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N.M. Stat. § 14-3-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-2
§ 14-3-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Public Records Act:

A. “ administrator ” means the state records administrator;

B. “ agency ” means any state agency, department, bureau, board, commission, institution or other organization of the state government, the territorial government and the Spanish and Mexican governments in New Mexico;

C. “ commission ” means the state commission of public records;

D. “ microphotography ” means the transfer of images onto film and electronic imaging or other information storage techniques that meet the performance guidelines for legal acceptance of public records produced by information system technologies pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission;

E. “ microphotography system ” means all microphotography equipment, services and supplies;

F. “ personal identification information ” means the name, social security number, military identification number, home address, telephone number, email address, fingerprint, photograph, identifying biometric data, genetic identification, personal financial account number, state identification number, including driver's license number, alien registration number, government passport number, personal taxpayer identification number, or government benefit account number of a natural person;

G. “ public records ” means all books, papers, maps, photographs or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by any agency in pursuance of law or in connection with the transaction of public business and preserved, or appropriate for preservation, by the agency or its legitimate successor as evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations or other activities of the government or because of the informational and historical value of data contained therein. Library or museum material of the state library, state institutions and state museums, extra copies of documents preserved only for convenience of reference and stocks of publications and processed documents are not included;

H. “ records center ” means the central records depository that is the principal state facility for the storage, disposal, allocation or use of noncurrent records of agencies or materials obtained from other sources;

I. “ records custodian ” means the statutory head of the agency using or maintaining the records or the custodian's designee; and

J. “ records retention and disposition schedules ” means rules adopted by the commission pursuant to Section 14-3-6 NMSA 1978 describing records of an agency, establishing a timetable for their life cycle and providing authorization for their disposition.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-7.6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-7.6
§ 7-2-7.6. 2021 Income tax rebate
Status: in_force

A. A resident who is not a dependent of another individual is eligible for a tax rebate of:

(1) five hundred dollars ($500) for heads of household, surviving spouses and married individuals filing joint returns with adjusted gross income of less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000); and

(2) two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for single individuals and married individuals filing separate returns with adjusted gross income of less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).

B. The rebate provided by this section may be deducted from the taxpayer's New Mexico income tax liability for taxable year 2021.

C. If the amount of rebate exceeds the taxpayer's income tax liability, the excess shall be refunded to the taxpayer.

D. The department may require a taxpayer to claim the rebate provided by this section on forms and in a manner required by the department.

E. The rebate provided by this section shall not be allowed after June 30, 2023.
N.M. Stat. § 42A-1-20 — NM Code / Chapter 42A / Article 1 / Section 42A-1-20
§ 42A-1-20. Report; notice of filing; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Upon the filing of the report of the commissioners prepared pursuant to Section 42A-1-19 NMSA 1978 , the clerk of the court shall notify the attorneys of record for all of the parties to such proceeding who have entered appearances or, if not represented by attorney, all parties who have entered appearances at their respective post-office addresses of record, of the filing of the report.

B. Failure to give notice as provided in this section or failure to receive the notice shall not operate to extend the time for filing the exceptions to the report of the commissioners.

C. The report of the commissioners may be reviewed by the court in which the proceedings are had on written exceptions filed in the clerk's office by either or any party within thirty days after the time of the filing of the report in the clerk's office. The court shall either confirm the report or order a second appraisal either by the commissioners already appointed or by three other qualified commissioners to be appointed for that purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 12-8-5 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 12-8-5
§ 12-8-5. Filing of rules; when effective
Status: in_force

A. Each agency shall file each rule, amendment or repeal thereof, adopted by it, including all rules existing on the effective date of the Administrative Procedures Act, according to the State Rules Act unless the rules have already been so filed.

