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N.M. Stat. § 1-1-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-8
§ 1-1-8. Election returns
Status: in_force

As used in the Election Code, “election returns” means the certificate of the precinct board showing the total number of votes cast for each candidate, or for or against each proposed constitutional amendment or other question, and may include statements of canvass, signature rosters, poll books, tally books, machine printed returns and, in any canvass of returns for county candidates, the original certificates of registration in the possession of the county clerk, together with the copies of certificates of registration in the office of the county clerk.
N.M. Stat. § 7-13A-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 13A / Section 7-13A-7
§ 7-13A-7. Claim for refund of petroleum products loading fee on products previously loaded from a source other than a refiner or pipeline terminal
Status: in_force

A. Upon the submission of proof satisfactory to the department, a distributor may claim, and the department may allow, a claim for refund of the petroleum products loading fee paid on petroleum products previously loaded in New Mexico from a source other than a refiner or pipeline terminal in this state and placed in a terminal from which it will be loaded into tank cars, tank trucks, tank wagons or other types of transportation equipment.

B. No person may submit claims for refund pursuant to this section more frequently than quarterly. No claim for refund may be submitted or allowed on less than one hundred gallons.

C. The department may prescribe the documents necessary to support a claim for refund pursuant to the provisions of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-4-26 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 4 / Section 32A-4-26
§ 32A-4-26. Parental responsibility
Status: in_force

A. The court shall order the parent to pay the reasonable costs of support and maintenance of the child that the parent is financially able to pay if a child is adjudicated to be neglected or abused and the court orders the child placed with an agency or individual other than the parent. The court may use the child support guidelines set forth in Section 40-4-11.1 NMSA 1978 to calculate a reasonable payment.

B. The court may enforce any of its orders issued pursuant to this section by use of its contempt power.
N.M. Stat. § 71-10-3 — NM Code / Chapter 71 / Article 10 / Section 71-10-3
§ 71-10-3. Creation of a district
Status: in_force

A county may form a district:

A. the initial boundaries of which lie within the jurisdiction of the county; and

B. that includes an operating coal-fueled electric generating facility that is owned by a non-investor-owned electric utility or a coal-fueled electric generating facility that is owned by a non-investor-owned electric utility and has been or is in the process of being retired.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11A / Section 10-11A-2
§ 10-11A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Volunteer Firefighters Retirement Act:

A. “ association ” means the public employees retirement association;

B. “ board ” means the retirement board of the association;

C. “ fire department ” means a fire department with volunteer members that is certified by the state fire marshal's office;

D. “ fund ” means the volunteer firefighters retirement fund; and

E. “ member ” means a volunteer nonsalaried firefighter who is listed as an active member on the rolls of a fire department and whose first year of service credit was accumulated during or after the year the member attained the age of sixteen. A volunteer firefighter who receives reimbursement for personal out-of-pocket costs shall not be considered a salaried firefighter.
N.M. Stat. § 9-16-14 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 16 / Section 9-16-14
§ 9-16-14. Regulation and licensing department operating fund
Status: in_force

A. There is established in the state treasury the “regulation and licensing department operating fund” to be administered by the department.

B. All money received by the administrative services division, the construction industries division, the financial institutions division, the securities division and the manufactured housing division, other than money earmarked for revolving funds, shall be deposited with the state treasurer and held in a separate suspense account for each division. In the seventy-sixth fiscal year, all money deposited in the suspense accounts shall be transferred monthly to the general fund until the sum of all money transferred to the general fund equals the total amount deposited and transferred to the general fund from those divisions in the seventy-fourth fiscal year. All additional money deposited in the divisions' suspense accounts during the seventy-sixth fiscal year shall be transferred to the regulation and licensing department operating fund on June 30, 1988.

