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N.M. Stat. § 22-10A-27 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10A / Section 22-10A-27
§ 22-10A-27. Discharge hearing; licensed school employees; procedures
Status: in_force

A. A superintendent may recommend to the governing authority the discharge of a licensed school employee during the term of a contract authorized pursuant to Section 22-10A-21 NMSA 1978 only for just cause according to the following procedure:

(1) the superintendent shall serve a written notice of intent to recommend discharge on the licensed school employee in accordance with the law for service of process in civil actions; and

(2) the superintendent shall state in the notice of intent to recommend discharge the cause for the recommendation and shall advise the licensed school employee of the licensed school employee's right to a discharge hearing before the governing authority as provided in this section. If the licensed school employee does not exercise that right to hearing, the superintendent shall discharge the licensed school employee.

B. A licensed school employee who receives a notice of intent to recommend discharge pursuant to Subsection A of this section may exercise the licensed school employee's right to a hearing before the governing authority by giving the superintendent written notice of that election within ten working days of the licensed school employee's receipt of the notice of intent to recommend discharge.

C. The governing authority shall hold a discharge hearing no less than twenty and no more than forty working days after the superintendent receives the written election from the licensed school employee and shall give the licensed school employee at least ten days written notice of the date, time and place of the discharge hearing.

D. Each party, the superintendent and the licensed school employee, may each be accompanied by a person of the party's choice.

E. The parties shall complete and respond to discovery by deposition and production of documents prior to the discharge hearing.

F. The governing authority shall have the authority to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and to produce books, records, documents and other evidence at the request of either party and shall have the power to administer oaths.

G. The superintendent shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that, at the time of the notice of intent to recommend discharge, the superintendent had just cause to recommend discharge of the licensed school employee.

H. The superintendent shall present evidence first, with the licensed school employee presenting evidence thereafter. The governing authority shall permit either party to call, examine and cross-examine witnesses and to introduce documentary evidence.

I. An official record shall be made of the hearing. Either party may have one copy of the record at the expense of the governing authority.

J. The governing authority shall render its written decision within twenty days of the conclusion of the discharge hearing.
N.M. Stat. § 42-9-36 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 9 / Section 42-9-36
§ 42-9-36. Sale of attached realty after judgment for plaintiff
Status: in_force

If plaintiff receives judgment, any real estate belonging to defendant or right, title, estate or interest therein whether legal or equitable which has been attached may be sold to satisfy said judgment and the district court of the county in which said property is located shall upon application appoint a special master to sell the same, who shall publish notice of said sale describing the property to be sold, giving the time and place of sale, and the amount of plaintiff's judgment including interest and costs of suit.
N.M. Stat. § 5-8-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 5-8-15
§ 5-8-15. Credits against facilities fees
Status: in_force

Any construction of, contributions to or dedications of on-site or off-site facilities, improvements, or real or personal property with off-site benefits not required to serve the new development, in excess of minimum municipal and county standards established by a previously adopted and valid ordinance or regulation and required by a municipality or county as a condition of development approval shall be credited against impact fees otherwise due from the development. The credit shall include the value of:

A. dedication of land for parks, recreational areas, open space trails and related areas and facilities or payments in lieu of that dedication; and

B. dedication of rights of way or easements or construction or dedication of on-site water distribution, wastewater collection or drainage facilities, or streets, sidewalks or curbs.
N.M. Stat. § 27-5-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 5 / Section 27-5-12
§ 27-5-12. Payment of claims
Status: in_force

A. A hospital, ambulance service or health care provider filing a claim with the county shall:

(1) file the claim with the county in which the indigent patient is domiciled;

(2) file the claim for each patient separately, with an itemized detail of the total cost; and

(3) file with the claim a verified statement of qualification for ambulance service, indigent hospital care or care from a health care provider signed by the patient or by the parent or person having custody of the patient to the effect that the patient qualifies under the provisions of the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act as an indigent patient and is unable to pay the cost for the care administered and listing all assets owned by the patient or any person legally responsible for the patient's care. The statement shall constitute an oath of the person signing it, and any false statements in the statement made knowingly constitute a felony.

