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N.M. Stat. § 4-46-1 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 46 / Section 4-46-1
§ 4-46-1. Name for purpose of suit
Status: in_force

In all suits or proceedings by or against a county, the name in which the county shall sue or be sued shall be the board of county commissioners of the county of ․․․․․․․․․․, but this provision shall not prohibit county officers, when authorized by law, from suing in their name of office for the benefit of the county.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23-24 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23 / Section 59A-23-24
§ 59A-23-24. Parity for coverage of mental health or substance use disorder services
Status: in_force

A. The office of superintendent of insurance shall ensure that an insurer complies with federal and state laws, rules and regulations applicable to coverage for mental health or substance use disorder services.

B. An insurer shall not impose quantitative treatment limitations, financial restrictions, limitations or requirements on the provision of mental health or substance use disorder services that are more restrictive than the predominant restrictions, limitations or requirements that are imposed on substantially all of the coverage of benefits for other conditions.

C. An insurer shall not impose non-quantitative treatment limitations for the treatment of mental health or substance use disorders or conditions unless factors, including the processes, strategies or evidentiary standards used in applying the non-quantitative treatment limitation, as written and in operation, are comparable to and are applied no more restrictively than the factors used in applying the limitation with respect to medical or surgical benefits in the classification.
N.M. Stat. § 74-12-7 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 12 / Section 74-12-7
§ 74-12-7. Exemptions
Status: in_force

A. The following are exempt from the requirements of the Night Sky Protection Act:

(1) outdoor lighting fixtures on advertisement signs on interstates and federal primary highways;

(2) outdoor lighting fixtures existing and legally installed prior to the effective date of the Night Sky Protection Act; however, when existing lighting fixtures become unrepairable, their replacements are subject to all the provisions of the Night Sky Protection Act;

(3) navigational lighting systems at airports and other lighting necessary for aircraft safety; and

(4) outdoor lighting fixtures that are necessary for worker safety at farms, ranches, dairies, feedlots or industrial, mining or oil and gas facilities.

B. The provisions of the Night Sky Protection Act are cumulative and supplemental and shall not apply within any county or municipality that, by ordinance or resolution, has adopted provisions restricting light pollution that are equal to or more stringent than the provisions of the Night Sky Protection Act.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16B-4 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16B / Section 10-16B-4
§ 10-16B-4. Penalties
Status: in_force

A person who violates the provisions of the Gift Act is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 36-3-9 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 3 / Section 36-3-9
§ 36-3-9. Original documents of the client
Status: in_force

No person shall retain original documents of a client in his possession unless authorized by the client.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-2-13 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 2 / Section 59A-2-13
§ 59A-2-13. Seal as evidence
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall have an official seal. Every instrument executed by the superintendent in pursuance with law and sealed with such seal shall be received as evidence. Copies of books, records and papers kept or filed in the office of superintendent of insurance pursuant to law, certified by the superintendent and authenticated by the seal, shall be received in evidence in like manner as the originals.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11-26 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11 / Section 58-11-26
§ 58-11-26. Meetings of members
Status: in_force

A. The annual meeting and any special meetings of the members shall be held in accordance with the bylaws.

B. At all meetings a member shall have but one vote, irrespective of his shareholdings. No member may vote by proxy, but a member may vote by absentee ballot, mail or other method if the bylaws of the credit union so provide.

C. An organization having membership in a credit union, may be represented and have its vote cast by one of its members or shareholders, provided that person has been so authorized by the organization's governing body.
N.M. Stat. § 52-1-25.1 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 1 / Section 52-1-25.1
§ 52-1-25.1. Temporary total disability; return to work
Status: in_force

A. As used in the Workers' Compensation Act, “ temporary total disability ” means the inability of a worker, by reason of accidental injury arising out of and in the course of the worker's employment, to perform the duties of that employment prior to the date of the worker's maximum medical improvement.

B. If, prior to the date of maximum medical improvement, an injured worker's health care provider releases the worker to return to work and the employer does not make a reasonable work offer at the worker's pre-injury wage, the worker shall receive temporary total disability compensation benefits equal to two-thirds of the worker's pre-injury wage.

