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N.M. Stat. § 2-4-2 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 2-4-2
§ 2-4-2. Duties of commissioners
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of said commissioners to examine the subjects of marriage, divorce and other subjects of legislation concerning which uniform legislation throughout the United States is desirable; to confer with like commissioners from other states concerning such matters, and to use their best efforts in bringing about such uniformity of legislation on all subjects which they deem desirable.
N.M. Stat. § 76-21-9 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 21 / Section 76-21-9
§ 76-21-9. Election of members of commission; number of producers and handlers
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall be composed of from five to eleven members, as stated in the petition for referendum. Members shall be elected by producers from nominations made to the director by producers or producers' organizations.

B. Members of the commission shall be elected as follows within sixty days following the director's declaration that a commission is created:

(1) approximately one-third of the members for a one-year term;

(2) one-third of the members for a two-year term; and

(3) one-third of the members for a three-year term.

Thereafter, each member shall be elected for a term ending three years from the date of expiration of the term for which his predecessor was elected, except in case of a vacancy when the appointee shall serve the unexpired part of the term of the member whom he replaces.

C. A majority of the members shall be producers, and at least one member shall be a handler. All members other than handlers shall be producers.
N.M. Stat. § 14-16-12 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 16 / Section 14-16-12
§ 14-16-12. Retention of electronic records; originals
Status: in_force

(a) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which:

(1) accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise; and

(2) remains accessible for later reference.

(b) A requirement to retain a record in accordance with Subsection (a) does not apply to any information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated or received.

(c) A person may satisfy Subsection (a) by using the services of another person if the requirements of that subsection are satisfied.

(d) If a law requires a record to be presented or retained in its original form, or provides consequences if the record is not presented or retained in its original form, that law is satisfied by an electronic record retained in accordance with Subsection (a).

(e) If a law requires retention of a check, that requirement is satisfied by retention of an electronic record of the information on the front and back of the check in accordance with Subsection (a).

(f) A record retained as an electronic record in accordance with Subsection (a) satisfies a law requiring a person to retain a record for evidentiary, audit or like purposes, unless a law enacted after the effective date of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act specifically prohibits the use of an electronic record for the specified purpose.

(g) This section does not preclude a governmental agency of this state from specifying additional requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency's jurisdiction.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-4
§ 19-10-4. Authorization to lease; lease provisions
Status: in_force

In issuing oil and gas leases, the commissioner shall:

A. use the exploratory lease form as set forth in Section 19-10-4.1 NMSA 1978 for oil and gas leases of tracts classified as nonrestricted lands under Section 19-10-3 NMSA 1978;

B. use the discovery lease form as set forth in Section 19-10-4.2 NMSA 1978 or the exploratory lease form for oil and gas leases of tracts classified as restricted lands and categorized as regular under Section 19-10-3 NMSA 1978; and

C. use the development lease form as set forth in Section 19-10-4.3 NMSA 1978 , the discovery lease form or the exploratory lease form for oil and gas leases of tracts classified as restricted lands and categorized as premium under Section 19-10-3 NMSA 1978; provided that in using the development lease form for a tract receiving less than ninety total percentage points under Section 19-10-3 NMSA 1978 , the royalty rate shall not exceed three-sixteenths.
N.M. Stat. § 44-1-38 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 1 / Section 44-1-38
§ 44-1-38. Federal court proceedings; payment of costs, fees and expenses by state penitentiary
Status: in_force

If the petition for the writ is filed in any federal court, all the reasonably necessary costs, fees and expenses incurred or paid by the respondent shall be paid by the penitentiary of New Mexico. The budget of the penitentiary shall include an item for the anticipated expenses of habeas corpus proceedings. If budgeted funds shall not be sufficient to pay the costs and expenses that will arise, an emergency allowance from the state court fund shall be allowed upon application of the warden of the penitentiary to the state board of finance.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-8 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-8
§ 72-20-8. Board of directors
Status: in_force

A. The governing body of the authority is a board of directors consisting of three qualified electors of the authority; provided that, after single-member districts are created pursuant to Subsection B of Section 72-20-10 NMSA 1978 and after the expiration of the terms of any directors-at-large who are serving at the time that single-member districts are created:

(1) each director shall reside within and represent a specified district; and

(2) if a director no longer resides within the district that the director represents, the director's position shall be deemed vacant and a successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired term pursuant to Section 72-20-12 NMSA 1978 .

