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N.M. Stat. § 34-6-37 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 6 / Section 34-6-37
§ 34-6-37. Finance; disposition of court income; state treasurer account
Status: in_force

Each district court clerk shall open an account in a bank which is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation. The account shall be in the name of the state treasurer of New Mexico, and withdrawals may be made only by the state treasurer. All fines, fees, costs and other money received by the clerk, except money designated by law for deposit in the court clerk trust account, shall be deposited to this account not later than two working days after receipt by the clerk. Deposit slips shall be prepared by the clerk to clearly distinguish between fines and forfeitures which the state treasurer will credit to the current school fund of the state, money designated by law for credit to other specific funds in the state treasury, and all other money. Duplicate deposit slips and all bank statements shall be forwarded immediately to the state treasurer by the clerk. No collateral securities shall be required of the bank for this account, but the state treasurer shall make withdrawals from each account at least quarterly, and, in any event, so that the balance remaining in any account never exceeds fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Money withdrawn shall be credited to the proper account in the state treasury, and any money not otherwise designated by law shall be credited to the state general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 73-21-53 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 21 / Section 73-21-53
§ 73-21-53. Use of bond proceeds restricted
Status: in_force

Proceeds from any bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of the Water and Sanitation District Act shall not be used by the board on any project constructed in fulfillment or partial fulfillment of requirements made of a subdivider by the provisions of the Land Subdivision Act or the New Mexico Subdivision Act.
N.M. Stat. § 61-6-22 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 6 / Section 61-6-22
§ 61-6-22. Injunction to prevent practice without a license
Status: in_force

The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney, the board or any citizen of any county where any person engages in the practice of medicine as defined by the laws of New Mexico without possessing a valid license to do so may, in accordance with the laws of the state governing injunctions, maintain an action in the name of the state to enjoin such person from engaging in the practice of medicine until a valid license to practice medicine is secured from the board. Any person who has been so enjoined who violates the injunction shall be punished for contempt of court. Provided, however, the injunction shall not relieve the person practicing medicine without a valid license from criminal prosecution therefor as provided by law, but such remedy by injunction shall be in addition to any remedy now provided for criminal prosecution of such offender. In charging any person in a petition for injunction or in an information or indictment with a violation of law by practicing medicine without a valid license, it is sufficient to charge that the person did, on a certain day and in a certain county, engage in the practice of medicine without having a valid license without alleging any further or more particular facts.
N.M. Stat. § 16-6-5 — NM Code / Chapter 16 / Article 6 / Section 16-6-5
§ 16-6-5. State fair commission administratively attached to tourism department
Status: in_force

The state fair commission is administratively attached, as defined in the Executive Reorganization Act, to the tourism department.
N.M. Stat. § 4-42-7 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 42 / Section 4-42-7
§ 4-42-7. Fees; purchase of plats of United States surveys; admissibility of certified copies of surveys as evidence; filing copy of surveys
Status: in_force

The expense of the chain carriers and corner man shall be paid in advance, if required by a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners or the surveyor's deputy, by the party on whose application the survey may be made, and the money so advanced shall be accounted for by the surveyor, and the amount expended to be taxed on the bill of costs. However, each surveyor may retain the return of any survey made by the surveyor until the surveyor is paid the fee established by law and may collect fees by action. The board of county commissioners of each county in this state, at its discretion, may procure copies, duly certified by the surveyor general to be correct, of the field notes and plats of the original surveys by the United States of the lands of its county, and the board shall bind the plats and field notes each substantially in book form and keep them in the county clerk's office for the benefit of the public. The certificate of the licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners or any of the surveyor's deputies as to the correctness or accuracy of any survey, plat or field notes made by the surveyor or any certified copy of them shall be admitted as legal evidence in any court of the state, but only when the surveyor is dead or when it is impossible to obtain the surveyor's evidence either by the surveyor's personal attendance or by means of a deposition taken according to law. This evidence may be explained or rebutted by other evidence. The licensed professional surveyors appointed by the boards of county commissioners of the different counties of this state may administer all oaths or affirmations necessary to be administered to road viewers and for all other purposes necessary to the discharge of their official duties. A copy of all surveys shall be filed with the county clerk by the surveyor.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-47-59 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 47 / Section 59A-47-59
§ 59A-47-59. Provider network adequacy
Status: in_force

A. A health care plan shall maintain an adequate provider network to provide mental health or substance use disorder services.

B. The superintendent shall ensure access to mental health or substance use disorder services providers, including parity with medical and surgical services provider access, through regulation and review of claims processing, provider reimbursement procedures, network adequacy and provider reimbursement rate adequacy.

C. A health care plan shall ensure that the process by which reimbursement rates for mental health and substance use disorder services are determined is comparable to and no more stringent than the process for reimbursement of medical or surgical benefits. In developing provider reimbursement rates, a health care plan shall demonstrate that it has performed a comparability analysis of provider:

(1) reimbursement rates in surrounding states;

(2) reimbursement rates between mental health and substance use disorder providers and medical or surgical providers; and

(3) credentialing processes for mental health and substance use disorder providers and medical or surgical providers.

D. A health care plan shall undertake all efforts, including increasing provider reimbursement rates through the processes and strategies described in Subsection C of this section, to ensure state-mandated network adequacy for the provision of mental health or substance use disorder services.

E. When in-network access to mental health or substance use disorder services are not reasonably available, a health care plan shall provide access to out-of-network services with the same cost-sharing obligations to a subscriber as those required for in-network services.
N.M. Stat. § 1-4-47 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1-4-47
§ 1-4-47. Driver's license voter registration
Status: in_force

A. Every person who is a qualified elector and is applying for a driver's license, to renew a driver's license or for an identification card shall, if qualified to register to vote, with the consent of the applicant be simultaneously registered to vote.

B. The secretary of taxation and revenue shall select certain employees of the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department or employees of entities on contract to provide field services to the motor vehicle division to provide assistance to any applicant requesting voter registration assistance.

C. Every motor vehicle division office, field office or contract field office of the division shall display within the offices clearly visible signs stating “voter registration assistance available” and:

(1) personnel in each office shall advise each person who is a qualified elector and an applicant for licensure or renewal or for an identification card that initial voter registration or a change of address for voter registration may be made simultaneously with the motor vehicle application;

(2) voter registration shall be conducted in a manner such that the applicant completes the full certificate of registration electronically;

(3) the applicant's digital signature shall be affixed to the certificate of registration using an electronic signature in conformance with the Electronic Authentication of Documents Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the form and signature shall be transmitted to the secretary of state; and

(4) every certificate of registration completed electronically shall include the applicant's full social security number and shall be transmitted by means of a secured electronic transmission to the secretary of state for delivery to the appropriate county clerk.

D. A motor vehicle division employee or contractor shall not intentionally influence the prospective registrant in the selection of political party, or independent status, by word or act. A motor vehicle division employee or contractor shall not reveal the existence of or the nature of the voter registration to anyone other than a registration officer.

E. Any certificate of voter registration completed on a paper form and made or accepted at a motor vehicle division office, field office or contract field office shall be transmitted to the secretary of state or the county clerk of the county in which the office is located within seven days.

F. The secretary of state shall work with the motor vehicle division to:

(1) ensure compliance in the application of the provisions of this section with the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993;

(2) ensure consistent implementation in the various counties, based on county classification and developing technology; and

(3) develop procedures to ensure that, once voter registration information is transmitted to the appropriate registration officer, the voter's certificate of registration is printed and placed in the county's register of voters.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-12.4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-12.4
§ 7-27-12.4. Authorization for severance tax bonds for severance tax transportation fund; appropriation of proceeds
Status: in_force

A. The state board of finance may issue and sell severance tax bonds in fiscal years 2007 through 2009 in compliance with the Severance Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding a total of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) when the department of transportation certifies the need for the issuance of the bonds; provided that:

(1) in fiscal year 2007, no more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) in bonds shall be issued; and

(2) in each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, no more than the lesser of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) or twelve and one-half percent of severance tax bonding capacity, as determined pursuant to Section 7-27-10.1 NMSA 1978 , shall be issued.

B. The state board of finance shall schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner possible upon a finding by the board that, based upon a certification from the department of transportation, the proceeds of the bonds are needed and that the projects can proceed to contract within a reasonable time. The state board of finance shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to comply with the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The state board of finance may issue and sell the bonds in the same manner as other severance tax bonds in an amount not to exceed the authorized amount provided for in this subsection.

C. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated as follows:

(1) proceeds of the bonds issued in fiscal year 2007 are appropriated to the local government transportation fund for distribution as directed by the department of transportation for projects pursuant to Section 6-21-6.12 NMSA 1978;

(2) twenty percent of the proceeds of the bonds issued in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 are appropriated to the department of transportation to perform routine maintenance on state highways;

(3) forty percent of the proceeds of the bonds issued in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 are appropriated to the local government transportation fund for distribution as directed by the department of transportation for projects pursuant to Section 6-21-6.12 NMSA 1978; and

(4) forty percent of the proceeds of the bonds issued in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 are appropriated to the department of transportation for the purpose of completing those projects authorized in Paragraphs (1) and (3) through (38) of Subsection A of Laws 2003 (1st S.S.), Chapter 3, Section 27, provided that the department shall comply with the requirements of Subsections C , D and E of Section 67-3-59.4 NMSA 1978 .

D. Money from the severance tax bonds provided for in this section shall not be used to pay indirect costs. If the department of transportation has not certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by July 1, 2009, the authorization provided in this section shall expire.
N.M. Stat. § 2-5-4.1 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 2-5-4.1
§ 2-5-4.1. Legislative systems; coordination with other agencies; fiscal impact information; dynamic forecasting pilot project
Status: in_force

A. The legislative finance committee shall cooperate with the office of the governor, the department of finance and administration and the taxation and revenue department in designing a timely and accurate system of providing fiscal impact and other pertinent information to the legislature concerning pending legislation.

B. Beginning January 1, 2004, a two-year dynamic forecasting pilot project shall be conducted by the legislative finance committee, the department of finance and administration, the taxation and revenue department and the state highway and transportation department in which fiscal impact information provided to the legislature concerning legislation that proposes one or more changes to laws on taxation shall be prepared on the basis of assumptions that estimate the probable behavioral response of taxpayers, businesses and other persons to the proposed changes. This requirement applies only to legislation:

(1) introduced during the second session of the forty-sixth legislature and the first session of the forty-seventh legislature; and

(2) determined by the legislative finance committee, pursuant to a static fiscal estimate, to have a fiscal impact when fully implemented in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in a fiscal year.

C. The legislative finance committee shall cooperate with the department of finance and administration and other necessary executive agencies to develop the methodology to implement the dynamic forecasting pilot project pursuant to the requirements of Subsection B of this section.

D. Following the first session of the forty-seventh legislature, the legislative finance committee shall evaluate the success of the dynamic forecasting pilot project required by Subsection B of this section and determine if dynamic forecasting should become a permanent feature of fiscal impact analyses. In making this determination, the legislative finance committee shall consider if this process:

(1) provides a reliable and reasonably accurate analytic tool to aid legislators in determining the effect of proposed legislation;

(2) can be accomplished with a reasonable amount of resources; and

(3) can be incorporated into fiscal impact estimates in a form that is easily understood and usable.
N.M. Stat. § 29-16-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 16 / Section 29-16-7
§ 29-16-7. Procedures for collection of samples
Status: in_force

A. The collection of samples pursuant to the provisions of Section 29-16-6 NMSA 1978 shall be conducted in a medically approved manner in accordance with rules and procedures adopted by the DNA oversight committee.

B. A person who collects samples shall be trained in procedures that meet the requirements and standards specified in Subsection A of this section.

C. A person authorized to collect samples and his employer shall be immune from liability in any civil or criminal action with regard to the collection of samples, if the collection is performed without negligence. This subsection shall not be deemed to create any additional liability or waive any immunity of public employees under the Tort Claims Act. 1

D. Samples shall be stored in accordance with rules and procedures adopted by the administrative center.

E. DNA testing shall be performed by the administrative center or a contract facility it may designate.

F. DNA records and samples shall be securely classified and stored by the administrative center.
N.M. Stat. § 18-8-8 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 8 / Section 18-8-8
§ 18-8-8. Regulation
Status: in_force

The state historic preservation officer shall issue regulations for the implementation of the New Mexico Prehistoric and Historic Sites Preservation Act.
N.M. Stat. § 42-4-20 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 4 / Section 42-4-20
§ 42-4-20. Reversionary clause in deed; improvements; liens; waiver of claim
Status: in_force

That any and all liens, encumbrances or money claims for improvements on lands, authorized or permitted in ejectment actions or equitable proceedings for the recovery of lands under reversionary provisions contained in deeds to realty, whether heretofore or hereafter claimed, may be waived by instrument in writing executed either before or after the passage and approval of this act [this section]; provided, further, that in no event shall any such liens, encumbrances or claims be asserted by the grantee, his heirs or assigns, as against his grantor, his heirs or assigns, who becomes entitled to possession of such lands under the terms of the reversionary clauses contained in any such deed to realty.
N.M. Stat. § 28-24-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 24 / Section 28-24-1
§ 28-24-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Gender-Free Restrooms Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-95 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-95
§ 53-8-95. Greater voting requirements
Status: in_force

Whenever, with respect to any action to be taken by the members or directors of a corporation, the articles of incorporation or bylaws require the vote or concurrence of a greater proportion of the directors or members or any class of members than required by the Nonprofit Corporation Act, the provisions of the articles of incorporation or bylaws shall control.
N.M. Stat. § 44-1-27 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 1 / Section 44-1-27
§ 44-1-27. Disobedience of order for discharge; attachment; damages recoverable
Status: in_force

Obedience to any order for the discharge of any prisoner, granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, may be enforced by the officer issuing such writ or granting such order, by attachment, in the same manner as herein provided for a neglect to make a return to a writ of habeas corpus, and the person guilty of such disobedience shall forfeit to the party aggrieved, one thousand dollars [($1,000)] in addition to any special damages such party may have sustained.
N.M. Stat. § 37-1-11 — NM Code / Chapter 37 / Article 1 / Section 37-1-11
§ 37-1-11. Effect of death
Status: in_force

If the person entitled to a cause of action die within one year next previous to the expiration of the limitation above provided, the representatives of such persons shall have one year after such death within which to commence said action.
N.M. Stat. § 14-3-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-6
§ 14-3-6. Administrator; duties
Status: in_force

The administrator is the official custodian and trustee for the state of all public records and archives of whatever kind which are transferred to him from any public office of the state or from any other source. He shall have overall administrative responsibility for carrying out the purposes of the Public Records Act, and may employ necessary personnel, purchase equipment and provide facilities as may be required in the execution of the powers conferred and duties imposed upon him. He shall keep the commission advised throughout the year of operations conducted and future operations projected, and shall report annually to the commission which records have been destroyed, transferred or otherwise processed during the year. The administrator shall establish a records management program for the application of efficient and economical management methods to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation and disposal of official records. It shall be the duty of the administrator, in cooperation with and with the approval of the general services department, to establish standards, procedures and techniques for effective management of public records, to make continuing surveys of paperwork operations, and to recommend improvements in current records management practices including the use of space, equipment and supplies employed in creating, maintaining and servicing records. It shall be the duty of the head of each state agency to cooperate with the administrator in conducting surveys and to establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the agency's records. The administrator shall establish records disposal schedules for the orderly retirement of records and adopt regulations necessary for the carrying out of the Public Records Act. Records disposal schedules shall be filed with the librarian of the supreme court library, and shall not become effective until thirty days after the date of filing. Records so scheduled may be transferred to the records center at regular intervals, in accordance with the regulations of the administrator.
N.M. Stat. § 77-2-22 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 2 / Section 77-2-22
§ 77-2-22. Penalty for violating rule
Status: in_force

Any person who violates a rule adopted under the power granted to the board unless the penalty has been fixed by law is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 18-10-2 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 10 / Section 18-10-2
§ 18-10-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Abandoned Cultural Properties Act:

A. “lender” means a person whose name appears on the records of the museum or, in the event of the death of the person, the successor in interest to the property as the person entitled to property held in the museum;

B. “loan” means all deposits of property with a museum which are not accompanied by a transfer of title to the property;

C. “museum” means an institution located in New Mexico and operated by a nonprofit corporation or public agency, primarily educational, scientific or aesthetic in purpose, which owns, borrows, cares for, studies, archives or exhibits property; and

D. “property” means all tangible objects, animate or inanimate, under a museum's care which have scientific, historic, artistic or cultural value.