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N.M. Stat. § 6-14-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 14 / Section 6-14-1
§ 6-14-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 6-14-1 through 6-14-3 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Public Securities Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 26-4-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 4 / Section 26-4-8
§ 26-4-8. Annual reporting
Status: in_force

Annually, after implementation, the department shall report to the governor and the legislature regarding the operation of the program during the previous year, including:

A. which eligible prescription drugs and Canadian suppliers are included in the program;

B. the number of participating pharmacies, health care providers and health insurance plans;

C. the number of prescriptions dispensed through the program;

D. the estimated savings to consumers, health plans, employers and the state during the previous year and to date;

E. information regarding implementation of the audit plan and the correction plans for audit findings; and

F. any other information requested by the governor or the legislature or that the secretary of health deems relevant.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-4 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-4
§ 6-6-4. Local government division; research and survey; report to governor and legislature
Status: in_force

The local government division shall have the power, authority and responsibility to engage in research, conduct surveys and examine the operation and activities, including but not limited to the purchasing practices, of local public bodies, submitting to the governor and the legislature and local public bodies measures to secure greater administrative efficiency and economy, to minimize the duplication of activities, and to effect a better organization and consolidation of functions among local public bodies.
N.M. Stat. § 77-8A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 8A / Section 77-8A-5
§ 77-8A-5. Officers; meetings; expenses
Status: in_force

The council shall elect annually a chairman, vice chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary from among its members. The council shall meet at least once each six months and at such other times as it may be called by the chairman. The council may provide rules for reimbursement of members' expenses while on official business of the council, but such reimbursement shall in no case exceed the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act. 1 Council members shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-77.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-77.1
§ 7-38-77.1. Changes in property tax schedule ordered by the department of finance and administration
Status: in_force

After the delivery of the property tax schedule to the county treasurer for any tax year, the department of finance and administration may order the county treasurer to make changes in the property tax schedule in connection with any property listed on the schedule if the department of finance and administration determines that an error was made in the certification of the tax rates.
N.M. Stat. § 10-15-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 15 / Section 10-15-3
§ 10-15-3. Invalid actions; standing
Status: in_force

A. No resolution, rule, regulation, ordinance or action of any board, commission, committee or other policymaking body shall be valid unless taken or made at a meeting held in accordance with the requirements of Section 10-15-1 NMSA 1978 . Every resolution, rule, regulation, ordinance or action of any board, commission, committee or other policymaking body shall be presumed to have been taken or made at a meeting held in accordance with the requirements of Section 10-15-1 NMSA 1978 .

B. All provisions of the Open Meetings Act shall be enforced by the attorney general or by the district attorney in the county of jurisdiction. However, nothing in that act shall prevent an individual from independently applying for enforcement through the district courts, provided that the individual first provides written notice of the claimed violation to the public body and that the public body has denied or not acted on the claim within fifteen days of receiving it. A public meeting held to address a claimed violation of the Open Meetings Act shall include a summary of comments made at the meeting at which the claimed violation occurred.

C. The district courts of this state shall have jurisdiction, upon the application of any person to enforce the purpose of the Open Meetings Act, by injunction, mandamus or other appropriate order. The court shall award costs and reasonable attorney fees to any person who is successful in bringing a court action to enforce the provisions of the Open Meetings Act. If the prevailing party in a legal action brought under this section is a public body defendant, it shall be awarded court costs. A public body defendant that prevails in a court action brought under this section shall be awarded its reasonable attorney fees from the plaintiff if the plaintiff brought the action without sufficient information and belief that good grounds supported it.

D. No section of the Open Meetings Act shall be construed to preclude other remedies or rights not relating to the question of open meetings.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-8A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 8A / Section 59A-8A-12
§ 59A-8A-12. Single state exemption
Status: in_force

A. The superintendent may exempt from the requirements of Section 59A-8A-8 NMSA 1978 the specific product forms or product lines of a domestic company that is licensed and doing business only in New Mexico if:

(1) the superintendent has issued a written exemption to the company and has not subsequently revoked the exemption in writing; and

(2) the company computes reserves using the assumptions and methods used prior to the operative date of the valuation manual and using any requirements established by the superintendent and promulgated by rule.

