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N.M. Stat. § 21-1-1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-1
§ 21-1-1. State institutions; admission requirements to be established by boards of regents
Status: in_force

A. The respective boards of regents of New Mexico state university, New Mexico institute of mining and technology, the university of New Mexico and the New Mexico military institute at Roswell shall determine and fix the standard of requirements for admission to their respective institutions.

B. In determining the standard of requirements for admission to their respective institutions, boards of regents shall not require a student who has completed the requirements of a home-based or nonpublic school educational program and who has submitted test scores that otherwise qualify the student for admission to that institution to obtain or submit proof of having obtained a high school equivalency credential. In determining requirements for admission, boards of regents shall evaluate and treat applicants from home-based educational programs or nonpublic schools fairly and in a nondiscriminatory manner.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-27 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-27
§ 73-8-27. Duties of county assessor relating to district
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county assessor of any county embracing the whole or a part of any drainage district, to assess and enter upon his tax roll each year, the names of the owners, together with a description showing the area of each tract of land in any such district of his county, subject to taxation under this act. Each such assessor shall deliver to the board of county commissioners of his county a certified list of all such entries containing the information aforesaid, and the assessor of any county in which shall be situated lands within the district other than the county wherein is located the office of the district, shall transmit to the county commissioners of the county wherein the office of such district is located a duplicate certified list of the aforesaid lands within his county. Upon receipt by each such assessor of notice from the county commissioners of the levies required to be made by the provisions of this act, he shall extend such levies upon his tax roll, to be collected in the same manner as other taxes.
N.M. Stat. § 67-12-14 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 12 / Section 67-12-14
§ 67-12-14. Acquisition of land for scenic beauty
Status: in_force

A. The commission may acquire and improve land necessary for the restoration, preservation and enhancement of scenic beauty within and adjacent to the interstate and primary systems, including acquisition for publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the right-of-way and reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public.

B. The interest in land acquired and maintained under this section may be the fee simple or any lesser interest determined by the commission to be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Highway Beautification Act. The acquisition may be by gift, agreement, purchase, exchange, condemnation or otherwise. Acquisition through condemnation shall be in accordance with Sections 42-2-1 through 42-2-21 NMSA 1978 .

C. Acquisition of any land under this section is for highway purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 73-27-4 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 27 / Section 73-27-4
§ 73-27-4. Eastern New Mexico water utility authority; created
Status: in_force

A. The “eastern New Mexico water utility authority” is created coextensive with the boundaries of Curry and Roosevelt counties and the territory physically occupied by the water facilities of the authority to plan, design, develop, purchase, acquire, own, operate, establish, construct and maintain the eastern New Mexico rural water system pipelines and waterworks to supply water for domestic, commercial, non-irrigated agricultural and industrial purposes by any available means to persons within and without the boundaries of the authority.

B. The eastern New Mexico water utility authority is created for the benefit of the four members of the eastern New Mexico rural water authority, including the city of Clovis, the city of Portales, the city of Texico and the town of Elida.
N.M. Stat. § 7-13A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 13A / Section 7-13A-1
§ 7-13A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 13A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Petroleum Products Loading Fee Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-50-14 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 50 / Section 3-50-14
§ 3-50-14. Construction of bond provisions
Status: in_force

The Municipal Parking Law, without reference to other statutes of the state, shall constitute full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds hereunder. No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds that provides for an election, requires an approval or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken hereunder or acts done pursuant hereto.
N.M. Stat. § 6-19-3 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 19 / Section 6-19-3
§ 6-19-3. Legislative intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature by passage of the Economic Advancement District Act to authorize economic advancement districts to acquire, own, lease or sell projects for the purpose of promoting industry and trade, other than retail trade, for the enhancement of the economy of the area encompassed by the district and for the general economy of the state. It is the intent of the legislature that this be accomplished by the inducement of manufacturing, industrial and commercial enterprises to locate and expand in the district and in this state and by the promotion of agricultural products and natural resources of the district and the state.
N.M. Stat. § 15-7-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 15 / Article 7 / Section 15-7-4
§ 15-7-4. Risk management advisory board
Status: in_force

A. There is created the “risk management advisory board.” The board shall be composed of:

(1) the attorney general or his designee;

(2) the superintendent of insurance;

(3) the secretary of finance and administration or his designee;

(4) the chief financial officer of a public school district who shall be appointed by the governor;

(5) an attorney, who shall be named by the president of the state bar of New Mexico;

(6) the director of the legislative council service or his designee;

(7) the chief financial officer of an institution of higher education who shall be appointed by the governor;

(8) an insurance agent licensed to write property, casualty and life insurance in this state who shall be appointed by the governor; and

(9) the chief financial officer of a local public body or the chief administrator of an entity of a local public body, other than a school district, with a risk covered by the public liability fund, who shall be appointed by the governor.

