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N.M. Stat. § 59A-23G-7 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23G / Section 59A-23G-7
§ 59A-23G-7. Exclusion prohibition not applicable to excepted benefit plans or policies
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an excepted benefits policy or plan shall not exclude coverage for losses incurred for a preexisting condition more than twelve months from the effective date of coverage. The policy or plan shall not define a preexisting condition more restrictively than a condition for which medical advice was given or treatment recommended by or received from a physician within twelve months before the effective date of coverage.

B. As used in this section, “ excepted benefits ” means benefits furnished pursuant to the following:

(1) coverage-only accident or disability income insurance;

(2) coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;

(3) liability insurance;

(4) workers' compensation or similar insurance;

(5) automobile medical payment insurance;

(6) credit-only insurance;

(7) coverage for on-site medical clinics;

(8) other similar insurance coverage specified in office of superintendent of insurance rules, under which benefits for medical care are secondary or incidental to other benefits;

(9) the following benefits if offered separately:

(a) limited-scope dental or vision benefits;

(b) benefits for long-term care, nursing home care, home health care, community-based care or any combination of those benefits; and

(c) other similar limited benefits specified in office of superintendent of insurance rules;

(10) the following benefits, offered as independent, non-coordinated benefits:

(a) coverage-only for a specified disease or illness; or

(b) hospital indemnity or other fixed indemnity insurance; and

(11) the following benefits if offered as a separate insurance policy:

(a) medicare supplemental health insurance as defined pursuant to Section 1882(g)(1) of the federal Social Security Act; and

(b) coverage supplemental to the coverage provided pursuant to Chapter 55 of Title 10 USCA and similar supplemental coverage provided to coverage pursuant to a group health plan.
N.M. Stat. § 19-6-2 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 6 / Section 19-6-2
§ 19-6-2. Duty to extinguish fires; penalty for failure
Status: in_force

Any person who shall build a fire in or near any forest, timber or other inflammable material upon state lands shall, before leaving said fire, totally extinguish the same. Any person failing to do so shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not more than one thousand dollars [($1,000)], or be imprisoned for a term of not more than one year, or both.
N.M. Stat. § 50-1-4 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 1 / Section 50-1-4
§ 50-1-4. Annual report of director of the labor and industrial division; contents
Status: in_force

The commissioner [director of the labor and industrial division] shall collect, systematize and present in annual reports to the governor statistical details relating to his office and especially as bearing upon the commercial, social and sanitary conditions of the employees, the means of escape from dangers incident to their employment; the protection of life and health in factory or other places of employment; the labor of women and children and the hours of labor exacted from them and in general all matters which tend to affect the prosperity of the mechanical, manufacturing and productive industries of this state and of the persons employed therein.
N.M. Stat. § 65-1-28 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 1 / Section 65-1-28
§ 65-1-28. Payment by credit card; optional services; fees; appropriations
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department is authorized to enter into agreements with financial institutions and credit card companies under which the department may accept payment by credit card from motor carriers of the taxes, fees or other charges due pursuant to the Motor Transportation Act, Motor Vehicle Code, Trip Tax Act or Weight Distance Tax Act. Any fee payable to the financial institution or credit card company for a payment by credit card authorized under this section may be deducted from the proceeds of the taxes, fees or other charges paid on a pro-rata basis prior to any other distribution of the proceeds required by law. The necessary portion of the proceeds of the taxes, fees and other charges collected under this subsection is appropriated for the purpose of paying the fee payable to the financial institution or credit card company.

B. The secretary is authorized to establish by regulation fees to cover the expense of providing additional services for the convenience of the motoring public. Any service established for which a fee is adopted under this section shall be optional, with the fee not being charged to any person not taking advantage of the service. Amounts collected pursuant to this subsection are appropriated to the department for the purpose of defraying the expense of providing the service.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department of transportation is authorized to enter into agreements with financial institutions and credit card companies under which the department of transportation may accept payment by credit card from motor carriers of the taxes, fees or other charges due pursuant to the Trip Tax Act or the Weight Distance Tax Act. Any fee payable to the financial institution or credit card company for a payment by credit card authorized under this section may be deducted from the proceeds of the taxes, fees or other charges paid on a pro-rata basis prior to any other distribution of the proceeds required by law. The necessary portion of the proceeds of the taxes, fees and other charges collected under this subsection is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying the fee payable to the financial institution or credit card company.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-30 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-30
§ 59A-22-30. Age limit
Status: in_force

