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N.M. Stat. § 19-4-6 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-6
§ 19-4-6. Vacating all or part of townsite
Status: in_force

When any tract of land may be filed upon, platted and recorded as a townsite in accordance with the provisions of an act of congress or law of New Mexico, and no town or organization under the laws of New Mexico shall have been perfected by the inhabitants residing thereon, or the owners thereof, the same may be vacated by consent of all such inhabitants or owners and disposed of as the said inhabitants or owners shall agree: provided, that a statement, signed and certified to by a majority of said inhabitants or owners, setting forth the fact of the vacation of such townsite, be filed with the clerk of the county in which the same shall be situated. When any tract of land has been recorded as a townsite, or has been annexed as an addition to a townsite, any part or portion thereof may be vacated upon the written consent of all the owners of that part or portion which it is proposed to vacate: provided, that no expenditures of money have been theretofore made or incurred by said town for the improvement or benefit of said part or portion, and that the same is bounded in same [whole] or in part by exterior town lines, and that when so vacated a statement, subscribed by such owners, setting forth the facts of such vacation, together with an accurate description, map and plat of such part vacated shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such town is situated.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-14.2 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-14.2
§ 17-3-14.2. Landowner permits; management of certain big game species
Status: in_force

The director of the department of game and fish may issue landowner permits for the lawful taking of elk, antelope, oryx, and deer. The permits may be issued when, in the determination of the director, they are necessary to effectively reduce conflicts between humans and wildlife and provide sport-hunting opportunities in accordance with regulations of the state game commission.
N.M. Stat. § 10-4-5 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 10-4-5
§ 10-4-5. Presentment of grand jury accusation; service on defendant; return day
Status: in_force

The accusation must be presented in open court, and the judge, after receiving the same, must forthwith cause it to be transmitted to the district attorney who must cause a copy thereof to be served upon the defendant and require by written notice that such defendant appear before the district court at a date to be named in the notice, which shall be not less than five nor more than ten days after service of a copy of such notice, and answer the accusation.
N.M. Stat. § 17-4-30 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 17-4-30
§ 17-4-30. Federal aid
Status: in_force

The state of New Mexico hereby assents to the provisions of the act of congress of the United States of America entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in fish restoration and management projects, and for other purposes,” approved August 9, 1950 (Public Law 681, 81st Congress), and the state game commission is hereby authorized and directed to perform all such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative fish restoration and management projects, as defined by said act of congress and in compliance with said act, and rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of agriculture [secretary of the interior] thereunder.
N.M. Stat. § 33-9-5 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 9 / Section 33-9-5
§ 33-9-5. Criteria for applications
Status: in_force

A. Counties, municipalities or private organizations, individually or jointly, may apply for grants from the fund, including grants for counties or municipalities to purchase contractual services from private organizations, provided that:

(1) the application is for funding a program with priority use being for criminal offenders;

(2) the applicant certifies that it is willing and able to operate the program according to standards provided by the department;

(3) the applicant demonstrates the support of key components of the criminal justice system;

(4) the applicant, if a private organization, demonstrates the support of the county and municipality where the program will provide services;

(5) the applicant certifies that it will utilize volunteer services as an integral portion of the program to the maximum extent feasible; and

(6) no class A county as defined in Section 4-44-1 NMSA 1978 , alone or in conjunction with any municipality within a class A county, shall receive more than forty-nine percent of any money appropriated to the fund.

B. The department may use the fund to place individuals eligible for probation or parole in community-based settings. The department may also use the fund to place criminal offenders within twelve months of eligibility for parole in community-based settings; provided that the criminal offender has never been convicted of a felony offense involving the use of a firearm. The adult parole board may, in its discretion, require participation by a criminal offender in a program as a condition of parole pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-21-10 NMSA 1978 .

C. The department may authorize use of the fund for adults who are not criminal offenders with prior department approval, if the priority use does not result in full use of the fund or the capacity of a program, or the department may authorize additional programs or additional funding for existing programs.

D. The department may contract directly for programs, including programs for New Mexico Indian tribes and pueblos for diversion of state law offenders, and may establish and operate adult community corrections programs.

