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N.M. Stat. § 61-24D-5 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 24D / Section 61-24D-5
§ 61-24D-5. License required; exemptions
Status: in_force

A. A person who is not a licensee shall not:

(1) conduct home inspections, develop a report or otherwise engage in the business of home inspection;

(2) in the course of conducting business, use the title “home inspector”, “certified home inspector”, “registered home inspector”, “licensed home inspector”, “professional home inspector” or any other title, abbreviation, letters, figures or signs that indicate the person is a licensed home inspector; or

(3) use the terms “state licensed” or “licensed” to refer to an inspection conducted or a report prepared by a person who is not a licensee.

B. A business entity shall not provide home inspection services unless all of the home inspectors employed by the business are licensees.

C. A business entity shall not use, in connection with the name or signature of the business, the title “home inspectors” to describe the business entity's services unless each person employed by the business as a home inspector is a licensee.

D. The Home Inspector Licensing Act does not apply to a person:

(1) licensed by the state as an engineer, an architect, a real estate qualifying or associate broker, a real estate appraiser, a certified general appraiser, a residential real estate appraiser or a pest control operator, when acting within the scope of the person's license;

(2) licensed by the state or a political subdivision of the state as an electrician, a general contractor, a plumber or a heating and air conditioning technician, when acting within the scope of the person's license;

(3) regulated by the state as an insurance adjuster, when acting within the scope of the person's license;

(4) employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state as a code enforcement official, when acting within the scope of the person's employment;

(5) who performs an energy audit of a residential property;

(6) who performs a warranty evaluation of components, systems or appliances within a resale residential property for the purpose of issuing a home warranty; provided that all warranty evaluation reports include a statement that the warranty evaluation performed is not a home inspection and does not meet the standards of a home inspection pursuant to the provisions of the Home Inspector Licensing Act. A home warranty company shall not refer to a warranty evaluation as a home inspection;

(7) who in the scope of the person's employment performs safety inspections of utility equipment in or attached to residential real property pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 62 NMSA 1978 or rules adopted by the public regulation commission; and

(8) hired by the owner or lessor of residential real property to perform an inspection of the components of the residential real property for the purpose of preparing a bid or estimate for performing construction, remodeling or repair work in the residential real property.
N.M. Stat. § 17-4-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 17-4-2
§ 17-4-2. Eminent domain power; abandonment or relinquishment of property acquired
Status: in_force

Any property or rights-of-way required for use by the state game commission may be acquired as for a public purpose and as a matter of public necessity under the power of eminent domain, by and with the written approval of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the property or rights-of-way sought are located, in an action instituted and prosecuted in the name of the state, according to the procedure for condemnation provided by the Eminent Domain Code. Provided nevertheless, that any property right acquired under the provisions of this section, if and when the use for which it was acquired has been abandoned for three years or otherwise relinquished, shall revert to the grantor from whom it was derived.
N.M. Stat. § 3-14-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 14 / Section 3-14-3
§ 3-14-3. Commission-manager; certifying results of election; recording; affirmative vote; organization
Status: in_force

After the results of the election have been canvassed, the governing body shall certify the results to the municipal clerk and they shall be recorded in the minutes book of the municipality. If a majority of the votes cast on the question favor organizing under a commission-manager form of government, the governing body shall proceed to organize the municipality under the commission-manager form of government.
N.M. Stat. § 49-2-6 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 2 / Section 49-2-6
§ 49-2-6. Majority of board constitutes quorum; acts binding
Status: in_force

A majority of said board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the corporation shall be in all respects bound by the acts of the majority of its board of trustees done in pursuance of the provisions of this act and within the scope thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-13
§ 21-21-13. Investment of funds
Status: in_force

A. Money in the student loan sinking fund and money in the student loan fund in excess of the amount necessary for student loans may be invested by the state treasurer in:

(1) direct obligations of, or obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by, the United States;

(2) direct obligations of, or participation certificates guaranteed by, the federal intermediate credit bank, federal land banks, federal national mortgage association, federal home loan banks or banks for cooperatives;

(3) certificates of deposit of any bank or trust company whose deposits are fully secured by a pledge of securities of any kind specified in this subsection; and

(4) bonds of the state or its political subdivisions.

