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N.M. Stat. § 31-6-6 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 6 / Section 31-6-6
§ 31-6-6. Oaths; grand jurors; witnesses; officers; penalty
Status: in_force

A. The following oaths shall be administered by the district judge to jurors, officers of the court or others assigned to assist the grand jury, and by the foreman to witnesses:

(1) JUROR OATH: “You, as members of this grand jury, do swear (or affirm) that you will diligently inquire and true indictment make, of all public offenses against the people of this state, committed or triable within this county, of which you shall receive legal evidence; that you shall indict no person through malice, hatred or ill will; nor have any not indicted through fear, favor or affection, or for any reward or the hope or promise thereof; but in all your indictments, reports or undertakings, you shall present the truth, according to the best of your skill and understanding, and further that you will forever keep secret whatever you or any other juror may have said or in what manner you or any other juror may have voted on any matter before you; and that you will keep secret the testimony of any witness heard by you unless ordered by the court to disclose the same in the trial or prosecution of the witness for perjury before the grand jury, so help you God.”;

(2) OATH FOR OFFICER OR OTHER PERSON: “You do swear (or affirm) that you will keep secret all proceedings occurring in your presence or of which you may learn as a result of your service in aid of the grand jury, so help you God.”; and

(3) OATH FOR WITNESS: “You do swear (or affirm) that the testimony which you are about to give will be the truth, so help you God.”

B. Any person found to have violated the oath under Paragraph (1) or (2) of Subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This subsection shall not apply to communications by the prosecuting attorney to his staff or grand jury aides and in obtaining and presenting evidence, preparing indictments, reports and other undertakings of the grand jury and in preparation for trial.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-39 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-39
§ 17-3-39. Special nonresident licenses
Status: in_force

The commission may issue special nonresident bird licenses to nonresidents to hunt on regulated shooting preserves with the owner's consent for legally propagated game birds upon the payment of a license fee of five dollars and twenty-five cents ($5.25). The license must be carried on the person at all times when hunting on private shooting preserves.

Five dollars ($5.00) of the special nonresident bird license fee is to be paid to the state game and fish department. Twenty-five cents ($.25) of the fee is to be retained by the issuing agent.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-109 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-109
§ 58-10-109. Adverse claims to contents of safe deposit box
Status: in_force

A. An adverse claim to the contents of a safe deposit box, or to property held in safekeeping, is not sufficient to require the lessor to deny access to its lessee unless:

(1) the lessor is directed to do so by a court order issued in an action in which the lessee is served with process and named as a party by a name which identifies him with the name in which the safe deposit box is leased or the property held; or

(2) the safe deposit box is leased or the property is held in the name of a lessee with the addition of words indicating that the contents or property are held in a fiduciary capacity, and the adverse claim is supported by an affidavit stating facts disclosing that it is made by, or on behalf of, a beneficiary and that there is a reason to believe that the fiduciary may misappropriate the trust property.

B. A claim is also adverse when one of several lessees claims, contrary to the terms of the lease, an exclusive right of access, or where one or more persons claim a right of access as agents or officers of a lessee to the exclusion of others as agents or officers, or when it is claimed that a lessee is the same person as one using another name.
N.M. Stat. § 61-2-17 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 2 / Section 61-2-17
§ 61-2-17. Power to enjoin violations
Status: in_force

Upon conviction of any person for violation of any provision of the Optometry Act, the board or any interested person may, in addition to the penalty herein provided, petition the district court for an order restraining and enjoining said person from further or continued violation of the Optometry Act and the order may be enforced by contempt proceedings.
N.M. Stat. § 58-27-8 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 27 / Section 58-27-8
§ 58-27-8. Vacancies on authority
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs among the appointed voting members of the authority, the governor shall appoint a replacement to serve out the term of the former member. If an appointed member's term expires, he shall continue to serve until he is reappointed or another person is appointed to replace him.
N.M. Stat. § 6-30-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 30 / Section 6-30-5
§ 6-30-5. Board; duties
Status: in_force

The board shall:

A. promulgate such rules as are necessary to govern the acceptance, evaluation and prioritization of applications submitted by qualified entities for financial assistance;

