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N.M. Stat. § 46-8-2 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 8 / Section 46-8-2
§ 46-8-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

In the Uniform Act for Simplification of Fiduciary Security Transfers, unless the context otherwise requires:

A. “assignment” includes any written stock power, bond power, bill of sale, deed, declaration of trust or other instrument of transfer;

B. “claim of beneficial interest” includes a claim of any interest by a decedent's legatee, distributee, heir or creditor, a beneficiary under a trust, a ward, a beneficial owner of a security registered in the name of a nominee or a minor owner of a security registered in the name of a custodian, or a claim of any similar interest, whether the claim is asserted by the claimant or by a fiduciary or by any other authorized person on his behalf, and includes a claim that the transfer would be in breach of fiduciary duties;

C. “corporation” means a private or public corporation, association or trust issuing a security;

D. “fiduciary” means an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, committee, conservator, curator, tutor, custodian or nominee;

E. “person” includes an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest or any other legal or commercial entity;

F. “security” includes any share of stock, bond, debenture, note or other security issued by a corporation that is registered as to ownership on the books of the corporation;

G. “transfer” means a change on the books of a corporation in the registered ownership of a security; and

H. “transfer agent” means a person employed or authorized by a corporation to transfer securities issued by the corporation.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-6.4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-6.4
§ 7-1-6.4. Distribution; municipality from gross receipts tax
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to each municipality in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978 , equal to the product of the quotient of one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent divided by the tax rate imposed by Section 7-9-4 NMSA 1978 multiplied by the net receipts, except net receipts attributable to a nonprofit hospital licensed by the department of health, for the month attributable to the gross receipts tax from business locations:

(1) within that municipality;

(2) on land owned by the state, commonly known as the “state fairgrounds”, within the exterior boundaries of that municipality;

(3) outside the boundaries of any municipality on land owned by that municipality; and

(4) on an Indian reservation or pueblo grant in an area that is contiguous to that municipality and in which the municipality performs services pursuant to a contract between the municipality and the Indian tribe or Indian pueblo if:

(a) the contract describes an area in which the municipality is required to perform services and requires the municipality to perform services that are substantially the same as the services the municipality performs for itself; and

(b) the governing body of the municipality has submitted a copy of the contract to the secretary.

B. If the reduction made by Laws 1991, Chapter 9, Section 9 to the distribution under this section impairs the ability of a municipality to meet its principal or interest payment obligations for revenue bonds outstanding prior to July 1, 1991 that are secured by the pledge of all or part of the municipality's revenue from the distribution made under this section, then the amount distributed pursuant to this section to that municipality shall be increased by an amount sufficient to meet any required payment, provided that the distribution amount does not exceed the amount that would have been due that municipality under this section as it was in effect on June 30, 1992.

C. A distribution pursuant to this section may be adjusted for a distribution made to a tax increment development district with respect to a portion of a gross receipts tax increment dedicated by a municipality pursuant to the Tax Increment for Development Act.

D. As used in this section, “ nonprofit hospital ” means a hospital that has been granted exemption from federal income tax by the United States commissioner of internal revenue as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code .
N.M. Stat. § 19-8-14 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-8-14
§ 19-8-14. Issuance of mineral leases authorized; minerals not included
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public lands, hereinafter referred to as the “commissioner,” is hereby authorized to execute and issue in the name of the state of New Mexico, as lessor, leases for the sole and exclusive purpose of prospecting, exploration and mining of all minerals other than common salt, oil and gas, coal, shale, clay, gravel, building stone and building materials, potassium, sodium, phosphorus and other minerals of similar occurrence, and their salts and compounds upon or from any public lands over which the commissioner has jurisdiction, direction, control, care and disposition under the constitution and laws of the state of New Mexico, such leases to be issued upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner may deem to be to the best interests of the state of New Mexico and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 76-19A-16 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 19A / Section 76-19A-16
§ 76-19A-16. Cooperation with other entities
Status: in_force

