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N.M. Stat. § 3-12-1.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 12 / Section 3-12-1.1
§ 3-12-1.1. Election of members of governing bodies; requiring residency
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 3-12-2 NMSA 1978 , members of governing bodies, excluding mayors, of municipalities having a population in excess of ten thousand shall reside in and be elected from single-member districts. If any member of the governing body permanently removes his residence from or maintains no residence in the district from which he was elected, he shall be deemed to have resigned. Once, following every federal decennial census, the governing body of the municipality shall divide the municipality into a number of districts equal to the number of members on the governing body. Such districts shall be compact and contiguous and composed of populations as nearly equal as practicable; provided that the governing body of H class counties and of any municipality having a population of ten thousand or less may provide for single-member districts as provided in this section.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9K-6 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9K / Section 63-9K-6
§ 63-9K-6. Connect New Mexico fund created
Status: in_force

A. The “connect New Mexico fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to the council for the purpose of administering the broadband grant program. Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the chair of the council. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance in the fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

B. The broadband office shall implement a grant program to develop and expand broadband infrastructure and services and support digital inclusion; provided that the broadband office shall each year seek to award grants for proposals submitted by the following entities throughout the state:

(1) local governments;

(2) state agencies;

(3) public educational institutions;

(4) tribal governments;

(5) entities created by a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act; and

(6) private entities for broadband infrastructure to provide service primarily for residential purposes.

C. When approving grants from the connect New Mexico fund, the broadband office shall give consideration to:

(1) the extent to which the project connects unserved and underserved populations of New Mexico, with priority given to projects that will connect unserved populations;

(2) the extent to which the project meets or exceeds the baseline standards established by the federal communications commission;

(3) the extent to which the project leverages existing infrastructure;

(4) the extent to which the project complements or coordinates with the statewide broadband plan;

(5) the extent to which the project leverages regional collaboration;

(6) the degree to which the project fosters digital inclusion;

(7) the extent to which the project stimulates in-state economic development, including the creation of jobs and apprenticeships;

(8) the extent to which the project leverages in-kind or financial support from local agencies or entities, federal assistance funding or federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 or federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding; and

(9) for a grant award to a private entity, the extent to which the grantee contributes matching funds or in-kind support for the project, the number of existing residences to which internet services would be made available as a percentage of the total number of existing locations to which internet services would be made available by the project and the extent to which the project fosters digital equity.
N.M. Stat. § 7-5-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 7-5-2
§ 7-5-2. Election of alternative tax
Status: in_force

Any person:

A. who is required by the Income Tax Act 1 or the Corporate Income and Franchise Tax Act 2 to file a return;

B. whose only activities in New Mexico consist of making sales;

C. who does not own or rent real estate within the state of New Mexico; and

D. whose annual gross sales in or into New Mexico amount to not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)

may elect to pay a tax of three-fourths of one percent of his annual gross receipts derived from sales in or into New Mexico in lieu of paying an income tax.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23E-12 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23E / Section 59A-23E-12
§ 59A-23E-12. Prohibiting discrimination based on health status against individual participants and beneficiaries in premium contributions
Status: in_force

A. A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall not require an individual as a condition of enrollment or continued enrollment under the plan to pay a premium or contribution that is greater than the premium or contribution for a similarly situated individual enrolled in the plan on the basis of the health status related factor in relation to the individual or a person enrolled under the plan as a dependent of the individual.

B. The provisions of Subsection A of this section shall not be construed to:

(1) restrict the amount that an employer or an individual may be charged for coverage under a group health plan or individual health coverage; or

(2) prevent a group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage from establishing premium discounts or rebates or modifying otherwise applicable copayments or deductibles in return for adherence to programs of health promotion and disease prevention.

