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N.M. Stat. § 53-14-4 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 14 / Section 53-14-4
§ 53-14-4. Articles of merger, consolidation or exchange
Status: in_force

A. Upon receiving the approvals required by Sections 53-14-1 , 53-14-2 and 53-14-3 NMSA 1978 , articles of merger or articles of consolidation shall be executed by each corporation by an authorized officer and shall set forth:

(1) the plan of merger or the plan of consolidation;

(2) as to each corporation, either:

(a) the number of shares outstanding, and, if the shares of any class are entitled to vote as a class, the designation and number of outstanding shares of each such class; or

(b) a statement that the vote of shareholders is not required by virtue of Subsection D of Section 53-14-3 NMSA 1978;

(3) as to each corporation the approval of whose shareholders is required, the number of shares voted for and against the plan, respectively, and, if the shares of any class are entitled to vote as a class, the number of shares of each such class voted for and against the plan, respectively; and

(4) as to the acquiring corporation in a plan of exchange, a statement that the adoption plan and performance of its terms were duly approved by its board of directors and such other requisite corporate action, if any, as may be required of it.

B. The original of the articles of merger, consolidation or exchange together with a copy, which may be signed, photocopied or conformed, shall be delivered to the commission [secretary of state]. If the commission [secretary of state] finds that the articles conform to law, it shall, when all fees have been paid:

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

(2) file the original in its office; and

(3) issue a certificate of merger, consolidation or exchange to which it shall affix the file-stamped copy.

C. The certificate of merger, consolidation or exchange, together with the file-stamped copy of the articles affixed to it shall be returned by the commission [secretary of state] to the surviving, new or acquiring corporation or its representative.
N.M. Stat. § 76-12-14 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 12 / Section 76-12-14
§ 76-12-14. Directors; election
Status: in_force

The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than five or [nor] more than twenty-one directors to be elected by the members with such qualifications as may be provided for in the articles of incorporation or bylaws. All of the directors shall be members of the association or officers, directors or members of member associations.

When a vacancy on the board of directors occurs other than by expiration of term or removal, the remaining members of the board, shall fill the vacancy either by a majority vote of the board, or by calling a special election of the members in the district affected.

There shall be no personal liability to a director or member of an association in his official action or omission except for wilful negligence or malfeasance in office.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-41 — NM_STATUTES 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. § 42-5-6 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 5 / Section 42-5-6
§ 42-5-6. Commissioners; appointment; qualifications; oath; partition of land; report
Status: in_force

The court, when it shall decree a partition of any premises, shall appoint three commissioners not connected with any of the parties either by consanguinity or affinity and entirely disinterested; each of whom shall take an oath before some person authorized to administer the same, fairly and impartially to make partition of the said premises in accordance with the decree of the court as to the rights and interests of the parties, if the same can be done consistently with the interests of the estate, and the said commissioners shall go upon the premises and make partition of said lands, tenements and hereditaments, assigning to each party his share by metes and bounds, and shall make report in writing, under their hands, to the court, with all convenient speed, or within the time which may be prescribed by the court, and the court may upon the coming in and filing of such report make all such orders thereon as may be necessary to a final disposition of the case.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-16C-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 16C / Section 59A-16C-8
§ 59A-16C-8. Warning required
Status: in_force

Within six months of the effective date of the Insurance Fraud Act all claim forms and applications for insurance shall contain a statement permanently affixed to the application or claim form which states substantially as follows:

“ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY PRESENTS A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF A LOSS OR BENEFIT OR KNOWINGLY PRESENTS FALSE INFORMATION IN AN APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE IS GUILTY OF A CRIME AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL FINES AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES.”

