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N.M. Stat. § 34-1-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 34 / Article 1 / Section 34-1-7
§ 34-1-7. Appointment of interpreters and translators
Status: in_force

The courts may, from time to time, appoint interpreters and translators to interpret the testimony of witnesses, and to translate any writing necessary to be translated in such courts or causes therein.
N.M. Stat. § 74-2-7.1 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 2 / Section 74-2-7.1
§ 74-2-7.1. Local governing body authority; construction permits; electric generation facilities
Status: in_force

A. A local governing body may receive a construction permit for a gas-fired electric generation facility with a one hundred megawatt or less generating capacity in accordance with the Air Quality Control Act and may transfer the permit to the owner or operator of a facility that meets the specifications of the permit.

B. A facility that receives a construction permit transferred from a local governing body shall notify the department within thirty days of receiving the transferred construction permit. The permit shall be effective for that facility when the department receives notification of the transfer. The local governing body that transfers the construction permit shall notify the owner or operator of the local electric distribution company and the public regulation commission of the permitted project, including its net capacity rating and intended date of service.

C. As used in this section, “ local governing body ” means the council or other executive body charged with governing a municipality or county.

D. The department may cooperate with and lend assistance to any Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located in the state in developing permitting procedures that fulfill federal environmental protection agency standards and that parallel the state permitting procedures described in Subsections A and B of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-5.4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-5.4
§ 7-27-5.4. New Mexico business investments
Status: in_force

No more than twenty percent of the book value of the severance tax permanent fund may be invested in the following investments and in the following amounts:

A. no more than ten percent of the book value of the severance tax permanent fund may be invested in notes or obligations securing loans to New Mexico businesses made by farm credit entities, banks and savings and loan associations and mortgages approved by the department of housing and urban development pursuant to the act of congress of July 30, 1953 known as the Small Business Act of 1953, 1 as amended, and notes or obligations pursuant to the act of congress of August 14, 1946 known as the Farmers' Home Administration Act of 1946, 2 as amended, only to the extent that both principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States government. The effective yield of these loans shall be a market rate not less than the yield available on the planned amortized class tranche of collateralized mortgage obligations guaranteed by the federal national mortgage association or the federal home loan mortgage corporation with an average life comparable to the maturity of the loan. The state investment officer may enter into conventional agreements for the servicing of the loans and the administration of the receipts therefrom. Any servicing agreement may contain reasonable and customary provisions, including servicing fees not to exceed one hundred fifty basis points, as may be agreed upon; provided, in no event shall the rate paid by the borrower on the loan, together with servicing fees, exceed the maximum rate permitted by the applicable federal guarantee program; and

B. no more than ten percent of the book value of the fund may be invested in bonds, notes, debentures or other evidence of indebtedness, excluding commercial paper rated not less than Baa or BBB or the equivalent by a national rating service of any corporation organized and operating within the United States, excluding regulated public utility corporations, which as a condition of receiving the proceeds of such evidence of indebtedness will use such proceeds to establish or expand business outlets or ventures in New Mexico, provided that:

(1) the investment in the bonds, notes or debentures or other evidence of indebtedness of any one corporation shall not exceed one hundred percent of the cost of the expansion venture or new outlet or twenty million dollars ($20,000,000), whichever is less;

(2) the rate of interest to be paid on the bonds, notes or debentures or other evidence of indebtedness shall be established by the council, but shall not be less than the equivalent yield available on United States treasury issues of a comparable maturity plus one hundred basis points;

(3) the indebtedness shall be approved prior to purchase by the council; and

(4) the guidelines for initiation of the purchase by the council of the bonds, notes, debentures or other evidence of indebtedness and the terms thereof shall be established by the council.
N.M. Stat. § 2-16-2 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 16 / Section 2-16-2
§ 2-16-2. Membership; appointment; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. The revenue stabilization and tax policy committee shall be composed of eighteen members. Nine members of the house of representatives shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and nine members of the senate shall be appointed by the committees' committee of the senate or, if the senate appointments are made in the interim, by the president pro tempore of the senate after consultation with and agreement of a majority of the members of the committees' committee.

