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N.M. Stat. § 67-8-10 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 8 / Section 67-8-10
§ 67-8-10. Restrictions on placing signs upon or over highway rights-of-way
Status: in_force

No person shall place, erect or maintain any advertising sign, signboard or device of any character upon or over the right-of-way of or upon any land adjacent to any public highway, outside of an incorporated city, town or village under any of the following conditions:

A. within 300 feet of an intersection of a highway with another highway, at a point where such sign, signboard or device would obstruct the line of sight between vehicles on either of said intersecting highways when such vehicles are at any point within a distance of 300 feet from such intersection;

B. where such sign, signboard or device is so located that it obstructs the line of sight, not otherwise obstructed, of a train at any point within 1,200 feet of an intersection of a highway with a railroad from any point on such highway within 500 feet of such intersection;

C. in or near any stream or arroyo where such sign might be deluged by freshet and swept on to the roadway or spillway of such public highway or under a highway structure crossing the stream or arroyo or against the supports of any highway structure;

D. if placed upon a hill above a highway in such manner that there is a reasonable danger that such sign, signboard or device might fall or be blown or propelled by the forces of erosion upon such highway;

E. if such sign carries a directional warning or light or reflector information legend of a type which is carried by standard highway marker system signs;

F. if such sign is in the general shape of a railroad crossing sign or in imitation of any warning or danger sign;

G. if such sign, signboard or device is on the inside of a curve of a highway at such location as to obstruct the line of sight from one vehicle on such highway to another vehicle on such highway when such vehicles are within a distance of 1,200 feet of each other;

H. if such sign, signboard or device, together with one or more other advertising signs, signboards or devices in a series advertising the same business, place of business or establishment, or advertising products, commodities, exhibits or services, sold or exhibited at the same place or places of business, and are in such proximity to each other, and are of such continuity of context, distinctive copy catchlines (not trademarks), art or shape as to naturally direct the attention of the traveling public from one such sign to another;

None of the provisions of Subparagraphs A, B, C or G of this section shall apply to any sign or other device which is erected upon or is attached to a building.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9F-9.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9F / Section 7-9F-9.1
§ 7-9F-9.1. Claiming the additional credit
Status: in_force

A. A taxpayer may apply for approval of an additional credit pursuant to the Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit Act within one year following the end of the taxable year in which the qualified expenditure was made.

B. A taxpayer that has applied for and been granted approval for an additional credit by the department pursuant to the Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit Act may claim the amount of the approved additional credit against the taxpayer's income tax or corporate income tax liability. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, no taxpayer may claim an amount of approved additional credit for a taxable year in which the additional credit is being claimed that exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's income tax or corporate income tax due for that taxable year.

C. If a taxpayer is a qualified research and development small business and the amount of approved additional credit for the taxable year in which the additional credit is being claimed exceeds the taxpayer's income tax liability or corporate income tax liability, the excess shall be refunded to the taxpayer pursuant to Paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection. If the taxpayer's total qualified expenditures for the taxable year for which the claim is made is:

(1) less than three million dollars ($3,000,000), the excess additional credit shall be refunded to the taxpayer;

(2) greater than or equal to three million dollars ($3,000,000) and less than four million dollars ($4,000,000), two-thirds of the excess additional credit shall be refunded to the taxpayer; and

(3) greater than or equal to four million dollars ($4,000,000) and less than or equal to five million dollars ($5,000,000), one-third of the excess additional credit shall be refunded to the taxpayer.

D. Any amount of approved additional credit not claimed against the taxpayer's income tax or corporate income tax due for a taxable year or refunded to the taxpayer may be claimed in subsequent reporting periods for a period of up to three years from the date of the original claim.

E. Married individuals filing separate returns for a taxable year for which they could have filed a joint return may each claim only one-half of the additional credit that would have been claimed on a joint return.
N.M. Stat. § 3-63-9 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 63 / Section 3-63-9
§ 3-63-9. Planning group
Status: in_force

Upon the initiation of a proposed district, the council shall appoint a planning group consisting of not more than five members, not less than one of which shall be a business owner and not less than two of which shall be real property owners, subject to the assessment, located within the proposed district.
N.M. Stat. § 9-3-11 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 9-3-11
§ 9-3-11. Administrative attachment
Status: in_force

A. The following entities are administratively attached to the corrections department:

(1) the adult parole board; and

(2) the governor's organized crime prevention commission.