B. Money in the student loan sinking fund may be invested only in obligations which are scheduled to mature prior to the date the money must be available for its intended purpose.

C. All investments under this section may be sold at the prevailing market price. Income from these investments shall be credited to the student loan sinking fund.
N.M. Stat. § 30-19-6 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 19 / Section 30-19-6
§ 30-19-6. Permissive lottery
Status: in_force

A. Nothing in Chapter 30, Article 19 NMSA 1978 shall be held to prohibit any bona fide motion picture theater from offering prizes of cash or merchandise for advertising purposes, in connection with such business or for the purpose of stimulating business, whether or not any consideration other than a monetary consideration in excess of the regular price of admission is exacted for participation in drawings for prizes.

B. Nothing in Chapter 30, Article 19 NMSA 1978 shall be construed to apply to any activity:

(1) regulated by the New Mexico Bingo and Raffle Act; or

(2) specifically exempted from regulation by the provisions of the New Mexico Bingo and Raffle Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-5.13 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-5.13
§ 7-2-5.13. Exemption; armed forces retirement pay
Status: in_force

A. An individual who is an armed forces retiree may claim an exemption in the following amounts of military retirement pay includable, except for this exemption, in net income:

(1) for taxable year 2022, ten thousand dollars ($10,000);

(2) for taxable year 2023, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000); and

(3) for taxable years 2024 through 2026, thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).

B. As used in this section, “ armed forces retiree ” means a former member of the armed forces of the United States who has qualified by years of service or disability to separate from military service with lifetime benefits.
N.M. Stat. § 21-14A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 14A / Section 21-14A-6
§ 21-14A-6. Financing of off-campus instruction programs
Status: in_force

Financing of off-campus instruction programs shall be by tuition and fees which shall be set by the board of regents of the parent institution, by gifts and grants and by other funds as may be made available, pursuant to the Off-Campus Instruction Act or College District Tax Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 1-22-4 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 22 / Section 1-22-4
§ 1-22-4. Regular local election; proclamation; publication
Status: in_force

A. Between one hundred twenty and one hundred fifty days before the next regular local election, each local government shall notify the county clerk of the county in which the primary administrative office of the local government is situate of all local government positions that are to be filled at the next regular local election. Each county clerk shall inform the secretary of state of all positions to be filled no later than one hundred twelve days before the regular local election.

B. The secretary of state shall by resolution issue a public proclamation in Spanish and English calling a regular local election. The proclamation shall be issued and filed by the secretary of state in the office of the secretary of state ninety days preceding the date of the regular local election, and upon filing the proclamation, the secretary of state shall post the proclamation and certify it to each county clerk. The proclamation may be amended no later than eleven days before the filing date for the regular local election.

C. The proclamation shall specify:

(1) the date when the election will be held;

(2) each elective office, local governing body and judicial position to be filled;

(3) the date on which declarations of candidacy are to be filed;

(4) the date on which declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate are to be filed; and

(5) the municipalities subject to a ranked-choice voting runoff election and those subject to a top-two runoff election and the date of the top-two runoff election should one be necessary.

D. After receipt of the proclamation from the secretary of state, the county clerk shall post the entire proclamation on the county clerk's website and, not less than seventy-five days before the date of the election, shall publish portions of the proclamation relevant to the county at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the county. The publication of the proclamation shall conform to the requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 1 and shall specify:

(1) the date when the election will be held;

(2) for each local government situated in whole or in part in the county, each elective executive, local governing body and judicial position to be filled by voters of any precinct in the county;

(3) the date on which declarations of candidacy are to be filed and the date on which declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate are to be filed;

(4) the location, days and hours for voting at the office of the county clerk;

(5) the location, days and hours for early voting at each alternate voting location and mobile alternate voting location;

(6) the location, date and hours for voting at each election day polling place; and

