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N.M. Stat. § 24-19-9 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 19 / Section 24-19-9
§ 24-19-9. Acceptance of federal funds and private donations
Status: in_force

To carry out the provisions of the Children's Trust Fund Act, the department and the children's trust fund may accept any federal matching funds or grants for children's projects and programs or next generation fund projects and programs. The department may accept donations and bequests from private sources for deposit in the children's trust fund or the next generation fund, as applicable. The board shall distribute these funds as specified by the granting entity or donor.
N.M. Stat. § 73-11-23 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 11 / Section 73-11-23
§ 73-11-23. Election for issuance of bonds; notice; ballots; sale of bonds
Status: in_force

The board of directors of any such irrigation district may estimate and determine the amount of money necessary to be raised, or the amount of indebtedness necessary to be assumed for such purpose or purposes, and may include in such amounts a sum sufficient to pay the first four years' interest on such indebtedness, and the said board, deeming it expedient to issue bonds to provide such funds or provide for such indebtedness, shall forthwith call a special election, at which election shall be submitted to the electorate of such district, possessing the qualifications required by law, the question whether or not the bonds of said district for such purposes as aforesaid shall be issued in the amount so determined. A notice of such election must be given by posting notices in three public places in each election precinct in said district for at least twenty (20) days, and also by publication of such notice in some newspaper of general circulation published in each county wherein there is situate any lands within the district, once each week for at least four consecutive weeks; such notice shall specify the time of holding the election, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, the purpose thereof, and said election must be held, and the result thereof determined and declared in all respects as nearly as possible, in conformity with the provisions of this and said Chapter 20, Session Laws of 1919, and acts amendatory and supplementary thereto and hereof; provided, that no informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same if the election shall be fairly conducted. At such election the ballots shall contain the words “Bonds-Yes,” and “Bonds-No,” or words equivalent thereto. If such election shall carry in conformity with the provisions of this, and said act, the board of directors shall immediately cause said bonds for such amounts to be issued, and the same may be sold, placed or disposed of at not less than ninety-five per centum of their par value, according, as is now provided in said Chapter 20, Session Laws of 1919 of New Mexico, for the sale and disposal of bonds for irrigation and incidental purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 17-4-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 17-4-13
§ 17-4-13. Form of license
Status: in_force

Such license shall be substantially in the following form:

No. ․․․․․․․․․․ Class A. Santa Fe ․․․ 19 ․․․

This certifies that ․․․․․․․․․․ proprietor of a (public or private) (park or lake) called ․․․․․․․․․․ and situated on ․․․․․․․․․․ Sec.․․․․․․․․․․ Twp. ․․․․․․․․․․ Range ․․․ in ․․․․․․․․․․ county, New Mexico, is hereby authorized to keep and propagate therein and dispose of as provided by law the following (game quadrupeds, birds or fish), viz.: ․․․․․․․․․․ together with such additions thereto (with the natural increase of all) as may be hereafter lawfully acquired. This license expires ․․․․․․․․․․ years after date.

․․․․․․․․․․ Warden [Director].
N.M. Stat. § 4-49-21 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 49 / Section 4-49-21
§ 4-49-21. Failure to levy tax; mandamus
Status: in_force

If for any cause the board of county commissioners or county clerk, or other authority of any county who is by law charged with the levying of taxes or placing the same upon the tax books, shall fail or neglect to make such levy or place the same in the tax books at the time herein provided, the holder or holders of any such bonds or coupons shall have the right by mandamus to compel the levy and collection of such taxes or the placing of the same on the said tax book. The writ of mandamus herein provided for may be granted either in term time or vacation, and the necessary jurisdiction for that purpose is hereby conferred.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-29 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-29
§ 4-55A-29. Improvement district; reassessment after voiding of assessments; procedure
Status: in_force

A. It is the purpose of Sections 4-55A-29 through 4-55A-33 NMSA 1978 to:

(1) charge the cost of any improvement payable by the tract or parcel of land benefited by the improvement by making a reassessment for the cost of the improvement; and

(2) permit the making of a reassessment when an original assessment is declared void or the enforcement of the original assessment is refused by a court.

B. Whenever any assessment for improvements is declared void or unenforceable, either directly or indirectly, by a decision of any court for any cause whatever, the board shall reassess the tracts or parcels of land that are benefited or will be benefited by the improvement to the extent of the proportionate share of the cost of the improvement of each tract or parcel of land together with accrued interest.