B. A hospital, ambulance service or health care provider that has contracted with a county for provision of health care services shall provide evidence of health care services rendered for payment for services in accordance with the procedures specified in the contract.
N.M. Stat. § 21-2A-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 2A / Section 21-2A-7
§ 21-2A-7. Payment of general obligation bonds; bond provisions
Status: in_force

A. The principal of and interest on general obligation bonds authorized in the College District Tax Act to be issued, and any prior redemption premiums, shall be payable from the proceeds of general property taxes levied without limitation as to rate or amount, except for the limitation for general obligation bond issuances established in the College District Tax Act, and except to the extent other revenues are made available for that purpose. All bonds shall be the general obligations of the college district, and the full faith and credit of the college district shall be pledged for the payments of the bonds.

B. It may be provided in any proceedings authorizing any bonds under the College District Tax Act that the bond shall recite that it is issued under authority of the College District Tax Act. The recital shall conclusively impart full compliance with all of the provisions of the College District Tax Act, and all bonds issued containing the recital shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever after their delivery for value.

C. All bonds issued by a college district shall be fully negotiable and constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code 1 as that law is now or may hereafter be in force in this state. If lost or completely destroyed, any bond may be reissued in the form and tenor of the lost or destroyed bond upon the owner furnishing to the satisfaction of the board:

(1) proof of ownership;

(2) proof of loss or destruction;

(3) a surety bond in twice the face amount of the bond and coupons; and

(4) payment of the cost of preparing and issuing the new bond and coupons.

D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may in any proceedings authorizing bonds under the College District Tax Act provide for the initial issuance of one or more bonds, in this section called “bond”, aggregating the amount of the entire issue, may make such provision for installment payments of the principal amount of any bond as it may consider desirable and may provide for the making of any bond payable to bearer or otherwise, registrable as to principal or as to both principal and interest and, where interest accruing on the bond is not represented by interest coupons, for the endorsing of payments of interest on the bond. The board may further make provisions in any such resolution for the manner and circumstances in and under which any bond may, at the request of the holder of the bond, be converted into bonds of smaller denominations, which bonds of smaller denominations may in turn be either coupon bonds or bonds registrable as to principal or principal and interest.
N.M. Stat. § 6-4-2.3 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-2.3
§ 6-4-2.3. Appropriation contingency fund
Status: in_force

There is created within the general fund the “appropriation contingency fund”.

A. The appropriation contingency fund may be expended only upon specific authorization by the legislature or as provided in Sections 6-7-1 through 6-7-3 NMSA 1978 in the event there is no surplus of unappropriated money in the general fund and in the amount authorized by the legislature.

B. Notwithstanding Section 6-4-4 NMSA 1978 , for the seventy-ninth fiscal year, if the revenues of the general fund exceed the total appropriations from the general fund, the excess revenue shall be transferred to the appropriation contingency fund.

C. Five million dollars ($5,000,000) is transferred from the operating reserve fund to the public school state-support reserve fund in the eightieth fiscal year.

D. If revenues and transfers to the general fund, excluding transfers to the operating reserve, appropriation contingency fund and public school state-support reserve, as of the end of the seventy-ninth fiscal year, are not sufficient to meet appropriations, the governor, with state board of finance approval, may transfer at the end of that year the amount necessary to meet the year's obligations from the unencumbered balance remaining in the general fund operating reserve in a total not to exceed sixty million dollars ($60,000,000).
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-57 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-57
§ 9-15-57. Solo-worker program
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

(1) “ economic-base job ” means a job in which sixty percent or more of the revenue generated from the goods or services produced derives from outside the state;

(2) “ program agency ” means a certified business incubator, a community college or an organization whose purpose is to create jobs and promote economic development; and

(3) “ solo worker ” means a person who is engaged in full-time employment and whose employer, if any, does not supply the office space or amenities used to perform the person's work.

B. The “solo-worker program” is created in the economic development department. The purpose of the solo-worker program is to improve the state's rural and urban economies by creating and sustaining economic-base jobs and expanding businesses owned and operated by solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs.