C. A group health benefits plan or a health insurance issuer that offers group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health benefits plan shall not adjust premiums or contribution amounts for the group covered under the plan on the basis of genetic information.
N.M. Stat. § 63-3A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 3A / Section 63-3A-4
§ 63-3A-4. Rail passenger study
Status: in_force

A. The alliance for transportation research institute at the university of New Mexico shall conduct a feasibility study regarding the potential for passenger rail service linking the El Paso-Juarez metropolitan area with New Mexico towns and cities along the Rio Grande corridor and continuing on to Denver, Colorado. The study shall:

(1) identify the alignment, condition and ownership of tracks;

(2) define an integrated network for intercity rail travel; and

(3) provide alternatives for intermodal connections between the affected airports and passenger rail services.

B. The study shall investigate the potential for New Mexico passenger rail service links to the national intermodal transportation initiative, “Reconnecting America”.

C. The study shall be conducted in collaboration with the state highway and transportation department.

D. The alliance for transportation research institute shall report to the governor and the legislature on study recommendations for potential intermodal links to regional and national transportation strategies and interstate rail travel.
N.M. Stat. § 29-15-10 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-10
§ 29-15-10. Interagency cooperation
Status: in_force

A. State agencies and public and private schools shall cooperate with a law enforcement agency that is investigating a missing person report and shall furnish any information that will assist the law enforcement agency in completing the investigation.

B. Information provided by a state agency or a public or private school shall not be released to any person outside the law enforcement agency or the clearinghouse, except as provided by rule of the department of public safety.
N.M. Stat. § 73-15-6 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 15 / Section 73-15-6
§ 73-15-6. Notice of hearing on appraisals
Status: in_force

A. Upon the filing of the report of the appraisers, the court shall by order fix places and times not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the report of the appraisers is filed, for hearing thereon, and thereupon the clerk shall cause notice by publication (Schedule Form VII) to be made in each county in the district, of the filing of the said report, and of the times and places of the hearing thereon.

B. It shall not be necessary for said clerk to name the parties interested, nor to describe separate lots or tracts of land in giving said notice, but it shall be sufficient to give such description as will enable the owner to determine whether or not his land is covered by such description.

C. Where lands in different counties are mentioned in said report, it shall not be necessary to publish in each county a description of all the lands in the district, but only of that part of the said lands situate in the county in which publication is made.

D. The conservancy court shall fix a date when hearing on exceptions shall be heard in each county within the conservancy district, and all exceptions to the appraisal report shall be tried and heard in the county in which such property affected is located, by the special master, or otherwise; provided trial and hearing in such county is claimed in the exception.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-30.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-30.3
§ 7-2-30.3. Optional designation of tax refund contribution; national guard member and family assistance
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection C of this section, an individual whose state income tax liability after application of allowable credits and tax rebates in a year is lower than the amount of money held by the department to the credit of the individual for that tax year may designate a portion of the income tax refund due to the individual to be contributed for assistance to members of the New Mexico national guard and to their families. In the case of a joint return, both individuals must make such a designation.

B. The department shall revise the state income tax form to allow the designation of such contributions in the following form:

“National Guard Member and Family Assistance--Check [ ] if you wish to contribute a part or all of your tax refund for assistance to members of the New Mexico national guard and to their families. Enter here $__________ the amount of your contribution.”.

C. The provisions of this section do not apply to income tax refunds subject to interception under the provisions of the Tax Refund Intercept Program Act, and any designation made under the provisions of this section to such refunds is void.
N.M. Stat. § 62-8-1 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 8 / Section 62-8-1
§ 62-8-1. Rates
Status: in_force

Every rate made, demanded or received by any public utility shall be just and reasonable.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-25 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-25
§ 7-9-25. Exemption; gross receipts tax; dividends and interest
Status: in_force

Exempted from the gross receipts tax are the receipts received as interest on money loaned or deposited, receipts received as dividends or interest from stocks, bonds or securities or receipts from the sale of stocks, bonds or securities.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-27 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-27
§ 27-2-27. Single state agency; powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The department is designated as the single state agency for the enforcement of child and spousal support obligations pursuant to Title IV D of the federal act with the following duties and powers to:

(1) establish the paternity of a child in the case of the child born out of wedlock with respect to whom an assignment of support rights has been executed in favor of the department;

(2) establish an order of support for children receiving aid to families with dependent children and, at the option of the department, for the spouse or former spouse with whom such children are living, but only if a support obligation has been established with respect to such spouse or former spouse, for whom no order of support currently exists and seek modification, based upon the noncustodial parent's ability to pay, of existing orders in which the support order is inadequate to properly care for the child and the spouse or former spouse with whom the child is living;

(3) enforce as the real party in interest any existing order for the support of children who are receiving aid to families with dependent children or of the spouse or former spouse with whom such children are living;

(4) provide services to non-aid families with dependent children in the establishment and enforcement of paternity and child support obligations, including locating the absent parent. For these services, the department is authorized to establish and collect fees, costs and charges permitted or required by federal law or by regulations adopted pursuant to that federal law; and

(5) adopt regulations for the disposition of unclaimed child, spousal or medical support payments.

B. In all cases handled by the department pursuant to the provisions of this section, the child support enforcement division or an attorney employed by the division represent the department, to the exclusion of any other party, in establishing, modifying and enforcing support obligations.

C. An attorney employed to provide the Title IV D services represents only the department's interests and no attorney-client relationship shall exist between the attorney and another party.

D. The department shall, at the time an application for child support services is made, inform the applicant that neither the Title IV D agency nor the attorney who provides services under this section is the applicant's attorney and that the attorney who provides services under this section shall not provide legal representation to the applicant.

E. The department may initiate an action or may intervene in an action involving child support.

F. The attorney employed by the department pursuant to this section shall not act as a guardian ad litem for the applicant.

G. A court shall not disqualify the department in a legal action filed pursuant to the Support Enforcement Act of the federal Social Security Act because the department has previously provided services to a party whose interests are now adverse to the relief requested.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-8-4 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 8 / Section 59A-8-4
§ 59A-8-4. Liabilities, in general
Status: in_force

In any determination of the financial condition of an insurer, capital stock and liabilities to be charged against its assets shall include:

A. the amount of its capital stock outstanding, if any;

B. the amount, estimated to be consistent with the provisions of the Insurance Code, necessary to pay all of its unpaid losses and claims incurred on or prior to date of the statement whether reported or unreported, together with the expense of adjustment or settlement thereof;

C. as to life insurance policies and annuity contracts, and disability and accidental death benefits in or supplemental thereto:

(1) the amount of reserves on life insurance policies and annuity contracts in force, valued according to the tables of mortality, rates of interest and methods adopted pursuant to the Insurance Code which are applicable thereto;

(2) reserves for disability benefits, for both active and disabled lives;

(3) reserves for accidental death benefits; and

(4) any additional reserves which may be required by the superintendent consistent with applicable customary and general practice in insurance accounting;

D. as to health insurance policies, the reserves required under Section 59A-8-7 NMSA 1978;

E. as to insurance other than referred to in Subsections C and D of this section, and other than title insurance, the amount of unearned premium reserves computed in accordance with Sections 59A-8-9 and 59A-8-10 NMSA 1978;

F. taxes, expenses and other obligations due or accrued at date of the statement; and

G. liability to agents for commissions contingent on collection of premium shall not be construed as a liability.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-2-11 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 2 / Section 59A-2-11
§ 59A-2-11. Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. The superintendent may invoke the aid of any court of competent jurisdiction through injunction, mandamus or other appropriate process to enjoin any existing or threatened violation of any provision of the Insurance Code or to enforce any order made or action taken by him in pursuance of law.

B. If the superintendent has reason to believe that any person has violated any provision of the Insurance Code or other law applicable to insurance operations, for which criminal prosecution in his opinion would be in order, he shall give the information relative thereto to the attorney general or other appropriate public law enforcement officials. The attorney general or such other law enforcement official shall promptly institute or cause to be instituted such action or proceedings against such person as in his opinion the information may require or justify.