C. The reassessment roll shall be prepared, a hearing held on the reassessment roll and a final determination of the reassessment made by the board, all in the manner provided in Sections 4-55A-18 through 4-55A-20 NMSA 1978 for the original assessment.
N.M. Stat. § 42-4-26 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 4 / Section 42-4-26
§ 42-4-26. Measurements and surveys of mine pending suit; authorization; expenses
Status: in_force

In all actions at law, or suits in equity, in any of the district courts of this state, wherein the title or right of possession to any mining claim, or ores and minerals is in dispute, any party to such action or suit shall have the right to go upon or enter the workings of said mining claim for the purpose of measuring or surveying the same, either upon the surface or in the workings thereof, peaceably, and without molestation; the costs and expenses of such measurement or survey to be paid by the party for whose use and benefit the same was done.
N.M. Stat. § 6-25-22 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 25 / Section 6-25-22
§ 6-25-22. Economic development revolving fund and project revenue bond anticipation notes
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized to issue negotiable economic development revolving fund and project revenue bond anticipation notes and may renew the notes from time to time, but the maximum maturity of such notes, including renewals of such notes, shall not exceed ten years from the date of issue of the original notes. The notes shall be payable from any available money of the authority from payments made by an eligible entity or from the proceeds of sale of the bonds of the authority in anticipation of which such notes were issued. The notes may be issued for any purpose of the authority authorized by the Statewide Economic Development Finance Act. All such notes shall be issued and secured and shall be subject to the provisions of that act in the same manner and to the same extent as bonds issued pursuant to that act.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48A-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48A / Section 4-48A-11
§ 4-48A-11. Board of trustees; acquisition of existing hospital facilities; agreements
Status: in_force

A. The board of trustees may acquire by purchase, lease-purchase or lease for the use of the special hospital district, any existing hospital facility (including buildings, property, furniture and equipment).

B. The governing body of a political subdivision situated within the territorial boundaries of a special hospital district and owning a hospital facility already constructed and situated within such territorial boundaries of a special hospital district may, with the approval of the state board of finance, enter into agreement with the board of trustees of the special hospital district for the sale, operation or maintenance of such hospital facility by the special hospital district.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15-15 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15 / Section 6-15-15
§ 6-15-15. Exchange for bonds to be refunded; sales
Status: in_force

All such refunding bonds may be exchanged dollar for dollar for the bonds to be refunded, or they may be sold as directed by the governing body, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied only to the purpose for which said refunding bonds were issued.
N.M. Stat. § 17-5-5 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 17-5-5
§ 17-5-5. Trapper's licenses
Status: in_force

A. No resident who has reached his twelfth birthday shall capture, trap or possess any fur-bearing animal or attempt to do so without first procuring a resident trapper's license; or, in the case of a resident who has reached his twelfth birthday but not his eighteenth birthday, a resident junior trapper's license.

B. No nonresident shall capture, trap or possess any fur-bearing animal or skunk or coyote or attempt to do so without first procuring a nonresident trapper's license.

C. No nonresident who resides in a state that does not permit New Mexico residents to procure nonresident trapper's licenses may purchase a New Mexico nonresident trapper's license.

D. Trappers shall release all fur-bearing animals trapped during closed seasons, and resident trappers who release all fur-bearing animals during open seasons need not procure a trapper's license.

E. Trappers on official business, paid from state and federal funds and under supervision of the department of game and fish, the New Mexico department of agriculture or the United States fish and wildlife service need not purchase a trapper's license.

F. Trapping of animals, both fur-bearing and nongame, by a resident in order to protect his livestock or domesticated animals or fowl shall not be subject to rules and regulations on trapping made pursuant to Section 17-5-4 NMSA 1978 or to licensing requirements provided in this section.

G. The state game commission may by regulation require holders of trapper's licenses to use bobcat pelt tags and may specify the conditions for use of the tags.
N.M. Stat. § 71-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 71 / Article 10 / Section 71-10-1
§ 71-10-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 11 of this act may be cited as the “Electric Generating Facility Economic District Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-35 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-35
§ 24-1-35. Assisted living facilities contracts; limit on charges after resident death
Status: in_force

A. The contract for each resident of an assisted living facility shall include a refund policy to be implemented at the time of a resident's death. The refund policy shall provide that the resident's estate or responsible party is entitled to a prorated refund based on the calculated daily rate for any unused portion of payment beyond the termination date after all charges have been paid to the licensee. For the purpose of this section, the termination date shall be the date the unit is vacated by the resident due to the resident's death and cleared of all personal belongings.

