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N.M. Stat. § 23-3-2 — NM Code / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 23-3-2
§ 23-3-2. Board created; terms; composition; compensation
Status: in_force

A. There is created the “board of trustees of the miners' hospital of New Mexico”. The board shall consist of five members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member of the board shall be a licensed physician, two members shall be miners or their representatives and two members shall be representatives of the general public. Members of the board shall be appointed for staggered terms of five years each, except that the initial board shall be composed of one member appointed for a term of one year, one member appointed for a term of two years, one member appointed for a term of three years, one member appointed for a term of four years and one member appointed for a term of five years.

B. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for doing business.

C. Members of the board shall receive per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act 1 and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 24-6B-19 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 6B / Section 24-6B-19
§ 24-6B-19. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity
Status: in_force

A. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

(1) the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act;

(2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or

(3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.

B. If a document of gift is valid pursuant to this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.

C. A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
N.M. Stat. § 42-5-9 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 5 / Section 42-5-9
§ 42-5-9. Death of party does not abate suit
Status: in_force

No suit for a partition shall abate by the death of any tenant, but upon the death of any tenant being a party to said suit, the heirs or devisees of the said tenant may on motion be made parties in his stead.
N.M. Stat. § 3-35-9 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 35 / Section 3-35-9
§ 3-35-9. Interest on assessments; penalties after delinquency
Status: in_force

Assessments shall bear interest at the rate provided in the ordinance and from the date of the publication of the assessing ordinance until paid. The ordinance shall prescribe when the assessments become due and delinquent, and the penalties payable after delinquency.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.25 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.25
§ 7-1-6.25. Distribution of petroleum products loading fee; corrective action fund; local governments road fund
Status: in_force

A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 of the net receipts attributable to the petroleum products loading fee shall be made to each of the following funds in the following amounts:

A. to the local governments road fund an amount equal to the net receipts attributable to a fee of forty dollars ($40.00) per load; and

B. to the corrective action fund the balance, if any, of the net receipts.
N.M. Stat. § 9-2A-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 2A / Section 9-2A-14
§ 9-2A-14. Juvenile justice programs; federal grants; advisory committee; supervisory function
Status: in_force

Any juvenile justice advisory committee appointed pursuant to the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 1 shall be advisory to the department, except the committee shall serve as the “supervisory board” under that act and any applicable regulations.
N.M. Stat. § 58-1-71 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1 / Section 58-1-71
§ 58-1-71. Waivers; corporate action by unanimously signed writing
Status: in_force

When notice is required to be given to stockholders or directors under the Banking Act, or the articles of incorporation or bylaws of any state bank, a waiver of notice in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated in the notice, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. If the vote of stockholders or directors at a meeting is required or permitted in connection with any corporate action, by any section of the Banking Act, the meeting and vote of stockholders or directors may be dispensed with, if all of the stockholders or directors who would have been entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, consent in writing to the corporate action. If the action consented to would have required the filing of a certificate under the Banking Act, if the action had been voted upon by the stockholders or directors at a meeting, the certificates filed shall state that written consent has been given under this section in lieu of stating that the stockholders or directors have voted upon the corporate action in question, if a statement of voting is required in the certificate.
N.M. Stat. § 10-12B-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 12B / Section 10-12B-18
§ 10-12B-18. Adjustment of pension
Status: in_force

A. If payment of a pension or other retirement benefit causes a decrease in the amount of monetary payments or other needs-based benefits due to a payee from any other governmental agency, the pension or other retirement benefit shall be reduced for the period during which the pension or other retirement benefit prevents payment of another needs-based benefit to result in payment of the maximum amount possible by the association and the other governmental agency to the payee. Any amounts that would otherwise be paid out that are not paid in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be recoverable by a payee at any later date.

B. If there is a change in the effect of pension or other retirement benefit on any monetary payments or other needs-based benefits due to a payee from any other governmental agency, the pension or other retirement benefits shall be adjusted to result in the maximum total benefit to the payee. In no event shall any pension be increased in an amount greater than that authorized by the Judicial Retirement Act.

C. The provisions of this section are mandatory and shall not be waived or declined by a payee. Each payee shall provide the association with all information necessary for the association to carry out the requirements imposed by this section.

