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N.M. Stat. § 61-34-5 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 34 / Section 61-34-5
§ 61-34-5. Exemptions
Status: in_force

The Signed Language Interpreting Practices Act does not apply to:

A. nonresident interpreters working in New Mexico less than thirty calendar days per year;

B. interpreting in religious or spiritual settings;

C. interpreting in informal settings for friends, families or guests;

D. interpreting in emergency situations where the deaf, hard-of-hearing or deaf-blind person or that person's legal representative decides that the delay necessary to obtain a licensed interpreter is likely to cause injury or loss to the consumer;

E. the activities or services of a supervised interpreter intern or student in training who is enrolled in an interpreter education program, interpreter preparation program, or a program of study in signed language interpreting at an accredited institution of higher learning approved by the board; or

F. multilingual interpreting in order to accommodate the personal choice of the consumer.
N.M. Stat. § 29-4-5 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 4 / Section 29-4-5
§ 29-4-5. State treasurer is trustee of funds; duties
Status: in_force

The treasurer of the state of New Mexico shall serve as trustee for the pension trust fund and the supplementary trust fund and shall receive and hold as trustee for the uses and purposes set out in the trust agreements any and all funds paid to it as such trustee by the state, the department, the employee beneficiaries or by any other person or persons.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15A-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15A / Section 9-15A-12
§ 9-15A-12. Marketing excellence bureau; created; duties
Status: in_force

A. The “marketing excellence bureau” is created in the marketing division of the department.

B. The marketing excellence bureau shall:

(1) serve as a centralized collection of marketing-focused expertise, knowledge and resources to support the program goals of executive branch agencies;

(2) provide guidance, information, support and training related to marketing efforts;

(3) support strategy alignment and develop efficiencies for marketing efforts for all executive branch agencies;

(4) assist executive branch agencies in identifying and developing new market strategies and technology solutions to enhance the agencies' marketing efforts; and

(5) lead the marketing strategy, asset creation and advertising placements for the economic development corporation and for all executive branch agencies and marketing and public education programs, as requested.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-54.3 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-54.3
§ 7-9-54.3. Deduction; gross receipts tax; wind and solar generation equipment; sales to governments
Status: in_force

A. Receipts from selling wind generation equipment or solar generation equipment to a government for the purpose of installing a wind or solar electric generation facility may be deducted from gross receipts.

B. The deduction allowed pursuant to this section shall not be claimed for receipts from an expenditure for which a taxpayer claims a credit pursuant to Section 7-2-18.25 , 7-2A-25 or 7-9G-2 NMSA 1978 .

C. As used in this section:

(1) “ government ” means the United States or the state or a governmental unit or a subdivision, agency, department or instrumentality of the federal government or the state;

(2) “ related equipment ” means transformers, circuit breakers and switching and metering equipment used to connect a wind or solar electric generation plant to the electric grid;

(3) “ solar generation equipment ” means solar thermal energy collection, concentration and heat transfer and conversion equipment; solar tracking hardware and software; photovoltaic panels and inverters; support structures; turbines and associated electrical generating equipment used to generate electricity from solar thermal energy; and related equipment; and

(4) “ wind generation equipment ” means wind generation turbines, blades, nacelles, rotors and supporting structures used to generate electricity from wind and related equipment.
N.M. Stat. § 38-10-8 — NM Code / Chapter 38 / Article 10 / Section 38-10-8
§ 38-10-8. Oath of interpreter
Status: in_force

Every interpreter appointed pursuant to the provisions of the Court Interpreters Act, before entering upon his duties, shall take an oath that he will make a true and impartial interpretation or translation in an understandable manner using his best skills and judgment in accordance with the standards and ethics of the interpreter profession.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-14 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-14
§ 6-6-14. Insufficient funds; prorating salaries and claims; preference for expense of boarding prisoners
Status: in_force

In the event that there is an insufficient amount of money collected during any current year with which to pay for the services, fees and salaries of the several officers mentioned in Section 6-6-13 NMSA 1978 , then and in that event the said officers and all creditors shall receive in full payment of their respective claims each his pro rata share of the money collected, and the payment of said pro rata part shall be made quarterly between all officers and creditors and in the event of an insufficient amount of money to pay in full for any one quarter the officers and creditors remaining unpaid shall not be paid that amount until the salaries and expenses of the next succeeding quarter or quarters shall have been paid, and in the event all the officers and creditors of any one quarter shall have been paid in full and there then remains any money for the current year, the same shall then be distributed pro rata among the said officers and creditors: provided, that all the actual expenses for boarding county prisoners shall be paid in full before any bill, fees or salaries are paid and before any pro rata is made, and such expenses may be paid at the expiration of each and every quarter.
N.M. Stat. § 18-13-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 13 / Section 18-13-7
§ 18-13-7. Funding
Status: in_force

