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N.M. Stat. § 22-3B-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 3B / Section 22-3B-16
§ 22-3B-16. Continuing terms; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. A public education commissioner who is serving on the public education commission as of the effective date of this section shall serve the remainder of the term for which the commissioner was elected or appointed.

B. The governor shall by appointment fill a vacancy on the public education commission. An appointment to fill a vacancy on the public education commission shall be for a term ending on December 31 after the next general election, at which election a person shall be elected to fill any remainder of the unexpired term.

C. Before the general election of 2022, an appointment to fill a vacancy on the public education commission shall be made from the district as it existed when the person creating the vacancy in office was elected or appointed.

D. After the general election of 2022, an appointment to fill a vacancy in district two, three, five, six or seven shall be made from the district as set out in Sections 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 of the 2021 Educational Redistricting Act.

E. After the general election of 2022 and before the general election of 2024, an appointment to fill a vacancy in district one, four, eight, nine or ten shall be made from the district as it existed when the person creating the vacancy in office was elected or appointed. After the general election of 2024, an appointment to fill a vacancy in district one, four, eight, nine or ten shall be made from the district as set out in Sections 6, 9, 13, 14 and 15 of the 2021 Educational Redistricting Act.
N.M. Stat. § 29-1-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 29-1-3
§ 29-1-3. Arrest and detention of escaped prisoners
Status: in_force

All persons [Any person] who shall have been committed to jail, under any criminal charge, and shall before the final trial of the cause for which he was imprisoned, or before the completion of the sentence, in case he shall be convicted in the court in which the charge may be pending, escape from jail, and any time thereafter shall be found in any county, precinct or demarcation of this state, he shall be arrested and imprisoned again, until the judgment of the court may be had or the sentence fully complied with.
N.M. Stat. § 74-6A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 6A / Section 74-6A-2
§ 74-6A-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Wastewater Facility Construction Loan Act is to provide state agencies, local authorities, interstate agencies and other qualified borrowers in New Mexico with low-cost financial assistance in the construction of necessary wastewater facilities and other eligible projects through the creation of a self-sustaining program so as to improve and protect water quality and public health.
N.M. Stat. § 1-15-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-15-13
§ 1-15-13. United States senator; canvass of vote
Status: in_force

The vote for the office of United States senator shall be cast, counted, returned and canvassed in the same manner as the vote is cast, counted, returned and canvassed for state officers. Upon completion of the canvass, the state canvassing board shall immediately transmit the results of such election of United States senator to the president of the United States senate.
N.M. Stat. § 17-4-32 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 17-4-32
§ 17-4-32. Destruction of boundary markers; penalty
Status: in_force

Every person who shall willfully, maliciously and without cause, break down, injure, remove or destroy any sign, marker or poster erected for the purpose of designating the boundaries of any tract of land, refuge, sanctuary for wildlife, or for the purpose of designating the boundaries of a hunting area set forth by the state game commission, or under the direction of the director of the department of game and fish, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 73-11-8 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 11 / Section 73-11-8
§ 73-11-8. Time of hearing; notice; publication; contents
Status: in_force

The court shall fix the time for the hearing of said petition and shall order the clerk of the court to give and publish a notice of the filing of such petition. The notice shall be given and published once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county wherein shall be situate any lands within the district. The notice shall state the time and place fixed for the hearing of the petition and the prayer of the petitioners, and that any person interested in the organization of said district or in the proceedings for the issue or sale of said bonds, or in any such other proceedings as may be in question, may, on or before the day fixed for the hearing of said petition, demur to or answer said petition. The petition may be referred to and described in said notice as the petition of the board of directors of ․․․․․․․․․․ irrigation district (giving its name), praying that the proceedings for the issue and sale of said bonds of said district, or that the proceedings for the authorization of contract with the United States or the validity of the determination of the rate of drainage benefits and of the award of damages, as the cases may be respectively, may be examined, approved and confirmed by the court.
N.M. Stat. § 27-14-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 14 / Section 27-14-12
§ 27-14-12. Employee protection
Status: in_force

