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N.M. Stat. § 10-12B-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 12B / Section 10-12B-10
§ 10-12B-10. Member contributions; tax treatment
Status: in_force

A. On and after July 1, 2014, members, while in office, shall contribute ten and one-half percent of salary to the member contribution fund.

B. Upon implementation, the state, acting as employer of members covered pursuant to the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act, shall, solely for the purpose of compliance with Section 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , pick up, for the purposes specified in that section, member contributions required by this section for all annual salary earned by the member. Member contributions picked up pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be treated as employer contributions for purposes of determining income tax obligations under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; however, such picked-up member contributions shall be included in the determination of the member's gross annual salary for all other purposes under federal and state laws. Member contributions picked up pursuant to the provisions of this section shall continue to be designated member contributions for all purposes of the Judicial Retirement Act and shall be considered as part of the member's annual salary for purposes of determining the amount of the member's contribution. The provisions of this section are mandatory, and the member shall have no option concerning the pickup or concerning the receipt of the contributed amounts directly instead of having the amounts paid by the employer to the retirement system. Implementation occurs upon authorization by the board. In no event may implementation occur other than at the beginning of a pay period applicable to the member.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-5.8 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-5.8
§ 1-1-5.8. Municipality
Status: in_force

As used in the Election Code, “ municipality ” means an incorporated city, town or village, whether incorporated under general act, special act, special charter or territorial charter, but does not mean a combined city and county corporation, an incorporated county or a single urban government.
N.M. Stat. § 51-1-17 — NM Code / Chapter 51 / Article 1 / Section 51-1-17
§ 51-1-17. Budgets; governmental entities
Status: in_force

A. The department of finance and administration shall not approve the budget of any governmental entity which has failed to budget sufficient revenues to pay unemployment compensation benefits as required by the Unemployment Compensation Law.

B. The risk management division of the general services department annually on or before April 15 shall prescribe schedules of minimum rates per employee to be budgeted by governmental entities for the succeeding fiscal year. Rate schedules prescribed by the risk management division shall take into account the prior experience of the governmental entity, the amount of reserves the governmental entity has on deposit with the department of finance and administration or in a separate account earmarked for the payment of unemployment compensation claims and, if the governmental entity participates in the state government unemployment compensation reserve fund or the local public body unemployment compensation reserve fund, the balance in the fund.
N.M. Stat. § 1-4-4 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1-4-4
§ 1-4-4. Fees and charges prohibited
Status: in_force

No qualified elector shall be charged any fee or required to pay any sum whatsoever by any registration officer for performance of a duty required of him by the Election Code in connection with registration.
N.M. Stat. § 56-13-12 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 13 / Section 56-13-12
§ 56-13-12. Receipt of notice
Status: in_force

For purposes of Section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, 1 Public Law 99-198 , “receipt of written notice” means the date the notice is actually received by a buyer in the ordinary course of business or the first date upon which delivery is attempted by a carrier. A buyer in the ordinary course of business shall act in good faith. In all cases a buyer in the ordinary course of business shall be presumed to have received the notice ten days after it was mailed.
N.M. Stat. § 1-2-24 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1-2-24
§ 1-2-24. Challengers; identification badges
Status: in_force

At all times while they are present in the polling place, challengers shall wear uniform identification badges designating them as authorized challengers of the political party which they represent. They shall not wear any other form of identification, party or candidate pins. The secretary of state shall prescribe the form and materials of such badges and such badges shall be furnished to the challengers by the presiding judge upon presentation of their written appointments.
N.M. Stat. § 3-65-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 65 / Section 3-65-2
§ 3-65-2. Findings and purpose
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that:

(1) the costs of land for and of designing, purchasing, constructing, remodeling, rehabilitating, renovating, improving, equipping, furnishing, operating and maintaining minor league baseball stadiums have increased to a level that local financial resources are inadequate to meet all of the costs;

(2) functional and modern minor league baseball stadiums are essential in retaining and attracting minor league baseball teams to the state; and

(3) even after utilizing local financial resources, municipalities need additional means to provide complete funding for functional and modern minor league baseball stadiums.