B. after applications have been processed and evaluated by the authority, prioritize the qualified projects for financial assistance; and

C. upon such terms and conditions as are established by the authority, recommend the prioritized projects to the authority for financial assistance for:

(1) planning, designing, constructing, improving or expanding a qualified project;

(2) developing engineering feasibility reports for qualified projects;

(3) inspecting construction of qualified projects;

(4) providing professional services;

(5) completing environmental assessments or archaeological clearances and other surveys for qualified projects;

(6) acquiring land, water rights, easements or rights of way; or

(7) paying legal costs and fiscal agent fees associated with development of qualified projects.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-54-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 54 / Section 59A-54-1
§ 59A-54-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 59A, Article 54 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Medical Insurance Pool Act”. Any reference in any law, rule, division bulletin or other legal document to the Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Act shall be deemed to refer to the Medical Insurance Pool Act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-2A-15 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 2A / Section 21-2A-15
§ 21-2A-15. College district lease-purchase arrangements; agreement of the state; legal investments; tax exemption; cumulative and complete authority
Status: in_force

A. The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any lease-purchase arrangement entered into pursuant to the College District Tax Act that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in college districts to fulfill the terms of any lease-purchase arrangement or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders of lease-purchase arrangements until the payments due thereon, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of those holders, are fully met and discharged. College districts are authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any lease-purchase arrangement.

B. Lease-purchase arrangements entered into pursuant to the College District Tax Act shall be legal investments in which all insurance companies, banks and savings and loan associations organized under the laws of the state, public officers and public bodies and all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds.

C. The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of lease-purchase arrangements entered into by boards, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the lease-purchase arrangements entered into pursuant to the College District Tax Act, that lease-purchase arrangements and the income from the lease-purchase arrangements shall at all times be free from taxation by the state, except for estate or gift taxes and taxes on transfers.

D. The College District Tax Act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for acquiring educational technology equipment and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as a derogation of any powers now existing. The College District Tax Act shall be deemed to provide complete authority for acquiring educational technology equipment and entering into lease-purchase arrangements. No other approval of any state agency or officer, except as provided in that act, shall be required with respect to any lease-purchase arrangements, and the board acting pursuant to provisions of that act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of debt by college districts; provided, however, that a board may submit to a vote of qualified electors of the college district the question of creating debt by entering into a lease-purchase arrangement; and provided further that the board shall abide by the vote of the majority of those persons voting on the question.
N.M. Stat. § 4-53-8 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 53 / Section 4-53-8
§ 4-53-8. Factors to be considered
Status: in_force

A. Factors to be considered in the review of a proposal for creation, consolidation, merger or dissolution of a special district shall include but not be limited to:

(1) population; population density; land area; land use; per capita assessed valuation; topography, natural boundaries and drainage basins; proximity to other populated areas; the likelihood of significant growth in the area, and in adjacent incorporated and unincorporated areas during the next ten years;

(2) need for organized community services; the present cost and adequacy of governmental services and controls in the area; probable future needs for such services and controls; probable effect of the proposed formation and of alternative courses of action on the cost and adequacy of services and controls in the area and adjacent areas; and the probable effect of the proposed action on the total tax and indebtedness burden upon the taxpayers of the area;

(3) the effect of the proposed action, and of alternative actions, on adjacent areas, on mutual social and economic interests and on the local government structure of the county.

B. Any municipality, county or special district receiving notification of hearing to be held by the commission may:

(1) in the case of a petition for creation of a new special district indicate to the commission its willingness and ability to provide the service to be undertaken by the proposed district. The notification shall include references to appropriate statutory authority empowering the municipality, county or special district to assume responsibility for providing the service within the territory of the proposed district and shall include appropriate evidence of its financial ability to provide the services. It may also include reasons why it, rather than the proposed district, should provide the service.

