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N.M. Stat. § 72-17-79 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-79
§ 72-17-79. Cancellation of paid securities
Status: in_force

Whenever the treasurer of the authority shall redeem and pay any of the securities issued under the provisions hereof, he shall cancel the same by writing across the face thereof or stamping thereon the word “paid,” together with the date of its payment, sign his name thereto, and transmit the same to the secretary of the authority, taking his receipt therefor, which receipt shall be filed in the records of the authority. The secretary shall credit the treasurer on his books for the amount so paid.
N.M. Stat. § 34-8A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 8A / Section 34-8A-3
§ 34-8A-3. Metropolitan court; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the jurisdiction provided by law for magistrate courts, a metropolitan court shall have jurisdiction within the county boundaries over all:

(1) offenses and complaints pursuant to ordinances of the county and of a municipality located within the county in which the court is located except municipalities with a population of more than two thousand five hundred but less than five thousand persons in the 1980 federal decennial census; provided that the metropolitan court shall not have jurisdiction over uncontested municipal parking violations;

(2) civil actions in which the debt or sum claimed does not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), exclusive of interest and costs; and

(3) contested violations of parking or operation of vehicle rules promulgated by a board of regents of a state educational institution designated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico located within the county in which the court is located.

B. For the purposes of this section, “ uncontested violation ” is a violation for which a citation has been issued and the person has paid the citation by mail or in person to the appropriate issuing authority; and “contested violation” is a violation for which a citation has been issued and the person has indicated his intent to contest the citation or the person has not paid or answered the citation.

C. The issuing authority shall provide to the metropolitan court on a mutually agreed schedule the unpaid citations and a listing in a manner mutually agreed upon of unpaid citations.

D. The municipality shall retain as reimbursement for its expenses all revenues from uncontested municipal parking violations.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-43.6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-43.6
§ 10-11-43.6. State legislator member coverage plan 2; contributions for service prior to 2003
Status: in_force

To be eligible for state legislator member coverage plan 2, a state legislator or lieutenant governor shall make the necessary contributions by December 31, 2004 for years of credited service earned prior to January 1, 2003, in an amount that totals five hundred dollars ($500) for each year of credited service.
N.M. Stat. § 7-13-6.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-6.2
§ 7-13-6.2. Returns by rack operators; requirements
Status: in_force

Rack operators shall file information returns in form and content as prescribed by the department on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month following the month in which gasoline is sold in New Mexico. The department may require that an information return be provided through electronic means if the department provides an exception from that requirement for rack operators that distribute limited amounts of fuel.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16-8 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16 / Section 10-16-8
§ 10-16-8. Contracts involving former public officers or employees; representation of clients after government service
Status: in_force

A. A state agency shall not enter into a contract with, or take any action favorably affecting, any person or business that is:

(1) represented personally in the matter by a person who has been a public officer or employee of the state within the preceding year if the value of the contract or action is in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and the contract is a direct result of an official act by the public officer or employee; or

(2) assisted in the transaction by a former public officer or employee of the state whose official act, while in state employment, directly resulted in the agency's making that contract or taking that action.

B. A former public officer or employee shall not represent a person in the person's dealings with the government on a matter in which the former public officer or employee participated personally and substantially while a public officer or employee.

C. A local government agency shall not enter into a contract with, or take any action favorably affecting, any person or business that is:

(1) represented personally in the matter by a person who has been a public officer or employee of that local government agency within the preceding year if the value of the contract or action is in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and the contract is a direct result of an official act by the public officer or employee; or

(2) assisted in the transaction by a former public officer or employee of that political subdivision of the state whose official act, while in employment with that political subdivision of the state, directly resulted in the agency's making that contract or taking that action.

D. For a period of one year after leaving government service or employment, a former public officer or employee shall not represent for pay a person before the state agency or local government agency at which the former public officer or employee served or worked.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48A-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48A / Section 4-48A-12
§ 4-48A-12. Board of trustees; issue of bonds
Status: in_force

A. Upon approval of a majority of the qualified electors voting upon the question, the board of trustees may issue general obligation bonds of the special hospital district for the purposes of:

(1) constructing, acquiring or purchasing a hospital facility for the special hospital district;

(2) equipping, furnishing, remodeling or renovating a hospital facility owned or operated by the special hospital district;

(3) purchasing or acquiring real property deemed necessary to the construction, operation or maintenance of a hospital facility owned or operated by the special hospital district; or

(4) refunding outstanding general obligation bonded indebtedness.