(7) the date certificates of registration shall be subscribed and sworn as required by law.
N.M. Stat. § 10-10-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 10 / Section 10-10-2
§ 10-10-2. Purposes
Status: in_force

The purposes of this act are:

A. to secure and to channel selected college students into positions within the state government;

B. to aid in the process of coordinating the various institutions of higher learning of the state with the state government;

C. to stimulate the various state agencies and offices to improve their services and functions;

D. to formulate recommendations concerning personnel administration and other programs affecting state personnel.
N.M. Stat. § 21-3-14 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 21-3-14
§ 21-3-14. Resolution of New Mexico highlands university regents
Status: in_force

That whenever the said board of regents of the New Mexico normal university [New Mexico highlands university], by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, duly entered in the minutes of said board, shall by resolution determine that it is necessary to erect, alter, improve, furnish or equip any building or buildings, structure or structures at said university, or acquire any land for use thereof, or to retire the whole or any part of any series of bonds previously issued in conformity with law or for any or all of said purposes, said board is hereby empowered and authorized to issue and sell, subject to the terms of this act [ 21-3-13 , 21-3-14 , 21-3-16 through 21-3-28 NMSA 1978 ], building and improvement bonds of said New Mexico highlands university.
N.M. Stat. § 60-15-3 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 15 / Section 60-15-3
§ 60-15-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Crane Operators Safety Act:

A. “ class I crane operator ” means a person who is authorized to operate a crane of any size or weight;

B. “ class II crane operator ” means a person who is authorized to operate:

(1) a hydraulic crane of up to one hundred tons lifting capacity with a maximum boom length of one hundred fifty feet, regardless of mounting or means of mobility; and

(2) any other type or size of crane under the direct supervision of a class I crane operator;

C. “ class III crane operator ” means a person who is authorized to work as an apprentice, trainee or crane oiler or driver under the direct supervision of a class I or class II crane operator;

D. “ council ” means the crane operators licensure examining council;

E. “ crane ” means:

(1) a conventional crane;

(2) a tower crane;

(3) a hydraulic crane equipped with a winch, cable and hook with over one ton lifting capacity;

(4) a power-operated derrick; or

(5) a mobile, carrier-mounted, track or crawler type power-operated hoisting machine that is used to hoist, lower or horizontally and laterally move a suspended load by means of a winch, cable and hook but does not mean an excavator or forklift;

F. “ department ” means the regulation and licensing department;

G. “ endorsement ” means an authorization stamped on a class I crane operator's license indicating authorization to operate a conventional crane, a tower crane or a hydraulic crane of any size or weight;

H. “ licensee ” means a person licensed under the Crane Operators Safety Act;

I. “ person ” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization or any combination thereof;

J. “ seat time ” means the actual hands-on operation of a crane by a class II crane operator while under the direct supervision of a licensed class I crane operator or the actual hands-on operation of a crane by a class III crane operator while under the direct supervision of a licensed class I or II crane operator; and

K. “ superintendent ” means the superintendent of regulation and licensing.
N.M. Stat. § 67-6-1 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 6 / Section 67-6-1
§ 67-6-1. Bond issue by county commissioners; limitation
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of this article the boards of county commissioners of the several counties in this state are hereby authorized to issue bonds for the construction and repair of roads and bridges within the limits of their respective counties to an amount, which including the existing indebtedness of said counties, shall not exceed four per centum on the value of the taxable property within any such county, as shown by the last preceding assessment for state and county taxes.
N.M. Stat. § 3-29-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 29 / Section 3-29-9
§ 3-29-9. Rules
Status: in_force

For the purposes of the Sanitary Projects Act, the department may perform such acts and prescribe such rules as are deemed necessary to carry out its provisions. Rules shall be drafted in consultation with representatives of the associations.
N.M. Stat. § 3-23A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 23A / Section 3-23A-1
§ 3-23A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Municipal Cable Television Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 73-14-92 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 14 / Section 73-14-92
§ 73-14-92. Falsifying an election document; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Falsifying an election document consists of knowingly circulating, presenting or offering to present for the signature of another person a nominating petition that does not clearly show on the face of the petition the name of the candidate, the date of the election, the address at which the candidate resides, the candidate's county of residence and the position on the conservancy district board for which the candidate seeks nomination.

