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N.M. Stat. § 47-7-6 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7 / Section 47-7-6
§ 47-7-6. Common areas and facilities
Status: in_force

A. Each unit owner shall be entitled to an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities in the percentage established by the declaration. The percentage shall be computed by taking as a basis the value of the particular unit in relation to the value of the whole property.

B. The percentage of the undivided interest of each unit owner in the common areas and facilities as established by the declaration shall be permanent and shall not be altered without the consent of all of the unit owners expressed in an amended declaration duly recorded. The percentage of the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall not be separated from the unit to which it is appurtenant and shall be deemed to be conveyed or encumbered with the unit even though the interest is not expressly mentioned or described in a conveyance or other instrument.

C. The common areas and facilities shall remain undivided, and no unit owner or any other person shall bring any action for partition or division, unless the property has been removed from the provisions of the Building Unit Ownership Act as provided in Sections 47-7-17 and 47-7-27 NMSA 1978 . Any covenant to the contrary is unenforceable.

D. Each unit owner may use the common areas and facilities, in accordance with the purpose for which they were intended, without hindering or encroaching upon the lawful rights of the other unit owners.

E. The necessary work of maintenance, repair and replacement of the common areas and facilities and the making of any additions or improvements thereto shall be carried out only as provided in the Building Unit Ownership Act and in the bylaws.

F. The association of unit owners shall have the irrevocable right, exercisable by the manager or board of directors, of access to each unit from time to time during reasonable hours as may be necessary for the maintenance, repair or replacement of any of the common areas and facilities therein or accessible therefrom, and for making emergency repairs necessary to prevent damage to the common areas and facilities or to another unit.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14A / Section 61-14A-10
§ 61-14A-10. Requirements for licensing
Status: in_force

The board shall grant a license to practice acupuncture and oriental medicine to a person who has:

A. submitted to the board:

(1) the completed application for licensing on the form provided by the board;

(2) the required documentation as determined by the board;

(3) the required fees;

(4) an affidavit stating that the applicant has not been found guilty of unprofessional conduct or incompetency;

(5) proof, as determined by the board, that the applicant has completed a board-approved educational program in acupuncture and oriental medicine as provided for in the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act and the rules of the board; and

(6) proof that he has passed the examinations approved by the board; and

B. complied with any other requirements of the board.
N.M. Stat. § 30-18-7 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 18 / Section 30-18-7
§ 30-18-7. Misrepresentation of pedigree
Status: in_force

Misrepresentation of pedigree consists of either the giving, obtaining, misrepresenting or exhibiting of any type of registry certificate or transfer certificate, pertaining to the pedigree registry of any animal, knowing such certificate to be false or misleading, or to have been secured by means of false pretenses or false representations.

Whoever commits misrepresentation of pedigree is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 73-19-4 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 19 / Section 73-19-4
§ 73-19-4. Powers of directors
Status: in_force

That said board of directors shall have the power and it shall be its duty to cooperate with the representatives of the Texas counties, or any agencies created by the state of Texas or by said counties, interested in an effort to secure funds from the United States government, its officers, bureaus and agencies, for water conservation purposes in the counties of Quay, Roosevelt and Curry, in New Mexico, and to enter into all proper and necessary negotiations and agreements with the officers and employees of the federal government for the location of federal water conservancy projects in the three counties mentioned.
N.M. Stat. § 8-5-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 8 / Article 5 / Section 8-5-21
§ 8-5-21. Partnership in Native American communities network grant program; created; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The “partnership in Native American communities network grant program” is created within the office of the attorney general. The purpose of the program is to create a network to support the efforts by the state's Indian nations, tribes and pueblos to identify, report and find Native Americans who are missing.

B. The “partnership in Native American communities network” shall be developed and operated by the office of the attorney general as an online portal with a database to securely upload information regarding missing indigenous persons.

