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N.M. Stat. § 66-3-832 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-832
§ 66-3-832. Single-beam road-lighting equipment
Status: in_force

Headlamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to July 1, 1953, in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment herein specified if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations:

A. the headlamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light shall at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead project higher than a level of five inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than forty-two inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five feet ahead; and

B. the intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two hundred feet.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-40 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-40
§ 53-4-40. Existing cooperative corporations
Status: in_force

A group incorporated under another law of this state and operating on a cooperative basis may elect by a vote of two-thirds of the members voting to secure the benefits of and be bound by the provisions of the Cooperative Association Act and shall amend its articles and bylaws not in conformity with those provisions. A certified copy of the amended articles shall be filed with the public regulation commission [secretary of state] and a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid.
N.M. Stat. § 73-13-37 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 13 / Section 73-13-37
§ 73-13-37. Criminal liability of assessor-collector and treasurer
Status: in_force

The assessor-collector and treasurer of such district shall be liable for indictment and criminal prosecution for malfeasance, misfeasance or failure to perform any duty herein prescribed, as provided by law in cases of county treasurers.
N.M. Stat. § 10-4-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 10-4-7
§ 10-4-7. Defendant's answer; grounds
Status: in_force

The defendant may answer the accusation either by objecting to the sufficiency thereof, or any portion thereof, or by denying the truth of the same.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-47 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-47
§ 7-38-47. Property taxes are personal obligation of owner of property
Status: in_force

Property taxes imposed are the personal obligation of the person owning the property on the date on which the property was subject to valuation for property taxation purposes and a personal judgment may be rendered against him for the payment of property taxes that are delinquent together with any penalty and interest on the delinquent taxes. The sale or transfer of property after its valuation date does not relieve the former owner of personal liability for the property taxes imposed for that tax year.
N.M. Stat. § 72-1-2.3 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 1 / Section 72-1-2.3
§ 72-1-2.3. Lower Pecos river basin below Sumner lake water bank; acequia and community ditch water banks; interstate stream commission
Status: in_force

A. The interstate stream commission may recognize a water bank established by an irrigation district, a conservancy district, an artesian conservancy district, a community ditch, an acequia or a water users association in the lower Pecos river basin below Sumner lake for purposes of compliance with the Pecos River Compact.

B. The interstate stream commission shall propose and recommend to the state engineer for adoption rules for recognition of a water bank that include:

(1) criteria, terms and conditions for deposit of a water right in the bank;

(2) terms and conditions for the accrual, pooling, exchange, assignment and conditions of the deposit of a water right;

(3) procedures for recording and annual reporting of all transactions to the interstate stream commission and the state engineer; and

(4) procedures for the water bank to temporarily transfer deposited water to new purposes and places of use and points of diversion without formal proceedings before the state engineer.

C. A lower Pecos river basin below Sumner lake water bank may contract with a person to accrue, pool, exchange, assign or lease water rights to facilitate compliance with the Pecos River Compact. A transaction and transfer of water by a water bank in the Pecos river basin shall:

(1) not impair other water rights;

(2) not deplete water in the system above that level that would have occurred in the absence of the transaction;

(3) comply with state law; and

(4) be within the same stream system or underground water source.
N.M. Stat. § 61-11-18 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 11 / Section 61-11-18
§ 61-11-18. State license; actions authorized
Status: in_force

The board shall license department of health clinics and other health facilities of the department where dangerous drugs are stored, distributed or dispensed. All such clinics or other health facilities of the department are subject to the provisions of the Pharmacy Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-49 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-49
§ 3-60A-49. Approval required for issuance of bonds against a state gross receipts tax increment
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other requirements of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code, prior to issuing bonds that are issued in whole or in part against a gross receipts tax increment attributable to the state gross receipts tax within a metropolitan redevelopment area and before a distribution attributable to the state gross receipts tax is made pursuant to Section 11 of this 2023 act, the New Mexico finance authority shall review the proposed issuance of the bonds and determine that the proceeds of the bonds will be used for a metropolitan redevelopment project in accordance with the area's metropolitan redevelopment plan and present the proposed issuance of the bonds to the legislature for approval.

