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N.M. Stat. § 59A-25-9 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 25 / Section 59A-25-9
§ 59A-25-9. Premiums and refunds
Status: in_force

A. Any insurer may revise its schedules of premium rates from time to time and shall file such revised schedules with the superintendent. No insurer shall issue any credit life insurance policy or credit health insurance policy for which the premium rate exceeds that determined by the schedules of such insurer as then on file with the superintendent.

B. Each individual policy or group certificate shall provide that in the event of termination of the insurance prior to the scheduled maturity date of the indebtedness, any refund of an amount paid by the debtor for insurance shall be paid or credited promptly to the person entitled thereto; provided, however, that the superintendent shall prescribe a minimum refund and no refund which would be less than such minimum need be made. The formula to be used in computing such refund shall be filed with and approved by the superintendent.

C. If a creditor requires a debtor to make any payment for credit life insurance or credit health insurance and an individual policy or group certificate of insurance is not issued, the creditor shall immediately give written notice to such debtor and shall promptly make an appropriate credit to the account.

D. The amount charged to a debtor for any credit life or credit health insurance shall not exceed the premiums charged by the insurer, as computed at the time the charge to the debtor is determined.

E. Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize any payments for insurance now prohibited under any statute, or rule thereunder, governing credit transaction.
N.M. Stat. § 48-3-6 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 3 / Section 48-3-6
§ 48-3-6. Landlord's preference in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
Status: in_force

In all cases where a tenant becomes insolvent and any assignment for the benefit of creditors is executed, or a receiver is legally appointed, or bankruptcy or other insolvency proceedings are instituted, either by or against the tenant, covering property upon the demised premises which is liable to distress by the landlord for rent, the landlord shall be first entitled to receive, out of the proceeds of the sale of the property by the legal representative of the tenant, any sum due the landlord for rent of the premises at the time of the institution of the receivership, bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, not exceeding six months' rent. If the proceeds of the sale by the legal representative of the tenant are insufficient to pay the landlord and the costs of the insolvency proceedings, the landlord shall be entitled to receive the proceeds of the sale after deducting an amount equal to such costs as the landlord would be liable to pay in case of a sale under distress. Nothing in this act [section] shall be construed to deprive any person of preference for wages now provided by law in any insolvency or receivership proceedings.
N.M. Stat. § 2-3-14.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 2-3-14.1
§ 2-3-14.1. State agencies; reports
Status: in_force

A. No state agency shall submit or send to the members of the legislature any material other than proposed legislation in excess of five pages.

B. Nothing in this section shall limit the response of any agency to a direct request of a legislator or group of legislators nor the submission of the executive budget.

C. All reports to the legislature by a state agency shall be filed in duplicate with the legislative council service and such reports shall not be subject to the page limitations of this section. The service shall compile a list of the reports submitted prior to each regular legislative session since the beginning of the previous regular session, listing the title and agency, and distribute the list among the legislators during the first week of the session.

D. Any legislator may request any report, including those listed pursuant to Subsection C of this section. Upon such a request, the state agency shall furnish the report to the legislator.

E. Compliance by a state agency with Subsection C of this section shall fulfill any requirement of a state agency to report to the legislature, unless the requirement is specifically exempted from the requirements of this section.

F. No state agency shall submit material bound other than by staples unless the bulk or other qualities of the material require other bindings; provided that in all cases the most economical method of binding and packaging shall be used.

G. For the purposes of this section “state agency” means any agency, division or instrumentality of the state, but does not include political subdivisions and educational institutions or any of the legislature's divisions, instrumentalities or committees.
N.M. Stat. § 60-8A-15 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 8A / Section 60-8A-15
§ 60-8A-15. Filing of affirmation
Status: in_force

The owner of a brand of spirituous liquors shall file as part of the schedule a verified affirmation that the price to New Mexico wholesalers is no greater than the lowest price at which the item of spirituous liquors is sold by the brand owner or any related person to any wholesaler anywhere in any other state of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or to any state or state agency which owns and operates retail liquor stores. As used in this section, “related person” means any person:

A. in any business in which the brand owner has an interest, direct or indirect, by stock or other security ownership, as lender or lienor or by interlocking director or officer;

B. in the exclusive, principal or substantial business of selling a brand of spirituous liquors purchased from the brand owner; or

