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N.M. Stat. § 9-6-3.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 6 / Section 9-6-3.1
§ 9-6-3.1. Office of education abolished; transfer of powers and duties
Status: in_force

The office of education in the department of finance and administration is abolished. On the effective date of this act, all powers and duties conferred by law upon the office of education shall be exercised by the state department of public education. All powers and duties conferred by law upon the director of the office of education or the chief of the public school finance division shall be exercised by the superintendent of public instruction. On the effective date of this act, all references in law to the office of education of the department of finance and administration shall be construed to be references to the state department of public education. All references in law to the director of the office of education or to the chief of the public school finance division shall be construed to be references to the superintendent of public instruction.
N.M. Stat. § 2-3-7 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 2-3-7
§ 2-3-7. Insurance of building; records of transactions; contracts for care and management of property
Status: in_force

The director of the legislative council service, under the direction of the legislative council, shall:

A. insure the building and its contents, including the valuable papers, documents and books;

B. keep a full and complete record of all transactions;

C. sign all contracts and other papers necessary to be signed in the care and management of the property under his control;

D. have custody and control of all maps, deeds, plats, plans and specifications, contracts, books and other papers connected with the building and grounds under his control;

E. provide for the preservation, repair, care, cleaning, heating and cooling and lighting of the building and improvements under his control;

F. provide for the care and beautifying of the grounds and premises;

G. employ the necessary employees and provide and enforce the rules and regulations for the conduct of such employees; and

H. make all rules and regulations for the conduct of all persons in and about the building and grounds under his control necessary and proper for the safety, care and preservation of the same.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-58 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-58
§ 19-7-58. Rights-of-way; interference with roads or highways
Status: in_force

The location of any right-of-way through any canyon, pass or defile shall not cause the disuse of any wagon [road] or other public highway now located therein, nor prevent the location through the same of any such wagon road or highway, where such road or highway may be necessary for the public accommodation; and where any change in the location of such wagon road is necessary to permit the use of such right-of-way or easement, the user of such right-of-way or easement, shall before entering upon the ground occupied by such wagon road, cause the same to be reconstructed at his own expense in the most favorable location, and in as perfect a manner as the original road.
N.M. Stat. § 4-44-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 44 / Section 4-44-1
§ 4-44-1. Classification for salary purposes
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of fixing salaries of county officers, the several counties of the state, except “H” class counties, are classified as follows:

(1) those having a final, full assessed valuation of over seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) and a population of one hundred thousand persons or more as determined by the most current annual population data or estimate available from the United States census bureau, as class “A” counties; and

(2) those having a final, full assessed valuation of over seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) and a population of less than one hundred thousand persons as determined by the most current annual population data or estimate available from the United States census bureau, as class “B” counties.

B. The assessed valuation for each year is the full valuation as finally fixed for that year.
N.M. Stat. § 22-14-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 14 / Section 22-14-1
§ 22-14-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 22-14-2 through 22-14-16 NMSA 1978:

A. “ vocational education ” means vocational or technical training or retraining conducted as part of a program designed to enable an individual to engage in a remunerative occupation. Vocational education may provide but is not limited to guidance and counseling, vocational instruction, training for vocational education instructors, transportation and training material and equipment;

B. “ person with a disability ” means a person with a physical or mental disability that constitutes a substantial handicap to employment but that is of such a nature that vocational rehabilitation may be reasonably expected to enable the person to engage in a remunerative occupation;

C. “ vocational rehabilitation ” means services or training necessary to enable a person with a disability to engage in a remunerative occupation. Vocational rehabilitation may provide but is not limited to medical or vocational diagnosis, vocational guidance, counseling and placement, rehabilitation training, physical restoration, transportation, occupational licenses, customary occupational tools or equipment, maintenance and training material and equipment; and

D. “ federal aid funds ” means funds, gifts or grants received by the state under any federal aid for vocational education or vocational rehabilitation.
N.M. Stat. § 6-23-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 23 / Section 6-23-10
§ 6-23-10. State institutions and buildings; use of certain revenues authorized
Status: in_force

