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N.M. Stat. § 59A-10-5 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 10 / Section 59A-10-5
§ 59A-10-5. Depositories designated by treasurer
Status: in_force

The state treasurer may designate any solvent trust company or other solvent financial institution having trust powers and with offices located in this state, as the state treasurer's depository to receive and hold any general, special or excess deposit of an insurer under Chapter 59A, Article 10 NMSA 1978 . The deposit shall be so handled at the expense, if any, of the insurer, and the state of New Mexico shall not be responsible for safekeeping thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 30-26-1 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 26 / Section 30-26-1
§ 30-26-1. Tampering with public records
Status: in_force

Tampering with public records consists of:

A. knowingly altering any public record without lawful authority;

B. any public officer or public employee knowingly filing or recording any written instrument, judicial order, judgment or decree in a form other than as the original thereof in fact appeared;

C. any public officer or public employee knowingly falsifying or falsely making any record or file, authorized or required by law to be kept;

D. any public officer or public employee knowingly issuing or causing to be issued, any false or untrue certified copy of a public record; or

E. knowingly destroying, concealing, mutilating or removing without lawful authority any public record or public document belonging to or received or kept by any public authority for information, record or pursuant to law.

Whoever commits tampering with public records is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 40-5A-9 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 5A / Section 40-5A-9
§ 40-5A-9. Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

On or before November 1, 1995, boards shall promulgate and file, in accordance with the States Rules Act, 1 rules and regulations to implement the provisions of the Parental Responsibility Act.
N.M. Stat. § 4-37-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 37 / Section 4-37-13
§ 4-37-13. Construction
Status: in_force

The Home Rule County Validation Act, being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, shall be liberally construed to carry out its purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 23-9-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 23 / Article 9 / Section 23-9-7
§ 23-9-7. Adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility administration
Status: in_force

A. The adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility shall be under the administration and control of the department of health. The secretary of health shall ensure that the adolescent treatment hospital becomes accredited by an appropriate hospital accreditation organization within the limits of its appropriations and, notwithstanding that accreditation, shall also seek and maintain licensure under the appropriate state standards.

B. The adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility may establish and maintain administrative units and services for administration, medical and mental health care treatment, nursing, dietetics, education, recreation, social work and related services as may be necessary to carry out the purposes for which the adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility are established.

C. Employees of the adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility shall be subject to the State Personnel Act. 1

D. The adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility may develop and implement a reasonable schedule of fees for adolescents not in the custody of the state and not otherwise eligible for services paid for or supported by the state. All fee payments shall be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the general fund.

E. The adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility may accept donations, gifts or bequests of land, money or things of value for the establishment, maintenance and advancement of the adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility. Title to lands acquired shall be vested in the state. Donations, gifts and bequests of money shall be deposited to the credit of the adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility if required as a condition of the donation, gift or bequest.
N.M. Stat. § 12-2A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 2A / Section 12-2A-3
§ 12-2A-3. General definitions
Status: in_force

In the statutes and rules of New Mexico:

A. “annually” means per year;

B. “age of majority” begins on the first instant of an individual's eighteenth birthday;

C. “child” includes a child by adoption;

D. “oath” includes an affirmation;

E. “person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or any legal or commercial entity;

F. “personal property” means property other than real property;

G. “personal representative” of a decedent's estate includes an administrator and executor;

H. “population” means the number of individuals enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census;

I. “property” means real and personal property;

J. “real property” means an estate or interest in, over or under land and other things or interests, including minerals, water, structures and fixtures that by custom, usage or law pass with a transfer of land even if the estate or interest is not described or mentioned in the contract of sale or instrument of conveyance and, if appropriate to the context, the land in which the estate or interest is claimed;

K. “rule” means a rule, regulation, order, standard or statement of policy, including amendments thereto or repeals thereof, promulgated by an administrative agency, that purports to affect one or more administrative agencies other than the promulgating agency or that purports to affect persons who are not members or employees of the promulgating agency;

L. “sign” or “subscribe” includes the execution or adoption of any symbol by a person with the present intention to authenticate a writing;