B. Each rule hereafter adopted is effective fifteen days after filing, unless a longer time is provided by the rule, and compliance with other law.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-8.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-8.3
§ 7-1-8.3. Information that may be revealed to public
Status: in_force

An employee of the department may reveal:

A. information obtained through the administration of a law not subject to administration and enforcement under the provisions of the Tax Administration Act to the extent that revealing that information is not otherwise prohibited by law;

B. return information with respect to the taxes or tax acts administered pursuant to Subsection B of Section 7-1-2 NMSA 1978 , except that:

(1) return information for or relating to a period prior to July 1, 1985 with respect to the Resources Excise Tax Act 1 and the Severance Tax Act 2 may be revealed only to a committee of the legislature for a valid legislative purpose;

(2) except as provided in Paragraph (3) of this subsection, contracts and other agreements between the taxpayer and other parties and the proprietary information contained in those contracts and agreements shall not be revealed without the consent of all parties to the contract or agreement; and

(3) audit workpapers and the proprietary information contained in the workpapers shall not be revealed except to:

(a) the bureau of safety and environmental enforcement of the United States department of the interior, if production occurred on federal land;

(b) a person having a legal interest in the property that is subject to the audit;

(c) a purchaser of products severed from a property subject to the audit; or

(d) the authorized representative of any of the persons in Subparagraphs (a) through (c) of this paragraph. This paragraph does not prohibit the revelation of proprietary information contained in the workpapers that is also available from returns or from other sources not subject to the provisions of Section 7-1-8 NMSA 1978;

C. return information with respect to the taxes, surtaxes, advance payments or tax acts administered pursuant to Subsection C of Section 7-1-2 NMSA 1978;

D. a decision and order made by a hearing officer pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Hearings Office Act 3 with respect to a protest filed with the secretary on or after July 1, 1993;

E. any written ruling on questions of evidence or procedure made by a hearing officer pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Hearings Office Act; provided that the name and identification number of the taxpayer requesting the ruling shall not be revealed; and

F. return information included in a notice of lien or release or extinguishment of lien.
N.M. Stat. § 29-7-7.6 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 7 / Section 29-7-7.6
§ 29-7-7.6. Law enforcement officers; naloxone rescue kit
Status: in_force

A. As agency funding and agency supplies of naloxone rescue kits permit, each local and state law enforcement agency shall provide naloxone rescue kits to its law enforcement officers and require that officers carry the naloxone rescue kits in accordance with agency procedures so as to optimize the officers' capacity to timely assist in the prevention of opioid overdoses.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose civil or criminal liability on a local or state law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer when ordinary care is used in the administration or provision of naloxone in cases where an individual appears to be experiencing an opioid overdose.

C. As used in this section:

(1) “ naloxone ” means naloxone hydrochloride, which is an opioid antagonist for the treatment of opioid overdose; and

(2) “ naloxone rescue kit ” means a kit containing:

(a) two doses of naloxone in either a generic form or in a form approved by the federal food and drug administration; and

(b) overdose education materials that conform to department of health or federal substance abuse and mental health services administration guidelines for opioid overdose education that explain the signs and causes of an opioid overdose and instruct when and how to administer in accordance with medical best practices: 1) life-saving rescue techniques; and 2) an opioid antagonist.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-12A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 12A / Section 59A-12A-6
§ 59A-12A-6. Maintenance of information
Status: in_force

Every administrator shall maintain at its principal administrative office for the duration of the written agreement referred to in Section 59A-12A-4 NMSA 1978 and five years thereafter adequate books and records of all transactions between it, insurers and insured persons. Such books and records shall be maintained in accordance with prudent standards of insurance record keeping. The superintendent shall have access to such books and records for the purpose of examination, audit and inspection. Any trade secrets contained therein, including but not limited to the identity and addresses of policyholders and certificate holders, shall be confidential, except that the superintendent may use such information in any proceedings instituted against the administrator. The insurer shall retain the right to continuing access to such books and records of the administrator sufficient to permit the insurer to fulfill all of its contractual obligations to insured persons, subject to any restrictions in the written agreement between the insurer and administrator on the proprietary rights of the parties in such books and records.
N.M. Stat. § 72-3-3 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 3 / Section 72-3-3
§ 72-3-3. Appeal from water master to state engineer authorized
Status: in_force

Any person may appeal from the acts or decisions of the water master to the state engineer, who shall promptly and at a stated time and place to be fixed by him, upon due notice to the parties, hear and determine the matter in dispute, and his decision shall be final, unless an appeal is taken to the district court of the county, wherein the irrigation works or the irrigated lands involved in such dispute are situated, in conformity with the provisions of Sections 72-7-1 and 72-7-2 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 6-18-15 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 18 / Section 6-18-15
§ 6-18-15. Liberal construction; alternative authority
Status: in_force