B. Members shall be appointed from each house so as to give the two major political parties in each house the same proportional representation on the committee as prevails in each house; however, in no event shall either party have less than one member from each house on the committee. Vacancies on the committee shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the original appointments. If a regular member is going to be absent from a committee meeting, the regular member may designate a legislator from the same house and party to serve in the regular member's place at the meeting if the member notifies the chairman of the committee of the anticipated absence and notifies the designee at least twenty-four hours before the committee meeting. The regular member shall select the designee from a list of potential designees appointed by the appointing authority for each house. The list shall be maintained in the offices of the legislative council service. The chairman and vice chairman of the committee shall be designated by the New Mexico legislative council.

C. No action shall be taken by the committee if a majority of the total membership from either house on the committee rejects such action.
N.M. Stat. § 21-22-9 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 22 / Section 21-22-9
§ 21-22-9. Cancellation
Status: in_force

The commission [department] is authorized to cancel any contract made between it and any student for any reasonable cause deemed sufficient by the commission [department].
N.M. Stat. § 6-21C-7 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21C / Section 6-21C-7
§ 6-21C-7. Building bonds; form; execution
Status: in_force

A. The New Mexico finance authority, except as otherwise specifically provided in the State Building Bonding Act, shall determine at its discretion the terms, covenants and conditions of building bonds, including, but not limited to, date of issue, denominations, maturities, rate or rates of interest, call features, call premiums, registration, refundability and other covenants covering the general and technical aspects of the issuance of the bonds.

B. The building bonds shall be in such form as the New Mexico finance authority may determine, and successive issues shall be identified by alphabetical, numerical or other proper series designation.

C. Building bonds shall be signed and attested by the secretary of the New Mexico finance authority and shall be executed with the facsimile signature of the chairman of the New Mexico finance authority and the facsimile seal of the New Mexico finance authority, except for bonds issued in book entry or similar form without the delivery of physical securities. Any interest coupons attached to the bonds shall bear the facsimile signature of the secretary of the New Mexico finance authority, which officer, by the execution of the bonds, shall adopt as his own signature the facsimile thereof appearing on the coupons. Except for bonds issued in book entry or similar form without the delivery of physical securities, the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Act 1 shall apply, and the New Mexico finance authority shall determine the manual signature to be affixed on the bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 6-27-1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 27 / Section 6-27-1
§ 6-27-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 6, Article 27 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Affordable Housing Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-55 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-55
§ 10-11-55. Municipal general member coverage plan 2; affiliated public employer contribution rate
Status: in_force

An affiliated public employer shall contribute the following percentages of the salary of each member it employs and who is covered under municipal general member coverage plan 2:

A. prior to July 1, 2022, nine and eight-tenths percent of salary;

B. beginning July 1, 2022 and continuing through June 30, 2023, ten and three-tenths percent of salary;

C. beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through June 30, 2024, ten and eight-tenths percent of salary;

D. beginning July 1, 2024 and continuing through June 30, 2025, eleven and three-tenths percent of salary; and

E. beginning July 1, 2025 and thereafter, eleven and eight-tenths percent of salary.
N.M. Stat. § 30-6A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 6A / Section 30-6A-1
§ 30-6A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 30, Article 6A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Sexual Exploitation of Children Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 66-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 10 / Section 66-10-1
§ 66-10-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 66, Article 10 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Driving School Licensing Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 27-5-7.1 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 5 / Section 27-5-7.1
§ 27-5-7.1. County health care assistance fund; authorized uses of the fund
Status: in_force

A. The fund may be used to pay for:

(1) expenses of burial or cremation of an indigent person;

(2) ambulance transportation, hospital care and health care services for indigent patients; or

(3) [Vetoed by Governor;]

(4) [Vetoed by Governor;]

(5) [(3)] county administrative expenses associated with fund expenditures authorized in Paragraphs of this subsection.

B. The fund may be used to meet a county's obligation under Section 27-10-4 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 6-31-6 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 31 / Section 6-31-6
§ 6-31-6. Economic development grant fund created
Status: in_force

The “economic development grant fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations to the fund and income from investment of the fund. Money in the fund shall not revert to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year. The department shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to provide matching funds to local and regional development agencies as approved by the commission. Money in the fund shall be disbursed on warrants signed by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of economic development or the secretary's authorized representative.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-15-21 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 15 / Section 59A-15-21
§ 59A-15-21. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 59A, Article 15 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Unauthorized Insurers Law”.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-20 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-20
§ 2-7F-20. Representative district fourteen
Status: in_force

