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N.M. Stat. § 22-15C-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15C / Section 22-15C-3
§ 22-15C-3. School library material fund; creation
Status: in_force

The “school library material fund” is created in the state treasury. The purpose of the fund is to provide an account from which the department may distribute money to school districts, state institutions and governmentally controlled schools to pay for the cost of purchasing school library material. The cost of purchasing school library material may include shipping and handling charges for the delivery of school library material. The fund shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department to pay for the cost of purchasing school library material. Disbursements from the fund shall be by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration upon vouchers signed by the secretary or the secretary's designated representative. Money in the fund shall not revert to the general fund at the end of a fiscal year.
N.M. Stat. § 41-5-27 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 5 / Section 41-5-27
§ 41-5-27. Report by district court clerks
Status: in_force

Within thirty days of entry of judgment, the clerk of the district court from which judgment issues shall forward the name of every health care provider against whom a judgment is rendered under the Medical Malpractice Act to the appropriate board of professional registration and examination for review of the fitness of the health care provider to practice his profession. In cases where judgments are entered against hospitals or other institutional health care providers, on the basis of respondeat superior or some other derivative theory of recovery, the clerk of the district court shall forward the name of the individual health care provider whose negligence caused the injury to that health care provider's board of professional registration and examination for such review. Review of the health care provider's fitness to practice shall be conducted in accordance with law.
N.M. Stat. § 73-16-19 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 16 / Section 73-16-19
§ 73-16-19. County takes property subject to lien of district assessments
Status: in_force

When any county shall take and hold any tax sale certificate or the title to any property under the provisions of this act, or of any taxing act of this state, such taking and holding shall be subject to the lien and charge of all district assessments, made, levied and assessed under the provisions of this act, and such district assessments shall be and become collectible as are other district assessments when the tax sale certificate or title to property taken and held by the county shall by sale or assignment become vested in any person.
N.M. Stat. § 39-1-17 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 39-1-17
§ 39-1-17. Execution of foreign judgment based upon confession of judgment prohibited
Status: in_force

No execution, or other process, shall be issued out of any court in this state to aid or enforce the collection of any judgment which may be rendered upon any judgment taken in any other state, or foreign country, and which judgment was founded or based upon any negotiable instrument, or contract, containing any such agreement, stipulation, or provision, as herein prohibited and declared void, in all cases where the court rendering such foreign judgment, obtained or attempted to obtain, jurisdiction of such judgment debtor or debtors, in whole or in part, by virtue of any such contract, agreement, or stipulation, as in this act declared void and prohibited. No such judgment shall be or become a lien upon real estate.
N.M. Stat. § 57-16-6.2 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 16 / Section 57-16-6.2
§ 57-16-6.2. Recreational vehicles; franchise agreements
Status: in_force

A. Every recreational vehicle manufacturer, distributor or representative shall execute a written franchise or sales agreement with each of its recreational vehicle dealers. Each agreement shall include the following provisions:

(1) warranty service obligations, including rates charged by a dealer for performing warranty service;

(2) specific territory or market area designation;

(3) grounds for termination;

(4) repurchase obligations;

(5) sales volume and performance; and

(6) dispute resolution procedures.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section, a dealer and manufacturer, distributor or representative may mutually agree not to include the provisions listed in Paragraphs (2) through (6) of Subsection A of this section; provided, however, a written declaration stating which of the provisions were intentionally omitted and not applicable shall be incorporated into the written agreement.
N.M. Stat. § 28-16B-7 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 16B / Section 28-16B-7
§ 28-16B-7. Office of guardianship fund; creation; appropriation
Status: in_force

A. The “office of guardianship fund” is created in the state treasury. All gifts, donations, bequests and interest income of the developmental disabilities planning council's office of guardianship shall be deposited by the executive director of the developmental disabilities planning council into the fund. The developmental disabilities planning council shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the office of guardianship to further the purposes of the Office of Guardianship Act. Income from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund shall be disbursed on warrants signed by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the executive director of the developmental disabilities planning council or the executive director's authorized representative.

