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N.M. Stat. § 74-4E-9 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 4E / Section 74-4E-9
§ 74-4E-9. Failure to file or pay fees; penalty
Status: in_force

After July 1, 1990, any facility owner or operator who knowingly, willfully, and intentionally fails to file any notice, form or report or to pay any fee required by the Hazardous Chemicals Information Act shall pay a civil penalty no greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation. All civil penalties shall be deposited in the hazardous chemicals information management fund.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21M-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21M / Section 21-21M-5
§ 21-21M-5. Duration of scholarship
Status: in_force

Each scholarship is for a period of one semester. A scholarship may be renewed, provided the award recipient continues to meet the conditions of eligibility, until the award recipient has graduated from an eligible four-year public post-secondary educational institution.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-41 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 8F / Section 2-8F-41
§ 2-8F-41. Senate district thirty-five
Status: in_force

Senate district thirty-five is composed of Catron county; Dona Ana county precincts 3, 5, 21, 62, 64 through 66, 100, 105, 107, 118, 119, 121, 122, 128, 129, 132, 134, 171 through 175, 182 and 185; Grant county precincts 1 through 6, 10 and 35; Hidalgo county precinct 4; Luna county precincts 2 and 18; Sierra county; and Socorro county precincts 4 through 6, 11 through 14 and 26.
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-19.1 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-19.1
§ 22-11-19.1. Exemption of certain participants covered under Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Status: in_force

All participants covered under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ( Public Law 95-524 ) are exempt from coverage under the Educational Retirement Act, effective July 1, 1979, except for those employees who have vested in the plan by that date.
N.M. Stat. § 73-20-41 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 20 / Section 73-20-41
§ 73-20-41. Powers and duties of supervisors
Status: in_force

A. Supervisors may employ a secretary and other agents, employees and technical or professional experts as they require and may determine qualifications, compensation and duties applicable to any agent, employee or expert engaged.

B. Supervisors shall require and provide for the execution of a corporate surety bond in suitable penal sum for and to cover any person entrusted with the care or disposition of district funds or property.

C. Supervisors may delegate their powers to one or more supervisors or to one or more district employees, agents or experts.

D. Supervisors shall call upon the county clerk of a county within which all or a part of the district lands are located for advice and assistance with conduct of elections and referenda.

E. Supervisors may call upon the district attorney of the judicial district within which all or a part of the district lands may be situate for legal services required by the district. Supervisors may invite the legislative body of any municipality or county within, near or comprising a part of the district to designate a representative to advise and consult with the supervisors on matters affecting property, water distribution or other matters of interest to the municipality or county.

F. Supervisors are authorized to adopt and publish rules necessary for the proper execution of district duties and activities. The supervisors shall:

(1) keep a full and accurate record of all district proceedings and of all resolutions, rules and orders issued or adopted;

(2) provide for and submit to an annual financial audit pursuant to the Audit Act if the district's annual revenue is five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or more;

(3) provide for a financial report, according to rules for financial reporting that are established by the state auditor, in lieu of the requirement to submit to an annual financial audit pursuant to the Audit Act if the district's annual revenue is less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000);

(4) furnish to the commission a complete report of district proceedings and activities during each fiscal year, including a financial report;

(5) furnish or make available to the commission, upon request, district files and copies of rules, orders, contracts, forms and other documents adopted or employed in conducting district activities; and

(6) call and give due notice of at least one regular meeting of the supervisors each month of the calendar year, unless otherwise approved by the commission.

G. Supervisors and district employees are public employees for the purposes of the Tort Claims Act and shall be provided all insurance and self-insurance coverage provided by the risk management division of the general services department.
N.M. Stat. § 1-6-16 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-16
§ 1-6-16. Mailed ballots; replacement and provisional paper ballots
Status: in_force

A. A voter who has applied for a mailed ballot or who has been sent a mailed ballot may execute an affidavit stating that the person did not and will not vote the mailed ballot that was issued. Upon receipt of the sworn affidavit, if the ballot register does not show that a ballot from the voter has been cast in that election, the county clerk shall void the mailed ballot that was previously issued to the voter.

B. A voter shall be mailed a replacement ballot to be returned to the county clerk for tabulation by the absent ballot election board if the voter:

(1) communicates with the office of the county clerk and requests a replacement mailed ballot be delivered to the voter; and

(2) has executed the affidavit required by Subsection A of this section and the county clerk has voided the mailed ballot previously issued to the voter.