B. All powers and duties vested in the entities enumerated in this section shall remain unamended by the provisions of the Corrections Department Act.
N.M. Stat. § 37-1-16 — NM Code / Chapter 37 / Article 1 / Section 37-1-16
§ 37-1-16. Revival of causes of action
Status: in_force

Causes of action founded upon contract shall be revived by the making of any partial or installment payment thereon or by an admission that the debt is unpaid, as well as by a new promise to pay the same; but such admission or new promise must be in writing, signed by the party to be charged therewith. Such a cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued upon the date of such partial or installment payment, admission of indebtedness or promise to pay. Provided, that no admission that the debt is unpaid or new promise to pay the same shall be effective to extend the lien of any mortgage upon real estate or any interest therein given to secure the original indebtedness, unless the payment is accompanied by an admission or promise and unless such admission that the debt is unpaid or new promise to pay the same, signed by the party to be charged therewith and acknowledged by such party in the form prescribed by law for the acknowledgments of instruments affecting real estate, shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk where said original mortgage is of record, prior to the date when any action to foreclose said mortgage lien would otherwise be barred under existing law; and provided further, that the foregoing proviso shall not be applicable to any recorded mortgage upon real estate or any interest therein until after three months from the effective date of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 14-5-5 — NM 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. § 7-12-3.2 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 12 / Section 7-12-3.2
§ 7-12-3.2. Cigarette 1] inventories
Status: in_force

A. At the close of business on the day prior to any date on which the cigarette tax imposed by Section 7-12-3 NMSA 1978 is increased, each distributor shall take inventory of tax-exempt stamps, tax-credit stamps and tax stamps on hand, including stamps affixed to packages of cigarettes.

B. Each distributor shall report the total number of tax-exempt stamps, tax-credit stamps and tax stamps in inventory at the close of business on the day prior to the date on which the cigarette tax increases and pay the cigarette inventory tax due.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-36 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-36
§ 19-10-36. Rules and regulations; protection of instruments and records
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized to make, publish and enforce all necessary and reasonable rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this act and shall take necessary precautions for the safekeeping and protection of the instruments and records referred to in this act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-39-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 39 / Section 3-39-19
§ 3-39-19. Preparation of airport approach plans
Status: in_force

The legislative body is hereby empowered to formulate and adopt, and from time to time as may be necessary, revise an airport approach plan for any publicly owned airport within its corporate or political limits. Each such plan shall indicate the hazards, the area within which measures for the protection of the airport's aerial approaches should be taken, and what the height limits and other objectives of such measure should be. In adopting or revising any such plan, the legislative body shall consider, among other things, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, the nature of the terrain, the height of existing structures and trees above the level of the airport, and the possibility of lowering or removing existing obstructions, and the legislative body may obtain and consider the views of the agency of the federal government charged with the fostering of civil aeronautics as to the aerial approaches necessary to safe flying operations at the airport.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-38.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-38.3
§ 7-38-38.3. Optional prepayment of property taxes in monthly payments
Status: in_force

A board of county commissioners may by resolution provide property owners the option of making prepayments of property taxes in ten monthly payments beginning June 1 of the year in which the tax bill is prepared and ending March 1 of the following year. The first nine monthly payments shall each be in an amount equal to ten percent of the prior year's property tax bill and the final payment on March 1 shall be in an amount equal to the balance of the tax due, as indicated on the tax bill prepared and mailed pursuant to Sections 7-38-36 and 7-38-37 NMSA 1978; provided that an option otherwise allowed pursuant to this section may not be exercised if taxes are escrowed for the property owner and included in the property owner's monthly mortgage payment.
N.M. Stat. § 12-6-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-6-8
§ 12-6-8. Repayment of funds
Status: in_force

If restitution has not been made in thirty days from the receipt by an agency of a report of an audit reflecting a shortage of funds for which the agency is accountable under law, suit to enforce repayment or refund to the agency may be brought by the state auditor.
N.M. Stat. § 9-6-15 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 6 / Section 9-6-15
§ 9-6-15. Department of finance and administration; office of education accountability
Status: in_force

A. The “office of education accountability” is created in the department of finance and administration. The office shall provide an independent evaluation of the Assessment and Accountability Act and the School Personnel Act by:

(1) monitoring the implementation of those acts;

(2) periodically reviewing school district and school-based decision-making policies relating to the recruitment and retention of school employees;

(3) verifying the accuracy of reports of public school, school district and state performance; and

(4) conducting studies of other states' efforts at assessment and accountability and other educational reforms and report its findings to the legislative education study committee and legislative finance committee.