C. The office of the attorney general shall award grants to create and administer the Native American communities network and develop the application and criteria for the grant program. The partnership in Native American communities network grant program criteria shall include:

(1) policies and standards for technology equipment, including data storage and security of information entered into the network;

(2) standards for data verification;

(3) job qualifications and requirements for a data specialist to administer the network; and

(4) development of a system to provide automatic initial alerts pursuant to law enforcement, tribal and community organizations when a missing indigenous person report is made.

D. The office of the attorney general may also award grants through the partnership in Native American communities network grant program to a qualifying tribal agency at each Indian nation, tribe and pueblo as matching funds for a tribal agency to create and maintain access to the partnership in Native American communities network.
N.M. Stat. § 19-1-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 19-1-10
§ 19-1-10. Duties and bonds of subordinates; expenses payable from maintenance fund
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall prescribe the duties of his subordinates. Any subordinate may be required to give bond in such sum as the commissioner may prescribe, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. If any such bond be executed by a surety company, the expense thereof shall be paid out of the state lands maintenance fund.

All expenses incurred by the commissioner or his subordinates in inspecting, appraising or investigating state lands shall be paid out of said fund. All expenses incurred by the commission composed of the governor, surveyor general or other officers exercising the function of the surveyor general and attorney general in directing, locating, inspecting, appraising and investigating state lands shall be paid out of said fund.
N.M. Stat. § 62-19-19 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 19 / Section 62-19-19
§ 62-19-19. Advisory staff
Status: in_force

A. The chief of staff may hire, with the consent of the commission, advisory staff with expertise in regulatory law, engineering, economics and other professional or technical disciplines to advise the commission on any matter before the commission. The chief of staff may hire on a temporary, term or contract basis such other experts or staff as the commission requires for a particular case.

B. Advisory staff shall:

(1) analyze case records;

(2) analyze recommended decisions;

(3) advise the commission on policy issues;

(4) assist the commission in the development of rules;

(5) assist the commission in writing final orders; and

(6) perform such other duties as required by the chief of staff.
N.M. Stat. § 7-29-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 29 / Section 7-29-5
§ 7-29-5. Products on which tax has been levied; regulation by commission
Status: in_force

This tax shall not be levied more than once on the same product. Reporting of products on which this tax has been paid shall be subject to the regulation of the commission.
N.M. Stat. § 4-49-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 49 / Section 4-49-1
§ 4-49-1. Bonds for remodeling and making additions
Status: in_force

Bonds may be issued under the provisions of Sections 4-49-1 through 4-49-21 NMSA 1978 for the purpose of remodeling and making additions to necessary public buildings and for water, sewer or sanitary landfill systems and airports under the same conditions as provided for issuance of bonds for constructing them. Provided, however, that no money derived from general obligation bonds issued and sold under the provisions of Sections 4-49-1 through 4-49-21 NMSA 1978 shall be used for maintaining existing buildings, and, if used for that purpose, the bonds shall be invalid.
N.M. Stat. § 57-7-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 7 / Section 57-7-5
§ 57-7-5. Dealer to obtain statement from vendor; filing
Status: in_force

At the time of purchase by any junk dealer of any pig or pigs of metal, copper wire or brass car journals or of any junk said junk dealer shall cause to be subscribed by the person or persons vending the same a statement as to when, where and from whom the vendor or vendors obtained such property; also a statement as to the vendor's or vendors' age or ages, residence or residences: i.e., the city, village or town, and the street and number, if any, of said residence or residences, and such other information as is reasonably necessary to enable said residence or residences to be located, also the name of the employer or employers, if any, of said vendor or vendors, and the place of business or employment of said employer or employers, and the junk dealer shall forthwith file the original of said statement subscribed by said vendor or vendors in the office of the chief of police or marshal, in the city, town or village in which the purchase was made, if made in a city or incorporated village; otherwise said statement shall forthwith be filed by the junk dealer in the office of the sheriff of the county in which said purchase was made.
N.M. Stat. § 62-2-13 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 2 / Section 62-2-13
§ 62-2-13. Voluntary dissolution
Status: in_force

