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N.M. Stat. § 61-1-3.1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 1 / Section 61-1-3.1
§ 61-1-3.1. Limitations
Status: in_force

A. An action that would have any of the effects specified in Subsections D through N of Section 61-1-3 NMSA 1978 or an action related to unlicensed activity shall not be initiated by a board later than two years after the discovery by the board of the conduct that would be the basis for the action, except as provided in this section or otherwise provided by law. Discovery by the board is considered the date on which a complaint or other information that would reasonably connect the allegations to the person was received by a board or board staff.

B. The time limitation contained in Subsection A of this section shall be tolled by any civil or criminal litigation in which the licensee or applicant is a party arising from substantially the same facts, conduct or transactions that would be the basis for the board's action.

C. The New Mexico state board of psychologist examiners shall not initiate an action that would result in any of the actions specified in Subsections D through N of Section 61-1-3 NMSA 1978 later than five years after the conduct of the psychologist or psychologist associate that is the basis for the action. However, if the conduct that is the basis for the action involves a minor or a person adjudicated incompetent, the action shall be initiated, in the case of a minor, no later than one year after the minor's eighteenth birthday or five years after the conduct, whichever is last and, in the case of a person adjudicated incompetent, one year after the adjudication of incompetence is terminated or five years after the conduct, whichever is last.

D. The New Mexico public accountancy board shall not initiate an action under the 1999 Public Accountancy Act that would result in any of the actions specified in Subsections D through N of Section 61-1-3 NMSA 1978 later than two years following the discovery by the board of a violation of that act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21H-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21H / Section 21-21H-1
§ 21-21H-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 21, Article 21H NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “New Mexico Scholars Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-83 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-83
§ 58-10-83. Emergency power of supervisor
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the procedures set forth in Sections 71, 78 and 79 of this act, should the supervisor determine that an emergency exists which requires him to exercise, without delay, any of his powers granted under Sections 71, 78 and 79, he may issue, without notice, hearing or delay, any regulations or orders authorized by said sections, to any association, officers or directors, and require immediate compliance therewith. Such emergency regulations or orders shall remain in effect until a hearing thereon has been held, within ten days after the effective date of said regulation or order, and final determination has been made thereon as provided in said Sections 71, 78 and 79.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21N-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21N / Section 21-21N-3
§ 21-21N-3. Tuition scholarships authorized; qualified students
Status: in_force

A. To the extent that funds are made available by the legislature from the fund, the boards of regents or governing bodies of public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal colleges shall award tuition scholarships in department-approved amounts to qualified students and legacy students attending their respective public post-secondary educational institutions.

B. Beginning in fiscal year 2015:

(1) a legacy student is eligible to receive a tuition scholarship until the total number of program semesters for which the legislative lottery scholarship is received pursuant to the former provisions of Sections 21-1-4.3 , 21-13-10 and 21-16-10.1 NMSA 1978 or the Legislative Lottery Tuition Scholarship Act reaches eight; provided that the legacy student maintains residency in New Mexico, maintains a grade point average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale and completes twelve or more credit hours per program semester; and

(2) a qualified student who is not a legacy student is eligible to receive the tuition scholarship for a maximum of seven program semesters and in an amount determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 21-21N-4 NMSA 1978 .

C. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a tuition scholarship may be awarded to a qualified student who:

(1) maintains residency in New Mexico;

(2) maintains a grade point average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale; and

(3) completes:

(a) for a student attending a four-year public post-secondary educational institution or a tribal college, fifteen or more credit hours per program semester; and

(b) for a student attending a two-year public post-secondary educational institution, twelve or more credit hours per program semester.