C. In the seventy-seventh fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, on the last day of each month, the department shall transfer all money received during the month from the divisions' suspense accounts to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-12 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-12
§ 21-21-12. Repayment of bonds
Status: in_force

All money received by the state treasurer as repayment of student loans granted under the Student Loan Act and interest on the loans shall be credited to the “student loan sinking fund” in the state treasury, except that an amount determined as described in Section 6 of the Student Loan Act shall be credited to the general fund to reimburse the state for operating expenses of the fiscal agent under the Student Loan Act. The resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide for deposit from bond proceeds of not to exceed twenty-four months' interest, and may provide for use of bond proceeds as a reserve for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds. The state treasurer shall pay or cause to be paid from the student loan sinking fund the principal and interest on the bonds as they mature and come due.
N.M. Stat. § 3-24-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 24 / Section 3-24-10
§ 3-24-10. Contracts with electric utilities for the operation of facilities
Status: in_force

A. Any municipality owning and operating facilities for the furnishing of electricity may contract with any electric utility:

(1) to operate and manage all or part of the electric system of the electric utility; or

(2) for the operation and management of the municipal electric facilities by the electric utility upon such terms and conditions as are mutually agreeable to the contracting parties. No utility, by virtue of the contract or the operation and management of the municipal electric facilities, shall acquire any rights, interest or equity in the municipal system nor shall the municipality surrender any of its rights, interest or equity in the municipal system.

B. No municipal funds shall be expended for the operation and management of such system except such funds as are contracted to be reimbursed by the contracting electric utility. Any municipality entering into a contract and operating and managing such electric system shall not acquire any right, interest or equity in such electric utility.

C. No contract entered into by a municipality pursuant to this section shall run for more than ten years.

D. Nothing contained in this section shall operate to prevent a municipality from entering into contracts pursuant to Section 3-24-15 NMSA 1978 for the operation, maintenance and management of a jointly owned generating facility in which such municipality has any interest, nor from entering into a lease agreement or lease-purchase agreement with respect to any of such municipality's electric facilities.
N.M. Stat. § 9-24-1 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 24 / Section 9-24-1
§ 9-24-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 9, Article 24 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Public Education Department Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 2-3-13.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 2-3-13.1
§ 2-3-13.1. Legislative documents; gender-neutral language; legislative council service
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

(1) “ gender-neutral ” means language that does not expressly or implicitly refer to one gender to the real or apparent exclusion of the other and expressly or implicitly refers to both genders without distinguishing between them; and

(2) “ gender-specific ” means language that expressly or implicitly refers to one gender to the real or apparent exclusion of the other or expressly or implicitly refers to both genders and distinguishes between them.

B. Except as limited in Subsection C of this section, the legislative council service shall use gender-neutral language in drafting bills to enact, amend or revise laws and in drafting memorials, resolutions and other legislative documents; provided that gender-neutral language shall not be used if language is intended or required to be gender-specific or the intended meaning of language would otherwise be altered.

C. Whenever current laws and other published legislative documents are the subject of a legislative request to the legislative council service for amendment or revision, the legislative council service as part of its work shall replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral language where appropriate and reasonable.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14B-4 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14B / Section 24-14B-4
§ 24-14B-4. Electronic medical records; electronic signatures; legal recognition
Status: in_force

If a law or rule requires a medical record to be in writing, or if a law or rule requires a signature pertaining to a medical record, an electronic medical record or an electronic signature satisfies that law or rule, except for a court rule.
N.M. Stat. § 60-7B-7 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 7B / Section 60-7B-7
§ 60-7B-7. Presenting false evidence of age or identity
Status: in_force

A minor who presents to any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act or any employee, agent or lessee of that person any written, printed or photostatic evidence of age or identity that is false, for the purpose of procuring or attempting to procure any alcoholic beverages, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 3-50-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 50 / Section 3-50-9
§ 3-50-9. Power to issue bonds
Status: in_force

A city shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion to finance in whole or in part the cost of the preparation, acquisition, purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, extension or repair of any project hereunder and including the acquisition, installation and maintenance of parking meters. A city shall also have the power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it hereunder.
N.M. Stat. § 1-21-5 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 21 / Section 1-21-5
§ 1-21-5. Processing application; issuance of ballot; casting of ballot
Status: in_force

A. If satisfied that the application is proper and that the new resident or former resident is qualified to vote under the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act, the county clerk shall mark the application “accepted” and shall return the executed original application to the applicant.

B. Acceptance of an application under the provisions of the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act constitutes registration only for the presidential election in which the presidential ballot is to be cast.

C. The county clerk shall mail the duplicate original of each application accepted under the provisions of the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act to the appropriate official in the state in which the new resident last resided or in which the former resident now resides.

