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N.M. Stat. § 32A-2-4 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 2 / Section 32A-2-4
§ 32A-2-4. Detention facilities; standards; reports; appeals
Status: in_force

A. The department shall promulgate updated standards for all detention facilities, including standards for site, design, construction, equipment, care, program, personnel and clinical services. The department shall certify as approved all detention facilities in the state meeting the standards promulgated. The department may establish by rule appropriate procedures for provisional certification and the waiving of any of its standards for facilities in existence at the time of the adoption of the standards, except that it shall not allow waiver of any standard pertaining to adequate health and safety protection of the residents and staff of the facility. No child shall be detained in a detention facility unless it is certified as approved by the department, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 32A, Article 2 NMSA 1978 .

B. The department shall inspect all detention facilities in the state at least once each twelve months and shall require those reports it deems necessary from detention facilities in a form and containing the information determined by the department. If as the result of an inspection a certified detention facility is determined as failing to meet the required standards, its certification is subject to revocation or refusal for renewal by the department.

C. The department shall promulgate rules establishing procedures that provide for prior notice and public hearings on detention facilities' standards adoption and changes. The department shall also promulgate rules establishing procedures for facility certification, renewal of certification, refusal to renew certification and revocation of certification. The procedures adopted on these matters shall provide for adequate prior notice of intended action by the department, opportunity for the aggrieved person to have an administrative hearing and written notification of the administrative decision. Rules promulgated under this subsection shall not be effective unless filed in accordance with the State Rules Act. 1

D. Any person aggrieved by an administrative decision of the department rendered under the provisions of this section may petition for the review of the administrative decision by appealing to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .

E. After January 1, 1994, no state or county detention facility shall hold juveniles sentenced by a federal court, unless the facility meets state standards promulgated by the department.

F. A juvenile detention facility certified by the department shall comply with the daily reporting requirement for children in detention, including reports on the length of stay for each child. This information shall be reported as required by the department.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-28 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-28
§ 19-10-28. Lessee to purchase prior improvements on lands; proof of payment
Status: in_force

If mineral lands upon which improvements have been made shall be leased in conformity with law to other than the owner of such improvements thereon, then such purchaser or such new lessee shall pay to the owner thereof the value of such improvements at an agreed price with the owner thereof; and if such owner of improvements and such new lessee or purchaser are not able to agree upon a value, the value shall be determined by a board of three arbitrators, one to be selected by the owner of the improvements, one by the commissioner of public lands and the third by the two so selected. The word “improvements” shall be construed to mean surface improvements, machinery and other equipment not removed from said lands under the provisions of Section 9 used in the operation of the plant on such land, and work performed in the development of the property for operation and mining. No lease shall be issued to any applicant other than the owner of such improvements until such applicant files with the commissioner of public lands a receipt showing payment in full of the value of such improvements as agreed upon between such applicant and the owner of the improvements, or determined by the board of arbitrators; or until such applicant shall pay to the commissioner of public lands the value of such improvements so determined. If payment is made to the commissioner of public lands it shall be at once delivered to the owner of the improvements.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-32A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 32A / Section 59A-32A-6
§ 59A-32A-6. Rental car agent and endorsee restrictions
Status: in_force

No insurance may be issued, offered, sold, solicited or negotiated pursuant to this section unless:

A. the rental period of the rental agreement is ninety consecutive days or less;

B. at every location where rental agreements are executed, brochures or other written materials are readily available to the prospective renter that:

(1) summarize, clearly and correctly, the material terms and conditions of coverage offered to renters, including the identify of the insurer;

(2) describe the process for filing a claim in the event the renter elects to purchase coverage, including a toll-free telephone number to report a claim;

(3) provide the rental car agent's name, address, telephone number and license number, as well as the consumer hotline number for the superintendent of insurance;

(4) state that the rental car insurance offered by the rental car agent or endorsee may provide a duplication of coverage already provided by a renter's personal automobile policy or by another source of coverage;

(5) state that the purchase by the renter of the rental car insurance is not required in order to rent a rental car;

(6) state that neither the rental car agent nor its endorsees are qualified to evaluate the adequacy of the renter's existing insurance coverages;

