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N.M. Stat. § 62-19-5 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 19 / Section 62-19-5
§ 62-19-5. Qualifications of commissioners
Status: in_force

A. Commissioners shall be persons who are independent of the industries regulated by the commission and shall possess demonstrated competence.

B. In order to be appointed as a commissioner, a person must be qualified for office by:

(1) having a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education that has been accredited by a regional or national accrediting body and at least ten years of professional experience in an area regulated by the commission or in the energy sector and involving a scope of work that includes accounting, public or business administration, economics, finance, statistics, policy, engineering or law; or

(2) having higher education resulting in at least a professional license or a post-graduate degree from an institution of higher education that has been accredited by a regional or national accrediting body in a field related to an area regulated by the commission, including accounting, public or business administration, economics, finance, statistics, policy, engineering or law, and at least ten years of professional experience within the person's field.

C. A commissioner shall not have a financial interest in a public utility in this state or elsewhere and shall not have been employed by a commission-regulated entity at any time during the two years prior to appointment to the commission.

D. Commissioners shall give their entire time to the business of the commission and shall not pursue any other business or vocation or hold any other office for profit.

E. As used in this section, “ professional experience ” means employment in which the prospective appointee for commissioner regularly made decisions requiring discretion and independent judgment and:

(1) engaged in policy analysis, research, consumer advocacy or implementation in an area regulated by the commission or in the energy sector;

(2) managed, as the head, deputy head or division director, a federal, state, tribal or local government department or division responsible for utilities, energy policy, transportation or construction; or

(3) managed a business or organization regulated by the commission or in the energy sector that had five or more employees during the time it was managed by the prospective appointee.
N.M. Stat. § 21-11-11 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 11 / Section 21-11-11
§ 21-11-11. Removal of officers, faculty members and employees
Status: in_force

The regents shall have power to remove any officer, tutor or instructor, or employee connected with New Mexico institute of mining and technology, when in their judgment the best interests of said institute require it.
N.M. Stat. § 3-21A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 21A / Section 3-21A-1
§ 3-21A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Manufactured Housing and Zoning Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 47-12A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 12A / Section 47-12A-6
§ 47-12A-6. Enforceable interests
Status: in_force

A. Nothing in the Cultural Properties Preservation Easement Act invalidates any interest, whether designated as a cultural properties preservation easement, covenant, equitable servitude, restriction or easement that is enforceable under the laws of this state.

B. No interest benefiting or encumbering real property cognizable under the statutes or common law in effect in this state prior to the enactment of the Cultural Properties Preservation Easement Act, nor any application or permit for a change of a point of diversion place or purpose of use of a water right at any time shall be impaired, invalidated or in any way adversely affected by reason of any provision of that act.

C. Nothing in the Cultural Properties Preservation Easement Act shall be construed to diminish or impair the rights of any person authorized by the laws of this state to acquire rights of way, easements of other property rights through the exercise of eminent domain. Nothing in that act shall be construed to authorize any charitable corporation, association or trust to acquire a preservation restriction through the exercise of eminent domain.
N.M. Stat. § 4-33-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 33 / Section 4-33-2
§ 4-33-2. Petition for annexation
Status: in_force

A petition executed by at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the qualified electors residing within the portion of the county proposed to be annexed shall be filed with the county commissioners of the county in which such portion is located. Such petition shall set forth the facts showing the existence of the conditions described in Section 1 hereof and shall accurately set out the boundaries of the portion of the county proposed to be annexed.
N.M. Stat. § 9-24-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 24 / Section 9-24-2
§ 9-24-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Public Education Department Act is to establish a single, unified department to administer laws and exercise functions formerly administered and exercised by the state board of education and the state department of public education.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-7 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-7
§ 2-7F-7. Representative district one
Status: in_force

Representative district one is composed of San Juan county precincts 31, 39 through 49, 57 through 59, 67, 90, 99, 103, 104 and 106 through 108.
N.M. Stat. § 6-14-10 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 14 / Section 6-14-10
§ 6-14-10. Form; payment; registrar; transfer; authentication of public securities; records
Status: in_force

A. Public securities may be issued in book entry form, with or without the delivery of physical securities, any registered form or bearer form, with or without interest coupons, or in any combination thereof, with or without the right of conversion to another form, and in any denomination or denominations, with or without the right of conversion to any other denomination, subject to such conditions for transfer as may be provided in the authorizing instrument.