B. The issuance of the bonds and the maximum amount of bonds to be issued shall be specifically authorized by law.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 13-4-13
§ 13-4-13. Failure to pay minimum wage; termination of contract
Status: in_force

Every contract within the scope of the Public Works Minimum Wage Act shall contain further provision that in the event it is determined by the director that any laborer or mechanic employed on the site of the project has been or is being paid a wage rate or fringe benefit rate less than the rates required, and in the absence of a voluntary resolution by the parties, the contracting agency shall, within thirty days of the director's determination, by written notice to the contractor, subcontractor, employer or person acting as a contractor, terminate the right to proceed with the work or the part of the work as to which there has been a failure to pay the required wages or fringe benefits, and the contracting agency shall prosecute the work to completion by contract or otherwise, and the contractor or person acting as a contractor and the contractor's or person's sureties shall be liable to the state for any excess costs occasioned thereby. Any party receiving notice of termination of a project or subcontract pursuant to the provisions of this section may appeal the finding of the director as provided in the Public Works Minimum Wage Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-20
§ 3-33-20. Improvement district; assessment of railroad property
Status: in_force

The governing body may assess the property of any railroad or street railroad which occupies or abuts any street the whole cost of the improvement between or under the rails or tracks and two feet on each side of the rail or track of the railroad or street railroad. The assessment shall be levied as other assessments are levied and shall constitute a lien coequal with the lien of other taxes and prior and superior to all other liens, claims and titles, and which may be enforced by sale of the railroad or street railroad property or by suit against the owner of the railroad or street railroad.
N.M. Stat. § 9-27-12 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 27 / Section 9-27-12
§ 9-27-12. Human resources; accounting and management reporting
Status: in_force

The department shall:

A. enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of finance and administration for the joint design, development, acquisition and implementation of the statewide human resources, accounting and management reporting system or its successor system;

B. include a per employee assessment per agency that is sufficient to provide for the support, operation, maintenance, software upgrade or equipment replacement of the statewide human resources, accounting and management reporting system or its successor system; and

C. ensure that an amount equal to at least the annual depreciation and amortization be deposited in a separately identifiable account for software upgrades and equipment replacement.
N.M. Stat. § 21-12-12 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 12 / Section 21-12-12
§ 21-12-12. Program administration; criteria
Status: in_force

A. The General Richard T. Knowles legislative scholarship program shall be administered by the board of regents of the New Mexico military institute. The board of regents shall establish one hundred twelve scholarships available to New Mexico residents, one scholarship available for each state legislative district.

B. Annually, each state legislator may nominate four prospective scholarship recipients to the board of regents of the New Mexico military institute. If a legislator has no applicant from the legislator's district, that senator or representative may choose to nominate an applicant from a senate or representative district contiguous to the legislator's own district, thus maintaining geographical diversity in the corps of cadets while affording a greater opportunity for more New Mexicans to receive a scholarship. In the event no applicant is available from either the legislator's district or a contiguous district, the scholarship may be awarded to any of the qualified nominees from any state legislative district.

C. The board of regents shall establish criteria for the awarding of scholarships. Criteria shall include scholastic ability, faculty recommendations, standardized test scores, letters of recommendation, school honors and extracurricular activities.
N.M. Stat. § 4-16-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 16 / Section 4-16-2
§ 4-16-2. County seat
Status: in_force

That the county seat of said county of Luna shall be established at the town of Deming in said county.
N.M. Stat. § 66-4-1.1 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 4 / Section 66-4-1.1
§ 66-4-1.1. Auto recycler license; presumption of conducting business
Status: in_force

A. A person desiring to engage in the business of wrecking or dismantling vehicles for the purpose of reselling parts or scrap material shall apply to the department for an auto recycler license. A person possessing three or more wrecked, dismantled or partially wrecked or dismantled vehicles who regularly sells or offers for sale used vehicle parts or vehicle scrap material within the period of one year shall be presumed to be conducting business as an auto recycler.

B. An auto recycler licensee shall not sell motor vehicles of a type subject to registration pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Code.

