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N.M. Stat. § 10-9-10 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 9 / Section 10-9-10
§ 10-9-10. Board duties
Status: in_force

The board shall:

A. promulgate regulations to effectuate the Personnel Act;

B. hear appeals and make recommendations to employers;

C. hire, with the approval of the governor, a director experienced in the field of personnel administration;

D. review budget requests prepared by the director for the operation of the personnel program and make appropriate recommendations thereon;

E. make investigations, studies and audits necessary to the proper administration of the Personnel Act;

F. make an annual report to the governor at the end of each fiscal year;

G. establish and maintain liaison with the general services department; and

H. represent the public interest in the improvement of personnel administration in the system.
N.M. Stat. § 57-26-6 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 26 / Section 57-26-6
§ 57-26-6. Prohibited provisions
Status: in_force

A rental-purchase agreement shall not contain:

A. a confession of judgment;

B. a negotiable instrument;

C. a security interest or any other claim of a property interest in any property of the consumer;

D. a wage assignment;

E. a waiver by the consumer of claims or defenses;

F. a provision authorizing the lessor or a person acting on the lessor's behalf to enter upon the consumer's premises unlawfully or to commit any breach of the peace in the repossession of goods;

G. a provision requiring the purchase of insurance or a liability damage waiver from the lessor for goods that are the subject of the rental-purchase agreement;

H. a provision that mere failure to return goods constitutes probable cause for a criminal action;

I. a provision requiring the consumer to make a payment in addition to regular periodic payments in order to acquire ownership of the goods or a provision requiring the consumer to make periodic payments totaling more than the dollar amount necessary to acquire ownership as disclosed pursuant to Section 5 of the Rental-Purchase Agreement Act;

J. a provision for more than one reinstatement fee on any one periodic payment, regardless of the period of time during which it remains unpaid; or

K. a provision for a late charge or any other type of charge or penalty for reinstating a rental-purchase agreement, other than a reinstatement fee; however, a lessor may use the term “late charge” or a similar term to refer to a reinstatement fee.
N.M. Stat. § 3-11-6 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 3-11-6
§ 3-11-6. Mayor; authority to appoint, supervise and discharge employees
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the approval of a majority of all members of the governing body, the mayor shall:

(1) appoint all officers and employees except those holding elective office; and

(2) designate an employee to perform any service authorized by the governing body.

B. The mayor may appoint temporary employees as required for the proper administration of municipal affairs. The employee shall serve only until the next regular meeting of the governing body at which a quorum is present. The temporary employment shall cease and the employee shall not be reappointed unless his appointment is confirmed by the governing body. A temporary employee is entitled to the usual, ordinary and reasonable compensation for services rendered to the municipality.

C. The mayor shall:

(1) supervise the employees of the municipality;

(2) examine the grounds of reasonable complaint made against any employee; and

(3) cause any violations or neglect of the employees' duties to be corrected promptly or reported to the proper authority for correction and punishment.

D. Subject to the limitation of a merit system ordinance adopted as authorized in Section 3-13-4 NMSA 1978:

(1) the governing body may discharge an appointed official or employee by a majority of all the members of the governing body;

(2) the mayor may discharge an appointed official or employee upon the approval of a majority of all the members of the governing body; or

(3) the mayor may suspend an appointed official or employee until the next regular meeting of the governing body at which time the suspension shall be approved or disapproved by a majority of all the members of the governing body. If the suspension of the appointed official or employee is disapproved by the governing body, the suspended appointed official or employee shall be paid the compensation he was entitled to receive during the time of his suspension.

E. Any appointed official or employee who is discharged shall:

(1) upon his request, be given, by the mayor in writing, a list of reasons for his discharge; and

(2) be paid any vacation pay which he may have accrued.
N.M. Stat. § 16-6-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 6 / Section 16-6-1
§ 16-6-1. State fair commission; members; appointment; number; qualification; terms; oath; bond
Status: in_force

A. The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, a “state fair commission”, consisting of seven members, for terms of five years each; provided that the first appointments shall be made of two commissioners for one-year terms, two for two-year terms, one for a three-year term, one for a four-year term and one for a five-year term. All state fair commissioners shall be bona fide residents of the state. No less than two commissioners shall be engaged in the business of livestock raising, and no less than two commissioners shall be engaged in agricultural vocations and pursuits other than livestock raising.

B. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each state fair commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office, which oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Each commissioner shall furnish a good and sufficient surety bond as provided in the Surety Bond Act.