Resulting utility cost savings and conservation-related cost savings, income from lands granted for the use of certain institutions and public buildings and deposited in income funds for such institutions and buildings pursuant to Section 19-1-17 NMSA 1978 or special funds of institutions may be appropriated and pledged for payments pursuant to a guaranteed utility savings contract or related lease-purchase agreement or installment payment contract pursuant to the Public Facility Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation Act. Money appropriated for that purpose shall be deposited in a special fund or account of the institution or fund and that revenue and no other revenue shall be pledged for payments pursuant to the Public Facility Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation Act.
N.M. Stat. § 61-24D-12 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 24D / Section 61-24D-12
§ 61-24D-12. Insurance requirements
Status: in_force

A. All licensees and their employers shall carry at all times errors and omissions insurance and professional liability insurance to cover all activities contemplated pursuant to the provisions of the Home Inspector Licensing Act.

B. In addition to the powers and duties granted to the board pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Home Inspector Licensing Act, the board may adopt rules that establish the minimum terms and conditions of coverage, including limits of coverage and permitted exceptions. If adopted by the board, the rules shall require every applicant for a license and licensee who applies for renewal of a license to provide the board with satisfactory evidence that the applicant or licensee has errors and omissions insurance coverage and professional liability insurance coverage that meet the minimum terms and conditions required by board rule.

C. The board is authorized to solicit sealed, competitive proposals from insurance carriers to provide a group errors and omissions insurance policy and a professional liability insurance policy that comply with the terms and conditions established by board rule. The board may approve one or more policies that comply with the board rules.

D. Licensees shall not be required to contract with the group policy provider. Licensees may satisfy any requirement for errors and omissions insurance coverage and professional liability insurance coverage by purchasing an individual policy that is consistent with standards established by the board.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6-8 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 18-6-8
§ 18-6-8. State historic preservation officer; appointment; qualifications; duties
Status: in_force

A. The “historic preservation division” is created within the cultural affairs department.

B. The state historic preservation officer shall be the director of the division and shall be hired by the secretary of cultural affairs with the consent of the governor. The position's qualifications shall be consistent with but not limited to the following:

(1) a graduate degree in American history, anthropology, architecture or historic preservation;

(2) at least five years of professional experience in American history, anthropology, architecture or historic preservation or any combination of these; or

(3) a substantial contribution through research and publication to the body of scholarly knowledge in the field of American history, anthropology, architecture or historic preservation or any combination of these.

C. The state historic preservation officer shall administer the Cultural Properties Act, including being administrative head of all Cultural Properties Act functions assigned to the historic preservation division by law or executive order. In addition, the state historic preservation officer shall coordinate all duties performed by, and cooperate with, the committee, the secretary of cultural affairs and any other entities, public or private, involved with cultural properties.

D. The state historic preservation officer, in conjunction with the secretary of cultural affairs:

(1) shall provide staff to the committee;

(2) shall maintain the state register of cultural properties;

(3) may fund historic site surveys and may fund restorations;

(4) shall administer historic preservation tax benefit programs;

(5) shall review state undertakings to determine their effect upon significant historic properties;

(6) shall adopt and promulgate rules regulating the use of the division's statewide historic and prehistoric site databases and archives, including a fee schedule to cover the reasonable cost of using the databases and archives; and

(7) may solicit and receive funds or property, including federal funds and public and private grants, for programs and activities administered by the state historic preservation officer.

E. Fees collected pursuant to Paragraph (6) of Subsection D of this section shall be used to maintain and administer the division's statewide historic and prehistoric site databases and archives.
N.M. Stat. § 11-6A-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 11 / Article 6A / Section 11-6A-5
§ 11-6A-5. Administration of local DWI grant program and county DWI program distribution; regulations
Status: in_force

A. The division shall administer and evaluate the local DWI grant program and the county DWI program distribution and shall serve as staff to the council.