Any employee who is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed or otherwise discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment by the employer because of lawful acts done by the employee on behalf of the employee or others in disclosing information to the department or in furthering a false claims action pursuant to the Medicaid False Claims Act, including investigation for, initiation of, testimony for or assistance in an action filed or to be filed pursuant to that act, shall be entitled to all relief necessary to make the employee whole. Such relief shall include reinstatement with the same seniority status that the employee would have had but for the discrimination, two times the amount of back pay, interest on the back pay and compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discrimination, including litigation costs and reasonable attorney fees. An employee may bring an action in the appropriate court of the state for the relief provided in this subsection.
N.M. Stat. § 3-57-7 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 57 / Section 3-57-7
§ 3-57-7. Petition to district court; service and publication of notice
Status: in_force

A copy of the petition and the order setting the petition down for hearing shall be served upon the county and each county commissioner, upon the clerk of the municipality, and published once a week for three weeks. Service shall be completed, and the first publication made, not more than sixty days nor less than thirty days prior to the date set for hearing.
N.M. Stat. § 53-20-16 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 53-20-16
§ 53-20-16. Consequences of transacting business without authority
Status: in_force

A. A foreign business trust transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority.

B. The successor to a foreign business trust that transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority and the assignee of a cause of action arising out of that business may not maintain a proceeding based on that cause of action in any court in this state until the foreign business trust or its successor obtains a certificate of authority.

C. A court may stay a proceeding commenced by a foreign business trust, its successor or assignee until it determines whether the foreign business trust or its successor requires a certificate of authority. If it so determines, the court may further stay a proceeding until the foreign business trust or its successor obtains a certificate.

D. A foreign business trust is liable for a civil penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) for each day, but not to exceed a total of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each year it transacts business in this state without a certificate of authority. The attorney general may enforce the civil liability imposed pursuant to this subsection.

E. The failure of a foreign business trust to obtain a certificate of authority does not impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign business trust or prevent it from defending any action, suit or proceeding in any court of this state.
N.M. Stat. § 22-13C-8 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13C / Section 22-13C-8
§ 22-13C-8. School meals; reduced-price copayments eliminated
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

(1) “ reduced-price copayment ” means the amount a reduced-price-eligible student would be charged for a reduced-price meal; and

(2) “ reduced-price-eligible student ” means a student who meets the federal income eligibility guidelines for family-size income levels for meals at a reduced price pursuant to the national school lunch program and the federal school breakfast program.

B. School districts and charter schools that administer a school breakfast or school lunch program shall not charge a reduced-price-eligible student a reduced-price copayment for meals.

C. The department shall provide funding to each school district and charter school that administers a school breakfast or school lunch program to cover the cost of eliminating reduced-price copayments. Funding shall be based on a per-meal basis at the difference between the federal free meal rate and the reduced-price copayment rate. When calculating the amount due a school district or charter school, the department shall assume that the number of reduced-price-eligible students will remain at the same level as the previous year. If a school district or charter school has not previously had a school breakfast program or school lunch program in which meals were served to reduced-price-eligible students, the department shall work with the school district or charter school to determine an accurate estimate of funding for the program.

D. By August 1 of each year, the department shall inform school districts and charter schools of the amounts the school districts and charter schools will receive to offset the elimination of reduced-price copayments for the upcoming school year. School districts and charter schools are not required to demonstrate their expenses to receive funding pursuant to this section.

E. The department shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section, including procedures for reimbursing school districts and charter schools.
N.M. Stat. § 4-42-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 42 / Section 4-42-15
§ 4-42-15. County surveys
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners is authorized to have the lands of the county, or any portion thereof, surveyed by a licensed land surveyor under the direction and in accordance with the instructions of the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners is authorized to purchase from any licensed professional surveyor any survey and the related plats, maps and field notes with payment to be made from the county general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 1-6C-5 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6C / Section 1-6C-5
§ 1-6C-5. Random identifier and verification code
Status: in_force

A. Prior to each election, the administrator shall assign to each voter-participant eligible to vote in that election a random identifier and a verification code for use in that election only.

