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N.M. Stat. § 22-26-3 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 26 / Section 22-26-3
§ 22-26-3. Authorization for local school board to submit question of capital improvements tax imposition
Status: in_force

A. A local school board may adopt a resolution to submit to the qualified electors of the school district the question of whether a property tax at a rate not to exceed the rate specified in the resolution should be imposed upon the net taxable value of property allocated to the school district under the Property Tax Code 1 for the purpose of capital improvements to public schools in the school district. The resolution shall:

(1) identify the capital improvements for which the revenue proposed to be produced will be used;

(2) specify the rate of the proposed tax, which shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value of property allocated to the school district under the Property Tax Code;

(3) limit the imposition of the proposed tax to no more than six property tax years; and

(4) indicate the regular election on which the ballot question shall appear or specify the date a special election will be held to submit the question of imposition of the tax to the qualified electors of the district.

B. A school district that has one or more charter schools located within the school district boundaries shall collaborate with the charter schools to establish a process through which the charter schools submit necessary information to the school district for inclusion in the resolution. This process shall include:

(1) identification of the capital improvements of the charter school for which the revenue proposed to be produced will be used;

(2) a requirement that necessary information be submitted to the school district no later than June 1 of the calendar year in which the local school board will consider the resolution; and

(3) the point of contact in the school district to which the charter school is to submit the information.

C. A resolution submitted to the qualified electors pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall include capital improvements funding for a locally chartered or state-chartered charter school located within the school district if:

(1) the charter school has complied with the process outlined in Subsection B of this section; and

(2) the capital improvements are included in the five-year facilities plan:

(a) of the school district, if the charter school is a locally chartered charter school; or

(b) of the charter school, if the charter school is a state-chartered charter school.
N.M. Stat. § 9-2A-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 2A / Section 9-2A-4
§ 9-2A-4. Department created; divisions
Status: in_force

A. The “children, youth and families department” is created. The department is a cabinet department and consists of, but is not limited to, six divisions as follows:

(1) the protective services division;

(2) the juvenile justice division;

(3) the prevention and intervention division;

(4) the financial services division;

(5) the employee support division; and

(6) the information technology division.

B. The secretary is empowered to organize the department and the divisions specified in Subsection A of this section and may transfer or merge functions between divisions in the interest of efficiency and economy.

C. The governor is empowered to merge divisions and to abolish or create divisions of the department by executive order in the interest of efficiency and economy.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1F-3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1F / Section 24-1F-3
§ 24-1F-3. Department of health; duties
Status: in_force

The department of health shall serve as the state's human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome service coordinator among all state agencies, providing direct and contract education and prevention and treatment services for eligible persons, subject to the availability of funds. The department shall serve as the state contract administrator for federal Ryan White services funding as well as for all federal centers for disease control and prevention human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome programs. Services shall include prevention, clinical services, a drug assistance and insurance assistance program to eligible individuals and programs appropriate for Native Americans, including traditional medicine services. Services shall be delivered in a consumer-oriented model. The department of health shall include a quality assurance component in all services and shall ensure that all clients are educated about their rights and responsibilities and the department's grievance procedures.
N.M. Stat. § 3-28-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 28 / Section 3-28-7
§ 3-28-7. Notice of first meeting
Status: in_force

The first meeting of every association formed under Chapter 3, Article 28 NMSA 1978 shall be called by a notice signed by a majority of the incorporators named in the certificate of incorporation, which notice shall be served personally or by mail at least ten days prior to the date of the meeting.
N.M. Stat. § 73-18-17 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 18 / Section 73-18-17
§ 73-18-17. Removal of structures; passing equipment through bridge or grade and other powers
Status: in_force