D. For students with disabilities who may require accommodations, the department, in consultation with the student and the office at the public post-secondary educational institution or the tribal college that serves students with disabilities, shall review both the definition of “full time” and the maximum number of consecutive program semesters of eligibility and adjust either or both as deemed reasonable and appropriate, based on the student's disability needs. In no case, however, shall “full time” mean fewer than six credit hours per semester, and in no case shall eligibility extend beyond fourteen consecutive program semesters. The definition of “qualified student” notwithstanding, a New Mexico resident who had to leave the state to receive an education pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act shall be eligible for a tuition scholarship if the student graduated from an accredited high school in another state and otherwise meets the qualifications for a tuition scholarship pursuant to the definition of “qualified student” and this section.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-22 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-22
§ 53-4-22. Limitations on interest-dividends
Status: in_force

Interest-dividends shall not exceed fifteen percent per year and shall be noncumulative. Total interest-dividends distributed for any single period shall not exceed fifty percent of the net savings for that period.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-16 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-16
§ 52-3-16. Claim to be filed for occupational disease disablement benefits; effect of failure to give required notice or to file claim within time allowed
Status: in_force

A. If any employer or his insurer fails or refuses to pay a worker any installment of benefits to which the worker is entitled under the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law, after notice has been given as required by Section 52-3-19 NMSA 1978 , it is the duty of the worker insisting on the payment of benefits to file a claim therefor as provided in the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law not later than one year after the failure or refusal of the employer or insurer to pay benefits.

B. If the worker fails to give notice in the manner and within the time required by Section 52-3-19 NMSA 1978 or if the worker fails to file a claim for benefits within the time required by this section, his claim for benefits, all his right to the recovery of benefits and the bringing of any proceeding for the recovery of compensation are forever barred.

C. In case of the death of a worker who would have been entitled to receive benefits if death had not occurred, claim for benefits may be filed on behalf of his eligible dependents to recover benefits from the employer or his insurer.

D. Payment may be received or claim filed by any person whom the court may authorize or permit on behalf of the eligible beneficiaries.

E. No claim shall be filed, however, to recover benefits for the death of the worker unless he or someone on his behalf or on behalf of his eligible dependents has given notice in the manner and within the time required by Section 52-3-19 NMSA 1978 and unless the claim is filed within one year from the date of the worker's death.
N.M. Stat. § 4-58-6 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 58 / Section 4-58-6
§ 4-58-6. Conditions of grants-in-aid
Status: in_force

A. Whenever funds are appropriated to be used for making grants-in-aid authorized in the Planning District Act, the secretary of the department of finance and administration shall notify the respective boards of directors of the regional councils of the amount allocated to the district and shall notify the regional council that applications for grants-in-aid may be made upon forms provided by the secretary. Upon receipt of the application, the secretary shall determine that:

(1) the regional council applying for a grant-in-aid is officially recognized for a designated district;

(2) the governing board of the regional council certifies that a budget has been adopted for the expenditure of state and local funds for purposes consistent with the Planning District Act;

(3) the regional council has obtained nonfederal matching funds or services, or both, from local governments or private sources at least equal to the amount of the state grant-in-aid. The president or treasurer of the board of directors of the regional council shall certify from time to time that the matching funds from local or private sources are on deposit to the organization's own account before quarterly payment of a state grant-in-aid is made to the regional council; and

(4) at the end of each fiscal year, an audited report of expenditures of the regional council will be submitted to the secretary, that any state funds unexpended on June 30 each year will revert to the general fund and that, if the regional council has used any state funds for any purpose not within the purposes of the Planning District Act, the amount shall be reimbursed to the state.

B. The secretary shall review any application for a grant-in-aid, and if it is determined that the regional council is qualified to receive money under the Planning District Act, the grant-in-aid shall be paid to the regional council on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis of funds or services, or both, provided from local or private nonfederal sources, but the total of all grants-in-aid within a planning and development district shall not exceed the amount allocated to that district for the fiscal year. All or part of the state and local funds or services, or both, may be used to qualify for matching federal funds to be used for the purposes of the Planning District Act. If any planning and development district does not qualify for the total amount of grants-in-aid allocated to it during any fiscal year because of the lack of required matching funds or services, or both, from nonfederal local or private sources, the amount thereof for which the district does not qualify shall revert to the state general fund and shall not be apportioned for payment to any other district.
N.M. Stat. § 40-7B-4 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 7B / Section 40-7B-4
§ 40-7B-4. Financial arrangements
Status: in_force

Subject to legislative appropriations, the compact administrator of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance shall arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.
N.M. Stat. § 72-18-2 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 18 / Section 72-18-2
§ 72-18-2. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that:

