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N.M. Stat. § 73-17-3 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 17 / Section 73-17-3
§ 73-17-3. Subdistricts
Status: in_force

A. Whenever it is desired to construct improvements wholly within or partly within and partly without any district organized under this act, which improvements will affect only a part of said district, for the purpose of accomplishing such work, subdistricts may be organized upon petition of the owners of property, which petition shall fulfill the same requirements concerning the subdistricts as the petition outlined in Section 202 of this act is required to fulfill concerning the organization of the main district, and shall be filed with the clerk of the district court and shall be accompanied by a bond as provided for in Section 203 of this act. All proceedings relating to the organization of such subdistricts shall conform in all things to the provisions of this act relating to the organization of districts.

B. Whenever the court shall by its order duly entered of record, declare and decree such subdistricts to be organized, the clerk of the said court shall thereupon give notice of such order to the board of the district, who shall thereupon act also as the board of directors of the subdistrict.

C. Thereafter, the proceedings in reference to the subdistrict shall in all matters conform to the provisions of this act, except that in the appraisal of benefits and damages for the purposes of such subdistricts, in the issuance of bonds, in the levying of assessments and in all other matters affecting only the subdistrict, the provisions of this act shall apply to the subdistrict as though it were an independent district, and it shall not, in these things, be amalgamated with the main district.

D. The board of directors, board of appraisers, chief engineer, attorney, secretary and other officers, agents and employees of the district shall, so far as it may be necessary, serve in the same capacity for such subdistrict, and contracts and agreements between the main district and subdistrict may be made in the same manner as contracts and agreements between two districts. The distribution of administration expense between the main district and subdistrict shall be in proportion to the interests involved, and the amount of service rendered, such division to be made by the board with the right of appeal to the court establishing the district.

E. This section shall not be held to prevent the organization of independent districts for local improvements under other laws within the limits of a district organized under this act.
N.M. Stat. § 73-14-10 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 14 / Section 73-14-10
§ 73-14-10. Notice of election; publication
Status: in_force

Upon entry of the order of the court, the board of county commissioners of any county within which the proposed district lies, shall cause to be published a notice of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed conservancy district, at least once a week for three consecutive weeks.
N.M. Stat. § 18-7-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 7 / Section 18-7-1
§ 18-7-1. Museum of space history division; creation
Status: in_force

The “museum of space history division” is created within the cultural affairs department. The principal facility of the division is the “museum of space history” located in Alamogordo. The site shall be held in the name of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 14-11-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 11 / Section 14-11-1
§ 14-11-1. “Legal notices and advertisements” defined
Status: in_force

Any notice or other written matter whatsoever required to be published in a newspaper by any law of this state, or by the order of any court of record of this state, shall be deemed and held to be a legal notice or advertisement within the meaning of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 73-18-30 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 18 / Section 73-18-30
§ 73-18-30. Qualifications of electors
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the conservancy district shall, by resolution, adopt a plan with necessary rules and regulations by which nonresident owners of land or other owners of land may vote for directors by absentee ballot.
N.M. Stat. § 24-15A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 15A / Section 24-15A-6
§ 24-15A-6. State search and rescue review board created; membership; duties and responsibilities; terms
Status: in_force

A. There is created a policy advisory committee, to be known as the “state search and rescue review board”, whose duty it is to evaluate the operation of the New Mexico search and rescue plan; evaluate problems of specific missions; and make findings of fact and recommendations to the chief, director and other appropriate authorities. The board shall consist of the state search and rescue resource officer, who shall be a nonvoting member, and seven members appointed by the governor as follows:

(1) the secretary of public safety or his designee;

(2) the secretary of health or his designee;

(3) a representative of the civil air patrol division of the department of military affairs;

(4) a representative of the New Mexico emergency services council;

(5) a member certified as a search and rescue person;

(6) a member of the New Mexico sheriff's association;

(7) the chief of the New Mexico state police division of the department of public safety or his designee; and

(8) a member of the general public who shall act as chairman of the board and who shall vote only in case of a tie.

B. The board shall have the duty and responsibility to:

(1) meet at least quarterly or more frequently at the call of the chairman;

(2) evaluate the operation and effectiveness of the state SAR plan and make recommendations to the director;

(3) evaluate the operational effectiveness of specific missions, make findings of fact and recommendations to the chief and other appropriate authorities for the elimination of problems and the improvement of overall conduct of the mission;

(4) hold hearings and invite individuals to appear and testify before the board and reimburse such witnesses for travel expenses incurred;

(5) prepare a report for the attorney general's office in cases of victim hospitalization or death; and

(6) with the approval of the chief, certify field coordinators and confirm certification of SAR persons.

