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N.M. Stat. § 5-9-2 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 5-9-2
§ 5-9-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of the Enterprise Zone Act to provide for the establishment of enterprise zones in a wide variety of geographic areas in order to stimulate the creation of new jobs, particularly for economically disadvantaged workers and long-term unemployed individuals, and to promote revitalization of economically distressed areas by providing or encouraging:

A. tax relief at the state and local levels;

B. zoning relief at the local level; and

C. improvement of local services and betterment of the economic status of enterprise zone residents in their own community, particularly through the increased involvement of private, local and neighborhood organizations.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-6
§ 4-55A-6. Improvement district; limitations on powers of county with respect to street or right of way under jurisdiction of state transportation commission
Status: in_force

The county shall not construct improvements on or through any street or right of way under the jurisdiction of the state transportation commission unless it receives prior written approval from the state transportation commission to undertake such improvements.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-874 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-874
§ 66-3-874. Safety belts required
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to buy, sell, lease, trade or transfer from or to New Mexico residents at retail an automobile, which is manufactured or assembled commencing with the 1964 models, unless the vehicle is equipped with safety belts installed for use in the left front and right front seats.
N.M. Stat. § 10-8-8 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 8 / Section 10-8-8
§ 10-8-8. Other reimbursements
Status: in_force

A. The secretary may authorize by regulation reimbursement for the following actual expenses incurred by public officers and employees of state agencies:

(1) moving expenses;

(2) professional fees or dues;

(3) tuition and fees for attending educational programs or classes approved by the secretary; and

(4) registration fees for attending seminars, educational programs or classes.

B. The governing body of any local public body may, by resolution, authorize the reimbursement of public officers and employees for any of the actual expenses set forth in Subsection A of this section. No resolution adopted pursuant to this subsection shall authorize the reimbursement for any expense not authorized by regulation of the secretary pursuant to Subsection A of this section.

C. The governing board may, by regulation, authorize the reimbursement of public officers of public post-secondary educational institutions and employees of public post-secondary educational institutions for any of the actual expenses set forth in Subsection A of this section.

D. No reimbursement shall be made for any expenses unless receipts for all such expenses are attached to the reimbursement voucher.
N.M. Stat. § 61-23-4 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 23 / Section 61-23-4
§ 61-23-4. Criminal offender's character evaluation
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act shall govern any consideration of criminal records required or permitted by the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act [this article].
N.M. Stat. § 36-1-8.1 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 1 / Section 36-1-8.1
§ 36-1-8.1. District attorney facilities; maintenance and upkeep
Status: in_force

Each board of county commissioners shall provide adequate quarters for the operation of the district attorney and provide necessary utilities and maintenance service for the operation and upkeep of district attorney facilities.
N.M. Stat. § 1-3A-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 3A / Section 1-3A-6
§ 1-3A-6. Committee meetings before proposing district plans
Status: in_force

A. Before the committee issues proposed district plans for public comment, the committee shall hold no fewer than six public meetings at which the committee shall receive testimony, documents and information regarding the identification of communities of interest and other testimony, documents and information regarding the creation of district plans. The committee shall provide the public with notice not later than thirty days before these meetings and the notice shall include information about how the public may participate and submit testimony, documents and information. The committee shall hold meetings in various regions across the state, including in central New Mexico and in each of the four geographic quadrants of the state, with at least one meeting on tribal lands.

B. The committee shall compile, index, maintain and provide public access to all testimony, documents and information received in the meetings conducted before issuing proposed district plans for public comment.

C. The proposed district plans that the committee issues for public comment shall be based, in part, on the testimony, documents and information received.
N.M. Stat. § 9-27-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 27 / Section 9-27-4
§ 9-27-4. Department created; divisions
Status: in_force

A. The “department of information technology” is created. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions:

(1) program support division;

(2) compliance and project management division; and

(3) enterprise services division.