B. The state department of public education, school districts and other agencies of the state or its political subdivisions shall cooperate with the office of education accountability and provide information as requested by the office.
N.M. Stat. § 21-13-27 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-27
§ 21-13-27. Creation of southeast New Mexico college; name change; governing board
Status: in_force

A. New Mexico state university Carlsbad shall be made into an independent community college known as “southeast New Mexico college” and shall be organized as provided in Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978 .

B. The governing board of southeast New Mexico college shall be created and function as provided in the Community College Act. The governing board of southeast New Mexico college shall be created by a regular local election from each of the five districts within the Carlsbad municipal school district and called for by the Carlsbad municipal school board, and the governing board shall function as provided for in the Community College Act.

C. All taxes levied to pay any principal and interest on bonds of New Mexico state university Carlsbad for operating, maintaining and providing facilities shall continue in effect until dissolution pursuant to procedures set forth in Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 21-21G-3 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21G / Section 21-21G-3
§ 21-21G-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Graduate Scholarship Act:

A. “ academic year ” means any consecutive period of two semesters, three quarters or other comparable units commencing with the fall term each year;

B. “ award recipient ” means a student awarded a graduate scholarship;

C. “ department ” means the higher education department;

D. “ eligible institution ” means any graduate-degree-granting state university accredited by the north central association of colleges and secondary schools;

E. “ graduate and professional field ” means any program of study intended to result in a master's or doctoral degree, excluding the degree in medicine; and

F. “ groups underrepresented in graduate education ” means women, minorities, persons with a visual impairment or other physical disability and other groups who have traditionally been underrepresented in the specific area of graduate study or profession for which the scholarship is awarded.
N.M. Stat. § 72-17-21 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-21
§ 72-17-21. Protection of property rights
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that the use of the property, lands, rights-of-way, easements or materials which may be condemned, taken or appropriated under the provisions of this act is a public use subject to the regulation and control of the state in the manner prescribed by law; but nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize the authority or public body or person to divert the waters of any river, creek, stream, irrigation system, canal or ditch from its channel to the detriment of any person, any public body or the federal government having any interest in such river, creek, stream, irrigation system, canal or ditch, or the waters thereof or therein, unless compensation is ascertained and paid therefor under the laws authorizing the taking of private property for public use.
N.M. Stat. § 24-9A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 9A / Section 24-9A-4
§ 24-9A-4. Live-born infant
Status: in_force

A. No live-born infant shall be involved as a subject in any clinical research activity unless the purpose of the activity is to meet the health needs of that particular infant, and the infant will be placed at risk only to the minimum extent necessary to meet such needs or no significant risk to such infant is imposed by the research activity.

B. An activity permitted under Subsection A of this section shall be conducted only if:

(1) the nature of the investigation is such that adults or mentally competent persons would not be suitable subjects; and

(2) the mother or father or the infant's legal guardian is mentally competent and has given his or her informed consent.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-23 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-23
§ 1-12-23. Conduct of election; voting machines; instructions
Status: in_force

Before each voter receives a ballot, a member of the precinct board shall, so far as possible, instruct the voter on the voting process and call the voter's attention to the posted sample ballot. If any voter asks for further information before completing the voting process, the judges or election clerks shall provide appropriate information and assist the voter with the voting process.
N.M. Stat. § 7-31-10 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 31 / Section 7-31-10
§ 7-31-10. Operator's report; tax remittance; additional information
Status: in_force

Each operator shall in the form and manner required by the division make a return to the division showing the total value, volume and kind of products sold from each production unit for each calendar month. All taxes due or to be remitted by the operator shall accompany this return. The return shall be filed on or before the twenty-fifth day of the second month after the calendar month for which the return is required. Any additional report or information the division may deem necessary for the proper administration of the Oil and Gas Emergency School Tax Act may be required.
N.M. Stat. § 56-8-7 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 8 / Section 56-8-7
§ 56-8-7. Procuring loans; rate of commission; exceptions
Status: in_force