(7) set forth the costs for the rental car insurance in the rental agreement; and

(8) contain any additional information as the superintendent of insurance may prescribe; and

C. evidence of the rental car insurance purchased is disclosed on the face of the rental agreement.
N.M. Stat. § 3-16-6 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 3-16-6
§ 3-16-6. Powers of combined organization
Status: in_force

Upon the date the new combined municipal organization begins operation as provided herein, and thereafter, the organization shall be a municipal corporation of New Mexico and thereupon and thereafter shall exercise all the powers vested in it by the charter adopted for its government and all powers and duties vested in cities by the constitution and laws of New Mexico, and also all powers vested by law in counties, except as provided in the charter adopted and in Article 10, Section 4 of the constitution of New Mexico .
N.M. Stat. § 59A-40-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 40 / Section 59A-40-8
§ 59A-40-8. Acceptance of laws; suspension, revocation, nonrenewal of license
Status: in_force

Prior to issuance of license under this article the insurer shall file with the superintendent a document in English as prescribed by the superintendent and executed by the insurer's appropriate officials expressly accepting the terms of this article and agreeing that the superintendent may at any time in his lawful discretion suspend, revoke or refuse to grant or continue the license of the insurer to do business in this state as in this article authorized, upon a determination by the superintendent that the insurer is insolvent or in dangerous financial condition, or that it has violated any law of this state or of its home jurisdiction.
N.M. Stat. § 22-18-1 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 18 / Section 22-18-1
§ 22-18-1. General obligation bonds; authority to issue
Status: in_force

A. After consideration of the priorities for the school district's capital needs as shown by the facility assessment database maintained by the public school facilities authority and subject to the provisions of Article 9, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and Sections 6-15-1 and 6-15-2 NMSA 1978 , a school district may issue general obligation bonds for the purpose of:

(1) erecting, remodeling, making additions to and furnishing school buildings, including teacher housing;

(2) purchasing or improving school grounds;

(3) purchasing computer software and hardware for student use in public schools;

(4) providing matching funds for capital outlay projects funded pursuant to the Public School Capital Outlay Act; 1 or

(5) any combination of these purposes.

B. The bonds shall be fully negotiable and constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code. 2
N.M. Stat. § 16-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 16 / Article 3 / Section 16-3-1
§ 16-3-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “State Trails System Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 30-31A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 31A / Section 30-31A-12
§ 30-31A-12. Powers of enforcement personnel
Status: in_force

Any officer or employee designated by the board or other law enforcement officer may:

A. serve search warrants, arrest warrants and administrative inspection warrants;

B. make arrests without warrant for any offense under the Imitation Controlled Substances Act committed in his presence or if he has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a violation of the Imitation Controlled Substances Act which may constitute a felony; or

C. make seizures of property pursuant to the Imitation Controlled Substances Act.
N.M. Stat. § 64-1-7 — NM Code / Chapter 64 / Article 1 / Section 64-1-7
§ 64-1-7. State corporation commission [public regulation commission] may make rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The public safety requiring and the advantages of uniform regulation making it desirable in the interest of aeronautical progress, the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] is hereby authorized to make, from time to time, regulations concerning such common carriers, and air traffic rules applicable to the operation of all aircraft within this state: provided, however, that such regulations and air traffic rules shall conform to and coincide with the provisions of the Air Commerce Act of May 20th, 1926, 1 and all amendments thereto passed by the congress of the United States and the air commerce regulations and the air traffic rules adopted by the secretary of commerce pursuant thereto, as nearly as may be and insofar as the same are applicable: which said regulations and air traffic rules, so to be made by the state corporation commission [public regulation commission], are hereby declared to be necessarily incident to the exercise of its jurisdiction over the common carriers mentioned in Section 6 of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2C-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2C / Section 26-2C-14
§ 26-2C-14. Protection of underage persons; providing cannabis products to minors; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Except as allowed pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation Act, it is a violation of that act for a person, including a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of that act, or an employee, agent or lessee of that person, if the person knows or has reason to know that the person is violating the provisions of this section, to knowingly and intentionally:

(1) sell, serve or give cannabis products to a person under twenty-one years of age or allow a person under twenty-one years of age to consume cannabis products on the licensed premises;

(2) buy cannabis products for or procure the sale or service of cannabis products to a person under twenty-one years of age;

(3) deliver cannabis products to a person under twenty-one years of age; or

(4) aid or assist a person under twenty-one years of age to buy, otherwise procure or be served cannabis products.