B. The purpose of the Minor League Baseball Stadium Funding Act is to provide an additional method of accessing the capital markets with the assistance of the New Mexico finance authority to meet the need for a complete funding package for functional and modern minor league baseball stadiums.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-21 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-21
§ 2-7F-21. Representative district fifteen
Status: in_force

Representative district fifteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 4, 5, 7 through 9, 11 through 18, 108, 126, 180, 182, 191 through 194, 218, 219, 257, 259, 277, 369, 375, 438, 455, 581, 651, 661 and 668.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-41.4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-41.4
§ 7-9-41.4. Exemption; officiating at New Mexico activities association-sanctioned school events
Status: in_force

Exempted from the gross receipts tax are the receipts from refereeing, umpiring, scoring or other officiating at school events sanctioned by the New Mexico activities association.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7A-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7A / Section 24-7A-18
§ 24-7A-18. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of that act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of that act are severable.
N.M. Stat. § 61-34-1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 34 / Section 61-34-1
§ 61-34-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 61, Article 34 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Signed Language Interpreting Practices Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 30-22-1.1 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 22 / Section 30-22-1.1
§ 30-22-1.1. Aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer
Status: in_force

A. Aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer consists of a person willfully and carelessly driving a vehicle in a manner that endangers the life of another person after being given a visual or audible signal to stop, whether by hand, voice, emergency light, flashing light, siren or other signal, by a uniformed law enforcement officer in an authorized emergency vehicle pursuant to Section 66-7-6 NMSA 1978 in pursuit in accordance with the provisions of the Law Enforcement Safe Pursuit Act.

B. Whoever commits aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer that does not result in injury or great bodily harm to another person is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

C. Whoever commits aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer that results in injury to another person is guilty of a third degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 3-2-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 3-2-8
§ 3-2-8. Incorporation; election of first officers; duties of board of county commissioners and county clerk; selection of terms of first officers
Status: in_force

A. If a majority of the votes cast favors the incorporation of the territory as a municipality, the board of county commissioners shall call an election for the purpose of electing municipal officers at the first regular local or general election following approval. The election shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act. The county clerk shall notify the secretary of finance and administration and the secretary of taxation and revenue of the date of the first election of municipal officers within ten days after the county commissioners have called the election.

B. At the first election for municipal officers following a vote in favor of incorporating territory as a municipality, the terms of office for the mayor and the municipal judge shall be until the next regular local election. The terms of office for one-half of the members of the governing body shall be until the next regular local election and for the remaining one-half of the members of the governing body until the second regular local election is held. The elected municipal officers shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. The length of the terms of the first members shall be determined by lot.
N.M. Stat. § 12-10B-7 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10B / Section 12-10B-7
§ 12-10B-7. Portability of bona fides
Status: in_force

If a person holds a license, certificate, permit or similar documentation that evidences the person's qualifications in a professional, mechanical or other skill and the aid of the person is requested by a member jurisdiction, the person is:

A. considered to be licensed, certified, permitted or otherwise documented in the member jurisdiction that requests aid for the duration of the emergency or disaster or of the drills or exercises; and

B. subject to legal limitations or conditions prescribed by the governing body or chief executive officer of the member jurisdiction that requests aid.
N.M. Stat. § 47-7-8 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7 / Section 47-7-8
§ 47-7-8. Certain work prohibited
Status: in_force

No unit owner shall undertake any work which would jeopardize the soundness or safety of the property, reduce the value or impair an easement or hereditament without the unanimous consent of all the other unit owners. Structural alterations shall not be made by a unit owner to the building or in the water, gas or steam pipes, electric conduits, plumbing or other fixtures connected therewith; nor shall a unit owner remove any additions, improvements or fixtures from the building without the written consent of the board of directors.
N.M. Stat. § 1-16-7 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 16 / Section 1-16-7
§ 1-16-7. Ballot questions; form
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of state shall by rule prescribe uniform guidelines for a state or local ballot question to appear on the ballot.

B. For a proposed constitutional amendment, the form of the ballot question shall include the full title of the joint resolution proposing the constitutional amendment and the constitutional amendment number assigned to the joint resolution by the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 66-8-141 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 8 / Section 66-8-141
§ 66-8-141. Dishonored checks; civil penalty
Status: in_force

A. Any person who pays any fee pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Code by check to the department and which check is dishonored upon presentation is liable to the department for the fees together with a penalty of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) for each such check.

