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N.M. Stat. § 29-9-8 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 9 / Section 29-9-8
§ 29-9-8. Confidentiality; impounding of exhibits
Status: in_force

A. Upon application of the commission, a district court may impound an exhibit marked in evidence at any public or private hearing held by the commission, and may order the exhibit to be retained by or delivered to and placed in the custody of the commission. If impounded, an exhibit shall not be taken from the custody of the commission except upon order of the district court granted after five days' notice to the commission or at the request or with the consent of the commission. Upon the removal from the custody of the commission of any impounded exhibit, it shall be returned to the person lawfully entitled to its possession.

B. The records, reports and files of the commission are not subject to the Public Records Act 1 or Sections 10-15-1 through 10-15-4 NMSA 1978 . The records, reports and files of the commission shall not be subject to subpoena except by order of the supreme court of New Mexico.

C. Any person, except the governor or the commission, who discloses information contained in the records, reports and files of the commission or obtained in a private hearing conducted by the commission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or the imposition of a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both imprisonment and fine.
N.M. Stat. § 67-8-14 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 8 / Section 67-8-14
§ 67-8-14. Violation of wiring requirements; penalty
Status: in_force

A violation of the above statute shall constitute a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), and not more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three months, and not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
N.M. Stat. § 58-21-26 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 21 / Section 58-21-26
§ 58-21-26. Exemption from authority of superintendent of regulation and licensing
Status: in_force

The responsibilities and authority of the director under the Mortgage Loan Company Act are explicitly exempted from the authority of the superintendent of regulation and licensing as set forth in Subsection B of Section 9-16-6 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-59 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-59
§ 9-15-59. Sustainable economy task force; duties; strategic plan; reporting
Status: in_force

A. The sustainable economy task force shall:

(1) develop a strategic plan in fiscal year 2022 to transition the state economy away from reliance on natural resource extraction; provided that the strategic plan shall adhere to the requirements set forth in Subsection C of this section and shall be updated annually through fiscal year 2027; and

(2) no later than October 1 of each year, report on the strategic plan to the legislative finance committee, the revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and any other appropriate interim legislative committee.

B. The sustainable economy task force may hire or contract with consultants or experts to provide the task force with information to assist in developing the strategic plan.

C. The strategic plan, which shall be developed and updated annually by the sustainable economy task force, shall:

(1) provide policies to promote:

(a) the addition of new jobs statewide to replace jobs that rely on the extraction or development of natural resources;

(b) diversifying the state's tax base to replace the revenue generated from the natural resource extraction sector, including policies promoting: 1) economic development; 2) state investments; 3) infrastructure development; and 4) determining alternative funding sources for education and hospitals; and

(c) long-term economic growth;

(2) address recommendations provided in current and future economic studies and development efforts, including those from state agencies, institutions of higher learning, national laboratories and business incubators;

(3) be developed in consultation with the communities that will be affected by the provisions of the plan, including Indian nations, tribes and pueblos located wholly or partly in New Mexico, local governments and local communities; and

(4) include a plan to implement the recommendations of the study titled the “New Mexico Clean Energy Workforce Development Study” that was commissioned by the workforce solutions department and published in June 2020 and expand the development of jobs with family-sustaining wages and benefits, opportunities for advancement and safe working conditions in industries engaged in sustainable economic development for New Mexico workers, prioritizing disproportionately impacted communities.

D. As used in this section, “ disproportionately impacted community ” means a community or population of people for which multiple burdens, including environmental and socioeconomic stressors, inequity, poverty, high unemployment, pollution or discrimination, may act to persistently and negatively affect the health, well-being and environment of the community or population and includes tribal communities, communities of color and low-income rural communities and native people, people of color, women, immigrants, youth, formerly incarcerated people, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and people with disabilities.
N.M. Stat. § 58-13A-18 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 13A / Section 58-13A-18
§ 58-13A-18. Consent to service of process
Status: in_force

A. Every applicant for registration under the Model State Commodity Code shall file with the director, in such form as he by rule prescribes, an irrevocable consent appointing the director or his successor in office to be his attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any non-criminal suit, action or proceeding against him or his successor executor or administrator which arises under that code or any rule or order under that code after the consent has been filed, with the same force and validity as if served personally on the person filing the consent. Service may be made by leaving a copy of the process in the office of the director, but it is not effective unless:

(1) the plaintiff, who may be the director in a suit, action or proceeding instituted by him, forthwith sends notice of the service and a copy of the process by registered mail to the defendant or respondent at his last address on file with the director; and

(2) the plaintiff's affidavit of compliance with this subsection is filed in the case on or before the return day of the process, if any, or within such further time as the court allows.