C. To carry out the purpose of the solo-worker program, the department shall provide matching funding, if other funds become available, to program agencies for advancing initiatives that:

(1) create opportunities for New Mexico residents to become solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs;

(2) support the continued employment and business expansion of existing solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs;

(3) recruit from outside of the state solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs; and

(4) make the state and its local communities more competitive for creating, attracting and retaining solo-worker jobs.
N.M. Stat. § 5-11-24 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 5-11-24
§ 5-11-24. Dissolution of district
Status: in_force

A. The district shall be dissolved by the district board by a resolution of the district board upon a determination that each of the following conditions exist:

(1) all improvements owned by the district have been, or provision has been made for all improvements to be, conveyed to the municipality or county in which the district is located;

(2) either the district has no outstanding bond obligations or the municipality or county has assumed all of the outstanding bond obligations of the district; and

(3) all obligations of the district pursuant to any development agreement with the municipality or county have been satisfied.

B. All property in the district that is subject to the lien of district taxes or special levies shall remain subject to the lien for the payment of general obligation bonds and special levy bonds, notwithstanding dissolution of the district. The district shall not be dissolved if any revenue bonds of the district remain outstanding unless an amount of money sufficient, together with investment income thereon, to make all payments due on the revenue bonds either at maturity or prior redemption has been deposited with a trustee or escrow agent and pledged to the payment and redemption of the bonds. The district may continue to operate after dissolution only as needed to collect money and make payments on any outstanding bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 3-38-23 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 38 / Section 3-38-23
§ 3-38-23. Revenue bonds
Status: in_force

A. Revenue bonds may be issued at any time or from time to time by a municipality or county to defray wholly or in part the costs of any one, all or any combination of purposes authorized in Paragraphs (2) through (5) of Subsection A of Section 3-38-21 NMSA 1978 .

B. The revenue bonds may be payable from and such payment may be secured by a pledge of and lien on the revenues derived from:

(1) the proceeds of the occupancy tax of the municipality or county after the deduction of those amounts required to be expended pursuant to Subsection D of Section 3-38-15 NMSA 1978 and the administration costs pertaining to the occupancy tax in an amount not to exceed ten percent of the occupancy tax receipts collected by the municipality or county in any fiscal year, excluding from the computation of such costs the administration costs ultimately recovered from delinquent vendors by civil action as penalties, costs of collection and attorney fees but not as interest on unpaid principal;

(2) the tourist-related facilities and attractions or tourist-related transportation systems to which the bonds pertain, after provision is made for the payment of the operation and maintenance expenses of the tourist-related facilities and attractions or tourist-related transportation systems; or

(3) a combination of such net revenues from both sources designated in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection.

C. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate as authorized in the Public Securities Act, 1 and the first interest payment may be for any period authorized in the Public Securities Act.

D. Except as otherwise provided in the Lodgers' Tax Act, revenue bonds authorized in the Lodgers' Tax Act shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3-31-2 through 3-31-6 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 73-2-22 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 2 / Section 73-2-22
§ 73-2-22. Acequia and community ditch associations; borrowing money; contracting indebtedness; security for payment
Status: in_force

All acequia and community ditch associations are authorized to borrow money and otherwise contract indebtedness for the purposes of the district and, without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, to borrow money and accept grants from the United States, or from any corporation or agency created or designated by the United States, and, in connection with any such loan or grant, to enter into agreements as the United States or such corporation or agency may require, and to issue its notes or obligations therefor, and to secure the payment thereof by mortgage, pledge or deed of trust covering any of its property, assets, rights, privileges, licenses, rights-of-way, easements, revenues, income and assessments.
N.M. Stat. § 23-1-2 — NM Code / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-2
§ 23-1-2. Sale or lease of lands; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

The New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university] and all other state, educational and charitable institutions, in New Mexico, are authorized to expend the funds derived from the sale and lease of their lands, or so much thereof as may be necessary which are placed to the credit of the respective institutions, for buildings, equipment and other permanent improvements.
N.M. Stat. § 47-8-51 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 8 / Section 47-8-51
§ 47-8-51. Applicability
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act are applicable to rental agreements entered into or extended or renewed after the effective date and shall not be applicable to any agreements or conditions entered into between the owner and resident which provisions may alter agreements or conditions existing prior to the effective date of the provisions of the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act.
N.M. Stat. § 72-5-18 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5 / Section 72-5-18
§ 72-5-18. Water allowance
Status: in_force

A. In the issuance of permits to appropriate water for irrigation or in the adjudication of the rights to the use of water for that purpose, the amount allowed shall be based upon beneficial use and in accordance with good agricultural practices and the amount allowed shall not exceed such amount. The state engineer shall permit the amount allowed to be diverted at a rate that is consistent with good agricultural practices and that will result in the most effective use of available water in order to prevent waste.