B. A licensee shall not employ a person younger than twenty-one years of age to engage in a commercial cannabis activity.

C. The division shall suspend or revoke the license and may fine the licensee in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both, when the division finds that a licensee or the licensee's employee or agent knowingly has sold, served or given any cannabis product to a person under twenty-one years of age.

D. The establishment of all of the following facts by a licensee prosecuted for a violation of Subsection D of this section and a cannabis server for a violation of Subsection F of Section 11 of the Cannabis Regulation Act shall constitute a defense:

(1) that the purchaser falsely represented in writing; by producing a driver's license bearing the purchaser's photograph; by producing a photographic identification card issued by the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department; or by producing a similar identification card issued pursuant to the laws of this state, another state, the federal government or the government of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that the person was twenty-one years of age or older;

(2) that the purchaser's appearance was such that an ordinary, prudent person would believe that the purchaser was twenty-one years of age or older; and

(3) that the sale was made in good faith, relying upon the purchaser's false written representation, driver's license or identification card produced as provided in Paragraph (1) of this subsection, and with the reasonable belief that the purchaser was actually twenty-one years of age or older.

E. Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to prevent:

(1) the division from enforcing its rules against a licensee;

(2) a state agency from enforcing a law or rule that does not conflict with the Cannabis Regulation Act or rules promulgated pursuant to that act; or

(3) a local jurisdiction from enforcing a local ordinance that does not conflict with the Cannabis Regulation Act or rules promulgated pursuant to that act.
N.M. Stat. § 22-4-5 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 4 / Section 22-4-5
§ 22-4-5. Alternate method of consolidation
Status: in_force

Sections 22-4-6 through 22-4-9 NMSA 1978 shall be an alternative method of consolidation to that provided in Section 22-4-3 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-61.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-61.1
§ 7-9-61.1. Deductions; gross receipts tax; certain receipts
Status: in_force

Receipts from charges made in connection with the origination, making or assumption of a loan or from charges made for handling loan payments may be deducted from gross receipts.
N.M. Stat. § 5-7-6 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 5-7-6
§ 5-7-6. Ordinance authorizing fire district bonds; two-thirds majority required
Status: in_force

A. At a regular or special meeting called for the purpose of issuing fire district bonds as authorized in Section 3 of the Fire District Bond Act, the governing body may adopt an ordinance that:

(1) declares the necessity for issuing fire district bonds;

(2) authorizes the issuance of fire district bonds by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the governing body; and

(3) designates the source of the pledged revenues.
N.M. Stat. § 4-20-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 20 / Section 4-20-4
§ 4-20-4. Precincts and school districts remain
Status: in_force

The precincts and school districts heretofore existing in Quay county and the officials thereof shall be and remain the same as they were until changed according to law.
N.M. Stat. § 57-17-20 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 17 / Section 57-17-20
§ 57-17-20. Homemade food items; exemption
Status: in_force

The provisions of Chapter 57, Article 17 NMSA 1978 shall not apply to homemade food items produced or sold pursuant to the Homemade Food Act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-14A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 14A / Section 21-14A-8
§ 21-14A-8. State support; appropriation
Status: in_force

A. The commission on higher education [higher education department] shall recommend an appropriation for each off-campus instruction program based upon its financial requirements in relation to its authorized program and its available funds from non-general fund sources.