If any such policy contains a provision establishing, as an age limit or otherwise, a date after which coverage provided by the policy will not be effective, and if such date falls within a period for which premium is accepted by the insurer or if the insurer accepts a premium after such date, the coverage provided by the policy will continue in force subject to any right of cancellation until the end of the period for which premium has been accepted. In the event the age of the insured has been misstated and if, according to the correct age of the insured, the coverage provided by the policy would not have become effective, or would have ceased prior to the acceptance of such premium or premiums, then the liability of the insurer shall be limited to the refund, upon request, of all premiums paid for the period not covered by the policy.
N.M. Stat. § 12-12B-3 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12B / Section 12-12B-3
§ 12-12B-3. Certification program
Status: in_force

The higher education department and the regulation and licensing department shall recommend to appropriate institutions of higher learning a program for training and certifying individuals to relight pilot lights for residential equipment and appliances. Upon satisfactory completion of such a program, an individual shall be certified as a gas pilot relighting technician and be issued a certificate attesting to the person's completion of the program, which certificate shall expire after five years. The regulation and licensing department shall adopt rules specifying the content of the training program, requirements for successful completion of the program and the process for certification of an individual as a gas pilot relighting technician.
N.M. Stat. § 76-18-1 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 18 / Section 76-18-1
§ 76-18-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Cotton District Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 30-36-6 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 36 / Section 30-36-6
§ 30-36-6. Exceptions
Status: in_force

The Worthless Check Act does not apply to:

A. any check where the payee or holder knows or has been expressly notified prior to the drawing of the check or has reason to believe that the drawer did not have on deposit or to his credit with the drawee sufficient funds to insure payment on its presentation; or

B. any post-dated check.
N.M. Stat. § 3-63-14 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 63 / Section 3-63-14
§ 3-63-14. Assessments; terms of payment; liens; foreclosure
Status: in_force

A. The council shall by ordinance:

(1) establish the time and terms of paying the business improvement benefit fee or installments on the fee;

(2) set any rate or rates of interest upon deferred payments of the fee, which shall commence from the last date of publication of the ordinance ratifying the assessment;

(3) fix penalties to be charged for delinquent payment of an assessment;

(4) establish procedures and guidelines for the classification of property for the fee;

(5) set a reasonable charge to recover the municipality's expense for the assessment, collection and administration of the fee; and

(6) provide for the control and investment and order the expenditure of all money pertaining to the district.

B. The same interest rate shall be set for fees which are payable over the same time period. No rate or rates of interest in excess of twelve percent a year upon such deferred payments of the fee shall become effective unless the state board of finance or any successor thereof at any time approves a higher interest rate in writing based upon the determination of the state board of finance that the higher rate is reasonable under existing or anticipated bond market conditions, which approval shall be conclusive.

C. After the publication of the ordinance ratifying the assessment, as provided in the Business Improvement District Act, the assessment together with any interest or penalty accruing to the assessment is a lien upon the tract or parcel of land so assessed. Such a lien is coequal with the lien for general real property taxes and the lien of other improvement districts and all other liens, claims and titles. Unmatured installments are not deemed to be within the terms of any general covenant or warranty. All purchasers, mortgagees or encumbrancers of a tract or parcel of land so assessed shall hold the tract or parcel of land subject to the lien so created.

D. Within sixty days after the publication of the assessment roll for a district, the municipal clerk shall prepare, sign, attest with the municipal seal and record in the office of the county clerk a claim of lien for any unpaid amount due and assessed against a tract or parcel of land.

E. Any tract or parcel so assessed shall not be relieved from the assessment or lien by the sale of the tract or parcel of land for general taxes or any other assessment.
N.M. Stat. § 16-5-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 5 / Section 16-5-6
§ 16-5-6. Exemptions
Status: in_force

The Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission is exempt from compliance with the Personnel Act and the Public Purchases Act.
N.M. Stat. § 60-13A-14 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 13A / Section 60-13A-14
§ 60-13A-14. Disclosure to clients required
Status: in_force

An employee leasing contractor shall disclose to a client the services to be rendered by the contractor, the costs of those services and a description of the respective rights and obligations of the parties prior to entering into an employee leasing arrangement with the client.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-13
§ 1-12-13. Conduct of election; aid or assistance to voter in marking ballot
Status: in_force

A. When a voter who is eligible for assistance pursuant to Section 1-12-12 NMSA 1978 requires assistance in marking a ballot or using the voting system, the voter shall announce this fact before receiving the ballot or using the voting system.

