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N.M. Stat. § 17-2-7.2 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-7.2
§ 17-2-7.2. Landowner taking; conditions; department responsibilities
Status: in_force

A. A landowner or lessee, or employee of either, may take or kill an animal on private land, in which they have an ownership or leasehold interest, including game animals and other quadrupeds, game birds and fowl, that presents an immediate threat to human life or an immediate threat of damage to property, including crops; provided, however, that the taking or killing is reported to the department of game and fish within twenty-four hours and before the removal of the carcass of the animal killed, in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission.

B. A landowner or lessee, or employee of either, may take or kill animals on private land, in which they have an ownership or leasehold interest, including game animals and other quadrupeds, game birds and fowl, that present a threat to human life or damage to property, including crops, according to regulations adopted by the commission. The regulations shall:

(1) provide a method for filing a complaint to the department by the landowner or lessee, or employee of either of them, of the existence of a depredation problem;

(2) provide for various departmental interventions, depending upon the type of animal and depredation;

(3) require the department to offer at least three different interventions, if practical;

(4) require the department to respond to the initial and any subsequent complaints within ten days with an intervention response to the complaint, and to carry out the intervention, if agreed upon between the department and the landowner, within five days of that agreement;

(5) permit the landowner or lessee to reject for good cause the interventions offered by the department;

(6) require a landowner or lessee to demonstrate that the property depredation is greater in value than the value of any wildlife-related income or fee collected by the landowner or lessee for permission to take or kill an animal of the same species, on the private property or portion of the private property identified in the complaint as the location where the depredation occurred; and

(7) permit the landowner, lessee or employee, when interventions by the department have not been successful and after one year from the date of the filing of the initial complaint, to kill or take an animal believed responsible for property depredation.

C. For purposes of this section:

(1) “commission” means the state game commission;

(2) “department” means the department of game and fish; and

(3) “intervention” means a solution proposed by the department to eliminate the depredation.
N.M. Stat. § 20-1-5 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 20-1-5
§ 20-1-5. Adjutant general; appointment, powers and duties
Status: in_force

In case of a vacancy, the governor shall appoint as the adjutant general of New Mexico for a term of five years an officer who for three years immediately preceding the appointment as the adjutant general of New Mexico has been federally recognized as an officer in the national guard of New Mexico and who during service in the national guard of New Mexico has received federal recognition in the rank of colonel or higher. The adjutant general shall not be removed from office during the term for which appointed, except for cause to be determined by a court-martial or efficiency board legally convened for that purpose in the manner prescribed by the national guard regulations of the United States department of defense. The adjutant general shall have the military grade of major general and shall receive the same pay and allowances as is prescribed by federal law and regulations for members of the active military in the grade of major general, unless a different rate of pay and allowances is specified in the annual appropriations bill. The adjutant general may promulgate rules for the conduct of courts-martial and punishments under the Code of Military Justice. Such procedural rules shall be consistent with and carry into effect the New Mexico Military Code and afford reasonable due process to criminal defendants. The adjutant general shall:

A. prepare and publish, by order of the governor, such orders, rules and regulations, consistent with law, as are necessary to maintain the military forces in a state of efficiency in conformity with the needs of the state and the federal defense requirements;

B. supervise the receipt, preservation, repair, distribution, issue and collection of all arms and military equipment of the state;

C. supervise all personnel, organizations, facilities, equipment, supplies and funds of the military forces;

D. maintain records of all members of the military forces and keep on file in the adjutant general's offices copies of all orders, reports, regulations and communications received and issued by the adjutant general;

E. perform such other duties as may be required by the commander-in-chief; and

F. have a seal of office.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 18-6-1
§ 18-6-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 18-6-1 through 18-6-17 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Cultural Properties Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-34.4 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-34.4
§ 59A-22-34.4. Coverage of circumcision for newborn males
Status: in_force

An individual or group health insurance policy, health care plan or certificate of health insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in the state shall provide coverage for circumcision for newborn males.
N.M. Stat. § 21-16-17 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 16 / Section 21-16-17
§ 21-16-17. Identification of electorate
Status: in_force

In any election relating to the approval or disapproval of a tax levy for the current operations and retirement of bonds of a technical and vocational institute, the persons qualified to vote are those qualified electors residing within an affected school district.
N.M. Stat. § 3-21-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 21 / Section 3-21-7
§ 3-21-7. Appointment of a zoning commission; duties; preliminary report and hearing
Status: in_force

The zoning authority, within its jurisdiction, may:

A. act as a zoning commission;

B. designate the planning commission to act as a zoning commission; or

C. appoint a zoning commission, which shall recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and the regulations necessary to enforce the zoning restrictions. The zoning commission shall make a preliminary report and hold a hearing on the preliminary report before the report is submitted to the zoning authority for action.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1E-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1E / Section 24-1E-1
§ 24-1E-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 24, Article 1E NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Health Facility Receivership Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-5.4 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-5.4
§ 1-1-5.4. Uniformed-service voter
Status: in_force

As used in the Election Code, “ uniformed-service voter ” means an individual who is a United States citizen, whose voting residence is in this state, who otherwise satisfies this state's voter eligibility requirements and who is:

A. a member of the active or reserve components of the army, navy, air force, marine corps or coast guard of the United States who is on active duty and who by reason of that active duty is absent from the state;

B. a member of the merchant marine, the commissioned corps of the public health service, the astronaut program of the national aeronautics and space administration or the commissioned corps of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration of the United States and who by reason of that service is absent from the state;

C. a member on activated status of the national guard or state militia and who by reason of that active duty is absent from the member's county of residence; or

D. a spouse or dependent of a member referred to in Subsection A, B or C of this section and who, by reason of active duty or service of the member, is absent from the state; provided the spouse or dependent is an individual recognized as a spouse or dependent by the entity under which the member is serving.
N.M. Stat. § 2-13-5 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 13 / Section 2-13-5
§ 2-13-5. Staff
Status: in_force

The staff for the committee shall be provided by the legislative council service.
N.M. Stat. § 22-19-4 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 19 / Section 22-19-4
§ 22-19-4. Bonds; mortgages
Status: in_force

A. A local school board may issue bonds or other special obligations to finance the repayment of all money borrowed for an income project pursuant to the School Revenue Bond Act.

B. A local school board may execute a mortgage, deed of trust or a security agreement upon the income project to secure payment of any bonds or other special obligations issued pursuant to the School Revenue Bond Act.
N.M. Stat. § 40-7B-3 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 7B / Section 40-7B-3
§ 40-7B-3. Supplementary agreements
Status: in_force

The compact administrator of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to the compact. If any supplementary agreement requires or contemplates the use of any institution or facility of this state or requires or contemplates the provision of any service by this state, it shall not become effective until approved by the head of the agency under whose jurisdiction the institution or facility is operated or whose agency will be charged with rendering the service.
N.M. Stat. § 74-4C-1 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 4C / Section 74-4C-1
§ 74-4C-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Hazardous Waste Feasibility Study Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 21-11-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 11 / Section 21-11-20
§ 21-11-20. Interest and retirement fund established
Status: in_force

At the time of issuing said bonds the regents shall establish for the payment of the principal and interest thereof a fund to be known as “interest and retirement fund” into which fund said regents shall immediately place a sum not less than the amount necessary to pay the interest and maturing principal of said bonds for the ensuing twelve (12) months, and annually thereafter shall continue to place in said fund a sufficient amount to pay principal and interest maturing in the succeeding twelve (12) months.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.28 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.28
§ 7-1-6.28. Distribution; municipal arterial program of local governments road fund
Status: in_force

A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the municipal arterial program of the local governments road fund created in Section 67-3-28.2 NMSA 1978 in an amount equal to one and forty-four hundredths percent of the net receipts attributable to the gasoline tax.
N.M. Stat. § 34-5-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 34 / Article 5 / Section 34-5-5
§ 34-5-5. Court of appeals; personnel
Status: in_force

A. The court of appeals shall employ a clerk and other necessary employees to serve at the pleasure of the court. Employees shall receive compensation established by the court, subject to legislative appropriations.

B. Before entering the duties of his office, the clerk shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution for state officers and file with the secretary of state a corporate surety bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000). The bond shall be approved in writing on its face by the chief judge of the court of appeals and conditioned upon the clerk's faithful performance of the duties of his office and payment of all money received as clerk to the person entitled to receive it.

C. Subject to legislative appropriations, each judge of the court of appeals may select a law clerk who is a graduate of a law school which meets the standards of accreditation of the American Bar Association. Each law clerk shall serve at the pleasure of the judge who selected him.

D. Personnel of the court of appeals, including law clerks and other employees, shall:

(1) perform duties as provided by rule of the court of appeals;

(2) not engage in the private practice of law; and

(3) not receive any additional salaries on account of services rendered the state.
N.M. Stat. § 58-24-1 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 24 / Section 58-24-1
§ 58-24-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 23 of this act may be cited as the “Industrial and Agricultural Finance Authority Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 10-7-11
§ 10-7-11. Accumulated sick leave prior to retirement; payment of certain excess amounts
Status: in_force

Immediately prior to retirement from state service, an employee of the state who has accumulated six hundred hours of unused sick leave shall be entitled to be paid for additional unused sick leave at a rate equal to fifty percent of his hourly wage multiplied by the number of hours of unused sick leave over six hundred hours, not to exceed four hundred hours of such sick leave.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-28 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-28
§ 1-12-28. Conduct of election; election certificate
Status: in_force

Immediately upon the closing of the polls, the precinct board shall complete and sign a certificate which shall state: “We certify the ․․․․․․․․․․ election complete with the voting of voting machine number ․․․․․․․․․․ by voter number ․․․․․․․․․․ on the signature roster.”
N.M. Stat. § 59A-38-12 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 38 / Section 59A-38-12
§ 59A-38-12. Lloyds Plan an “insurer”
Status: in_force

For the purposes of the Insurance Code a Lloyds Plan insurance operation is subject to applicable provisions of this code, and may be therein referred to as an “insurer”.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-32 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-32
§ 6-10-32. Treatment of interest on land grant funds
Status: in_force

All interest collected by the state treasurer on deposits, whether on time deposits or otherwise, in any bank, in any savings and loan association or in any credit union whose deposits are insured by an agency of the United States of money belonging to the common school permanent or income funds or to any other fund derived from lands granted to the state by any act of congress shall be treated by the state treasurer as income of the funds to which that money belongs and as collected by him shall be credited accordingly.
N.M. Stat. § 50-4-22 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 4 / Section 50-4-22
§ 50-4-22. Minimum wages
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, an employer shall pay to an employee a minimum wage rate of:

(1) prior to January 1, 2020, at least seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) an hour;

(2) beginning January 1, 2020 and prior to January 1, 2021, at least nine dollars ($9.00) an hour;

(3) beginning January 1, 2021 and prior to January 1, 2022, at least ten dollars fifty cents ($10.50) an hour;

(4) beginning January 1, 2022 and prior to January 1, 2023, at least eleven dollars fifty cents ($11.50) an hour; and

(5) on and after January 1, 2023, at least twelve dollars ($12.00) an hour.

B. An employer furnishing food, utilities, supplies or housing to an employee who is engaged in agriculture may deduct the reasonable value of such furnished items from any wages due to the employee.

C. An employee who customarily and regularly receives more than thirty dollars ($30.00) a month in tips shall be paid a minimum hourly wage as follows:

(1) prior to January 1, 2020, at least two dollars thirteen cents ($2.13) an hour;

(2) beginning January 1, 2020 and prior to January 1, 2021, at least two dollars thirty-five cents ($2.35) an hour;

(3) beginning January 1, 2021 and prior to January 1, 2022, at least two dollars fifty-five cents ($2.55) an hour;

(4) beginning January 1, 2022 and prior to January 1, 2023, at least two dollars eighty cents ($2.80) an hour;

(5) on and after January 1, 2023, at least three dollars ($3.00) an hour; and

(6) the employer may consider tips as part of wages, but the tips combined with the employer's cash wage shall not equal less than the minimum wage rate as provided in Subsection A of this section. All tips received by such employees shall be retained by the employee, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the pooling of tips among wait staff.

D. An employee shall not be required to work more than forty hours in any week of seven days, unless the employee is paid one and one-half times the employee's regular hourly rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of forty hours. For an employee who is paid a fixed salary for fluctuating hours and who is employed by an employer a majority of whose business in New Mexico consists of providing investigative services to the federal government, the hourly rate may be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 1 and the regulations pursuant to that act; provided that in no case shall the hourly rate be less than the federal minimum wage.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15-14 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15 / Section 6-15-14
§ 6-15-14. Levy of taxes to pay annual installments and interest
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county, municipality or school district which shall have issued refunding bonds under the provisions of Sections 6-15-11 to 6-15-22 NMSA 1978 , shall, during each year in which any of said bonds shall be outstanding, cause an annual tax to be levied on all property in the county, municipality or school district subject to taxation, sufficient to produce one year's interest on all of said bonds then outstanding, and to pay the annual installment of the principal of said bonds that will become due and payable in the next ensuing year or the annual mandatory sinking fund requirement if the principal is to be paid from a sinking fund. Such taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected at the times and in the manner that other county, municipal or school district taxes are levied, assessed and collected, and the proceeds of such taxes shall be kept in a special fund or sinking fund to be used only for the payment of the interest on and for the redemption of such bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-24 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-24
§ 6-21-24. Conflicts of interest; penalty
Status: in_force

A. If any member, officer or employee of the authority has an interest, either direct or indirect, in any contract to which the authority is or is to be a party, such interest shall be disclosed to the authority in writing and shall be set forth in the minutes of the authority. The member, officer or employee having such interest shall not participate in any action by the authority with respect to such contract.