E. The department shall establish additional guidelines for allocation of funds under the Adult Community Corrections Act.
N.M. Stat. § 16-4-4 — NM Code / Chapter 16 / Article 4 / Section 16-4-4
§ 16-4-4. Designation
Status: in_force

The Chama river and its immediate corridor, from the boundary line between section 10 and 15, township 27 north, range 2 east just south of the El Vado dam downstream approximately thirty miles to where it is crossed by the U.S. forest service boundary in section 24, township 24 north, range 3 east, is designated as a scenic and pastoral river.
N.M. Stat. § 22-13-5 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13 / Section 22-13-5
§ 22-13-5. Special education
Status: in_force

School districts shall provide special education and related services appropriate to meet the needs of students requiring special education and related services. Rules and standards shall be developed and established by the department for the provision of special education in the schools and classes of the public school system in the state and in all institutions wholly or partly supported by the state. The department shall monitor and enforce the rules and standards. School districts shall also provide services for three-year-old and four-year-old preschool children with disabilities, unless the parent or guardian chooses not to enroll the child. Services for students age three through twenty-one may include, but are not limited to, evaluating particular needs, providing learning experiences that develop cognitive and social skills, arranging for or providing related services as defined by the department and providing parent education. The services may be provided by licensed school employees or contracted for with other community agencies and shall be provided in age-appropriate, integrated settings, including home, daycare centers, head start programs, schools or community-based settings.
N.M. Stat. § 3-14-4 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 14 / Section 3-14-4
§ 3-14-4. Commission-manager; charter
Status: in_force

Municipalities electing to be governed under the commission-manager form of government shall be governed as provided in Sections 3-14-1 through 3-14-19 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 61-8-5 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 8 / Section 61-8-5
§ 61-8-5. Podiatry advisory committee created; members; qualifications; terms; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. The “podiatry advisory committee” is created to advise the board regarding licensure of podiatric physicians and efforts to recruit and retain podiatric physicians for practice in this state. The committee shall consist of three members, one member who shall be the executive director of the New Mexico podiatric medical association serving as an ex-officio member and two members who shall be podiatric physicians licensed to practice in New Mexico who have been actively engaged in the practice of podiatry for at least three consecutive years immediately prior to their appointments.

B. Members of the committee shall be appointed by the board from a list of names submitted to the board by the New Mexico podiatric medical association or its authorized governing body or council. The list shall be submitted to the board within thirty days of a vacancy and shall contain at least three qualified podiatric physicians for each member to be appointed. Member vacancies shall be filled in the same manner. Committee members shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified.
N.M. Stat. § 76-10-15 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 10 / Section 76-10-15
§ 76-10-15. Records
Status: in_force

Each person whose name appears on the label as handling agricultural or vegetable seed subject to this act shall keep for a period of two years complete records of each lot of agricultural or vegetable seed handled and keep for one year a file sample of each lot of seed after final disposition of said lot. All such records and samples pertaining to the shipment or shipments involved shall be accessible for inspection by the board or its agents during customary business hours.
N.M. Stat. § 3-24-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 24 / Section 3-24-4
§ 3-24-4. Jurisdiction over land of electric utility
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of constructing, operating, maintaining and protecting an electric utility, a municipality has jurisdiction over:

(1) territory, occupied by an electric utility;

(2) all poles, lines, mains, pipes and other facilities of the electric utility; and

(3) that portion of any land upon which is located the electric utility and its facilities, or over which they extend, to the extent reasonably necessary to properly operate, maintain, and protect the facilities.

B. Any municipality is granted:

(1) easements not to exceed twenty feet in width along, upon, and across any land over which an existing distribution line, main, and pipe extends, and parallel to such lines, mains, and pipes, and on any street, road and highway abutting such land;

(2) authority to cut down and trim trees and shrubbery, to the extent necessary to keep them clear of the lines, means 1 , pipes or systems; and

(3) authority to cut down and trim trees which are dead, weak, leaning or dangerous, and tall enough to strike the wire in falling.
N.M. Stat. § 77-10-10 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 10 / Section 77-10-10
§ 77-10-10. Violations; penalty
Status: in_force

A person who violates Chapter 77, Article 10 NMSA 1978 or any rule of the board made pursuant to that article is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 , and each day's violation constitutes a separate offense.
N.M. Stat. § 31-22-6 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 22 / Section 31-22-6
§ 31-22-6. Medical examination; attorneys' fees; penalty
Status: in_force

A. The commission may appoint an impartial physician, licensed in New Mexico, to examine any person making an application for reparation under the Crime Victims Reparation Act, and the fees for the examination shall be paid from funds appropriated for the commission's administrative expenses.