Representative district fourteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 32, 33, 46 through 48, 50, 51, 61 through 64, 104, 121 through 124, 132, 133, 135, 149, 190, 198, 224 through 226, 234, 236, 619 and 634.
N.M. Stat. § 3-21-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 21 / Section 3-21-22
§ 3-21-22. Procedures for regulations or restrictions
Status: in_force

The procedure for the commission in establishing, amending or repealing the ordinances, regulations or restrictions provided in the Special Zoning District Act shall be the same as for the governing body of counties in Sections 3-21-5 through 3-21-8 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 58-9-1 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 9 / Section 58-9-1
§ 58-9-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 58, Article 9 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Trust Company Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 51-1-12 — NM Code / Chapter 51 / Article 1 / Section 51-1-12
§ 51-1-12. Penalty; late payment of contributions
Status: in_force

The rate of contribution of an employer shall in no case be raised as a penalty for, or as a result of, the late filing of any notice, report or payment of contributions required under Section 51-1-9 NMSA 1978 or any regulations promulgated thereunder. Effective as to all wages for employment paid on and after July 1, 1965, quarterly wage and contribution reports and contribution payments, if not filed on or before the due date as prescribed by the secretary, shall be subject to the following penalties:

A. if the required report for any calendar quarter is not filed within ten days after due date, a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) is to be paid by the employer;

B. if the contributions due on such report are not paid in full within ten days after due date, an additional penalty of five percent but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is to be paid by the employer on any such contributions remaining unpaid;

C. if any payment required to be made by the Unemployment Compensation Law is attempted to be made by check which is not paid upon presentment, a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid by the employer; and

D. in no case shall any penalty as herein provided or as imposed by this section prior to June 30, 1965 be assessed for any quarter prior to the six completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the quarter in which the employer shall be determined subject to the Unemployment Compensation Law; and in no case shall a penalty for late reporting or late payment of contribution be imposed if, in the opinion of the secretary, an employer's late reporting, late payment of contribution, or both, was occasioned by circumstances beyond the control of the employer, who in good faith exercised reasonable diligence in an effort to comply with the reporting and contribution payment provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Law.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2B / Section 26-2B-2
§ 26-2B-2. Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act is to allow the beneficial use of medical cannabis in a regulated system for alleviating symptoms caused by debilitating medical conditions and their medical treatments.
N.M. Stat. § 22-31-4 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 31 / Section 22-31-4
§ 22-31-4. Disclosure to students and public
Status: in_force

A. Each public school shall make its data available to the public, including all materials relied upon to compile the data. Each public school shall inform all students at the public school of their right to review the data.

B. The department shall publish the following information:

(1) each public school's data; and

(2) a list of public schools that did not submit fully completed data.

C. Each public school shall maintain its data and all materials relied upon to complete the data for at least three years. Each public school shall publish its data in a newspaper of general circulation in the state or make the data available on a publicly accessible web site.
N.M. Stat. § 30-37-9 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 37 / Section 30-37-9
§ 30-37-9. Legislative findings and purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that children do not have the judgment necessary to protect themselves from harm and that the legislature has the inherent power to control commercial conduct within this state for the protection of minors in a manner that reaches beyond the scope of its authority to protect adults. The legislature also finds that regulation of content at outdoor theaters does not deprive adults from viewing that content at indoor theaters.
N.M. Stat. § 56-15-19 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 15 / Section 56-15-19
§ 56-15-19. Application to existing relationships
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Uniform Assignment of Rents Act governs the enforcement of an assignment of rents and the perfection and priority of a security interest in rents, even if the document creating the assignment was signed and delivered before the effective date of that act.

B. The Uniform Assignment of Rents Act does not affect an action or proceeding commenced before the effective date of that act.

C. Subsection A of Section 4 of the Uniform Assignment of Rents Act does not apply to any security instrument signed and delivered before the effective date of that act.