The department may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of New Mexico, other states and the federal government and private associations to carry out the purpose and provisions of the New Mexico Commercial Feed Act.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 13-4-21
§ 13-4-21. Public contracts with nonresident persons or partnerships or unadmitted foreign corporations; agent for service of process
Status: in_force

That all contracts entered into by the state of New Mexico, any political subdivision of the state of New Mexico or any institution or department of the state of New Mexico, with any person or partnership not a resident of the state of New Mexico, or with any foreign corporation not authorized to do business in the state of New Mexico, for the furnishing of any materials or supplies or for the performance of any public work within the state of New Mexico by such nonresident person, partnership or foreign corporation not authorized to do business in the state of New Mexico, shall contain a specific provision designating an agent of such person, partnership or corporation, resident within the state of New Mexico, with his residence and post-office address, upon whom process and writs in any action or proceeding against any such nonresident person, partnership or corporation may be served in any action arising out of such contract to the same effect as though such person, partnership or corporation were actually and personally served within the state of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 5-7-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 5-7-3
§ 5-7-3. Fire district bonds; authority to issue; pledge of revenues; limitation on time of issuance
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other law authorizing a county or municipality to issue revenue bonds, a county or municipality may issue fire district bonds pursuant to the Fire District Bond Act for the purposes specified in this section.

B. Fire district bonds may be issued for acquiring, extending, enlarging, bettering, repairing, improving, constructing, purchasing, furnishing, equipping and rehabilitating any fire district project, including, where applicable, purchasing, otherwise acquiring or improving the ground therefor, or for any combination of the foregoing purposes. The county or municipality may pledge irrevocably any or all of the project revenues provided for the operation of the fire district project for which the particular bonds are issued to the payment of the interest on and principal of such bonds. The net revenues of any fire district project shall not be pledged to the bonds issued for any fire district project which clearly is unrelated in its purpose; but nothing in this section shall prevent the pledge to any of such bonds of any such revenues received from any existing, future or disconnected facilities and equipment which are related to and which may constitute a part of the particular fire district project. Any general determination by the governing body of the county or municipality that any facilities or equipment are reasonably related to and shall constitute a part of a specified fire district project shall be conclusive if set forth in the proceedings authorizing such fire district bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-34 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-34
§ 7-38-34. Board of county commissioners to order imposition of the tax
Status: in_force

Within five days of receipt of the property tax rate-setting order from the department of finance and administration, each board of county commissioners shall issue its written order imposing the tax at the rates set on the net taxable value of property allocated to the appropriate governmental units. A copy of this order shall be delivered immediately to the county assessor.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-10
§ 27-2-10. Food stamp program
Status: in_force

The income support division of the human services [health care authority] department:

A. is authorized to establish a food stamp program to carry out the federal Food Stamp Act 1 , as may be amended from time to time, and regulations issued pursuant to that act, subject to the continuation of the federal food stamp program and the availability of federal funds; and

B. shall by January 30 of each calendar year notify the taxation and revenue department of the location of food stamp offices in New Mexico for inclusion in a notice sent with an income tax refund or other notice to a taxpayer whose income is within one hundred thirty percent of federal poverty guidelines.
N.M. Stat. § 58-23-17 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 23 / Section 58-23-17
§ 58-23-17. Use of bond proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall not be used other than to pay, renew or refund bonds or to pay all or part of the cost of financing, refinancing or reimbursing health-related equipment or to make loans to participating health facilities, banks, savings and loan associations or other entities in order to directly or indirectly finance, refinance or reimburse the cost of the health-related equipment for which such bonds have been authorized. At the option of the council, the proceeds of each issue may be deposited to a reserve fund for the bonds; provided that the council shall be paid, out of money from the proceeds of the sale and delivery of its bonds, the council's out-of-pocket expenses and costs in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of such bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-74 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-74
§ 72-16-74. Use of unexpended proceeds
Status: in_force