The failure to include that statement shall not constitute a defense against prosecution for commission of insurance fraud.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21C-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21C / Section 21-21C-7
§ 21-21C-7. No funds for sectarian purposes
Status: in_force

No funds appropriated pursuant to the provisions of the Student Choice Act shall be used for sectarian purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 46-9A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 9A / Section 46-9A-2
§ 46-9A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act:

A. “ charitable purpose ” means the relief of poverty, advancement of education or religion, promotion of health, promotion of a governmental purpose or any other purpose the achievement of which is beneficial to the community;

B. “ endowment fund ” means an institutional fund or part thereof that, pursuant to the terms of a gift instrument, is not wholly expendable by the institution on a current basis. “Endowment fund” does not include assets that an institution designates as an endowment fund for its own use;

C. “ gift instrument ” means a record or records, including an institutional solicitation, pursuant to which property is granted to, transferred to or held by an institution as an institutional fund;

D. “ institution ” means:

(1) a person, other than an individual, organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes;

(2) a government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, to the extent that it holds funds exclusively for a charitable purpose; or

(3) a trust that had both charitable and noncharitable interests, after all noncharitable interests have terminated;

E. “ institutional fund ” means a fund held by an institution exclusively for charitable purposes. “Institutional fund” does not include:

(1) program-related assets;

(2) a fund held for an institution by a trustee that is not an institution;

(3) a fund in which a beneficiary that is not an institution has an interest, other than an interest that could arise upon violation or failure of the purposes of the fund;

(4) a fund established pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, Section 10 of the constitution of New Mexico ; or

(5) a fund established pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, Section 2 of the constitution of New Mexico ;

F. “ person ” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity;

G. “ program-related asset ” means an asset held by an institution primarily to accomplish a charitable purpose of the institution and not primarily for investment; and

H. “ record ” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
N.M. Stat. § 66-13-13 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 13 / Section 66-13-13
§ 66-13-13. Educational program
Status: in_force

The state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department shall develop and implement a program to advertise and further educate the boating public about the dangers of boating while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and the penalties associated with a conviction pursuant to the provisions of the Boating While Intoxicated Act.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-37-15 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 37 / Section 59A-37-15
§ 59A-37-15. Termination of registration
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall terminate the registration of any insurer which demonstrates that it no longer is a member of an insurance holding company system.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2C-41 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2C / Section 26-2C-41
§ 26-2C-41. Indian nations, tribes and pueblos; intergovernmental agreements
Status: in_force

A. The department may enter into one or more intergovernmental agreements with any tribal government to efficiently coordinate the cross-jurisdictional administration of the laws of this state and the laws of tribal governments relating to the use of cannabis products set forth in the Cannabis Regulation Act and the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act. The agreements may include, without limitation, provisions relating to:

(1) criminal and civil law enforcement;

(2) regulatory issues relating to the possession, delivery, production, processing or use of cannabis products;

(3) the administration of laws relating to taxation;

(4) any immunity, preemption or conflict of law relating to the possession, delivery, production, processing or use of cannabis products; and

(5) the resolution of any disputes between a tribal government and the state, which may include, without limitation, the use of mediation or other nonjudicial processes.

B. An agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall:

(1) provide for the preservation of public health and safety;

(2) ensure the security of cannabis establishments and the corresponding facilities on tribal land;

(3) establish provisions regulating business involving cannabis that passes between tribal land and non-tribal land in New Mexico; and

(4) be negotiated in good faith, which shall respect and protect state and tribal sovereign immunity.

C. As used in this section, “ tribal government ” means a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located wholly or partially in the state.
N.M. Stat. § 4-18-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 18 / Section 4-18-3
§ 4-18-3. Southern boundary
Status: in_force

The dividing line to be known as the dividing line of the counties of Mora and San Miguel, shall be as follows: taking as a fixed point five hundred yards north of the house of Leandro Sanchez, at Pena Blanca, in the county of San Miguel; thence running a line directly to the west to the eastern boundary line of the county of Santa Fe; thence running from said point five hundred yards north of the house of Leandro Sanchez on a line directly east to the fall and source of the Arroyo de la Jara; thence following the current of the Arroyo de la Jara to its junction with the Sapello river; thence following down the Sapello river to the old government bridge or crossing over the El Sapellocito; thence running on a direct line east, or as nearly as may be, to the Pinos Altos, leaving all settlements on both sides of the Mora river, and within the valley of said river, in the county of Mora; thence from Pinos Altos in a direct line to the east to the limits of the territory of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 73-9-12 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 9 / Section 73-9-12
§ 73-9-12. Determining and declaring result of election; plurality elects
Status: in_force

