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N.M. Stat. § 4-52-9 — NM_STATUTES 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. § 4-59-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 59 / Section 4-59-7
§ 4-59-7. Requirements respecting lease
Status: in_force

Prior to the leasing of any project, the commission must determine and find the following:

A. the amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance such project; and

B. the amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds which the commission may deem it advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and the maintenance of the project; and unless the terms under which the project is to be leased provide that the lessee shall maintain the project and carry all proper insurance with respect to it, the estimated cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured. The determinations and findings of the commission required to be made in this subsection shall be set forth in the proceedings under which the proposed bonds are to be issued, and, prior to the issuance of such bonds, the county shall lease or sell the project to a lessee or purchaser under an agreement conditioned upon completion of the project and providing for payment to the county of such rentals or payments as, upon the basis of such determinations and findings, will be sufficient:

(1) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project;

(2) to build up and maintain any reserve deemed by the commission to be advisable in connection with the project; and

(3) to pay the costs of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured, unless the agreement of lease obligates the lessee to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the project.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4C-7 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4C / Section 13-4C-7
§ 13-4C-7. Written materials
Status: in_force

Each interested person properly notified of a mediation session shall prepare a summary of his position relative to issues concerning a dispute related to the performance of a public works project. The summary shall not exceed four pages in length. The summary shall be provided to the mediator at least four days prior to the mediation session. A mediator may request additional information or materials from persons properly notified of the mediation session.
N.M. Stat. § 25-6-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 6 / Section 25-6-12
§ 25-6-12. Certification of dealers
Status: in_force

A. A small dealer's license is required of any person, firm or corporation who buys, sells or traffics in more than five cases and less than two hundred cases of eggs in any one week.

B. A medium-sized dealer's license is required of any person, firm or corporation who buys, sells or traffics in over two hundred cases and less than four hundred cases of eggs in any one week.

C. A large dealer's license is required of any person, firm or corporation who buys, sells or traffics in over four hundred cases in any one week.

D. The annual fees for each type of dealer are:

(1) small․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․$10.00

(2) medium․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․$25.00

(3) large․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․$50.00

E. For the purpose of this section a case shall consist of thirty dozen eggs.

F. All licenses shall be conspicuously posted in the place of business to which they apply. The license is subject to revocation by the inspectors for cause. All licenses issued prior to the effective date of the Egg Grading Act shall expire when the act becomes effective and thereafter all licenses are renewable annually on July 1 of each year and shall expire on June 30 of the succeeding year.
N.M. Stat. § 16-3-2 — NM Code / Chapter 16 / Article 3 / Section 16-3-2
§ 16-3-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the State Trails System Act:

A. “local government” means any county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state and includes rural communities and unincorporated towns or villages in the state; and

B. “secretary” means the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources.
N.M. Stat. § 9-29-6 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 29 / Section 9-29-6
§ 9-29-6. Secretary; duties and general powers
Status: in_force

A. The secretary is responsible to the governor for the operation of the department. The secretary shall manage the department's operations and ensure compliance with laws applicable to the department.

B. To perform the secretary's duties, and except as otherwise provided by law, the secretary may exercise powers granted to the department.

C. The secretary shall:

(1) except as otherwise provided by the Early Childhood Education and Care Department Act, exercise general supervisory and appointing power over all department employees in accordance with personnel laws;

(2) delegate power to department employees as necessary and appropriate and, in doing so, clearly delineate the limits of the delegated power;

(3) employ and fix the compensation of employees as necessary to perform the duties imposed by law on the secretary and the department;

(4) issue administrative orders and instructions to ensure implementation of and compliance with laws the secretary is charged with administering and enforce those orders and instructions through the courts;

(5) conduct research and studies to improve the department's operations and its delivery of programs;

(6) improve department operations and efficiency and promote the delivery of comprehensive, coordinated, culturally sensitive programs that address overall child well-being and early learning;

(7) provide courses of instruction and practical training for department employees and others involved in administering department programs; and

(8) prepare an annual budget for the department.

D. The secretary, in the name of the department and with the governor's approval, may apply for and receive public or private funding to carry out department programs, duties and services.

E. The secretary and division directors may promulgate reasonable rules as necessary to perform the department's duties. A rule promulgated by a division director is effective only with the secretary's approval.
N.M. Stat. § 1-6C-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6C / Section 1-6C-3
§ 1-6C-3. Elections covered; automatic delivery of ballots; form of ballot and ballot materials; confidentiality
Status: in_force

A. The procedures in the Intimate Partner Violence Survivor Suffrage Act apply to all elections and operate notwithstanding other provisions of the Election Code or state or local laws related to elections to the contrary.

B. Upon a person's certification as a participant, the administrator shall determine whether the participant is a voter. If the participant is not a voter but appears to be a qualified elector, the administrator shall offer the participant the opportunity to register to vote.

C. A voter-participant shall vote exclusively by mailed absentee ballot or mailed ballot. In each election in which a voter-participant is eligible to vote, the administrator shall send a mailed absentee ballot or a mailed ballot to the voter-participant without requiring a request or application to receive a ballot.