The initial board shall seek private and public funding for the trust and is authorized to accept gifts and grants of both private and public funds. The “historic landscape trust fund” is created in the state treasury. All funds accepted by the initial board shall be deposited in the fund. The fund is appropriated to the initial board and may be expended as authorized by vouchers drawn by the chair of the initial board on warrants drawn by the department of finance and administration. Expenditures are authorized in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 only for organization expenses of the trust and per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act for the appointed members of the initial board.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-40 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-40
§ 21-8-40. Water resources research institute created; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The “water resources research institute” is created and shall be a division of New Mexico state university.

B. Participating institutions associated with the water resources research institute shall be New Mexico state university, the university of New Mexico, New Mexico institute of mining and technology, New Mexico highlands university, eastern New Mexico university and western New Mexico university. The purposes of the institute are to:

(1) provide research and training in water conservation, planning and management; atmospheric-surface-ground water relations; and water quality;

(2) transfer water information through the use of technical and miscellaneous publications, newsletters, conferences and presentations;

(3) provide expertise, specialized assistance and information to address water problems; and

(4) cooperate with local, state and federal water agencies.

C. The board of regents of New Mexico state university shall prepare reports showing the progress and condition of the water resources research institute as the board deems necessary. The reports of the institute may be printed and distributed by the board as appropriate, and revenue from the sale of the reports shall be paid into the account of New Mexico state university.

D. The water resources research institute may receive appropriations from the legislature through the board of regents of New Mexico state university and may receive any other items of value from public or private sources.
N.M. Stat. § 50-4-36 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 4 / Section 50-4-36
§ 50-4-36. Workplace sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims; nondisclosure agreements and certain actions prohibited
Status: in_force

A. A private employer shall not, as a term of employment, require an employee to sign a nondisclosure provision of a settlement agreement relating to a claim of sexual harassment, discrimination or retaliation in the workplace brought by the employee or prevent the employee from disclosing a claim of sexual harassment, discrimination or retaliation occurring in the workplace or at a work-related event coordinated by or through the employer.

B. This section does not prohibit a settlement agreement between an employee or former employee alleging sexual harassment, discrimination or retaliation from containing confidentiality provisions. A confidentiality provision is permitted when:

(1) it relates to the monetary amount of a settlement; or

(2) at the employee's request, it prohibits disclosure of facts that could lead to the identification of the employee.

C. At the sole request of the employee, a settlement agreement subject to this section may contain a confidentiality provision that prevents the disclosure of factual information related to the underlying sexual harassment, discrimination or retaliation claim. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to prevent disclosure of information that is the subject of the confidentiality provision if disclosure is required to be made in a judicial, administrative or other governmental proceeding pursuant to a valid subpoena or other applicable order as otherwise required by law.

D. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of this section, a confidentiality provision in a settlement agreement subject to this section is void and unenforceable as a matter of law.
N.M. Stat. § 5-15B-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 15B / Section 5-15B-1
§ 5-15B-1. Authorization of issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

The legislature authorizes the issuance of bonds not to exceed forty-four million dollars ($44,000,000) in net proceeds as adjusted for inflation, secured by tax increments authorized pursuant to the Tax Increment for Development Act to be pledged to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, including a gross receipts tax increment attributed to the imposition of the state gross receipts tax within the village of Taos Ski Valley tax increment development district, subject to the review and approval by the New Mexico finance authority of:

A. the master indenture prior to issuance of any bonds; and

B. any amendments to the master indenture prior to issuance of any bonds after any amendments are made.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2C-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2C / Section 27-2C-1
§ 27-2C-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Pharmaceutical Supplemental Rebate Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 28-19-1 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 19 / Section 28-19-1
§ 28-19-1. Martin Luther King, Jr. commission; created; defined; members; terms; compensation
Status: in_force

A. The “Martin Luther King, Jr. commission” is created. The purpose of the commission is to develop, promote, coordinate and review statewide plans and activities for the annual commemoration and celebration of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. in accordance with Section 12-5-2 NMSA 1978 .