B. If a resident's belongings are not removed within one week of the resident's death and the amount of belongings does not preclude renting the unit, the facility may clear the unit and charge the resident's estate for moving and storing the items at a rate equal to the actual cost to the facility, not to exceed ten percent of the regular rate for the unit; provided that the responsible party for the resident is given notice at least one week before the resident's belongings are removed. If the resident's belongings are not claimed within forty-five days after notification, the facility may dispose of them.

C. For the purposes of this section, “ assisted living facility ” means a facility required to be licensed as an assisted living facility for adults by the department of health.
N.M. Stat. § 19-1-4 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 19-1-4
§ 19-1-4. Oath and bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the duties of his office the commissioner shall qualify by taking and subscribing an oath as prescribed by the constitution and by executing a bond to the state in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and which bond, together with said oath, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. If such bond be executed by a surety company, the expense thereof shall be paid out of the state lands maintenance fund.
N.M. Stat. § 73-11-35 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 11 / Section 73-11-35
§ 73-11-35. Bids by district at tax sale; district to pay cash
Status: in_force

The district may appear as a bidder at the sale of any lands for delinquent district or other taxes, and may purchase and take title to said lands and dispose of them like any other purchaser. To protect its assessments the district, at a tax sale where there is no other bid for the full amount of the delinquencies, including interest and penalties, may bid and buy in the land; provided, the district shall never bid or pay a greater sum than the total of all taxes against the land, with interest and penalties; and, provided, further, when purchasing any land at any tax sale the district shall pay cash for all taxes, interest and penalties, including the district taxes, like other purchasers, and such expenditures shall be deemed operating expenses of the district, and may be assessed as maintenance charges.
N.M. Stat. § 12-11-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 11 / Section 12-11-6
§ 12-11-6. Disaster successors to local offices
Status: in_force

Officers of political subdivisions who have authority to fill vacancies in local offices shall designate three disaster successors to the powers and duties of each such office and specify their order of succession.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14F-17 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14F / Section 61-14F-17
§ 61-14F-17. Administrative penalty
Status: in_force

The secretary may assess a civil penalty against an athlete agent not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a violation of the Uniform Athlete Agents Act.
N.M. Stat. § 52-1-67 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 1 / Section 52-1-67
§ 52-1-67. Locale of employment; definitions
Status: in_force

A. A person's employment is principally localized in this or another state when:

(1) his employer has a place of business in this or such other state and he regularly works at or from such place of business; or

(2) if Paragraph (1) of this subsection is not applicable, he is domiciled and spends a substantial part of his working time in the service of his employer in this or such other state.

B. An employee whose duties require him to travel regularly in the service of his employer in this and one or more other states may, by written agreement with his employer, provide that his employment is principally localized in this or another such state, and, unless such other state refuses jurisdiction, such agreement shall be given effect under the Workers' Compensation Act.

C. As used in Sections 52-1-64 through 52-1-67 NMSA 1978:

(1) “United States” includes only the states of the United States and the District of Columbia;

(2) “state” includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any province of Canada; and

(3) “carrier” includes any insurance company licensed to write workers' compensation insurance in any state of the United States or any state or provincial fund which insures employers against their liabilities under a workers' compensation law.
N.M. Stat. § 46-4-3 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 4 / Section 46-4-3
§ 46-4-3. Instruments to be recorded
Status: in_force

The instruments creating such express trusts shall be executed in such a manner as to be admitted to probate, if a will, and to recordation in the office of the county clerk in which the trust property is located if a declaration of trust, but they shall be of no effect or force until approved and accepted and endorsed to that effect by the beneficiary and either admitted to probate or filed of record by the clerk of the county where the trust property is located.
N.M. Stat. § 28-16A-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 16A / Section 28-16A-13
§ 28-16A-13. Authorization for providing support and services for persons with developmental disabilities
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the availability of appropriations provided expressly for this purpose, the department may:

(1) acquire, provide or coordinate support and services for persons with developmental disabilities;

(2) enter into contracts and provider agreements with agencies and persons capable of providing support and services to persons with developmental disabilities; and

(3) establish advisory councils and task forces as necessary to guide the development and review of support and services to persons with developmental disabilities.

B. Support and services shall be provided based on individual support and service plans developed by an interdisciplinary team. The team is responsible for collectively evaluating a child's or adult's needs and developing an individual support and service plan to meet the needs; provided that the early childhood education and care department shall be responsible for the team that is evaluating a child for family, infant, toddler program services.

