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N.M. Stat. § 22-8-38 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-38
§ 22-8-38. Boards of finance; designation
Status: in_force

A. Upon written application to and approval of the department, a local school board may be designated a board of finance for public school funds of the school district. A local school board designated as a board of finance may require all funds distributed to, allocated to or collected for the school district or the public schools under its jurisdiction to be deposited with it. The department shall designate a local school board as a board of finance if:

(1) the local school board shows to the satisfaction of the department that it has personnel properly trained to keep accurate and complete fiscal records;

(2) the local school board agrees to consult with the department on any matters not covered by the manual of accounting and budgeting before taking any action relating to funds held by it as a board of finance;

(3) the persons handling these funds are adequately bonded to protect the funds entrusted to them from loss; and

(4) the local school board making application has not been suspended and not reinstated as a board of finance within the past year.

B. A charter school applicant requesting a charter from the commission shall submit a plan detailing how its governing body will qualify for designation as a board of finance for public school funds of the charter school. The governing body of a proposed state-chartered charter school shall qualify as a board of finance before the first year of operation of the charter school. The governing body of a state-chartered charter school designated as a board of finance may require all funds distributed to, allocated to or collected for the state-chartered charter school to be deposited with the governing body. The commission shall designate the governing body of a state-chartered charter school as a board of finance if:

(1) the governing body shows to the satisfaction of the commission that it has personnel properly trained to keep accurate and complete fiscal records;

(2) the governing body agrees to consult with the division on any matters not covered by the manual of accounting and budgeting before taking any action relating to funds held by it as a board of finance;

(3) the persons handling these funds are adequately bonded to protect the funds entrusted to them from loss; and

(4) the governing body was not a governing body of a charter school or does not have a member who was a member of a governing body of a charter school that was suspended and not reinstated as a board of finance.

C. Failure of the governing body of a proposed state-chartered charter school to qualify for designation as a board of finance constitutes good and just grounds for denial, nonrenewal or revocation of its charter.
N.M. Stat. § 22-12A-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 12A / Section 22-12A-9
§ 22-12A-9. Medical appointments; illness; special situations; make-up work
Status: in_force

A. A student may be excused for parent- or doctor-authorized medical reasons. A public school shall provide time for the student to make up the school work missed during the absence.

B. A school district shall maintain an attendance policy that:

(1) provides at least ten days of medical absences during the school year for a student who provides documentation of the birth of the student's child, and the public school shall provide time for the student to make up the school work missed during the absence; and

(2) provides four days of excused absences for a student who provides appropriate documentation of pregnancy or that the student is the parent of a child under the age of thirteen needing care, and the public school shall provide time for the student to make up the school work missed during the absence.

C. A school district that has an alternative public school for, among others, pregnant and parenting students and that allows for off-site attendance through online education shall not count students as absent as long as the students are online with the public school or other appropriate virtual course and complete their class assignments.

D. A student may, subject to the approval of the school principal, be absent from school to participate in religious instruction for not more than one class period per school day with the written consent of the student's parent at a time that is not in conflict with the academic program of the school. The public school shall provide time for the student to make up the school work missed during the absence. The school district or the public school shall not assume responsibility for the religious instruction of any student or permit religious instruction to be conducted on school property.

E. A public school student, with the written consent of the student's parent and subject to the approval of the school principal, may be absent from school to participate in tribal obligations. The public school shall provide time for the student to make up the school work missed during the absence.
N.M. Stat. § 1-3-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-19
§ 1-3-19. Election-day polling places; adequate resources
Status: in_force

A. Each election-day polling place in a statewide election that does not contain mail ballot election precincts or precincts consolidated pursuant to Section 1-3-4 NMSA 1978 shall comply with the requirements for polling places and precincts as provided in Subsections B and C of this section, unless the county clerk receives a written waiver from the secretary of state specifying the location and specific provision being waived.