D. The form of the ballot for a voter-participant shall be the same as the ballot provided to all other voters. A voter-participant may vote for all candidates and on all questions as if the voter were casting a ballot in person.

E. The form of the ballot materials for voter-participants shall be the same as the ballot materials provided to all other voters, except as required to implement the Intimate Partner Violence Survivor Suffrage Act.

F. With regard to communications related to participants and participant records related to voting:

(1) any communication between the secretary of state and any county clerk related to the Intimate Partner Violence Survivor Suffrage Act shall be maintained as confidential in accordance with the confidentiality provisions of Subsection A of Section 40-13B-8 NMSA 1978 and shall not be disclosed except as provided by that section; and

(2) once a person is decertified, records related to that voter are no longer confidential pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this subsection and may be disclosed in the same manner provided for disclosure of voter information pursuant to the provisions of the Election Code.
N.M. Stat. § 21-2A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 2A / Section 21-2A-2
§ 21-2A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the College District Tax Act:

A. “ board ” means the governing board of the college district;

B. “ college ” means a two-year, public post-secondary educational institution organized pursuant to the provisions of the Community College Act, 1 Chapter 21, Article 14 NMSA 1978 , the Technical and Vocational Institute Act 2 or the Off-Campus Instruction Act; 3

C. “ college district ” means a district in which a college is located or is proposed to be located, the exterior boundaries of which are determined pursuant to the statutory provisions under which the college is organized;

D. “ debt ” means an obligation payable from ad valorem property tax revenues or the general fund of a college district and that may be secured by the full faith and credit of a college district and a pledge of its taxing powers;

E. “ education technology equipment ” means tools used in the educational process that constitute learning and administrative resources and may include:

(1) closed-circuit television systems; educational television and radio broadcasting; cable television, satellite, copper and fiber-optic transmission; computer, network connection devices; digital communications equipment, including voice, video and data; servers; switches; portable media such as discs and drives to contain data for electronic storage and playback; and purchase or lease of software licenses or other technologies and services, maintenance, equipment and computer infrastructure information, techniques and tools used to implement technology in colleges and related facilities;

(2) improvements, alterations and modifications to, or expansions of, existing buildings or personal property necessary or advisable to house or otherwise accommodate any of the tools listed in Paragraph (1) of this subsection; and

(3) expenditures for technical support and training expenses of college district employees who administer education technology projects funded by a lease-purchase arrangement and may include training by contractors; and

F. “ lease-purchase arrangement ” means a financing arrangement constituting debt of a college district pursuant to which periodic lease payments composed of principal and interest components are to be paid to the holder of the lease-purchase arrangement and pursuant to which the owner of the education technology equipment may retain title to or a security interest in the equipment and may agree to release the security interest or transfer title to the equipment to the college district for nominal consideration after payment of the final periodic lease payment. “ Lease-purchase arrangement ” also means any debt of the college district incurred for the purpose of acquiring educational technology equipment whether designated as a general obligation lease, note or other instrument evidencing a debt of the college district.
N.M. Stat. § 19-8-23 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-8-23
§ 19-8-23. Covenants to market and develop
Status: in_force

All leases issued under the provisions of this act shall contain provisions requiring the lessees to market the mineral or minerals within a reasonable time after production is had. In addition, said leases shall contain provisions requiring the lessees to use reasonable diligence, after production is had, in prospecting for and developing all commercial deposits of mineral or minerals.

The commissioner may cancel leases for violation of such marketing and developing provisions only after notice and in the manner as provided in Section 12 of this act, and in all cases of controversy arising out of such cancellation the lessee shall have the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence that further development is not warranted, or is unreasonable, or that a market is not available, as the case may be.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48B-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48B / Section 4-48B-21
§ 4-48B-21. Ordinance authorizing revenue bonds
Status: in_force

At a regular or special meeting called for the purpose of issuing revenue bonds as authorized pursuant to the Hospital Funding Act, the county commissioners may adopt an ordinance that:

A. declares the necessity for issuing revenue bonds;

B. authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county commissioners of the county; and

C. designates the source of the pledge [pledged] revenues.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-112 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-112
§ 10-11-112. Municipal fire member coverage plan 5; amount of pension; form of payment A
Status: in_force

Under municipal fire member coverage plan 5:

A. for a member with age and service requirements provided under Subsection A of Section 10-11-111 NMSA 1978 , the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to three and one-half percent of the final average salary multiplied by credited service. The amount shall not exceed one hundred percent of the final average salary; and

B. for a member with age and service requirements provided under Subsection B of Section 10-11-111 NMSA 1978 , the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to three percent of the final average salary multiplied by credited service. The amount shall not exceed one hundred percent of the final average salary.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-69 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-69
§ 20-12-69. Malingering
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who for the purpose of avoiding work, duty or service:

A. feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse or derangement; or

B. intentionally inflicts self-injury;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 41-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 3 / Section 41-3-1
§ 41-3-1. Joint tortfeasors defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act the term “joint tortfeasors” means two or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property, whether or not judgment has been recovered against all or some of them.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-66 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-66
§ 7-1-66. Immunity of property of Indian nations, tribes or pueblos and of the United States
Status: in_force