B. The voter's request for assistance shall be noted by the voter's name in the signature roster and initialed by the presiding judge.

C. After noting the request for assistance in the signature roster, the voter shall be permitted assistance in marking the ballot or using the voting system as provided in Section 1-12-15 NMSA 1978 .

D. Any person who swears falsely in order to secure assistance is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 6-24-28 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 24 / Section 6-24-28
§ 6-24-28. Internal auditor; appointment; duties
Status: in_force

A. The board, with the recommendation and assistance of the chief executive officer, shall employ an internal auditor. The internal auditor, who shall be an employee of the authority, shall be qualified by training and experience as an auditor and management analyst and have at least five years of auditing experience. The internal auditor shall take direction as needed from the chief executive officer and be accountable to the board.

B. The internal auditor shall conduct and coordinate comprehensive audits for all aspects of the lottery, provide management analysis expertise and carry out any other duties specified by the board and by law. The internal auditor shall specifically:

(1) conduct, or provide for through a competitive bid process, an annual financial audit and observation audits of drawings;

(2) create an annual audit plan to be approved by the board;

(3) search for means of better efficiency and cost savings and waste prevention;

(4) examine the policy and procedure needs of the lottery and determine compliance;

(5) ensure that proper internal controls exist;

(6) perform audits that meet or exceed governmental audit standards; and

(7) submit audit reports on a quarterly basis to the board, the chief executive officer, the state auditor and the legislative finance committee.

C. The internal auditor shall conduct audits as needed in the areas of:

(1) personnel security;

(2) lottery retailer security;

(3) lottery contractor security;

(4) security of manufacturing operations of lottery contractors;

(5) security against lottery ticket counterfeiting and alteration and other means of fraudulently winning;

(6) security of drawings among entries or finalists;

(7) computer security;

(8) data communications security;

(9) database security;

(10) systems security;

(11) lottery premises and warehouse security;

(12) security in distribution;

(13) security involving validation and payment procedures;

(14) security involving unclaimed prizes;

(15) security aspects applicable to each particular lottery game;

(16) security of drawings in games whenever winners are determined by drawings;

(17) the completeness of security against locating winners in lottery games with preprinted winners by persons involved in their production, storage, distribution, administration or sales; and

(18) any other aspects of security applicable to any particular lottery game and to the lottery and its operations.

D. Specific audit findings related to security invasion techniques are confidential and may be reported only to the chief executive officer or his designee, the board, the governor and the attorney general.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-19 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-19
§ 53-4-19. Officers
Status: in_force

The officers of an association shall include a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer or a secretary-treasurer. The officers shall be elected annually by the directors unless the bylaws otherwise provide. The president and at least one vice president must be directors, but no other officer need be a director.
N.M. Stat. § 1-8-36.1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1-8-36.1
§ 1-8-36.1. Primary election law; write-in candidates
Status: in_force

A. Write-in candidates are permitted in the primary election only for the offices of United States representative, members of the legislature, district judges, district attorneys, public education commission, magistrates and any office voted upon by all voters of the state.

B. A person may be a write-in candidate only for nomination by the major political party with which the person is affiliated as shown by the certificate of registration, and such person shall have the same qualifications to be a candidate in the primary election for the political party for which the person is a write-in candidate.

C. A person desiring to be a write-in candidate for one of the offices listed in Subsection A of this section in the primary election shall file with the proper filing officer a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, accompanied by a nominating petition containing the same number of signatures required of other candidates for major party nomination for the same office. Such declaration of intent shall be filed between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday in March.

D. A person shall not be a declared write-in candidate until the person has been notified in writing by the proper filing officer that the certificate of registration on file, the declaration of candidacy and the nominating petition, if required, are in proper order and that the person, based on those documents, is qualified to be a candidate. The proper filing officer shall mail the notice by the Friday following the filing date. The determination by the proper filing officer that a person is a declared write-in candidate is subject to the provisions of Section 1-8-18 NMSA 1978 .