C. who has an exclusive franchise or contract to sell the brand of spirituous liquors.
N.M. Stat. § 7-4-13 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 7-4-13
§ 7-4-13. Determination of average value of property for inclusion in property factor
Status: in_force

The average value of property shall be determined by averaging the values at the beginning and ending of the tax period, but the department may require the averaging of monthly values during the tax period if reasonably required to reflect properly the average value of the taxpayer's property.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-5-17 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 5 / Section 59A-5-17
§ 59A-5-17. Insuring powers without added basic capital
Status: in_force

An insurer while authorized to transact property insurance may include in “homeowners” and similar package policies insuring property against loss, reasonable amounts of supplemental liability and medical benefits coverage without being authorized to transact casualty or health insurances; and such supplemental coverages shall not be deemed otherwise to be subject to provisions of the Insurance Code relating to casualty or health insurance contracts.
N.M. Stat. § 33-3-5 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 33-3-5
§ 33-3-5. Cleanliness and feeding prisoners
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the sheriff, jail administrator or independent contractor of each jail of the several counties of this state to keep the jails of their respective counties clean and healthy, and they shall observe special care as to the personal cleanliness of all prisoners under their charge.
N.M. Stat. § 17-2-28 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-28
§ 17-2-28. Indians hunting off reservations; hunting on reservations; application of laws
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all Indians off the reservation within this state, or coming into this state from adjoining states, and to all persons hunting on any Indian reservation within this state; provided, however, that no Indian shall be required to have a license to hunt or fish within the limits of the reservation where said Indian resides.
N.M. Stat. § 21-28-12 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 28 / Section 21-28-12
§ 21-28-12. Pledge of assets or revenues of research park corporation
Status: in_force

The pledge of any assets or revenues of the research park corporation to the payment of the principal of or the interest on any bonds shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, and any such assets or revenues shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the research park corporation, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the research park corporation from selling any assets subject to any such pledge except to the extent that any such sale may be restricted by the trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-53-7 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 53 / Section 59A-53-7
§ 59A-53-7. Distribution of fire protection fund
Status: in_force

A. Based on periodic allotments approved by the marshal, the state treasurer shall distribute from the money in the fire protection fund, to each municipality and county fire district, the amount that the marshal or the secretary of homeland security and emergency management has certified to the state treasurer. Payment shall be made to the treasurer of any municipality and to the county treasurer of the county in which any county fire district is located for credit to the county fire district.

B. The state treasurer is authorized to redirect a distribution to the New Mexico finance authority in the amount that the marshal or the secretary of homeland security and emergency management, as the case may be, has certified to the state treasurer pursuant to an ordinance or a resolution passed by the municipality or county and a written agreement of the municipality or county in which any county fire district is located and the New Mexico finance authority.

C. In addition to the distributions made pursuant to Subsections A and B of this section, upon certification by the marshal that the balance of the firefighters' survivors fund is less than one million dollars ($1,000,000), the state treasurer shall distribute an amount from the fire protection fund to the firefighters' survivors fund so that the balance of the firefighters' survivors fund equals one million dollars ($1,000,000).
N.M. Stat. § 60-2E-29 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2E / Section 60-2E-29
§ 60-2E-29. Licensing of manufacturers of gaming devices; exception; disposition of gaming devices
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for a person to operate, carry on, conduct or maintain any form of manufacturing of a gaming device or associated equipment for use or play in New Mexico or any form of manufacturing of a gaming device or associated equipment in New Mexico for use or play outside of New Mexico without first obtaining and maintaining a manufacturer's license.

B. If the board revokes a manufacturer's license:

(1) no new gaming device manufactured by the manufacturer may be approved for use in this state;

(2) any previously approved gaming device manufactured by the manufacturer is subject to revocation of approval if the reasons for the revocation of the license also apply to that gaming device;

(3) no new gaming device or associated equipment made by the manufacturer may be distributed, sold, transferred or offered for use or play in New Mexico; and

(4) any association or agreement between the manufacturer and a distributor licensee or gaming operator licensee in New Mexico shall be terminated.

C. An agreement between a manufacturer licensee and a distributor licensee or a gaming operator licensee in New Mexico shall be deemed to include a provision for its termination without liability for the termination on the part of either party upon a finding by the board that either party is unsuitable. Failure to include that condition in the agreement is not a defense in an action brought pursuant to this section to terminate the agreement.