Any corporation formed under this article or formed under any general law of this state, the principal business of which has been the construction and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, ditches and canals, and the distribution of water there-through for public use, may be disincorporated by a two-thirds vote of all the stockholders, and when such vote shall have been taken, notice thereof shall be given as required, by which notice shall state when and at what place application will be made to the district court or the judge thereof to have such corporation judicially declared dissolved, and at such time and place or at such other time and place to which said matter may be adjourned by the court or judge, such court or judge may hear evidence touching the matter, and if satisfied that all debts and liabilities of such corporation have been paid or that the same can be paid, settled, satisfied or compromised by the sale of the tangible assets of such corporation, and that the requisite vote in favor of dissolution has been duly given, such court or judge shall enter an order declaring the corporation dissolved, and thereafter the directors or trustees of such corporation shall sell and dispose of the tangible property thereof or such portion of the same as may be necessary to liquidate the indebtedness of the company, and apply the proceeds realized from such sale to the payment, satisfaction or compromise of the indebtedness of such corporation, the balance remaining to be distributed to the stockholders thereof in accordance with Section 62-2-14 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 22-18-12 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 18 / Section 22-18-12
§ 22-18-12. Budgetary provisions; payment of principal and interest
Status: in_force

A. A local school board shall establish adequate budgetary provisions, approved by the public school finance division [secretary], to promptly pay, as it becomes due, all principal and interest on general obligation bonds issued by the school district.

B. The full faith and credit of a school district shall be pledged to the payment of the principal and interest on general obligation bonds issued by the school district.

C. The board of county commissioners shall levy and collect upon all taxable property within a school district in the county such tax as is necessary to pay the interest and principal on general obligation bonds issued by the school district as the interest and principal become due, without limitation as to rate or amount.
N.M. Stat. § 12-2A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 2A / Section 12-2A-2
§ 12-2A-2. Common and technical usage
Status: in_force

Unless a word or phrase is defined in the statute or rule being construed, its meaning is determined by its context, the rules of grammar and common usage. A word or phrase that has acquired a technical or particular meaning in a particular context has that meaning if it is used in that context.
N.M. Stat. § 12-11-23 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 11 / Section 12-11-23
§ 12-11-23. Policy and purpose
Status: in_force

Because of the existing possibility of the occurrence of disasters resulting from drought, fire, flood, earthquake or other causes, and in order to ensure that preparation of this state will be adequate to deal with such disasters, and generally to protect the peace, health and safety and to preserve the lives and property of the people of the state of New Mexico, it is hereby found and declared to be necessary to establish a source of emergency funds.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-15-13 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 15 / Section 59A-15-13
§ 59A-15-13. Action by superintendent
Status: in_force

A. If within thirty (30) days following the giving of the notice provided for in Section 267 of the article the insurer has not ceased such dissemination, and if the superintendent has reason to believe that such insurer is soliciting, issuing or delivering contracts of insurance to residents of this state or collecting premiums on such contracts or performing any other transaction in connection with such insurance, and that a proceeding by him in respect to such matters would be to the interest of the public, he shall take action against such insurer under the provisions of Section 262 of the article (service of process on unauthorized insurer).

B. If upon such hearing the superintendent finds that the insurer has misrepresented as referred to in Section 267 of the article, he shall by order on such hearing require the insurer to cease and desist from such violation, and shall mail a copy of the order by registered or certified mail to the insurer at its principal place of business last of record with the superintendent, and to the insurance supervisory officer of the insurer's domiciliary state, country or province. Each violation thereafter of such desist order shall subject the insurer to a penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000), to be recovered by a civil action brought against the insurer by the superintendent. Service of process upon the insurer in such action may be made upon the superintendent pursuant to Section 262 of this article or in any other lawful manner.
N.M. Stat. § 9-7A-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 7A / Section 9-7A-9
§ 9-7A-9. Bureaus; chiefs
Status: in_force