B. When a person, including a nonresident of this state, engages in conduct prohibited or made actionable by the Model State Commodity Code or any rule or order of the director, the engaging in the conduct shall constitute the appointment of the director as the person's attorney to receive service of any lawful process in a noncriminal proceeding against the person, a successor or personal representative, which grows out of that conduct and which is brought under that code or any rule or order of the director with the same force and validity as if served personally.

C. Service under Subsection A of this section may be made by leaving a copy of the process in the office of the director, but it is not effective unless:

(1) the plaintiff, who may be the director in a suit, action or proceeding instituted by him, forthwith sends notice of the service and a copy of the process by registered mail to the defendant or respondent at his last address known to the director; and

(2) the plaintiff's affidavit of compliance with this subsection is filed in the case on or before the return day of the process, if any, or within such further time as the court allows.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-54-6 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 54 / Section 59A-54-6
§ 59A-54-6. Notice of pool
Status: in_force

A. Every insurer shall provide a notice and an application for coverage by the pool to any person who receives:

(1) a rejection of coverage for health insurance or health care services;

(2) a notice that the rate for health insurance or coverage for health care services provided will exceed the rates of a pool policy;

(3) a notice of reduction or limitation of coverage, including a restrictive rider, from an insurer if the effect of the reduction or limitation is to substantially reduce coverage compared to the coverage available to a person considered a standard risk for the type of coverage provided by the plan; or

(4) a termination of coverage for health insurance or health care services by either the carrier or the covered individual.

B. The notice required by Subsection A of this section shall state that the person is eligible to apply for health insurance provided by the pool. Application for the health insurance shall be on forms prescribed by the board and made available to all insurers.
N.M. Stat. § 60-6B-19 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 6B / Section 60-6B-19
§ 60-6B-19. Retailers and dispensers; segregated sales; table wines excepted
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, the director shall by rule develop procedures for segregated alcohol sales by every retailer or dispenser who sells alcoholic beverages in unbroken packages for consumption and not for resale off the licensed premises and whose sales are less than sixty percent of their total sales, giving serious consideration to the potentially adverse impact of segregated sales on different sizes of the establishments of the retailer or dispenser. The rules shall include:

(1) a provision to allow segregated sales of beer or cider that is packaged in a growler;

(2) a procedure by which a retailer or dispenser may fill or refill a growler and allow the growler to be removed from the licensed premises after the growler is sealed with a tamper-proof seal and the customer's sales receipt is attached to the growler; and

(3) a requirement that a retailer or dispenser shall sterilize a growler provided by a customer before the growler is refilled and sealed.

B. There shall not be segregated sales of table wine by retailers or dispensers who sell alcoholic beverages in the manner described in Subsection A of this section.

C. For purposes of this section, “ table wine ” means wine containing fourteen percent or less alcohol by volume when bottled or packaged by the manufacturer, but may also include:

(1) wine that is sealed or capped by cork closure and aged two years or more;

(2) wine that contains more than fourteen percent alcohol by volume produced solely as a result of the natural fermentation process and not produced with the addition of wine spirits, brandy or alcohol; or

(3) vermouth and sherry.
N.M. Stat. § 73-18-31 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 18 / Section 73-18-31
§ 73-18-31. Ownership
Status: in_force

Any person who has exclusive possession and control of irrigable land under a purchase contract, which purchase contract has been approved by the district, and in connection with which any incremented value to be paid to the United States has been paid in full, shall be considered the owner of such land for the purpose of qualifying such purchaser to vote in voting districts outside of the municipality, and the vendor of the land covered by such contract shall not be entitled to vote as the owner of such land. This section shall not apply to lessees whose lease contains an option to purchase, unless and until such option to purchase shall have been exercised.
N.M. Stat. § 27-14-4 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 14 / Section 27-14-4
§ 27-14-4. False claims against the state; liability for certain acts
Status: in_force

A person commits an unlawful act and shall be liable to the state for three times the amount of damages that the state sustains as a result of the act if the person:

A. presents, or causes to be presented, to the state a claim for payment under the medicaid program knowing that such claim is false or fraudulent;

B. presents, or causes to be presented, to the state a claim for payment under the medicaid program knowing that the person receiving a medicaid benefit or payment is not authorized or is not eligible for a benefit under the medicaid program;

C. makes, uses or causes to be made or used a record or statement to obtain a false or fraudulent claim under the medicaid program paid for or approved by the state knowing such record or statement is false;

D. conspires to defraud the state by getting a claim allowed or paid under the medicaid program knowing that such claim is false or fraudulent;

E. makes, uses or causes to be made or used a record or statement to conceal, avoid or decrease an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the state, relative to the medicaid program, knowing that such record or statement is false;

F. knowingly applies for and receives a benefit or payment on behalf of another person, except pursuant to a lawful assignment of benefits, under the medicaid program and converts that benefit or payment to his own personal use;

G. knowingly makes a false statement or misrepresentation of material fact concerning the conditions or operation of a health care facility in order that the facility may qualify for certification or recertification required by the medicaid program; or

H. knowingly makes a claim under the medicaid program for a service or product that was not provided.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-36.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-36.1
§ 6-10-36.1. Receipts of public money; disposition by certain municipalities
Status: in_force

A municipality or village having within its boundaries no suitable banking facility in which to deposit collected receipts of public money shall deposit receipts within a period not to exceed five days from the date of collection, except when inclement weather or natural disaster conditions exist, in which case the period is extended to ten days; provided the municipality or village adopts a reasonable administrative policy approved by the local government division of the department of finance and administration establishing procedures for the safeguarding of the public funds prior to deposit.
N.M. Stat. § 10-2-13 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 2 / Section 10-2-13
§ 10-2-13. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 10-2-13 through 10-2-16 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Surety Bond Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-46 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-46
§ 3-60A-46. Limitation of actions
Status: in_force

No action shall be brought questioning the legality of any contract, financing agreement, mortgage, trust indenture, proceeding or bonds executed in connection with any project or improvements authorized by the Redevelopment Bonding Law on and after thirty days from the effective date of the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15D-3 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15D / Section 9-15D-3
§ 9-15D-3. State plan for green jobs training programs
Status: in_force

A. The department, in coordination with existing apprenticeship programs administered by the department and the public education department, shall develop a state plan for the development of green jobs training programs with a focus on rural and tribal communities no later than the end of fiscal year 2010. This plan is intended to complement existing apprenticeship programs and in no way replace such programs currently funded with state money. The plan shall include a schedule for funding and implementation that gives priority to programs directed at target populations. The department shall develop the plan:

(1) for coordination of a state research program with the workforce solutions department in which labor market data shall be collected and analyzed to track work force trends from renewable energy and energy-efficiency industries and energy-related initiatives;

(2) for a municipal and tribal energy training partnership program in which the department shall award competitive grants to higher education institutions in partnerships with cities, towns, counties and tribes to administer green jobs training programs; and

(3) for a pathways out of poverty program in which the department shall award competitive grants to higher education institutions in partnerships to administer green jobs training programs directed specifically at disadvantaged target populations.

B. The plan shall be followed by interested higher education institutions in New Mexico, and the institutions shall cooperate with the department in the development and the implementation of the plan.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-12-24 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 12 / Section 59A-12-24
§ 59A-12-24. Sharing of commissions
Status: in_force

A. An agent or broker shall share a commission or compensation for or on account of the solicitation or negotiation in this state of insurance on individuals or property or risks in this state only with the agent's duly licensed solicitor, or duly licensed agent of the insurer with which the insurance was placed, or duly licensed broker.

B. No such licensee shall share in commission or compensation as to a kind of insurance for which not licensed.

C. Such sharing in commissions and compensation between the same such licensees shall be infrequently only, and shall not unduly obviate the general necessity of appointment of the agent by the insurer with which the insurance is placed.

D. Nothing in the Insurance Code shall be deemed to prohibit payment, to or for the account of a former owner of an insurance agency or brokerage, of commissions or part thereof currently accruing on business of the agency or brokerage, as part of the purchase price of the agency or brokerage, whether or not such former owner is currently licensed as agent, solicitor or broker.