In pursuance of a plan or plans made by the bureau of reclamation of the department of the interior and for the accomplishment of the construction, operation or maintenance by the United States of irrigation, drainage or ancillary or incidental works beneficial to a contracting district, the rights, powers and privileges vested in the district and its officers and agents under the provisions of Section 308, Section 313, and Section 314 of Chapter 45, Session Laws of 1927 (being respectively Section 73-14-39 , Section 73-14-44 and Section 73-14-45, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation), in addition and not to the exclusion of any rights, powers or privileges otherwise available to the United States, its officers, agents and employees, may be exercised by the engineer of said bureau of reclamation in charge of such works under like conditions as therein provided for the exercise of such powers by the district.
N.M. Stat. § 6-13-16 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 13 / Section 6-13-16
§ 6-13-16. Funds derived from sale of bonds; restrictions on use
Status: in_force

That none of the funds derived from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this act, except so much thereof as shall be necessary to defray the costs of the issuance of such bonds and the accrued interest from the date thereof to the time of delivery, shall ever be used or expended for any purpose other than those for which the authority to issue the same by this act is given.
N.M. Stat. § 31-6-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 6 / Section 31-6-4
§ 31-6-4. Time and place for hearing; privacy of hearings; witnesses permitted to have attorney present
Status: in_force

A. A grand jury shall conduct its hearing during the usual business hours of the court which convened it. Hearings and deliberations may be conducted at any place ordered by the convening judge and provided by the court. Inspections or grand jury views of places under inquiry may be made when directed by the foreman wherever deemed necessary within the county, but no oral testimony or other evidence may be received except during formal private sessions.

B. All deliberations shall be conducted in a private room outside the hearing or presence of any person other than the grand jury members. All taking of testimony shall be in private with no persons present other than the grand jury, the persons required or entitled to assist the grand jury and the attorney, if any, of the target.

C. Persons required or entitled to be present at the taking of testimony before the grand jury include the district attorney and the attorney general and their staffs, interpreters, court reporters, security officers, the witness and an attorney for the target. Security personnel may be present only with special leave of the district court and are neither potential witnesses nor otherwise interested parties in the matter being presented to the grand jury.

D. If a target has his attorney present, the attorney may be present only while the target witness is testifying and may advise the witness but may not speak so that he can be heard by the grand jurors or otherwise participate in the proceedings. At least twenty-four hours before grand jury proceedings begin, the target's attorney may submit proposed questions and exhibits to the district attorney or the attorney general.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-9 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-9
§ 61-23-9. Board; organization; meetings
Status: in_force

A. There shall be an “engineering committee” composed of the five members of the board who serve as licensed professional engineers and one of the public members, who shall be appointed to the committee by the board. The engineering committee shall meet in conjunction with all board meetings. The bylaws or rules of the board shall provide a procedure for giving notice of all meetings and for holding special and emergency meetings. A quorum of the committee shall be a majority of the committee. In the event of a lack of a quorum and at the request of the committee, other board members may be substituted for a non-attending member in order to have a quorum. The committee shall elect a chair and vice chair from the committee members at the last committee meeting prior to July 1 of each year.

B. There shall be a “surveying committee” composed of the three members of the board who serve as licensed professional surveyors and one of the public members, who shall be appointed to the committee by the board. The surveying committee shall meet in conjunction with all board meetings. The bylaws or rules of the board shall provide a procedure for giving notice of all meetings and for holding special and emergency meetings. A quorum of the committee shall be a majority of the committee. In the event of a lack of a quorum and at the request of the committee, other board members may serve on this committee. The committee shall elect a chair and vice chair from the committee members at the last committee meeting prior to July 1 of each year.

C. All matters that come before the board that pertain exclusively to engineering or exclusively to surveying shall be referred to the respective committee for disposition. The committee action on such matters shall be the action of the board. Committee actions shall be reported to the board.

D. There shall be a joint engineering and surveying standing committee of the board composed of two members from the professional engineering committee, the public member and the chair, and two members from the professional surveying committee, the public member and the chair. If the public member is currently the chair of either committee, the vice chair will serve as the professional member on the standing committee.