B. Each election-day polling place shall:

(1) have at least one voting system available to assist disabled voters to cast and record their votes; and

(2) be in a location that is accessible and compliant with the requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 1

C. Each precinct polling place located within a single polling place shall have:

(1) a separate election board and signature roster for the precinct;

(2) at least one optical scan tabulator for the precinct; and

(3) sufficient spaces for at least five voters to simultaneously and privately mark their ballots, with at least one of those spaces wheelchair-accessible, for the precinct.
N.M. Stat. § 65-7-3 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 7 / Section 65-7-3
§ 65-7-3. Not other carriers
Status: in_force

Transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers shall not be subject to the Motor Carrier Act or deemed to provide any transportation service as defined in the Motor Carrier Act. 1 A transportation network company driver shall not be required to register a personal vehicle as a commercial vehicle or vehicle for hire.
N.M. Stat. § 3-18-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 3-18-14
§ 3-18-14. Municipal libraries; establishment; contract services; state publications; gifts and bequests
Status: in_force

A. A municipality may establish and maintain a free public library under proper regulation and may receive, hold and dispose of a gift, donation, devise or bequest that is made to the municipality for the purpose of establishing, increasing or improving the library. The governing body may apply the use, profit, proceeds, interests and rents accruing from such property in any manner that will best improve the library and its use.

B. After a public library is established, the secretary of state shall furnish to the public library a copy of any work subsequently published under his authority.

C. A municipality establishing a public library may enter into contracts and joint powers agreements with other municipalities, counties, local school boards, post-secondary educational institutions and the library division of the office of cultural affairs for the furnishing of library services. In the interest of establishing a county or regional library, a municipality may convey its library facilities to the county as part of a contract for furnishing library services to the inhabitants of the municipality by the county or regional library.
N.M. Stat. § 14-16-10 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 16 / Section 14-16-10
§ 14-16-10. Effect of change or error
Status: in_force

If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply:

(1) If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party may avoid the effect of the changed or erroneous electronic record.

(2) In an automated transaction involving an individual, the individual may avoid the effect of an electronic record that resulted from an error made by the individual in dealing with the electronic agent of another person if the electronic agent did not provide an opportunity for the prevention or correction of the error and, at the time the individual learns of the error, the individual:

(A) promptly notifies the other person of the error and that the individual did not intend to be bound by the electronic record received by the other person;

(B) takes reasonable steps, including steps that conform to the other person's reasonable instructions, to return to the other person or, if instructed by the other person, to destroy the consideration received, if any, as a result of the erroneous electronic record; and

(C) has not used or received any benefit or value from the consideration, if any, received from the other person.

(3) If neither Paragraph (1) nor Paragraph (2) applies, the change or error has the effect provided by other law, including the law of mistake, and the parties' contract, if any.

(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) may not be varied by agreement.
N.M. Stat. § 66-8-137.2 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 8 / Section 66-8-137.2
§ 66-8-137.2. Nonresident Violator Compact; definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Nonresident Violator Compact:

A. “jurisdiction executive” means the governor; and

B. “licensing authority” means the director. The director shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of any other party state any information or documents reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of the Nonresident Violator Compact.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-28-30 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 28 / Section 32A-28-30
§ 32A-28-30. Permanent guardianship
Status: in_force

A. A motion for permanent guardianship shall set forth:

(1) the tribal affiliations of the Indian child's parents;

(2) the specific actions taken by the petitioner to notify the parents' Indian tribe and the results of the contacts, including the names, addresses, titles and telephone numbers of the persons contacted. Copies of any correspondence with the Indian tribes shall be attached as exhibits to the petition;

(3) the specific active efforts made to comply with the placement preferences set forth in the Indian Family Protection Act or the placement preferences of the appropriate Indian tribes and any additional requirements for that motion as provided pursuant to the Indian Family Protection Act; and

(4) that notice has been sent by certified mail, with return receipt requested, to the Indian child's tribe and to any Indian custodian pursuant to the Indian Family Protection Act.

B. The grounds for permanent guardianship shall be proved beyond a reasonable doubt and meet the requirements of the Indian Family Protection Act.
N.M. Stat. § 27-4-1 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 4 / Section 27-4-1
§ 27-4-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 7 of this act may be cited as the “Special Medical Needs Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 66-1-3 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 1 / Section 66-1-3
§ 66-1-3. Savings clauses
Status: in_force

A. All valid certificates of title issued under the provisions of previously existing laws shall continue in effect and shall be considered as having been issued under the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code.

