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N.M. Stat. § 64-5-3 — NM Code / Chapter 64 / Article 5 / Section 64-5-3
§ 64-5-3. Salvage of crashed aircraft; liability for damage to land; termination of permits
Status: in_force

A. Any person who has been issued a valid salvage permit by the aviation division may, within sixty days after the date of issuance of the permit, enter any land specified therein for the specific purpose of salvaging and removing the crashed aircraft specified therein.

B. Any person entering land under Subsection A of this section shall be strictly liable to the owner or lessee of the land, whichever is in possession, for any damages caused by the entry or removal.

C. After removing the aircraft within six months from the date the permit was issued, the permit holder has title to the aircraft free from all claims of the previous owner, of any holders of a prior terminated permit, of the owner or lessee of the land on which the aircraft was located and of all persons claiming through or under them. The salvage permit and a notarized statement certifying that the terms and conditions under which the permit was issued have been fulfilled shall constitute valid evidence of title.

D. If the crashed aircraft, specified in any salvage permit issued by the aviation division, is not removed within six months from the date of the issuance of the permit, then the permit shall be automatically terminated and invalid.
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-32 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-32
§ 22-11-32. Adjustment of benefits
Status: in_force

A. If retirement or disability benefits cause a decrease in the amount of monetary payments due to a member or beneficiary from any public agency, the retirement or disability benefits shall be reduced to result in the maximum total benefits to the member or beneficiary.

B. If there is a change in the effect of retirement or disability benefits on any monetary payments due to a member or beneficiary from any public agency, the retirement or disability benefits shall be adjusted to result in the maximum total benefits to the member or beneficiary. In no event shall the retirement or disability benefits be increased in an amount greater than that authorized by the Educational Retirement Act.

C. The provisions of this section are mandatory and are not subject to option or election by any member or beneficiary. Each member or beneficiary shall inform the director of all facts necessary for the director to carry out the provisions of this section.

D. If the director, in good faith, seeks to ascertain all facts necessary to comply with provisions of this section, but payment of retirement or disability benefits is made without making an adjustment as provided by this section, neither the board, the director or any public officer or employee shall be liable because of the payment.

E. As used in this section:

(1) “retirement or disability benefits” means retirement or disability benefits payable to a member or beneficiary pursuant to the Educational Retirement Act;

(2) “public agency” includes the federal government, any department or agency of the federal government, any state and any department, agency and political subdivision of a state; and

(3) “total benefits” means retirement or disability benefits plus any other monetary payments due to the member or beneficiary from any public agency.
N.M. Stat. § 56-9-33 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 9 / Section 56-9-33
§ 56-9-33. Judgments in favor of claimant certified to assignee
Status: in_force

All judgments rendered in favor of any claimant in the district court, by virtue of the provisions of this chapter, shall be certified by the clerk thereof to the assignee, who shall allow the same and class it as a valid claim against the estate.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-1
§ 1-9-1. Secretary of state; duties; voting system defined
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of state shall study, examine and certify all voting systems used in elections for public office in New Mexico. The secretary of state shall maintain a current list of certified voting systems and copies of filed testing and evaluation reports accessible by the public on the secretary of state's website. Only certified voting systems that are also approved for use by the secretary of state and acquired pursuant to a competitive bid process in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Code shall be used in any election for public office in New Mexico.

B. As used in Chapter 1, Article 9 NMSA 1978 , “ voting system ” means a combination of mechanical, electromechanical or electronic equipment, including the software and firmware required to program and control the equipment, that is used to cast and count votes, and also including any type of system that is designed to print or to mark ballots at a polling location; equipment that is not an integral part of a voting system but that can be used as an adjunct to it is considered to be a component of the system.
N.M. Stat. § 21-10-11 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 10 / Section 21-10-11
§ 21-10-11. Advisory committee
Status: in_force

The president of New Mexico state university shall appoint a committee to work with the program director in establishing operating policies and program priorities. The committee shall consist of three members: one individual nominated by the Jicarilla and Mescalero Apache tribal presidents; one nominated by the chairman of the all Indian pueblo council; and one nominated by the chairman of the Navajo tribal council. The committee members shall serve a minimum term of two years with reappointment thereafter subject to the pleasure of the above-described Indian tribes.
N.M. Stat. § 15-3B-11 — NM Code / Chapter 15 / Article 3B / Section 15-3B-11
§ 15-3B-11. Capital projects; contingency limitation
Status: in_force