B. All powers, rights, privileges and duties vested in or imposed upon the authority are exercised and performed by and through the board of directors; provided that the exercise of any executive, administrative and ministerial powers may be, by the board, delegated and redelegated to officers and employees of the authority or to any officer or employee contracted by agreement to manage and administer the operations of the authority. Except for the first directors appointed as provided for in Section 72-20-9 NMSA 1978 or elected as provided in Section 72-20-10 NMSA 1978 and except for any director chosen to fill an unexpired term, and except for the first directors serving after the authority is divided into single-member districts, the term of each director runs for six years. Each director, subject to such exceptions, shall serve a six-year term, and each director shall serve until a successor has been duly chosen and qualified.
N.M. Stat. § 57-1-13 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-13
§ 57-1-13. Actions involving interstate or foreign commerce
Status: in_force

No action under the Antitrust Act shall be barred on the ground that the activity or conduct complained of in any manner affects or involves interstate or foreign commerce.
N.M. Stat. § 15-3B-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 15 / Article 3B / Section 15-3B-9
§ 15-3B-9. Lease of New Mexico finance authority property; maintenance and repair
Status: in_force

The division may enter into long-term leases, not to exceed ninety-nine years, on property owned by the New Mexico finance authority for state use. Lease of the property owned by the New Mexico finance authority may require the department to operate, maintain and make renovations and repairs to the property.
N.M. Stat. § 31-3-1.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 31-3-1.1
§ 31-3-1.1. Review of youthful offender records
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when considering the setting of bail or other conditions of release of a person charged with a felony, the juvenile disposition of a youthful offender and any evidence given in a hearing in court for a youthful offender may be considered. The juvenile disposition and evidence used pursuant to this section may be considered only if the person is thirty years old or younger. If a judge considers the juvenile disposition of a youthful offender or evidence given in a hearing for the youthful offender pursuant to this section, the disposition and evidence shall be considered confidential and shall be reviewed or discussed in camera. All evidence, motions or other documents or evidence pertaining to the juvenile disposition shall be sealed, unless otherwise considered not to be confidential by law.
N.M. Stat. § 18-9-2 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 9 / Section 18-9-2
§ 18-9-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Library Privacy Act is to preserve the intellectual freedom guaranteed by Sections 4 and 17 of Article 2 of the constitution of New Mexico by providing privacy for users of the public libraries of the state with respect to the library materials that they wish to use.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-33 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-33
§ 53-4-33. Books; auditing
Status: in_force

To record its business operation, every association shall keep a set of books, which shall be audited at the end of each fiscal year by an experienced bookkeeper or accountant who shall not be an officer or director. Where the annual business amounts to less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the audit may be performed by an auditing committee of three, who shall not be directors, officers, or employees. A written report of the audit, including a statement of the amount of business transacted with members, and the amount transacted with nonmembers, the balance sheet, and the income and expenses, shall be submitted to the annual meeting of the association.
N.M. Stat. § 57-22-6.2 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 22 / Section 57-22-6.2
§ 57-22-6.2. Professional fundraisers; bond
Status: in_force

A professional fundraiser shall file a surety bond at the time of the registration with the attorney general in an amount and on a form provided by the attorney general. The professional fundraiser shall maintain the surety bond, or alternative financial assurances approved by the attorney general, as long as the professional fundraiser solicits in the state.
N.M. Stat. § 3-23-8 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 23 / Section 3-23-8
§ 3-23-8. Municipal utility; receiver's certificates
Status: in_force

A. Upon the order of the district court, the receiver may issue receiver's certificates for the purpose of providing funds to operate, repair, improve or enlarge the municipal utility. Unless otherwise provided by the district court, payment of the receiver's certificates shall be pledged from the net income of the municipal utility and the receiver's certificates are a first lien upon the real and personal property of the municipal utility. The district court shall prescribe the certificates':

(1) form;

(2) term; and

(3) rate of interest.

B. Receiver's certificates are exempt from the operation of any law which regulates the issuance or sale of securities of public utilities.
N.M. Stat. § 22-12A-13 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 12A / Section 22-12A-13
§ 22-12A-13. Reporting requirements
Status: in_force

A. For each reporting date and at the end of the year, each school district shall report:

(1) the total number of days missed for excused and unexcused absences for each student in each public school, the total number of days each student was enrolled and in which tier each student with absences fell during the reporting period, along with the student's demographics; and

(2) the number of students at each public school who were referred to the children, youth and families department because of excessive absences, in the aggregate and disaggregated by subgroups.