B. All registration cards and registration plates issued under the provisions of previously existing laws shall continue to be valid until their expiration or termination as determined by the prior law.

C. All liens and bonds filed under the provisions of previously existing laws shall continue to be valid until their expiration or termination as determined by the prior law.

D. All licenses and all demonstration numbers, special plates and special permits issued under the provisions of previously existing law shall continue to be valid until their expiration or termination as determined by the prior law.

E. The division is directed to administer the provisions of previously existing laws to effect the provisions of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 12-6-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-6-7
§ 12-6-7. Shortages in accounts; sureties
Status: in_force

A. The state auditor shall notify the appropriate surety on the official bond whenever an audit discloses a shortage in the accounts of any agency. Failure to notify the surety, however, does not release the surety from any obligation under the bond.

B. Sureties upon official bonds of agencies are not released from liability on official bonds until the state auditor has certified to them that the accounts of the agency have been examined and found to be correct and a clearance of liability is given them.

C. When necessary, the state auditor may institute legal proceedings against sureties upon official bonds of officers and employees. In such proceedings, the officer or employee may set up as a defense that errors have been committed by the state auditor in making charges against him, or that he has been refused proper and legal credit by the state auditor, but the burden of proof is upon the officer or employee to show such facts.
N.M. Stat. § 30-20-13 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 20 / Section 30-20-13
§ 30-20-13. Interference with members of staff, public officials or the general public; trespass; damage to property; misdemeanors; penalties
Status: in_force

A. No person shall, at or in any building or other facility or property owned, operated or controlled by the state or any of its political subdivisions, willfully deny to staff, public officials or the general public:

(1) lawful freedom of movement within the building or facility or the land on which it is situated;

(2) lawful use of the building or facility or the land on which it is situated; or

(3) the right of lawful ingress and egress to the building or facility or the land on which it is situated.

B. No person shall, at or in any building or other facility or property owned, operated or controlled by the state or any of its political subdivision [subdivisions], 1 willfully impede the staff or a public official or a member of the general public through the use of restraint, abduction, coercion or intimidation or when force and violence are present or threatened.

C. No person shall willfully refuse or fail to leave the property of or any building or other facility owned, operated or controlled by the state or any of its political subdivisions when requested to do so by a lawful custodian of the building, facility or property if the person is committing, threatens to commit or incites others to commit any act which would disrupt, impair, interfere with or obstruct the lawful mission, processes, procedures or functions of the property, building or facility.

D. No person shall willfully interfere with the educational process of any public or private school by committing, threatening to commit or inciting others to commit any act which would disrupt, impair, interfere with or obstruct the lawful mission, processes, procedures or functions of a public or private school.

E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent lawful assembly and peaceful and orderly petition for the redress of grievances, including any labor dispute.

F. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 4-49-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 49 / Section 4-49-2
§ 4-49-2. Location of county hospitals; approval of the department of health
Status: in_force

The county hospital or hospitals constructed pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be situated in the county in such manner as to make hospital service reasonably accessible to all persons in the county, as determined by the county commissioners in each county, subject to the approval of the director of the state department of public health [secretary of health].
N.M. Stat. § 34-6-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 34 / Article 6 / Section 34-6-21
§ 34-6-21. Personnel; state employees
Status: in_force

The district courts are agencies of the judicial department of the state government. Personnel of the district court are subject to all laws and regulations applicable to state offices and agencies and state officers and employees except where otherwise specifically provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 10-12B-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 12B / Section 10-12B-16
§ 10-12B-16. Group insurance; continuation
Status: in_force