B. The division, with the advice and approval of the council, shall adopt regulations necessary for operation of the local DWI grant program and the county DWI program distribution, including:

(1) forms and procedures for the application process for the local DWI grant program and the county DWI program distribution;

(2) documentation to be provided by the applicant to assure compliance with the grant and the county DWI program distribution guidelines and other provisions of the Local DWI Grant Program Act;

(3) procedures and guidelines for review, evaluation and approval of grant awards and for review and approval of programs to be funded by the county DWI program distribution;

(4) procedures and guidelines for oversight, evaluation and audit of DWI grantees to assure that grants are being administered in the manner and for the purposes that the grants were awarded; and

(5) design of an evaluation mechanism for DWI grant programs, distributions and services and submission by each DWI grantee of an annual report or other data on each local DWI grant program, distribution or service and its effectiveness and outcomes.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-8.6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-8.6
§ 7-1-8.6. Information that may be revealed to certain tribal governments
Status: in_force

An employee of the department may reveal return information to authorized representatives of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo, the territory of which is located wholly or partially within New Mexico, pursuant to the terms of a written reciprocal agreement entered into by the department with the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo for the exchange of that information for tax purposes only; provided that the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo has enacted a confidentiality statute and penalty similar to Sections 7-1-8 and 7-1-76 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-19
§ 6-10-19. Ineligible depository bonds
Status: in_force

No depository bond with personal sureties shall be accepted as security for deposits of public money.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-9
§ 30-16-9. Extortion
Status: in_force

Extortion consists of the communication or transmission of any threat to another by any means whatsoever with intent thereby to wrongfully obtain anything of value or to wrongfully compel the person threatened to do or refrain from doing any act against his will.

Any of the following acts shall be sufficient to constitute a threat under this section:

A. a threat to do an unlawful injury to the person or property of the person threatened or of another;

B. a threat to accuse the person threatened, or another, of any crime;

C. a threat to expose, or impute to the person threatened, or another, any deformity or disgrace;

D. a threat to expose any secret affecting the person threatened, or another; or

E. a threat to kidnap the person threatened or another.

Whoever commits extortion is guilty of a third degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 1-14-1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1-14-1
§ 1-14-1. Contest of elections; who may contest
Status: in_force

Any unsuccessful candidate for nomination or election to any public office may contest the election of the candidate to whom a certificate of nomination or a certificate of election has been issued.
N.M. Stat. § 25-6-15 — NM Code / Chapter 25 / Article 6 / Section 25-6-15
§ 25-6-15. Seizure and holding of eggs
Status: in_force

The department may seize or hold as evidence any container of eggs or all or any part of any pack, load, lot consignment or shipment of eggs packed, stored, delivered for shipment, loaded, transported or sold in violation of any provisions of the Egg Grading Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-5.14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-5.14
§ 7-27-5.14. Findings and purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the health of the New Mexico economy is heavily dependent on the establishment and expansion of small businesses and that the lack of available private equity is an impediment to the start-up and growth of businesses in the state. The legislature further finds that the commercialization of technology conceived in the universities and the federal scientific and engineering laboratories and test facilities in the state is likely to occur elsewhere unless sources of local private equity are developed. The purpose of Section 7-27-5.15 NMSA 1978 is to provide a mechanism whereby the establishment of private equity funds, whose investment policies are supportive of the economic welfare of New Mexico, will be stimulated.
N.M. Stat. § 21-12-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 12 / Section 21-12-1
§ 21-12-1. Board of regents; appointment; term; political affiliations; compensation
Status: in_force

The New Mexico military institute, at Roswell, shall be under the supervision and control of a board of five regents, to serve without compensation, to be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate for a term of four years, and not more than three of them shall belong to the same political party at the time of their appointment.
N.M. Stat. § 5-10-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 10 / Section 5-10-9
§ 5-10-9. Project evaluation; department
Status: in_force

A. The local or regional government shall review each application for public support submitted pursuant to Section 5-10-8 NMSA 1978 , and any public support shall be approved by ordinance.

B. The local or regional government's evaluation of an application shall be based on the provisions of the economic development plan, the financial and management stability of the qualifying entity, the demonstrated commitment of the qualifying entity to the community, a cost-benefit analysis of the project and any other information the local or regional government believes is necessary for a full review of the economic development project application.