B. Members of the board appointed by the governor or named by the president of the state bar of New Mexico shall serve for a term of four years. The insurance agent appointed by the governor and the attorney named by the president of the state bar of New Mexico shall be paid by the risk management division per diem and mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act.

C. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum. The members of the board shall annually elect from among their membership a chairman and vice chairman.
N.M. Stat. § 41-8-1 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 8 / Section 41-8-1
§ 41-8-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Arson Reporting Immunity Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 70-6-3 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 6 / Section 70-6-3
§ 70-6-3. Acquisition of lands for purposes of underground natural gas storage; lands controlled by public body, executor, administrator, guardian, receiver or trustee
Status: in_force

Any natural gas company desiring to make use of a formation or stratum as a reservoir for the underground storage of natural gas shall attempt to acquire by option, lease, conveyance or other negotiated means, such formation or stratum prior to resorting to the exercise of the power of eminent domain as hereinafter granted. Any public body and any executor, administrator, guardian, receiver or trustee shall be authorized to grant to any such natural gas company rights for underground storage of natural gas in lands subject to its or his control in the same manner as provided by law for entering into oil and gas leases, or if any such public body, executor, administrator, guardian, receiver or trustee shall not be specifically authorized by law to make oil and gas leases, then in the manner provided by law for lease by such public body, executor, administrator, guardian, receiver or trustee of interests in land, or if any such public body, executor, administrator, guardian, receiver or trustee shall not be specifically authorized by law to make oil and gas leases or leases for interests in land, then in the manner provided by law for the sale by such public body, executor, administrator, guardian, receiver or trustee of interests in land.
N.M. Stat. § 29-11-5 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 11 / Section 29-11-5
§ 29-11-5. Sexual crimes prosecution and treatment program
Status: in_force

A. The administrator shall develop, with the cooperation of the criminal justice department [corrections department], the New Mexico state police, the New Mexico law enforcement academy, other authorized law enforcement agencies and existing community-based victim treatment programs, a statewide comprehensive plan to train law enforcement officers and criminal justice and medical personnel in the ability to deal with sexual crimes; to develop strategies for prevention of such crimes; to provide assistance in the assembly of evidence for the facilitation of prosecution of such crimes; and to provide medical and psychological treatment to victims of such crimes. This plan shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) education and training of law enforcement officers and criminal justice and medical personnel;

(2) collection, processing and analysis of evidence which facilitates prosecution of suspects of sexual crimes; and

(3) medical and psychological treatment of victims of such crimes.

B. The comprehensive plan shall be implemented throughout the state, and the administrator may contract with appropriate persons, entities, agencies or community-based programs to provide the services to be rendered pursuant to Subsection A of this section and may pay a reasonable fee for such services.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require criminal prosecution of a suspect of a sexual crime by the victim to whom services are rendered pursuant to the provisions of the Sexual Crimes Prosecution and Treatment Act.

D. Training for law enforcement officers in the proper treatment of victims of sexual crimes and collection of evidence and coordination among agencies shall be incorporated in the regular training program for recruits by the New Mexico state police; the basic course taught by the New Mexico law enforcement academy or by other authorized law enforcement agencies. Already-commissioned officers and sex-crime investigators shall receive advanced training through in-service programs.
N.M. Stat. § 40-3-8 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 3 / Section 40-3-8
§ 40-3-8. Classes of property
Status: in_force

A. “Separate property” means:

(1) property acquired by either spouse before marriage or after entry of a decree of dissolution of marriage;

(2) property acquired after entry of a decree entered pursuant to Section 40-4-3 NMSA 1978 , unless the decree provides otherwise;

(3) property designated as separate property by a judgment or decree of any court having jurisdiction;

(4) property acquired by either spouse by gift, bequest, devise or descent; and

(5) property designated as separate property by a written agreement between the spouses, including a deed or other written agreement concerning property held by the spouses as joint tenants or tenants in common in which the property is designated as separate property.

