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N.M. Stat. § 72-5A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5A / Section 72-5A-10
§ 72-5A-10. Annual report to state engineer; penalty for failure to file
Status: in_force

A. Each permittee shall file an annual report with the state engineer that includes:

(1) the total quantity of stored water and recovered water;

(2) the water quality of the stored water, the receiving aquifer and the recovered water;

(3) a sworn affidavit attesting to the truthfulness and accuracy of the report's data; and

(4) a measurement of the static level of the water table.

B. The annual report shall be maintained on a calendar year basis and shall be filed with the state engineer no later than March 31 for the preceding year. If a governmental entity required to file an annual report fails to do so when due, the state engineer may assess and impose a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each month or portion of a month that the report is not filed. The total penalty assessed annually pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).

C. All records and reports required to be maintained and filed pursuant to this section shall be in a form prescribed by the state engineer.
N.M. Stat. § 33-8-5.1 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 8 / Section 33-8-5.1
§ 33-8-5.1. Corrections industries commission
Status: in_force

The “corrections industries commission” is created. The commission consists of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for staggered terms of four years or less in a manner that the terms of one or two members expire as the case may be on June 30 each year. Four members of the commission constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Not more than four members shall be of the same political party. Any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the commission without being excused by the commission shall be automatically removed. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the unexpired term. Members of the commission shall be reimbursed as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 70-11-2 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 11 / Section 70-11-2
§ 70-11-2. Office created; duties
Status: in_force

There is created the “office of interstate natural gas markets” to be located in the energy, minerals and natural resources department. The office shall:

A. conduct economic and legal studies of the interstate natural gas markets, of the trade policies and practices of the federal energy regulatory commission and regulatory agencies and local distributing companies lying outside New Mexico;

B. determine the impact of those practices on the economic well-being of New Mexico, especially as it relates to severance tax, royalty and general fund income of the state;

C. develop and implement marketing strategies and, if applicable, prepare legislation to promote the use of natural gas produced in New Mexico by markets in other states;

D. employ legal counsel and initiate or enter lawsuits as appropriate for the purpose of protecting and promoting the public interest in matters involving interstate natural gas markets;

E. initiate or intervene in cases before the federal energy regulatory commission, the California public utility commission and other regulatory agencies lying outside New Mexico to protect and promote the public interest of the state;

F. present two progress reports to the legislative finance committee each year; and

G. contract with state agencies and other appropriate entities and persons as may be required to carry out the purposes of this act and those purposes outlined in Laws 1988, Chapter 27, Section 3.
N.M. Stat. § 60-1A-13 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 1A / Section 60-1A-13
§ 60-1A-13. Equine health and testing advisor; qualifications; duties
Status: in_force

The commission shall hire or contract with an equine health and testing advisor. An equine health and testing advisor shall be a doctor of veterinary medicine or shall hold a doctorate degree in chemistry or a related field and shall be knowledgeable and experienced in the techniques used for testing the specimens collected pursuant to Section 60-1A-14 NMSA 1978 . The equine health and testing advisor shall exercise the duties prescribed by rules of the commission.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16E-3 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16E / Section 10-16E-3
§ 10-16E-3. One-stop business portal; duties
Status: in_force

A. The department shall develop, operate and maintain a centralized web site that is free, user-friendly, searchable and accessible to the public that shall provide authorized representatives of businesses with access or the ability to electronically conduct certain business transactions with state agencies and that shall be known as the “one-stop business portal”.

B. No later than January 1, 2017, the department shall provide the framework and define the information exchange process necessary for the one-stop business portal.

C. No later than July 1, 2017, the one-stop business portal shall be available for public access and use and shall include the information and capabilities required by Subsection D of this section.

D. The one-stop business portal shall provide authorized representatives with a single point of entry for conducting certain business transactions with state agencies and shall facilitate or provide the capability to:

(1) access taxation information, including filing and renewal deadlines;

(2) make taxation filings and payments;

(3) access workers' compensation information, including requirements and deadlines;

(4) access information related to business licensing requirements and associated filing and renewal deadlines;

(5) complete and submit applications for licenses, registrations and permits that are issued by state agencies and that are required for the transaction of business in New Mexico;

(6) complete and file documents that state agencies require for the transaction of business in New Mexico;

(7) make payments, including payments for application fees, license fees, registration fees, permit fees, filing fees and payments made pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act that must be paid to state agencies;

(8) provide electronic communications with customer service representatives during regular business hours regarding the use of the one-stop business portal and the services offered through the one-stop business portal; and

(9) access the sunshine portal.