C. The department or, for children eligible for family, infant, toddler program services, the early childhood education and care department shall:

(1) solicit the involvement of consumers, providers, parents, professional organizations and other governmental organizations prior to the adoption or revision of rules concerning the provision of support, services, standards or funding systems. Participants shall be selected in a manner that reflects geographical, cultural, organizational and professional representation across the state;

(2) develop rules, including policies and procedures that, to the extent possible, will promote uniformity in reimbursement and quality assurance systems regardless of the source of funding; and

(3) convene and maintain a family, infant, toddler interagency coordinating council and a statewide adult support and services task force that shall, at a minimum, address quality assurance.
N.M. Stat. § 31-15-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 15 / Section 31-15-9
§ 31-15-9. Duty of chief public defender to establish district public defender office; appointment of district public defender
Status: in_force

A. The chief shall designate one or more public defender districts having boundaries coextensive with the boundaries of one or more judicial districts of this state. The chief shall consider the demand for legal services provided under the Public Defender Act, criminal case load statistics, population, geographical characteristics and any other relevant factor in the designation of public defender districts.

B. The chief may review the designation of districts at any time. The review shall be based on the same factors enumerated in Subsection A of this section. On the basis of the review the chief may change the designation of any district so long as the new designation has boundaries coextensive with the boundaries of one or more judicial districts of this state.

C. The chief shall appoint a district public defender in each district. The district public defender shall administer the operation of the district and shall serve at the pleasure of the chief. Each district public defender shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in the highest courts of this state and a resident of this state.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2D-10 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2D / Section 60-2D-10
§ 60-2D-10. Applications for pari-mutuel bicycle-racing licenses
Status: in_force

A. Each initial application for a pari-mutuel bicycle-racing license shall:

(1) be made under oath on a form supplied by the commission and shall be filed on a date set by the commission by regulation;

(2) set forth the time, place and number of days of the proposed bicycle-racing meet;

(3) state the full name and address of the applicant and, if a corporation, the names and addresses of all its officers and directors and of all the holders of each class of its stock and the amount of stock of each class owned by each stockholder;

(4) present a current financial statement of the applicant;

(5) identify the bicycle-racing track where the proposed bicycle-racing meet will be held and the names and addresses of the owners of all property to be used;

(6) give a description of the land uses within a radius of two miles of the proposed meet; and

(7) state any other information deemed necessary by the commission or required by its regulations.

B. Upon receipt of the initial application, the commission shall set a date for a hearing on the application and require the applicant to give public notice of the hearing, in a form set by the commission, giving the time, place and purpose of the hearing by publication in a newspaper in general circulation in the area of the proposed meet, once a week for three consecutive weeks, and by posting a notice on the site of the proposed bicycle-racing meet, in a form and size set by the commission.

C. The commission shall conduct the public hearing, and any interested person may be heard. Among other things, the commission may hear evidence concerning:

(1) the number of licenses already granted;

(2) the location of tracks previously licensed; and

(3) the desires of the residents of the county.
N.M. Stat. § 29-1-1 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 29-1-1
§ 29-1-1. Investigation of criminal violations; commencement of prosecution; cooperation; removal
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the duty of every sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable and every other peace officer to investigate all violations of the criminal laws of the state which are called to the attention of any such officer or of which he is aware, and it is also declared the duty of every such officer to diligently file a complaint or information, if the circumstances are such as to indicate to a reasonably prudent person that such action should be taken, and it is also declared his duty to cooperate with and assist the attorney general, district attorney or other prosecutor, if any, in all reasonable ways. Such cooperation shall include the prompt reporting of all arrests for liquor law violations at licensed liquor establishments to the department of alcoholic beverage control. Failure to perform his duty in any material way shall subject such officer to removal from office and payment of all costs of prosecution.
N.M. Stat. § 40-2-6 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2-6
§ 40-2-6. Effect of recording or failure to record settlement or separation contract
Status: in_force

The recording or nonrecording of such contract has a like effect as the recording or nonrecording of a grant of real property.
N.M. Stat. § 69-25A-27 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 25A / Section 69-25A-27
§ 69-25A-27. Cooperative agreement between the state of New Mexico and the United States
Status: in_force

The governor is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the secretary of the United States department of the interior for regulation by New Mexico of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on federal lands within New Mexico. Such cooperative agreement shall be on such terms as the governor deems appropriate, consistent with applicable state and federal law.