Liens will attach or levy may be made by terms of any provision of the Tax Administration Act to or on property belonging to the United States of America or to an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or to any Indian only to the extent allowed by law.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60C-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60C / Section 3-60C-5
§ 3-60C-5. Main street revolving loan fund
Status: in_force

A. The “main street revolving loan fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of appropriations, loan payments, federal funds received for the purpose of making loans, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund. Income from the fund shall be credited to the fund, and money in the fund shall not revert or be transferred to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year. Money in the fund is appropriated to the committee for the purposes of:

(1) making revolving loans, including related fees, to property owners, with the loans processed and serviced by a lending institution; and

(2) paying division expenses to market, manage and administer the loan program; provided that no more than ten percent of the annual appropriation or other distribution or transfer made to the fund may be used for marketing, managing and administering the loan program.

B. Expenditures from the fund shall be made on warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the director of the division.
N.M. Stat. § 73-13-5 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 13 / Section 73-13-5
§ 73-13-5. State engineer notified of transfer
Status: in_force

That when, acting under the provisions of Section 73-602 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated as amended by Section 14 of Chapter 8 of the Special Session Laws of 1934, the board of directors of any irrigation district shall have transferred water rights to lands other than those to which such water rights had theretofore been appurtenant, the secretary of said board shall immediately certify and file with the state engineer, a true copy of the board's resolution and action effecting such transfer. And in case of an appeal from such action of said board, the clerk of the district court, without charge or cost, shall immediately file with said state engineer a certified copy of the judgment of court entered in said appeal.
N.M. Stat. § 61-12F-10 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12F / Section 61-12F-10
§ 61-12F-10. Offenses; criminal penalties
Status: in_force

A person who practices naprapathy without a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 24-1G-3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1G / Section 24-1G-3
§ 24-1G-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the New Mexico Telehealth and Health Information Technology Commission Act:

A. “ commission ” means the New Mexico telehealth and health information technology commission;

B. “ health information technology ” means products, devices or systems that allow for the secure electronic collection, storage, exchange or management of patient information; and

C. “ telehealth ” means the use of electronic information, imaging and communication technologies, including interactive audio, video and data communications as well as store-and-forward technologies, to provide and support health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, transfer of medical data and education.
N.M. Stat. § 63-2-10 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 2 / Section 63-2-10
§ 63-2-10. Commencement and completion of road
Status: in_force

Every corporation formed under this chapter shall commence the construction of its road within two years after the date of the filing of its articles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state and shall finish and put the same in full operation within six years thereafter or its right to further complete the same, in the discretion of the legislature of this state, may be forfeited.
N.M. Stat. § 34-6-18 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 6 / Section 34-6-18
§ 34-6-18. Judges; multiple-judge districts; divisions; presiding judges
Status: in_force

In judicial districts having more than one district judge:

A. the separate judicial positions shall be designated by divisions numbered consecutively from one through the total number of judges authorized for the district. Any additional judge authorized within a judicial district shall be designated as judge of the next consecutive division. In all appointments, nominations and elections of district judges, the particular judicial offices shall be identified by the division number;

B. there shall be no separation of the work of the district court clerk's office except for identification of each district judge by division. All judges of a judicial district have equal judicial authority, rank and precedence; and

C. unless otherwise designated by rule of the district court, the judge of division one shall be the presiding judge of the district.
N.M. Stat. § 3-53-1.1 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 53 / Section 3-53-1.1
§ 3-53-1.1. New domestic water wells; municipal authority
Status: in_force

A. A municipality may, by ordinance, restrict the drilling of new domestic water wells, except for property zoned agricultural, if the property line of the applicant is within three hundred feet of the municipal water distribution lines and the property is located within the exterior boundaries of the municipality.

B. No municipality may deny authorization for a new domestic water well permit to an applicant if the total cost to the applicant of extending the municipal water distribution line, meter and hook-up to the applicant's residence exceeds the cost of drilling a new domestic water well.

C. A municipality that fails to authorize the drilling of a new domestic water well shall provide domestic water service within ninety days to the property owner under the municipal water provider's usual and customary charges and rate schedules.

D. A municipality shall file with the state engineer its municipal ordinance restricting the drilling of new domestic water wells.

E. An applicant for a domestic water well located within the exterior boundaries of a municipality with a new domestic water well drilling ordinance shall obtain a permit to drill the well from the municipality subsequent to the state engineer's approval.

F. A municipality with a domestic water well drilling ordinance shall act upon a new domestic water well permit application within thirty days of receipt of the request.

G. A municipality shall notify the state engineer of all municipal permit denials for domestic well authorization.

H. An applicant may appeal the decision of the municipality to the district court in the county of the municipality.

I. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the state engineer to administer water rights as provided by law.

J. The state engineer shall not be liable for actions taken in accordance with a municipal ordinance authorizing restriction of domestic well drilling within the exterior boundaries of a qualified municipality.