D. A gaming device shall not be used and offered for play by a gaming operator licensee unless it is identical in all material aspects to a model that has been specifically tested and approved by:

(1) the board;

(2) a laboratory selected by the board; or

(3) gaming officials in Nevada or New Jersey for current use.

E. The board may inspect every gaming device that is manufactured:

(1) for use in New Mexico; or

(2) in New Mexico for use outside of New Mexico.

F. The board may inspect every gaming device that is offered for play within New Mexico by a gaming operator licensee.

G. The board may inspect all associated equipment that is manufactured and sold for use in New Mexico or manufactured in New Mexico for use outside of New Mexico.

H. In addition to all other fees and charges imposed pursuant to the Gaming Control Act, the board may determine, charge and collect from each manufacturer an inspection fee, which shall not exceed the actual cost of inspection and investigation.

I. The board may prohibit the use of a gaming device by a gaming operator licensee if it finds that the gaming device does not meet the requirements of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-9-9 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 9 / Section 59A-9-9
§ 59A-9-9. Preferred or guaranteed stocks
Status: in_force

A. An insurer may invest in preferred or guaranteed stocks or shares of any solvent institution existing under the laws of the United States or Canada, or any state or province thereof.

B. No insurer shall invest in any such preferred or guaranteed stock in an amount in excess of ten percent of any issue and related issues thereof, subject to Paragraph A of Section 138 (diversification) of this article, and subject to the limit of the insurer's investments in preferred, guaranteed and common stocks as stated in Subsection B of Section 143 (common stocks) of this article.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1C-3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1C / Section 24-1C-3
§ 24-1C-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Primary Care Capital Funding Act:

A. “ authority ” means the New Mexico finance authority;

B. “ capital project ” means acquisition, repair, renovation or construction of a facility; purchase of land; acquisition of capital equipment of a long-term nature; or acquisition of capital equipment to be used in the delivery of primary care, telehealth or hospice services;

C. “ department ” means the department of health;

D. “ eligible entity ” means:

(1) a community-based nonprofit primary care clinic or hospice that operates in a rural or other health care underserved area of the state, that is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation for federal income tax purposes and that is eligible for funding pursuant to the Rural Primary Health Care Act;

(2) a school-based health center that operates in a public school district and that meets department requirements or that is funded by the federal department of health and human services;

(3) a primary care clinic that operates in a rural or other health care underserved area of the state, that is owned by a county or municipality and that meets department requirements for eligibility; or

(4) a telehealth site that is operated by an entity described in this subsection;

E. “ fund ” means the primary care capital fund;

F. “ operating capital ” means funds needed to meet short-term obligations, such as accounts payable, wages, debt servicing, lease and income tax payments;

G. “ primary care ” means the first level of basic or general health care for an individual's health needs, including diagnostic and treatment services and including services delivered at a primary care clinic, a telehealth site or a school-based health center; “primary care” includes the provision of mental health services if those services are integrated into the eligible entity's service array; and

H. “ project ” means a capital project or operating capital needed to support the increase of primary care services to sick and medically indigent persons.
N.M. Stat. § 44-2-3 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 2 / Section 44-2-3
§ 44-2-3. Exclusive original jurisdiction; district and supreme courts
Status: in_force

The district court has exclusive original jurisdiction in all cases of mandamus, except where such writ is to be directed to a district court or a judge thereof in his official capacity, in which case the supreme court has exclusive original jurisdiction, and in such cases the supreme court or a judge thereof shall first make a rule, returnable in term, that such district court or judge thereof, show cause before the court why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not issue, and upon the return day of such rule such district court or judge may show cause against the rule by affidavit or record, evidence, and upon the hearing thereof, the supreme court shall award a peremptory writ, or dismiss the rule. In case of emergency, a judge of the supreme court, at the time of making the rule to show cause, may also appoint a special term of the court for hearing the motion, and at which the rule shall be made returnable.
N.M. Stat. § 73-2-64 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 2 / Section 73-2-64
§ 73-2-64. Interference with ditch; illegal water use; penalty; failure to prosecute; injunctive relief
Status: in_force

A. A person shall not, contrary to the order of the mayordomo or commission, cut, break, stop up or otherwise interfere with any community ditch or dam in this state, or any contra or lateral acequia thereof, or take or use water from the same contrary to such orders. A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on complaint made before the nearest magistrate court, a warrant may issue for his arrest, as in case of any other offense against the state.