Any unexpended balance of such security proceeds remaining after the completion of the acquisition or improvement and equipment of the project or the completion of the purpose or purposes for which such securities were issued shall be paid immediately into the fund created for the payment of the principal of said securities and shall be used therefor, subject to the provisions as to the times and methods for their payment as stated in the securities and the proceedings authorizing or otherwise appertaining to their issuance, or so paid into a reserve therefor.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15A-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15A / Section 9-15A-9
§ 9-15A-9. Commission; powers and duties
Status: in_force

The commission shall:

A. develop and recommend policies and provide policy and program guidance for the department;

B. review, modify and approve annual updates to the state's five-year tourism plan generated by the department; and

C. establish such rules and regulations for its own operations as are necessary to achieve the purposes of the Tourism Department Act. Rules and regulations of the commission shall be adopted in the same procedural manner as rules and regulations of the department are adopted and shall be filed in accordance with the State Rules Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-1.1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-1.1
§ 21-1-1.1. Home school students; admission requirements; public post-secondary educational institutions
Status: in_force

In determining the standard of requirements for admission to any public post-secondary educational institution, the board of regents, governing board or community college board shall not require a student who has completed the requirements of a home-based or nonpublic school educational program and who has submitted test scores that otherwise qualify the student for admission to that institution to obtain or submit proof of having obtained a high school equivalency credential. In determining requirements for admission, the board of regents, governing board or community college board shall evaluate and treat applicants from home-based or nonpublic educational programs fairly and in a nondiscriminatory manner.
N.M. Stat. § 25-7B-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 7B / Section 25-7B-9
§ 25-7B-9. Judicial review of department actions
Status: in_force

Any person to whom the department denies a permit or whose permit is suspended or revoked by the department may appeal to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 77-15-3 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 15 / Section 77-15-3
§ 77-15-3. Apportionment of appropriation; sale of furs and specimens; bounty
Status: in_force

The funds hereby appropriated shall be apportioned for predatory animal destruction and rodent pest repression in such amounts as may be stated in such agreement or in the absence of such agreement as may be determined by the president of New Mexico state university, who shall forward a certificate of such apportionment to the department of finance and administration and a duplicate thereof to the state treasurer, who shall thereupon credit the funds available for the said appropriations to the predatory animal fund and the rodent pest repression fund respectively as stated in said certificate. Said funds shall be expended in amounts as authorized by said president and disbursed by warrants issued by the secretary of finance and administration upon itemized vouchers or payrolls certified by the predatory animal inspector of the bureau of biological survey or by the state rodent inspector or the assistant of the biological survey in charge of rodent pest repression, respectively.

All furs, skins and specimens taken by hunters or trappers paid from the state funds shall be sold upon sealed bids, after advertisement as may be prescribed by the president of said university, and the proceeds of such sales shall be paid to the state treasurer to be credited and added to said predatory animal fund; provided, that any specimens so taken may be presented free of charge to the New Mexico museum or any state institution.

No bounty shall be collected from any county for animals taken by hunters or trappers operating under such agreements, and scalps of animals so taken shall be destroyed or cancelled or marked in such manner that they cannot be used by any other person for collecting of bounty.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1J-6 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1J / Section 24-1J-6
§ 24-1J-6. Department; powers and duties
Status: in_force

The department shall:

A. in consultation with health councils, develop benchmarks, expectations and mechanisms to ensure the long-term viability of health councils;

B. in collaboration with universities, other state agencies and other public health entities, provide training, technical assistance and other supports to health councils;

C. in collaboration with other entities, develop a system to evaluate the effectiveness of health councils and the gathering of necessary evaluation data;

D. administer funding to support the work of the health councils, including local health council staffing, training and technical assistance, and monitor and evaluate contracts for funding; and

E. adopt and promulgate rules as necessary to carry out the purposes of the County and Tribal Health Councils Act and to strengthen community-based health planning and self-determination.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-18-2 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 18 / Section 32A-18-2
§ 32A-18-2. Coordination of training
Status: in_force

The department shall coordinate the training required pursuant to the provisions of Section 32A-18-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 9-29-12 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 29 / Section 9-29-12
§ 9-29-12. Early childhood education and care finance plan
Status: in_force

A. The department shall prepare and update a four-year early childhood education and care finance plan to provide the legislature and the governor with demographic information on at-risk children, data on the efficacy of early childhood education and care programs and recommendations for financing the early childhood education and care system.