A. the organization of the districts authorized to be created pursuant to the Flood Control District Act having the purposes, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities and disabilities provided in that act will serve a public use and public purpose and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants of the districts and of the state;

B. the acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation of any project authorized in the Flood Control District Act is in the public interest and constitutes a part of the established and permanent policy of the state; and

C. any district authorized by the Flood Control District Act to be organized shall be a political subdivision of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 51-1-23 — NM Code / Chapter 51 / Article 1 / Section 51-1-23
§ 51-1-23. Publication
Status: in_force

The department shall cause to be printed for distribution to the public the text of the Unemployment Compensation Law, regulations and general rules, annual reports to the governor and any other material deemed proper, and furnish such to any person upon application.
N.M. Stat. § 5-5-24 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 5-5-24
§ 5-5-24. Pledging of occupation taxes
Status: in_force

Occupation taxes authorized by Section 3-38-3 NMSA 1978 may be pledged for the retirement of revenue bonds issued pursuant to the Joint City-County Building Law.
N.M. Stat. § 60-1A-26 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 1A / Section 60-1A-26
§ 60-1A-26. Illegal use of pari-mutuel wagering
Status: in_force

A. A person shall not use pari-mutuel wagering except as permitted by the commission pursuant to the Horse Racing Act or pursuant to other state law providing licensing of persons to use pari-mutuel wagering.

B. A person who, directly or indirectly, uses pari-mutuel wagering in a manner that is not authorized by the commission or other state law is guilty of a fourth degree felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 30-47-4 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 47 / Section 30-47-4
§ 30-47-4. Abuse of a resident; criminal penalties
Status: in_force

A. Whoever commits abuse of a care facility resident that results in no harm to the resident is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Subsection B of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .

B. Whoever commits abuse of a resident that results in physical harm or great psychological harm to the resident is guilty of a fourth degree felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .

C. Whoever commits abuse of a resident that results in great physical harm to the resident is guilty of a third degree felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .

D. Whoever commits abuse of a resident that results in the death of the resident is guilty of a second degree felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 22-13-3.5 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13 / Section 22-13-3.5
§ 22-13-3.5. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Literacy For Children At Risk Act:

A. “child at risk” means a child who attends public school in New Mexico and whose reading, writing or math literacy level, as determined by his school district, falls in the forty-ninth percentile or lower; and

B. “department” means the state department of public education.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-38 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-38
§ 24-1-38. Hospitals; requirement to offer influenza and pneumococcal immunizations
Status: in_force

Each year between October 1 and March 1 and in accordance with the latest recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices of the federal centers for disease control and prevention, each hospital licensed by the department of health shall offer, prior to discharge, immunizations against the influenza virus and pneumococcal disease to all inpatients sixty-five years of age and older unless contraindicated for a patient and contingent upon the availability of the vaccine.
N.M. Stat. § 61-32-23 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 32 / Section 61-32-23
§ 61-32-23. Fees and fines
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978 , the board shall establish by rule a schedule of reasonable fees and fines for applications, examinations, licenses, inspections, renewals, penalties, reinstatements and necessary administrative fees. All fees collected shall be deposited in accordance with Section 61-32-26 NMSA 1978 . All fines collected shall be deposited in the current school fund.
N.M. Stat. § 75-4-2 — NM Code / Chapter 75 / Article 4 / Section 75-4-2
§ 75-4-2. Office of state climatologist; purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the office of state climatologist is to assist the state to understand and respond to natural and man-induced climate processes and their implications, to cooperate with the federal government in activities relating to climate studies and advisory services, to promote and disseminate a general knowledge of the climatology of the state, to establish a state climate program in accordance with the provisions of the federal National Climate Program Act and regulations promulgated pursuant to that act and to receive and utilize grants made available to the state pursuant to the provisions of the federal National Climate Program Act and other grants, gifts, donations or bequests from any source to be used in carrying out its purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 73-20-12 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 20 / Section 73-20-12
§ 73-20-12. Directors; election
Status: in_force

A. At the next regular local election held pursuant to the Local Election Act after a watershed district is created, the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation district involved shall cause an election to be held for the election of a board of directors of the watershed district. The board shall consist of five members. The first board shall determine by lot from among its membership two members to serve terms of two years and three members to serve terms of four years. Thereafter, as these initial terms expire, their replacements shall be elected for terms of four years. Vacancies occurring before the expiration of a term shall be filled by the remaining members of the board for the unexpired term. Two or more vacancies occurring simultaneously shall be filled by appointment by the board of supervisors. The board of directors shall, under the supervision of the board of supervisors, be the governing body of the watershed district.