The secretary shall establish within each division such “bureaus” as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Department of Environment Act. He shall employ a “chief” to be the administrative head of each bureau. The chief and all subsidiary employees of the department shall be covered by the Personnel Act 1 unless otherwise provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 3-38-3 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 38 / Section 3-38-3
§ 3-38-3. Authorization for business registration fee
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the licensing authority contained in Section 3-38-1 NMSA 1978 , a municipality shall, by ordinance, charge a business registration fee on each place of business conducted within a municipality that is not licensed by the municipality under Section 3-38-1 NMSA 1978 . The business registration fee shall not be more than thirty-five dollars ($35.00) a year and may be prorated for businesses conducted for a portion of the year.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and Section 3-38-1 NMSA 1978:

(1) no license fee or business registration fee shall be imposed on any sanctioned and registered athletic official who officiates for any association or organization which regulates any public school activity and whose rules and regulations are approved by the state board of education; and

(2) a municipality may exempt from the business regulation fee imposed by the municipality any part-time artist whose income from sales of his artwork in the prior taxable year did not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
N.M. Stat. § 3-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 10 / Section 3-10-1
§ 3-10-1. Officers; elective; term of office
Status: in_force

A. The elective officers of a municipality having a mayor-council form of government are:

(1) one mayor;

(2) the members of the governing body; and

(3) a municipal judge.

B. The elective officers of a municipality having a commission-manager form of government are:

(1) five commissioners; and

(2) a municipal judge.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section, a municipality with a population of five hundred persons or less in the last federal decennial census shall not have a municipal judge if it adopts an effective ordinance in accordance with the provisions of Subsection B of Section 35-14-1 NMSA 1978 .

D. In every noncharter municipality, except those noncharter municipalities having a commission-manager form of government or electing members of the governing body from districts, the terms of office for the mayor and members of the governing body shall be four years. The term of office for members of the governing body shall be staggered so that the terms of office for one-half of the members of the governing body will expire every two years.

E. Any elected municipal official whose term of office has expired shall continue in that office until a successor is elected and has taken office pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act.
N.M. Stat. § 1-2-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1-2-6
§ 1-2-6. Election board; appointment
Status: in_force

A. The county clerk on or before forty-two days next preceding a statewide election shall appoint the necessary election boards for that election, and before twenty-one days next preceding a special election the county clerk shall appoint the necessary election boards for that election. The appointment of the members of each election board shall be in writing and delivered to the person receiving the appointment.

B. The county clerk shall maintain in a public place in the county clerk's office a list of the members of the election board, the positions of the election board members and the assignments of the election board members. The list shall be made available at least forty days before a statewide election and at least twenty days before a special election and shall be updated when changed until forty-five days after adjournment of the state or county canvassing board or until forty-five days following any recount, contest or other judicial inquiry, whichever is later.
N.M. Stat. § 3-18-23 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 3-18-23
§ 3-18-23. Steam boiler inspection
Status: in_force

A municipality may provide for the inspection and regulation of steam boilers.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10B / Section 19-10B-1
§ 19-10B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 8 of this act may be cited as the “ONGARD System Development Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 14-2-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 14-2-5
§ 14-2-5. Purpose of act; declaration of public policy
Status: in_force

Recognizing that a representative government is dependent upon an informed electorate, the intent of the legislature in enacting the Inspection of Public Records Act is to ensure, and it is declared to be the public policy of this state, that all persons are entitled to the greatest possible information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of public officers and employees. It is the further intent of the legislature, and it is declared to be the public policy of this state, that to provide persons with such information is an essential function of a representative government and an integral part of the routine duties of public officers and employees.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-9.7 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-9.7
§ 24-1-9.7. Penalty
Status: in_force

A person who, in violation of Section 24-1-9.4 NMSA 1978 , makes an unauthorized disclosure of the results of a test designed to identify a sexually transmitted infection is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a definite term not to exceed six months or the payment of a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or both.
N.M. Stat. § 22-13-30 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13 / Section 22-13-30
§ 22-13-30. Vision screening
Status: in_force

A school nurse or the nurse's designee, a primary care health provider or a lay eye screener shall administer a vision screening test for students enrolled in the school in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first grade and third grade and for transfer and new students in those grades, unless a parent affirmatively prohibits the visual screening.