B. Any public body may appoint a registrar or registrars to perform such duties with respect to the registration, custody, conversion, exchange and transfer of its public securities as may be provided in the authorizing instrument.

C. Public securities may be made registrable, transferable and payable by the registrar under such terms and conditions as may be provided in the authorizing instrument. Payment at designated due dates or in installments may be made by check, draft, warrant or other order for payment or medium of payment and under such other conditions as may be provided in the authorizing instrument.

D. The authorizing instrument may require that the public securities be authenticated with the manual or facsimile signature of an officer or other authorized person of the registrar or of any other officer or officers of the public body whose manual or facsimile signature is not otherwise required by law or by any combination thereof; provided that no manual or facsimile signature is required if the public securities are issued in book entry form without the delivery of physical securities. Any registrar may hold in custody any partially or fully executed public securities if provided by, and to the extent permitted by, the authorizing instrument.

E. Records with regard to the ownership or pledge of public securities are not subject to inspection or copying under any law of this state relating to the right of the public to inspect or copy public records. Registration records of the public body may be maintained at such locations within the United States as may be determined by the authorizing instrument.
N.M. Stat. § 72-15-20 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 15 / Section 72-15-20
§ 72-15-20. Notice of approval
Status: in_force

Notice of approval of said compact shall be given by the governor of New Mexico to the governor of Texas and to the president of the United States as provided in Article XV of said compact.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-424.29 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-424.29
§ 66-3-424.29. Special New Mexico state 4-H registration plate
Status: in_force

A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating support for 4-H.

B. For a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, the owner of a vehicle may apply for issuance of a special 4-H registration plate. The owner shall apply and pay the fee each year to retain and renew the special 4-H registration plate.

C. Revenue from the additional fee for a special 4-H registration plate shall be distributed as follows:

(1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the additional fee collected shall be retained by and is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing the special registration plate with the 4-H logo; and

(2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the additional fee shall be distributed to and is appropriated to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for the New Mexico state 4-H office and for 4-H youth programs in the state.

D. The 4-H logo shall be in accordance with federal laws or regulations of the United States department of agriculture.
N.M. Stat. § 24-16-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 16 / Section 24-16-20
§ 24-16-20. Explicit nonpreemption
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act shall be construed to preempt or in any manner preclude specific provisions of a county or municipal smoking ordinance; provided that the smokefree provisions of such a county or municipal ordinance are inclusive of all minimum standards and provisions for smokefree areas within the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14A / Section 24-14A-5
§ 24-14A-5. Health information system; implementation; regulations
Status: in_force

In order to minimize the imposition of new reporting requirements on persons subject to the provisions of the Health Information System Act, the regulations to the extent reasonably possible shall provide that:

A. data shall be collected in a uniform manner;

B. when practicable, data collection shall be through the use of a standardized billing form as required by law;

C. other health data required to be submitted may include:

(1) data that would customarily be collected in the ordinary course of business for the data source;

(2) annual audited financial statements customarily prepared by a data source;

(3) information on major capital expenditures;

(4) data established by regulation to be collected to carry out the requirements of the Health Information System Act; and

(5) data required to be collected by other state or federal laws; and

D. annual surveys or collection of data may be used as an alternative to collection of health data from some health service providers to the extent it can be shown that the information collected will meet validity and quality standards.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-119 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-119
§ 7-9-119. Deduction; sales made by dispenser's license holder
Status: in_force

A. Prior to January 1, 2026, a liquor license holder who held the license on June 30, 2021 may deduct from gross receipts the following receipts, for each dispenser's license for which sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption off premises are less than fifty percent of total alcoholic beverage sales, up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages for taxable years 2022 through 2025.

B. A taxpayer allowed a deduction pursuant to this section shall report the amount of the deduction separately in a manner required by the department.

C. The department shall compile an annual report on the deduction provided by this section that shall include the number of taxpayers that claimed the deduction, the aggregate amount of deductions claimed and any other information necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the deduction. The department shall compile and present the report to the revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and the legislative finance committee with an analysis of the cost of the deduction.