B. No general obligation bonds of the special hospital district shall be issued which creates a total bonded indebtedness of the special hospital district in excess of three percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the special hospital district as shown by the most recent general assessment. The debt limitation specified in this section shall be in excess of other existing debt limitations provided by law.

C. The board of trustees shall comply with the requirements and procedures set forth in Section 6-15-1 NMSA 1978 with respect to the proposed issuance of general obligation bonds. The local government division of the department of finance and administration shall apply the procedures set forth in Section 6-15-2 NMSA 1978 to the proposed issuance of general obligation bonds by the special hospital district.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2F-7 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2F / Section 60-2F-7
§ 60-2F-7. Organizations eligible for bingo licenses
Status: in_force

A. Any qualified organization is eligible to apply for a bingo license to be issued by the board under the New Mexico Bingo and Raffle Act.

B. The New Mexico state fair:

(1) may apply to the board for and shall be issued a bingo license pursuant to the New Mexico Bingo and Raffle Act to conduct games of chance on the grounds of the New Mexico state fair during the state fair; and

(2) shall pay a licensing fee to the board of one hundred dollars ($100) per calendar year at the time of application for or renewal of a license issued pursuant to the New Mexico Bingo and Raffle Act.

C. A qualified organization may conduct a raffle on the grounds of the New Mexico state fair during the state fair only after obtaining express prior approval of the state fair commission and the board.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23G-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23G / Section 59A-23G-1
§ 59A-23G-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 59A, Article 23G NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Short-Term Health Plan and Excepted Benefit Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 50-4-26.1 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 4 / Section 50-4-26.1
§ 50-4-26.1. Retaliation prohibited
Status: in_force

It is a violation of the Minimum Wage Act for an employer or any other person to discharge, demote, deny promotion to or in any other way discriminate against a person in the terms or conditions of employment in retaliation for the person asserting a claim or right pursuant to the Minimum Wage Act or assisting another person to do so or for informing another person about employment rights or other rights provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-16-15 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 16 / Section 59A-16-15
§ 59A-16-15. Discrimination; rebates and certain inducements prohibited; life, health and annuity contracts
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, no person shall directly or indirectly, as an inducement to any contract of life, annuity or health insurance:

A. offer, pay or accept any special favor or advantage, any rebate of premiums or any valuable consideration or promise whatsoever; or

B. promise any returns or profits, interest or dividends not specified in the contract.
N.M. Stat. § 6-25A-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 25A / Section 6-25A-3
§ 6-25A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the New Mexico Exposition Center Authority Act:

A. “ authority ” means the New Mexico exposition center authority;

B. “ bond ” means a bond, note, certificate of participation or other evidence of indebtedness;

C. “ bondholder ” or “ holder ” means a person who is the owner of a bond, whether registered or not;

D. “ exposition center ” means real or personal property, or any combination thereof, that is owned, leased or otherwise controlled or financed by the authority, located in the participating jurisdictions, other than property owned by the state, commonly known as the “state fairgrounds”, located within the exterior boundaries of the city of Albuquerque, that is related to, useful for or in furtherance of one or more purposes authorized by the New Mexico Exposition Center Authority Act, including facilities used for expositions, conventions, exhibitions, displays, meetings, banquets, trade shows, sporting events, arena events, museums, excursion trains, commuter and long-distance rail stations, trolleys, hotels, parking facilities, connection walkways, transportation maintenance yards, rail crossings and other light and heavy rail transportation activities and operations and related facilities, provided such facilities are available for the use by the general public;

E. “ participating jurisdiction ” means a department, commission, council, board, committee, institution, legislative body, agency, government corporation or educational institution of the state or a political subdivision of the state that is empowered to receive or expend public money, including municipalities and counties;

F. “ project ” means planning and design work for and development, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, improvement, installation, rehabilitation, remodeling and renovation of the exposition center; and

G. “ security ” or means bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued by participating jurisdictions or leases or certificates or other evidence of participation in the lessor's interest in and rights under a lease with participating jurisdictions that are payable from taxes, revenues, rates, charges, assessments or user fees or from the proceeds of funding or refunding bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness of a qualified entity or from certificates or evidence of participation in a lease with participating jurisdictions.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9A-9 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9A / Section 7-9A-9
§ 7-9A-9. Credit claim forms
Status: in_force