(2) in the case of petition for the dissolution, consolidation or merger of a special district, submit to the commission its recommendations concerning such proposals. If the petition for dissolution, consolidation or merger is based upon a municipality, county or special district assuming the function undertaken by the subject special district, the notification shall include references to appropriate statutory authority empowering the municipality, county or special district to assume responsibility for providing the services with [within] the territory of the subject district and shall include appropriate evidence of its financial ability to provide the services. It may also include reasons why it, rather than the subject district, should provide the services.
N.M. Stat. § 72-15-4 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 15 / Section 72-15-4
§ 72-15-4. Ratification and approval
Status: in_force

The ratification and approval of said compact by this state shall not be binding or obligatory until it shall have been likewise approved by the legislature of the state of Texas and the legislature of the state of Oklahoma and consented to by the congress of the United States of America.
N.M. Stat. § 58-9-6.1 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 9 / Section 58-9-6.1
§ 58-9-6.1. State of incorporation
Status: in_force

A certificate shall not be issued to an applicant other than a corporation organized under the laws of this state.
N.M. Stat. § 41-13-2 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 13 / Section 41-13-2
§ 41-13-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Governmental Immunity Act:

A. “ employment ” includes services provided by an immune contractor;

B. “ governmental entity ” means the state or a local public body;

C. “ immune contractor ” means a person that:

(1) is an independent contractor; and

(2) contracts with a governmental entity to provide:

(a) care for children in the custody of the human services department [health care authority department], corrections department or department of health, as a licensed foster parent, excluding foster parents certified by a licensed child placement agency; or

(b) services to the children, youth and families department or the corrections department as a licensed medical, psychological or dental arts practitioner;

(3) is a member of:

(a) a state or local selection panel established pursuant to the Juvenile Community Corrections Act; 1

(b) a state or local selection panel established pursuant to the Adult Community Corrections Act; 2

(c) the board of directors of the New Mexico comprehensive health insurance pool;

(d) a medical review board, a committee or panel established by the educational retirement board or the retirement board of the public employees retirement association;

(e) the board of directors of the New Mexico educational assistance foundation; or

(f) the board of directors of the New Mexico student loan corporation; or

(4) is a volunteer, employee or board member of a court-created special advocate program;

D. “ local public body ” means a political subdivision of the state and its agencies, instrumentalities and institutions and a water and natural gas association organized pursuant to Chapter 3, Article 28 NMSA 1978;

E. “ public employee ” means a natural person that is an officer or employee of a governmental entity; and

F. “ state ” means the state of New Mexico or any of its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities or institutions.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14-4 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14 / Section 24-14-4
§ 24-14-4. State registrar; appointment
Status: in_force

The secretary of the department shall appoint the state registrar in accordance with the provisions of the Personnel Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 28-7-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 7 / Section 28-7-15
§ 28-7-15. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 9 of this act may be cited as the “Commission for the Blind Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 72-13-5 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 13 / Section 72-13-5
§ 72-13-5. Drilling record
Status: in_force

Any contractor drilling a well within any artesian basin where such well is drilled down to or through any artesian stratum shall keep a complete record and log of the well, recording the depth, thickness and character of the different strata penetrated, together with the dates when the work was begun and completed, and the amount, weight and size of casing set, and number of inches of flow from such well above the casing, all of which he shall verify under oath, and when the well is completed shall file the same with the state engineer or artesian well supervisor, and a duplicate thereof, if the well is situated within any artesian conservancy district, with the officials of such district.
N.M. Stat. § 61-16-16 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 16 / Section 61-16-16
§ 61-16-16. Suspension of license
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of criminal proceedings for violation of this act against any licensee or any person operating the auction, any citizen may apply to the county or municipal board which granted the license for an immediate suspension of said license. The board shall determine forthwith whether there is probable cause to believe that this act has been violated and upon an affirmative determination shall forthwith suspend the operation of the license effective upon delivery of written notice thereof to any person conducting the auction sale or soliciting bids. The suspension shall operate until the acquittal of the person accused of such violation or until revocation of the license following conviction.
N.M. Stat. § 27-7A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 7A / Section 27-7A-2
§ 27-7A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Employee Abuse Registry Act:

A. “ abuse ” means:

(1) knowingly, intentionally or negligently and without justifiable cause inflicting physical pain, injury or mental anguish; or

(2) the intentional deprivation by a caretaker or other person of services necessary to maintain the mental and physical health of a person;

B. “ department ” means the department of health;

C. “ direct care ” means face-to-face services provided or routine and unsupervised physical or financial access to a recipient of services;