B. Any identification card, license, permit, registration, plate, title or other document issued by the department pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Code that requires payment and the payment is not made because the check offered in payment is dishonored upon presentation shall be canceled, suspended or revoked for failure to make payment. Any reinstatement fee due pursuant to Section 66-5-33.1 NMSA 1978 shall be in addition to the penalty provided for in Subsection A of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 50-9-8 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 9 / Section 50-9-8
§ 50-9-8. Duties and powers of the department
Status: in_force

The department shall:

A. prevent or abate detriment to the health and safety of employees arising out of and in the course of employment;

B. develop an effective and comprehensive program for the prevention or abatement of detriment to the health and safety of employees within the state;

C. advise and recommend an effective and comprehensive program of occupational health and safety applicable to all employees of public agencies of the state and its political subdivisions;

D. cause to be instituted legal proceedings to compel compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act or any regulation of the board;

E. accept, receive and administer grants or other funds or gifts from public or private agencies, including the federal government;

F. take reasonable steps to inform employees of their protections and obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, including the provisions of applicable regulations; and

G. make reports to the secretary of the United States department of labor in the form and containing the information as the secretary may from time to time require.
N.M. Stat. § 21-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 21-3-1
§ 21-3-1. Names of Las Vegas and Silver City schools
Status: in_force

The state educational institution at Las Vegas, shall be known by the name and title of the New Mexico normal university [New Mexico highlands university]; and the state educational institution at Silver City, shall be known by the name and title of the New Mexico normal school [western New Mexico university].
N.M. Stat. § 4-53-6 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 53 / Section 4-53-6
§ 4-53-6. Merger, consolidation or dissolution of special district
Status: in_force

A. Any municipality, county or special district may by resolution adopted by its governing body, petition the commission requesting the merger, dissolution or consolidation of any special district within the county. Merger or consolidation petitions shall include information as will permit the commission to evaluate the degree to which the proposed action will permit more effective and efficient performance of the service provided by the special district.

B. The resident property owners of any special district may petition the commission requesting the merger, dissolution or consolidation of any special district in which they reside. The petition shall be signed by at least twenty percent of the property owners actually residing within the territory of the special district.

C. Upon receipt of a petition for the merger, dissolution or consolidation of a special district, the commission shall direct the county clerk to notify the governing authorities of each political subdivision specified in Subsection B of Section 5, and the governing body of the special district which is the subject of the petition. At the same time the commission shall cause to be published an announcement of such petition and the hearing to be held thereon in the manner provided in Subsection C of Section 5.
N.M. Stat. § 29-7B-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 7B / Section 29-7B-2
§ 29-7B-2. Findings and purpose
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that:

(1) the level and increasingly violent nature of juvenile crime in New Mexico has reached alarming proportions; and

(2) alcohol and drug abuse among minors remains a serious social problem.

B. The purpose of the Law Enforcement Youth Cadet Corps Act is to:

(1) provide leadership training to students;

(2) improve awareness and appreciation among students regarding the functions and roles of law enforcement agencies in New Mexico; and

(3) prepare students to assist as volunteers in law enforcement programs in their own communities, including such programs as neighborhood watch, D.A.R.E. and pounders.
N.M. Stat. § 21-22A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 22A / Section 21-22A-3
§ 21-22A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Osteopathic Medical Student Loan for Service Act:

A. “ department ” means the higher education department;

B. “ health professional shortage area ” means an area in the state of New Mexico designated as having a shortage of primary care medical care, dental or mental health providers by the health resources and services administration of the United States department of health and human services;

C. “ loan ” means a grant of funds to defray the costs incidental to an osteopathic medical education, under a contract between the department and an osteopathic medical student, requiring either repayment with interest or repayment in services;

D. “ osteopathic medical education ” means the education required to be an osteopathic physician or osteopathic physician's assistant; and

E. “ student ” means a person enrolled in a school of osteopathic medicine or an osteopathic physician's assistant program in New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 48-6-16 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 6 / Section 48-6-16
§ 48-6-16. Construction of act
Status: in_force

This act shall not be construed to repeal, amend or modify Section 19 of Chapter 65 of the Session Laws of 1917.
N.M. Stat. § 7-10-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 10 / Section 7-10-5
§ 7-10-5. Penalty for noncompliance
Status: in_force

If any person required to register under the provisions of Section 7-10-4 NMSA 1978 is not registered to pay the gross receipts tax, the state shall withhold payment of the amount due until the person has presented evidence of registration with the department to pay the gross receipts tax.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-49 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-49
§ 7-38-49. Unpaid property taxes; imposition of interest
Status: in_force

