections.

B. When authorized by the state board of finance, the board of county commissioners may acquire new or previously owned voting systems. No less than ninety days prior to each primary and general election, the board of county commissioners of each county may make application to the state board of finance for any additional voting systems to be acquired by a county in excess of the number of voting systems required by the Election Code for the conduct of primary and general elections.

C. The additional voting systems shall be of a type certified by the secretary of state. They shall be purchased by the state board of finance. Unless paid in full by the county at the time of purchase, the cost of the voting systems, including all transportation costs, shall be paid out of the voting system revolving fund. The state board of finance shall cause to be delivered to each county clerk the additional voting systems.

D. Except for intercounty acquisitions of equipment approved by the secretary of state, a previously owned voting system shall have a warranty equal to the warranty required of a new voting system.
N.M. Stat. § 6-12-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 12 / Section 6-12-7
§ 6-12-7. Refunding bond issuance; procedure
Status: in_force

Whenever the state treasurer deems it expedient to issue refunding bonds under the provisions of Sections 6-12-6 through 6-12-14 NMSA 1978 , he shall present to the state board of finance in writing a statement of the outstanding bonds proposed to the [be] refunded, setting out in full and in detail in the statement all data and information necessary to a full and clear understanding of the proposal to refund, whereupon the state board of finance if it considers the proposal to be in the best interest of the state and elects to act favorably upon it shall adopt a resolution which shall be recorded in its permanent records, which resolution shall set out the facts making the issuance of the refunding bonds necessary or advisable, the determination of the necessity or advisability by the board and the amount of the refunding bonds which it is deemed necessary and advisable to issue. The resolution shall fix the rate of interest on the refunding bonds, the dates of the refunding bonds, the denomination or denominations thereof, the maturity dates which shall not be more than twenty years from the date of the refunding bonds, the place or places of payment within or without the state of both principal and interest and shall further set out in full the form of the refunding bonds and coupons, if any; provided that where bonds are issued to refund existing and outstanding bonds which may be redeemed prior to their maturity, as set out in the bonds to be refunded, the date of maturity of those refunding bonds shall not extend beyond the date of final maturity of the bonds to be so refunded.

In the event bonds which may be redeemed prior to their maturity are to be called for refunding prior to their maturity date, the state treasurer shall call the bonds for payment on the dates, under the conditions and in the manner provided in the bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-11-6 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 11 / Section 32A-11-6
§ 32A-11-6. Court jurisdiction in placement of delinquent children
Status: in_force

Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution in another state pursuant to Article 3 of the Revised Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article 4 of that compact.
N.M. Stat. § 14-3-23 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-23
§ 14-3-23. Manuals of procedure; preparation by state agencies; review by state records administrator; publication
Status: in_force

Each state agency which has an official duty to establish methods and procedures involved in the internal structure and operation of state government, including but not limited to acquiring space, budgeting, accounting, purchasing, contracting, vouchering, printing, appointment and dismissal of employees and record-keeping, shall prepare, within the means provided by current operating budgets, manuals of procedure for the guidance of public officers and employees engaged in such work. Such manual or manuals shall be reviewed and ordered published by the state records administrator and in accordance with uniform standards of style and format promulgated by the state commission of public records.