For negotiating or securing any loan, no person, association of persons or corporation shall charge, collect or receive in excess of the following amounts:

A. upon any loan not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), four percent;

B. upon any loan exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) and not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), four percent upon the first five hundred dollars ($500) and three percent upon the remainder; and

C. upon any loan exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), four percent upon the first one thousand dollars ($1,000) and two percent upon the remainder; provided that this section shall not apply to any loan in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) when such loan is made for business, commercial or agricultural purposes, nor to any loan negotiated or secured by a registrant under the Mortgage Loan Company and Loan Broker Act [Mortgage Loan Company Act]. In such instances, broker's fees shall be negotiable, but shall not exceed six percent of the principal amount of the loan.
N.M. Stat. § 6-25A-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 25A / Section 6-25A-19
§ 6-25A-19. Conflicts of interest; penalty
Status: in_force

A. If a member, officer or employee of the authority has an interest, either direct or indirect, in a contract to which the authority is or is to be a party, that interest shall be disclosed to the authority in writing and shall be set forth in the minutes of the authority. The member, officer or employee having that interest shall not participate in an action by the authority with respect to that contract.

B. A person who has a conflict of interest as provided in this section and participates in a transaction involving that conflict of interest or fails to notify the authority of the conflict is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a definite term of not more than one year or to the payment of a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21A-13 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21A / Section 21-21A-13
§ 21-21A-13. All money received deemed trust funds
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all money received by the foundation under the provisions of the Educational Assistance Act shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in that act. The resolution authorizing any obligations or the trust agreement securing the obligations may provide that any of the money may be temporarily invested pending disbursement and shall provide that any officer with whom or any bank or trust company with which the money is deposited shall act as trustee of the money and shall hold and apply the money for the purposes of the Educational Assistance Act pursuant to the resolution or trust agreement.
N.M. Stat. § 31-6-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 6 / Section 31-6-12
§ 31-6-12. Subpoena powers; notice to witnesses
Status: in_force

A. The grand jury has power to order the attendance of witnesses before it, to cause the production of all public and private records or other evidence relevant to its inquiry and to enforce such power by subpoena issued on its own authority through the district court convening the grand jury and executed by any public officer charged with the execution of legal process of the district court; provided that all subpoenaed witnesses shall be given a minimum of thirty-six hours' notice unless a shorter period is specifically approved for each witness by a judge of the district court.

B. The target of the investigation shall not be subpoenaed except where it is found by the prosecuting attorney to be essential to the investigation. If the target and his attorney, if he has one, sign a document stating that the target will assert the fifth amendment, he shall be excused from testifying on those matters as to which the district judge determines he has a valid fifth-amendment privilege.

C. Subpoenas directed to witnesses shall be returnable only when the grand jury is sitting.
N.M. Stat. § 21-22E-9 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 22E / Section 21-22E-9
§ 21-22E-9. Cancellation
Status: in_force

The commission [department] may cancel a contract between it and a loan recipient for any reasonable cause deemed sufficient by the commission [department].
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-854 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-854
§ 66-3-854. Emergency signals; stopped or parked vehicles
Status: in_force

Whenever for any cause other than disablement or necessary traffic stops, any motor vehicle is stopped upon the traveled portion of any highway, or shoulder thereof, during the time lights are required, except within cities, towns and villages where there is sufficient highway lighting to make clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred feet, the following requirements shall be observed:

A. the driver of such vehicle shall immediately place on the traveled portion of the highway at the traffic side of the vehicle, a lighted fusee and a lighted red electric lantern, or a red emergency reflector; and

B. if the stop is to exceed ten minutes, the driver shall place emergency signals as required and in the manner prescribed by Section 66-3-853B, C and D NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 21-5-13 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 21-5-13
§ 21-5-13. Power of board to sell and retire bonds
Status: in_force

That whenever the said board, by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, duly entered in the minutes of said board, shall by resolution determine that it is necessary to erect, alter, improve, furnish or equip any building or buildings, structure or structures at said school, or acquire any land for the use thereof, or to retire the whole or any part of any series of bonds previously issued in conformity with law, or for any or all of said purposes, said board is hereby empowered and authorized to issue and sell subject to the terms of this act, building and improvement bonds of said New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired.