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N.M. Stat. § 33-2-39 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2 / Section 33-2-39
§ 33-2-39. Separate sentences construed as cumulative
Status: in_force

Whenever any convict shall have been committed under several convictions with separate sentences, they shall be construed as one continuous sentence for the full length of all the sentences combined.
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-7 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-7
§ 53-11-7. Corporate name
Status: reserved

A. The corporate name shall:

(1) contain the separate word “corporation,” “company,” “incorporated” or “limited” or shall contain a separate abbreviation of one of these words;

(2) not contain any word or phrase which indicates or implies that it is organized for any purpose other than one or more of the purposes contained in its articles of incorporation; and

(3) not be the same as, or confusingly similar to, the name of any domestic corporation existing under the laws of this state or any foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, or a name the exclusive right to which is, at the time, reserved in the manner provided in the Business Corporation Act, or the name of a corporation which has in effect a registration of its corporate name as provided in the Business Corporation Act.

B. Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of this section shall not apply if the applicant files with the commission [secretary of state] either:

(1) the written consent of such other corporation or holder of a reserved or registered name to use the same or confusingly similar name and one or more words are added to make the name distinguishable from the other name; or

(2) a certified copy of a final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction establishing the prior right of the applicant to the use of the name in this state.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-40 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-40
§ 67-3-40. Control of state highways; maintenance costs
Status: in_force

The state transportation commission shall have full control over all roads designated by the commission as state highways or created as state highways by acts of the legislature. The costs of maintenance thereof shall be paid by the state, provided, that if at any time the money in the state road fund available for improvement or maintenance of all such state highways in the state shall not be sufficient for such purposes, the state transportation commission shall certify to the respective boards of county commissioners the certain sections of the highways in the counties, proportionately to such deficiency, which shall be improved and maintained wholly by the respective counties until sufficient funds are provided in the state road fund to enable the state to take over and maintain them as state highways.
N.M. Stat. § 10-10-3 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 10 / Section 10-10-3
§ 10-10-3. Director of inter-university training program
Status: in_force

The inter-university training program shall be headed by the personnel director.
N.M. Stat. § 73-19-1 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 19 / Section 73-19-1
§ 73-19-1. Tri-state water conservancy association created
Status: in_force

There is hereby created an organization to be known as the tri-state water conservancy association.
N.M. Stat. § 43-1B-3 — NM Code / Chapter 43 / Article 1B / Section 43-1B-3
§ 43-1B-3. Assisted outpatient treatment; criteria
Status: in_force

A person may be ordered to participate in assisted outpatient treatment if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person:

A. is eighteen years of age or older and is a resident of a participating municipality or county;

B. has a primary diagnosis of a mental disorder;

C. has demonstrated a history of lack of compliance with treatment for a mental disorder that has:

(1) at least twice within the last forty-eight months, been a significant factor in necessitating hospitalization or necessitating receipt of services in a forensic or other mental health unit or a jail, prison or detention center; provided that the forty-eight-month period shall be extended by the length of any hospitalization, incarceration or detention of the person that occurred within the forty-eight-month period;

(2) resulted in one or more acts of serious violent behavior toward self or others or threats of, or attempts at, serious physical harm to self or others within the last forty-eight months; provided that the forty-eight-month period shall be extended by the length of any hospitalization, incarceration or detention of the person that occurred within the forty-eight-month period; or

(3) resulted in the person being hospitalized, incarcerated or detained for six months or more and the person is to be discharged or released within the next thirty days or was discharged or released within the past sixty days;

D. is unwilling or unlikely, as a result of a mental disorder, to participate voluntarily in outpatient treatment that would enable the person to live safely in the community without court supervision;

E. is in need of assisted outpatient treatment as the least restrictive appropriate alternative to prevent a relapse or deterioration likely to result in serious harm to self or likely to result in serious harm to others; and

F. will likely benefit from, and the person's best interests will be served by, receiving assisted outpatient treatment.
N.M. Stat. § 67-16-11 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 16 / Section 67-16-11
§ 67-16-11. Responsibility for removal of litter from receptacles
Status: in_force

The responsibility for removal of litter from receptacles placed at parks, beaches, campgrounds, trailer parks and other public places shall remain upon those state and local agencies now performing litter removal services. The removal of litter on private property used by the public shall remain the duty of the owner or operator of the private property.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-31 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-31
§ 7-1-31. Seizure of property by levy for collection of taxes
Status: in_force

A. The secretary or secretary's delegate may proceed to collect tax from a delinquent taxpayer by levy upon all property or rights to property of the delinquent taxpayer and convert the property or rights to property to money by appropriate means.

B. A levy is made by taking possession of property pursuant to authority contained in a warrant of levy or by the service, by the secretary or secretary's delegate or any sheriff or certified law enforcement employee of the department of public safety, of the warrant upon the taxpayer or other person in possession of property or rights to property of the taxpayer, upon the taxpayer's employer or upon any person or depositary owing or who will owe money to or holding funds of the taxpayer, ordering the taxpayer or other person to reveal the extent thereof and surrender it to the secretary or secretary's delegate forthwith or agree to surrender it or the proceeds therefrom in the future, but in any case on the terms and conditions stated in the warrant.

C. Upon agreement between the department and a financial institution, the department may serve a warrant of levy on the financial institution in electronic format pursuant to the Electronic Authentication of Documents Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
N.M. Stat. § 34-1-9 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 1 / Section 34-1-9
§ 34-1-9. Salaries of justices, judges and magistrates
Status: in_force

A. Justices of the supreme court shall each receive an annual salary as provided by the legislature. The chief justice of the supreme court shall receive an annual salary that is two thousand dollars ($2,000) more than the annual salary of a justice of the supreme court.

B. The chief judge of:

(1) the court of appeals shall receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary of the chief justice of the supreme court;

(2) a district court shall receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary of the chief judge of the court of appeals; and

(3) a metropolitan court shall receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary of the chief judge of a district court.

C. The presiding magistrate of a magistrate district where three or more divisions operate as a single court shall receive an annual salary that is seventy-five percent of the annual salary of the chief judge of a metropolitan court.

D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any other provision of this section, the annual salaries of the following judges and magistrates shall be established as follows:

(1) a judge of the court of appeals shall receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary of a justice of the supreme court;

(2) a district court judge shall receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary of a judge of the court of appeals;

(3) a metropolitan court judge shall receive an annual salary that is ninety-five percent of the annual salary of a district court judge;

(4) a full-time magistrate shall receive an annual salary that is seventy-five percent of the annual salary of a metropolitan court judge;

(5) a half-time magistrate shall receive an annual salary that is fifty percent of the annual salary of a full-time magistrate; and

(6) a quarter-time magistrate shall receive an annual salary that is twenty-five percent of the annual salary of a full-time magistrate.

E. For fiscal year 1995 and all subsequent fiscal years, the annual salary for justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, district court judges, metropolitan court judges and magistrates shall be established by the legislature in an appropriations act.

F. No additional salaries shall be paid to justices, judges or magistrates on account of services rendered the state. Justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, district court judges, metropolitan court judges and magistrates shall receive per diem and mileage for necessary travel on official business of the court as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
N.M. Stat. § 5-14-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 14 / Section 5-14-8
§ 5-14-8. Financial reporting
Status: in_force

The chief executive officer of a local governmental entity imposing a convention center fee shall report to the local government division of the department of finance and administration on a quarterly basis any expenditure of convention center fee funds.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-74 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-74
§ 7-9-74. Deduction; gross receipts tax; sale of property used in the manufacture of jewelry
Status: in_force

Receipts from selling tangible personal property may be deducted from gross receipts if the sale is made to a person who states in writing that he will use the property so purchased in manufacturing jewelry. The buyer must incorporate the tangible personal property as an ingredient or component part of the jewelry that he is in the business of manufacturing. The deduction allowed a seller under this section shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) during any twelve-month period attributable to purchases by a single purchaser.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-25 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-25
§ 4-55A-25. Improvement district; title subject to redemption vests in trustee
Status: in_force

Upon the acceptance or purchase of the tract or parcel of land as provided in Sections 4-55A-23 and 4-55A-24 NMSA 1978 , title to the tract or parcel of land, subject to the right of redemption provided by Subsection A of Section 4-55A-26 NMSA 1978 , vests in the trustee of the fund from which the assignable certificates or bonds are payable.
N.M. Stat. § 47-6-20 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 6 / Section 47-6-20
§ 47-6-20. Public agencies required to provide counties with information
Status: in_force

A. Any public agency receiving a request from the board of county commissioners for an opinion and any Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that chooses to submit an opinion pursuant to Section 47-6-11 NMSA 1978 shall furnish the board with the requested opinion within the time period set forth in Subsection A of Section 47-6-22 NMSA 1978 . The board of county commissioners shall furnish the appropriate public agency and Indian nation, tribe or pueblo with all relevant information that the board has received from the subdivider on the subject for which the board is seeking an opinion. If the public agency or Indian nation, tribe or pueblo does not have sufficient information upon which to base an opinion, the public agency or Indian nation, tribe or pueblo shall notify the board of this fact.

B. All opinion requests mailed by the board of county commissioners shall be by certified mail, return receipt requested. Boards of county commissioners delivering opinion requests shall obtain receipts showing the day the opinion request was received by the particular public agency or Indian nation, tribe or pueblo.
N.M. Stat. § 7-3-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 7-3-8
§ 7-3-8. Annual statement of withholding and information regarding state assistance for low-income New Mexicans to be provided to withholdees
Status: in_force

On or before January 31 of the year following that for which the annual statement of withholding is made pursuant to Section 7-3-7 NMSA 1978 , a withholder shall provide to a withholdee:

A. a copy of the annual statement of withholding; and

B. information regarding state assistance for low-income New Mexicans, including information regarding refundable tax rebates and credits for low-income filers provided by the state, such as the low-income comprehensive tax rebate and the working families tax credit. The information shall be provided in English and in Spanish on a form and in a manner required by the department, and the department shall make the information available on the department's website.
N.M. Stat. § 34-5-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 34 / Article 5 / Section 34-5-1
§ 34-5-1. Court of appeals; judges; election for staggered terms
Status: in_force

The “court of appeals” of New Mexico consists of ten judges who are nominated and elected in the same manner as justices of the supreme court. No judge of the court of appeals shall be nominated or elected to any other than a judicial office in this state.
N.M. Stat. § 12-10B-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10B / Section 12-10B-5
§ 12-10B-5. Request for aid
Status: in_force

A. A member jurisdiction may request aid from another member jurisdiction:

(1) to prevent, mitigate, respond to or recover from an emergency or disaster; or

(2) in concert with drills or exercises between member jurisdictions.

B. A request for aid shall be made by or through the presiding officer of the governing body of a member jurisdiction or the chief executive officer or the officer's designee of a member jurisdiction. A request may be verbal or in writing. If the request is verbal, it shall be confirmed in writing within thirty days of the date on which the request was made.
N.M. Stat. § 73-14-58 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 14 / Section 73-14-58
§ 73-14-58. Terms; vacancies
Status: in_force

Each director shall be elected for a term of six years from and after the date of election and, unless removed from office as provided in Section 73-14-59 NMSA 1978 , shall serve until a successor is duly elected and has qualified; provided that at the first election, one director shall be elected for a term of two years, two for a term of four years and two for a term of six years, to be determined according to counties if there is land in any district in more than one county, by the board calling the election. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term of the director whose office becomes vacant.
N.M. Stat. § 21-14A-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 14A / Section 21-14A-4
§ 21-14A-4. Approval of local school board required
Status: in_force

Before any school district shall become part of an off-campus instruction program district composed of two or more school districts, the local board of education shall indicate its consent and need for such off-campus instruction program by the adoption of a resolution to that effect.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15-17 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15 / Section 22-15-17
§ 22-15-17. Funding
Status: in_force

Each local school board is authorized to accept contributions from private sources in order to carry out the provisions of the Historical Codes Act.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-7
§ 19-4-7. Disposal of lots after entry
Status: in_force

When the corporate authorities of any town, or the probate judge of the county for any county in this state, in which any town may be situated, shall have entered, at the proper land office, the land, or any part of the land, settled and occupied as the site of such town, pursuant to and by virtue of the provisions of the act of congress entitled, “An act for the relief of citizens of towns upon lands of the United States under certain circumstances,” passed May 23, 1844, and any amendments that may be made thereto, it shall be the duty of the corporate authorities or probate judge, as the case may be, and they are hereby directed and required to dispose of and convey the title to such land, or to the several blocks, lots, parcels or shares thereof, to the persons hereinafter in this chapter described, and in the manner hereinafter specified, and apply the proceeds of the sale thereof under the following regulations.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7B-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7B / Section 24-7B-14
§ 24-7B-14. Effect of copy
Status: in_force

A copy of a written advance directive for mental health treatment or revocation of an advance directive for mental health treatment has the same effect as the original.
N.M. Stat. § 52-1-58 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 1 / Section 52-1-58
§ 52-1-58. Reports to be filed with director
Status: in_force

A. It is the duty of every employer of labor in this state subject to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act or the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier to make a written report to the director of all accidental injuries or occupational diseases that occur to any of his employees during the course of their employment and that result in lost time of an employee of more than seven days. A copy of the report shall be sent by the employer to the worker. Such reports shall be made within ten days after such accidental injury or ten days after notification to the employer of employee disability, upon forms approved by the director and shall contain such information concerning the accident or injury as may be required by the director.

B. Upon request of the director, it is also the duty of every workers' compensation self-insurer and insurance carrier to file with the director closing reports upon the closing of a claim on forms approved by the director. Annual reports will be required on a form approved by the director.
N.M. Stat. § 22-12A-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 12A / Section 22-12A-12
§ 22-12A-12. Excessive absenteeism; enforcement
Status: in_force

A. Each local school board and each governing body of a charter school or private school shall initiate the enforcement of the provisions of the Attendance for Success Act for excessively absent students.

B. If unexcused absences continue after written notice of excessive absenteeism as provided in Section 11 of the Attendance for Success Act, the local school board or governing body of a charter school or private school, after consultation with the local superintendent or head administrator of a charter school or private school, shall report the excessively absent student to the probation services office of the judicial district in which the student resides for an investigation as to whether the student should be considered to be a neglected child or a child in a family in need of family services because of excessive absenteeism and, thus, subject to the provisions of the Children's Code. The record of the public school's interventions and the student's and parent's responses to the interventions shall be provided to the juvenile probation services office. The local superintendent or head administrator of a charter school or private school shall provide the documentation to the juvenile probation services office within ten business days of the student being identified as excessively absent.

C. If the juvenile probation services office determines that the student is a child in a family in need of family services, a caseworker from the child or family in need of family services program shall meet with the family at the public school in which the student is enrolled to determine if there are other intervention services that may be provided. The meeting shall involve the school principal or other school personnel and, unless the parent objects in writing, appropriate community partners that provide services to children and families. The children, youth and families department shall determine if additional interventions, including monitoring, will positively affect the student's behavior.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-55 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-55
§ 19-10-55. Validation of oil and gas leases
Status: in_force

All oil and gas leases issued by the commissioner of public lands prior to the effective date of this section are declared to be valid and existing contracts with the state according to their terms and provisions where:

A. made in substantial conformity with law;

B. the terms have not expired;

C. all rentals have been paid and accepted by the commissioner of public lands; and

D. the leases have not been canceled by the commissioner of public lands for nonperformance by the lessee or any assignee.

The obligations of the state and the commissioner to observe and conform to the terms and provisions of these leases are recognized. Any suit or action to reinstate any lease heretofore canceled or expired by order or decision of the commissioner of public lands shall be brought within sixty days from the effective date of this section or be waived.
N.M. Stat. § 13-7-35 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 13-7-35
§ 13-7-35. Prohibited exclusions of coverage for mental health or substance use disorder services
Status: in_force

An insurer shall not exclude provider prescribed coverage for mental health or substance use disorder services otherwise included in its coverage when:

A. it is available pursuant to federal or state law for individuals with disabilities;

B. it is otherwise ordered by a court or administrative agency;

C. it is available to an insured through a public benefit program; or

D. an insured has a concurrent diagnosis.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-17 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-17
§ 20-12-17. Solicitation
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who solicits or advises another or others to desert in violation of Section 20-12-20 NMSA 1978 or mutiny in violation of Section 20-12-29 NMSA 1978 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is attempted or committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed or attempted, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this chapter who solicits or advises another or others to commit an act of misbehavior before the enemy in violation of Section 20-12-34 NMSA 1978 or sedition in violation of Section 20-12-29 NMSA 1978 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 61-24C-14 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 24C / Section 61-24C-14
§ 61-24C-14. License fees
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978 , any fees for an original license or renewal of license, late charges or any other fees authorized by the provisions of the Interior Designers Act shall be set by rule of the department. The fee for initial licensure shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200).