B. The department shall compile a report by public school and school district that includes:

(1) the total number and percent of students who were in each tier of chronic absenteeism or were excessively absent at each public school and school district in the aggregate for each public school and school district and disaggregated by subgroups;

(2) the average number of excused and unexcused absences per student for all students and subgroups, not including interscholastic extracurricular activities; and

(3) a calculated chronic absenteeism rate for the school district for all students and for each subgroup.
N.M. Stat. § 65-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 5 / Section 65-5-2
§ 65-5-2. Proof of compliance; schedule of penalties
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a commercial motor carrier vehicle having a gross vehicle weight or combination gross vehicle weight of over twenty-six thousand pounds shall not travel on New Mexico highways without either proof that the trip tax has been paid for the movement of the vehicle or both evidence of registration and a tax identification permit issued by the department, unless that vehicle is exempt from the weight distance tax. The department may, by regulation, exempt portions of a highway from the requirements of this section if those portions are prior to reaching a port of entry where the trip tax may be paid.
N.M. Stat. § 24-9-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 9 / Section 24-9-1
§ 24-9-1. Sterilization; consent of abandoning spouse unnecessary
Status: in_force

Any person, otherwise capable of consenting to medical treatment, need not obtain the consent of his spouse for his voluntary medical sterilization if such person has been abandoned by his spouse.
N.M. Stat. § 19-8-19.1 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-8-19.1
§ 19-8-19.1. Suspension of lease requirement; authorization by commissioner; causes; duration
Status: in_force

A. In all cases where the lessee of a valid lease issued under the provisions of Sections 19-8-14 through 19-8-33 NMSA 1978, or the record owner of an approved assignment of such lease, provides to the commissioner of public lands proof of discovery on such lease of an ore body containing valuable mineral deposits deemed to be of merchantable quality and quantity, the commissioner of public lands upon proper application by the lessee or the record owner and after notice and hearing shall authorize a suspension of the lease during either the primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary or indeterminable terms of such lease for such period as may be fixed by him if the commissioner is satisfied that:

(1) marketing conditions beyond the control of the lessee are such that the lease cannot be mined and the ore marketed except at a loss; or

(2) temporary conditions exist beyond the control of the lessee, with regard to the leased land then being mined, which would operate to prevent the mining of the maximum minable ore in keeping with safe mining practices.

B. A suspension authorized by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this section shall take effect as of the date of the commissioner's decision and shall suspend the lease for the period of such suspension, but in no event shall any single suspension be for a period longer than five years.

C. All obligations of the lessee under a lease suspended pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be suspended, including the payment of rentals and advance royalties; provided, however, that the lessee shall pay an annual rental of sixty dollars ($60.00) per acre per year for each year of suspension.

D. A suspension authorized by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall not subject the suspended lease to the provisions of Section 19-8-20 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 22-10B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10B / Section 22-10B-1
§ 22-10B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Teacher Residency Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-23-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 23 / Section 3-23-7
§ 3-23-7. Appointment of receiver; qualifications; powers
Status: in_force

A. Upon the failure of any municipality coming within the provisions of Sections 3-23-4 , 3-23-7 , 3-23-8 and 3-23-9 NMSA 1978 , to comply with the provisions of these sections, the district court may at the suit of any resident taxpayer of the municipality appoint a receiver for the municipal utility. Under the court's direction, the receiver shall operate the municipal utility to accomplish the objectives and purposes of Sections 3-23-4 , 3-23-7 , 3-23-8 and 3-23-9 NMSA 1978 .