C. No member of the commission shall be removed during the term for which he is appointed, except for cause, following notice and an opportunity for a hearing, unless the notice and hearing are, in writing, expressly waived.
N.M. Stat. § 66-8-119 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 8 / Section 66-8-119
§ 66-8-119. Penalty assessment revenue; disposition
Status: in_force

A. The division shall remit all penalty assessment receipts to the state treasurer for credit to the general fund.

B. The division shall remit all penalty assessment fee receipts assessed prior to July 1, 2024 and collected on or after July 1, 2024 to the state treasurer for credit to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 20-10-16 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 10 / Section 20-10-16
§ 20-10-16. Devices
Status: in_force

A. Except as specifically stated above, the second and subsequent award of any medal shall be noted by written citation and by presentation and wearing of a bronze oak leaf cluster in lieu of a second or subsequent medal. A silver oak leaf cluster shall substitute for five bronze oak leaf clusters.

B. All medals awarded may be worn on military ceremonial or mess uniforms in miniature format, which shall be procured by the awards fund and shall be available for purchase by recipients.
N.M. Stat. § 61-9A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 9A / Section 61-9A-4
§ 61-9A-4. License or registration required
Status: in_force

A. Unless licensed or registered to practice under the Counseling and Therapy Practice Act, no person shall engage in:

(1) the practice of professional mental health counseling;

(2) the practice of professional clinical mental health counseling;

(3) marriage and family therapy;

(4) professional art therapy;

(5) counseling as a licensed mental health counselor;

(6) counseling as a licensed associate marriage and family therapist; or

(7) counseling as a registered independent mental health counselor.

B. Unless licensed to practice under the Counseling and Therapy Practice Act, no person shall engage in:

(1) the practice of alcohol and drug abuse counseling;

(2) the practice of alcohol abuse counseling;

(3) the practice of drug abuse counseling; or

(4) substance abuse counseling as a substance abuse associate.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-48 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-48
§ 59A-22-48. General anesthesia and hospitalization for dental surgery
Status: in_force

A. An individual or group health insurance policy, health care plan or certificate of health insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state shall provide coverage for hospitalization and general anesthesia provided in a hospital or ambulatory surgical center for dental surgery for the following:

(1) insureds exhibiting physical, intellectual or medically compromising conditions for which dental treatment under local anesthesia, with or without additional adjunctive techniques and modalities, cannot be expected to provide a successful result and for which dental treatment under general anesthesia can be expected to produce superior results;

(2) insureds for whom local anesthesia is ineffective because of acute infection, anatomic variation or allergy;

(3) insured children or adolescents who are extremely uncooperative, fearful, anxious or uncommunicative with dental needs of such magnitude that treatment should not be postponed or deferred and for whom lack of treatment can be expected to result in dental or oral pain or infection, loss of teeth or other increased oral or dental morbidity;

(4) insureds with extensive oral-facial or dental trauma for which treatment under local anesthesia would be ineffective or compromised; or

(5) other procedures for which hospitalization or general anesthesia in a hospital or ambulatory surgical center is medically necessary.

B. The provisions of this section do not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited or specified disease policies.

C. Coverage for dental surgery may be subject to copayments, deductibles and coinsurance subject to network and prior authorization requirements consistent with those imposed on other benefits under the same policy, plan or certificate.
N.M. Stat. § 61-6-13 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 6 / Section 61-6-13
§ 61-6-13. Physician expedited licensure
Status: in_force

A. The board may grant an expedited license to a qualified applicant licensed in another state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or a foreign country as provided in Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978 . The board shall process the application as soon as practicable but no later than thirty days after the out-of-state medical or osteopathic physician files an application for expedited licensure accompanied by any required fee if the applicant:

(1) holds a license that is current and in good standing issued by another licensing jurisdiction approved by the board; and

(2) has practiced medicine or osteopathy as a licensed physician for at least three years.

B. If the board issues an expedited license to a person whose prior licensing jurisdiction did not require examination, the board may require a person to pass an examination before applying for license renewal.