No list, tally paper or certificate returned from any election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form, if it can be satisfactorily understood. The board of directors must meet at its usual place of meeting on the first Monday after election and canvass the returns. If at the time of meeting the returns from each precinct in the district in which the polls were open have been received, the board of directors must then and there proceed to canvass the returns; but if all the returns have not been received, the canvass must be postponed from day to day until the returns have been received, or until six postponements have been had. The canvass must be made in public and by opening the returns and counting the votes cast for each person voted for, or as to each question voted upon, and declaring the results thereof. The board shall declare elected the person receiving the highest number of votes so returned for each office and also declare the result as to any question submitted.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-19
§ 19-4-19. Reservation for park or public purpose
Status: reserved

The corporate authorities of any town or board of trustees, may set apart and reserve any of said lots or blocks, not to exceed four blocks in all, nor situated in more than eight different blocks in any one town, for the public use of said town, for a town park, or other purposes, for the benefit of the public, in lieu of offering them for sale, and shall execute to such town a deed for said lots so reserved.
N.M. Stat. § 4-46-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 46 / Section 4-46-2
§ 4-46-2. Service of process; duties of county clerk
Status: in_force

In all legal proceedings against the county, process shall be served on the county clerk, and whenever such suit or proceeding shall be commenced it shall be the duty of the clerk forthwith to notify the district attorney of the judicial district in which the county so sued is situate, and to lay before the board of county commissioners at their next meeting all the information he may have in regard to such suit or proceeding.
N.M. Stat. § 14-14A-30 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 14A / Section 14-14A-30
§ 14-14A-30. Saving clause
Status: in_force

The Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts does not affect the validity or effect of a notarial act performed before the effective date of the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts or any amendments to the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.
N.M. Stat. § 66-12-18 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 12 / Section 66-12-18
§ 66-12-18. Power to regulate
Status: in_force

The state park and recreation division [state parks division] may promulgate regulations to carry into effect the provisions of the Boat Act.
N.M. Stat. § 4-50-17 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 50 / Section 4-50-17
§ 4-50-17. Powers and duties of superintendent
Status: in_force

The said superintendent is hereby authorized and empowered in times of flood emergency to order headgates of ditches to be closed, ditches to be cut, flood waters to be drained through ditches or other channels already cut, or through ditches or channels to be cut for that purpose; dikes, dams, embankments and other structures to be erected, necessary labor to be employed, and necessary materials to be purchased, and generally to do all things according to the necessity and emergency existing. The superintendent and his agents, laborers and employees shall have the right of entry upon all premises necessary to control and suppress flood emergencies, and shall not be liable for any damage thereto except for any wanton or malicious injury. No expenditures hereunder shall be made by any superintendent in excess of the moneys in the emergency district flood funds at the time such expenditure is made. All moneys paid out of the emergency district flood fund shall be paid by warrants drawn by the board of county commissioners on vouchers filed and approved by the superintendent. Any person who shall willfully hinder, delay or obstruct any superintendent, his agents, laborers or employees from performing any of the duties imposed by this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed fifty dollars [($50.00)], or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed thirty days, or suffer both such fine and imprisonment.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7A-11 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7A / Section 24-7A-11
§ 24-7A-11. Capacity
Status: in_force

A. The Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act does not affect the right of an individual to make health-care decisions while having capacity to do so.

B. An individual is presumed to have capacity to make a health-care decision, to give or revoke an advance health-care directive and to designate a surrogate.

C. Unless otherwise specified in a written advance health-care directive, a determination that an individual lacks or has recovered capacity or that another condition exists that affects an individual instruction or the authority of an agent shall be made by two qualified health-care professionals, one of whom shall be the primary care practitioner. If the lack of capacity is determined to exist because of mental illness or developmental disability, one of the qualified health-care professionals shall be a person whose training and expertise aid in the assessment of functional impairment.

D. An individual shall not be determined to lack capacity solely on the basis that the individual chooses not to accept the treatment recommended by a health-care practitioner.

