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N.M. Stat. § 66-8-124 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 8 / Section 66-8-124
§ 66-8-124. Arresting officer to be in uniform
Status: in_force

A. No person shall be arrested for violating the Motor Vehicle Code or other law relating to motor vehicles punishable as a misdemeanor except by a commissioned, salaried peace officer who, at the time of arrest, is wearing a uniform clearly indicating the peace officer's official status.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section, a municipality may provide by ordinance that uniformed private security guards may be commissioned by the local police agency to issue parking citations for violations of clearly and properly marked fire zones and access zones for persons with significant mobility limitation. Prior to the commissioning of any security guard, the employer of the security guard shall agree in writing with the local police agency to the commissioning of the employer's security guard. The employer of any security guard commissioned under the provisions of this section shall be liable for the actions of that security guard in carrying out the security guard's duties pursuant to that commission. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Tort Claims Act, private security guards commissioned under this section shall not be deemed public employees under that act.
N.M. Stat. § 27-8-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 8 / Section 27-8-4
§ 27-8-4. Financial assistance for community action agencies
Status: in_force

A. The secretary may provide financial assistance to community action agencies for the planning, conduct, administration and evaluation of community action programs as described in the Community Action Act in accordance with state and federal law and regulations.

B. No funds provided pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be distributed to a community action agency unless the agency has submitted to the secretary a plan on the proposed use of the funds and the secretary has approved that plan.

C. Subject to applicable federal law or regulation, community action agencies shall be eligible to receive federal funds, including but not limited to community services block grant funds, which have been previously designated as antipoverty funds.

D. Each community action agency receiving funds pursuant to this section shall report annually to the secretary concerning the use of the funds.

E. The secretary shall provide annually for an audit of funds distributed pursuant to this section to community action agencies and shall make any requirements necessary to insure fiscal responsibility and accountability and effective, efficient handling of funds.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-18 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-18
§ 53-4-18. Directors
Status: in_force

An association shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, who shall be elected by and from the members of the association, and shall hold office until their successors are elected, or until removed. Vacancies in the board of directors, otherwise than by removal or expiration of term, shall be filled in such manner as the bylaws may provide.

The bylaws may provide for a method of apportioning the number of directors among the units into which the association may be divided, and for the election of directors by the respective units to which they are apportioned.

An executive committee of the board of directors may be elected in such a manner and with such powers and duties as the articles or bylaws may prescribe.

Meetings of directors or of the executive committee may be held within or without the state.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-6
§ 17-3-6. False statements; using license issued to another; hunting without license lawfully procured; altering licenses
Status: in_force

It is a misdemeanor:

A. to certify or sign any false or fraudulent statement relative to the residence of any applicant for a hunting or fishing license or permit;

B. for any nonresident of New Mexico, for the purpose of securing a New Mexico hunting or fishing license, to make or cause to be made any false or fraudulent statements or representations to any person issuing hunting and fishing licenses in this state;

C. to use a hunting or fishing license issued to or in the name of any other person or in the name of any fictitious person;

D. to hunt game or fish in New Mexico without a license lawfully procured;

E. for any license vendor or any licensee to alter or predate or postdate any license, certificate or permit; or

F. for any nonresident to possess a resident hunting, fishing or trapping license issued in the nonresident's name pursuant to a telephone, electronic or hard copy application.
N.M. Stat. § 61-24C-1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 24C / Section 61-24C-1
§ 61-24C-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 61, Article 24C NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Interior Designers Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 22-3B-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 3B / Section 22-3B-7
§ 22-3B-7. Public education commission district two
Status: in_force

Public education commission district two is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 289 through 302, 304 through 310, 316 through 325, 328 through 336, 339, 348 through 350, 360 through 362, 364 through 366, 368, 376, 380, 388 through 393, 395 through 398, 407, 413 through 419, 421 through 430, 447 through 454, 456 through 550, 560 through 569, 574, 583 through 590, 592 through 594, 598, 601 through 603, 608, 656 through 660, 662 through 665, 667 and 669 through 685.
N.M. Stat. § 34-6-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 34 / Article 6 / Section 34-6-18
§ 34-6-18. Judges; multiple-judge districts; divisions; presiding judges
Status: in_force

In judicial districts having more than one district judge:

A. the separate judicial positions shall be designated by divisions numbered consecutively from one through the total number of judges authorized for the district. Any additional judge authorized within a judicial district shall be designated as judge of the next consecutive division. In all appointments, nominations and elections of district judges, the particular judicial offices shall be identified by the division number;

B. there shall be no separation of the work of the district court clerk's office except for identification of each district judge by division. All judges of a judicial district have equal judicial authority, rank and precedence; and

C. unless otherwise designated by rule of the district court, the judge of division one shall be the presiding judge of the district.
N.M. Stat. § 76-21-2 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 21 / Section 76-21-2
§ 76-21-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act:

A. “animal” means any agricultural animal except beef cattle and horses;

B. “commercial channels” means the sale of the commodity for use as food or for industrial, agricultural or chemurgic use, when sold to any commercial buyer or to any person who resells the commodity or any product derived therefrom;

C. “commission” means a commodity commission established under the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act;

D. “commodity” means any distinctive type of agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, viticultural, vegetable or animal product of any class, in its natural or processed state. The director of the New Mexico department of agriculture may determine what types or subtypes of commodity may be classed together as a commodity for the purposes of the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act;

E. “director” means the director of the New Mexico department of agriculture;

F. “first purchaser” means any person who buys the commodity, for which a commission is created, from the producer in the first instance, or the handler who received the commodity in the first instance from the producer for resale or processing;

G. “handler” means any producer, processor, distributor or other person engaged in the handling or marketing of or dealing in the commodity for which a commission is created, whether as an owner, agent, employee, broker or otherwise; and

H. “producer” means any person engaged in a proprietary capacity in the commercial production of a commodity for market within this state.
N.M. Stat. § 22-12A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 12A / Section 22-12A-3
§ 22-12A-3. Right to education
Status: in_force

A school-age person in the state shall have a right to a free public education as follows:

A. except for a school-age person who is detained in a state or local detention center or enrolled or residing in a state institution, other than a school-age person provided for in Subsection C of this section, a school-age person has a right to attend public school within the school district in which the school-age person resides;

B. except as provided in Subsection C of this section, a state or local detention center or state institution in which a school-age person is detained, enrolled or residing shall be responsible for providing educational services for the school-age person; and

C. a school-age person who is a client as defined in Section 43-1-3 NMSA 1978 in a state institution under the authority of the secretary of human services shall have a right to attend public school in the school district in which the institution in which the school-age person is a client is located if the school-age person has been recommended for placement in a public school:

(1) by the educational appraisal and review committee of the school district in which the institution is located; or

(2) as a result of the appeal process as provided in the special education rules of the department.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4-42 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 13-4-42
§ 13-4-42. Coverage of home rule municipalities
Status: in_force

Any home rule municipality or H class county chartered under the provisions of Article 10, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico is expressly denied authority to legislate regulation of the subject matter covered in the Subcontractors Fair Practices Act that conflicts with the provisions of that act.
N.M. Stat. § 58-1-7 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1 / Section 58-1-7
§ 58-1-7. Adverse claim to deposit
Status: in_force

Notice to any bank of an adverse claim to a deposit with such bank need not be recognized, and shall not be deemed effective, unless and until either the person making the claim supplies indemnity deemed adequate by the bank or the bank is served with process or order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in an action in which the adverse claimant and the person or persons nominally entitled to the deposit are parties, provided that the bureau of revenue [revenue division of the taxation and revenue department] may levy against a deposit in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-1-31 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 3-38A-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 38A / Section 3-38A-3
§ 3-38A-3. Hospitality fee authorized; rate; purpose
Status: in_force

A. A municipality may impose by ordinance a hospitality fee on the gross rent received by proprietors of tourist accommodations within the municipality in an amount not to exceed one percent of the gross rent. The fee imposed by this subsection may be referred to as the “ hospitality fee ”.