E. The department and state agencies shall share information received pursuant to or required for the operation or function of the one-stop business portal only for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the One-Stop Business Portal Act or rules promulgated by a state agency pursuant to that act.
N.M. Stat. § 49-6-9 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 6 / Section 49-6-9
§ 49-6-9. Lease, sale or mortgage of land
Status: in_force

Such board of trustees shall have the power, under the direction of said court, to lease, sell or mortgage any part or parts of said tract of land, for such price and upon such terms or conditions as may by said court and said board be deemed advisable and use the proceeds thereof for such purposes as said board and court may deem to be for the best interests of the community for the benefit of which said grant was made.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14-14 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14 / Section 61-14-14
§ 61-14-14. Exemptions
Status: in_force

Provisions of the Veterinary Practice Act do not apply to:

A. employees of federal or state governments performing official duties;

B. regular students in a veterinary school performing duties or actions assigned by an instructor or working under direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian during a school vacation period;

C. reciprocal aid of neighbors in performing routine accepted livestock management practices;

D. a veterinarian licensed in a foreign jurisdiction consulting with a licensed veterinarian;

E. a merchant or manufacturer selling at the merchant's or manufacturer's regular place of business any medicine, feed, appliance or other product used in the prevention or treatment of animal disease;

F. the owner of an animal and the owner's consignees and their employees while performing routine accepted livestock management practices in the care of animals belonging to the owner;

G. a member of the faculty of a veterinary school performing the member's regular functions or a person lecturing or giving instruction or demonstration at a veterinary school or in connection with a continuing education course or seminar for licensed veterinarians, veterinary technicians or persons holding or training for valid permits for artificial insemination or diagnosing pregnancy;

H. a person selling or applying any pesticide, insecticide or herbicide; or

I. a person engaging in bona fide scientific research that reasonably requires experimentation involving animals.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-73 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-73
§ 7-9-73. Deduction; gross receipts tax; governmental gross receipts; sale of prosthetic devices
Status: in_force

Receipts from selling prosthetic devices may be deducted from gross receipts or from governmental gross receipts if the sale is made to a person who is licensed to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, podiatry, optometry, chiropractic or professional nursing and who delivers a nontaxable transaction certificate to the seller. The buyer delivering the nontaxable transaction certificate must deliver the prosthetic device incidental to the performance of a service and must include the value of the prosthetic device in his charge for the service.
N.M. Stat. § 6-12-14 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 12 / Section 6-12-14
§ 6-12-14. Bonds surrendered for refunding; entries; destruction
Status: in_force

Upon the surrender of any bonds refunded under the provisions of this act, there shall be entered on the records of the state auditor the fact of such surrender and the number, amount, date and character of the bonds so surrendered; and such bonds shall be destroyed by the state board of finance and the fact of such destruction shall be likewise entered on such record.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-12 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-12
§ 72-20-12. Filling vacancies on the board
Status: in_force

Upon a vacancy occurring in the board by reason of death, change of residence or resignation or for any other reason, the governor shall appoint a qualified elector of the authority as successor to serve the unexpired term; provided that if the vacancy occurs after the single-member districts are created pursuant to Subsection B of Section 72-20-10 NMSA 1978 , the qualified elector appointed shall reside within the district in which the vacancy exists.
N.M. Stat. § 61-5B-7 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 5B / Section 61-5B-7
§ 61-5B-7. Report to the board or dental hygienists committee; action
Status: in_force

A. The examining committee shall report to the board or the dental hygienists committee its findings on the examination of the licensee, the determination of the examining committee as to the fitness of the licensee to engage in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene with reasonable skill and safety to patients, either on a restricted or unrestricted basis, and any intervention that the examining committee may recommend. Such recommendation by the examining committee shall be advisory only and shall not be binding on the board.