C. The superintendent may enforce civil penalties provided under the Insurance Code, and for the purpose use services of attorneys of the insurance department.
N.M. Stat. § 26-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 26 / Article 3 / Section 26-3-1
§ 26-3-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 26-3-1 through 26-3-3 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Drug Product Selection Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-30 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-30
§ 1-12-30. Conduct of election; disposition of signature roster, checklist of registered voters and machine-printed return reporting unofficial returns
Status: in_force

A. After all certificates have been executed, the presiding judge and the two election judges shall place the checklist of registered voters voting and one copy of the machine-printed returns in the stamped, addressed envelope provided for that purpose and immediately mail it to the secretary of state.

B. The signature roster, the machine-printed returns and the removable media storage device shall be returned to the county clerk. The signature roster, the machine-printed returns and the removable media storage device shall not be placed in the ballot box.

C. Signature rosters and machine-printed returns in the custody of the county clerk may be destroyed only pursuant to Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978 .

D. The county clerk shall report the unofficial total returns for the county to the secretary of state within ten hours after the polls close.
N.M. Stat. § 69-3-32 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 3 / Section 69-3-32
§ 69-3-32. “Stockholders” defined
Status: in_force

The words “any person owning stock” as used in the preceding sections shall be taken and considered to mean stockholders, whose names appear on the stock book of the company as owners of stock, and none others.
N.M. Stat. § 49-9-2 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 9 / Section 49-9-2
§ 49-9-2. Persons entitled to deed; refusal to grant; appeal to district court
Status: in_force

Any person, company or corporation who shall, by themselves or by or through their grantors, have been in the actual continuous and undisputed possession of any portion of any of said lands within the limits of said grant for a period of ten years next immediately preceding the date of the entering of the said decree of said land court confirming said grant to said trustees, or who shall be the owner of any portion of the said lands under any deed or conveyance from the original town of Socorro, or from or by or through any conveyance from any of the original settlers or lotholders within the limits of said grant, or from any deed or conveyance from any other lawful authority, shall be entitled to a deed as against said trustees to that portion of said land of which he, it or they shall have been so in possession, or to which he, it or they shall have title thereto as aforesaid: provided, however, that the action of said city council or trustees in refusing said deed to any person, company or corporation shall not be final, but all question as to the right of said person, company or corporation to said deed or deeds shall be left to the determination of the district court in the county where said grant is situated, in a proper proceeding instituted therefor by said individual, company or corporation within thirty days after the refusal of said city council or trustees to execute said deed, and the court in determining the right of said person, company or corporation to said deed or deeds for said lands as against said city and trustees shall be governed by the same rules of law and equity as now govern the courts of this state in determining the rights and titles to lands as between individuals, subject to the provisions of this article.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-54-9 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 54 / Section 59A-54-9
§ 59A-54-9. Policy forms
Status: in_force

All policy forms issued by the pool shall conform in substance to prototype forms developed by the pool and shall be filed with and approved by the superintendent before they are issued.
N.M. Stat. § 21-23A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 23A / Section 21-23A-5
§ 21-23A-5. Reports
Status: in_force

A. Each public post-secondary educational institution shall submit an annual American Indian post-secondary education status report to the division. The department may enter into agreements with tribal colleges to provide the same annual status reports. The status reports shall be submitted in a form prescribed by the division and shall include the following information through which American Indian post-secondary educational performance is measured and aligned with the higher education strategic priorities:

(1) student recruitment;

(2) student retention;

(3) student attrition;

(4) remediation needs, by course type;

(5) graduation rate and types and fields of degrees;

(6) student financial aid data, including student demographic data; and

(7) annual goals and objectives of American Indian education programs, including graduate-level participation by American Indians.

B. The division shall compile the data collected pursuant to Subsection A of this section and publish an annual state American Indian post-secondary education status report.