B. The secretary may organize the department and the divisions specified in Subsection A of this section and may transfer or merge functions between divisions in the interest of efficiency and economy.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-34 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-34
§ 52-3-34. When complicated with other diseases; payments
Status: in_force

In cases of disablement or death from silicosis, complicated with tuberculosis of the lungs, compensation shall be payable as for disablement or death from silicosis alone. In case of disablement or death from silicosis when complicated with any disease other than tuberculosis of the lungs, compensation shall be reduced as provided in Section 30.
N.M. Stat. § 31-1-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 31-1-4
§ 31-1-4. Criminal actions; docketing action; service; return
Status: in_force

A. Upon filing of the complaint of a law enforcement officer, the court shall docket the action. Upon the filing of the complaint of any other person, the court shall collect the docket fee from the person before docketing the action.

B. Upon the docketing of any criminal action, the court may issue a summons directing the defendant to appear before the court at a time stated in the summons.

C. When a warrant is issued in a criminal action, it shall be directed to a law enforcement officer, and the defendant named in the warrant shall, upon arrest, be brought by the officer before the court without unnecessary delay.

D. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the district court to issue process in criminal cases filed in the district court. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the magistrate court or the magistrate, if there is no clerk, to issue process in criminal cases filed in the magistrate court. It shall be the duty of the law enforcement officer to whom process is directed to execute process and return the same to the clerk of the court from which process is issued or, if there is no clerk of the court, to the judge thereof.

E. Except for criminal actions filed in municipal court, all police officers authorized to serve process issued in any criminal action have jurisdiction to serve such process in any county of this state.
N.M. Stat. § 3-65-10 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 65 / Section 3-65-10
§ 3-65-10. Liberal interpretation
Status: in_force

The Minor League Baseball Stadium Funding Act, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of the act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-44 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-44
§ 21-8-44. Public-private partnership for university campus in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Status: in_force

A. The board of regents of New Mexico state university may establish a New Mexico state university campus in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

B. The university shall not use state funds for capital investment or make financial contributions to private investors for the operation of the San Luis Potosi campus. Student and other data from the San Luis Potosi campus shall not be used to calculate instruction and general purposes for New Mexico state university or for capital funding.

C. Any contract between New Mexico state university and any private vendor or contractor entered into pursuant to the authority granted by this section shall be subject to resolution of disputes by international arbitration or to the jurisdiction of the district court of the third judicial district of New Mexico. The university's financial information related to the operation and financing of the San Luis Potosi campus is subject to the Audit Act. Nothing in this section serves as a waiver of the Inspection of Public Records Act, the Open Meetings Act or the Procurement Code.
N.M. Stat. § 73-8-51 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 8 / Section 73-8-51
§ 73-8-51. Revising election divisions and precincts after exclusion of land
Status: in_force

At least thirty days before the next general election of any such district the board of directors thereof may make an order dividing said district into divisions as nearly equal in size as practicable, in number as in this act hereinbefore specified, and numbered consecutively; one director shall be elected from each such division by the qualified electors of the whole district. For the purpose of election in such district the said board shall establish a convenient number of election precincts and define the boundaries thereof, which precincts may be changed from time to time as the board of directors may deem necessary.
N.M. Stat. § 53-19-60 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 19 / Section 53-19-60
§ 53-19-60. Conversions and mergers; conversion of corporation, partnership or limited partnership to limited liability company
Status: in_force

A. A corporation, partnership or limited partnership may be converted to a limited liability company pursuant to this section.

B. The terms and conditions of a conversion of a corporation, partnership or limited partnership to a limited liability company shall be approved in the manner specifically provided for by the document, instrument, agreement or other writing governing the internal affairs of the corporation, partnership or limited partnership concerning conversions or, in the absence of such a provision, by all of the shareholders or partners, as the case may be.

C. An agreement of conversion shall set forth the terms and conditions of the conversion of the owners' interests in the converting entity into interests in the converted entity or the cash or other consideration to be paid or delivered as a result of the conversion of the owners' interests or a combination of these.