B. In the mailed absentee ballot or mailed ballot process, the random identifier shall be used in place of the voter-participant's required voter identification and the verification code shall be used in place of the voter-participant's signature.

C. At the same time a ballot is mailed to a voter-participant, the administrator shall separately send the voter-participant the verification code assigned to the voter-participant for that election, along with instructions to place the verification code where a voter normally provides a signature under the privacy flap of a mailed absentee ballot or mailed ballot.
N.M. Stat. § 30-7-2.1 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 7 / Section 30-7-2.1
§ 30-7-2.1. Unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon on school premises
Status: in_force

A. Unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon on school premises consists of carrying a deadly weapon on school premises except by:

(1) a peace officer;

(2) school security personnel;

(3) a student, instructor or other school-authorized personnel engaged in army, navy, marine corps or air force reserve officer training corps programs or state-authorized hunter safety training instruction;

(4) a person conducting or participating in a school-approved program, class or other activity involving the carrying of a deadly weapon; or

(5) a person older than nineteen years of age on school premises in a private automobile or other private means of conveyance, for lawful protection of the person's or another's person or property.

B. As used in this section, “school premises” means:

(1) the buildings and grounds, including playgrounds, playing fields and parking areas and any school bus of any public elementary, secondary, junior high or high school in or on which school or school-related activities are being operated under the supervision of a local school board; or

(2) any other public buildings or grounds, including playing fields and parking areas that are not public school property, in or on which public school-related and sanctioned activities are being performed.

C. Whoever commits unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon on school premises is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 3-28-14.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 28 / Section 3-28-14.1
§ 3-28-14.1. Publication of notice after adoption of resolutions; limitation of action
Status: in_force

The association, after its board of directors has adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, shall publish notice of the adoption of such resolution once in a newspaper of general circulation within the area served by the association. After the passage of thirty days from such publication, any action attacking the validity of the bonds, the resolution, indenture or other instrument or any proceedings had or taken by the board of directors or association preliminary to and in the authorization and issuance of the bonds described in the notice, including but not necessarily limited to any attack on the power to issue such bonds, is perpetually barred.
N.M. Stat. § 40-1-3 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 40-1-3
§ 40-1-3. Ceremony by religious society
Status: in_force

It is lawful for any religious society or federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo to solemnize marriage conformably with its rites and customs, and the secretary of the society or the person authorized by the society or federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo shall make and transmit a transcript to the county clerk certifying to the marriages solemnized.
N.M. Stat. § 4-3A-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 3A / Section 4-3A-8
§ 4-3A-8. Transitional functions
Status: in_force

The officers of the county of Valencia from which the county of Cibola has been created, shall exercise the functions of their several offices over Cibola county until the officers of the county of Cibola shall take office.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-11-2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 11 / Section 59A-11-2
§ 59A-11-2. Application for license; individual
Status: in_force

A. Where a license is required under the Insurance Code for categories referred to in Section 59A-11-1 NMSA 1978 , application by an individual shall be filed with, and on a form prescribed by, the superintendent. The application shall be signed by the applicant, under oath if required by the form.

B. The application form may require information about the applicant as to:

(1) name, date of birth, social security number or individual taxpayer identification number, residence and business address, if applicable;

(2) personal history, business experience in general;

(3) experience or special training or education in the kind of business to be transacted under the license applied for;

(4) previous licensing;

(5) type of license applied for and kinds of insurance or transactions to be covered thereby;

(6) proof of applicant's identity; and

(7) such other pertinent information and matters as the superintendent may reasonably require.

C. The application form shall also require information as to additional matters expressly required to be included therein in articles of the Insurance Code relating to particular licenses.

D. The application shall be accompanied by the applicable license application filing fee specified in Section 59A-6-1 NMSA 1978 and by the fee specified in such fee schedule for any examination required under the Insurance Code to be taken and passed by the applicant prior to licensing.

E. The superintendent may require a criminal history background investigation of the applicant for a license by means of fingerprint checks by the department of public safety and the federal bureau of investigation.