C. A replacement ballot shall not be mailed to a voter less than seven days before election day, unless the voter is enrolled in the confidential substitute address program pursuant to the Confidential Substitute Address Act.

D. A voter shall be issued a replacement ballot to be filled out and fed by the voter into the electronic vote tabulator if the voter:

(1) appears at the office of the county clerk, an alternate voting location or a mobile alternate voting location:

(a) at any time during the period for early voting if the county clerk has real-time synchronization between the early voting locations and the qualification of mailed ballots; or

(b) during the period for early voting until the time the county clerk begins qualifying mailed ballots if the county clerk does not have real-time synchronization between the early voting locations and the qualification of mailed ballots; and

(2) has executed the affidavit required by Subsection A of this section and the county clerk has voided the mailed ballot previously issued to the voter.

E. If the county clerk does not have real-time synchronization between the early voting locations and the qualification of mailed ballots, a voter shall be issued a provisional paper ballot to be filled out and delivered to the county clerk for tabulation during the county canvass if:

(1) the voter appears at an early voting location after the time the county clerk begins qualifying mailed ballots; and

(2) the voter has executed the affidavit required by Subsection A of this section and the county clerk has voided the mailed ballot previously issued to the voter.

F. A provisional paper ballot issued pursuant to this section shall be qualified and tabulated once the county clerk determines that the voter did not vote any other ballot in the same election and if no challenge is successfully interposed.

G. The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the affidavit and the manner in which the county clerk shall void the previously requested absentee ballot.
N.M. Stat. § 1-2-32 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1-2-32
§ 1-2-32. State canvass observers
Status: in_force

A. The state chair of each political party represented on a partisan ballot may appoint in writing state canvass observers. A candidate for elected office in a statewide election and an election-related organization in a statewide or special election may each appoint state canvass observers if the candidate or organization makes a written request to the secretary of state and specifies the names of the qualified appointees.

B. State canvass observers shall be voters of the state. No person shall be qualified for appointment or service as a state canvass observer who is a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal or state or municipal police officer.

C. The state canvass observer or election observer, upon presentation of the observer's written appointment, shall be permitted to be present at any time from the time the state canvassing begins until the completion of the canvass.

D. A state canvass observer or election observer is strictly limited to observing and documenting the canvassing process and shall not interrupt the canvassing process.

E. State canvass observers shall not interfere with the orderly conduct of the canvass and may be removed by the secretary of state if the observer does not comply with the law.

F. As used in this section, “ state canvass ” means the process in the office of the secretary of state or by such person as the state canvassing board may appoint to examine election returns and certificates issued by the county canvassing boards and ending with the certification and announcement of the results by the state canvassing board.
N.M. Stat. § 24-10E-7 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 10E / Section 24-10E-7
§ 24-10E-7. Rules
Status: in_force

The department shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of the Trauma System Fund Authority Act.
N.M. Stat. § 23-3-4 — NM Code / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 23-3-4
§ 23-3-4. Transfer of funds and property
Status: in_force

All property, real, personal and mixed, including appropriations and cash balances now held by the hospitals and institutions department for the purpose of operating and managing the miners' hospital of New Mexico is transferred to the board of trustees of the miners' hospital of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 44-3-15 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 3 / Section 44-3-15
§ 44-3-15. Election contest statutes unaffected
Status: in_force

This act shall not be construed to in any way affect the provisions of the statutes now in force in relation to election contests.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-32 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-32
§ 53-8-32. Filing of articles of incorporation
Status: in_force

A. An original and a copy, which may be a photocopy of the original after it was signed or a photocopy that is conformed to the original, of the articles of incorporation and a statement executed by the designated registered agent in which the agent acknowledges acceptance of the appointment by the filing corporation as its registered agent, if the agent is an individual, or a statement executed by an authorized officer of a corporation that is the designated registered agent in which the officer acknowledges the corporation's acceptance of the appointment by the filing corporation as its registered agent, if the agent is a corporation, shall be delivered to the commission [secretary of state]. If the commission [secretary of state] finds that the articles of incorporation and the statement conform to law, it shall, when all fees have been paid as prescribed in the Nonprofit Corporation Act:

(1) endorse on the original and copy the word “filed” and the month, day and year of the filing thereof;

(2) file the original and the statement in the office of the commission [secretary of state]; and

(3) issue a certificate of incorporation to which shall be affixed the copy.