B. Proceeds from the hospitality fee shall be used as follows:

(1) fifty percent of the proceeds shall be used to equip and furnish a municipal convention center; and

(2) fifty percent of the proceeds shall be used by the municipality to contract to purchase advertising that publicizes and promotes tourist-related attractions, facilities and events in the municipality and the county and tourist facilities or attractions within the area.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-32-20 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 32 / Section 59A-32-20
§ 59A-32-20. Rental car companies; insurance coverage
Status: in_force

Any rental car company offering for sale insurance coverage or collision damage waivers shall state clearly on the front page of the rental contract that the purchaser of the insurance coverage or collision damage waiver offered may be covered for such claims on his personal motor vehicle insurance policy and that if such insurance coverage exists under the renter's personal insurance policy, and the coverage is confirmed, the renter may require that the rental car company must submit any claims to the renter's personal insurance carrier as the renter's agent. The rental car company shall not make any written or oral representations that it will not present claims or negotiate with the renter's insurance carrier. For purposes of this section, confirmation of coverage includes telephone confirmation from an insurance company representative.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-15-19 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 15 / Section 59A-15-19
§ 59A-15-19. Disclosure
Status: in_force

Any agent or administrator that advertises, sells, transacts or administers coverage in this state as described in Section 59A-15-16 NMSA 1978 shall, if the coverage is not fully insured or otherwise fully covered by an authorized insurer, advise every purchaser, prospective purchaser and covered person of the lack of insurance or other coverage. Any administrator that advertises or administers such coverage in this state shall inform any producing agency of the elements of the coverage including the amount of any applicable stop-loss insurance and the insurer affording it.
N.M. Stat. § 20-10-12.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 10 / Section 20-10-12.1
§ 20-10-12.1. Emergency service ribbon
Status: in_force

The adjutant general shall award the emergency service ribbon to any member of the New Mexico national guard who, after January 1, 2000, honorably performs duty when an emergency situation has been declared by the governor. The duty must be in direct support of the declared state of emergency and the guardmember must be in duty status, on orders in either pay or non-pay status, at the time the service is rendered.
N.M. Stat. § 6-5-9.1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 6-5-9.1
§ 6-5-9.1. Procurement card project
Status: in_force

The division shall design and implement a procurement card project that allows state agencies to pay for purchases by using procurement cards. To implement the project, the division may enter into an agreement with a procurement card issuer. The division shall determine the limits of the project, including the number of state agencies that participate and limitations on types of goods and services that may be eligible for purchase through procurement cards.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16G-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16G / Section 10-16G-9
§ 10-16G-9. Commission jurisdiction; compliance provisions
Status: in_force

A. The commission has jurisdiction to enforce the applicable civil compliance provisions for public officials, public employees, candidates, persons subject to the Campaign Reporting Act, government contractors, lobbyists and lobbyists' employers of:

(1) the Campaign Reporting Act;

(2) the Financial Disclosure Act;

(3) the Gift Act;

(4) the Lobbyist Regulation Act;

(5) the Voter Action Act;

(6) the Governmental Conduct Act;

(7) the Procurement Code;

(8) the State Ethics Commission Act;

(9) the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts; and

(10) Article 9, Section 14 of the constitution of New Mexico .

B. All complaints filed with a public agency regarding the statutes listed in Subsection A of this section shall be forwarded to the commission.

C. The commission may choose to act on some or all aspects of a complaint and forward other aspects of a complaint to another state or federal agency with jurisdiction over the matter in accordance with Subsection E of this section.

D. If the commission decides not to act on a complaint, whether the complaint was filed with the commission or forwarded from another public agency, or decides only to act on part of a complaint, the commission shall promptly forward the complaint, or any part of a complaint on which it does not wish to act, to the public agency that has appropriate jurisdiction within ten days of the decision. The complainant and respondent shall be notified in writing when the complainant's request has been forwarded to another agency unless otherwise provided pursuant to Subsection H of Section 10-16G-10 NMSA 1978 .

E. The commission may share jurisdiction with other public agencies having authority to act on a complaint or any aspect of a complaint. Such shared jurisdiction shall be formalized through an agreement entered into by all participating agencies involved with the complaint and the director. The commission may also investigate a complaint referred to the commission by the legislature, or a legislative committee, in accordance with an agreement entered into pursuant to policies of the New Mexico legislative council or rules of the house of representatives or senate.