E. If a person is notified by the proper filing officer that the person is not qualified to be a write-in candidate, the person may challenge that decision by filing a petition with the district court within ten days of the notification. The district court shall hear and render a decision on the matter within ten days after the petition is filed. The decision of the district court may be appealed to the supreme court within five days after the decision is rendered. The supreme court shall hear and render a decision on the appeal forthwith.

F. A write-in candidate shall be considered a candidate for all purposes and provisions relating to candidates in the Election Code, including the obligations to report pursuant to the Campaign Reporting Act, except that the write-in candidate's name shall not be printed on the ballot.
N.M. Stat. § 56-9-18 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 9 / Section 56-9-18
§ 56-9-18. Statement of assignee; bond
Status: in_force

The assignee, his agent or attorney, at the time of the execution and delivery of the deed of assignment, shall make a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, setting forth the general nature and full value of the estate and effects assigned, which statement shall be filed with the deed of assignment for record, and the assignee shall, within five days after the filing of such statement, give bond with at least two good and sufficient securities to be approved by the court, or judge or clerk thereof in vacation, in double the amount of the estate and effects assigned, and if the appraised value of such estate and effects, when appraised, shall be greater than the value given in such statement, or if the securities in such should in any way become impaired or insufficient, the assignee shall, at the time of filing the appraisement, give another bond with at least two good and sufficient securities to be approved in like manner, in double the value of the estate and effects assigned.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-30A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 30A / Section 59A-30A-1
§ 59A-30A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 18 of this act may be cited as the “Title Insurance Guaranty Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 25-7-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 25-7-1
§ 25-7-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Dairy Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 60-14-10 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 14 / Section 60-14-10
§ 60-14-10. Qualifying party; examination; certificate
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, no certificate of qualification shall be issued to any individual desiring to be a qualifying party until he has passed with a satisfactory score an examination prepared, administered and graded by the division.

B. The examination where applicable shall consist of:

(1) general business knowledge, the rules and regulations of the division and committee and the provisions of this article;

(2) technical knowledge and familiarity with the prescribed codes and minimum standards, which may be prepared and administered by an employee of the division who is expert in the particular classification for which certification is sought; and

(3) general knowledge of the statutes of this state relating to the sale, exchange or lease of manufactured homes, contracts of sale, agency and brokerage.

C. If a licensee is subject to suspension by the committee for failure of the licensee to have a qualifying party in his employ, and the employment of the qualifying party is terminated without fault of the licensee, then an employee of the licensee who is experienced in the classification for which the certificate of qualification was issued and who has been employed two or more years by the licensee shall be issued without examination a temporary certificate of qualification in the classification for which the licensee is licensed. The temporary qualifying party shall be subject to passing the examination as set forth in this section within one year from the date of the temporary certificate's issuance.

D. A certificate of qualification is not transferable.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-5-43 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 5 / Section 32A-5-43
§ 32A-5-43. Purpose of subsidized adoptions
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of Sections 32A-5-43 through 32A-5-45 NMSA 1978 to encourage and promote the placement of children who are difficult to place in permanent homes through a subsidized program within the social services division of the department.
N.M. Stat. § 10-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 10-5-2
§ 10-5-2. Power of secretary to suspend certain officials; grounds for suspension; secretary to take charge of office
Status: in_force

The secretary of finance and administration may summarily suspend any official of any local public body in all cases where an audit conducted by the state auditor, or by personnel of his office, or by an independent auditor employed or approved by the state auditor reveals any of the following:

A. a fraudulent misappropriation or embezzlement of public money;

B. fiscal management of an office resulting in violation of law or willful violation of the fiscal regulations of the department of finance and administration for every local public body; or

C. willful failure to perform any duty imposed by any law which the secretary of finance and administration is charged with enforcing.

Upon such suspension, the secretary of finance and administration may take charge of the office of the persons [person] suspended.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-30-4.1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 30 / Section 59A-30-4.1
§ 59A-30-4.1. Reporting by superintendent
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall compile a report for the legislature no later than October 1 each year beginning in 2013 detailing title insurance statistics, including a report on the status of price competition within the title insurance industry in New Mexico. Annual reports shall be made available to interested parties and the general public.