D. If the payee fails to provide all the facts necessary to comply with the requirements imposed by this section, and payment of a pension or other retirement benefit is made without making the adjustment required by this section, neither the board, the executive director nor any officer or employee of the association or the board shall be liable to any third party because the adjustment was not made as required.

E. As used in this section:

(1) “pension” means a normal retirement, survivor or disability retirement pension payable to a retired member or survivor beneficiary pursuant to the Judicial Retirement Act;

(2) “governmental agency” means the federal government, any department or agency of the federal government, any state and any department, agency or political subdivision of a state;

(3) “total benefits” means pensions plus any other monetary payments or other needs-based benefits due to the payee from any governmental agency;

(4) “needs-based benefit” means monetary or other benefits for which a determination of eligibility is based upon the recipient's level of income and resources; and

(5) “payee” means a retired member or the refund beneficiary or survivor beneficiary of a retired member.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16-48 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-48
§ 30-16-48. Penalty; further investigation
Status: in_force

Any person who is found within any geographical area of the state designated by regulation of the division as a crude petroleum oil producing area, in possession of crude petroleum oil, sediment, water or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas or both, which contains crude petroleum oil, and does not, on a reasonable request of any state police officer or other law enforcement officer as defined in Section 29-7-9 NMSA 1978 , produce the required documentation for examination and inspection is guilty of a misdemeanor. If the documentation is produced but differs substantially from the load the transporter is carrying, or differs substantially from crude petroleum oil or processed or refined products produced by him from crude petroleum oil, and in his possession or sold by him, it shall be substantial evidence supporting further investigation by such officer or agent of possible theft of crude petroleum oil.
N.M. Stat. § 21-16-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 16 / Section 21-16-7
§ 21-16-7. Standards
Status: in_force

The state board of education shall, in conjunction with the board, prescribe the course of study for the technical and vocational institute. The board, in conjunction with the commission on higher education [higher education department], shall define official standards of excellence in all matters relating to the administration, course of study and quality of instruction.
N.M. Stat. § 9-3-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 9-3-9
§ 9-3-9. Corrections department legislative report
Status: in_force

On or before December 15 of each year, the secretary shall provide a report to each member of the legislature describing the state's comprehensive law enforcement and criminal justice plan and the programs and projects funded under this plan. The report shall include:

A. funds spent for each part of the state's comprehensive plan and the programs and projects funded under it;

B. a description of the procedure followed by the department in order to audit, monitor and evaluate programs and projects;

C. the description and number of program and project areas, and the funds spent, which are innovative or incorporate advanced techniques and which have demonstrated promise in furthering the purposes of the state's comprehensive plan; and

D. reports submitted by the criminal justice coordinating council.
N.M. Stat. § 50-11-1 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 11 / Section 50-11-1
§ 50-11-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Employee Privacy Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9J-4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9J / Section 7-9J-4
§ 7-9J-4. Alternative energy product manufacturers tax credit
Status: in_force

A. A tax credit to be known as the “alternative energy product manufacturers tax credit” may be claimed by a taxpayer in an amount:

(1) for which the taxpayer has been granted approval by the department pursuant to the Alternative Energy Product Manufacturers Tax Credit Act; and

(2) not to exceed five percent of the taxpayer's qualified expenditures.

B. The alternative energy product manufacturers tax credit may only be deducted from the taxpayer's modified combined tax liability. Any portion of the alternative energy product manufacturers tax credit that remains unused at the end of the taxpayer's reporting period may be carried forward for five years.
N.M. Stat. § 21-22B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 22B / Section 21-22B-2
§ 21-22B-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Nursing Student Loan for Service Act is to meet the emergency currently existing resulting from the shortage of nurses in the underserved areas of the state by increasing the number of practitioners in rural areas through a program of loans for nursing students. The program will require as a condition of each loan that the student declare intent prior to the granting of the loan that the nurse will practice nursing within one of the areas of the state designated as an underserved area by the commission [department].
N.M. Stat. § 72-12A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 12A / Section 72-12A-3
§ 72-12A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Mine Dewatering Act:

A. “declared underground basin” means an underground stream, channel, artesian basin, reservoir or lake, the boundaries of which have been determined and proclaimed by the state engineer to be reasonably ascertainable;

B. “mine dewatering” means the diversion and discharge of ground water developed by mining activities by means of depressurizing wells, mine shaft pumping or by other means necessary to displace water from an area of mining operations or proposed mining operations, but does not include in situ leaching;

C. “plan of replacement” means a detailed plan for the replacement of water;

D. “replacement of water” means the furnishing of a substitute water supply, the modification of existing water supply facilities, the drilling of replacement wells, the assumption of additional operating costs, the procurement of documentation establishing a waiver of protection by owners of affected water rights, artificial recharge or any other reasonable means to avoid impairment of water rights; and

E. “substitute water supply” means a supply of water adequate in quality and made available at a point of diversion or use in a sufficient quantity to prevent impairment of an affected water right and may include water produced by mine dewatering.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-47-41 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 47 / Section 59A-47-41
§ 59A-47-41. Coverage of alpha-fetoprotein IV screening test
Status: in_force

An individual or group health insurance policy, health care plan or certificate of health insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in the state shall provide coverage for an alpha-fetoprotein IV screening test for pregnant women, generally between sixteen and twenty weeks of pregnancy, to screen for certain genetic abnormalities in the fetus.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-34-41 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 34 / Section 59A-34-41
§ 59A-34-41. Bulk reinsurance; fees and commissions
Status: in_force

No director, officer, employee, agent or other representative of an insurer party to a bulk reinsurance plan or agreement, nor any other person, shall be paid or receive any fee, commission or other special or valuable consideration for in any manner aiding, promoting or assisting in negotiation or effectuation of such bulk reinsurance, except as stated in the plan and agreement of such reinsurance as approved by the superintendent. This section does not apply as to regular salaries or other regular compensation received or to be received by directors, officers, employees or agents for services rendered in ordinary and regular course of business.
N.M. Stat. § 11-14-4 — NM Code / Chapter 11 / Article 14 / Section 11-14-4
§ 11-14-4. Statutes prescribing weight and size standards and relating to special permits; continuation
Status: repealed

All statutes prescribing weight and size standards and all statutes relating to special permits shall continue in effect until amended or repealed.
N.M. Stat. § 36-1A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 1A / Section 36-1A-4
§ 36-1A-4. Coverage of service; exemptions
Status: in_force

A. The District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act shall cover all employees except only covered employees shall be entitled to utilize grievance procedures and the appeals provisions in Section 9 of the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act.

B. The positions of attorney, district office manager and special program director are “at will” positions that serve at the pleasure of the district attorney.
N.M. Stat. § 6-11-3 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 11 / Section 6-11-3
§ 6-11-3. Application of money to forest reserve school purposes fund and county road fund; expenditure upon roads; building of roads
Status: in_force

A. Money received under Section 6-11-2 NMSA 1978 shall be applied in the different counties to which it is transmitted as follows:

(1) one-half to the credit of the forest reserve school purposes fund, hereby created; and

(2) one-half to the credit of the county road fund.

B. One-half of the money accruing to any county and duly remitted to the county treasurer to be credited to the county road fund under Subsection A of this section may be expended by the board of county commissioners upon roads within forest reserves in those counties and upon those other roads in the counties deemed by the boards of county commissioners to be necessary or convenient to the public.
N.M. Stat. § 20-8-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 8 / Section 20-8-5
§ 20-8-5. State armory board fund
Status: in_force

A. All net revenues derived from any armory rentals shall be deposited quarterly or more frequently by all local armory boards with the state armory board which shall keep such money on deposit with the state treasurer in a separate fund to be known as the “state armory board fund”. Money deposited in this fund is appropriated for the use of the state armory board in carrying out the purposes of Chapter 20, Article 8 NMSA 1978 . All expenditures by the state armory board shall be upon vouchers signed by the secretary-treasurer of the board and paid out of the fund upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration.