M. “state” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;

N. “swear” includes affirm;

O. “will” includes a codicil; and

P. “written” and “in writing” includes printing, engraving or any other mode of representing words and letters.
N.M. Stat. § 3-10-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 10 / Section 3-10-6
§ 3-10-6. Officers; extra compensation; penalty
Status: in_force

Any mayor or member of the governing body of a municipality who receives payment for services rendered by him, contrary to law, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The fine shall be paid into the general fund of the municipality.
N.M. Stat. § 5-20-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 20 / Section 5-20-2
§ 5-20-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Regional Air Center Special Economic District Act:

A. “ authority ” means the governing body of a district; and

B. “ district ” means an industrial air center special economic district governed by an authority.
N.M. Stat. § 34-6-30 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 6 / Section 34-6-30
§ 34-6-30. Operation; notation of filing
Status: in_force

When any paper is filed in his office, the district court clerk shall immediately enter on the first page his notation of filing containing the date and time of filing and the court in which filed.
N.M. Stat. § 5-5-6 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 5-5-6
§ 5-5-6. Agreements between county and city
Status: in_force

A county and a city may from time to time enter into agreements, long terms and short terms, with each other concerning any project, including but not necessarily limited to agreements concerning any power granted to either or both by this act, the exercise of such powers, and conditions and limitations thereupon, and including by way of example and not by limitation, a contract allocating a portion of any project to the exclusive use and control of any party thereto, a contract concerning the construction and equipment of a building, the plans and specifications therefor, and the work and materials incidental thereto, including the acquisition or improvement of the site therefor, or both, a contract for the ownership, care, custody, control, improvement, operation and maintenance of any project after its acquisition and for defraying expenses incurred therefor, a contract concerning the appointment of personnel therefor or providing for rules, regulations and orders for the use by the public and charges, if any, therefor, a contract for the allocation between the county and city of the total utilization of said building, the method of effecting such allocation, and delineating the rights, if any, of leasing any space in said building and its facilities, and a contract concerning the maintenance of records of and for any project.
N.M. Stat. § 28-3-9 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 3 / Section 28-3-9
§ 28-3-9. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Displaced Homemakers Act:

A. “displaced homemaker” means any individual who has worked in the home for a substantial number of years providing unpaid household services for family members and who:

(1) has difficulty obtaining adequate employment; or

(2) has been dependent on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by such income, has been dependent on federal assistance but is no longer eligible for such assistance or is supported as the parent of minor children by federal assistance or spousal support; and

B. “income of another family member” means any income in support of an entire family unit used for the purpose of providing that family with economic security, but does not include the payment of alimony or child support.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-23 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-23
§ 27-2-23. Third party liability
Status: in_force

A. The income support division of the department shall make reasonable efforts to ascertain any legal liability of third parties who are or may be liable to pay all or part of the medical cost of injury, disease or disability of an applicant for or recipient of medical assistance pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 27 NMSA 1978 .

B. When the department makes medical assistance payments on behalf of a recipient, the department is subrogated to any right of the recipient against a third party for recovery of medical expenses to the extent that the department has made payment.

C. Health insurers, including self-insured plans, group health plans, service benefit plans, managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit managers or other parties, that are, by statute, contract or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service, as a condition of doing business with New Mexico, shall:

(1) provide, with respect to individuals who are eligible for or are provided medical assistance under the medicaid program, upon the request of the state, information to determine during what period the individual, the individual's spouse or the individual's dependents may be, or may have been, covered by a health insurer and the nature of the coverage provided by the health insurer, including the name, address and identifying number of the plan;

(2) accept New Mexico's right of recovery and the assignment to New Mexico of any right of an individual or other entity to payment from the party for an item or service for which payment has been made under the medicaid program;

(3) respond to any inquiry by New Mexico regarding a claim for payment for any health care item or service that is submitted no later than three years after the date of the provision of such health care item or service; and

(4) agree not to deny a claim submitted by New Mexico solely on the basis of the date of submission of the claim by the provider, the type of the claim form or a failure to present proper documentation at the point-of-sale that is the basis of the claim, if:

(a) the claim is submitted by New Mexico within the three-year period beginning on the date on which the item or service was furnished; and

(b) any action by New Mexico to enforce its rights with respect to such claim is commenced within six years of New Mexico's submission of such claim.