B. No person shall be appointed a receiver unless he:

(1) has been an actual resident in good faith of the municipality for not less than one year prior to the date of his appointment; and

(2) is a taxpayer and owner of real estate of the value of at least five hundred dollars ($500) within the municipality. Upon petition to remove the receiver signed by not less than fifty-one percent of the qualified electors who are taxpayers resident within the municipality, the district court shall remove the receiver. A receiver shall act until discharged by the district court.
N.M. Stat. § 44-3-4 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 3 / Section 44-3-4
§ 44-3-4. Who may bring action; private relators; when action lies
Status: in_force

An action may be brought by the attorney general or district attorney in the name of the state, upon his information or upon the complaint of any private person, against the parties offending in the following cases:

A. when any person shall usurp, intrude into or unlawfully hold or exercise any public office, civil or military, or any franchise within this state, or any office or offices in a corporation created by authority of this state; or,

B. when any public officer, civil or military, shall have done or suffered an act which, by the provisions of law, shall work a forfeiture of his office; or,

C. when any association or number of persons shall act, within this state, as a corporation without being duly incorporated, or in case of a foreign corporation, without being duly authorized, to do business within this state.

The district attorneys in their respective judicial districts shall exercise the same power and right given by this section to the attorney general in cases which may be limited in their operation to the said district.

When the attorney general or district attorney refuses to act, or when the office usurped pertains to a county, incorporated village, town or city, or school district, such action may be brought in the name of the state by a private person on his own complaint.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1D-8 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1D / Section 24-1D-8
§ 24-1D-8. Administrative assistance
Status: in_force

The corps may contract with other agencies to assist it in paying stipends and collecting money owed pursuant to contract provisions or penalties.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-23.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-23.1
§ 7-9-23.1. Exemption; compensating tax; boats
Status: in_force

Exempted from the compensating tax is the use of boats on which the tax imposed by Section 66-12-6.1 NMSA 1978 has been paid.
N.M. Stat. § 22-2C-4 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 2C / Section 22-2C-4
§ 22-2C-4. Statewide assessment and accountability system; indicators; required assessments; alternative assessments; limits on alternatives to English language reading assessments
Status: in_force

A. The department shall establish a statewide assessment and accountability system that is aligned with the state academic content and performance standards.

B. The academic assessment program shall test student achievement as follows:

(1) for grades three through eight and for grade eleven, standards-based assessments in mathematics, reading and language arts;

(2) for grades three through eight, a standards-based writing assessment with the writing assessment scoring criteria applied to the extended response writing portions of the language arts standards-based assessments; and

(3) for one of grades three through five and six through eight and for grade eleven, standards-based assessments in science by the 2007-2008 school year.

C. The department shall involve appropriate licensed school employees in the development of the standards-based assessments.

D. Before August 5 of each year, the department shall provide student scores on all standards-based assessments taken during the prior school year and required in Subsection B of this section to students' respective school districts in order to make test score data available to assist school district staff with appropriate grade-level and other placement for the current school year.

E. All students shall participate in the academic assessment program. The department shall adopt standards for reasonable accommodations in standards-based assessments for students with disabilities and limited English proficiency, including when and how accommodations may be applied. The legislative education study committee shall review the standards prior to adoption by the department.

F. Students who have been determined to be limited English proficient may be allowed to take the standards-based assessment in their primary language. A student who has attended school for three consecutive years in the United States shall participate in the English language reading assessment unless granted a waiver by the department based on criteria established by the department. An English language reading assessment waiver may be granted only for a maximum of two additional years and only on a case-by-case basis.
N.M. Stat. § 51-1-45 — NM Code / Chapter 51 / Article 1 / Section 51-1-45
§ 51-1-45. State government unemployment compensation reserve fund created; purposes; assessments
Status: in_force

A. There is created a “state government unemployment compensation reserve fund”. The fund and any income from the fund shall be held in trust, deposited in a segregated account and invested by the director of the risk management division of the general services department with the prior approval of the state board of finance. Money in the fund is appropriated to carry out the purposes of the fund.

B. The director of the risk management division of the general services department shall assess each state agency at the end of each calendar quarter in accordance with the rate schedule prescribed by the risk management division plus an additional amount to pay reasonable costs of administration of the fund. Assessments shall be deposited in the state government unemployment compensation reserve fund to carry out the purposes of Laws 1977, Chapter 227, as amended. The director of the risk management division shall approve the method of computing the amounts that are payable under this subsection by each state agency and the time and manner of payments.

C. Money deposited in the state government unemployment compensation reserve fund may be used by the director of the risk management division of the general services department to:

(1) pay the department for benefits paid to employees of state agencies;

(2) pay costs or expenses incurred in protesting benefits paid by the department;

(3) pay other costs incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section; and

(4) establish and maintain a reserve fund for paying reimbursements of benefits paid to employees of state agencies.