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N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-38 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-38
§ 3-60A-38. Revenue bonds; rights upon default
Status: in_force

A. The proceedings authorizing any revenue bonds, or any mortgage securing such bonds, may provide that if there is a default in the payment of the principal of, the interest on, or any prior redemption premiums due in connection with the bonds or in the performance of any agreement contained in such proceedings or mortgage, the payment and performance may be enforced by mandamus or by the appointment of a receiver in equity with power to charge and collect rents and to apply the revenues from the project in accordance with the proceedings or the provisions of the mortgage.

B. Any mortgage to secure bonds issued thereunder may also provide that if there is a default in the payment thereof or a violation of any agreement contained in the mortgage it may be foreclosed and there may be a sale under proceedings in equity or in any other manner permitted by law. Such mortgage may also provide that any trustee under such mortgage or the holder of any bonds secured thereby may become the purchaser at any foreclosure sale if he is the highest bidder and may apply toward the purchase price unpaid bonds at the face value thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-53-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 53 / Section 59A-53-8
§ 59A-53-8. Expenditure of fire protection fund money
Status: in_force

Money distributed from the fire protection fund to a municipality or to a county fire district:

A. may be expended only for the:

(1) maintenance of its fire department;

(2) purchase or refinance of land for its fire stations and substations;

(3) purchase, refinance, construction, maintenance, repair and operation of its fire stations and substations;

(4) purchase or refinance of fire apparatus and equipment;

(5) payment of insurance premiums on fire stations, substations, fire apparatus and equipment and insurance premiums for injuries or deaths of firefighters as otherwise provided by law;

(6) payment of fire department emergency medical services, except salaries; and

(7) payment of firefighters' attendance at fire schools and conventions approved by the marshal;

B. shall not, without approval by the marshal, be expended for any purpose related to:

(1) its water supply systems or the improvement or construction of those systems;

(2) the purchase, rental, installation or maintenance of fire hydrants; or

(3) any other appurtenance related to the distribution or use of water from its water supply system; and

C. shall not be expended for any public, private or other water system used for potable water supply.
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-12 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-12
§ 4-38-12. Seal; sessions to be public; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Every board of county commissioners shall have a seal, or scroll until a seal can be procured, and may alter the same at pleasure. Their sessions shall be public with open doors, and all persons conducting themselves in an orderly manner may attend their meetings, and they may establish rules and regulations to govern the transaction of their business.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-10
§ 22-8-10. Budgets; fixing the operating budget
Status: in_force

A. Prior to June 20 of each year, each local school board and each governing board of a charter school shall, at a public hearing of which notice has been published by the local school board or governing board of a charter school, fix the operating budget for the school district or charter school for the ensuing fiscal year. At the discretion of the secretary or the local school board or governing body of a charter school, the department may participate in the public hearing.

B. Prior to the public hearing held to fix the operating budget for the school district or charter school, the local school board or governing body of a charter school shall give notice to parents explaining the budget process and inviting parental involvement and input in that process prior to the date for the public hearing. The educational plan submitted by the local school board or the governing body of a charter school to the department shall include information on parental involvement and input.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-7.6 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-7.6
§ 7-2-7.6. 2021 Income tax rebate
Status: in_force

A. A resident who is not a dependent of another individual is eligible for a tax rebate of:

(1) five hundred dollars ($500) for heads of household, surviving spouses and married individuals filing joint returns with adjusted gross income of less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000); and

(2) two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for single individuals and married individuals filing separate returns with adjusted gross income of less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).

B. The rebate provided by this section may be deducted from the taxpayer's New Mexico income tax liability for taxable year 2021.

C. If the amount of rebate exceeds the taxpayer's income tax liability, the excess shall be refunded to the taxpayer.

D. The department may require a taxpayer to claim the rebate provided by this section on forms and in a manner required by the department.