D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the application of common law principles in determining equitable reimbursement from any third-party source for New Mexico or a health insurer, including self-insured plans, group health plans, service benefit plans, managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit managers or other parties.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-53-11 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 53 / Section 59A-53-11
§ 59A-53-11. Vouchers
Status: in_force

A. Amounts so distributed from the fire protection fund to a municipality or to any county fire district shall be expended under the direction of the chief of the fire department of the municipality or county fire district, upon duly executed vouchers approved as required by law.

B. In no event is any amount to be expended for any purpose that does not relate directly to the permitted purposes specifically stated in Sections 59A-53-8 and 59A-53-9 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 21-21G-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21G / Section 21-21G-9
§ 21-21G-9. Distribution of scholarship funds
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt rules, regulations and procedures for the distribution of scholarship funds to the eligible institutions.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-33-5.1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 33 / Section 59A-33-5.1
§ 59A-33-5.1. Operation of pool
Status: in_force

The pool shall operate towards being self-sufficient and shall be self-sufficient no later than July 1, 1995. The rates charged the policyholders shall be set so that the amount received in premiums, together with reasonable investment income earned on those premiums, is reasonably expected to be sufficient to pay claims and losses incurred and reasonable operating expenses of the servicing carriers.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21P-8 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21P / Section 21-21P-8
§ 21-21P-8. Termination of scholarship
Status: in_force

A scholarship is terminated upon occurrence of one or more of the following:

A. the school employee withdraws from the public post-secondary educational institution or from the teacher preparation program, or the school employee fails to remain at least a half-time student;

B. the school employee fails to achieve satisfactory academic progress; or

C. the school employee is in substantial noncompliance with the Grow Your Own Teachers Act or the rules promulgated pursuant to that act.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-39-4 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 39 / Section 59A-39-4
§ 59A-39-4. Name; suits
Status: in_force

A reciprocal insurer shall:

A. have and use a business name. The name shall include the word “reciprocal” or “interinsurer,” or “interinsurance,” or “exchange,” or “underwriters,” or “underwriting,” or “association”; and

B. sue and be sued in its own name.
N.M. Stat. § 1-20-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 20 / Section 1-20-22
§ 1-20-22. Violation of Election Code; general penalty
Status: in_force

If the Election Code does not impose a specific penalty for the violation of a provision prohibiting a specific act, whoever knowingly commits such violation is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-4A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 4A / Section 32A-4A-1
§ 32A-4A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Children's Advocacy Centers Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 14-1-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 14-1-8
§ 14-1-8. Obsolete county records; notice of proposed destruction; preservation desired by state records administrator; delivery of documents
Status: in_force

An official charged with the custody of any records and who intends to destroy those records, shall give notice by registered or certified mail to the state records administrator, state records center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, of the date of the proposed destruction and the type and date of the records he intends to destroy. The notice shall be sent at least sixty days before the date of the proposed destruction. If the state records administrator wishes to preserve any of the records, the official shall allow the state records administrator to have the documents by calling for them at the place of storage.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2C-9 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2C / Section 60-2C-9
§ 60-2C-9. Display fireworks
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 9 of this act, nothing in the Fireworks Licensing and Safety Act shall prohibit the display of display fireworks, except that any individual, association, partnership, corporation, organization, county or municipality shall secure a written permit from the governing body of the county or municipality where the display is to be fired and the display fireworks shall be purchased from a distributor or display distributor licensed by the state fire marshal and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms at the United States department of the treasury.
N.M. Stat. § 58-15-14.1 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 15 / Section 58-15-14.1
§ 58-15-14.1. Charges; method of computation
Status: in_force

The simple interest method shall be used for loans made under the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955. Interest charges shall not be paid, deducted or received in advance. Interest charges shall not be compounded. However, if part or all of the consideration for a loan contract is the unpaid principal balance of a prior loan, then the principal amount payable under the loan contract may include any unpaid charges that have accrued within sixty days on the prior loan. Such charges shall be computed on the basis of the number of days actually elapsed.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7C-8 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7C / Section 10-7C-8
§ 10-7C-8. Fund created; investment; premiums; appropriation
Status: in_force

A. There is created the “retiree health care fund”. All money in the fund shall be invested as provided for in Subsection D of this section. All income earned from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the money in the fund is appropriated to the board to carry out the provisions of the Retiree Health Care Act. Any funds remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

B. The board shall provide for the collection of premiums from eligible retirees and eligible dependents which money when combined with other money appropriated to the fund shall be sufficient to provide the required insurance coverage and to pay the expenses of the authority. All premiums and other money appropriated to the fund shall be credited to the fund.