D. The Uniform Assignment of Rents Act does not affect:

(1) the enforceability of an assignee's security interest in rents or proceeds if, immediately before the effective date of that act, that security interest was enforceable;

(2) the perfection of an assignee's security interest in rents or proceeds if, immediately before the effective date of that act, that security interest was perfected; or

(3) the priority of an assignee's security interest in rents or proceeds with respect to the interest of another person if, immediately before the effective date of that act, the interest of the other person was enforceable and perfected, and that priority was established.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-25.1 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-25.1
§ 53-8-25.1. Duties of directors
Status: in_force

A director shall perform his duties as a director including his duties as a member of any committee of the board upon which the director may serve, in good faith, in a manner the director believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and with such care as an ordinarily prudent person would use under similar circumstances in a like position. In performing such duties, a director shall be entitled to rely on factual information, opinions, reports or statements including financial statements and other financial data in each case prepared or presented by:

A. one or more officers or employees of the corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented;

B. counsel, public accountants or other persons as to matters which the director reasonably believes to be within such persons' professional or expert competence; or

C. a committee of the board upon which the director does not serve, duly designated in accordance with a provision of the articles of incorporation or the bylaws as to matters within its designated authority, which committee the director reasonably believes to merit confidence, but the director shall not be considered to be acting in good faith if the director has knowledge concerning the matter in question that would cause such reliance to be unwarranted.
N.M. Stat. § 7-24-1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 24 / Section 7-24-1
§ 7-24-1. License tax imposed by municipalities
Status: in_force

Municipalities within or composing local option districts may, by duly adopted ordinance, impose an annual, nonprohibitive municipal license tax upon the privilege of persons holding state licenses under the provisions of the Liquor Control Act 1 to operate within such municipalities as retailers, dispensers, canopy licensees, restaurant licensees or club licensees. The amount of the license tax, which shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250), and the dates and manner of payment shall be fixed on or before June 1 of each year by the ordinance imposing the tax. In case any municipality permits the payment in installments, no bond shall be required to secure the payment of the deferred installments, but the remedy for the collection shall be that provided in Section 7-24-3 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 30-36-9 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 36 / Section 30-36-9
§ 30-36-9. Citizen's complaint; costs
Status: in_force

Where prosecutions are initiated under the Worthless Check Act before any committing magistrate, the party applying for the warrant is liable for costs accruing in the event the case is dismissed at his request or for his failure to prosecute.
N.M. Stat. § 1-14-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1-14-10
§ 1-14-10. Order of impoundment; contents
Status: in_force

The court order of impoundment shall specify the items of ballots to be impounded and shall direct the state police to:

A. take immediate physical custody of any items ordered impounded and not in use in the precinct in the conduct of the election;

B. take legal custody of items ordered impounded and being used in the conduct of the election by assigning an officer to be physically present in the precinct polling place until the polling place is closed and the results in the precinct have been tallied and certified as required by the Election Code;

C. take physical custody of items ordered impounded and being used in the conduct of the election as soon as the polling place is closed and the results in the precinct have been tallied and certified as required by the Election Code; and

D. deliver all items ordered impounded and taken into physical custody to the district court clerk of the court entering the order for safekeeping subject to further orders of the court.
N.M. Stat. § 76-5-26 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 5 / Section 76-5-26
§ 76-5-26. Fees
Status: in_force

A. Fees paid for the licenses, certificates and permits required under the Plant Protection Act shall be set by regulation of the board, but shall not exceed the following amounts:

(1) annual inspection fee of nursery and nursery stock, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) plus two dollars ($2.00) per acre of nursery stock inspected;

(2) annual special inspection fee for person growing only vegetable plants, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

(3) annual nursery or florist dealer's, landscaper's or agent's license fee, seventy-five dollars ($75.00);

(4) annual special dealer's license for persons who handle only vegetable or cactus plants, twenty-five dollars ($25.00); and

(5) annual fee for collected plants permit, seventy-five dollars ($75.00).

B. If the application for renewal of any annual license, permit or certificate provided for in the Plant Protection Act is not filed prior to the expiration of the prior license, permit or certificate, the fee for such license, permit or certificate shall be double the amount specified in this section. However, this double fee shall not apply if the applicant has not engaged in business subsequent to the expiration of his license, permit or certificate, and furnishes an affidavit certifying to that fact.

C. The board may adopt regulations to exempt a person from the payment of fees.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9A-2.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9A / Section 7-9A-2.1
§ 7-9A-2.1. Legislative oversight
Status: in_force

The interim revenue stabilization and tax policy committee during the 2005 interim shall conduct a review of the use of the investment credit and the effectiveness of the credit in meeting the state's economic development and tax policy objectives. Following the study, the committee shall determine whether changes are necessary in the Investment Credit Act and report its findings and recommendations to the second session of the forty-seventh legislature.