C. The board by rule shall determine those states and territories of the United States and the District of Columbia from which it will not accept an applicant for expedited licensure and shall determine any foreign countries from which it will accept an applicant for expedited licensure. The board shall post the lists of disapproved and approved licensing jurisdictions on the board's website. The list of disapproved licensing jurisdictions shall include the specific reasons for disapproval. The lists shall be reviewed annually to determine if amendments to the rule are warranted. The board may require fingerprints and other information necessary for a state and national criminal background check.
N.M. Stat. § 33-2-29 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2 / Section 33-2-29
§ 33-2-29. Penitentiary; disease
Status: in_force

In case of any pestilence or contagious sickness breaking out among the convicts, the corrections division [corrections department] may cause the convicts confined therein or any of them to be removed to some suitable place of security where such of them as may be sick shall receive necessary medical attention and such convicts must be returned as soon as may be to the penitentiary to be confined according to their respective sentences, if the same be unexpired.
N.M. Stat. § 60-13-8 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 13 / Section 60-13-8
§ 60-13-8. Division; employees; equipment and supplies
Status: in_force

A. The division shall employ personnel, procure equipment and supplies and assemble records as necessary to carry out the provisions of the Construction Industries Licensing Act.

B. Any person employed or placed under contract by the division or by any county or municipality for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Construction Industries Licensing Act who holds any contractor's license or certificate of competence issued by the division, shall, as a condition of employment surrender the contractor's license or certificate of competence to the division to be held in inactive status. The division shall place the license or certificate on hold effective from the date the employment or contract begins until the date the employment or contract terminates. The license or certificate shall remain in effect after the hold period for the same number of days as it would have remained in effect but for the hold.
N.M. Stat. § 58-1-13 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1 / Section 58-1-13
§ 58-1-13. Lease to minor
Status: in_force

A lessor may lease a safe deposit box to and in connection therewith deal with a minor with the same effect as if leasing to and dealing with a person of full legal capacity.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-18 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-18
§ 1-9-18. Electronic voting systems; method of payment by counties
Status: in_force

A. The department of finance and administration and the board of county commissioners shall budget annually for as many years as may be necessary from county funds in each county acquiring electronic voting systems and support equipment an amount sufficient to enable the county to pay to the state board of finance installment payments required to be paid under the terms of the lease-purchase contract.

B. The board of county commissioners of each county having a lease-purchase contract with the state board of finance shall pay such payments, at the times and in the amounts as provided by the terms of the lease-purchase contract. The state board of finance shall deposit the payments into the severance tax bonding fund if the electronic voting systems and support equipment were originally purchased with severance tax bond proceeds. The state board of finance shall deposit the payments into the electronic voting system revolving fund if the electronic voting systems were originally purchased with money from the electronic voting system revolving fund.
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-15 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-15
§ 53-11-15. Authorized shares
Status: in_force

A. Each corporation has power to create and issue the number of shares stated in its articles of incorporation. The shares may be divided into one or more classes with the designation, preferences, limitations and relative rights stated in the articles of incorporation. The articles of incorporation may limit or deny the voting rights of, or provide special voting rights for, the shares of any class to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the Business Corporation Act.

B. Without limiting the authority granted in this section, a corporation, when so provided in its articles of incorporation, may issue shares of preferred or special classes:

(1) subject to the right of the corporation to redeem any of the shares at the price fixed by the articles of incorporation for the redemption thereof;

(2) entitling the holders thereof to cumulative, noncumulative or partially cumulative dividends;

(3) having preference over any other class or classes of shares as to the payment of dividends;

(4) having preference in the assets of the corporation over any other class or classes of shares upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation of the corporation; or

(5) convertible into shares of any other class or into shares of any series of the same or any other class, except a class having prior or superior rights and preferences as to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation.
N.M. Stat. § 5-15-15.1 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 15 / Section 5-15-15.1
§ 5-15-15.1. Filing fee for evaluating use of state gross receipts tax increment
Status: in_force

Prior to approval of a dedication of a gross receipts tax increment attributable to the state gross receipts tax by the state board of finance pursuant to Section 5-15-15 NMSA 1978 , a tax increment development district shall submit a filing fee to the state board of finance to pay the reasonable costs, as determined by the department of finance and administration, of evaluating the tax increment development plan and the district's requested use of a state gross receipts tax increment.
N.M. Stat. § 72-19-19 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 19 / Section 72-19-19
§ 72-19-19. Flood control system; hearings
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized, empowered and directed, subject to the provisions of Section 7 of the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, to acquire, equip, maintain and operate a flood control system for the benefit of the authority and the inhabitants thereof, after the board has made such preliminary studies and otherwise taken such action as it determines to be necessary or desirable as preliminaries. The flood control system consists of such facilities as the board may determine. When a comprehensive program for the acquisition of the flood control system satisfactory to the board is available, it shall be tentatively adopted. The program need only describe the proposed flood control system in general terms and not in detail. A public hearing on the proposed program shall be scheduled, and notice of the hearing shall be given by publication. After the hearing and any adjournments of that hearing which may be ordered, the board may either require changes to be made in the program as the board may consider desirable or the board may approve the program as prepared. If any substantial changes to the program are ordered at any time, a further hearing shall be held pursuant to notice which shall be given by publication.
N.M. Stat. § 4-52-9 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 52 / Section 4-52-9
§ 4-52-9. Ballots
Status: in_force