B. Money in the office of guardianship fund shall not revert or be transferred to any other state fund at the end of any fiscal year and shall not be expended for any purpose except as provided in this section.
N.M. Stat. § 42-3-6 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 3 / Section 42-3-6
§ 42-3-6. Additional payment to property owner
Status: in_force

A. In addition to payments authorized by Section 42-3-5 NMSA 1978 , the displacing agency, as a part of the cost of the program or project, may make an additional payment not to exceed thirty-one thousand dollars ($31,000) to a displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than ninety days prior to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of the property. The additional payment shall include the following:

(1) the amount that when added to the acquisition cost to the displacing agency of the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling;

(2) the amount that will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest cost and other debt service costs that the displaced person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of a comparable replacement dwelling. The amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage that was a valid lien on the dwelling for not less than one hundred eighty days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling. The amount of the increased costs shall be equal to the excess in the aggregate interest and other debt service costs of the amount of the principal of the mortgage on the replacement dwelling that is equal to the unpaid balance of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, over the remainder term of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, reduced to discounted present value. The discount rate shall be the prevailing interest rate paid on savings deposits by commercial banks in the general area in which the replacement dwelling is located; and

(3) reasonable expenses incurred by the displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees and other closing costs incident to the purchase of a comparable replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.

B. The additional payment authorized by this section shall be made only to a displaced person who purchases and occupies a comparable replacement dwelling not later than the end of the one-year period beginning on the date on which the displaced person receives from the displacing agency final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling or on the date on which the displacing agency's obligations, pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection C of Section 42-3-11 NMSA 1978 , are fulfilled, whichever is the later date. The displacing agency may extend this one-year period for good cause. If this one-year period is extended, the payment under this section shall be based on the costs of relocating the displaced person to a comparable replacement dwelling within one year of such date.
N.M. Stat. § 7-34-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 34 / Section 7-34-2
§ 7-34-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act:

A. “ commission ”, “ department ” or “ division ” means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or any employee of the department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;

B. “ person ” means any individual, estate, trust, receiver, business trust, corporation, firm, copartnership, cooperative, joint venture, association or other group or combination acting as a unit;

C. “ operator ” means any person engaged in the severance of products from a production unit;

D. “ product ” means oil, natural gas or liquid hydrocarbon, individually or any combination thereof, carbon dioxide, helium or a non-hydrocarbon gas;

E. “ severance ” means taking any product from the soil in any manner;

F. “ production unit ” means a unit of property designated by the department from which products of common ownership are severed;

G. “ equipment ” means wells and nonmobile equipment used at a production unit in connection with severance, treatment or storage of production unit products;

H. “ value ” means the actual price received for products at the production unit as established under the Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act;

I. “ assessed value ” means the value against which tax rates are applied; and

J. “ tax ” means the oil and gas production equipment ad valorem tax.
N.M. Stat. § 70-2-18 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 2 / Section 70-2-18
§ 70-2-18. Spacing or proration unit with divided mineral ownership
Status: in_force

A. Whenever the operator of any oil or gas well shall dedicate lands comprising a standard spacing or proration unit to an oil or gas well, it shall be the obligation of the operator, if two or more separately owned tracts of land are embraced within the spacing or proration unit, or where there are owners of royalty interests or undivided interests in oil or gas minerals which are separately owned or any combination thereof, embraced within such spacing or proration unit, to obtain voluntary agreements pooling said lands or interests or an order of the division pooling said lands, which agreement or order shall be effective from the first production. Any division order that increases the size of a standard spacing or proration unit for a pool, or extends the boundaries of such a pool, shall require dedication of acreage to existing wells in the pool in accordance with the acreage dedication requirements for said pool, and all interests in the spacing or proration units that are dedicated to the affected wells shall share in production from the effective date of the said order.

B. Any operator failing to obtain voluntary pooling agreements, or failing to apply for an order of the division pooling the lands dedicated to the spacing or proration unit as required by this section, shall nevertheless be liable to account to and pay each owner of minerals or leasehold interest, including owners of overriding royalty interests and other payments out of production, either the amount to which each interest would be entitled if pooling had occurred or the amount to which each interest is entitled in the absence of pooling, whichever is greater.