E. The rebate provided by this section shall not be allowed after June 30, 2023.
N.M. Stat. § 31-15-6 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 15 / Section 31-15-6
§ 31-15-6. Public defender department; powers
Status: in_force

The department may receive on behalf of the state any gifts, grants-in-aid, donations or bequests from any source to be used in carrying out the purposes of the Public Defender Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-61.2 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-61.2
§ 7-9-61.2. Deduction; receipts from sales to state-chartered credit unions
Status: in_force

Receipts from selling tangible personal property to credit unions chartered under the provisions of the Credit Union Act 1 are deductible to the same extent that receipts from the sale of tangible personal property to federal credit unions may be deducted pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-9-54 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 24-10-3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 10 / Section 24-10-3
§ 24-10-3. Persons coming to aid or rescue of another rendering emergency care; release from liability
Status: in_force

No person who comes to the aid or rescue of another person by providing care or assistance in good faith at or near the scene of an emergency, as defined in Section 24-10-4 NMSA 1978 , shall be held liable for any civil damages as a result of any action or omission by that person in providing that care or assistance, except when liable for an act of gross negligence; but nothing in this section applies to the provision of emergency care or assistance when it is rendered for remuneration or with the expectation of remuneration or is rendered by a person or agent of a principal who was at the scene of the accident or emergency because he or his principal was soliciting business or performing or seeking to perform some services for remuneration.
N.M. Stat. § 62-15-11 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 15 / Section 62-15-11
§ 62-15-11. Officers
Status: in_force

The officers of a cooperative shall consist of a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected annually by and from the board of trustees. No person shall continue to hold any of the above offices after he shall have ceased to be a trustee. The offices of secretary and of treasurer may be held by the same person. The board of trustees may also elect or appoint such other officers, agents or employees as it shall deem necessary or advisable and shall prescribe the powers and duties thereof. Any officer may be removed from office and his successor elected in the manner prescribed in the bylaws.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-50 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-50
§ 67-3-50. Account closing; nonliability
Status: in_force

Upon transfer of the funds as provided in Section 67-3-49 NMSA 1978 , the state transportation commission shall close its book of account upon such project and shall have no further responsibility in connection with such fund or with the payment of the balance of money remaining to the credit of said contractor upon said contract.
N.M. Stat. § 3-66-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 66 / Section 3-66-1
§ 3-66-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 3 through 11 of this act may be cited as the “Municipal Event Center Funding Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 19-3-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 19-3-13
§ 19-3-13. Right to appropriate and stock range on public domain; conditions
Status: in_force

Any person, company or corporation that may appropriate and stock a range upon the public domain of the United States, or otherwise, with cattle shall be deemed to be in possession thereof: provided, that such person, company or corporation shall lawfully possess or occupy, or be the lawful owner or possessor of sufficient living, permanent water upon such range for the proper maintenance of such cattle.
N.M. Stat. § 6-24-32 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 24 / Section 6-24-32
§ 6-24-32. Unlawful sale of lottery ticket; penalty
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for:

(1) any person to sell a lottery ticket at a price other than that fixed by the authority pursuant to the New Mexico Lottery Act;

(2) any person other than the authority or a lottery retailer to sell or resell any lottery ticket; and

(3) any person to sell a lottery ticket to any person under eighteen years of age.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section, any person may make a gift of lottery tickets, and the authority or a lottery retailer may make a gift of lottery tickets for promotional purposes.

C. Any person who violates any provision of this section for the first time is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .

D. Any person who violates any provision of this section for a second or subsequent time is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 73-7-24 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 7 / Section 73-7-24
§ 73-7-24. Additional levy to cover void assessments
Status: in_force

In the case the court decides that such lands should not, at the time said assessments were made be assessed for drainage purposes, and that said assessment or assessments, are void, the commissioner may levy an additional assessment on all of the assessable land and corporations in said district based on the last assessment of benefits approved by the court, to realize the sum lost to the district by reasons of the void assessment.
N.M. Stat. § 50-4A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 4A / Section 50-4A-5
§ 50-4A-5. Impact of domestic abuse leave on other employee benefits
Status: in_force

A. For domestic abuse leave, an employee may use accrued sick leave or other available paid time off, compensatory time or unpaid leave time consistent with the employer's policies.