The question to be voted on shall be submitted by ballots upon which appear the following:

“For creation of ․․․․․․․․․․ Refuse Control District ☐

Against creation of ․․․․․․․․․․ Refuse Control District ☐”

A square shall follow each proposition. The ballot shall also contain a direction to insert an “X” mark in the square following one or the other of the propositions, as the voter may favor or oppose creation of the district. The ballot shall set forth the boundaries of the proposed district as determined by the board of county commissioners and the board's ordinance powers for the proposed district under Section 11. All electors residing within the boundaries of the territory, as determined by the board, shall be eligible to vote in the referendum.
N.M. Stat. § 33-2A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2A / Section 33-2A-7
§ 33-2A-7. Additional population control mechanisms
Status: in_force

A. The governor may order the commission to convene at any time to consider the release of nonviolent offenders who are within one hundred eighty days of their projected release date. When the governor orders the commission to convene, the commission shall comply with the provisions of Subsections C through E of Section 6 of the Corrections Population Control Act.

B. The commission may order itself to convene at any time to consider the release of nonviolent offenders who are within one hundred eighty days of their projected release date, upon a two-thirds' vote by members who are appointed. When the commission orders itself to convene, the commission shall comply with the provisions of Subsection C through E of Section 6 of the Corrections Population Control Act.
N.M. Stat. § 73-16-30 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 16 / Section 73-16-30
§ 73-16-30. Conservation and development of resources; assessments authorized
Status: in_force

That conservancy districts heretofore or hereafter created under New Mexico statutes be and hereby are authorized to levy an assessment of not to exceed 10% of the special benefits confirmed and approved for the purpose of conserving and developing the resources thereof, servicing outstanding bonds or obligations of such districts and for other purposes under the terms and conditions herein specified.
N.M. Stat. § 30-12-2 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 12 / Section 30-12-2
§ 30-12-2. Grounds for order of interception
Status: in_force

An ex parte order for wiretapping, eavesdropping or the interception of any wire or oral communication may be issued by any judge of a district court upon application of the attorney general or a district attorney, stating that there is probable cause to believe that:

A. evidence may be obtained of the commission of:

(1) the crime of murder, kidnapping, extortion, robbery, trafficking or distribution of controlled substances or bribery of a witness;

(2) the crime of burglary, aggravated burglary, criminal sexual penetration, arson, mayhem, receiving stolen property or commercial gambling, if punishable by imprisonment for more than one year; or

(3) an organized criminal conspiracy to commit any of the aforementioned crimes; or

B. the communication, conversation or discussion is itself an element of any of the above specified crimes.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-6A-11 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 6A / Section 32A-6A-11
§ 32A-6A-11. Training required for a professional who uses restraint or seclusion
Status: in_force

A mental health or developmental disabilities professional who administers restraint or seclusion shall receive training in current professionally accepted practices and standards regarding:

A. positive behavior interventions strategies and supports;

B. functional behavior assessment and behavior intervention planning;

C. prevention of self-injurious behaviors;

D. methods for identifying and defusing potentially dangerous behavior; and

E. restraint and seclusion, to the extent that each may be used in the treatment setting.
N.M. Stat. § 30-5A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 5A / Section 30-5A-1
§ 30-5A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-13 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-13
§ 7-9-13. Exemption; gross receipts tax; governmental agencies
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, exempted from the gross receipts tax are receipts of:

(1) the United States or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof;

(2) the state of New Mexico or any political subdivision thereof;

(3) any Indian nation, tribe or pueblo from activities or transactions occurring on its sovereign territory; or

(4) any foreign nation or agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, but only when required by a treaty in force to which the United States is a party.

B. Receipts from the sale of gas or electricity by a utility owned or operated by a county, municipality or other political subdivision of a state are not exempted from the gross receipts tax.

C. Receipts from the operation of a cable television system owned or operated by a municipality are not exempted from the gross receipts tax.