C. Application for an auto recycler license shall be made upon the form prescribed by the department and shall contain the name and address of the applicant and, when the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each partner or, when the applicant is a corporation, the names of the principal officers of the corporation and the state in which incorporated and the place where the business is to be conducted and the nature of the business and such other information as may be required by the department. Every application shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the applicant, if an individual, or, in the event an applicant is a partnership or corporation, by a partner or officer of the partnership or corporation. Every application shall be accompanied by the fee required by law.

D. To ensure that an auto recycler complies with this section, the secretary may apply to a district court of this state to have a person operating without a license as required by this section or operating without the bond required by Section 66-4-7 NMSA 1978 enjoined from engaging in business until that person complies with the requirements of licensing as provided by this section and the bonding requirements of Section 66-4-7 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 6-18-10 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 18 / Section 6-18-10
§ 6-18-10. General provisions
Status: in_force

A. The bond legislation for any bonds authorized under the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act may make or authorize provision for any of the following:

(1) the call of the bonds for redemption prior to maturity at the option of the public body or at the option of the owner or holder, the redemption prices to be paid on stated dates of redemption, and other terms and conditions of redemption;

(2) the use of facsimiles of the signatures of all officers of the public body required or permitted or sign the bonds if authentication of the bonds, by manual signature, by a trustee or other agent is provided for as a condition of the validity of the bonds, and no such bonds shall be valid unless authenticated, and, if applicable, for the use of a facsimile of the seal of the public body;

(3) the manner of giving notice by publication or otherwise, and the time and effect thereof;

(4) designating agents for receipt of notice or service in other states;

(5) the filing and renewal of any financing statements in any jurisdiction under the Uniform Commercial Code 1 or comparable law; and

(6) any matter related or incidental to authority elsewhere granted in the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act and deemed by the legislative body to be necessary or convenient to carry out the purpose of that act.

B. The issuance of the initial bonds under the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act within the time periods provided for in Section 6-15-9 or Subsection F [Subsection J] of Section 3-31-1 NMSA 1978 or in any other applicable law relating to time limitations on the issuance of bonds shall constitute compliance with any such law as to such bonds and any renewal, refunding or remarketing of such bonds or of such renewal or refunding bonds, notwithstanding that the renewal or refunding bonds are issued or the remarketing of such bonds occurs after such period.

C. Any maximum maturities for bonds provided for by law which otherwise would be applicable to bonds issued under the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act shall limit the maturities of bonds issued under that act.

D. The remarketing of indebtedness after a demand for payment or delivery or put for purchase or repurchase shall not be deemed to be a new issuance of the indebtedness but shall constitute a continuance of the original indebtedness.
N.M. Stat. § 5-14-15 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 14 / Section 5-14-15
§ 5-14-15. Penalties
Status: in_force

A local governmental entity shall by ordinance provide for penalties by creating a misdemeanor and imposing a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both for a violation by any person of the provisions of the convention center fee ordinance for a failure to pay the fee or to remit the proceeds thereof to the local governmental entity.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-43 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-43
§ 53-4-43. Laws not applicable
Status: in_force

No law of this state conflicting or inconsistent herewith shall, to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency be construed as applicable to associations formed hereunder.
N.M. Stat. § 57-13-15 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 13 / Section 57-13-15
§ 57-13-15. Issuance of ne exeat
Status: in_force

Whenever the attorney general has reasonable belief that any person is using or is about to use any method, act or practice which is declared by the Pyramid Promotional Schemes Act to be unlawful, and whenever the attorney general has reasonable belief that any such person is about to remove himself from New Mexico, or is about to remove his property or assets from New Mexico, the attorney general may petition the appropriate district court for a writ of ne exeat, and the court may forbid any such person from leaving New Mexico or removing his property or assets from New Mexico until a determination of the issues has been made.
N.M. Stat. § 57-19A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 19A / Section 57-19A-5
§ 57-19A-5. Adulteration or blending of products sold under different names
Status: in_force

No person shall knowingly expose or offer for sale or sell a petroleum product of a manufacturer or distributor that has been mixed, blended or compounded with the products of other manufacturers or distributors under the trade name, trademark or name or other distinguishing mark of either of the manufacturers or distributors or as the unadulterated product of a manufacturer or distributor. Nothing in this section shall prevent the lawful owner from applying his own trademark, trade name or symbol to any product or material.
N.M. Stat. § 30-31-40 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 31 / Section 30-31-40
§ 30-31-40. Research; confidentiality
Status: in_force

A. The board shall encourage research on misuse and abuse of controlled substances. In connection with the research, and in furtherance of the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, it may register public agencies, institutions of higher education and private organizations or individuals for the purpose of conducting research, demonstrations or special projects which bear directly on misuse and abuse of controlled substances.