The authority granted by the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act shall be liberally construed so that the purposes and powers provided for may be carried out in effective, efficient and convenient manners by public bodies. The authority granted by that act is supplemental to and provides alternatives for authority granted by other law, and a public body shall have the authority to exercise powers under that act notwithstanding inconsistent provisions of other laws, or may elect to use the authority of that act in part and the authority of other laws in part with respect to an issue of bonds. Home rule municipalities may, at their option, use the provisions of that act for any bonds they are authorized to issue, but nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict their home rule powers.
N.M. Stat. § 24-35-4 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 35 / Section 24-35-4
§ 24-35-4. Foreign subpoenas and summonses
Status: in_force

A. A party shall not submit a foreign subpoena or summons for discovery or a witness to provide testimony related to an interstate investigation or proceeding that seeks to impose civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action related to a protected health care activity unless the requesting party submits an attestation, signed under the penalty of perjury, that the foreign subpoena or summons relates to an out-of-state action for which the same claim exists under the laws of this state.

B. An individual or entity served with a subpoena that is in violation of this section shall notify the issuing court and the moving party of the defect and shall not comply with the subpoena until the defect is cured by order of the issuing court.

C. A party that omits or submits a false attestation pursuant to this section shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in a suit for damages, penalties or both arising out of the omission or false attestation. A court shall assess a statutory penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation if the court finds the omission or false attestation was made intentionally, knowingly, willingly or recklessly.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6-1 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 18-6-1
§ 18-6-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 18-6-1 through 18-6-17 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Cultural Properties Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-37 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-37
§ 53-11-37. Classification of directors
Status: in_force

When the board of directors consists of two or more members, in lieu of electing the whole number of directors annually, the articles of incorporation may provide that the directors be divided into either two or three classes, each class to be as nearly equal in number as possible, the term of office of directors of the first class to expire at the first annual meeting of shareholders after their election, that of the second class to expire at the second annual meeting after their election and that of the third class, if any, to expire at the third annual meeting after their election. At each annual meeting after the classification, the number of directors equal to the number of the class whose term expires at the time of the meeting shall be elected to hold office until the second succeeding annual meeting, if there are two classes, or until the third succeeding annual meeting, if there are three classes. No classification of directors shall be effective prior to the first annual meeting of shareholders.
N.M. Stat. § 3-29-17.2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 29 / Section 3-29-17.2
§ 3-29-17.2. Change of registered office or registered agent
Status: in_force

A. An association may change its registered office or its registered agent, or both, by filing in the office of the secretary of state a statement that includes:

(1) the name of the association;

(2) the address of its registered office;

(3) if the address of the association's registered office is changed, the address to which the registered office is changed;

(4) the name of its registered agent;

(5) if the association's registered agent is changed:

(a) the name of its successor registered agent; and

(b) if the successor registered agent is an individual, a statement executed by the successor registered agent acknowledging acceptance of the appointment by the filing association as its registered agent; or

(c) if the successor registered agent is a corporation, an affidavit executed by the president or vice president of the corporation in which the officer acknowledges the corporation's acceptance of the appointment by the filing association as its registered agent;

(6) a statement that the address of the association's registered office and the address of the office of its registered agent, as changed, will be identical; and

(7) a statement that the change was authorized by resolution duly adopted by its board of directors.

B. The statement made pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this section shall be executed by the association by any two members and delivered to the secretary of state. If the secretary of state finds that the statement conforms to the provisions of the Sanitary Projects Act, it shall file the statement in the office of the secretary of state. The change of address of the registered office, or the appointment of a new registered agent, or both, shall become effective upon filing of the statement required by this section.