C. The governor shall appoint the seven appointed members for staggered terms of three years each made in such a manner that the terms of not more than three members expire on January 1 of 1979, 1980 and 1981. Thereafter, appointments shall be made so that the terms of not more than three members expire on January 1 of each year. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term. Any member of the board who misses more than two consecutive meetings shall automatically be removed as a member of the board.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15A / Section 9-15A-2
§ 9-15A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Tourism Department Act:

A. “commission” means the tourism commission;

B. “department” means the tourism department; and

C. “secretary” means the secretary of tourism.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-4-31 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 4 / Section 32A-4-31
§ 32A-4-31. Permanent guardianship of a child
Status: in_force

A. In proceedings for permanent guardianship, the court shall give primary consideration to the physical, mental and emotional welfare and needs of the child. Permanent guardianship vests in the guardian all rights and responsibilities of a parent, other than those rights and responsibilities of the natural or adoptive parent, if any, set forth in the decree of permanent guardianship.

B. Any adult, including a relative or foster parent, may be considered as a permanent guardian, provided that the department grants consent to the guardianship if the child is in the legal custody of the department. An agency or institution may not be a permanent guardian. The court shall appoint a person nominated by the child, if the minor is fourteen years of age or older, unless the court finds the appointment contrary to the best interests of the child.

C. The court may establish a permanent guardianship between a child and the guardian when the prospective guardianship is in the child's best interest and when:

(1) the child has been adjudicated as an abused or neglected child;

(2) the department has made reasonable efforts to reunite the parent and child and further efforts by the department would be unproductive;

(3) reunification of the parent and child is not in the child's best interests because the parent continues to be unwilling or unable to properly care for the child; and

(4) the likelihood of the child being adopted is remote or it is established that termination of parental rights is not in the child's best interest.
N.M. Stat. § 28-11A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 11A / Section 28-11A-1
§ 28-11A-1. Legislative finding
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that many state citizens who are unable to utilize telephone services in a regular manner due to hearing impairments are able to communicate through the use of telecommunication devices and that such devices should be installed in municipal police and county sheriff departments in areas where such units are in use by deaf persons and in the communications section of the state police in order to assure prompt response to emergency situations.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-21 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-21
§ 53-8-21. Committees
Status: repealed

If the articles of incorporation or the bylaws so provide, the board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors in office, may designate and appoint one or more committees each of which shall consist of two or more directors. The committees, to the extent provided in the resolution, in the articles of incorporation or in the bylaws of the corporation, shall have and exercise all the authority of the board of directors, except that no committee shall have the authority of the board of directors in reference to amending, altering or repealing the bylaws; electing, appointing or removing any member of any committee or any director or officer of the corporation; amending the articles of incorporation, restating articles of incorporation, adopting a plan of merger or adopting a plan of consolidation with another corporation; authorizing the sale, lease, exchange or mortgage of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the corporation; authorizing the voluntary dissolution of the corporation or revoking proceedings therefor; adopting a plan for the distribution of the assets of the corporation; or amending, altering or repealing any resolution of the board of directors which by its terms provides that it shall not be amended, altered or repealed by the committee. The designation and appointment of any committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the board of directors, or any individual director, of any responsibility imposed upon it or him by law.
N.M. Stat. § 76-21-10 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 21 / Section 76-21-10
§ 76-21-10. Ex officio member of commission
Status: in_force

The director or his designee shall be ex officio member of the commission, without right to vote.
N.M. Stat. § 70-2-11 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 2 / Section 70-2-11
§ 70-2-11. Power of commission and division to prevent waste and protect correlative rights
Status: in_force

A. The division is hereby empowered, and it is its duty, to prevent waste prohibited by this act and to protect correlative rights, as in this act provided. To that end, the division is empowered to make and enforce rules, regulations and orders, and to do whatever may be reasonably necessary to carry out the purpose of this act, whether or not indicated or specified in any section hereof.