B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, “community property” means property acquired by either or both spouses during marriage which is not separate property. Property acquired by a husband and wife by an instrument in writing whether as tenants in common or as joint tenants or otherwise shall be presumed to be held as community property unless such property is separate property within the meaning of Subsection A of this section.

C. “Quasi-community property” means all real or personal property, except separate property as defined in Subsection A of this section, wherever situated, heretofore or hereafter acquired in any of the following ways:

(1) by either spouse while domiciled elsewhere which would have been community property if the spouse who acquired the property had been domiciled in this state at the time of its acquisition; or

(2) in exchange for real or personal property, wherever situated, which would have been community property if the spouse who acquired the property so exchanged had been domiciled in this state at the time of its acquisition.

D. For purposes of division of property incident to a dissolution of marriage or a legal separation under Section 40-4-3 NMSA 1978 , quasi-community property shall be treated as community property, if both parties are domiciliaries of New Mexico at the time of the dissolution or legal separation proceeding.

E. “Property” includes the rents, issues and profits thereof.

F. The right to hold property as joint tenants or as tenants in common and the legal incidents of so holding, including but not limited to the incident of the right of survivorship of joint tenancy, are not altered by the Community Property Act of 1973, except as provided in Sections 40-3-10 , 40-3-11 and 40-3-13 NMSA 1978 .

G. The provisions of the 1984 amendments to this section shall not affect the right of any creditor, which right accrued prior to the effective date of those amendments.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-709 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-709
§ 66-3-709. Operation of electric-assisted bicycles
Status: in_force

A. A person may ride a class 1 electric-assisted bicycle on a bicycle or pedestrian path where bicycles are authorized to travel; provided that a political subdivision of the state may prohibit the operation of a class 1 electric-assisted bicycle on a bicycle or pedestrian path within its jurisdiction.

B. A person shall not ride a class 2 or class 3 electric-assisted bicycle on a bicycle or pedestrian path unless:

(1) the path is within a street or highway; or

(2) a political subdivision of the state permits the operation of a class 2 or class 3 electric-assisted bicycle on a path under its jurisdiction.

C. A person under sixteen years of age shall not operate a class 3 electric-assisted bicycle upon any street, highway or bicycle or pedestrian path, except that a person under sixteen years of age may ride as a passenger on a class 3 electric-assisted bicycle that is designed to accommodate passengers.

D. This section does not apply to a trail that is specifically designated as non-motorized and that has a natural surface tread that is made by clearing and grading the native soil with no added surfacing materials. A political subdivision of the state or a state agency having jurisdiction over a trail described in this subsection may regulate the use of an electric-assisted bicycle on that trail.
N.M. Stat. § 7-30-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 30 / Section 7-30-5
§ 7-30-5. Taxable value; method of determining
Status: in_force

A. To determine the taxable value of oil, natural gas or liquid hydrocarbon, individually or any combination thereof, carbon dioxide, helium or non-hydrocarbon gases, there shall be deducted from the value of products:

(1) royalties paid or due the United States or the state of New Mexico;

(2) royalties paid or due any Indian tribe, Indian pueblo or Indian that is a ward of the United States; and

(3) the reasonable expense of trucking any product from the production unit to the first place of market.

B. The taxable value of coal shall be the taxable value determined under Section 7-25-3 NMSA 1978 , less royalties paid or due any Indian tribe, Indian pueblo or Indian that is a ward of the United States.

C. The taxable value of uranium shall be twenty-five percent of an amount equal to the difference between:

(1) the taxable value determined under Section 7-25-3 NMSA 1978; and

(2) royalties paid or due any Indian tribe, Indian pueblo or Indian that is a ward of the United States.

D. The taxable value of geothermal energy shall be the value at the point of first sale, less the cost of transporting it from the point of severance to the point of the first sale, less the royalties paid or due the United States or the state of New Mexico or any Indian tribe, Indian pueblo or Indian that is a ward of the United States.
N.M. Stat. § 1-14-14 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1-14-14
§ 1-14-14. Recounts; rechecks; application
Status: in_force

A. Whenever any candidate believes that any error or fraud has been committed by any precinct board in counting or tallying the ballots, in the verification of the votes cast on the voting machines or in the certifying of the results of any election whereby the results of the election in the precinct have not been correctly determined, declared or certified, the candidate, within six days after completion of the canvass by the proper canvassing board, may have a recount of the ballots, or a recheck of the votes shown on the voting machines, that were cast in the precinct.