B. A criminal complaint for violations of the provisions of Subsection A of this section may be made by the district attorney or the mayordomo or commission of the ditch or acequia to the magistrate court in the county where the violation occurred. Upon conviction of a violation, the defendant shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars ($300) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and in default of the payment of said fine, shall be confined in the county jail for a period of not less than five nor more than thirty days.

C. In addition to criminal prosecution, the district attorney or the mayordomo or commission of the ditch or acequia may file a civil complaint seeking a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for knowingly, intentionally or willfully violating the provisions of Subsection A of this section.

D. The remedies provided for in this section shall not be construed as limiting the right of the party bringing the civil or criminal complaint from seeking damages. In addition to the remedies provided in this section, the district attorney or the mayordomo or commission of the ditch or acequia may apply to the district court of the county where the violation occurred for an injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate the provisions of Subsection A of this section.

E. It is the duty of the mayordomo in charge of any such ditch or acequia to prosecute in the name of the state any violation of this section whenever the mayordomo acquires knowledge thereof, and the mayordomo's failure so to do shall be deemed a misdemeanor; provided, however, that if the district attorney chooses to prosecute, the mayordomo shall not be required to do so. On conviction of violating the provisions of this subsection, the mayordomo shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten or more than thirty days.
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-58 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-58
§ 67-3-58. Allotment of appropriation
Status: in_force

From the money appropriated in Section 67-3-57 NMSA 1978 , the state treasurer shall set aside each month out of the funds prescribed by law for the payment thereof a sufficient sum to pay the interest accrued each month on each series of state highway debentures then outstanding and, during the twelve months next preceding the maturity of each series of such debentures, he shall set aside from said funds sufficient money to provide for the payment of the principal thereof at maturity. The money so set aside shall be disbursed by the state treasurer only for the payment of the principal and interest of the series of the state highway debentures for which the money is set aside. The remainder of the money appropriated in Section 67-3-57 NMSA 1978 shall be disbursed upon the order of the state transportation commission or its duly authorized agent in the manner provided by law for disbursement of money in the state road fund.
N.M. Stat. § 40-10B-14 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 10B / Section 40-10B-14
§ 40-10B-14. Continuing jurisdiction of the court
Status: in_force

The court appointing a guardian pursuant to the Kinship Guardianship Act retains continuing jurisdiction of the matter.
N.M. Stat. § 53-19-71 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 19 / Section 53-19-71
§ 53-19-71. Application to existing limited liability companies
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act apply to all existing foreign limited liability companies which have obtained a certificate of authority to transact business in New Mexico issued pursuant to provisions of the Business Corporation Act. Any such limited liability company shall reapply for registration under the Limited Liability Company Act. The secretary of state shall have authority to revoke upon reasonable prior written notice any certificate of authority to transact business in New Mexico which was issued pursuant to provisions of the Business Corporation Act prior to the effective date of the Limited Liability Company Act.
N.M. Stat. § 15-3B-12 — NM Code / Chapter 15 / Article 3B / Section 15-3B-12
§ 15-3B-12. Feasibility study of energy sources
Status: in_force

Before a contract is executed for the construction, major alteration or renovation of a state-owned building, the division may have a feasibility study made on the use of energy sources other than fossil fuels for the heating and air conditioning of the proposed building. A copy of the feasibility study shall remain on file with the division and shall be open to public inspection.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-50 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-50
§ 2-7F-50. Representative district forty-four
Status: in_force

Representative district forty-four is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 6, 10, 86, 220 and 238; and Sandoval county precincts 11 through 13, 31 through 36, 38, 52 through 54, 57, 59, 92 through 94, 96 through 99, 102, 112, 113, 119, 136, 140, 141, 153 and 154.
N.M. Stat. § 53-19-74 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 19 / Section 53-19-74
§ 53-19-74. Secretary of state’s retention of records
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall provide, pursuant to the provisions of the Public Records Act, for the retention, storage and destruction of any documents filed with the secretary of state.