The department shall provide credit claim forms. A credit claim shall accompany any return to which the taxpayer wishes to apply an approved credit, and the claim shall specify the amount of credit intended to apply to each return.
N.M. Stat. § 71-9-4 — NM Code / Chapter 71 / Article 9 / Section 71-9-4
§ 71-9-4. Exclusion; incidental loss or extraction of heat; limited exception
Status: in_force

A. A permit from the state engineer is not required for the use of ground water over two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit as incident to the development of geothermal resources permitted pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Development Act when:

(1) the use does not require any diversion of ground water; or

(2) all diverted ground water is reinjected as soon as practicable into the same ground water source from which it was diverted, resulting in no new depletions to the source; provided that:

(a) the division shall provide to the state engineer all information available to the division regarding the proposed diversion and reinjection and shall request the opinion of the state engineer as to whether existing ground water rights sharing the same ground water source may be impaired; and

(b) if the state engineer determines that the information provided is sufficient to render an opinion and it is the opinion of the state engineer that any existing ground water rights may be impaired, the division, upon receipt of the opinion of the state engineer, shall require the owner or operator to submit to the division a plan of replacement with regard to any existing ground water rights that are likely to be impaired.

B. In response to a request for opinion pursuant to Subsection A of this section, the determination by the state engineer as to whether the information provided is sufficient to render an opinion or the issuance by the state engineer of an opinion shall not constitute a decision, act or refusal to act under Section 72-2-16 NMSA 1978 .

C. No ground water right is established through the use of ground water as allowed in Subsection A of this section.

D. As used in this section, “ plan of replacement ” means a detailed plan for the replacement of water, which may include:

(1) the furnishing of a substitute water supply;

(2) the modification of existing water supply facilities;

(3) the drilling of replacement wells;

(4) the assumption of additional operating costs;

(5) the procurement of documentation establishing a waiver of protection by owners of affected water rights;

(6) artificial recharge; or

(7) any other means to avoid impairment of water rights.
N.M. Stat. § 22-24-5.4 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 24 / Section 22-24-5.4
§ 22-24-5.4. Recalcitrant school districts; court action to enforce constitutional compliance; imposition of property tax
Status: in_force

A. The council may bring an action against a school district pursuant to the provisions of this section if, based upon information submitted to the council by the authority, the council determines that:

(1) the physical condition of a public school facility in the school district is so inadequate that the facility or the education received by students attending the facility is below the minimum required by the constitution of New Mexico;

(2) the school district is not taking the necessary steps to bring the facility up to the constitutionally required minimum; and

(3) either:

(a) the school district has not applied for the grant assistance necessary to bring the facility up to minimum constitutional standards; or

(b) the school district is unwilling to meet all of the requirements for the approval of an application for grant assistance pursuant to Paragraph (11) of Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978 .

B. An action brought pursuant to this section shall be brought by the council in the name of the state against the school district in the district court for Santa Fe county.

C. After a hearing and consideration of the evidence, if the court finds that the council's determination pursuant to Subsection A of this section was correct, the court shall:

(1) order the council to expend sufficient resources necessary to bring the facility up to the minimum level required by the constitution of New Mexico;

(2) order the school district to comply with Paragraph (11) of Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978 and to take all other actions necessary to facilitate the completion of the project ordered pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this subsection; and

(3) enter a judgment against the school district for court costs and attorney fees and the necessary amount to satisfy the school district share, as determined by the formula prescribed by Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978 , for the project ordered pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this subsection.

D. The amount of a judgment entered against a school district pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection C of this section is a public debt of the school district. If the court finds that the debt cannot be satisfied with available school district funds, other than funds needed for the operation of the public schools and other existing obligations, the court shall order the imposition of a property tax on all taxable property allocated to the school district at a rate sufficient to pay the judgment, with accrued interest, within a reasonable time as determined by the court. After paying court costs and attorney fees, amounts received pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited by the council into the fund.
N.M. Stat. § 76-7D-6 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7D / Section 76-7D-6
§ 76-7D-6. Landowners; rights; agreements
Status: in_force

A. If the director or his designee becomes aware of the presence of noxious weeds on nonpublic land, the director shall notify the landowner of the noxious weeds and the methods for controlling them. However, nothing in the Noxious Weed Management Act shall be construed to permit the director or his designee to enter nonpublic land except at the invitation of the landowner.