B. None of the appropriation in this act shall be used to pay attorney fees either as part of or in addition to awards of reparation. In cases where no reparation is awarded, attorney fees shall not be paid.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-28 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-28
§ 17-3-28. Exceptions from 17-3-26, 17-3-27; taking bait for own use; persons under 15; unlawful to place nongame fish in certain waters
Status: reserved

Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent licensed fishermen from taking minnows and other nongame fish for his [their] own use for bait; or to any minor under fifteen (15) years of age taking minnows not for resale; provided, however, that it shall be unlawful for licensed fishermen or any other person using nongame fish for bait to place any of such nongame fish which are not used for bait in any waters stocked or reserved for game fish by the state game commission of the state of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 74-10-63 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 10 / Section 74-10-63
§ 74-10-63. Facsimile seal
Status: in_force

The secretary may cause the seal of the authority to be printed, engraved, stamped or otherwise placed in facsimile on any security. The facsimile seal has the same legal effect as the impression of the seal.
N.M. Stat. § 50-17-12 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 17 / Section 50-17-12
§ 50-17-12. Other legal requirements
Status: in_force

The Healthy Workplaces Act provides minimum requirements pertaining to earned sick leave and shall not be construed to preempt, limit or otherwise affect the applicability of any other law, regulation, requirement, policy or standard, including collective bargaining agreements, that provides for greater accrual or use by employees of earned sick leave, whether paid or unpaid, or that extends other protections to employees.
N.M. Stat. § 29-20-3 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 20 / Section 29-20-3
§ 29-20-3. Police training
Status: in_force

A. No later than December 31, 2004, the New Mexico law enforcement academy board shall develop and incorporate into the basic law enforcement training required pursuant to the Law Enforcement Training Act a course of instruction of at least sixteen hours concerning the safe initiation and conduct of high speed pursuits.

B. The course of instruction shall emphasize the importance of protecting the public at all times and the need to balance the known offense and risk posed by a fleeing suspect against the danger to law enforcement officers and other people by initiating a high speed pursuit.

C. The course of instruction shall include adequate consideration of each of the following subjects:

(1) when to initiate a high speed pursuit;

(2) when to terminate a high speed pursuit;

(3) evaluating risks due to conditions of the vehicle, driver, roadway, weather and traffic during a high speed pursuit;

(4) evaluating dangers to uninvolved motorists and bystanders during a high speed pursuit;

(5) the number of law enforcement units permitted to participate in the high speed pursuit;

(6) the responsibilities of primary, secondary and supervisory law enforcement units during a high speed pursuit;

(7) proper communication and coordination procedures when a high speed pursuit enters another law enforcement agency's jurisdiction, including a tribal jurisdiction;

(8) driving tactics during a high speed pursuit;

(9) communications during a high speed pursuit;

(10) capture of suspects following a high speed pursuit;

(11) supervisory responsibilities during a high speed pursuit;

(12) use of blocking, ramming, boxing and roadblocks as high speed pursuit tactics;

(13) use of alternative methods and technologies for apprehending suspects during a high speed pursuit; and

(14) preparing a report and evaluation and analysis of a high speed pursuit after it has concluded.

D. The New Mexico law enforcement academy board shall develop the program of instruction, learning and performance objectives and standards for training in conjunction with appropriate groups and individuals that have an interest in and expertise regarding high speed pursuits, including law enforcement agencies, law enforcement academy instructors, experts on the subject and members of the public.

E. In-service law enforcement training, as required pursuant to Section 29-7-7.1 NMSA 1978 , shall include at least four hours of instruction that conform with the requirements set forth in Subsection C of this section.

F. Each certified regional law enforcement training facility shall incorporate into its basic law enforcement training and in-service law enforcement training a course of training in the safe initiation and conduct of high speed pursuits that is comparable to or exceeds the standards of the course of instruction developed by the New Mexico law enforcement academy board.
N.M. Stat. § 3-48-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 48 / Section 3-48-2
§ 3-48-2. Authority to regulate refuse
Status: in_force

A municipality may, by ordinance:

A. acquire and maintain refuse disposal areas or plants within or without the municipal boundary;

B. enforce a general system of refuse collection and disposal;

C. prohibit the deposit of refuse on either public or private property;

D. compel the taking of refuse to designated places;

E. specify the kind, size and material of a refuse receptacle;

F. provide for the destruction of refuse or its use for a beneficial purpose; and

G. require any person owning or controlling any occupied real property to:

(1) provide and maintain suitable refuse receptacles;

(2) deposit all refuse in the receptacles; and

(3) place a receptacle in a place convenient for removal.
N.M. Stat. § 7-20E-8 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 20E / Section 7-20E-8
§ 7-20E-8. Interpretation of act; administration and enforcement of act
Status: in_force