C. If, prior to the date of maximum medical improvement, an injured worker's health care provider releases the worker to return to work and the worker returns to work at less than the worker's pre-injury wage, the worker shall receive temporary total disability compensation benefits equal to two-thirds of the difference between the worker's pre-injury wage and the worker's post-injury wage.

D. A worker is not entitled to temporary total disability benefits as set forth in Subsection B or C of this section if:

(1) the employer makes a reasonable work offer at or above the worker's pre-injury wage, within medical restrictions, if any, as stated by the health care provider pursuant to Section 52-1-49 NMSA 1978 , and the worker rejects the offered employment;

(2) the worker accepts employment with another employer at or above the worker's pre-injury wage; or

(3) the worker is terminated for misconduct connected with the employment that is unrelated to the workplace injury; if the workers' compensation judge finds that an employer terminated the worker for pretextual reasons as a way of attempting to avoid payment of benefits to the worker or as retaliation against the worker for seeking benefits, the worker shall be entitled to temporary total disability benefits and the employer shall be subject to penalties as set forth in Sections 52-1-28.1 and 52-1-28.2 NMSA 1978 .

E. Upon a finding that an employer has terminated a worker for pretextual reasons, the workers' compensation judge at the judge's discretion may also impose an additional fine, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), on the employer, to be paid to the worker.

F. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the employer shall continue to provide reasonable and necessary medical care pursuant to Section 52-1-49 NMSA 1978 .

G. If there is a dispute between the parties regarding the reasonableness of the employer's work offer or the worker's refusal to return to work, the workers' compensation judge shall decide if the work offer or the worker's refusal to return to work is reasonable based on all of the circumstances.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-41 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-41
§ 21-1-41. Military access to a post-secondary educational institution
Status: in_force

A public post-secondary educational institution shall provide on a mutually acceptable schedule on-campus recruitment opportunities and facilities to a branch or service of the United States military to the same degree that it provides such opportunities and facilities to members of the public.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-30 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-30
§ 19-4-30. Conveyance by probate judge; land for town benefit
Status: in_force

When the land is entered by the probate judge of the county, deeds shall be signed by such judge or his successor in office, under his private seal or scroll. Such judge shall make such conveyance by deed to such town, at private sale, upon the payment by said town of the cost of the proceedings and sale to such land as is used for the benefit of such town only.
N.M. Stat. § 67-7-8 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 7 / Section 67-7-8
§ 67-7-8. Irrigation ditches crossing roads; bridges
Status: in_force

If any person or persons, or mayordomos of acequias, should have to make ditches across the roads to pass the water to their fields, gardens or mills, they shall construct a bridge sufficiently wide and strong for loaded wagons or carts to pass over, so that no obstruction will be placed in the way of the mail or any other passenger, nor any of those that may have to travel over said roads with their crops or other affairs of their houses.
N.M. Stat. § 33-16-3 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 16 / Section 33-16-3
§ 33-16-3. Restrictions on the use of restricted housing
Status: in_force

A. An inmate who is younger than eighteen years of age shall not be placed in restricted housing.

B. An inmate who is known to be pregnant shall not be placed in restricted housing.
N.M. Stat. § 72-5A-13 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5A / Section 72-5A-13
§ 72-5A-13. Conservation fee exemptions
Status: in_force

Conservation fees collected pursuant to Section 74-1-13 NMSA 1978 shall be charged only on water that is treated and stored underground and not on the same water subsequently recovered.
N.M. Stat. § 12-1-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 12-1-12
§ 12-1-12. Sale of debentures
Status: in_force

Said debentures shall be sold by the state treasurer to the highest bidder for cash at not less than par and accrued interest at such times and in such amounts as may be determined by the New Mexico compilation commission, after advertising the time and place of sale in such manner as the commission may determine. Provided, however, that said debentures or any part thereof may be sold by the state treasurer at any time at private sale without advertisement for not less than par and accrued interest. The state treasurer may, with the approval of the state board of finance, and other officials whose approval is required by law for investment of public funds, purchase any or all of such debentures at not less than par and accrued interest without the necessity of advertising or offering said debentures for public sale or after rejection of bids for all or part of any issue.
N.M. Stat. § 7-37-5.4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 37 / Section 7-37-5.4
§ 7-37-5.4. Property owned by a disabled veteran is exempt from a special benefit assessment
Status: in_force

A. Property owned by a disabled veteran, including joint or community property of the veteran and the veteran's spouse, is exempt from the imposition of a special benefit assessment if the property is occupied by the disabled veteran as the veteran's principal place of residence. Property held in a grantor trust established under Sections 671 through 677 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as those sections may be amended or renumbered, by a disabled veteran or the veteran's surviving spouse is also exempt from the imposition of a special benefit assessment if the property otherwise meets the requirements for exemption in this subsection or Subsection B of this section.

