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N.M. Stat. § 46-4-5 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 4 / Section 46-4-5
§ 46-4-5. Trust purposes
Status: in_force

The trusts created for the benefit of the state, its municipalities or political subdivisions or other entities, to be acceptable as set forth in Section 2 of this enactment, must have as the purpose of the trust the furtherance or the providing of funds for the furtherance of some proper and lawful function or duty of the beneficiary.
N.M. Stat. § 41-4-8 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 4 / Section 41-4-8
§ 41-4-8. Liability; public utilities
Status: in_force

A. The immunity granted pursuant to Subsection A of Section 4 of the Tort Claims Act does not apply to liability for damages resulting from bodily injury, wrongful death or property damage caused by the negligence of public employees while acting within the scope of their duties in the operation of the following public utilities and services: gas; electricity; water; solid or liquid waste collection or disposal; heating; and ground transportation.

B. The liability imposed pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall not include liability for damages resulting from bodily injury, wrongful death or property damage:

(1) caused by a failure to provide an adequate supply of gas, water, electricity or services as described in Subsection A of this section; or

(2) arising out of the discharge, dispersal, release or escape of smoke, vapors, soot, fumes, acids, alkalis, toxic chemicals, liquids or gases, waste materials or other irritants, contaminants or pollutants into or upon land, the atmosphere or any watercourse or body of water.
N.M. Stat. § 3-27-7 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 27 / Section 3-27-7
§ 3-27-7. Hearing; costs; review
Status: in_force

At the hearing the court shall have power and jurisdiction to examine into and determine all matters and things affecting the question submitted, and shall make findings with reference thereto, and render judgment and decree thereon as the case warrants. Costs may be divided or apportioned among any contesting parties in the discretion of the trial court. Review of the judgment of the court may be had as in other civil action. The Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern in matters of pleading and practice where not otherwise specified. The court shall disregard any error, irregularity or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties. The provisions of Sections 3-27-6 and 3-27-7 NMSA 1978 , shall apply to contracts entered into pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-27-5 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-38 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-38
§ 21-8-38. International business facilitation center established; duties
Status: in_force

The “international business facilitation center” is established at the college of business administration and economics, New Mexico state university. The purpose of the center shall be to:

A. collect and analyze information about production-sharing opportunities with Mexican and international industries and provide that information to New Mexico businesses;

B. assist New Mexico businesses with research and informational services concerning development of and participation in international trade flows;

C. promote linkages between New Mexican businesses and Mexican and international industries in the American free trade zone; and

D. utilize the resources of all public post-secondary institutions in New Mexico to develop skills necessary to compete in international markets.
N.M. Stat. § 5-3-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 5-3-8
§ 5-3-8. Public Works Act not affected
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect in any way any of the provisions of Chapter 6 of the Laws of 1934.
N.M. Stat. § 58-1-82 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1 / Section 58-1-82
§ 58-1-82. Reimbursement for fines and penalties
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for a state bank to pay a fine or penalty imposed by law upon any other person or any judgment against such person or to reimburse directly or indirectly any person by whom such fine, penalty or judgment has been paid, except:

(1) in the settlement of a bank's own liability or in connection with the acquisition of property against which a judgment is a lien;

(2) if provided in its articles of incorporation, a bank may indemnify its directors, officers and employees for expenses, fines, penalties and judgments reasonably incurred in actions to which the directors, officers or employees are parties or potential parties by reason of the performance of their official duties. The provisions of this paragraph shall not allow the indemnification of directors, officers or employees of a bank against expenses, penalties or other payments incurred in an administrative proceeding or action instituted by an appropriate bank regulatory agency, which proceeding or action results in a final order assessing civil money penalties or requiring affirmative action by an individual in the form of payments to the bank; and

(3) if provided in its articles of incorporation, a bank may acquire and pay the premiums for insurance covering the liability of its directors, officers or employees, except that the provisions of this paragraph shall exclude insurance coverage for a formal order assessing civil money penalties against a bank director, officer or employee.