C. The local or regional government may negotiate with a qualifying entity on the type or amount of public support to be provided or on the scope of the economic development project.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14D-1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14D / Section 61-14D-1
§ 61-14D-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 61, Article 14D NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Athletic Trainer Practice Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 9-19-9 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 19 / Section 9-19-9
§ 9-19-9. Directors
Status: in_force

The secretary shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, directors of the divisions as are established within the department; provided, the director of the New Mexico state police division shall be titled the “chief of the New Mexico state police”. The positions so appointed are exempt from the Personnel Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-413 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-413
§ 66-3-413. Special registration plates; national guard members
Status: in_force

A. The department shall issue distinctive registration plates to any person who is a member of the New Mexico national guard, upon the submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the department that the person is currently a member of the guard. No fee, including the regular registration fee applicable to passenger motor vehicles, shall be collected for issuance of a special registration plate pursuant to this section.

B. A person shall not falsely represent that the person is an active member of the New Mexico national guard so as to be eligible to be issued special registration plates pursuant to this section when the person in fact is not a current member of the New Mexico national guard.

C. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 69-25A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 25A / Section 69-25A-4
§ 69-25A-4. Coal surface mining commission; duties
Status: in_force

A. The “coal surface mining commission” is created. The commission shall consist of:

(1) the director of the bureau of geology and mineral resources of the New Mexico institute of mining and technology or his designee;

(2) the director of the department of game and fish or his designee;

(3) the secretary of environment or his designee;

(4) the chairman of the soil and water conservation commission or his designee;

(5) the director of the agricultural experiment station of New Mexico state university or his designee;

(6) the state engineer or his designee;

(7) the commissioner of public lands or his designee; and

(8) two public members who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The public members shall have, by education, training or experience, expertise related to mining or mine reclamation.

B. The commission shall elect a chairman and other necessary officers and keep records of its proceedings.

C. The commission shall convene upon the call of the chairman or a majority of its members.

D. A majority of the commission is a quorum for the transaction of business. However, no action of the commission is valid unless concurred in by at least three of the members present.

E. The commission shall perform those duties as specified in the Surface Mining Act relating to the promulgation of regulations and as specified in Section 69-25A-29 NMSA 1978 relating to appeals from the decisions of the director.

F. No member of the commission who performs a function or duty under the Surface Mining Act may have a direct or indirect financial interest in any activity undertaken by the commission.

G. The public members shall receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
N.M. Stat. § 1-20-19.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 20 / Section 1-20-19.1
§ 1-20-19.1. Unlawful release of election results
Status: in_force

A. Unlawful release of election results consists of the county clerk or a duly authorized deputy or assistant releasing election results prior to the closing of the polls on election day.

B. Whoever commits unlawful release of election results is guilty of a misdemeanor, pursuant to Section 31-19-1, NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 5-11-26 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 5-11-26
§ 5-11-26. Cumulative authority
Status: in_force

The Public Improvement District Act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of things authorized by that act and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing; provided that the issuance of bonds under the provisions of the Public Improvement District Act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds, except the Public Securities Limitation of Action Act, which shall apply.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4A / Section 13-4A-10
§ 13-4A-10. Division; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The selection, execution, placement and acceptance of works of art for a construction project shall be the responsibility of the division in consultation with the contracting agency. The division shall adopt rules and regulations to govern the selection, execution, placement and acceptance of the works of art to be acquired in accordance with this section and other rules, regulations and procedures necessary to implement the Art in Public Places Act. Administrative costs incurred by the division for the implementation of the Art in Public Places Act may be charged against the art in public places fund, provided that such costs have been properly budgeted and the budget has been approved by the state cultural affairs officer and the secretary of finance and administration.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-47 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-47
§ 7-1-47. Redemption before sale
Status: in_force

Any person whose property has been levied upon shall have the right to pay the amount due, together with the expenses of the proceeding, or furnish acceptable security for the payment thereof according to the provisions of Section 7-1-54 NMSA 1978 to the department at any time prior to the sale thereof, and upon payment or furnishing of security, the secretary or the secretary's delegate shall restore the property to that person, and all further proceedings in connection with the levy on the property shall cease from the time of the payment. Any person who has a sufficient interest in property or rights to property levied upon to entitle the person to redeem it from sale, according to the provisions of this section, who does pay the amount due and accomplishes the redemption shall have a lien against the property in the amount paid and may file a notice thereof in the records of any county in the state in which the property is located and may foreclose the lien as provided by law.