B. The property of the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran is exempt from the imposition of a special benefit assessment if:

(1) the surviving spouse and the disabled veteran were married at the time of the disabled veteran's death;

(2) the surviving spouse continues to occupy the property continuously after the disabled veteran's death as the spouse's principal place of residence; and

(3) the surviving spouse has remained unmarried since the time of the disabled veteran's death.

C. For purposes of this section:

(1) “ disabled veteran ” means an individual who:

(a) has been honorably discharged from membership in the armed forces of the United States or has received a discharge certificate from a branch of the armed forces of the United States for civilian service recognized pursuant to federal law as service in the armed forces of the United States; and

(b) has been determined pursuant to federal law to have a one hundred percent permanent and total service-connected disability;

(2) “ honorably discharged ” means discharged from the armed forces pursuant to a discharge other than a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge; and

(3) “ special benefit assessment ” means an assessment or levy authorized by law for benefits, damages, construction, improvements or maintenance on property that is specially benefited by the benefits, damages, construction, improvements or maintenance; and includes an assessment or levy authorized by The Conservancy Act of New Mexico, 1 the Public Improvement District Act, 2 the Tax Increment for Development Act 3 and other similar laws outside the Property Tax Code. 4
N.M. Stat. § 24-11-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 11 / Section 24-11-4
§ 24-11-4. References to coroner
Status: in_force

As used in the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation, “coroner” means the district medical investigator.
N.M. Stat. § 73-11-45 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 11 / Section 73-11-45
§ 73-11-45. Sale of tax sale certificate held by district; duty of assessor-collector
Status: in_force

In case any property shall be bid in by the district as provided in Section 5, the duplicate certificate of sale shall be sold by the assessor-collector to any person who shall pay the face value thereof with accrued interest; and if the same cannot be sold at private sale within one year from the date of such certificate, the said certificate shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash by the assessor-collector, or his successor in office at the time of making sales of property for delinquent taxes, assessments and levies for the succeeding year.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-64 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-64
§ 72-16-64. Interest coupons
Status: in_force

Except for any bonds which are registrable for payment of interest, interest coupons payable to bearer and appertaining to the bonds shall be issued and shall bear the original or facsimile signature of the chairman of the board.
N.M. Stat. § 34-7-17 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 7 / Section 34-7-17
§ 34-7-17. Probate court to keep accounts
Status: in_force

The clerk of each probate court shall keep the accounts of the probate court and a record of all warrants issued against the county treasury and for what purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 61-13-2 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 13 / Section 61-13-2
§ 61-13-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Nursing Home Administrators Act:

A. “board” means the board of nursing home administrators;

B. “nursing home administrator” means any individual who is responsible for planning, organizing, directing and controlling the operation of a nursing home or who shares such functions with one or more persons in operating a nursing home;

C. “nursing home” means any nursing institution or facility required to be licensed under state law as a nursing facility by the public health division of the department of health, whether proprietary or nonprofit, including skilled nursing home facilities, and whether a separate entity or a part of a medical institutional facility; and

D. “practice of nursing home administration” means the planning, organizing, directing and control of the operation of a nursing home.
N.M. Stat. § 2-10-3 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 10 / Section 2-10-3
§ 2-10-3. Duties of the committee
Status: in_force

The committee shall:

A. direct the director in his work for the committee;

B. conduct a continuing study of all education in New Mexico, the laws governing such education and the policies and costs of the New Mexico educational system provided that such studies shall not duplicate studies conducted by the board of educational finance, nor shall such studies, related to higher education, deal with any subject other than the training of certified teaching personnel in post-secondary institutions;

C. recommend changes in laws relating to education, if any are deemed desirable, and draft and present to the legislature any legislation necessary; and