B. Whoever commits falsifying an election document is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a definite term of less than one year or shall pay a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both the imprisonment and fine in the discretion of the judge.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-7.4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-7.4
§ 1-12-7.4. Signature roster; checklist of voters; voter list; number; distribution
Status: in_force

A. The county clerk shall prepare and certify the accuracy of one signature roster and one checklist of voters for each precinct. The county clerk shall deliver such roster and checklist to each precinct board. The voter shall sign the signature roster before receiving a ballot. The precinct board member shall mark the checklist of voters to verify the voters on the list who have voted.

B. The county clerk shall prepare an alphabetical listing of voters in each precinct, which will be delivered to each precinct board and posted inside the polling place for public use.

C. After the polls have closed, the presiding judge shall deliver the signed signature roster to the county clerk and mail the checklist of voters to the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7A-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7A / Section 10-7A-9
§ 10-7A-9. Existing deferred compensation plans
Status: in_force

Any state or local public body deferred compensation plan in existence on the effective date of the Deferred Compensation Act shall not be affected and may be made available to employees and other persons of the state agency or local public body which had adopted said deferred compensation plan on the same basis as on the effective date of the Deferred Compensation Act. Funds of existing plans may be invested in all or any combination of the investments set forth in Subsection B of Section 10-7A-5 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 73-16-27 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 16 / Section 73-16-27
§ 73-16-27. Duty of county treasurer to pay over tax; failure
Status: in_force

All collections of any assessments made by any county treasurer shall be paid to the treasurer of the proper district, on or before the tenth day of the next succeeding calendar month. If any county treasurer or other person entrusted with the collection of any assessment made under the provisions of this act, refuses, fails or neglects to make prompt payment of the assessments, or any part thereof, collected under this act to the treasurer of the district upon his presentation of a written demand for the board, then he shall pay a penalty of ten (10%) percent on the amount of his delinquency; such penalty shall at once become due and payable and both he and his sureties shall be liable therefor on his bond provided for in this act.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23-6.2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23 / Section 59A-23-6.2
§ 59A-23-6.2. Prior authorization for gynecological or obstetrical ultrasounds prohibited
Status: in_force

A. A blanket or group health insurance policy or contract that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides coverage for gynecological or obstetrical ultrasounds shall not require prior authorization for gynecological or obstetrical ultrasounds.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require payment for a gynecological or obstetrical ultrasound that is not:

(1) medically necessary; or

(2) a covered benefit.

C. As used in this section, “ prior authorization ” means advance approval that is required by blanket or group health insurance policy or contract as a condition precedent to payment for medical care or related benefits rendered to a covered person, including prospective or utilization review conducted prior to the provision of covered medical care or related benefits.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-24 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-24
§ 27-2-24. Federal government entitled to share recovery
Status: in_force

The federal government shall be entitled to a share of any amounts recovered under the preceding two sections if required as a condition to federal financial participation. The federal government's share shall be limited to a percentage of the net recovery equal to the percentage of federal participation claimed by the state for the payments when originally made. The amount due the United States shall be paid promptly from the funds so collected to the United States government.
N.M. Stat. § 63-1-10 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 63-1-10
§ 63-1-10. Contents of bylaws
Status: in_force

Where no other provision is especially made by this chapter, a railroad corporation may, by its bylaws, provide for:

A. the time, place and manner of calling and conducting the meetings of its directors and stockholders;

B. the number of stockholders constituting a quorum at meetings of stockholders;

C. the mode of voting by proxy at meetings of stockholders;

D. the time for holding annual elections for directors and the mode and manner of giving notice thereof;

E. the compensation and duties of officers;

F. the manner of election and the tenure of office of all officers other than the directors;

G. suitable fines for violation of bylaws, not exceeding in any case one hundred dollars ($100) for any one offense; and

H. the mode and manner of collecting assessments, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.