B. Upon the request of a landowner, the director shall develop a noxious weed control program in cooperation with the landowner.

C. Whenever the director becomes aware of the presence of noxious weeds on public land, he shall inform the governmental entity of the species found on land under the entity's jurisdiction. When possible and practicable, the director shall consult with the governmental entity in developing a management plan for the control of the noxious weeds.

D. The director may develop and implement cooperative agreements with appropriate federal and state agencies, the commissioner of public lands and Indian nations, tribes and pueblos to carry out the provisions of the Noxious Weed Management Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-39-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 39 / Section 7-39-8
§ 7-39-8. Ad valorem tax levied
Status: in_force

An ad valorem tax is levied upon the owner of each copper mineral property that is not subject to valuation and taxation under the provisions of the Property Tax Code. The amount of the tax shall be equal to the product of the taxable value determined for each copper mineral property owned multiplied by the rate certified to the department by the department of finance and administration for nonresidential property under the provisions of Sections 7-37-7 and 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 for the taxing jurisdictions in which the copper mineral property is located.
N.M. Stat. § 15-3B-5 — NM Code / Chapter 15 / Article 3B / Section 15-3B-5
§ 15-3B-5. Position of staff architect created; duties and responsibilities
Status: in_force

A. The position of “staff architect” is created within the division. The staff architect shall be a legal resident of and an architect registered in the state for at least two years. The staff architect shall assist the director in carrying out the provisions and requirements of the Property Control Act.

B. The staff architect shall review plans and specifications developed by architects or engineers contracted for the construction of new buildings or for the remodeling or renovation of existing state buildings under the jurisdiction of the division.

C. The staff architect may develop plans and specifications for state projects whose expenditures do not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) and that consist of repair, replacement or remodeling of nonstructural elements.

D. A staff architect who subsequently leaves the position, or any firm he may subsequently be employed by, is prohibited for a period of two years from providing architectural services or bidding on the construction, remodeling or renovation of a state building if he developed or worked on the plans or specifications for such construction, remodeling or renovation while employed as staff architect.
N.M. Stat. § 37-1-30 — NM Code / Chapter 37 / Article 1 / Section 37-1-30
§ 37-1-30. Action for damages due to childhood sexual abuse; limitation on actions
Status: in_force

A. An action for damages based on personal injury caused by childhood sexual abuse shall be commenced by a person before the latest of the following dates:

(1) the first instant of the person's twenty-fourth birthday; or

(2) three years from the date that a person first disclosed the person's childhood sexual abuse to a licensed medical or mental health care provider in the context of receiving health care from the provider.

B. As used in this section, “ childhood sexual abuse ” means conduct that, if prosecuted in a criminal matter, would constitute a violation of:

(1) Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978 , regarding criminal sexual penetration of a minor;

(2) Section 30-9-13 NMSA 1978 , regarding criminal sexual contact of a minor; or

(3) the Sexual Exploitation of Children Act.

C. The provisions of Section 37-1-8 NMSA 1978 and any statutes of limitation therein shall not apply to causes of action for childhood sexual abuse.
N.M. Stat. § 61-34-15 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 34 / Section 61-34-15
§ 61-34-15. Penalties
Status: in_force

A person who violates a provision of the Signed Language Interpreting Practices Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 40-1-11 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 40-1-11
§ 40-1-11. Fees; disposition
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall receive a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for issuing, acknowledging and recording a marriage license and marriage certificate. Fifteen dollars ($15.00) of each fee shall be remitted by the county treasurer to the state treasurer, within fifteen days of the last day of each month, for credit to the children's trust fund.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-7.3 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-7.3
§ 1-9-7.3. Voting systems records
Status: in_force

For each certified voting system purchased in 2006 and after, including any separate component, the secretary of state shall maintain records of the voting system and any component, including:

A. a description of each voting system and any of its components;

B. its serial number or other identification number;

C. the name of the vendor, the titleholder and the acquisition date;

D. its cost;

E. the percentage of federal participation covering the cost of acquisition;

F. its location, use and condition; and

G. its ultimate disposition, including the date of disposal and sale price.