B. The commission shall have concurrent jurisdiction and authority with the division to the extent necessary for the commission to perform its duties as required by law.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-12.3 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-12.3
§ 27-2-12.3. Medicaid reimbursement; equal pay for equal physicians', dentists', optometrists', podiatrists' and psychologists' services
Status: in_force

The human services [health care authority] department shall establish a rate for the reimbursement of physicians, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and psychologists for services rendered to medicaid patients that provides equal reimbursement for the same or similar services rendered without respect to the date on which such physician, dentist, optometrist, podiatrist or psychologist entered into practice in New Mexico, the date on which the physician, dentist, optometrist, podiatrist or psychologist entered into an agreement or contract to provide such services or the location in which such services are to be provided in the state; provided, however, that the requirements of this section shall not apply when the human services [health care authority] department contracts with entities pursuant to Section 27-2-12.6 NMSA 1978 to negotiate a rate for the reimbursement for services rendered to medicaid patients in the medicaid managed care system.
N.M. Stat. § 7-33-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 33 / Section 7-33-2
§ 7-33-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Natural Gas Processors Tax Act:

A. “ average annual taxable value ” means the average of the taxable value per mcf, determined pursuant to Section 7-31-5 NMSA 1978 , of all natural gas produced in New Mexico for the specified calendar year as determined by the department;

B. “ department ” 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;

C. “ fiscal year ” means the period starting July 1 and ending June 30 of the succeeding calendar year;

D. “ mcf ” means one thousand cubic feet;

E. “ mmbtu ” means one million British thermal units;

F. “ natural gas ” means any hydrocarbon that at atmospheric conditions of temperature and pressure is in a gaseous state, and includes non-hydrocarbon gases that are in combination with hydrocarbon gases;

G. “ natural gas processing plant ” means a facility used to extract liquid hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbon gaseous or liquid substances, individually or in any combination, from natural gas, but does not include a facility that refines or processes oil, natural gas or liquid hydrocarbons or that extracts substances from natural gas through a field or lease operation;

H. “ 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;

I. “ processor ” means a person who operates a natural gas processing plant; and

J. “ tax ” means the natural gas processors tax.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-47-45.10 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 47 / Section 59A-47-45.10
§ 59A-47-45.10. Calculating a subscriber's cost-sharing obligation for prescription drug coverage
Status: in_force

A. When calculating a subscriber's cost-sharing obligation for covered prescription drugs, pursuant to an individual or group health insurance policy, health care plan or certificate of health insurance issued for delivery or renewed in this state, the insurer shall credit the subscriber for the full value of any discounts provided or payments made by third parties at the time of the prescription drug claim.

B. Beginning on or after January 1, 2024, an insurer shall not charge a different cost-sharing amount for:

(1) prescription drugs or pharmacy services obtained at a non-affiliated pharmacy; or

(2) administration of prescription drugs at different infusion sites; provided that an insurer may communicate with an insured regarding lower-cost sites of service.

C. Beginning on or after January 1, 2024, an insurer shall not require an insured to make a payment at the point of sale for a covered prescription drug in an amount greater than the least of the:

(1) applicable cost-sharing amount for the prescription drug;

(2) amount an insured would pay for the prescription drug if the insured purchased the prescription drug without using a health benefits plan or any other source of prescription drug benefits or discounts;

(3) total amount the pharmacy will be reimbursed for the prescription drug from the insurer, including the cost-sharing amount paid by an insurer; or

(4) value of the rebate from the manufacturer provided to the insurer or its pharmacy benefits manager for the prescribed drug.

D. Beginning on or after January 1, 2024, if a prescription drug rebate is more than the amount needed to reduce the insured's copayment to zero on a particular drug, the remainder shall be credited to the insurer.

E. Beginning on or after January 1, 2024, any rebate amount shall be counted toward the insured's out-of-pocket prescription drug costs.

F. For purposes of this section, “ cost sharing ” means any:

(1) copayment;

(2) coinsurance;

(3) deductible;

(4) out-of-pocket maximum;

(5) other financial obligation, other than a premium or share of a premium; or

(6) combination thereof.

G. The provisions of this section do not apply to excepted benefit plans as provided pursuant to the Short-Term Health Plan and Excepted Benefit Act, catastrophic plans, tax favored plans or high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts until an eligible insured's deductible has been met, unless otherwise allowed pursuant to federal law.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3A-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3A / Section 6-3A-8
§ 6-3A-8. Performance-based program budgets
Status: in_force

A. For each agency, the governor's proposed budget submitted pursuant to Section 6-3-21 NMSA 1978 and the committee's budget recommendation pursuant to Section 2-5-4 NMSA 1978 shall contain:

(1) a budget recommendation for each approved program;

(2) a summary, including the outputs and outcomes, of each approved program;

(3) performance measures and performance targets for each approved program;

(4) an evaluation of the performance of each approved program;

(5) the amount of the budget recommendation that is intended for evidence-based, research-based and promising sub-programs; and

(6) any other criteria deemed relevant by the governor or the committee.