B. If the territory embraced within a watershed district lies within more than one soil and water conservation district, each additional soil and water conservation district having a minority of the land involved in the watershed shall be entitled to elect three additional directors. These additional directors after their election shall determine by lot one of their number to serve a term of two years and two a term of four years. Thereafter, their successors shall be elected for terms of four years. The representatives of each of these minority districts shall fill vacancies in the district's membership for the unexpired term.

C. The board of directors shall annually elect from its membership a chair, secretary and treasurer. The treasurer shall execute an official bond for the faithful performance of the duties of office to be approved by the board of directors. The bond shall be executed with at least three solvent personal sureties whose solvency shall exceed the amount of the bond, or by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, and shall be in an amount determined by the board of directors. If the treasurer is required to execute a surety company bond, the premium of the bond shall be paid by the board of directors.

D. The board of directors shall prepare and submit to the department of finance and administration such reports as it may require from among those required to be submitted by other political subdivisions.

E. Each person desiring to be a director of a watershed district shall file a nominating petition with the proper filing office in accordance with the provisions of the Local Election Act, signed by ten or more qualified electors.
N.M. Stat. § 10-17-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 17 / Section 10-17-2
§ 10-17-2. Filing summary of minutes; furnishing to legal newspapers
Status: in_force

Such summary of minutes shall be filed with the clerk of each board mentioned in Section 1 hereof and such summary shall be a public record and open to inspection of the public, provided, however, that a copy thereof shall be by the board or commission mailed to each and every legal newspaper published in the county for such use as such newspaper may see fit.
N.M. Stat. § 74-10-38 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 10 / Section 74-10-38
§ 74-10-38. Issuance of notes
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized to borrow money without an election in anticipation of taxes or other revenues, or both, and to issue notes to evidence the amount so borrowed.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-5A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 5A / Section 59A-5A-10
§ 59A-5A-10. Supplemental provisions; rules; exemption
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of the Risk-Based Capital Act are supplemental to any other provisions of law, and shall not supersede, preclude the exercise of or limit any other powers or duties of the superintendent under such laws, including but not limited to Chapter 59A, Article 41 NMSA 1978 .

B. The superintendent may adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the implementation of the Risk-Based Capital Act.

C. The superintendent may exempt from the application of the Risk-Based Capital Act any domestic insurer which:

(1) writes direct business only in this state;

(2) writes direct annual premiums of two million dollars ($2,000,000) or less; and

(3) assumes no reinsurance in excess of five percent of direct premium written.
N.M. Stat. § 44-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 5 / Section 44-5-2
§ 44-5-2. Contents of complaint
Status: in_force

In such action it shall be sufficient for the plaintiff to declare generally as in actions for debt for money had and received for the plaintiff's use, or as in actions of trover or detinue for a supposed finding and the detaining or converting the property of the plaintiff to the use of the defendant whereby an action hath accrued to the plaintiff.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-1 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-1
§ 73-8-1. Organization of districts
Status: in_force

Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders owning one-third in area of the lands, or evidence of title to lands so owned, within the limits of any federal reclamation project in the state of New Mexico shall desire to provide for the drainage of such lands or of any portion thereof, they may propose the organization of a drainage district under the provisions of this act.

Such drainage districts may be formed in order to cooperate with the United States government in effecting and carrying out the purposes of this act through the construction of drainage works necessary to maintain the irrigability of lands within any such district, or for the purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of constructed works necessary for such purposes or for the assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States on account of the drainage of such district lands.

Districts so organized shall be empowered to take any and all action necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.