E. The board shall hold at least four regular meetings each year. At least one meeting shall be held at the state capitol. The bylaws or rules of the board shall provide procedures for giving notice of all meetings and for holding special meetings. The board shall elect annually a chair, a vice chair and a secretary, who shall be members of the board. A member of the board shall not be elected to the same office for more than two consecutive years. A quorum of the board shall be a majority of the board. Any board member failing to attend three consecutive regular meetings is automatically removed as a member of the board. The board shall have an official seal.
N.M. Stat. § 12-3-8 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 12-3-8
§ 12-3-8. State song; filing in office of secretary of state
Status: in_force

A copy of state song exhibited with this bill shall be filed with the secretary of the state to be by him lodged in the archives of his office.
N.M. Stat. § 13-7-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 13-7-21
§ 13-7-21. Physical rehabilitation services; limits on cost sharing
Status: in_force

A. Group health coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers coverage of physical rehabilitation services shall not impose a member cost share for physical rehabilitation services that is greater than that for primary care services on a coinsurance percentage basis when coinsurance is applied or on an absolute dollar amount when a copay is applied.

B. As used in this section:

(1) “ physical rehabilitation services ” means services aimed at maximizing an individual's level of function, returning to a prior level of function or maintaining or slowing the decline of function, which services are provided by or under the direction of a licensed physical therapist, occupational therapist or speech therapist; and

(2) “ primary care services ” means the first level of basic or general health care for a person's health needs, including diagnostic and treatment services, initiation of referrals for other health care services and maintenance of the continuity of care when appropriate.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-111 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-111
§ 10-11-111. Municipal fire member coverage plan 5; age and service requirements for normal retirement
Status: in_force

A. for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of credited service;

(2) age sixty-four years and eight or more years of credited service;

(3) age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of credited service;

(4) age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of credited service;

(5) age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of credited service; or

(6) any age and twenty or more years of credited service; and

B. for a member who was not a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty years or older and five or more years of service credit; or

(2) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit.
N.M. Stat. § 6-17-1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 17 / Section 6-17-1
§ 6-17-1. Income-producing buildings and improvements; authority to borrow funds
Status: in_force

A. Boards of education and boards of regents of the various educational institutions of this state are authorized to borrow money, in conformity with the provisions of this article, for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, altering, improving, repairing, furnishing or equipping any income-producing building, improvement or facility or any group of buildings, improvements or facilities, including any infrastructure improvements necessary for the buildings' improvements or facilities, at and for the use of any public school, state educational institution or any branch thereof already established or to be established or acquired in whole or in part under the provisions of this article and for the acquiring of any necessary and convenient lands for that purpose.

B. All buildings and facilities used in the conduct of any such educational institution, including specifically but without limitation, classroom buildings, administrative buildings, research facilities and development facilities, shall be considered to be within the scope of this article, and the board of regents of any such institution is authorized to impose and collect fees from all or specific classes of students of attendance as it may consider desirable to impose and collect for the use or availability or both of the buildings or facilities, and the proceeds of all such student fees shall be considered to be income and revenues derived from the operation of the buildings or facilities for all purposes of this article. The board of regents of an educational institution may charge fees to persons other than students for the use of the buildings or facilities, and any fees charged any person for the use of the buildings or facilities are considered income and revenue derived from the operation of the buildings or facilities for all purposes of this article.

C. All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be fully negotiable instruments within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code. 1
N.M. Stat. § 14-14A-16 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 14A / Section 14-14A-16
§ 14-14A-16. Official stamp
Status: in_force

The official stamp of a notarial officer shall:

A. include the notarial officer's name, New Mexico state bar identification number if the notary public is licensed to practice law, judicial district or area served if the notarial officer is a judge, court clerk or deputy court clerk, county if the notarial officer is a county clerk or deputy county clerk or notary public commission number and date of commission expiration, the notarial officer's official notary seal and other information required by the secretary of state;

B. be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed or attached or with which it is logically associated; and

C. be filed with the secretary of state before the notarial officer performs the notarial officer's initial notarial act.
N.M. Stat. § 9-3-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 9-3-7
§ 9-3-7. Bureaus; chiefs
Status: in_force

The secretary shall establish, within each division, such “bureaus” as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Corrections Department Act. He shall appoint a “chief” to be the administrative head of any such bureau. The chief and all subsidiary employees of the department shall be covered by the Personnel Act, 1 unless otherwise provided by law.