If property taxes are not paid for any reason within thirty days after the date they are due, interest on the unpaid taxes shall accrue from the thirtieth day after they are due until the date they are paid. Interest shall accrue at the rate of one percent a month or any fraction of a month. Interest shall accrue whether or not protests have been resolved. However, in the case of a timely protest, interest payable shall be computed on a principal amount equal to the unpaid taxes finally determined to be due upon resolution of the protest. Interest shall not be imposed on interest or on any penalty.
N.M. Stat. § 3-20-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 20 / Section 3-20-12
§ 3-20-12. Vacation or partial vacation of plat; approval of government having jurisdiction; duties of county clerk
Status: in_force

A. Any plat filed in the office of the county clerk may be vacated or a portion of the plat may be vacated provided:

(1) the owners of the land in the territory proposed to be vacated sign a statement, duly acknowledged, declaring the plat or a portion of the plat to be vacated; and

(2) the statement is endorsed “Approved” by the planning authority of the municipality within whose platting jurisdiction the subdivision lies.

B. In approving the vacation or partial vacation of a plat, the planning authority of the municipality shall consider if the vacation or partial vacation of a plat will adversely affect the interests or rights of persons in contiguous territory or within the subdivision being vacated. In approving the vacation or partial vacation of a plat, the planning authority of the municipality may require that streets dedicated to the municipality in the original plat shall continue to be dedicated to the municipality. The owners of lots on the vacated plat or on the portion of the plat being vacated may enclose in equal proportions the adjoining streets and alleys which are authorized to be abandoned by the planning authority of the municipality.

C. The statement declaring the vacation or partial vacation of a plat and having the proper endorsements shall be filed in the office of the county clerk wherein the original plat is filed. The county clerk shall mark the applicable words “Vacated” or “Partially Vacated” across the plat and shall refer on the plat to the volume and page on which the statement of vacation or partial vacation is recorded.
N.M. Stat. § 73-6-36 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 6 / Section 73-6-36
§ 73-6-36. Commissioners; report; hearing; adjournment
Status: in_force

Upon the day fixed for hearing upon said report, said court may adjourn said hearing for good cause or may proceed to hear, try and determine all issues arising upon said report.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-39 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 8F / Section 2-8F-39
§ 2-8F-39. Senate district thirty-three
Status: in_force

Senate district thirty-three is composed of Chaves county precincts 36 and 105; Lincoln county; and Otero county precincts 10 through 14, 22 through 33, 37 through 40, 51 through 54, 56, 64 and 65.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-3B-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 32A / Article 3B / Section 32A-3B-14
§ 32A-3B-14. Findings; dismissal; dispositional matters
Status: in_force

A. The court shall determine if the allegations of the petition are admitted or denied by the parent or child. If the allegations are denied, the court shall proceed to hear evidence on the petition. The court, after hearing all of the evidence regarding an alleged family in need of court-ordered services, shall make and record its findings.

B. If the court finds, on the basis of a valid admission of the allegations set forth in the petition or on the basis of clear and convincing evidence that is competent, material and relevant in nature, that the child is a child of a family in need of court-ordered services, the court may proceed immediately or at a postponed hearing to make disposition of the case. If the court does not find that the child is a child of a family in need of court-ordered services, the court shall dismiss the petition.

C. In that part of the hearings regarding dispositional issues, all relevant and material evidence helpful in determining the questions presented, including oral and written reports, may be received by the court and may be relied upon to the extent of its probative value, even though not competent had it been offered during the part of the hearings regarding adjudicatory issues.

D. On the court's motion or motion of a party, the court may continue the hearing on the petition for a reasonable time to receive reports and other evidence regarding disposition. The court shall continue the hearing pending the receipt of the plan for family services if that document has not been prepared and received. During any continuance granted pursuant to this subsection, the court shall make an appropriate order for legal custody of the child.
N.M. Stat. § 12-11-2 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 11 / Section 12-11-2
§ 12-11-2. Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

The legislature declares that the possibility of an enemy attack of unprecedented destructiveness made possible by recent technological developments, and which may result in the death or inability to act on the part of a large number of the officers of the executive and judicial branches of state and local government, make it necessary to assure the continuity and effective operation of the executive and judicial offices of state and local government by providing for advance naming of officers to fill temporarily vacancies in certain offices, and that it is the legislative intent to provide that continuity in the Disaster Succession Act.
N.M. Stat. § 11-8-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 11 / Article 8 / Section 11-8-1
§ 11-8-1. Compact for education entered into
Status: in_force

The “Compact for Education” is hereby entered into and enacted into law with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as set out in Sections 11-8-1 through 11-8-11 NMSA 1978 .