B. The commission on higher education [higher education department] shall not recommend an appropriation greater than three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325) for each full-time-equivalent student for any off-campus instruction program that levies a tax at a rate less than two dollars ($2.00), unless a lower amount is required by operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 upon a rate approved by the electors of at least two dollars ($2.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code, 1 or any off-campus board that reduces a previously authorized tax levy, except as required by the operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 73-12-7 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 12 / Section 73-12-7
§ 73-12-7. Regular elections of district; oath of office and bond of directors
Status: in_force

The regular election of said district shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in December in each second calendar year thereafter, at which said officers shall be elected. The person receiving the highest number of votes for any office to be filled at such election is elected thereto. Within ten days after receiving their certificates of election, hereinafter provided for, said officers shall take and subscribe the official oath and file the same in the office of the county clerk of the county where the organization was effected, and thereupon immediately assume the duties of their respective offices. Each member of said board of directors shall execute an official bond in the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), which bond shall be approved by the chairman of the board of county commissioners of said county and shall be recorded in the office of the probate clerk and ex-officio county recorder thereof. All official bonds herein provided for shall be in form prescribed by law for official bonds for county officials, except that the obligee named in said bonds shall be the said district. The premiums upon such bonds and the bonds required from any other officer of the district shall be paid by the district.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-6 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-6
§ 21-8-6. Rules; calling meetings of board of regents
Status: in_force

The board of regents shall have power and it shall be their duty to enact laws for the government of said college [New Mexico state university] and experiment station and the meetings of said board may be called in such manner as the regents may prescribe.
N.M. Stat. § 21-14A-9 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 14A / Section 21-14A-9
§ 21-14A-9. State support; continuation; restriction
Status: in_force

A. All post-secondary institutions offering off-campus academic or vocational programs of no more than two years' duration, not organized under Chapter 21, Article 13 , 14 , 16 or 17 NMSA 1978 but which were receiving state support July 1, 1980, may continue to receive state support for those programs through the seventy-first fiscal year.

B. No off-campus program shall be eligible for state support unless it is established according to the provisions of the Off-Campus Instruction Act or meets the conditions of Subsection A of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 70-6-2 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 6 / Section 70-6-2
§ 70-6-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Chapter 70, Article 6 NMSA 1978:

A. “underground storage” means storage of natural gas in a subsurface stratum or formation of the earth;

B. “natural gas” means natural gas either while in its original state after withdrawal from the earth or after it has been processed by removal of component parts not essential to its use for light and fuel;

C. “native gas” means gas that has not been previously withdrawn from the earth;

D. “division” means the oil conservation division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department;

E. “commission” means the oil conservation commission;

F. “natural gas company” means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the distribution, sale or furnishing of natural gas to or for the public and subject to regulation by the New Mexico public utility commission under the Public Utility Act or any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of transporting natural gas and subject to regulation by the federal energy regulatory commission under the Natural Gas Act; and

G. “public body” means the state or any department, board, commission, bureau, institution, public agency, county or political subdivision thereof, including bodies corporate, bodies politic, municipal corporations, school districts, conservancy districts and quasi-municipal corporations of all kinds.
N.M. Stat. § 3-45-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 45 / Section 3-45-22
§ 3-45-22. Procedure for exercising powers
Status: in_force

The exercise by the city or other state public body of the powers herein granted may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such state public body adopted by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of said governing body, which resolution may be adopted at the meeting at which such resolution is introduced. Such a resolution or resolutions shall take effect immediately and need not be laid over or published or posted.
N.M. Stat. § 73-1-4 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 1 / Section 73-1-4
§ 73-1-4. Correction of errors in petition
Status: in_force

No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared null and void on account of alleged defects, but the court may, at any time, permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts, by correcting any errors in description or in any other particular.
N.M. Stat. § 22-5-4.8 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-4.8
§ 22-5-4.8. Area vocational high schools
Status: in_force

A. A local school board, alone or in cooperation with other local school boards, may develop a plan for the establishment of an area vocational high school. The plan shall be submitted to the department for its approval.

B. The department may approve a plan for an area vocational high school if the plan adequately provides for:

(1) sufficient financing for the operation of the school, which may include an election for a special levy not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) for each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, and that may be in addition to levies authorized by the College District Tax Act; 1

(2) a broad vocational and technical education program serving a sufficient number of students to achieve economic viability; and

(3) compliance with the state plan for vocational education.
N.M. Stat. § 24-16-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 16 / Section 24-16-4
§ 24-16-4. Smoking prohibited
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for a person to smoke in any indoor workplace or indoor public place or in buses, taxicabs or other means of public transit not specifically exempted pursuant to the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act.

B. No part of the state capitol or capitol north shall be designated as a smoking-permitted area.