B. The board or dental hygienists committee may accept or reject the recommendation of the examining committee to permit a licensee to continue to practice with or without any restriction on his licensure to practice dentistry or dental hygiene or may refer the matter back to the examining committee for further examination and report thereon.

C. In the absence of a voluntary agreement by a licensee for restriction of the licensure of the dentist or the dental hygienist to practice dentistry or dental hygiene, any licensee shall be entitled to a hearing before the board under and in accordance with the procedure contained in the Uniform Licensing Act and a determination on the evidence as to whether or not restriction, suspension or revocation of licensure shall be imposed.
N.M. Stat. § 3-2-8 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 3-2-8
§ 3-2-8. Incorporation; election of first officers; duties of board of county commissioners and county clerk; selection of terms of first officers
Status: in_force

A. If a majority of the votes cast favors the incorporation of the territory as a municipality, the board of county commissioners shall call an election for the purpose of electing municipal officers at the first regular local or general election following approval. The election shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act. The county clerk shall notify the secretary of finance and administration and the secretary of taxation and revenue of the date of the first election of municipal officers within ten days after the county commissioners have called the election.

B. At the first election for municipal officers following a vote in favor of incorporating territory as a municipality, the terms of office for the mayor and the municipal judge shall be until the next regular local election. The terms of office for one-half of the members of the governing body shall be until the next regular local election and for the remaining one-half of the members of the governing body until the second regular local election is held. The elected municipal officers shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. The length of the terms of the first members shall be determined by lot.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-9-10 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 9 / Section 59A-9-10
§ 59A-9-10. Common stocks
Status: in_force

A. An insurer may invest in nonassessable (except as to bank or trust company stocks, and except for taxes) common stocks, other than insurance stocks, of any solvent corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or Canada, or of any state or province thereof, which has been in existence and active business operation for at least five (5) years prior to the investment; and if such corporation has had net earnings available for dividends on such stock in each of such five (5) years. If the issuing corporation has not been in legal existence for the whole of such five (5) years but was formed as a consolidation or merger of two or more businesses of which at least one was in operation on a date five (5) years prior to the investment, the test of eligibility of the common stock under this section shall be based upon consolidated pro forma statements of the predecessor or constituent institutions.

B. An insurer shall not at any time have invested in preferred or guaranteed stocks or common stocks an aggregate of more than ten percent of its assets if a life insurer, or thirty-five percent of its assets if transacting kinds of insurance other than life insurance.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16-25 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-25
§ 30-16-25. Credit cards; definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 30-16-25 through 30-16-38 NMSA 1978:

A. “ cardholder ” means the person or organization identified on the face of a credit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card is issued by an issuer;

B. “ credit card ” means:

(1) any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, charge card or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of value, either on credit or in consideration of an undertaking or guarantee by the issuer of the payment of a check drawn by the cardholder; or

(2) a credit card account number;

C. “ expired credit card ” means a credit card which shows on its face that it is outdated;

D. “ issuer ” means the business organization or financial institution, or its duly authorized agent, which issues a credit card;

E. “ participating party ” means a business organization, or financial institution, other than the issuer, which acquires for value a sales slip or agreement;

F. “ sales slip or agreement ” means any writing evidencing a credit card transaction;

G. “ merchant ” means every person who is authorized by an issuer or a participating party to furnish money, goods, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit card by a cardholder;

H. “ incomplete credit card ” means a credit card upon which a part of the matter, other than the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the credit card before it can be used by a cardholder, has not been stamped, embossed, imprinted or written on it;

I. “ revoked credit card ” means a credit card for which the permission to use has been suspended or terminated by the issuer, and notice thereof has been given to the cardholder; and

J. “ anything of value ” includes money, goods and services.
N.M. Stat. § 22-4-16 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 4 / Section 22-4-16
§ 22-4-16. Existing school districts validated
Status: in_force