B. For each agency, the governor's proposed budget submitted pursuant to Section 6-3-21 NMSA 1978 and the committee's budget recommendation pursuant to Section 2-5-4 NMSA 1978 may contain recommendations regarding incentives or disincentives for agency performance and implementation of evidence-based, research-based or promising sub-programs. Incentives or disincentives may apply to all or part of an agency and may apply to any or all of an agency's approved programs.

C. Pursuant to Section 6-3-7 NMSA 1978 , the division shall prescribe forms and approve operating budgets for agencies funded by performance-based program budgets; however, the division shall not take any action that hinders an agency from operating under a performance-based appropriation or that is otherwise inconsistent with the purposes of the Accountability in Government Act. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6-3-23 through 6-3-25 NMSA 1978 , and absent specific authorization in the general appropriation act or other act of the legislature, no funds may be transferred either into or out of a performance-based program budget.

D. Each agency shall develop, in consultation with the division, a plan for monitoring and reviewing the agency's programs to ensure that performance data are maintained and supported by agency records.
N.M. Stat. § 12-16-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 16 / Section 12-16-4
§ 12-16-4. Intertribal Indian ceremonial association fund created; administration
Status: in_force

The “intertribal Indian ceremonial association fund” is created in the state treasury. Money appropriated to the fund or accruing to it through sales, gifts, grants, fees, penalties, bequests or any other source shall be delivered to the state treasurer and deposited in the fund. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for the purpose of carrying out the intertribal Indian ceremonial. Money in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert. Interest and earnings from the fund shall be credited to the fund. Disbursements from the fund shall be made on warrant drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the director or the director's authorized representative.
N.M. Stat. § 27-10-3 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 10 / Section 27-10-3
§ 27-10-3. County-supported medicaid fund created; use; appropriation by the legislature
Status: in_force

A. There is created in the state treasury the “county-supported medicaid fund”. The fund shall be invested by the state treasurer as other state funds are invested. Income earned from investment of the fund shall be credited to the county-supported medicaid fund. The fund shall not revert in any fiscal year.

B. Money in the county-supported medicaid fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to support the state medicaid program and to institute or support primary care health care services pursuant to Subsections D and E of Section 24-1A-3.1 NMSA 1978 . Of the amount appropriated each year, nine percent shall be appropriated to the department of health to institute or support primary care health care services pursuant to Subsections D and E of Section 24-1A-3.1 NMSA 1978 .

C. Up to three percent of the county-supported medicaid fund each year may be expended for administrative costs related to medicaid or developing new primary care health care centers or facilities.

D. In the event federal funds for medicaid are not received by New Mexico for any eighteen-month period, the unencumbered balance remaining in the county-supported medicaid fund and the safety net care pool fund at the end of the fiscal year following the end of any eighteen-month period shall be paid within a reasonable time to each county for deposit in the county health care assistance fund in proportion to the payments made by each county through tax revenues or transfers in the previous fiscal year as certified by the local government division of the department of finance and administration. The department will provide for budgeting and accounting of payments to the fund.
N.M. Stat. § 38-7-2 — NM Code / Chapter 38 / Article 7 / Section 38-7-2
§ 38-7-2. Consideration imported by written contract
Status: in_force

Every contract in writing hereafter made shall import a consideration in the same manner and as fully as sealed instruments have heretofore done.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-703 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-703
§ 66-3-703. Riding on bicycles
Status: in_force

A. A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto.

B. No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
N.M. Stat. § 11-3A-23 — NM Code / Chapter 11 / Article 3A / Section 11-3A-23
§ 11-3A-23. Aid from state or federal government
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers conferred upon a regional housing authority by other provisions of the Regional Housing Law, a regional housing authority is empowered to borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the state or federal government for or in aid of any housing project or affordable housing program within its area of operation and, to these ends, to comply with conditions, trust indentures, leases or agreements as necessary, convenient or desirable. It is the purpose and intent of the Regional Housing Law to authorize every regional housing authority to do all things necessary, convenient or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, acquisition, construction, maintenance or operation of any housing project of a regional housing authority.