A. The department shall interpret the provisions of the County Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act.

B. The department shall administer and enforce the collection of each tax authorized under the provisions of the County Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act, and the Tax Administration Act 1 applies to the administration and enforcement of each tax.
N.M. Stat. § 39-1-2 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 39-1-2
§ 39-1-2. Judgment rendered subsequent to hearing; notice to attorneys
Status: in_force

Upon any hearing before the judge of a court, wherein the judgment of the court upon such hearing shall not be rendered at the time of such hearing, but shall be taken under advisement by the judge, no judgment or order relative to the matters pertaining to such hearing shall be entered until notice of the same shall have been given to the attorneys for the respective parties in the action.
N.M. Stat. § 69-9-8 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 9 / Section 69-9-8
§ 69-9-8. Effect of order
Status: in_force

An order of consolidation entered by the secretary pursuant to this act shall, as to each small tract or interest therein, within the consolidated area on which applicant does not otherwise hold the mining rights, effectuate a mining lease to applicant from the owner of such tract, or interest therein, granting applicant mining rights thereon effective as of the date of the first publication of the notice of hearing on the application for consolidation.

The terms and provisions of the leases so granted to applicant shall be stated in the order and shall correspond to those contained in the form of mining lease attached to the application, except for such changes therefrom as the secretary may in his order determine to be required in order to effectuate the intents and purposes of this act, and provided that for purposes of such leases:

A. if operations are being conducted anywhere on the consolidated area, it shall be considered that operations are being conducted on each tract within the consolidated area;

B. if ore is produced from any part of the consolidated area (ore produced, saved and removed from the consolidated area being hereinbelow called “area production”), it shall be considered as though production of ore is had from each tract within the consolidated area and there shall be allocated to each such tract, as its share of area production, that part of the area production which bears the same ratio to the whole amount of such area production as the ratio that the number of surface acres in said tract bears to the total number of surface acres in the consolidated area; and unless the secretary shall determine and make another allocation which is more equitable in the protection of the correlative rights of the interested parties; and

C. each owner in a small tract within the consolidated area whose interest is under lease granted pursuant to this act shall receive in lieu of any other royalties a royalty as the same shall be fixed by the terms of the lease.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-27.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-27.3
§ 21-1-27.3. Higher education performance fund; created; administration; distributions
Status: in_force

A. The “higher education performance fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and income from investment of the fund. Money in the fund shall not revert to any other fund. The fund shall be administered by the higher education department 1 and money in the fund is appropriated to the department for distributions to public post-secondary educational institutions.

B. The commission [department] shall distribute money in the fund annually to each public post-secondary educational institution that met its performance standards in the preceding year.

C. The commission [department] shall develop rules for the assessment of performance measures and standards for public post-secondary educational institutions and shall annually assess the performance of each institution according to those measures and standards.
N.M. Stat. § 58-27-25.1 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 27 / Section 58-27-25.1
§ 58-27-25.1. Border project fund; created; purpose; expenditures
Status: in_force

A. The “border project fund” is created in the state treasury.

B. The border project fund shall consist of:

(1) payments of principal and interest on loans for projects;

(2) the portion of the tolls, fees, rents, lease payments or other charges imposed, collected and received by the authority and distributed to the fund pursuant to Subsection F of Section 58-27-25 NMSA 1978;

(3) money from public or private sources and deposited into the fund pursuant to Paragraph (6) of Subsection B of Section 58-27-25 NMSA 1978;

(4) money appropriated by the legislature or distributed or otherwise allocated to the fund;

(5) the proceeds of severance tax bonds appropriated to the fund for projects; and

(6) income from investment of the fund, which shall be credited to the border project fund.

C. Except for severance tax bond proceeds required to revert to the severance tax bonding fund, balances in the border project fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund.

D. The border project fund may consist of subaccounts as determined to be necessary by the authority.

E. The border project fund is appropriated to the authority for the following purposes:

(1) providing financial assistance to qualified entities for projects;

(2) costs incurred in the operation of a port of entry or related project pursuant to a joint powers agreement entered into with the federal government; or

(3) costs incurred in the joint funding or operation of a project as part of a joint venture, partnership or other business relationship with a qualified entity or private person.

F. The authority may establish procedures and adopt rules as required to:

(1) administer the border project fund;

(2) originate financial assistance for projects selected by the authority; and

(3) govern the process through which qualified entities may apply for financial assistance from the border project fund.