B. To the extent permitted by law, an employer shall not withhold pay, health coverage insurance or another benefit that has accrued to the employee when an employee takes domestic abuse leave. An employer shall not include time taken for domestic abuse leave in calculating eligibility for benefits.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15A-9 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15A / Section 9-15A-9
§ 9-15A-9. Commission; powers and duties
Status: in_force

The commission shall:

A. develop and recommend policies and provide policy and program guidance for the department;

B. review, modify and approve annual updates to the state's five-year tourism plan generated by the department; and

C. establish such rules and regulations for its own operations as are necessary to achieve the purposes of the Tourism Department Act. Rules and regulations of the commission shall be adopted in the same procedural manner as rules and regulations of the department are adopted and shall be filed in accordance with the State Rules Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-7.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-7.2
§ 1-12-7.2. Voter whose name is not on list or roster
Status: in_force

A. A voter whose name does not appear on the voter list and signature roster for the precinct in which the voter offers to vote shall be permitted to vote in the precinct pursuant to the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and Section 1-12-8 NMSA 1978 .

B. The judges or election clerks in charge of the signature rosters shall add the voter's name and address in ink to the signature roster on the line immediately following the last entered voter's name and, the voter shall be allowed to sign an affidavit of eligibility and cast a provisional paper ballot, provided the voter has first signed or marked both the signature roster and checklist of registered voters.

C. The provisional paper ballot tracking number for the voter shall be entered on the affidavit of eligibility, the signature roster and the checklist of registered voters.

D. In a primary election, a voter shall not be permitted to vote for a candidate of a party different from the party designation shown on the voter's certificate of registration. Upon making that determination, the county clerk shall transmit the ballot to the county canvassing board to be tallied and included in the canvass of that county for the appropriate precinct.
N.M. Stat. § 25-7A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 25 / Article 7A / Section 25-7A-7
§ 25-7A-7. Attorney general or district attorney to institute prosecution; right to hearing before director prior to criminal prosecutions
Status: in_force

It is the duty of the attorney general or the various district attorneys of this state to whom the director reports any violation of the New Mexico Dairy Product Act to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before any violation of the New Mexico Dairy Product Act is reported to any such district attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his views before the director, either orally or in writing, in person or by attorney with regard to the contemplated proceeding.
N.M. Stat. § 31-2-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 2 / Section 31-2-3
§ 31-2-3. Construction of act; power to arrest not limited
Status: in_force

Section 1 of this act shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful.
N.M. Stat. § 1-22-16 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 22 / Section 1-22-16
§ 1-22-16. Municipal runoff elections
Status: in_force

A. All runoff elections authorized by Article 7, Section 5 of the constitution of New Mexico shall be conducted pursuant to this section as a top-two runoff election or as a ranked-choice runoff election as follows:

(1) a top-two runoff election shall be conducted on a separate ballot when the candidate receiving the most votes for an office did not receive the percentage of votes required by the laws of the municipality to be elected in the first round of voting. When ordered, the top-two runoff election shall be held following the regular local election and allow the voter to select between the two candidates who in the first round of voting received the highest number of votes for an office; and

(2) a ranked-choice runoff election shall be conducted on the same ballot as the regular local election and allow the voter to rank the candidates for an office in the order of preference for the voter.

B. If a municipality whose laws provide for top-two runoff elections is notified by the proper canvassing board that a runoff election is required following the regular local election, the top-two runoff election shall be conducted in accordance with those election provisions and procedures in the ordinances or charter of the municipality that do not conflict with the Election Code or administrative rules issued by the secretary of state; provided that in a municipality in which the first round of voting is conducted at the regular local election:

(1) the county clerk shall perform the duties of administering the top-two runoff election; and

(2) the municipality shall reimburse the secretary of state the actual cost of conducting the runoff election.

C. A municipality whose laws provide for a runoff election shall conduct the election in the manner provided by the municipality's ordinance or charter; provided that a municipality may by ordinance choose between conducting a top-two runoff election and a ranked-choice runoff election. The ordinance shall be filed with the secretary of state no later than June 30 of the year the next regular local election is scheduled.