E. An individual, at any time, may challenge a determination that the individual lacks capacity by a signed writing or by personally informing a health-care practitioner of the challenge. A health-care practitioner who is informed by the individual of a challenge shall promptly communicate the fact of the challenge to the supervising health-care practitioner and to any health-care institution at which the individual is receiving care. Such a challenge shall prevail unless otherwise ordered by the court in a proceeding brought pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-7A-14 NMSA 1978 .

F. A determination of lack of capacity under the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act shall not be evidence of incapacity under the provisions of Article 5 of the Uniform Probate Code. 1
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-21 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-21
§ 61-23-21. Practice of engineering
Status: in_force

A. No business entity shall be licensed pursuant to the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act. No business entity shall practice or offer to practice engineering in the state except as provided in the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act.

B. Professional engineers may engage in the practice of engineering and perform engineering work pursuant to the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act as individuals or through a business entity. In the case of an individual, the individual shall be a professional engineer pursuant to the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act. All plans, designs, drawings, specifications or reports that are involved in such practice, or that are issued by or for the practice, shall bear the seal and signature of the professional engineer in responsible charge of and directly responsible for the work issued. In the case of practice through a business entity that is a partnership, at least one of the partners shall be a professional engineer pursuant to the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act, and all plans, designs, drawings, specifications or reports that are involved in such practice, or that are issued by or for the partnership, shall bear the seal and signature of the professional engineer in responsible charge of and directly responsible for such work when issued. In the case of practice through a business entity other than a partnership, services or work involving the practice of engineering may be offered through that business entity; provided that the person in responsible charge of the activities of the business entity that constitute engineering practice is a professional engineer who has authority to bind such business entity by contract; and further provided that all plans, designs, drawings, specifications or reports that are involved in engineering practice, or that are issued by or for such business entity, bear the seal and signature of a professional engineer in responsible charge of and directly responsible for the work when issued.

C. An individual or business entity may not use or assume a name involving the terms “ engineer ”, “ professional engineer ”, “ engineering ”, “ registered ” or “ licensed ” engineer or any modification or derivative of such terms unless that individual or business entity is qualified to practice engineering in accordance with the requirements of the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act.

D. In the case of practice through a business entity offering or providing services or work involving the practice of engineering, an authorized company officer and the professional engineer who is employed by the business entity and in responsible charge shall place on file with the board a signed affidavit, as prescribed by board rule. The affidavit shall be kept current, and, if there is any change in the professional engineer or authorized company officer, the affidavit shall be promptly revised and resubmitted to the board.
N.M. Stat. § 7-31-11 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 31 / Section 7-31-11
§ 7-31-11. Purchaser's report; tax remittance; additional information
Status: in_force

Each purchaser 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 purchased by him from each production unit for each calendar month. All taxes due or to be remitted by the purchaser 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 reports 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. § 1-15A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 15A / Section 1-15A-1
§ 1-15A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Presidential Primary Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 47-1-54 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 1 / Section 47-1-54
§ 47-1-54. Recordation of land description based on coordinate system; limitation
Status: in_force

No coordinates based on the New Mexico coordinate system, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless such point is within eight kilometers of a monumented horizontal control station established by and for and for which coordinate data has been published by an agency of the state of New Mexico or a political subdivision of the state or established in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specifications for first-, second- or third- order geodetic surveying as prepared and published by the federal geodetic control committee of the United States department of commerce. Standards and specifications of the federal geodetic control committee or its successor in force on the date of the geodetic survey shall apply. The publication of the existing control stations, or the acceptance with intent to publish the newly established control stations by the national ocean survey and national geodetic survey, shall constitute evidence of adherence to the federal geodetic control committee's specifications. The limitations of this section may be further modified by the secretary of highway and transportation.
N.M. Stat. § 67-8-23 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 8 / Section 67-8-23
§ 67-8-23. Additional cooperative agreements funding
Status: in_force

The department shall expend an additional two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the sixty-eighth and subsequent fiscal years, over and above amounts expended in the sixty-seventh fiscal year, to assist municipalities, school districts and counties through cooperative agreements for the construction or improvement of public highways and public school parking areas.