B. For a company granted an exemption pursuant to this section, Sections 59A-8A-4 , 59A-8A-6 and 59A-8A-7 NMSA 1978 apply. For a company that applies this exemption, a reference to Section 59A-8A-8 NMSA 1978 that is found in Sections 59A-8A-4 , 59A-8A-6 and 59A-8A-7 NMSA 1978 does not apply.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-3.3 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-3.3
§ 7-27-3.3. Severance tax permanent fund; annual distributions
Status: in_force

The secretary of finance and administration shall make annual distributions from the severance tax permanent fund in the amount authorized by and calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, Section 10 of the constitution of New Mexico . One-twelfth of the amount authorized to be distributed in a fiscal year shall be distributed each month to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 73-25-7 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 25 / Section 73-25-7
§ 73-25-7. Toll collection
Status: in_force

A. A district may promulgate rules regarding collection of fees, tolls, rates or charges. State and local law enforcement authorities may enter into traffic and toll enforcement agreements with a district.

B. A person who fails to pay a fee, toll, rate or charge required for the privilege of traveling on or using property included in a regional transit system may be assigned a fine of not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) or not less than fifty dollars ($50.00). The magistrate or metropolitan court where the offense took place shall have jurisdiction over actions brought pursuant to this subsection.
N.M. Stat. § 60-6E-2 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 6E / Section 60-6E-2
§ 60-6E-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of Chapter 60, Article 6E [FN1] NMSA 1978 is to:

A. enhance the professionalism of persons employed in the alcoholic beverage service industry;

B. establish a program for servers, licensees and their lessees that includes the study of:

(1) the effect alcohol has on the body and behavior, including the effect on a person's ability to operate a motor vehicle when intoxicated;

(2) state law concerning liquor licensure, liquor liability issues and driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor;

(3) methods of recognizing problem drinkers and techniques for intervening with problem drinkers;

(4) methods of identifying false drivers' licenses and other documents used as evidence of age and identity to prevent the sale of alcohol to minors; and

(5) prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome;

C. reduce the number of persons who drive while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and mitigate the physical and property damage caused by that behavior; and

D. reduce the frequency of alcohol-related birth defects.
N.M. Stat. § 12-6-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-6-1
§ 12-6-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 12-6-1 through 12-6-14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Audit Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-10 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-10
§ 24-1-10. Pregnancy; serological test for syphilis
Status: in_force

A. Every physician examining a pregnant woman for conditions relating to her pregnancy during the period of gestation or at delivery or both shall take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of such woman at the time of first examination.

B. All such blood samples shall be submitted to the state public health laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis.

C. The standard serological test shall be a test for syphilis approved by the director of the department. Such serological tests shall be made on request without charge by the department.
N.M. Stat. § 76-7-13 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7 / Section 76-7-13
§ 76-7-13. Powers of district governing body
Status: in_force

The district governing body shall have the following powers:

A. to determine, with the advice of the county agent, which noxious weeds shall be subject to control;

B. to determine the method of control, either by spraying, cutting, burning, tillage or any other appropriate method;

C. to prescribe the specific areas within the district on which the control measures are to be carried out;

D. to prescribe the period within which control measures are to be carried out; and

E. to take necessary action to effect the purposes of the Noxious Weed Control Act.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-22 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-22
§ 61-23-22. Engineering; exemptions
Status: in_force

A. A New Mexico licensed architect who has complied with all of the laws of New Mexico relating to the practice of architecture has the right to engage in the incidental practice, as defined by regulation, of activities properly classified as engineering; provided that the architect shall not make any representation as being a professional engineer or as performing engineering services; and further provided that the architect shall perform only that part of the work for which the architect is professionally qualified and shall use qualified professional engineers or others for those portions of the work in which the contracting architect is not qualified. Furthermore, the architect shall assume all responsibility for compliance with all laws, codes, regulations and ordinances of the state or its political subdivisions pertaining to all documents bearing the architect's professional seal.

B. An engineer employed by a business entity who performs only the engineering services involved in the operation of the business entity's or an affiliated business entity's business shall be exempt from the provisions of the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act; provided that neither the employee nor the employer offers engineering services to the public; and provided further that any such engineering services are limited to the legal boundaries of the property owned, leased or lawfully operated by the business entity or an affiliated business entity that employs the engineer. Performance of engineering on public works projects pursuant to Section 61-23-26 NMSA 1978 or within off-premises easements constitutes engineering services to the public and is subject to the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act.
N.M. Stat. § 1-2-12 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1-2-12
§ 1-2-12. Election board; positions on each board
Status: in_force

A. Each election board shall consist of:

(1) a presiding judge;

(2) two election judges; and

(3) election clerks who are appointed to assist the presiding judge and election judges.

B. The county clerk shall appoint presiding judges and election judges so that not more than two of the three judges belong to the same political party at the time of their appointment; provided that:

(1) a judge of an election board shall not have changed party registration in the two years next preceding the judge's appointment in such a manner that the judge's prior party registration would make the judge ineligible to serve on the assigned election board; and

(2) a judge of an election board shall not continue to serve on an election board if the judge changes party registration after the date of appointment in such a manner to make the judge ineligible to serve on the assigned election board.

C. The county clerk may appoint teams of election judges under the supervision of one or more presiding judges for absent voter precincts, recounts and special elections; provided that each team shall consist of two election judges and that each election judge on a team shall not belong to the same political party as any other election judge on the team at the time of the appointment; and provided further that an election judge shall not have changed party registration in the two years next preceding the judge's appointment in such manner that the judge's prior party registration would make the judge ineligible to serve on the assigned team.

D. The county clerk may appoint election clerks to an election board as necessary to assist the presiding judge and election judges if the county clerk determines that additional election board members are needed.

E. County clerk employees may be assigned by the county clerk to provide support to an election board or polling location.
N.M. Stat. § 74-6A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 6A / Section 74-6A-10
§ 74-6A-10. Board; duties and powers
Status: in_force

A. The board may issue bonds or refunding bonds pursuant to the Wastewater Facility Construction Loan Act when the commission issues a recommending resolution to the board stating that a bond issue is required to implement the provisions of that act.

B. The board may enter into agreements regarding the sale of bonds recommended by the commission, including arrangements for letters of credit, bond insurance or other credit enhancement devices, provided that no agreement shall obligate funds under the control of the commission other than as provided in the Wastewater Facility Construction Loan Act.

C. Prior to issuance of bonds recommended by the commission pursuant to the Wastewater Facility Construction Loan Act, the board may adopt regulations related to the issuance of bonds and the expenditure of bond proceeds pursuant to that act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-37-5.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 37 / Section 7-37-5.1
§ 7-37-5.1. Disabled veteran exemption
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

(1) “ disabled veteran ” means an individual who:

(a) has been honorably discharged from membership in the armed forces of the United States or has received a discharge certificate from a branch of the armed forces of the United States for civilian service recognized pursuant to federal law as service in the armed forces of the United States; and

(b) has been determined pursuant to federal law to have a one hundred percent permanent and total service-connected disability; and

(2) “ honorably discharged ” means discharged from the armed forces pursuant to a discharge other than a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge.

B. The property of a disabled veteran, including joint or community property of the veteran and the veteran's spouse, is exempt from property taxation if it is occupied by the disabled veteran as the veteran's principal place of residence. Property held in a grantor trust established under Sections 671 through 677 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as those sections may be amended or renumbered, by a disabled veteran or the veteran's surviving spouse is also exempt from property taxation if the property otherwise meets the requirements for exemption in this subsection or Subsection C of this section.

C. The property of the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran is exempt from property taxation if:

(1) the surviving spouse and the disabled veteran were married at the time of the disabled veteran's death; and

(2) the surviving spouse continues to occupy the property continuously after the disabled veteran's death as the spouse's principal place of residence.

D. Upon the transfer of the principal place of residence of a disabled veteran or of a surviving spouse of a disabled veteran entitled to and granted a disabled veteran exemption, the disabled veteran or the surviving spouse may choose to:

(1) maintain the exemption for that residence for the remainder of the year, even if the residence is transferred during the year; or

(2) remove the exemption for that residence and apply it to the disabled veteran's or the disabled veteran's surviving spouse's new principal place of residence, regardless of whether the exemption was applied for and claimed within thirty days of the mailing of the county assessor's notice of valuation made pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-38-20 NMSA 1978 .

E. The exemption provided by this section may be referred to as the “disabled veteran exemption”.

F. The disabled veteran exemption shall be applied only if claimed and allowed in accordance with Section 7-38-17 NMSA 1978 and the rules of the department.