C. Nonstandard spacing or proration units may be established by the division and all mineral and leasehold interests in any such nonstandard unit shall share in production from that unit from the date of the order establishing the said nonstandard unit.
N.M. Stat. § 3-16-12 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 3-16-12
§ 3-16-12. Real and personal property taxes; assessment, levy and collection
Status: in_force

If there is a city and county consolidation all real and personal property within the combined municipal organization shall be assessed, taxed and taxes levied and collected at the time and in the manner provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3-25 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 6-3-25
§ 6-3-25. Budget adjustment procedure
Status: in_force

A. Except for federal funds, disaster assistance funds and emergency response funds, any budget adjustment request to transfer, decrease or increase funds shall be held in abeyance for ten calendar days after the director of the state budget division of the department of finance and administration has approved the request and has filed the request with the director of the legislative finance committee or his designee. The request shall be accompanied by a statement, in writing, of the conditions under which the budget adjustment request is approved, together with justification for approval.

B. If within ten days the director of the legislative finance committee or his designee objects to the request, the request shall not go into effect until it is reviewed by the legislative finance committee at a public hearing held within thirty-five calendar days of receipt of the proposed budget adjustment by the director of the legislative finance committee or his designee. If the state fiscal year ends prior to the date scheduled for a hearing, the request shall go into effect on the last day of the fiscal year.

C. If within ten days of receipt of a budget adjustment request the director of the legislative finance committee or his designee indicates that no objection will be forthcoming, the proposed budget adjustment request may be implemented immediately. If no public hearing is held within the required thirty-five days, the request may be implemented.
N.M. Stat. § 7-17-6 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 17 / Section 7-17-6
§ 7-17-6. Deduction; interstate sales; winegrower-to-winegrower transfers
Status: in_force

A. A wholesaler may deduct the liters of spirituous liquors, gallons of beer and liters of wine sold and shipped to a person in another state from the units of alcoholic beverages subject to the tax imposed by the Liquor Excise Tax Act; provided that the department may require the wholesaler to submit evidence satisfactory to the department that the units have been sold and shipped to a person in another state.

B. A winegrower may deduct the liters of wine transferred to the winegrower from another winegrower for processing, bottling or storage and subsequent return to the transferor from the units of wine subject to the liquor excise tax on the licensed premises of the winegrower.
N.M. Stat. § 16-1-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 1 / Section 16-1-3
§ 16-1-3. Administration; state-federal-local cost sharing formula; limitations
Status: in_force

A. The energy, minerals and natural resources department shall administer the state supplemental land and water conservation fund and shall process all applications for grants from the state supplemental land and water conservation fund. Funds from the state supplemental land and water conservation fund shall be made available only upon the condition that the proceeds are matched by federal funds and other funds on the following basis: at least fifty percent federal funds, not more than twenty-five percent state funds and the remainder by funds of political subdivisions.

B. Incorporated municipalities with a population of less than fifteen thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census or counties sponsoring projects of unincorporated communities, including but not limited to Indian communities, shall be entitled to receive funds from the state supplemental land and water conservation fund as prescribed and approved by the recreation priorities committee. Projects proposed must be in accordance with provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 1 U.S.C. Section 460 , and the regulations contained in the United States department of the interior, bureau of outdoor recreation and grants-in-aid manual. Funds shall be made available from the state supplemental land and water conservation fund only in the event that the United States department of the interior provides fifty percent of the project cost. State funds shall be made available for expenditure by the applicant political subdivision once the project is approved by the United States department of the interior and the applicant demonstrates the availability and source of funds required for its share in the total project cost.
N.M. Stat. § 7-33-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 33 / Section 7-33-8
§ 7-33-8. Tax return; tax remittance; additional information
Status: in_force

A. Each processor shall submit a return monthly to the department in the form and manner required by the department showing for the month the total mmbtus of natural gas received by the processor at the inlet of the natural gas processing plant and the total mmbtus of natural gas deducted pursuant to the Natural Gas Processors Tax Act. All tax due or to be remitted by the processor shall accompany the return.

B. The return required by this section shall be filed on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month after the calendar month for which the return is required.