B. As used in Sections 1 through 4 of this act, “commission” means the Martin Luther King, Jr. commission.

C. The commission shall be comprised of thirteen members as follows:

(1) four members appointed by the governor;

(2) one member appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate;

(3) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate;

(4) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(5) one member appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives;

(6) the state treasurer or his designee;

(7) the secretary of state or his designee;

(8) a native American appointed by the New Mexico office of Indian affairs [Indian affairs department];

(9) the director of the human rights division of the labor department or his designee; and

(10) the chairman of the New Mexico state corporation commission [public regulation commission] or his designee.

D. Members of the commission shall be appointed initially for terms as follows: seven members shall be appointed for terms of two years and six members shall be appointed for terms of four years. The initial terms shall be selected by random drawing. After the expiration of the initial terms, all members shall be appointed for four-year terms. The initial commission shall be appointed within forty-five days of the effective date of this act. Vacancies resulting from the death or resignation of a member shall be filled by appointment by the commission chairman for the unexpired portion of the term of the member creating the vacancy. In filling any vacancy, the commission chairman may accept recommendations from the person who originally appointed the member creating the vacancy.

E. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their service.

F. The members of the commission shall select a chairman from among the members of the commission.

G. The commission shall appoint an executive director to coordinate all activities on the commission's behalf.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-71 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-71
§ 2-7F-71. Representative district sixty-five
Status: in_force

Representative district sixty-five is composed of Rio Arriba county precincts 1 through 3 and 21; Sandoval county precincts 1 through 4, 6, 8 through 10, 14, 15, 19, 20, 24 through 27, 29, 77, 87, 88, 91 and 95; and San Juan county precincts 15, 16 and 83.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-56 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-56
§ 20-12-56. Maiming
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who, with intent to injure, disfigure or disable, inflicts upon the person of another an injury which:

A. seriously disfigures his person by a mutilation thereof;

B. destroys or disables any member or organ of his body; or

C. seriously diminishes his physical vigor by the injury of any member or organ;

is guilty of maiming and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 58-17-21 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 17 / Section 58-17-21
§ 58-17-21. Judicial review
Status: in_force

A person aggrieved by the decision of the director in the enforcement of the Endowed Care Cemetery Act may obtain judicial review pursuant to Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-98 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-98
§ 7-9-98. Deduction; compensating tax; biomass-related equipment; biomass materials
Status: in_force

A. The value of a biomass boiler, gasifier, furnace, turbine-generator, storage facility, feedstock processing or drying equipment, feedstock trailer or interconnection transformer may be deducted in computing the compensating tax due.

B. The value of biomass materials used for processing into biopower, biofuels or biobased products may be deducted in computing the compensating tax due.

C. As used in this section:

(1) “ biobased products ” means products created from plant- or crop-based resources such as agricultural crops and crop residues, forestry, pastures and rangelands that are normally made from petroleum

(2) “ biofuels ” means biomass converted to liquid or gaseous fuels such as ethanol, methanol, methane and hydrogen;

(3) “ biomass material ” means organic material that is available on a renewable or recurring basis, including:

(a) forest-related materials, including mill residues, logging residues, forest thinnings, slash, brush, low commercial value materials or undesirable species, salt cedar and other phreatophyte or woody vegetation removed from river basins or watersheds and woody material harvested for the purpose of forest fire fuel reduction or forest health and watershed improvement;

(b) agricultural-related materials, including orchard trees, vineyard, grain or crop residues, including straws and stover, aquatic plants and agricultural processed co-products and waste products, including fats, oils, greases, whey and lactose;

(c) animal waste, including manure and slaughterhouse and other processing waste;

(d) solid woody waste materials, including landscape or right-of-way tree trimmings, range land maintenance residues, waste pallets, crates and manufacturing, construction and demolition wood wastes, excluding pressure-treated, chemically treated or painted wood wastes and wood contaminated with plastic;

(e) crops and trees planted for the purpose of being used to produce energy;

(f) landfill gas, wastewater treatment gas and biosolids, including organic waste byproducts generated during the wastewater treatment process; and

(g) segregated municipal solid waste, excluding tires and medical and hazardous waste; and

(4) “ biopower ” means biomass converted to produce electrical and thermal energy.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11B-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11B / Section 10-11B-3
§ 10-11B-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Firefighters' Survivors Supplemental Benefits Act:

A. “ firefighter ” means any full- or part-time member or a volunteer member of a fire department that is part of or administered by the state or any political subdivision of the state and any red-carded firefighter trained in wildland firefighting skills and hired by the state of New Mexico; and

B. “ fund ” means the firefighters' survivors fund.
N.M. Stat. § 3-2-9 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 3-2-9
§ 3-2-9. Incorporation complete; judicial notice; defects in incorporation; appeal
Status: in_force

A. After certified copies of the papers relating to the incorporation of a municipality have been filed in the offices of the county clerk and the secretary of state and after the municipal officers have been elected and qualified, the incorporation of the municipality shall be complete and effective on the following January 1 if the election was held in July or on the following July 1 if the election was held in January, and notice of the incorporation shall be taken in all judicial proceedings.