G. The veterans' services department shall assist the department and the county assessors in determining which veterans qualify for the disabled veteran exemption.
N.M. Stat. § 3-51-31 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 51 / Section 3-51-31
§ 3-51-31. Real property in more than one district; objections; notice; hearing
Status: in_force

Objections to the organization of a district in whole or in part within the boundaries of a preexisting district shall be heard at the provisional order hearing called pursuant to Section 3-51-11 NMSA 1978 . The notice of hearing to be served and published pursuant to that section shall state that part or all of the property included within the proposed boundaries, as the case may be, is included within a preexisting district. If the governing body determines that the purposes of the Greater Municipality Parking Law will best be accomplished by such district including lands of another district, it shall approve the additional district.
N.M. Stat. § 5-3-12 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 5-3-12
§ 5-3-12. Application of courthouse building laws
Status: in_force

The proceedings for calling, holding and canvassing the results of an election to determine whether such bonds are to be issued, the manner of issuance and the terms and provisions of such bonds, the sale thereof, the levy of taxes for the payment thereof, and the manner and time of payment thereof shall all be the same as is now or may hereafter be provided by law with respect to bonds issued for the purpose of building courthouses, and, in general, all of the provisions of law with respect to county courthouse bonds shall, so far as applicable, apply to the bonds herein authorized.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-18-28 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 18 / Section 59A-18-28
§ 59A-18-28. Notice; waiver
Status: in_force

The acknowledgment by any insurance company of the receipt of notice given under any policy covered by this code, or the furnishing of forms for filing proofs of loss, or the acceptance of such proofs, or the investigation of any claim thereunder shall not operate as a waiver of any of the rights of the insurance company in defense of any claim arising under such policy.
N.M. Stat. § 61-9A-16 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 9A / Section 61-9A-16
§ 61-9A-16. Temporary licensure
Status: in_force

A. Prior to examination, an applicant for licensure may obtain a temporary license to engage in any counselor and therapist practice if the person meets all of the requirements, except examination, provided for in Section 61-9A-10 , 61-9A-11 , 61-9A-11.1 , 61-9A-12 , 61-9A-12.1 , 61-9A-13 , 61-9A-14 , 61-9A-14.1 or 61-9A-14.2 NMSA 1978 . The temporary license shall be valid no more than sixty days after the results of the next examination become available. If the individual should fail to take or pass those examinations, the temporary license shall automatically expire and the applicant will not be reissued a temporary license.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section, as deemed necessary by the board, an applicant for licensure pursuant to the Counseling and Therapy Practice Act may be issued a temporary license for a period not to exceed six months or for a period of time necessary for the board to ensure that the applicant has met licensure requirements as set out in that act.
N.M. Stat. § 6-24-4 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 24 / Section 6-24-4
§ 6-24-4. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the New Mexico Lottery Act:

A. “ authority ” means the New Mexico lottery authority;

B. “ board ” means the board of directors of the authority;

C. “ chief executive officer ” means the chief executive officer of the authority appointed by the board pursuant to the New Mexico Lottery Act;

D. “ lottery ” means the New Mexico state lottery established and operated by the authority pursuant to the New Mexico Lottery Act;

E. “ lottery contractor ” means a person with whom the authority has contracted for the purpose of providing goods or services for the lottery;

F. “ lottery game ” means any variation of the following types of games, but does not include any video lottery game:

(1) an instant-win game in which disposable tickets contain certain preprinted winners that are determined by rubbing or scraping an area or areas on the tickets to match numbers, letters, symbols or configurations, or any combination thereof, as provided by the rules of the game; provided, an instant-win game may also provide for preliminary and grand prize drawings conducted pursuant to the rules of the game; and

(2) an on-line lottery game in which a lottery game is hooked up to a central computer via a telecommunications system through which a player selects a specified group of numbers or symbols out of a predetermined range of numbers or symbols and purchases a ticket bearing the player-selected numbers or symbols for eligibility in a drawing regularly scheduled in accordance with game rules;

G. “ lottery retailer ” means a person with whom the authority has contracted for the purpose of selling tickets in lottery games to the public;

H. “ lottery vendor ” means any person who submits a bid, proposal or offer as part of a major procurement contract and any person who is awarded a major procurement contract; and

I. “ person ” means an individual or any other legal entity.
N.M. Stat. § 18-8-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 8 / Section 18-8-8
§ 18-8-8. Regulation
Status: in_force

The state historic preservation officer shall issue regulations for the implementation of the New Mexico Prehistoric and Historic Sites Preservation Act.
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-15
§ 4-38-15. Agent of county having charge of county exhibit at state fair; appointment
Status: in_force

That said county commissioners may appoint a qualified and suitable person to have charge of said county exhibits and to represent their county at the New Mexico state fair, and may if necessary compensate said agent for such services out of said appropriation.