B. The certificate of incorporation, together with the copy of the articles of incorporation affixed thereto by the commission [secretary of state], shall be returned to the incorporators or their representative.
N.M. Stat. § 30-2-4 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 2 / Section 30-2-4
§ 30-2-4. Assisting suicide
Status: in_force

A. Assisting suicide consists of deliberately aiding another in the taking of the person's own life, unless the person aiding another in the taking of the person's own life is a person acting in accordance with the provisions of the End-of-Life Options Act.

B. A person who commits assisting suicide is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-23.5 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-23.5
§ 22-8-23.5. Fine arts education program units
Status: in_force

The number of fine arts education program units is determined by multiplying the full-time-equivalent MEM in programs implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Fine Arts Education Act by the cost differential factor of 0.055 for fiscal year 2024 and succeeding fiscal years.
N.M. Stat. § 29-7C-3 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 7C / Section 29-7C-3
§ 29-7C-3. Qualifications for certification
Status: in_force

An applicant for certification shall provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant:

A. is a citizen or legal resident of the United States and has reached the age of majority;

B. holds a high school diploma or high school equivalency credential from an accredited institution;

C. has not been convicted of, pled guilty to or entered a plea of nolo contendere to a:

(1) felony charge; or

(2) violation of a federal or state law, a local ordinance relating to aggravated assault or theft or a law involving moral turpitude within the three-year period immediately preceding the application;

D. has not received a dishonorable discharge from the armed forces of the United States;

E. is free from a physical, emotional or mental condition that might adversely affect the applicant's performance;

F. is of good moral character;

G. has met all other requirements for certification prescribed by the board; and

H. has received a certificate attesting to the applicant's completion of an approved basic telecommunicator training program from the director.
N.M. Stat. § 28-11C-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 11C / Section 28-11C-3
§ 28-11C-3. Educational rights of deaf and hard-of-hearing children; additional duty of public education department
Status: in_force

A. The state of New Mexico recognizes the unique communication needs of children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and encourages the development of specific recommendations by all state agencies, institutions and political subdivisions concerned with the early intervention, early childhood and kindergarten through twelfth grade education of students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, including the public education department, the New Mexico school for the deaf and the department of health, to ensure that:

(1) these children have what every other child takes for granted, including an educational environment in which their language and communication needs are fully addressed and developed and in which they have early, ongoing and quality access to planned and incidental communication opportunities; and

(2) the recommendations, consistent with the findings and purpose of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children's Educational Bill of Rights, be completed expeditiously.

B. Since 20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)(3)(B)(iv) of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that the individual education plan team consider the unique communication needs of children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, the public education department shall develop a model “communication consideration for students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing”, to become part of the individual education plan process. The model shall be disseminated to all local school districts, with training to be provided as determined by the department.
N.M. Stat. § 9-23-4 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 23 / Section 9-23-4
§ 9-23-4. Department created; divisions
Status: in_force

A. The “aging and long-term services department” is created. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions:

(1) administrative services division;

(2) consumer and elder rights division;

(3) aging network services division;

(4) long-term care division; and

(5) adult protective services division.

B. The secretary may 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.
N.M. Stat. § 50-14-9 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 14 / Section 50-14-9
§ 50-14-9. Workforce transition services division
Status: in_force

A. The “workforce transition services division” is created in the workforce solutions department.

B. The division shall be the recipient of all grants from the United States pursuant to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and shall disburse those grants consistent with that act and the Workforce Development Act.

C. The division shall administer the provisions of the Workforce Development Act and is the governor's designee for the state with authority to administer New Mexico's program pursuant to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998. In performance of that duty and the duties set forth in Section 50-14-10 NMSA 1978 , the division has the general power to:

(1) sue and, subject to the provisions of the Tort Claims Act, be sued;

(2) enter into contracts, joint powers agreements and other contracts for workforce development services and administer related programs with other state agencies; local governments; state institutions of higher learning; Indian nations, tribes or pueblos; regional provider networks; and corporations authorized to do business in the state;

(3) take administrative action by issuing orders and instructions, not inconsistent with law, to ensure implementation of and compliance with the provisions of law for which the division is responsible and to enforce those orders and instructions by appropriate administrative actions or actions in courts;