That the organization, existence or consolidation of all school districts heretofore ordered by the state department of education of the state of New Mexico are hereby validated and their existence as ordered by the state board of education is hereby validated and confirmed, provided that the passage of this act shall not affect any consolidations upon which an action is pending contesting such consolidation at the time this act becomes effective.
N.M. Stat. § 40-7A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 7A / Section 40-7A-1
§ 40-7A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 40, Article 7A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Child Placement Agency Licensing Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 14-11-6 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 11 / Section 14-11-6
§ 14-11-6. Filing affidavit of publication; evidential value
Status: in_force

Any officer, board, commission or party to any legal proceeding required to publish any notice required by law shall obtain and file in his or its office, or with the clerk of the court in which any suit or legal proceeding is pending, as the case may require, the affidavit of publication referred to in Section one hereof. Such affidavit so filed shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated as to such publication.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-14 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-14
§ 19-4-14. Appraisement; contents; valuations
Status: in_force

Said appraisers shall appraise all lots or parcels of land, unclaimed or not, conveyed by virtue of any law, in such town, at their just and full cash value, and file their written appraisement, as aforesaid. Said appraisement shall contain a description of each lot or parcel of land so appraised, and a statement of the cash value of each lot and parcel of land so appraised. Said appraisers shall make a separate statement of the value of such lots and parcels of land without improvements, and the aggregate value of both; there shall be attached to such appraisement a written affidavit of said appraisers, verifying each statement of such appraisement, and alleging that each of said lots and parcels of land is appraised at its just and full value. The appraisement shall be required only in cases where the time has expired by prior laws for claimants to file their statements.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2A / Section 60-2A-1
§ 60-2A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 60, Article 2A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Professional Athletic Competition Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-32-9 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 32 / Section 3-32-9
§ 3-32-9. Requirements respecting lease
Status: in_force

Prior to the leasing of any project, the governing body must determine and find the following:

A. the amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance such project; and

B. the amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds which the governing body may deem it advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and the maintenance of the project; and unless the terms under which the project is to be leased provide that the lessee shall maintain the project and carry all proper insurance with respect thereto, the estimated cost of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured. The determinations and findings of the governing body required to be made in the preceding sentence shall be set forth in the proceedings under which the proposed bonds are to be issued; and prior to the issuance of such bonds, the municipality shall lease or sell the project to a lessee or purchaser under an agreement conditioned upon completion of the project and providing for payment to the municipality of such rentals or payments as, upon the basis of such determinations and findings, will be sufficient:

(1) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project;

(2) to build up and maintain any reserve deemed by the governing body to be advisable in connection therewith; and

(3) to pay the costs of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured, unless the agreement of lease obligates the lessee to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the project.
N.M. Stat. § 28-11A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 11A / Section 28-11A-1
§ 28-11A-1. Legislative finding
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that many state citizens who are unable to utilize telephone services in a regular manner due to hearing impairments are able to communicate through the use of telecommunication devices and that such devices should be installed in municipal police and county sheriff departments in areas where such units are in use by deaf persons and in the communications section of the state police in order to assure prompt response to emergency situations.
N.M. Stat. § 74-3-13 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 3 / Section 74-3-13
§ 74-3-13. Emergencies
Status: in_force

In the event of an emergency, the director may order the impounding of sources of radiation in the possession of any person who is not equipped to comply with or fails to comply with the provisions of the Radiation Protection Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder.
N.M. Stat. § 30-9-20 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 9 / Section 30-9-20
§ 30-9-20. Voyeurism prohibited; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Voyeurism consists of intentionally using the unaided eye to view or intentionally using an instrumentality to view, photograph, videotape, film, webcast or record the intimate areas of another person without the knowledge and consent of that person:

(1) while the person is in the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room or tanning booth or the interior of any other area in which the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy; or

(2) under circumstances where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, whether in a public or private place.

B. Whoever commits voyeurism is guilty of a misdemeanor, except if the victim is less than eighteen years of age, the offender is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

C. As used in this section:

(1) “ intimate areas ” means the primary genital area, groin, buttocks, anus or breasts or the undergarments that cover those areas; and

(2) “ instrumentality ” means a periscope, telescope, binoculars, camcorder, computer, motion picture camera, digital camera, telephone camera, photographic camera or electronic device of any type.