B. In accordance with his supervisory responsibilities, the director may, in his discretion, review the threat to bank safety and soundness posed by any indemnification or proposed indemnification of directors, officers or employees by a bank or for the consistency of any such indemnification with the standards adopted by that bank in its articles of incorporation. Based upon this review, the director may direct a prospective modification of a specific indemnification by a bank through appropriate administrative action.
N.M. Stat. § 62-12-2 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 12 / Section 62-12-2
§ 62-12-2. Actions against commission
Status: in_force

In case the commission or its members shall undertake to act in excess of its jurisdiction and authority conferred under this act, or without jurisdiction; or in case the said commission or its members shall undertake to exercise rights or privileges not conferred upon it by this act or by law; or in case the said commission or its members shall fail or refuse in the performance of any duties or obligations imposed upon it by the terms of this act, then the person interested or whose rights are affected may bring suit by mandamus, prohibition, injunction or other appropriate remedy against the said commission in its statutory name in this act provided, to compel performance of the duties and obligations imposed upon said commission by this act, or to restrain said commission and its members from the exercise of jurisdiction not by this act conferred. Consent of the state is hereby expressly given to the maintenance of such suits against said commission. Any such action shall be brought against said commission in the district court of Santa Fe county, New Mexico, or in the district court of the county in which the complaint or controversy arose. Any judgment or decree entered against the commission shall be binding upon the commission and each and every member thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-44 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-44
§ 22-8-44. Educator licensure fund; distribution; appropriation
Status: in_force

A. The “educator licensure fund” is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the department. The fund shall consist of money collected from application fees for licensure or for renewal of licensure by the department.

B. Subject to legislative appropriation, money in the fund is appropriated to the department for the following purposes:

(1) to fund the educator background check program;

(2) to enforce educator ethics requirements; and

(3) to process applications for licensure or for renewal of licensure, including review of professional development dossiers.

C. Money in the fund and any interest that may accrue to the fund shall not revert at the end of the fiscal year but shall remain to the credit of the fund.
N.M. Stat. § 7-12-3.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 12 / Section 7-12-3.1
§ 7-12-3.1. Cigarette inventory tax; imposition of tax; date payment of tax due
Status: in_force

A. A tax that may be identified as the “cigarette inventory tax” is imposed on a distributor that has in its possession tax-exempt stamps, tax-credit stamps or tax stamps, not affixed to packages of cigarettes, at the close of business on the day prior to the date on which an increase in the cigarette tax imposed by Section 7-12-3 NMSA 1978 is effective.

B. The cigarette inventory tax due from the distributor is calculated by multiplying the number of tax stamps not affixed to packages of cigarettes in the distributor's possession by the increase in the excise tax. Tax-exempt stamps and tax-credit stamps are not included in the calculation to determine the amount of cigarette inventory tax to be paid by a distributor.

C. The cigarette inventory tax is to be paid to the department on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month following the month in which the increase in the cigarette tax is effective.
N.M. Stat. § 72-5-16 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5 / Section 72-5-16
§ 72-5-16. Priority of liens
Status: in_force

All liens on land, provided for in this article shall be superior in right to all mortgages or other encumbrances placed upon the land and the water appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith.
N.M. Stat. § 76-6-1 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 6 / Section 76-6-1
§ 76-6-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Pest Control Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 66-8-102.4 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 8 / Section 66-8-102.4
§ 66-8-102.4. Uniform police reports and procedures for DWI arrests
Status: in_force

A. The department of public safety, in collaboration with the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department and the traffic safety bureau of the department of transportation, shall develop and periodically review and update standard arrest reports and procedures to be used by law enforcement officers when making an arrest for a violation of the provisions of Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 or similar municipal or county ordinances.

B. A law enforcement officer making an arrest for a violation of the provisions of Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 or of similar municipal or county ordinances shall use the standard arrest reports and procedures developed and approved by the department of public safety in accordance with the provisions of Subsection A of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 57-2A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 2A / Section 57-2A-6
§ 57-2A-6. Unfair cigarette sales
Status: in_force

For the purposes of the Cigarette Enforcement Act, cigarettes imported or reimported into the United States for sale or distribution under a trade name, trade dress or trademark that is the same as, or is confusingly similar to, a trade name, trade dress or trademark used for cigarettes manufactured in the United States for sale or distribution in the United States is presumed to have been purchased outside of the ordinary channels of trade.
N.M. Stat. § 34-1-8 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 1 / Section 34-1-8
§ 34-1-8. Jurisdiction of courts to enforce federal law restricted
Status: in_force