D. After a conversion is approved pursuant to Subsection B of this section, the corporation, partnership or limited partnership being converted shall file articles of organization with the commission [secretary of state] that satisfy the requirements of Section 53-19-8 NMSA 1978 and a statement containing the items set forth below:

(1) a statement that the corporation or partnership was converted to a limited liability company from a corporation, partnership or limited partnership;

(2) its former name;

(3) a statement of the number of votes cast by the shareholders or partners entitled to vote for and against the conversion and, if the vote is less than unanimous, the number or percentage required to approve the conversion pursuant to Subsection B of this section; and

(4) in the case of a corporation or a limited partnership, a statement that the certificate of incorporation or certificate of limited partnership is to be canceled as of the date the conversion takes effect.

E. In the case of a corporation or a limited partnership, the filing of articles of organization pursuant to Subsection D of this section cancels its certificate of incorporation or certificate of limited partnership as of the date the conversion took effect.

F. A conversion takes effect when articles of organization are filed with the commission [secretary of state] or at any later date specified in the articles of organization.

G. A general partner who becomes a member of a limited liability company as a result of a conversion remains liable as a partner for an obligation incurred by the partnership or limited partnership before the conversion takes effect.

H. A general partner's liability for all obligations of the limited liability company incurred after the conversion takes effect is that of a member of the company. A limited partner who becomes a member as a result of a conversion remains liable only to the extent the limited partner was liable for an obligation incurred by the limited partnership before the conversion took effect.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9H-4 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9H / Section 63-9H-4
§ 63-9H-4. Regulation by commission
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in the Rural Telecommunications Act of New Mexico or the federal act, each public telecommunications service is declared to be affected with the public interest and, as such, subject to the provisions of those acts, including the regulation thereof as provided in those acts.

B. The commission has exclusive jurisdiction to regulate incumbent rural telecommunications carriers only in the manner and to the extent authorized by the Rural Telecommunications Act of New Mexico, and Section 63-7-1.1 NMSA 1978 does not apply; provided, however, that the commission's jurisdiction includes the regulation of wholesale rates, including access charges and interconnection agreements consistent with federal law and its enforcement and a determination of participation in low-income telephone service assistance programs pursuant to the Low Income Telephone Service Assistance Act.

C. The commission shall adopt rules consistent with the requirement for relaxed regulation for incumbent rural telecommunications carriers set forth in the Rural Telecommunications Act of New Mexico that provide for:

(1) reduced filing requirements for applicants in rate increase proceedings under the Rural Telecommunications Act of New Mexico and proceedings under that act seeking payments from the fund; and

(2) expedited consideration in all proceedings initiated pursuant to the Rural Telecommunications Act of New Mexico in order to reduce the cost and burden for incumbent rural telecommunications carriers and other applicants.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-402 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-402
§ 66-3-402. Application for dealer plates
Status: in_force

A. A dealer may apply to the department on the appropriate form for one or more dealer plates. The applicant shall submit proof of being a bona fide dealer as may reasonably be required by the department.

B. The maximum number of dealer plates for which a dealer of new or used motor vehicles or motorcycles may apply pursuant to this section shall be:

(1) for a dealer who sold in the previous calendar year five or more but fewer than fifty vehicles, one plate;

(2) for a dealer who sold in the previous calendar year more than fifty but fewer than one hundred vehicles, three plates;

(3) for a dealer who sold in the previous calendar year more than one hundred but fewer than five hundred vehicles, five plates; and

(4) for a dealer who sold in the previous calendar year five hundred or more vehicles, ten plates.

C. A dealer shall be entitled to five plates in the first calendar year in which it begins business. A dealer who is licensed pursuant to the provisions of Section 66-4-1 NMSA 1978 on or after August 1 of any calendar year shall also be entitled to five plates in the calendar year following the year in which it is first licensed to do business.

D. The department upon granting application shall issue to the applicant a certificate containing the applicant's name and address and the numbers of the dealer plates assigned to the applicant.
N.M. Stat. § 23-1-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-12
§ 23-1-12. Transfer of existing institutions
Status: in_force

A. All property, appropriations and cash balances now held in the name of the following institutional facilities, or by any state agency for the indicated facilities, the use of which is not limited by the terms of any trust or constitutional provision, and staff employed by the following institutional facilities, are transferred to the department of health:

(1) New Mexico behavioral health institute at Las Vegas;

(2) Los Lunas medical center;

(3) Fort Bayard medical center veterans' unit;

(4) Villa Solano;

(5) Fort Stanton hospital;

(6) Turquoise lodge;

(7) Pecos lodge; and

(8) New Mexico state veterans' home.