D. The county clerk shall file, in alphabetical order in his office for six months following each presidential election, the following public records:

(1) a triplicate original of each application of all persons who have applied for a presidential ballot under the provisions of the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act to vote as new residents or former residents; and

(2) official information received by him from another state indicating that a former resident of New Mexico has made application to vote at a presidential election in another state. Such official information shall be sufficient evidence for the county clerk to cancel the resident's certificate of registration in that county.

E. Notwithstanding any provision of the Election Code, new residents and former residents shall cast their presidential ballots in the same manner as absentee voters except as provided in the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act.

F. If presidential ballots are available at the time of application in person therefor, the county clerk shall deliver the presidential ballot to the new resident or former resident, and it shall be marked by the applicant in a voting booth in the courthouse, sealed in the proper envelopes and otherwise properly executed, and returned to the county clerk or his authorized representative before the new resident or former resident leaves the office of the county clerk. Presidential ballots may be cast in person at the county clerk's office until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday immediately prior to the date of the presidential election.

G. If presidential ballots are not available at the time of application in person therefor by a new resident or former resident selecting the absentee option, the county clerk shall mail the presidential ballot to the address shown on the new resident's or former resident's application, as applicable.

H. Notwithstanding any provision of the Election Code, presidential ballots shall be mailed to all new residents, former residents, federal qualified electors, federal voters and voters who have qualified and applied therefor not less than seven days immediately prior to a presidential election.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-18 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-18
§ 72-16-18. Interest in contracts and property disqualifications
Status: in_force

No director nor officer, employee or agent of the authority may be interested in any contract or transaction with the authority except in his official representative capacity or as provided, except for any contract of employment with the authority. Neither the holding of any office or employment in the government of any public body or the federal government nor the owning of any property within the state, within or without the authority, may be deemed a disqualification for membership on the board or employment by the authority, nor a disqualification for compensation for services as an officer, employee or agent of the authority, except as provided in Section 17 hereof.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-10
§ 6-6-10. Violation of expense limit; penalty
Status: in_force

Any member of any board of county commissioners, or of any local school board, or of any governing board or council of any municipality, or any other official who shall violate the provisions of Sections 6-6-7 through 6-6-10 NMSA 1978 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than six months or both [and] upon conviction under the section the position shall be declared vacant. Any official whose duty it is to allow claims and issue warrants therefor, who issues warrants or evidences of indebtedness contrary to the provisions of Sections 6-6-7 through 6-6-10 NMSA 1978 shall be liable to his respective county, school district or municipality for such violations and recovery may be made against the bondsmen of such official.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7A / Section 10-7A-2
§ 10-7A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Deferred Compensation Act:

A. “ board ” means the public employees retirement board;

B. “ local public body ” means all political subdivisions of the state, their agencies, instrumentalities and institutions;

C. “ local public employee ” means any officer or employee to whom a local public body pays a salary for services rendered;

D. “ deferred compensation carriers ” means any corporation, partnership or persons providing administrative, recordkeeping or investment consulting services to participants in deferred compensation plans pursuant to funding agreements; and

E. “ state employee ” means any officer or employee to whom the state pays a salary for services rendered.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9A-20 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9A / Section 63-9A-20
§ 63-9A-20. Injunctions; contempt
Status: in_force

The commission may apply to the district court for injunctions to prevent violations of any provision of the New Mexico Telecommunications Act or of any rule or order of the commission issued pursuant to that act, and the court has the power to grant such injunctions and to enforce such injunctions by contempt procedure.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-4-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 32A / Article 4 / Section 32A-4-8
§ 32A-4-8. Place of temporary custody
Status: in_force

A. Unless a child alleged to be neglected or abused is also alleged or adjudicated delinquent:

(1) the child shall not be held in a jail or other facility intended or used for the incarceration of adults charged with criminal offenses or for the detention of children alleged to be delinquent children; and

(2) there shall be a preference that the child be placed in the home of a relative of the child when a relative is available to provide foster care; provided that:

(a) placement with a relative is in the best interest of the child;

(b) the relative signs a sworn statement that the relative will not return the child to or allow unsupervised visits with the parent, guardian or custodian who is alleged to have committed the abuse or neglect, unless otherwise directed by the department or the court; and

(c) within three days of accepting custody of the child, the relative completes an application form for licensure to operate a foster home pursuant to the Children's Code.