F. The commission may file a court action to enforce the civil compliance provisions of an act listed in Subsection A of this section. The court action shall be filed in the district court in the county where the defendant resides.
N.M. Stat. § 19-3-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 19-3-14
§ 19-3-14. Second or subsequent use of range; conditions
Status: in_force

Whenever any person, company or corporation turns loose on any range in this state, already occupied or in the possession of another or others by virtue of their having complied with the provisions of the preceding section, he or they must be the owner or owners of, or must be lawfully entitled to the possession of some other living, permanent water upon such range, sufficient for the proper maintenance of all such additional cattle so turned loose, other than that owned by or lawfully possessed, or lawfully in the possession of any other person, company or corporation that may have previously appropriated, stocked or taken possession of such range in accordance with the provisions of this and the preceding section; and such person, company or corporation so turning loose cattle upon such range must at all times, furnish, supply and maintain upon such range such other permanent living water free and unfenced and upon the surface of the ground.
N.M. Stat. § 9-7-6.7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 9-7-6.7
§ 9-7-6.7. Clearinghouse for Native American suicide prevention; culturally based suicide prevention initiatives
Status: in_force

A. In consultation with the Indian affairs department, the interagency behavioral health purchasing collaborative, subject to available funding, shall establish:

(1) a statewide clearinghouse and technical assistance program called the “New Mexico clearinghouse for Native American suicide prevention” to work with the Native American suicide prevention advisory council to provide culturally appropriate suicide prevention, intervention and post-event assistance statewide to Native American individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide, attempted suicide or the risk of suicide; and

(2) culturally based Native American youth suicide prevention initiatives, each focused on the continuum of prevention, intervention and post-event assistance to Native American individuals, families and tribes, nations and pueblos living with suicide, attempted suicide or the risk of suicide in rural, frontier and urban communities.

B. As used in this section, “ Native American ” means a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe, nation or pueblo.
N.M. Stat. § 9-27-23 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 27 / Section 9-27-23
§ 9-27-23. Deposit of money
Status: in_force

The department shall order the deposit or transfer monthly to a fund known as the “central telecommunication network fund” the amount of money owed by each department, institution and agency utilizing the central telecommunication network. State institutions and agencies shall adopt such accounting procedures as are prescribed by the department of finance and administration for the handling of payments with reference to the central telecommunication network.
N.M. Stat. § 7-36-2.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 36 / Section 7-36-2.1
§ 7-36-2.1. Classification of property
Status: in_force

A. Property subject to valuation for property taxation purposes shall be classified as either residential property or nonresidential property.

B. The department by regulation, ruling, order or other directive shall provide for the implementation of a classification system and shall include a method for apportioning the value of multiple-use properties between residential and nonresidential components.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23F-11 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23F / Section 59A-23F-11
§ 59A-23F-11. Health care affordability fund
Status: repealed

A. The “health care affordability fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of distributions, appropriations, gifts, grants and donations. Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund. The office of superintendent of insurance shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature for purposes provided by this section. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the superintendent or the superintendent's authorized representative.

B. The purpose of the fund is to:

(1) reduce health care premiums and cost sharing for New Mexico residents who purchase health care coverage on the New Mexico health insurance exchange;

(2) reduce premiums for small businesses and their employees purchasing health care coverage in the fully insured small group market;

(3) provide resources for planning, design and implementation of health care coverage initiatives for uninsured New Mexico residents; and

(4) provide resources for administration of state health care coverage initiatives for uninsured New Mexico residents.

C. If the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is repealed in full or in part by an act of congress or invalidated by the United States supreme court and eliminates or reduces comprehensive health care coverage for New Mexico residents through medicaid or the New Mexico health insurance exchange, the fund may be used to maintain coverage through the New Mexico health insurance exchange or through medical assistance programs administered by the human services department, provided that coverage is prioritized for New Mexico residents with incomes below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level.

D. Prior to July 1, 2025, the staff of the legislative finance committee shall conduct a program evaluation to measure the impact of changes to the health insurance premium surtax and the creation of the health care affordability fund as it relates to the purpose of the fund.

E. Prior to July 1 of each year, the superintendent shall provide actuarial data from the health care affordability fund to the legislative finance committee.

F. Prior to July 1 of each year, the superintendent, in consultation with the secretary of human services, the secretary of taxation and revenue and the chief executive officer of the New Mexico health insurance exchange, shall work with the legislative finance committee and the department of finance and administration to develop and report on performance measures relating to the health care affordability fund and any programs or initiatives funded by the fund.