B. Any person who has a conflict of interest as defined in this section and participates in any transaction involving such conflict of interest or fails to notify the authority of such conflict is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a definite term of less than one year or to the payment of a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or to both.
N.M. Stat. § 31-1-3 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 31-1-3
§ 31-1-3. Method of prosecution
Status: in_force

A criminal prosecution shall be commenced, conducted and terminated in accordance with Rules of Criminal Procedure. All pleadings, practice and procedure shall be governed by such rules.
N.M. Stat. § 14-5-4 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 5 / Section 14-5-4
§ 14-5-4. Method of recovery
Status: in_force

Upon determining that a particular public record is not in the hands of the official custodian of such record and upon forming a reasonable belief that those records or copies of them are in the possession of a private party or parties, the public officer shall send a postage prepaid, certified letter, return receipt requested, to the party believed to be in possession of the records or copies of them, making demand for the production of the record if he has it and if he does not have it, any copy of the record. The letter shall:

A. name with particularity the record, the original or copy of which is believed to be in the possession of the private party;

B. allege that the public record is not in the hands of the official custodian of the record;

C. state the grounds on which the public officer believes that the private party is in possession of the public record or a copy of it; and

D. demand that within thirty days of the receipt of the letter, the recipient shall appear at a time and place stated in the letter, bringing the named public record or if the demand is for a copy, the copy with him.
N.M. Stat. § 6-33-4 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 33 / Section 6-33-4
§ 6-33-4. Investments; qualifications; board approval
Status: in_force

A. In making investments pursuant to the Venture Capital Program Act, the authority shall make:

(1) investments in venture private equity funds; or

(2) early stage investments in New Mexico businesses whose investments or enterprises enhance the economic development objectives of the state.

B. The authority is authorized to make investments in New Mexico businesses to create new job opportunities and to support new, emerging or expanding businesses in a manner consistent with the constitution of New Mexico if:

(1) an investment in any one business does not exceed ten percent of the balance of the venture capital program fund;

(2) an investment in any one industry does not exceed thirty percent of the balance of the venture capital program fund; and

(3) the investments represent no more than fifty-one percent of the total investment capital in a business; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection prohibits the ownership of more than fifty-one percent of the total investment capital in a New Mexico business if the additional ownership interest:

(a) is due to foreclosure or other action by the authority pursuant to agreements with the business or other investors in that business;

(b) is necessary to protect the investment; and

(c) does not require an additional investment of the fund.

C. In making investments pursuant to the Venture Capital Program Act, the authority may make differential rate investments for economic development purposes.

D. The authority shall make investments pursuant to the Venture Capital Program Act only upon approval of the board of directors of the authority and within guidelines and policies established by the board.
N.M. Stat. § 30-14-6 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 14 / Section 30-14-6
§ 30-14-6. No trespassing notice; sign contents; posting; requirement; prescribing a penalty for wrongful posting of public lands
Status: in_force

A. The owner, lessee or person lawfully in possession of real property in New Mexico, except property owned by the state or federal government, desiring to prevent trespass or entry onto the real property shall post notices parallel to and along the exterior boundaries of the property to be posted, at each roadway or other way of access in conspicuous places, and if the property is not fenced, such notices shall be posted every five hundred feet along the exterior boundaries of such land.

B. The notices posted shall prohibit all persons from trespassing or entering upon the property, without permission of the owner, lessee, person in lawful possession or his agent. The notices shall:

(1) be printed legibly in English;

(2) be at least one hundred forty-four square inches in size;

(3) contain the name and address of the person under whose authority the property is posted or the name and address of the person who is authorized to grant permission to enter the property;

(4) be placed at each roadway or apparent way of access onto the property, in addition to the posting of the boundaries; and

(5) where applicable, state any specific prohibition that the posting is directed against, such as “no trespassing,” “no hunting,” “no fishing,” “no digging” or any other specific prohibition.

C. Any person who posts public lands contrary to state or federal law or regulation is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.