C. All premiums and other money collected by the authority shall be received and disbursed directly by the authority. Receipts and disbursements are subject to audit by the state auditor.

D. The board shall determine which money in the fund constitutes the long-term reserves of the authority. The state investment officer shall invest the long-term reserves of the authority in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6-8-1 through 6-8-16 NMSA 1978 . The state treasurer shall invest the money in the fund that does not constitute the long-term reserves of the fund in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 6, Article 10.
N.M. Stat. § 7-30-6 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 30 / Section 7-30-6
§ 7-30-6. Value may be determined by department; standard
Status: in_force

The department may determine the value of products severed from a production unit when:

A. the operator and purchaser are affiliated persons;

B. the sale and purchase of products is not an arm's length transaction; or when

C. products are severed and removed from a production unit and a value as defined in this act is not established for such products.

The value determined by the department shall be commensurate with the actual price received for products of like quality, character and use which are severed in the same field or area.
N.M. Stat. § 67-8-22 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 8 / Section 67-8-22
§ 67-8-22. Remaining in rest areas and similar facilities; penalty
Status: in_force

A. No person shall remain, or willfully allow any property under his control to remain, in any publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation area or sanitary or tourist information facility, which area or facility is located immediately adjacent to a public highway and is intended for use by persons travelling the highway, for more than twenty-four hours in any three-day period, unless otherwise provided by law.

B. The state highway department shall provide for posting of all areas and facilities to which Subsection A of this section applies. The notice to be posted shall read:

Remaining in this area or facility for more than twenty-four hours is a violation of law subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).”

C. Any person violating any provision of Subsection A of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-70 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-70
§ 1-12-70. Reporting of vote totals by precinct; voting data maintained by precinct
Status: in_force

A. The county clerk shall report to the secretary of state the vote totals in each precinct on election night.

B. The county clerk shall maintain voting data by precinct that includes the number of voters who voted early in-person, absentee by mail and on election day and the number of voters who voted using each type of voting system. The county clerk shall report this data to the secretary of state within sixty days following the election, and to no other person. The secretary of state shall then combine the data within a precinct to the extent necessary to protect the secrecy of each voter's ballot in accordance with rules issued by the secretary of state before the data as processed becomes a public record.
N.M. Stat. § 61-9-9 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 9 / Section 61-9-9
§ 61-9-9. Licensure of psychologists without examination
Status: in_force

The board at its discretion may license without written examination any person who has been certified by the American board of examiners in professional psychology and who passes an oral examination as provided in Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (6) of Subsection A of Section 61-9-11 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 58-30-12 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 30 / Section 58-30-12
§ 58-30-12. Account funds disregarded for purposes of certain means-tested programs
Status: in_force

A. Money deposited into an individual development account, interest earned on that account and interest and matching funds deposited in a reserve account for the benefit of the account owners shall be disregarded for the purposes of determining eligibility for benefits and for determining benefit amounts pursuant to the New Mexico Works Act.

B. When determining eligibility for benefits and determining benefit amounts due under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, children's health insurance program, child care and development block grant and medicaid, the human services department shall, pursuant to the authority granted by 7 USCA 2014 (d) and (g) , disregard money deposited into an individual development account, interest earned on that account and interest and matching funds deposited in a reserve account for the benefit of the account owners.

C. Money withdrawn from an individual development account for a purpose other than an allowable use shall be counted as a resource for purposes of the New Mexico Works Act or medicaid unless the withdrawal is approved by the program administrator and an amount equal to the amount withdrawn is replaced within the twelve-month allowable time period pursuant to Subsection D of Section 58-30-8 NMSA 1978 .