B. The state armory board fund shall also be the repository for all money and interest received by the state armory board in the exercise of its powers and responsibilities as stated in Chapter 20, Article 8 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 2-5-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 2-5-7
§ 2-5-7. Cooperation
Status: in_force

Each agency or institution of the state and its political subdivisions shall, upon request, furnish and make available to the legislative finance committee such documents, material or information as may be requested by the members of the committee or its director or staff which are not made confidential by law.
N.M. Stat. § 72-5A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5A / Section 72-5A-3
§ 72-5A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Ground Water Storage and Recovery Act:

A. “ aquifer ” means a geologic formation that contains sufficient saturated material to be capable of storing and transmitting water in usable quantities to a well;

B. “ area of hydrologic effect ” means the underground area where the water is stored and located, hydrologically connected surface waters, adjacent underground areas in which water rights exist that may be impaired, the land surface above the underground areas and any additional land surface used for seepage or infiltration;

C. “ governmental entity ” means the interstate stream commission, an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or state political subdivision, including a municipality, county, acequia, irrigation district or conservancy district;

D. “ project ” means a permitted, engineered facility designed specifically, constructed and operated pursuant to the Ground Water Storage and Recovery Act, to add measured volumes of water by injection or infiltration to an aquifer or system of aquifers, to store the water underground and to recover it for beneficial use pursuant to the Ground Water Storage and Recovery Act but shall not include in situ leach mining operations or water flood operations for petroleum recovery that require approval by the state engineer outside the Ground Water Storage and Recovery Act; and

E. “ stored water ” means water that has been stored underground for the purpose of recovery and permitted pursuant to the Ground Water Storage and Recovery Act.
N.M. Stat. § 60-15-15 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 15 / Section 60-15-15
§ 60-15-15. Crane Operators Safety Act fund created; purpose; appropriation
Status: in_force

A. The “Crane Operators Safety Act fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of legislative appropriations to the fund; fees charged by the department pursuant to the Crane Operators Safety Act; gifts, grants, donations and bequests to the fund; and income from investment of the fund. Money in the fund shall not revert to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year.

B. The fund shall be administered by the department, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Crane Operators Safety Act. Expenditures from the fund shall be made on warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the superintendent or the superintendent's authorized representative.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-16 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-16
§ 59A-22-16. Optional provisions
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 424 of this article, no such policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state shall contain provisions respecting the matters set forth in Sections 438 to 446, inclusive, of this article, unless such provisions are in the words in which the same appear in the applicable such section; except, that the insurer may, at its option, use in lieu of any such provision a corresponding provision of different wording approved by the superintendent which is not less favorable in any respect to the insured or the beneficiary. Any such provisions contained in the policy shall be preceded individually by the appropriate caption appearing with the section in which the provision is set forth or, at the insurer's option, by such appropriate individual or group captions or subcaptions as the superintendent may approve.
N.M. Stat. § 58-12-5 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 12 / Section 58-12-5
§ 58-12-5. Corporation directors and officers
Status: in_force

A. The corporation shall have a board of directors consisting of seven persons, six of whom shall be elected by the delegates from among their members, with the remaining director to be elected by the other six directors and to be the chief administrative officer of the corporation. In addition, the commissioner or the director of any supervisory agency or a representative designated by the commissioner and such supervisory agency or agencies shall be an ex-officio member of the board. The articles of incorporation shall, however, designate six directors, other than the chief administrative officer, to serve until the first annual meeting of the corporation. At the first annual meeting, two directors will be elected for a term of one year, two directors for a term of two years and two directors for a term of three years, and thereafter at each annual meeting, two directors will be elected for a term of three years. The chief administrative officer shall be elected annually for a term of one year. All directors shall be sworn and hold office until their successors are qualified. If a person elected does not take the oath of office within thirty days, his office shall become vacant. The directors shall fill any vacancies on the board until the next annual meeting. The directors shall from time to time adopt such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to effect the purposes of the Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation Act.

B. There shall be a president, vice president, treasurer and secretary of the corporation and an administrator who shall serve as the chief administrative officer and shall function as the seventh director, and such other officers as the board may deem necessary. Officers shall be elected annually by the directors, at a meeting held not more than fifteen days following the adjournment of the annual delegates' meeting. The president and vice president shall be elected from the board. The secretary of the corporation shall be the secretary of the board. The directors may fill any vacancies until the next annual meeting and for causes shown may remove an officer by a two-thirds vote of all directors of the board.