If the provisions of the Retiree Health Care Act do not apply to a retired member, that retired member may continue to be insured under the provisions of any state group insurance plan in effect at the time of retirement or under the terms of any separate subsequent state group insurance plan, if the retired member pays the entire periodic premium charges for such insurance and consents to have the periodic premium charges deducted from the retired member's pension.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10B-7 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10B / Section 19-10B-7
§ 19-10B-7. Joint powers agreement
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public lands, the taxation and revenue department, the energy, minerals and natural resources department and any other agency that utilizes the system shall enter into a joint powers agreement for the purpose of cooperating in the joint design, development, acquisition and implementation of the ONGARD system. The agreement shall provide either for the sharing of costs incurred to develop the system or for the payment to the commissioner of public lands by the taxation and revenue department, the energy, minerals and natural resources department or other agencies for the use of those portions of the ONGARD system that are utilized by those agencies. Any such payments received by the commissioner of public lands shall be used to retire the bonds or, if the bonds have been fully retired, shall be deposited into the state lands maintenance fund.
N.M. Stat. § 50-17-5 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 17 / Section 50-17-5
§ 50-17-5. Documentation
Status: in_force

A. Documentation shall not be required for sick leave, except an employer may require reasonable documentation that sick leave has been used for a covered purpose if the employee uses two or more consecutive work days of sick leave.

B. Documentation signed by a health care professional indicating the amount of earned sick leave taken is necessary shall be considered reasonable documentation for sick leave taken pursuant to the Healthy Workplaces Act. In cases of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking, an employee may choose to provide one of the following types of documentation, which shall be considered as reasonable documentation: a police report, a court-issued document or a signed statement from a victim services organization, clergy member, attorney, advocate, the employee, a family member of the employee or other person affirming that the sick leave was taken for one of the purposes set forth in Paragraph (4) of Subsection C of Section 3 of the Healthy Workplaces Act. A signed statement required pursuant to this subsection may be written in the employee's native language and shall not be required to be in a particular format or notarized. An employer may not require the documentation to explain the nature of any medical condition or the details of the domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking.

C. An employee shall provide documentation upon request to the employer in a timely manner. The employer shall not delay the commencement of earned sick leave on the basis that the employer has not yet received documentation.

D. All information an employer obtains related to an employee's reasons for taking sick leave shall be treated as confidential and not disclosed except with the permission of the employee or as necessary for validation purposes for insurance disability claims, accommodations consistent with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as required by the Healthy Workplaces Act or by court order.
N.M. Stat. § 3-32-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 32 / Section 3-32-9
§ 3-32-9. Requirements respecting lease
Status: in_force

Prior to the leasing of any project, the governing body must determine and find the following:

A. the amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance such project; and

B. the amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds which the governing body may deem it advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and the maintenance of the project; and unless the terms under which the project is to be leased provide that the lessee shall maintain the project and carry all proper insurance with respect thereto, the estimated cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured. The determinations and findings of the governing body required to be made in the preceding sentence shall be set forth in the proceedings under which the proposed bonds are to be issued; and prior to the issuance of such bonds, the municipality shall lease or sell the project to a lessee or purchaser under an agreement conditioned upon completion of the project and providing for payment to the municipality of such rentals or payments as, upon the basis of such determinations and findings, will be sufficient:

(1) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project;

(2) to build up and maintain any reserve deemed by the governing body to be advisable in connection therewith; and

(3) to pay the costs of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured, unless the agreement of lease obligates the lessee to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the project.
N.M. Stat. § 22-19A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 19A / Section 22-19A-5
§ 22-19A-5. Report to state board [department]; state board approval
Status: in_force

A. Prior to issuing bonds to finance a housing project, a local school board shall furnish to the state board [department] the following information:

(1) a detailed description of the housing project;

(2) an explanation of the necessity for the housing project;

(3) an estimate of the total cost of the housing project;

(4) an estimate of the net income from the housing project and other revenues that will be pledged to pay for the housing project; and

(5) an estimate of the yearly operating cost of the housing project.

B. A local school board shall obtain written approval of the state board [department] before it issues bonds to finance a housing project pursuant to the Teacher Housing Revenue Bond Act.

C. Prior to giving written approval to a housing project, the state board [department] shall determine that the housing project is necessary and that estimated pledgeable revenue pledged to the bonds is sufficient to repay the bonds.