D. “ employee ” means a person employed by or on contract with a provider, either directly or through a third party arrangement to provide direct care. “Employee” does not include a New Mexico licensed health care professional practicing within the scope of the profession's license or a certified nurse aide;

E. “ exploitation ” means an unjust or improper use of a person's money or property for another person's profit or advantage, pecuniary or otherwise;

F. “ neglect ” means, subject to a person's right to refuse treatment and subject to a provider's right to exercise sound medical discretion, the failure of an employee to provide basic needs such as clothing, food, shelter, supervision and care for the physical and mental health of a person or failure by a person that may cause physical or psychological harm;

G. “ provider ” means an intermediate care facility for individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; a rehabilitation facility; a home health agency; a homemaker agency; a home for the aged or disabled; a group home; an adult foster care home; a case management entity that provides services to elderly people or people with developmental disabilities; a corporate guardian; a private residence that provides personal care, adult residential care or natural and surrogate family services provided to persons with developmental disabilities; an adult daycare center; a boarding home; an adult residential care home; a residential service or habilitation service authorized to be reimbursed by medicaid; any licensed or medicaid-certified entity or any program funded by the aging and long-term services department that provides respite, companion or personal care services; programs funded by the children, youth and families department that provide homemaker or adult daycare services; and any other individual, agency or organization that provides respite care or delivers home- and community-based services to adults or children with developmental disabilities or physical disabilities or to the elderly, but excluding a managed care organization unless the employees of the managed care organization provide respite care or deliver home- and community-based services to adults or children with developmental disabilities or physical disabilities or to the elderly;

H. “ registry ” means an electronic database that provides information on substantiated employee abuse, neglect or exploitation; and

I. “ secretary ” means the secretary of health.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-37 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-37
§ 53-8-37. Articles of amendment
Status: in_force

The articles of amendment shall be executed by the corporation by two authorized officers of the corporation and shall set forth:

A. the name of the corporation and, if different, include any name under which it proposes to transact business in New Mexico;

B. the amendment so adopted;

C. if there are members entitled to vote thereon:

(1) a statement setting forth the date of the meeting of members at which the amendment was adopted, that a quorum was present at the meeting and that the amendment received at least two-thirds of the votes that members present at the meeting or represented by proxy were entitled to cast; or

(2) a statement that the amendment was adopted by a consent in writing signed by all members entitled to vote with respect thereto; and

D. if there are no members, or no members entitled to vote thereon, a statement of such fact, the date of the meeting of the board of directors at which the amendment was adopted and a statement of the fact that the amendment received the vote of a majority of the directors in office.
N.M. Stat. § 18-11-9 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 11 / Section 18-11-9
§ 18-11-9. Director; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Consistent with the policies agreed to by the board and the secretary of cultural affairs, the director:

A. may:

(1) solicit and receive funds or property, including federal funds and public and private grants, for the development of the museum, its collections and its programs;

(2) as authorized by the secretary, enter into contracts related to the programs and operations of the museum, including services related to the location, acquisition, preservation, restoration, salvage or development of culturally related sites, structures or objects in the state;

(3) as authorized by the board, lend collections or materials to qualified persons for purposes of exhibition and study and borrow collections or materials from other persons for like purposes;

(4) conduct facilities rentals for forty-five days or less and such retail sales as appropriate for the operation of the museum; and

(5) publish journals, books, reports and other materials as appropriate to the operation of the museum; and

B. shall:

(1) administer and operate the museum in accordance with applicable statutes and rules;

(2) develop exhibits and programs of an educational nature for the benefit of the public and in particular the students of the state;

(3) recommend acquisitions to the board, by donation or other means, of collections and related materials appropriate to the mission of the museum;

(4) direct research, preservation and conservation as is appropriate to render the collections beneficial to the public;

(5) cooperate with educational institutions and other agencies and political subdivisions of state, tribal and federal governments to establish, maintain and extend the programs of the museum;

(6) employ and discharge personnel necessary for the operation of the museum in accordance with the provisions of the Personnel Act;

(7) propose budgets for operations and capital improvements;

(8) collect admission fees as determined by the board; and

(9) perform such other appropriate duties as may be delegated by the board, the secretary of cultural affairs or the governor or as may be provided by law.