C. A registered agent of an association may resign as agent upon filing a written notice thereof, executed in duplicate, with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall mail a copy immediately to the association in care of an officer, who is not the resigning registered agent, at the address of the officer as shown by the most recent annual report of the association. The appointment of the agent shall terminate upon the expiration of thirty days after receipt of the notice by the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 3-32-5 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 32 / Section 3-32-5
§ 3-32-5. Additional legislative intent
Status: in_force

It is further the legislative intent that the Industrial Revenue Bond Act authorize municipalities to refinance hospital or 501(c)(3) corporation projects and projects of any independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian four-year college or university accredited by the north central association of colleges and schools, to acquire, own, lease or sell projects for the purpose of promoting the local economy and improving local health and the general welfare by inducing private institutions of higher education, nonprofit corporations engaged in health care services, including nursing homes, 501(c)(3) corporations and, for any small municipality only, office facilities for physicians, to provide more adequate facilities of higher education and to provide more adequate health care services in this state and by inducing mass transit or other transportation activities, industrial parks, office headquarters and research and development activities to locate or expand in this state. It is not intended to authorize any municipality to own or lease projects for retail business or by itself to operate any private institution of higher education; nonprofit corporation engaged in health care services, including nursing homes; 501(c)(3) corporation; industrial parks; office headquarters; or research and development facilities.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-23.9 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-23.9
§ 22-8-23.9. Home school student program units
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provision in Section 22-8-2 NMSA 1978 defining a qualified student as one who is regularly enrolled in one-half or more of the minimum course requirements approved by the department for public school students, home school students may take one or more classes at public schools and, if so, shall generate program units as provided in this section. The home school student program unit for a school district is determined by multiplying the number of home school students who are enrolled in one or more classes by the cost differential factor 0.25 per class per home school student up to the enrollment required for the home school student to meet the definition of “qualified student”. The home school student program units shall be paid to the school district in which they are generated. A home school student is eligible to enroll in a public school in the attendance zone in which the student resides or in another public school outside the attendance zone as provided in Section 22-1-4 NMSA 1978 . The school district shall verify each home school student's academic and other eligibility to enroll in the class.
N.M. Stat. § 34-6-21 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 6 / Section 34-6-21
§ 34-6-21. Personnel; state employees
Status: in_force

The district courts are agencies of the judicial department of the state government. Personnel of the district court are subject to all laws and regulations applicable to state offices and agencies and state officers and employees except where otherwise specifically provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 57-32-1 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 32 / Section 57-32-1
§ 57-32-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 10 of this act may be cited as the “Patients' Debt Collection Protection Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 4-52-7 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 52 / Section 4-52-7
§ 4-52-7. Hearing; notice
Status: in_force

A. Within thirty days after the petition has been filed with the board of county commissioners, it shall cause due notice to be given by publication for three consecutive weeks immediately prior to action in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, or, if no newspaper of general circulation exists, shall post in not less than eight public places within the proposed area a notice of hearing upon the practicability and feasibility of creating the district. All interested parties have the right to attend the hearing and be heard. If it appears at the hearing that other lands should be included or that lands included in the petition should be excluded, the board of county commissioners may permit such inclusion or exclusion.

B. If it appears upon hearing that it is desirable to include within the proposed district, territory outside of the area, within which due notice of hearing has been given, the hearing shall be adjourned and due notice of a further hearing given throughout the entire area considered for inclusion in the district, and a further hearing shall be held. After final hearing, if the board of county commissioners determine upon the facts presented at the hearing and upon other available information that there is need, in the interest of public health, safety and welfare for such a district to function in the territory considered, it shall make and record the determination and define by metes and bounds, or by legal subdivisions, the boundaries of the district.

C. If the board determines after the hearing that it is not feasible for the district to function in the territory considered, it shall make and record the determination and deny the petition.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-43 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-43
§ 73-8-43. Powers of fiduciaries
Status: in_force

A guardian, conservator or personal representative of an estate, under the laws of this state, and who as such guardian, conservator or personal representative is entitled to the possession of lands belonging to the estate which he represents on behalf of his ward or the estate which he represents, upon being thereunto authorized by the proper court may sign and acknowledge the petition in this act mentioned, and may show cause, as in this act provided, why the boundaries of the district should not be changed.
N.M. Stat. § 5-20-9 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 20 / Section 5-20-9
§ 5-20-9. Bonds not obligation of the state
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in the Regional Air Center Special Economic District Act, all bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to that act are payable solely from the revenues of the district that may be pledged to the payment of such obligations, and the bonds or other obligations shall not create an obligation, debt or liability of the state or any other of its political subdivisions. No breach of any pledge, obligation or agreement or a district shall impose a pecuniary liability or a charge upon the general credit or taxing power of the state or any other of its political subdivisions.