D. The secretary of state shall issue rules to implement top-two and ranked-choice runoff elections.
N.M. Stat. § 61-9A-27 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 9A / Section 61-9A-27
§ 61-9A-27. Privileged communications
Status: in_force

A. No counselor and therapist practitioner, or person providing appropriate supervision for licensure or certification requirements or supervisee participating in obtaining supervision and practice experience requirements, shall be examined in nonjudicial proceedings without the consent of his client concerning any communication made by the client to him or any advice given to the client in the course of professional employment; nor shall the secretary, stenographer or clerk of a counselor and therapist practitioner or supervisor be examined without the consent of the counselor and therapist practitioner concerning any fact, the knowledge of which he acquired in that capacity; nor shall any person who has participated in any counseling practice conducted under the supervision of a person authorized by law to conduct such practice, including group therapy sessions, be examined concerning any knowledge gained during the course of the practice without the consent of the person to whom the testimony sought relates.

B. No counselor and therapist practitioner shall disclose any information acquired from a person who has consulted him in his professional capacity, unless:

(1) he has the written consent of the client or in the case of death or disability the client's personal representative or any other person authorized to sue for the beneficiary of any insurance policy on the client's life, health or physical condition;

(2) such communication reveals the contemplation of a crime or act harmful to the person's self or others;

(3) the information acquired indicates the person was the victim or subject of a crime required to be reported by law; or

(4) the person, family or legal guardian waives the privilege by bringing charges against a counselor and therapist practitioner as defined in the Counseling and Therapy Practice Act.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a counselor and therapist practitioner from disclosing information in a court hearing concerning matters of adoption, child abuse, child neglect or other matters pertaining to the welfare of children as stipulated in the Children's Code or to those matters pertaining to citizens as protected under the Adult Protective Services Act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-7-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 21-7-18
§ 21-7-18. Interest and retirement fund for building and improvement bonds; establishment; replenishment
Status: in_force

The board of regents shall, at the time of issuing said bonds, establish for the payment of the principal and interest thereof a fund to be known as “interest and retirement fund” into which fund said board shall immediately place a sum not less than the amount necessary to pay the interest and maturing principal of said bonds for the ensuing twelve months, and annually thereafter shall continue to place in said fund a sufficient amount to pay principal and interest maturing in the succeeding twelve months.
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-42 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-42
§ 53-11-42. Place and notice of directors' meetings; committee meetings
Status: in_force

Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, or any committee designated thereby, may be held either within or without this state. Regular meetings of the board of directors or any committee designated thereby may be held with or without notice as prescribed in the bylaws. Special meetings of the board of directors or any committee designated thereby shall be held upon the notice prescribed in the bylaws. Attendance of a director at a meeting constitutes a waiver of notice of the meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors or any committee designated thereby need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting unless required by the bylaws. Except as otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, members of the board of directors or any committee designated thereby may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.
N.M. Stat. § 22-2-8.13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 2 / Section 22-2-8.13
§ 22-2-8.13. Standardized statewide grading system
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt and promulgate rules to establish a standardized alphabetic or numeric grading system based on the 4.0 scale or one hundred percent scale to be used by public schools, including charter schools, for grades three through twelve that is aligned with the New Mexico academic content standards and benchmarks and performance standards. A public school shall include the results of standards-based assessments in the standardized grading system and may augment the standardized grading system with a narrative or other method that measures a student's academic, social, behavioral or other skills.
N.M. Stat. § 21-11-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 11 / Section 21-11-9
§ 21-11-9. Departmental faculties
Status: in_force

The immediate government of their several departments shall be entrusted to their several faculties.
N.M. Stat. § 5-11-15 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 5-11-15
§ 5-11-15. Other districts or improvements
Status: in_force

The formation of a district pursuant to the Public Improvement District Act shall not prevent the subsequent establishment of similar districts or the improvement or assessment of land in the district by the municipality or county or the exercise by the municipality or county of any of its powers on the same basis as on all other land in its corporate boundaries.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11-61 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11 / Section 58-11-61
§ 58-11-61. Taxation
Status: in_force

A. A credit union organized under or subject to the Credit Union Act is exempt from taxation to the extent that a credit union chartered under federal law is exempt.

B. The shares of a credit union shall not be subject to stock transfer taxes, either when issued or when transferred from one member to another.

C. The participation by a credit union in any government program providing unemployment, social security, old age pension or other benefits shall not be deemed a waiver of the tax exemptions granted by this section.