B. Improved irrigation methods or changes in agriculture practices resulting in conservation of water shall not diminish beneficial use or otherwise affect an owner's water rights or quantity of appurtenant acreage.

C. Any water rights owner who demonstrates that improved irrigation or changes in agricultural practices have resulted in the conservation of water shall be able to make an application to the state engineer for a change in the point of diversion or place or purpose of use of the quantity of conserved water, provided that:

(1) conservation of water shall not result in impairment or diminishment of other water rights; and

(2) priority and quality of right shall be assessed under the same standards as apply to transfers.
N.M. Stat. § 35-6-4 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 6 / Section 35-6-4
§ 35-6-4. Magistrate costs; witness fees; reimbursement
Status: in_force

If the plaintiff prevails in a civil action in the magistrate court, the amount of costs collected by the magistrate in the action shall be added to the judgment entered against the defendant. Fees actually paid by the prevailing party in a civil action in the magistrate court for service of the complaint and summons and for service of subpoenas shall be taxed against the losing party. Witness fees as provided by law for proceedings in the district courts shall be taxed against the losing party in the action, subject to the limitations of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Magistrate Courts.
N.M. Stat. § 76-4-34 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 4 / Section 76-4-34
§ 76-4-34. Penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any person violating any provision or requirement of the Pesticide Control Act or regulations adopted by the board pursuant to that act is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

B. In addition to any other penalties imposed by the Pesticide Control Act, any person who willfully or repeatedly violates any provision of that act may be assessed by the court a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.

C. The board may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of any provision of the Pesticide Control Act or any regulation made pursuant thereto in a court of competent jurisdiction of the county in which the violation occurs or is about to occur.

D. The department, acting as a law enforcement officer, is authorized to file a criminal complaint in a magistrate court for violations of the Pesticide Control Act or regulations adopted pursuant thereto and shall not be required to pay the docket fee.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-5-7 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 5 / Section 32A-5-7
§ 32A-5-7. Clerk of the court; duties
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of the court shall file pleadings captioned pursuant to the provisions of Section 32A-5-9 NMSA 1978 . The clerk of the court shall not file incorrectly captioned pleadings.

B. The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the request for placement to the department within one working day of the request for placement being filed with the court. The attorney for the person requesting placement shall provide to the clerk of the court a copy of the request for placement and a stamped envelope addressed to the department as specified in department rules.

C. The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the petition for adoption within one working day of the petition for adoption being filed with the court. The attorney for the petitioner shall provide to the clerk of the court a copy of the petition for adoption and a stamped envelope addressed to the department as specified in department rules.

D. The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the decree of adoption to the department within one working day of the entry of the decree of adoption. The attorney for the petitioner shall provide to the clerk of the court a copy of the decree of adoption and a stamped envelope addressed to the department as specified in department rules.

E. The clerk of the court shall provide a certificate of adoption with an adoptee's new name.

F. The attorney for the petitioner shall forward the certificate of adoption provided for in Subsection E of this section as follows:

(1) for a person born in the United States, to the appropriate vital statistics office of the place, if known, where the adoptee was born; or

(2) for all other persons, to the state registrar of vital statistics.
N.M. Stat. § 21-12-4 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 12 / Section 21-12-4
§ 21-12-4. Rules and regulations; teachers' contracts; buildings; improvements
Status: in_force

The said board shall have full power and authority to make such rules and regulations concerning the government and course of said institute as they [it] may deem proper; to make contracts with teachers; to erect buildings and make such other improvements as the institute may require.
N.M. Stat. § 3-40-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 40 / Section 3-40-3
§ 3-40-3. Removal of cemetery board members; filling vacancies
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality may remove a member of the cemetery board for cause and shall fill any vacancy on the cemetery board that may occur.