D. make a full report of its findings and recommendations for the consideration of each odd-year session on or before the tenth day thereof, and may make additional reports as it deems necessary.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15A / Section 22-15A-7
§ 22-15A-7. Council duties
Status: in_force

The council shall:

A. advise the department on implementation of the provisions of the Digital Equity in Education Act;

B. work with the department to conduct periodic assessments of the need for educational technology in the public school system to support on-site and distance learning and make recommendations to the department on how to meet those needs; and

C. promote the collaborative development and implementation of educational technologies, projects and practices to enhance on-site and distance learning instruction capabilities.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-80 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-80
§ 53-8-80. Issuance of certificate of revocation
Status: in_force

A. Upon revoking a certificate of authority, the secretary of state shall:

(1) issue a certificate of revocation in duplicate;

(2) file one of the certificates in its office; and

(3) mail to the corporation at the corporation's mailing address as shown in the most recent annual report filed with the secretary of state, a notice of the revocation accompanied by one of the certificates.

B. Upon the issuance of a certificate of revocation, the authority of the corporation to conduct affairs in New Mexico ceases.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-7 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-7
§ 73-8-7. Notice of election; publication
Status: in_force

Upon entry of the orders aforesaid the board of county commissioners shall thereupon cause to be published as by this act provided, a notice embodying the substance of such orders, fixing the time and place for such election and setting forth the matters to be submitted to a vote of the electors, which notice shall be signed by the chairman of such board and attested by the county clerk.
N.M. Stat. § 58-27-24 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 27 / Section 58-27-24
§ 58-27-24. Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

Bonds authorized pursuant to the Border Development Act and the income from those bonds, all mortgages or other security instruments executed as security for those bonds, all lease and installment purchase agreements made pursuant to the provisions of that act and revenue derived from any lease or sale by the authority shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any subdivision thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7-11 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 10-7-11
§ 10-7-11. Accumulated sick leave prior to retirement; payment of certain excess amounts
Status: in_force

Immediately prior to retirement from state service, an employee of the state who has accumulated six hundred hours of unused sick leave shall be entitled to be paid for additional unused sick leave at a rate equal to fifty percent of his hourly wage multiplied by the number of hours of unused sick leave over six hundred hours, not to exceed four hundred hours of such sick leave.
N.M. Stat. § 46-14-18 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 14 / Section 46-14-18
§ 46-14-18. Relation to electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
Status: in_force

The Uniform Directed Trust Act modifies, limits or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c) , or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b) .
N.M. Stat. § 27-2D-6 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2D / Section 27-2D-6
§ 27-2D-6. Resources
Status: in_force

A. Liquid and nonliquid resources owned by the benefit group shall be counted in the eligibility determination.

B. A benefit group may at a maximum own the following resources:

(1) two thousand dollars ($2,000) in nonliquid resources;

(2) one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) in liquid resources, excluding funds deposited in an individual development account established pursuant to the Individual Development Account Act or a qualified tuition program, as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

(3) the value of the principal residence of the participant;

(4) the value of burial plots and funeral contracts for family members; and

(5) the value of work-related equipment up to one thousand dollars ($1,000).

C. Vehicles owned by the benefit group shall not be considered in the determination of resources attributed to the benefit group.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-54-5 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 54 / Section 59A-54-5
§ 59A-54-5. Plan of operation
Status: in_force

The plan of operation submitted by the board to the superintendent shall:

A. establish procedures for the handling and accounting of assets and money of the pool;

B. establish regular times and places for meetings of the board;

C. establish procedures for records to be kept of all financial transactions and for annual fiscal reporting to the superintendent;

D. contain additional provisions necessary and proper for the execution of the powers and duties of the pool;

E. establish procedures for the collection of assessments from all members of the pool to provide for claims paid under the plan and for administrative expenses incurred or estimated to be incurred during the period for which the assessment is made;

F. establish the amount of assessment pursuant to Section 59A-54-10 NMSA 1978 that shall be imposed annually at the end of each calendar year and that shall be due and payable within thirty days of the receipt of the assessment notice;

G. establish procedures for the selection of an administrator in accordance with Section 59A-54-11 NMSA 1978;

H. develop and implement a program to publicize the existence of the plan, the eligibility requirements and procedures for enrollment in the plan and to maintain public awareness of the plan; and

I. establish penalties for noncollection of assessments from pool members.