B. The board may authorize persons engaged in research on the use and effects of controlled substances to withhold the names and other identifying characteristics of individuals who are subjects of the research. Persons who obtain this authorization are not compelled in any civil, criminal, administrative, legislative or other proceeding to identify the individuals who are the subjects of research for which the authorization was obtained.

C. The board may authorize the possession and distribution of controlled substances by persons engaged in research. Such authorization shall contain the conditions and terms of the research to be conducted. Persons who obtain this authorization are exempt from state prosecution for possession and distribution of controlled substances to the extent of the authorization.

D. A practitioner engaged in medical practice or research shall not be required to furnish the name or identity of a patient or research subject to the board, nor may he be compelled in any state or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative or other proceedings to furnish the name or identity of an individual that the practitioner is obligated to keep confidential.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-20
§ 10-11-20. State general member coverage plan 1; state contribution rate
Status: in_force

The state shall contribute eleven and forty-eight one-hundredths percent of the salary of each member under state general member coverage plan 1.
N.M. Stat. § 37-1-14 — NM Code / Chapter 37 / Article 1 / Section 37-1-14
§ 37-1-14. When second suit deemed continuation of first action
Status: in_force

If, after the commencement of an action, the plaintiff fail therein for any cause, except negligence in its prosecution, and a new suit be commenced within six months thereafter, the second suit shall, for the purposes herein contemplated, be deemed a continuation of the first.
N.M. Stat. § 9-5A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 5A / Section 9-5A-1
§ 9-5A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 7 of this act may be cited as the “Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 1-4-27.1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1-4-27.1
§ 1-4-27.1. Eligibility to vote and register to vote upon release
Status: in_force

A. A voter is ineligible to vote while imprisoned in a correctional facility as part of a sentence for a felony conviction. Except as provided in this section, an otherwise qualified elector is ineligible to register to vote while imprisoned in a correctional facility as part of a sentence for a felony conviction.

B. During the reentry phase of an inmate's sentence, if the inmate is a voter or otherwise a qualified elector, the inmate shall be given an opportunity to register to vote or update an existing registration by means of a transaction with the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department prior to the inmate's release from custody. If the inmate does not conduct a transaction with the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department prior to the inmate's release from custody, the corrections department shall provide the inmate an opportunity to register to vote or update an existing registration by means of an online portal provided by the secretary of state or, if such a portal is not available, by means of a paper registration form.

C. The corrections department shall deliver to the secretary of state information and data necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The secretary of state shall maintain current information in the statewide voter registration electronic management system on the ineligibility status of an inmate to vote or register to vote pursuant to this section, as well as an inmate's eligibility status to vote upon release and to register to vote or update an existing voter registration while preparing for release.

D. Notwithstanding a person's status in the statewide voter registration electronic management system, a voter or a qualified elector who appears personally before a county clerk, the clerk's authorized representative or a precinct board member, at an office of the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department or at a state agency that provides public assistance or services to persons with disabilities is presumed to meet the eligibility requirement of non-imprisonment for voting and registering to vote pursuant to the provisions of this section.

E. For the purposes of this section, “ correctional facility ” means a jail, prison or other detention facility that is used for the confinement of an adult, whether operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state or a private contractor on behalf of the state or a political subdivision of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 76-19A-17 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 19A / Section 76-19A-17
§ 76-19A-17. Annual reports
Status: in_force

The department shall publish an annual report on the manufacture and distribution of commercial feeds in New Mexico, together with such data on their production and use as the department determines, and a report of the results of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds sold in New Mexico as compared with the analyses guaranteed in the registration and on the label; provided that the information concerning production and use of commercial feed shall not disclose the operations of any person.