No more than six and one-half percent of the cost of a capital project shall be used for contingencies. For the purposes of this section, “ contingencies ” means unforeseeable elements of cost within the defined scope of the capital project.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-39 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-39
§ 19-7-39. Form of assignment; contents; acknowledgment; constructive notice; recording waived
Status: in_force

Such assignments shall be executed on forms to be prescribed by the commissioner of public lands, which forms shall specify the number of the lease or purchase contract assigned, the description of the land embraced in such lease or purchase contract, the date of the expiration of the lease assigned, the name of the assignee and the amount of the indebtedness which the assignment is given to secure, and may provide for further advances by the assignee up to a specific amount. Such assignments shall be acknowledged by the assignor in the manner provided by law for the acknowledgment of conveyances affecting real estate, and, when filed in the office of the commissioner of public lands and approved by him, shall be constructive notice to all persons of the contents of such assignments from the date of such approval, and it shall not be necessary to record such instruments in the county where the lands affected thereby are located. Provided, that when more than one lease or purchase contract is assigned to secure the same indebtedness, any and all such leases or purchase contracts shall be assigned by separate instrument.
N.M. Stat. § 5-18-9 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 18 / Section 5-18-9
§ 5-18-9. Appointment of directors; qualifications; terms; resumption of governance by governing body
Status: in_force

A. The governing body, at its option, may authorize the appointment of a separate district board. In the case of an appointed district board, the directors shall serve an initial term of six years. If a vacancy occurs on the district board because of death, resignation or inability of a director to discharge the duties of director, the governing body shall appoint a director to fill the vacancy, who shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term until the appointed director's successor is appointed or elected.

B. At the end of the appointed director's initial term, the governing body shall resume governance of the district as its board, or, at its option, shall hold an election of directors by majority vote of the property owners in the district, pursuant to Section 10 of the Renewable Energy Financing District Act.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15-9 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15 / Section 6-15-9
§ 6-15-9. Bonds authorized at election; time limit on issuance; exceptions
Status: in_force

Bonds shall not be issued or sold by a school district, county or municipality after the expiration of four years from the date of the election authorizing the issue, except for the purpose of refunding previous bond issues or in payment of judgments. The bonds may be sold to the United States or to the state in any case in which the state or the United States has made an offer to purchase the bonds and the offer was accepted prior to the expiration of the four-year period. Any period of time when the validity of bonds or the election therefor is in litigation shall be excluded from the four-year period.
N.M. Stat. § 17-5-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 17-5-4
§ 17-5-4. State game commission to administer act; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The state game commission is authorized and directed to administer the provisions of Sections 17-5-1 through 17-5-9 NMSA 1978 , and to make such rules and regulations and establish such service as it may deem necessary to carry out all the provisions and purposes of those sections. In making such rules and regulations and providing when and by what means fur-bearing animals may be hunted, taken, captured, possessed or killed, the state game commission shall give due regard to the zones of temperatures and to the distribution, abundance, economic value and breeding habits of such animals. Provided, nothing in Sections 17-5-1 through 17-5-9 NMSA 1978 shall interfere with the authority granted to the president of New Mexico state university under Sections 77-15-1 through 77-15-5 NMSA 1978, or shall prevent livestock producers without a permit from the taking of bobcats that are doing damage to livestock.
N.M. Stat. § 53-19-46 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 19 / Section 53-19-46
§ 53-19-46. Unknown claims against dissolved limited liability company
Status: in_force

A. A dissolved limited liability company may publish notice of its dissolution pursuant to this section and request that persons with claims against the limited liability company present them in accordance with the notice.

B. The notice shall:

(1) be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the dissolved limited liability company's principal office or registered office is or was located;

(2) describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and

(3) state that a claim against the limited liability company shall be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within three years after the publication of the notice.

C. If the dissolved limited liability company publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with Paragraph (1) of Subsection B of this section and files articles of dissolution pursuant to Section 53-19-41 NMSA 1978 , the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved limited liability company within three years after the publication date of the newspaper notice:

(1) a claimant who did not receive written notice pursuant to provisions of Section 53-19-45 NMSA 1978;

(2) a claimant whose claim was timely delivered to the dissolved limited liability company but neither accepted nor rejected; and

(3) a claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.

D. A claim may be enforced under this section:

(1) against the dissolved limited liability company, to the extent of its undistributed assets; or

(2) if the assets have been distributed in winding up, against a member of the dissolved limited liability company to the extent of the lesser of his pro rata share of the claim and the fair market value of the assets of the limited liability company distributed to him in winding up, determined as of the times of such distributions; but a member's total liability for all claims pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not exceed the total fair market value of the assets distributed to him determined as of the date of distribution.
N.M. Stat. § 67-13-1 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 13 / Section 67-13-1
§ 67-13-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Scenic Highway Zoning Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 41-3-4 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 3 / Section 41-3-4
§ 41-3-4. Release; effect on injured person's claim
Status: in_force

A release by the injured person of one joint tortfeasor, whether before or after judgment, does not discharge the other tortfeasors unless the release so provides; but reduces the claim against the other tortfeasors in the amount of the consideration paid for the release, or in any amount or proportion by which the release provides that the total claim shall be reduced, if greater than the consideration paid.
N.M. Stat. § 10-12B-7 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 12B / Section 10-12B-7
§ 10-12B-7. Funds not subject to legal process; division of funds as community property; legal process to satisfy child support obligations
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this section, none of the money, pensions or other benefits provided pursuant to the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act shall be assignable either in law or in equity or be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process.

B. A court of competent jurisdiction, solely for the purposes of effecting a division of community property in a divorce or legal separation proceeding, may provide by appropriate order for a determination and division of a community interest in the pensions or other benefits provided for in the Judicial Retirement Act. The court shall fix the manner in which warrants are issued, may order direct payments to a person with a community interest in the pensions or other benefits, may require the election of a specific form of payment and designation of a specific survivor beneficiary or refund beneficiary and may restrain the refund of accumulated member contributions. Payments made pursuant to such orders shall only be made when member contributions are refunded or a pension is payable in accordance with the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act. The court shall not alter the manner in which the amount of pensions or other benefits are calculated by the association or cause any increase in the actuarial present value of the pensions or other benefits to be paid by the association.

C. A court of competent jurisdiction, solely for the purposes of enforcing current or delinquent child-support obligations, may provide by appropriate order for withholding amounts due in satisfaction of current or delinquent child-support obligations from the pensions or other benefits provided for in the Judicial Retirement Act and for payment of such amounts to third parties. The court shall not alter the manner in which the amount of pensions or other benefits are calculated by the association. The court shall not cause any increase in the actuarial present value of the pensions or other benefits to be paid from the fund. Payments made pursuant to such orders shall only be made when member contributions are refunded or when a pension is payable in accordance with the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act. In no case shall more money be paid out, either in a lump sum or in monthly pension payments, of the fund in enforcement of current or delinquent child-support obligations than would otherwise be payable at that time.
N.M. Stat. § 4-13-1 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 13 / Section 4-13-1
§ 4-13-1. County boundaries
Status: in_force

That the county of Lea is hereby created out of that portion of the state of New Mexico lying and being situate within the following metes and bounds, as indicated by the United States survey, viz.: at the southeast corner of the state of New Mexico, thence north on the line between the state of New Mexico and the state of Texas, to the northeast corner of township nine (9) south of range thirty-eight (38) east; thence west on the line between townships eight (8) and nine (9) south to the northwest corner of township nine (9) south of range thirty-two (32) east; thence south between ranges thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) east to the correction line between townships ten (10) and eleven (11) south; thence west on said correction line to the northwest corner of township eleven (11) south of range thirty-two (32) east; thence south, between ranges thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) east, to the correction line between townships fifteen (15) and sixteen (16) south; thence west, on said correction line to the northwest corner of township sixteen (16) south of range thirty-two (32) east; thence south, between ranges thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) east to the correction line between townships twenty (20) and twenty-one (21) south; thence east on said correction line to the northwest corner of township twenty-one (21) south of range thirty-two (32) east; thence south between ranges thirty-one [31] and thirty-two (32) east to the south boundary of the state of New Mexico; thence east, on said south boundary to the point of beginning.
N.M. Stat. § 73-13-33 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 13 / Section 73-13-33
§ 73-13-33. Date for payment of taxes; delinquency; interest; penalties and costs; districts cooperating with reclamation laws
Status: in_force