B. The secretary of health may delegate the authority for the supervision and operation of any of the institutional facilities transferred under Subsection A of this section to any of the organizational units within the department of health.
N.M. Stat. § 22-14-30 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 14 / Section 22-14-30
§ 22-14-30. Vocational rehabilitation division; designated agency for federal funds
Status: in_force

The vocational rehabilitation division of the department of education [public education department] is designated the sole state agency to administer and receive any federal funds relating to vocational rehabilitation of the blind.
N.M. Stat. § 21-14-10 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 14 / Section 21-14-10
§ 21-14-10. Applicability of other laws
Status: in_force

Any law concerning public schools and any law concerning the higher education institution shall, when applicable, govern the operation and conduct of the branch community college.
N.M. Stat. § 6-24-19 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 24 / Section 6-24-19
§ 6-24-19. Procurement; competitive proposals
Status: in_force

The authority shall enter into a contract for a procurement after evaluating competitive proposals and shall not design requests for proposals to provide only for sole source contracts. The authority shall conduct its own procurement, but the authority shall conduct all procurement in accordance with the Procurement Code. 1 In all procurement decisions, the authority shall take into account the particularly sensitive nature of the lottery and shall act to promote and ensure security, honesty, fairness and integrity in the operation and administration of the lottery and the objectives of raising revenue for the public purposes of the New Mexico Lottery Act. Procurements shall not be artificially divided to reduce the cost of the procurement below the procurement thresholds provided in the Procurement Code.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-13 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-13
§ 52-3-13. Dependents defined; determination of
Status: in_force

A. The following persons, and they only, shall be deemed dependents and entitled to compensation under the provisions of the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law:

(1) a child under eighteen years of age or incapable of self-support and unmarried or under twenty-three years of age if enrolled as a full-time student in any accredited educational institution;

(2) the widow or widower, only if living with the deceased at the time of his death or legally entitled to be supported by him, including a divorced spouse entitled to alimony;

(3) a parent or grandparent only if actually dependent, wholly or partially, upon the deceased;

(4) a grandchild, brother or sister only if under eighteen years of age, or incapable of self-support, and wholly dependent upon the deceased.

The relation of dependency must exist at the time of the disablement.

(5) questions as to who constitute dependents, and the extent of their dependency, shall be determined as of the date of the disablement and their right to any death benefits shall cease upon the happening of any one of the following contingencies:

(a) upon the marriage of the widow or widower;

(b) upon a child, grandchild, brother or sister reaching the age of eighteen years, unless at such time said child, grandchild, brother or sister is physically or mentally incapacitated from earnings, or upon a dependent child, grandchild, brother or sister becoming self-supporting prior to attaining said age, or, if a child, grandchild, brother or sister over eighteen who is enrolled as a full-time student in any accredited educational institution ceases to be so enrolled or reaches the age of twenty-three. A child, grandchild, brother or sister who originally qualified as a dependent by virtue of being less than eighteen years of age may, upon reaching age eighteen, continue to qualify if physically or mentally incapable of self-support and actually dependent or enrolled in an educational institution;

(c) upon the death of any dependent.

B. As used in this section the term “child” includes stepchildren, adopted children, posthumous children, wholly dependent grandchildren and acknowledged illegitimate children, but does not include married children unless dependent. The words “adopted” and “adoption” as used in the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law shall include cases where persons are treated as adopted as well as those of legal adoption.
N.M. Stat. § 12-16-5 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 16 / Section 12-16-5
§ 12-16-5. Compensation
Status: in_force

Members of the intertribal ceremonial board shall be reimbursed for per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 22-10A-40.1 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10A / Section 22-10A-40.1
§ 22-10A-40.1. Construction
Status: in_force

Nothing in this 2019 act shall be construed as:

A. allowing an armed school security personnel to carry firearms on school premises if doing so would be a violation of state or federal law; or

B. applying to school resource officers.