D. As used in this section:

(1) “ alcoholic beverage ” means alcoholic beverage as defined in the Liquor Control Act;

(2) “ dispenser's license ” means a license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act allowing the licensee to sell, offer for sale or have in the person's possession with the intent to sell alcoholic beverages both by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises and in unbroken packages, including growlers, for consumption and not for resale off the licensed premises;

(3) “ growler ” means a clean, refillable, resealable container that has a liquid capacity that does not exceed one gallon and that is intended and used for the sale of beer, wine or cider; and

(4) “ liquor license holder ” means a person that holds a retailer's license issued pursuant to Section 60-6A-2 NMSA 1978 , a dispenser's license issued pursuant to Section 60-6A-3 NMSA 1978 or a dispenser's license issued pursuant to Section 60-6A-12 NMSA 1978 issued prior to July 1, 2021.
N.M. Stat. § 9-1-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 9-1-1
§ 9-1-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Executive Reorganization Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-3
§ 19-7-3. Numbering and dating applications upon receipt
Status: in_force

All applications shall be stamped immediately upon their receipt by the land office with ink or with some device indicating correctly the date, hour and minute of such receipt, and such applications shall have stamped thereon a serial number in the order of their receipt.
N.M. Stat. § 22-5-4.14 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-4.14
§ 22-5-4.14. High school diplomas; Vietnam conflict veterans
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Public School Code, a local school board may issue a high school diploma to a Vietnam conflict veteran who:

(1) is an honorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United States;

(2) was scheduled to graduate from high school after February 28, 1961 and before May 7, 1975;

(3) was a resident of New Mexico and attended a high school in the locality of the current school district; and

(4) left high school before graduation to serve in the Vietnam conflict.

B. A local school board may issue a high school diploma to a qualifying Vietnam conflict veteran regardless of whether the veteran holds a high school equivalency credential or is deceased.

C. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section, including:

(1) an application form to be submitted to the local school board by the Vietnam conflict veteran or a person acting on behalf of the veteran if the veteran is incapacitated or deceased; and

(2) what constitutes acceptable evidence of eligibility for a diploma.
N.M. Stat. § 3-51-5 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 51 / Section 3-51-5
§ 3-51-5. Powers of city
Status: in_force

Every city shall have all the powers necessary, convenient, desirable or appropriate to carry out the purposes and provisions of the Greater Municipality Parking Law including the following powers in addition to other powers conferred by the Greater Municipality Parking Law:

A. to purchase and install, maintain, regulate, operate and manage parking meters and parking spaces upon the streets of the city;

B. to purchase, acquire, lease, rent, construct, reconstruct, improve, alter, repair, maintain, operate and manage parking facilities for the parking of motor vehicles off the public streets together with public rights of way necessary or convenient therefor, including the leasing of the operation thereof, and including the leasing of a portion of the space at any such parking facility to private operators for commercial purposes, when in the judgment of the governing body it is convenient or necessary to permit such leasing in order to utilize the balance of the property as a parking facility;

C. to purchase, acquire by gift, grant, bequest or devise or otherwise, any real or personal property or any interest therein, together with the improvement thereon, to be used as parking facilities or incident thereto;

D. to insure or provide for the insurance of any parking facility established by the city against such risks and hazards as the city may deem advisable;

E. to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property or personal property, or any interest therein which it deems necessary for its purposes under the Greater Municipality Parking Law after the adoption by it of an ordinance declaring that its acquisition is necessary for such purposes. This power shall be exercised in the manner provided by any applicable statutory provisions and laws of the state of New Mexico and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. Title to property so acquired shall be taken in the name of the city;

F. to sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property, or any interest therein acquired for the purpose of the Greater Municipality Parking Law; and

G. to receive, control, invest, order the expenditure of, any and all moneys and funds pertaining to parking facilities and parking meters, or related properties, if the same are not otherwise committed.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-8.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-8.1
§ 7-1-8.1. Information that may be revealed to an employee of the department, a taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative
Status: in_force

An employee of the department may reveal a return or return information:

A. to another employee of the department whose official duties require the return or return information; and

B. to the taxpayer or to the taxpayer's authorized representative; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to require an employee to testify in a judicial proceeding except as provided in Subsection A of Section 7-1-8.4 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 40-4-12 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 4 / Section 40-4-12
§ 40-4-12. Allowance from spouse's separate property as alimony
Status: in_force

In proceedings for the dissolution of marriage, separation or support between husband and wife, the court may make an allowance to either spouse of the other spouse's separate property as alimony and the decree making the allowance shall have the force and effect of vesting the title of the property so allowed in the recipient.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-21-5 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 21 / Section 59A-21-5
§ 59A-21-5. Debtor groups
Status: in_force

A policy of group life insurance may be issued to a creditor or its parent holding company or to a trustee or trustees or agent designated by two or more creditors, which creditor, holding company, affiliate, trustee, trustees or agent shall be deemed the policyholder, to insure debtors of the creditor, or creditors, subject to the following requirements:

A. the debtors eligible for insurance under the policy shall be all of the debtors of the creditor or creditors, or all of any class or classes thereof. The policy may provide that the term “debtors” shall include (1) borrowers of money or purchasers or lessees of goods, services, or property for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction; (2) the debtors of one or more subsidiary corporations; and (3) the debtors of one or more affiliated corporations, proprietorships, or partnerships if the business of the policyholder and of such affiliated corporations, proprietorships, or partnerships is under common control;

B. the premium for the policy shall be paid either from the creditor's funds, or from charges collected from the insured debtors, or from both. Except as provided in Subsection C, a policy on which no part of the premium is to be derived from funds contributed by insured debtors specifically for their insurance must insure all eligible debtors;

C. an insurer may exclude any debtors as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer;

D. the amount of the insurance on the life of any debtor shall at no time exceed the greater of the scheduled or actual amount of unpaid indebtedness to the creditor;

E. the insurance may be payable to the creditor or any successor to the right, title, and interest of the creditor. Such payment shall reduce or extinguish the unpaid indebtedness of the debtor to the extent of such payment; and

F. notwithstanding the provisions of the above subsections, insurance on agricultural credit transaction commitments may be written up to the amount of the loan commitment on a nondecreasing or level term plan. Insurance on educational credit transaction commitments may be written up to the amount of the loan commitment less the amount of any repayments made on the loan.
N.M. Stat. § 18-10-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 10 / Section 18-10-1
§ 18-10-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 5 of this act may be cited as the “Abandoned Cultural Properties Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-19
§ 2-7F-19. Representative district thirteen
Status: in_force

Representative district thirteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 52 through 54, 59, 60, 130, 138, 140, 141, 145, 146, 148, 237, 247, 267, 268, 367, 600, 620, 638 and 655.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-424.32 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-424.32
§ 66-3-424.32. Special New Mexico Amigos registration plate
Status: in_force

A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo designed in accordance with Subsection C of Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 that indicates that the owner of a vehicle is a member of New Mexico Amigos.

B. The division shall issue the special registration plate designed pursuant to this section to a person who submits proof satisfactory to the division that the person is currently a member of New Mexico Amigos. Such proof shall include the submission of a signed consent form from the president of New Mexico Amigos.

C. No person shall falsely claim to be a member of New Mexico Amigos so as to be eligible to be issued a special registration plate pursuant to this section.

D. The division may revoke the special license plate of any person who violates the provision of Subsection C of this section.

E. A fee of ten dollars ($10.00), which is in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee, shall be collected by the division for the original issuance of the special registration plate for members of New Mexico Amigos. The fee shall be retained by the division and is appropriated to the division to defray the cost of making and issuing special registration plates pursuant to this section.

F. When a person holding a special New Mexico Amigos registration plate ceases to be a member of New Mexico Amigos, that person shall immediately remove the special registration plate from the person's vehicle and return it to the department; at which time, it shall be exchanged for a regular registration plate.
N.M. Stat. § 57-27-4 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 27 / Section 57-27-4
§ 57-27-4. Attorney general rules; arbitration
Status: in_force

The attorney general may adopt and promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of the Assistive Device Lemon Law, including rules concerning arbitration of disputes arising from nonconforming assistive devices and failures to comply with the Assistive Device Lemon Law.