B. All applications for recount or recheck shall be filed with the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 3-45-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 45 / Section 3-45-18
§ 3-45-18. Exemption of property from execution sale
Status: in_force

All real property owned or held by a city for the purposes of the Municipal Housing Law shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall be issued against the same nor shall any judgment against a city be a charge or lien on such real property; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given to them on rents, fees or revenues.
N.M. Stat. § 6-1-2 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 6-1-2
§ 6-1-2. State board of finance; loans and grants of emergency funds
Status: in_force

If the state board of finance determines that an emergency exists that warrants such action, it may lend or grant to any state agency, board, commission, municipal corporation or other political subdivision organized under the laws of the state or any Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located in whole or in part in New Mexico that sum of money the board determines reasonable and appropriate from any funds appropriated to the board for use in meeting emergencies. As used in this section, “ emergency ” means an unforeseen occurrence or circumstance severely affecting the quality of government services and requiring the immediate expenditure of money that:

A. is not within the available resources of the state agency, board, commission, municipal corporation or other political subdivision or the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located in whole or in part in New Mexico as determined by the state board of finance; and

B. if subject to appropriation, cannot reasonably await appropriation by the next regular session of the legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-44-29 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 44 / Section 59A-44-29
§ 59A-44-29. Foreign or alien society
Status: in_force

A. No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this state without a license issued by the superintendent. Any such society desiring admission to this state shall comply substantially with the requirements and limitations of Chapter 59A, Article 44 NMSA 1978 applicable to domestic societies. Any such society may be licensed to transact business in this state upon filing with the superintendent:

(1) a duly certified copy of its articles of incorporation;

(2) a copy of its bylaws, certified by its secretary or corresponding officer;

(3) a power of attorney to the superintendent as prescribed in Section 59A-44-35 NMSA 1978;

(4) a statement of its business under oath of its president and secretary or corresponding officers in a form prescribed by the superintendent, duly verified by an examination made by the supervising insurance official of its home state or other state, territory, province or country, satisfactory to the superintendent of this state;

(5) certification from the proper official of its home state, territory, province or country that the society is legally incorporated and licensed to transact business therein;

(6) copies of its certificate forms and accident and health rates; and

(7) such other information as the superintendent may deem necessary; and upon a showing that its assets are invested in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 59A, Article 44 NMSA 1978 .

B. Any foreign or alien society desiring admission to this state shall have the qualifications required of domestic societies organized under Chapter 59A, Article 44 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 73-21-15.1 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 21 / Section 73-21-15.1
§ 73-21-15.1. Appointment of first board
Status: in_force

Members of the first board of any district shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. In a district consisting of multiple counties, the district judge shall designate how many members of the board will be appointed by each board of county commissioners. The first board shall consist of five directors who are qualified electors of the district appointed for staggered terms so that the terms of two directors expire within two years and the terms of three directors expire within four years. Thereafter, all directors shall be elected to terms of office pursuant to the provisions of the Water and Sanitation District Act. Any director appointed by any board of county commissioners shall be eligible for election; provided that no member of a board shall serve more than two consecutive terms.
N.M. Stat. § 58-9-6 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 9 / Section 58-9-6
§ 58-9-6. Minimum capital
Status: in_force

A. A certificate shall not be issued to an applicant for certification pursuant to the Trust Company Act having capital of less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

B. The minimum capital requirement shall be waived for nonprofit corporations.
N.M. Stat. § 14-5-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 5 / Section 14-5-5
§ 14-5-5. Return of public record
Status: in_force

If the recipient of the public officer's letter complies with the demand and produces the document or documents, the public officer:

A. shall determine if the document produced is a missing record or a copy of a missing record; and

B. then shall duplicate the document and return the private party's document to him if it is a copy, or if it is the original public record, give the private party a copy and keep the original public record.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-61 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-61
§ 1-12-61. Removal of paper ballots from polling place
Status: in_force

No person shall remove any paper ballot from any polling place unless authorized by law.