There is created within the administrative services division of the department the “standards and inspection bureau”.
N.M. Stat. § 36-2-28.1 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 2 / Section 36-2-28.1
§ 36-2-28.1. Unauthorized practice of law; private remedies
Status: in_force

A. A person likely to be damaged by an unauthorized practice of law in violation of Section 36-2-27 NMSA 1978 may bring an action for an injunction against the alleged violator. An injunction shall be granted pursuant to the principles of equity and on terms that the court considers reasonable. Proof of monetary damage or loss of profit is not required for an injunction to be granted pursuant to this subsection.

B. A person who suffers a loss of money or other property as a result of an unauthorized practice of law in violation of Section 36-2-27 NMSA 1978 may bring an action for the greater of actual damages or one thousand dollars ($1,000) and for the restitution of any money or property received by the alleged violator, provided that if the court finds that the alleged violator willfully engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, the court may award up to three times the actual damages or three thousand dollars ($3,000), whichever is greater.

C. A person bringing an action pursuant to Subsection A or B of this section shall, if the person prevails, also be awarded attorney fees and costs.

D. The relief provided by this section is in addition to other remedies available at law or equity.
N.M. Stat. § 77-2A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 2A / Section 77-2A-7
§ 77-2A-7. Funding
Status: in_force

In order to accomplish the purposes of the New Mexico Beef Council Act, the council is empowered to:

A. receive any funds which may be returned to the New Mexico cattle industry as its share of assessments collected by a national beef industry research council or any similar entity;

B. accept grants, donations, contributions or gifts from any source for expenditure for any purpose consistent with the powers and duties conferred on the council; and

C. receive any other funds that may be authorized by law.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-45-15 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 45 / Section 59A-45-15
§ 59A-45-15. Civil penalties
Status: in_force

In addition to any penalties imposed pursuant to Sections 844 or 845 of this article, the district court may, in an action filed by the superintendent, impose the following civil penalties:

A. for each violation of this article a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in any six-month period; and

B. for each violation of an order issued by the superintendent pursuant to Section 845 of this article, a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
N.M. Stat. § 1-8-66 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1-8-66
§ 1-8-66. General elections; write-in candidates
Status: in_force

A. A person desiring to be a write-in candidate in a general election shall file with the proper filing officer between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-third day after the primary election a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, accompanied by a petition signed by a number of voters equal to at least one percent of the total number of votes cast in the area sought to be represented as were cast for governor at the last preceding general election at which a governor was elected.

B. A person shall not be a declared write-in candidate until the person has been notified in writing by the proper filing officer that the certificate of registration on file, the declaration of candidacy and the nominating petition, if required, are in proper order and that the person, based on those documents, is qualified to be a candidate. The proper filing officer shall mail the notice on the Friday following the filing date. The determination by the proper filing officer that a person is a declared write-in candidate is subject to the provisions of Section 1-8-18 NMSA 1978 .

C. If a person is notified by the proper filing officer that the person is not qualified to be a write-in candidate, the person may challenge that decision by filing a petition with the district court within ten days of the notification. The district court shall hear and render a decision on the matter within ten days after the petition is filed. The decision of the district court may be appealed to the supreme court within five days after the decision is rendered. The supreme court shall hear and render a decision on the appeal forthwith.

D. A write-in candidate shall be considered a candidate for all purposes and provisions relating to candidates in the Election Code, including the obligation to report under the Campaign Reporting Act, except that the candidate shall not be entitled to have the candidate's name printed on the ballot.

E. The secretary of state shall, not more than ten days after the filing date, certify the names of the declared write-in candidates to the county clerks of every county affected by such candidacy.

F. No person shall be a write-in candidate in the general election who was a candidate or who filed a declaration of candidacy in the primary election immediately prior to the general election. A write-in candidate for governor or lieutenant governor in the general election shall have a companion write-in candidate, and they shall be candidates to be elected jointly by the casting by a voter of a single vote applicable to both offices.