No court of the state of New Mexico shall have jurisdiction of, or enter any order or decree of any character in any action instituted or attempted to be instituted in the courts of this state, seeking to enforce, directly or indirectly, any federal statute, or rule or regulation described in Section 1 hereof, where the congress of the United States has curtailed, withdrawn or denied the district courts of the United States the right to enforce such statutes, rules or regulations aforesaid.
N.M. Stat. § 30-9A-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 9A / Section 30-9A-2
§ 30-9A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Animal Sexual Abuse Act:

A. “ animal ” means any wild or domestic fauna, including livestock, alive or dead, in any setting, that is not a human being;

B. “ coerce ” means the use of threat, physical force or violence against another person to commit an act of bestiality;

C. “ manipulate ” means the use of persuasion, extortion, retaliation, deceit or other acts not involving force or coercion to cause another person to commit an act of bestiality;

D. “ orifice ” means the mouth, vulva or anus;

E. “ sexual contact with an animal ” means:

(1) the intentional insertion of the genitals or mouth of an animal into an orifice of a human's body;

(2) the intentional insertion of the genitals or mouth of a human into an orifice of an animal's body;

(3) the intentional insertion of an object into the genitals or anus of an animal; and

(4) contact, handling or stimulation of the genitals or anus of an animal by a human.

“Sexual contact with an animal” does not include accepted veterinary medical practices; accepted animal husbandry, care and grooming practices in the caretaking of animals; accepted practices related to the insemination of animals for the purpose of procreation; or accepted practices related to conformation judging; and

F. “ solicit ” means to entice, induce, encourage or attempt to persuade another person to commit an act of bestiality.
N.M. Stat. § 61-24C-2 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 24C / Section 61-24C-2
§ 61-24C-2. Findings
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that it will benefit and protect the citizens of the state to require the licensing of interior designers and prohibit the use of the designation licensed “interior designer” by unlicensed persons.
N.M. Stat. § 7-29A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 29A / Section 7-29A-1
§ 7-29A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 29A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Enhanced Oil Recovery Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 61-32-1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 32 / Section 61-32-1
§ 61-32-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 61, Article 32 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Funeral Services Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-15.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-15.1
§ 9-15-15.1. Creative industries division; purpose; duties
Status: in_force

A. The creative industries division shall:

(1) increase and advance creative industry-based economic development in New Mexico;

(2) support entrepreneurs and small businesses in creative industries;

(3) assist organizations that support creative industry companies and workers;

(4) support educational and workforce training initiatives that facilitate creative industry growth and success;

(5) identify and help establish public infrastructure to support creative industries;

(6) serve as an information clearinghouse by providing resources and opportunities to creative industry stakeholders; and

(7) act as a liaison between creative-industries-related businesses and organizations.

B. The creative industries division shall work with the department, the cultural affairs department, the Indian affairs department, the higher education department, the public education department, the tourism department and the workforce solutions department to support the division's duties as they relate to the purposes of the respective departments.
N.M. Stat. § 9-26-3 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 26 / Section 9-26-3
§ 9-26-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Workforce Solutions Department Act:

A. “ department ” means the workforce solutions department; and

B. “ secretary ” means the secretary of workforce solutions.
N.M. Stat. § 72-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 10 / Section 72-10-1
§ 72-10-1. Community springs or tanks; election of commissioners; duties
Status: in_force

In all cases where there are springs or tanks of water in this state which are the property of any community, and from which such community obtains water for the use of such community or any of the members thereof, it shall be lawful for the members of such community at such time and place and in such manner as acequia commissioners are elected in this state to elect three commissioners who shall be members of such community and partitioners of such water, whose duty it shall be to protect such springs and tanks and to provide for suitable dams and breakwaters for the same.
N.M. Stat. § 58-2-5 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 2 / Section 58-2-5
§ 58-2-5. Exchange of information
Status: in_force

The director of the financial institutions division is authorized to accept in his discretion in lieu of any examination authorized by the laws of this state to be conducted by the division of a banking institution the examination that may have been made of same within a reasonable period by the federal deposit insurance corporation provided a copy of said examination is furnished to him. The director of the financial institutions division, may, also, in his discretion accept any report relative to the condition of a banking institution which may have been obtained by said corporation within a reasonable period, in lieu of a report authorized by the laws of this state to be required of such institution by the division, provided a copy of such report is furnished to the director of the financial institutions division.