E. Nothing in the Insurance Code shall be deemed to prohibit the payment of a commission, compensation or other valuable consideration to the personal representative of the estate, their trust or beneficiary, of a deceased agent or broker or the heirs or devisees if the estate has been distributed, if that agent or broker would otherwise be entitled to that payment.
N.M. Stat. § 14-11-9 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 11 / Section 14-11-9
§ 14-11-9. Legal publications by county, municipality or school district; payment
Status: in_force

All publications required to be made by any county or incorporated city, town or village, or by any board of education or school directors, or by any officer thereof, shall be paid for out of the general fund of such county, city, town or village. Provided: that the cost of such publications pertaining to school matters shall be paid out of school funds.
N.M. Stat. § 61-1-9 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 1 / Section 61-1-9
§ 61-1-9. Powers of board or hearing officer in connection with hearings
Status: in_force

A. In connection with any hearing held under the Uniform Licensing Act, the board or hearing officer shall have power to have counsel to develop the case; to subpoena, for purposes of discovery and of the hearing, witnesses and relevant books, papers, documents and other evidence; to administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses called to testify; to take testimony; to examine witnesses; and to direct a continuance of any case. Boards or hearing officers may also hold conferences before or during the hearing for the settlement or simplification of the issues, but such settlement or simplification shall only be with the consent of the party.

B. Geographical limits upon the subpoena power shall be the same as if the board or hearing officer were a district court sitting at the location at which the hearing or discovery proceeding is to take place. The method of service, including tendering of witness and mileage fees, shall be the same as that under the Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Courts, except that those rules requiring the tender of fees in advance shall not apply to the state.

C. The board or hearing officer may impose any appropriate evidentiary sanction against a party or other person who fails to provide discovery or to comply with a subpoena.
N.M. Stat. § 26-1-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 1 / Section 26-1-3
§ 26-1-3. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

The following acts are prohibited:

A. the sale of any drug or device that is adulterated, misbranded or a counterfeit drug which is not a controlled substance;

B. the adulteration or misbranding of any drug or device;

C. the receipt or delivery in commerce of any drug or device that is adulterated, misbranded or a counterfeit drug which is not a controlled substance;

D. the dissemination of any false advertisement;

E. the giving of a false guaranty or undertaking, except by a person who relied on a guaranty or undertaking as attested by label or labeling from whom he received in good faith the drug or device for sale;

F. any act with respect to a drug or device when the act is done while the drug or device is held for sale and results in the drug or device being misbranded or adulterated;

G. the creation, sale, disposition, possession or concealment of any punch, die, plate, stone or other thing designed to print, imprint or reproduce the trademark, trade name or other identifying mark, imprint, device of another or any likeness of any of the foregoing upon any drug or container or labeling so as to render the drug a counterfeit drug;

H. concealment, disposition or possession with intent to sell or preparation with intent to defraud of a counterfeit drug;

I. in the case of a dangerous drug distributed or offered for sale in this state, the failure of the manufacturer or repackager to transmit, to any practitioner licensed to administer the drug who makes a written request for information, true and correct copies of all printed matter which is required to be included in any package in which that drug is distributed or sold or such other printed matter as is approved under the federal act. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to exempt any person from any labeling requirement imposed under other provisions of the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act and the Controlled Substances Act; 1 and

J. except as provided in Sections 26-3-1 through 26-3-3 NMSA 1978 , dispensing or causing to be dispensed a different drug or brand of drug in place of the drug or brand of drug ordered or prescribed without the express permission in each case of the person ordering or prescribing.
N.M. Stat. § 31-8-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 8 / Section 31-8-6
§ 31-8-6. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as “Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses From Without a State in Criminal Proceedings”.
N.M. Stat. § 21-14A-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 14A / Section 21-14A-8
§ 21-14A-8. State support; appropriation
Status: in_force

A. The commission on higher education [higher education department] shall recommend an appropriation for each off-campus instruction program based upon its financial requirements in relation to its authorized program and its available funds from non-general fund sources.

B. The commission on higher education [higher education department] shall not recommend an appropriation greater than three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325) for each full-time-equivalent student for any off-campus instruction program that levies a tax at a rate less than two dollars ($2.00), unless a lower amount is required by operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 upon a rate approved by the electors of at least two dollars ($2.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code, 1 or any off-campus board that reduces a previously authorized tax levy, except as required by the operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 .