B. An action by a protestant against the incorporation of a municipality shall be taken to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 22-5-4 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-4
§ 22-5-4. Local school boards; powers; duties
Status: in_force

A local school board shall have the following powers or duties:

A. subject to the rules of the department, develop educational policies for the school district;

B. employ a local superintendent for the school district and fix the superintendent's salary;

C. review and approve the annual school district budget;

D. acquire, lease and dispose of property;

E. have the capacity to sue and be sued;

F. acquire property by eminent domain pursuant to the procedures provided in the Eminent Domain Code; 1

G. issue general obligation bonds of the school district;

H. provide for the repair of and maintain all property belonging to the school district;

I. for good cause and upon order of the district court, subpoena witnesses and documents in connection with a hearing concerning any powers or duties of the local school board;

J. except for expenditures for salaries, contract for the expenditure of money according to the provisions of the Procurement Code; 2

K. adopt rules pertaining to the administration of all powers or duties of the local school board;

L. accept or reject any charitable gift, grant, devise or bequest. The particular gift, grant, devise or bequest accepted shall be considered an asset of the school district or the public school to which it is given;

M. offer and, upon compliance with the conditions of such offer, pay rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction or other appropriate disciplinary disposition by the courts or juvenile authorities of offenders in case of theft, defacement or destruction of school district property. All such rewards shall be paid from school district funds in accordance with rules promulgated by the department; and

N. give prior approval for any educational program in a public school in the school district that is to be conducted, sponsored, carried on or caused to be carried on by a private organization or agency.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-37-7 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 37 / Section 59A-37-7
§ 59A-37-7. Mailings to shareholders; expenses
Status: in_force

All statements, amendments or other material filed pursuant to Section 619 or 620 of this article, and all notices of public hearings held pursuant to Section 621 of this article shall be mailed by the insurer to its shareholders within five (5) days after the insurer has received such statements, amendments, other material or notices. The expenses of mailing shall be borne by the person making the filing. As security for the payment of the expenses, the person shall file with the superintendent an acceptable bond or other deposit in an amount to be determined by the superintendent.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-18 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-18
§ 72-20-18. Interest in contracts and property disqualifications
Status: in_force

No director or officer, employee or agent of the authority may be interested in any contract or transaction with the authority except in the director's or officer's official representative capacity or as provided, except for any contract of employment with the authority. Neither the holding of any office nor employment in the government of any public body or the federal government nor the owning of any property within the state, within or without the authority, may be deemed a disqualification for membership on the board or employment by the authority, or a disqualification for compensation for services as an officer, employee or agent of the authority, except as provided in Section 17 of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act.
N.M. Stat. § 41-4A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 4A / Section 41-4A-3
§ 41-4A-3. Claim for violation of rights established pursuant to the bill of rights of the constitution of New Mexico
Status: in_force

A. A public body or person acting on behalf of, under color of or within the course and scope of the authority of a public body shall not subject or cause to be subjected any resident of New Mexico or person within the state to deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured pursuant to the bill of rights of the constitution of New Mexico.

B. A person who claims to have suffered a deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities pursuant to the bill of rights of the constitution of New Mexico due to acts or omissions of a public body or person acting on behalf of, under color of or within the course and scope of the authority of a public body may maintain an action to establish liability and recover actual damages and equitable or injunctive relief in any New Mexico district court.

C. Claims brought pursuant to the New Mexico Civil Rights Act shall be brought exclusively against a public body. Any public body named in an action filed pursuant to the New Mexico Civil Rights Act shall be held liable for conduct of individuals acting on behalf of, under color of or within the course and scope of the authority of the public body.

D. Individuals employed by a public body shall be prohibited from using the New Mexico Civil Rights Act to pursue a claim arising from the individual's employment by the public body.

E. The remedies provided for in the New Mexico Civil Rights Act are not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies prescribed by law or available pursuant to common law.