C. The department may require additional reports or information as necessary for the proper administration of the Natural Gas Processors Tax Act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-23-10 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 23 / Section 21-23-10
§ 21-23-10. Disciplinary actions; civil penalties
Status: in_force

A. A person shall not:

(1) operate a career school or nonregionally accredited college or university within the state until that school has been licensed by the department;

(2) operate a regionally accredited college or university within the state until that college or university has registered with the department;

(3) deny enrollment to or make any distinction or classification of students in the program or practices of any post-secondary educational institution under the jurisdiction of the department on account of race, color, culture, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, religion or disability; or

(4) solicit, directly or through an agent or employee, the enrollment of any person in a post-secondary educational institution within the state by the use of fraud, misrepresentation or collusion.

B. Whoever violates any provision of this section may be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day per violation. Civil penalties shall be credited to the current school fund as provided in Article 12, Section 4 of the constitution of New Mexico .

C. After an investigation, the department may take any one or a combination of the following disciplinary actions against a post-secondary educational institution registered or licensed in accordance with the Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act:

(1) revoke a license;

(2) revoke the registration, if the institution has had its regional accreditation revoked by its accrediting agency;

(3) assess a civil penalty as provided in Subsection B of this section; or

(4) impose probation requirements.
N.M. Stat. § 24-17-17 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 17 / Section 24-17-17
§ 24-17-17. Rules and regulations authorized
Status: in_force

The aging and long-term services department shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary or appropriate to administer the provisions of the Continuing Care Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9I-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9I / Section 7-9I-2
§ 7-9I-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Act:

A. “ affordable housing project ” means land acquisition, construction, building acquisition, remodeling, improvement, rehabilitation, conversion or weatherization for residential housing that is approved by the authority and that includes single-family housing or multifamily housing;

B. “ authority ” means the New Mexico mortgage finance authority;

C. “ department ” means the taxation and revenue department;

D. “ modified combined tax liability ” means the total liability for the reporting period for the gross receipts tax imposed by Section 7-9-4 NMSA 1978 together with any tax collected at the same time and in the same manner as the gross receipts tax, such as the compensating tax, the withholding tax, the interstate telecommunications gross receipts tax, the surcharges imposed by Section 63-9D-5 NMSA 1978 and the surcharge imposed by Section 63-9F-11 NMSA 1978 , minus the amount of any credit other than the affordable housing tax credit applied against any or all of these taxes or surcharges; but “modified combined tax liability” excludes all amounts collected with respect to local option gross receipts taxes and governmental gross receipts taxes; and

E. “ person ” means an individual, tribal government, housing authority, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, association or nonprofit organization.
N.M. Stat. § 9-28-1 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 28 / Section 9-28-1
§ 9-28-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 6 of this act may be cited as the “Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 53-2-6 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 53-2-6
§ 53-2-6. Life insurance on directors, officers, agents and employees; evidence of authority for corporate action
Status: in_force

Whenever a corporation, organized under the laws of this state, has heretofore caused or shall hereafter cause to be insured the life of any director, officer, agent or employee, and whenever such corporation is named as a beneficiary in or assignee of any policy of life insurance, due authority to effect, assign, release, relinquish, convert, surrender, change the beneficiary, or to take any other or different action with reference to such insurance, shall be sufficiently evidenced to the insurance company by a written statement to that effect, signed by the president and the secretary or other corresponding officer of such corporation, under its corporate seal. Such statement shall be binding upon such corporation and shall protect the insurance company concerned in any act done or suffered by it upon the faith thereof without further inquiry into the validity of the corporate authority or the regularity of the corporate proceedings.

No person shall be disqualified, by reason of interest in the subject matter, from acting as a director or as a member of the executive committee of such corporation on any corporate act touching such insurance.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48B-20 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48B / Section 4-48B-20
§ 4-48B-20. Revenue bonds; terms
Status: in_force

Hospital revenue bonds:

A. shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually and may or may not be evidenced by coupons; provided the first interest payment date may be for interest accruing for any period not exceeding one year;

B. may be subject to a prior redemption at the option of the county at such time or times and upon such terms and conditions, with or without the payment of such premium or premiums, as may be provided by resolution;

C. may mature at any time not exceeding thirty years after the date of issuance;

D. may be serial in form and maturity or may consist of one bond payable at one time or in installments or may be in any other form as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds;

E. shall be sold for cash at above or below par and at a price which results in a net effective interest rate which does not exceed the maximum permitted by the Public Securities Act; and

F. may be sold at a public or private sale.