All district taxes, tolls and charges of any irrigation district cooperating with the United States under the federal reclamation laws and other federal laws shall be due and payable as follows: first half January 1st of each year; second half July 1st of each year; on February 1 of each year, if the taxes, tolls and charges made the previous year shall not have been paid, one-half shall become delinquent; and on August 1st following, if not paid, the remaining one-half of said taxes, tolls and charges, shall become delinquent; and such taxes, tolls and charges from the respective dates of delinquency, shall bear interest at the rate of one-half of one percent per month until paid; provided, however, that when any such district shall have entered into a contract with the United States requiring the payment of the operation and maintenance costs to the United States in advance, all of such operation and maintenance taxes, tolls and charges, and all taxes, tolls and charges for current and miscellaneous expenses, shall be due and payable on the first day of January of each year, and on February 1st of each year, if the operation and maintenance taxes, tolls and charges, and taxes, tolls and charges for current miscellaneous expenses made the previous year shall not have been paid, all of the same shall become delinquent and shall bear interest at the rate of one-half of one percent per month until paid; and provided further, that the laws as to penalties and costs for delinquent taxes due to the county shall apply to delinquent taxes due to the district.
N.M. Stat. § 14-4-7.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 4 / Section 14-4-7.2
§ 14-4-7.2. New Mexico Administrative Code
Status: in_force

A. The state records administrator shall create and have published a New Mexico Administrative Code, which shall contain all adopted rules. The administrator shall adopt regulations setting forth procedures for the compilation of the code and prescribing the format and structure of the code, including provisions for at least annual supplementation or revision.

B. All rulemaking agencies shall revise, restate and repromulgate their existing rules as needed to expedite publication of the New Mexico Administrative Code.
N.M. Stat. § 61-28B-14 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 28B / Section 61-28B-14
§ 61-28B-14. Appointment of secretary of state as agent
Status: in_force

Application for a certificate or permit by a person or firm that is domiciled outside of New Mexico shall constitute appointment of the secretary of state as the applicant's agent, upon whom process may be served in an action or proceeding against the applicant or certificate holder arising out of a transaction or operation connected with or incidental to services performed within New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 50-4-11 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 4 / Section 50-4-11
§ 50-4-11. Wage claims and liens to secure claims; assignment to director of the labor and industrial division for collection
Status: in_force

The labor commissioner [director of the labor and industrial division] shall have power and authority to take assignments of wage claims, of employees against employers, and shall also have power to take assignments of liens upon real or personal property securing the claims of employees and laborers, and shall have power and authority to prosecute actions for the collection of such claims and for the foreclosure of liens of such persons securing such claims of persons, who, in the judgment of the labor commissioner [director], are entitled to the services of the labor commissioner [director], and who, in his judgment, have claims or liens or both which are valid and enforceable in the courts. In cases where the commissioner [director] has taken assignments of labor claims which are lienable under the lien laws of the state of New Mexico he shall have power to join any number of claimants in one statement of claim or lien, and in case of suit to join any number of claimants in one cause of action.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-58 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-58
§ 7-38-58. Personal property sale requirements
Status: in_force

A. The county treasurer must offer for sale all personal property seized by a demand warrant within sixty days of the date it is seized.

B. Notice of the sale must be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county where the personal property is to be sold at least once a week for the three weeks immediately preceding the week of the sale. The notice shall state the time and place of the sale and describe the personal property to be sold. The treasurer shall make a special effort to give notice of the sale to persons with a particular interest in special property and, apart from the requirements stated above, shall advertise the sale in a manner appropriate to the kind of property being sold.

C. Personal property must be sold at public auction either by the treasurer or an auctioneer hired by him. The auction shall be held at a time and place designated by the treasurer.

D. If a property owner's personal property is not sufficiently divisible to enable the treasurer to sell part of it and extinguish the tax delinquency, the treasurer may sell all of the personal property to extinguish the delinquency and return the remaining proceeds to the property owner.

E. Before the sale, the treasurer shall determine a minimum sale price for the personal property. In determining the minimum price, the treasurer shall consider the value of the property owner's interest in the personal property, the amount of delinquent taxes, penalties and interest for which it is being sold and the expenses of the sale. Personal property may not be sold for less than the minimum price unless no offer met the minimum price when it was offered at an earlier public auction.

F. Payment must be made in full and must be made immediately after an offer is accepted.

G. If, prior to the time of the sale, the property owner pays his personal property taxes, penalties and interest due and any costs incurred in preparing for the sale, or makes satisfactory arrangements with the treasurer for the payment of these amounts, the treasurer shall return his personal property to him.