The director of the financial institutions division may furnish to said corporation, or to any official or examiner thereof, a copy or copies of any or all examinations made of any such banking institutions and of any or all reports made by same, and shall give access to and disclose to said corporation or any official or examiner thereof any and all information possessed by him with reference to the conditions or affairs of any such insured institution.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the duty of any banking institution in this state, deposits in which are to any extent insured under the provisions of Section 8 of the “Banking Act of 1933” 1 (Section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended) or of any amendment of or substitution for the same, to comply with the provision of said act, its amendments or substitutions or the requirements of said corporation relative to examinations and reports, nor to limit the powers of the director of the financial institutions division with reference to examinations and reports under existing law.
N.M. Stat. § 57-18-17 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 18 / Section 57-18-17
§ 57-18-17. Reciprocal acceptance of weight certificates
Status: in_force

Whenever there is statutory authority in any other state which licenses weighmasters, for the recognition and acceptance of the weight certificates issued by licensed weighmasters of this state, the director of this state is authorized to recognize and accept the weight certificates of the other state.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15A-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15A / Section 6-15A-17
§ 6-15A-17. Charter schools; receipt of education technology equipment
Status: in_force

On or after July 1, 2015, a school district that assumes a debt through a lease-purchase arrangement under the provisions of the Education Technology Equipment Act shall provide, to each eligible charter school in the school district, education technology equipment equal in value to an amount based upon the net proceeds from the debt after payment of the cost of issuing the debt through a lease-purchase arrangement prorated by the number of students enrolled in the school district and in eligible charter schools as reported on the first reporting date of the prior school year; provided that, in the case of an approved eligible charter school that had not commenced classroom instruction in the prior school year, the estimated full-time-equivalent enrollment in the first year of instruction, as shown in the approved charter school application, shall be used to determine the amount, subject to adjustment after the first reporting date.
N.M. Stat. § 48-5A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 5A / Section 48-5A-2
§ 48-5A-2. Procedure to obtain lien
Status: in_force

Any person or company entitled to a lien under this act shall, within twenty-one days after the harvest is completed, file in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the crop was grown a statement in writing, verified by oath, showing the amount and quantity of the crop harvested, the price agreed upon for harvesting it, the name of the person for whom the harvest was done and a description of the land upon which the crop was grown. Unless the person entitled to the lien files that statement within the twenty-one day time limit, he shall be deemed to have waived his right to the lien.
N.M. Stat. § 73-9-57 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 9 / Section 73-9-57
§ 73-9-57. Proceedings to determine validity of bonds; notice of hearing
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 said petition. The notice shall be given and published by one publication in any newspaper published in the county where the principal office of said district is located, said publication to be made not less than one week prior to the date fixed for the hearing of said petition. 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 said district, or in the proceedings for the issue or sale of said bonds, 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 ․․․․․․․․․․ (giving its name), praying that the proceedings for the issue and sale of said bonds of said district may be examined, approved and confirmed by the court.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-15 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-15
§ 1-12-15. Conduct of election; persons who may assist voter
Status: in_force

A. In any election, if a voter who has requested assistance in marking the ballot is blind, has a physical disability, has an inability to read or write or is a member of a language minority who has requested assistance pursuant to Subsection D of Section 1-12-12 NMSA 1978 , the voter may be accompanied into the voting booth only by a person of the voter's own choice other than the voter's employer or an agent of that employer, an officer or agent of the voter's union or a candidate whose name appears on the ballot in this election.

B. The name of the person providing assistance to a voter pursuant to this section shall be recorded on the signature roster.

C. A person who provides assistance to a voter when the person knows the voter does not require assistance pursuant to Section 1-12-12 NMSA 1978 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 3-14-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 14 / Section 3-14-14
§ 3-14-14. Manager; duties; attendance at meetings; budget
Status: in_force

A. The manager shall:

(1) enforce and carry out all ordinances, rules and regulations enacted by the commission;

(2) employ and discharge all persons engaged in the administrative service of the municipality;

(3) prepare and submit an annual budget; and

(4) make recommendations to the commission on all matters concerning the welfare of the municipality.

B. The manager shall have a seat, but no vote, at every meeting of the commission. Except when clearly undesirable or unnecessary, the commission shall request the opinion of the manager on any proposed measure.