B. The department shall make reasonable efforts to locate a relative of the child to provide foster care. If a relative is not available to provide foster care, the child may be placed in:

(1) a licensed foster home or any home authorized under the law for the provision of foster care or group care or use as a protective residence;

(2) a facility operated by a licensed child welfare services agency; or

(3) a facility provided for in the Children's Shelter Care Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 60-2A-23 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2A / Section 60-2A-23
§ 60-2A-23. Regulatory fees on promotions
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other taxes or fees provided by law, there is imposed upon every promoter for the privilege of promoting a professional contest a regulatory fee in an amount determined pursuant to the rules of the commission to be sufficient to cover the costs of regulating the contest; provided that the fee shall not exceed four percent of the total gross receipts of any professional contest conducted live in New Mexico.

B. The commission shall adopt rules for the administration, collection and enforcement of the fee imposed pursuant to this section.

C. As used in this section, “ total gross receipts of any professional contest ” includes:

(1) the gross price charged for the sale, lease or other exploitation of broadcasting, television or motion picture rights of the professional contest without any deductions for commissions, brokerage fees, distribution fees, advertising or other expenses or charges;

(2) the face value of all tickets sold and complimentary tickets issued; and

(3) any sums received as consideration for holding a professional contest at a particular location.
N.M. Stat. § 7-8A-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 8A / Section 7-8A-9
§ 7-8A-9. Notice and publication of lists of abandoned property
Status: in_force

The administrator shall publish a notice not later than November 30 of each year in which abandoned property has been paid or delivered to the administrator. The notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each county of this state. The advertisement must be in a form that, in the judgment of the administrator, is likely to attract the attention of the general public. The advertisement shall contain:

A. the website on which to search for information about abandoned properties;

B. the email address of the administrator;

C. the telephone number and physical mailing address of the administrator;

D. a statement explaining that property of the owner is presumed to be abandoned and has been taken into the protective custody of the administrator; and

E. a statement providing information about the property and the return to the property's owner is available to a person having a legal or beneficial interest in the property, upon request to the administrator.
N.M. Stat. § 14-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 5 / Section 14-5-2
§ 14-5-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Public Records Recovery Act:

A. “public officer” means any officer or employee of the legislative, executive or judicial departments of the state or any of its agencies, and any officer or employee of any of the political subdivisions of the state, who is the official custodian of any public record or class of public records; and

B. “public record” means all instruments and documents duly recorded in the records of the county clerk, district court or probate court, which affect interest in real property.
N.M. Stat. § 14-14A-30 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 14A / Section 14-14A-30
§ 14-14A-30. Saving clause
Status: in_force

The Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts does not affect the validity or effect of a notarial act performed before the effective date of the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts or any amendments to the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.
N.M. Stat. § 9-19-6.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 19 / Section 9-19-6.1
§ 9-19-6.1. Secretary; duty to develop career pay system for state police
Status: in_force

In addition to all other duties established in Section 9-19-6 NMSA 1978 , the secretary, in consultation with the chief of the New Mexico state police, shall develop a career pay system for the state police. This career pay system shall consist of steps within salary ranges based on objective criteria developed by the secretary. This career pay system shall allow an officer to progress on a career ladder with appropriate salary steps linked to a recognition of additional training, skills acquired and other meritorious performance.
N.M. Stat. § 27-5-12 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 5 / Section 27-5-12
§ 27-5-12. Payment of claims
Status: in_force

A. A hospital, ambulance service or health care provider filing a claim with the county shall:

(1) file the claim with the county in which the indigent patient is domiciled;

(2) file the claim for each patient separately, with an itemized detail of the total cost; and

(3) file with the claim a verified statement of qualification for ambulance service, indigent hospital care or care from a health care provider signed by the patient or by the parent or person having custody of the patient to the effect that the patient qualifies under the provisions of the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act as an indigent patient and is unable to pay the cost for the care administered and listing all assets owned by the patient or any person legally responsible for the patient's care. The statement shall constitute an oath of the person signing it, and any false statements in the statement made knowingly constitute a felony.

B. A hospital, ambulance service or health care provider that has contracted with a county for provision of health care services shall provide evidence of health care services rendered for payment for services in accordance with the procedures specified in the contract.