(4) promulgate, following the procedure in Subsection E of Section 9-1-5 NMSA 1978 , reasonable rules necessary to carry out the duties of the division; and

(5) take all other actions necessary to meet the purposes of the Workforce Development Act.
N.M. Stat. § 4-59-12 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 59 / Section 4-59-12
§ 4-59-12. Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by the County Industrial Revenue Bond Act and the income from the bonds, all mortgages or other security instruments executed as security for the bonds, all lease agreements made pursuant to the provisions of the County Industrial Revenue Bond Act, and revenue derived from any lease or sale by the county shall be exempt from all taxation by New Mexico, or any subdivision of it.
N.M. Stat. § 19-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 19-5-2
§ 19-5-2. Maps, plats and tract books for recording data
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the commissioner of public lands is authorized to install in his office such a system of maps, plats and tract books as shall be necessary and convenient for properly recording, in readily accessible form, such data as he may obtain, pertaining to the character of the state's lands.
N.M. Stat. § 3-63-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 63 / Section 3-63-5
§ 3-63-5. District; authority; creation
Status: in_force

A. A district shall assess a business improvement benefit fee on any real property or business located within the district.

B. A district shall include any real property or business that benefits by the improvements set out in the business improvement district plan and that is located within the district's geographic boundaries.

C. The district benefit fee assessment schedule shall not include:

(1) governmentally owned real property;

(2) residential real property that is not multifamily residential rental property with at least four units or homeowners associations of multifamily ownership properties;

(3) real property owned by a nonprofit corporation; or

(4) residential real property, located within an existing district, that became eligible for a business improvement benefit fee assessment after the district was created, unless the ordinance that created the district is amended to include the new business or property after notice is provided and a hearing is held in accordance with Section 3-63-10 NMSA 1978 .

D. A district may be created by petition of real property owners or by petition of business owners in a proposed district after notice and public hearing.
N.M. Stat. § 53-2-3.1 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 53-2-3.1
§ 53-2-3.1. Fees of secretary of state; dishonored check; civil penalty; suspension of future filings
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any penalties, fees or costs incurred pursuant to the provisions of Section 53-2-3 NMSA 1978 , any person who pays a fee, tax, penalty or interest by check to the secretary of state and which check is dishonored upon presentation is liable to the secretary for such fee, tax, penalty or interest, together with a civil penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each such check.

B. The secretary of state shall not accept for filing any document, instrument or paper from a person that is liable to the secretary for a fee, tax, penalty, interest or civil penalty until the liability is discharged.
N.M. Stat. § 30-8-6 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 8 / Section 30-8-6
§ 30-8-6. Posting; notice to public
Status: in_force

The state department of transportation and the state parks division of the natural resources department shall post in areas under their control pertinent portions of Section 30-8-4 NMSA 1978 and pleas for the public to take their refuse with them and to dispose of it properly.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-3A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 3A / Section 32A-3A-2
§ 32A-3A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Voluntary Placement and Family Services Act:

A. “ child or family in need of family services ” means a family:

(1) whose child's behavior endangers the child's health, safety, education or well-being;

(2) whose child is excessively absent from public school as defined in the Attendance for Success Act;

(3) whose child is absent from the child's place of residence for twenty-four hours or more without the consent of the parent, guardian or custodian;

(4) in which the parent, guardian or custodian of a child refuses to permit the child to live with the parent, guardian or custodian; or

(5) in which the child refuses to live with the child's parent, guardian or custodian;

B. “ family services ” means services that address specific needs of the child or family;

C. “ guardian ” means a person appointed as a guardian by a court or Indian tribal authority;

D. “ guardianship assistance agreement ” means a written agreement entered into by the prospective guardian and the department or Indian tribe prior to the establishment of the guardianship by a court;

E. “ guardianship assistance payments ” means payments made by the department to a kinship guardian or successor guardian on behalf of a child pursuant to the terms of a guardianship assistance agreement;

F. “ guardianship assistance program ” means the financial subsidy program provided for in the Voluntary Placement and Family Services Act;

G. “ kinship ” means the relationship that exists between a child and a relative of the child, a godparent, a member of the child's tribe or clan or an adult with whom the child has a significant bond;

H. “ subsidized guardianship ” means a guardianship that meets subsidy eligibility criteria pursuant to the Voluntary Placement and Family Services Act; and

I. “ voluntary placement agreement ” means a written agreement between the department and the parent or guardian of a child.