F. The superintendent may obtain from the department of public safety and the federal bureau of investigation, at the expense of the applicant for a license, criminal history information concerning each applicant, using the applicant's fingerprints or other identifying information. The information shall be used by the superintendent solely in determining whether to grant the application.
N.M. Stat. § 74-4-3.1 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 4 / Section 74-4-3.1
§ 74-4-3.1. Application of act
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Hazardous Waste Act shall be construed to apply to any activity or substance which is subject to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. ), the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, ( 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq. ) or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, ( 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ) except to the extent that such application or regulation is not inconsistent with the requirements of such acts; nor shall the Hazardous Waste Act apply to the treatment, storage or disposal of wastes under a permit issued pursuant to the Surface Mining Act or the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 1 as amended, or to any farmer disposing of waste pesticides from his own use, provided he triple rinses each emptied pesticide container and disposes of the pesticide residues on his own farm in a manner consistent with the disposal instructions on the pesticide label.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-4.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-4.1
§ 6-6-4.1. Local government division; additional duties; occupancy tax quarterly reports
Status: in_force

The local government division of the department of finance and administration shall promulgate rules and regulations that require the governing body of any municipality or county imposing and collecting an occupancy tax pursuant to the Lodgers' Tax Act 1 to report to the division on a quarterly basis any expenditure of occupancy tax funds pursuant to Sections 3-38-15 and 3-38-21 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 7-36-3.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 36 / Section 7-36-3.1
§ 7-36-3.1. Metropolitan redevelopment property; tax status of lessee's interests
Status: in_force

Property interests of a lessee in project property held under a lease with respect to a project authorized by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code 1 and acquired or held by a municipality prior to January 1, 1986 under the provisions of that code are exempt from property taxation for as long as there is an outstanding bonded indebtedness, but in any event for a period not to exceed ten years from the date of execution of the first lease of the project by the municipality. Property interests of a lessee of or an owner of a substantial beneficial interest in project property acquired or held by a municipality on or after January 1, 1986 with respect to a project authorized by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code are exempt from property taxation for a period extending from the date of acquisition of the project property by the municipality through December 31 of the year in which the seventh anniversary of that acquisition date occurs.
N.M. Stat. § 76-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 3 / Section 76-3-1
§ 76-3-1. Petition for board; appointment, qualifications and terms of members
Status: in_force

It shall be incumbent upon the county commissioners of each county of New Mexico, on petition of ten taxpaying citizens of said county, to select three competent persons, fruit growers or owners of orchards, residents of such county, who shall be known as the county board of horticultural commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall fill any vacancy that may occur in said board by death, resignation or otherwise, and appoint one horticultural commissioner each year, or thereabouts, one month, or thereabouts, previous to the expiration of the term of office of any member of the said county board of horticultural commissioners. Said county board of horticultural commissioners shall serve for a term of three years from date of appointment, except the commissioners first appointed, one of whom shall serve for one year, one of whom for two years and one of whom for three years from date of appointment. The commissioners first appointed shall themselves decide by lot or otherwise, who shall serve for one year, who shall serve for two years and who shall serve for three years, and shall notify the board of county commissioners of the result of their choice.
N.M. Stat. § 9-26-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 26 / Section 9-26-11
§ 9-26-11. Cooperation with federal government; authority of secretary; single state agency status
Status: in_force

A. The department is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of employment, training and public assistance programs under the jurisdiction of the department in which financial or other participation by the federal government is authorized or mandated under federal laws, regulations, rules or orders. The secretary may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government to implement employment, training and public assistance programs subject to availability of appropriated state funds and any provisions of state laws applicable to such agreements or participation by the state.

B. The governor or the secretary may designate the department or any organizational unit of the department as the single state agency for the administration of any employment, training or public assistance program, either by the governor's or the secretary's own discretion or when such designation is a condition of federal financial or other participation in the program under applicable federal law, regulation, rule or order. No designation of a single state agency under the authority granted in this section shall be made in contravention of state law.
N.M. Stat. § 1-25-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 25 / Section 1-25-1
§ 1-25-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 1, Article 25 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Recall Act”.