B. The department shall include in the early childhood education and care finance plan:

(1) an identification of:

(a) the social, emotional, cognitive, health, educational, safety and other needs and risk factors of children by age and location;

(b) the availability of, cost of and funding for programs that address those needs and reduce those risks by: 1) type of program; 2) age of program participant; and 3) geographic location;

(c) the gaps between those needs and the programs that address those needs and the reasons for those gaps; and

(d) the funding for each of the previous four years for programs that address those needs and reduce those risks;

(2) an evaluation of the early childhood education and care system by service type;

(3) an assessment of whether desired outcomes have been reached for each of the previous four years; and

(4) recommendations for legislation, funding and other changes necessary to improve that system and to close the gaps in those programs.

C. The department shall post prominently on its website the early childhood education and care finance plan in a user-friendly, searchable format.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-17
§ 17-3-17. Fishing without license; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. It is a misdemeanor for any person, except children who have not reached their twelfth birthday, to take or attempt to take any game fish from any public stream or water in this state without carrying a proper fishing license as provided by law. The presence of any person, except children who have not reached their twelfth birthday, along any public stream or water in this state with fishing rod, hook or line, without carrying a proper fishing license, is prima facie evidence of the violation of this section. The director of the department of game and fish or any conservation officer may require any person along any public stream or water in this state with fishing rod, hook or line to exhibit the person's license.

B. The director, with the approval of the state game commission, may designate no more than two nonconsecutive two-day weekends in each year as free fishing days. During the free fishing days, residents and nonresidents may exercise the privileges of holders of proper fishing licenses without having proper fishing licenses and without payment of any license fees, subject to all limitations, restrictions, conditions, laws, rules and regulations applicable to holders of proper fishing licenses.

C. The director may designate, by special permit, fishing events during which the requirement for a fishing license or permit pursuant to Chapter 17 NMSA 1978 is waived exclusively for designated event participants. During the special permitted events, residents and nonresidents may exercise only the privileges as allowed by the director. The director's special permit shall substitute for the requirement of any license or permit pursuant to Chapter 17 NMSA 1978 , and no payment of any license fee is required. The director's special permit shall be for a period of no longer than three days, and all other laws and rules shall apply.
N.M. Stat. § 17-10-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 10 / Section 17-10-6
§ 17-10-6. Enforcement authority
Status: in_force

A. The criminal enforcement provisions of the Wildlife Trafficking Act may be enforced by any commissioned law enforcement officer, including an officer employed by the department of game and fish and the state parks division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department.

B. The civil enforcement provision of the Wildlife Trafficking Act may be enforced by any agency or political subdivision of the state that employs commissioned law enforcement officers or by any person authorized by the attorney general.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-31 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-31
§ 7-27-31. Severance tax income bond retirement fund created
Status: in_force

There is created the “severance tax income bond retirement fund.” Transfers from the severance tax income fund shall be made monthly to the severance tax income bond retirement fund in an amount sufficient, when added to the balance in the fund, to meet all principal and interest payments on bonds payable from the severance tax income bond retirement fund during the next twelve months.
N.M. Stat. § 5-11-7.1 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 5-11-7.1
§ 5-11-7.1. Posting of notices
Status: in_force

For any election conducted pursuant to the Public Improvement District Act, 1 in addition to the notice requirements set forth in Section 5-11-7 NMSA 1978 , the owners shall ensure that notices shall be posted in three conspicuous public places within the boundaries of the district not less than twenty days before the first day for voting in the election.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-47 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-47
§ 2-7F-47. Representative district forty-one
Status: in_force

Representative district forty-one is composed of Rio Arriba county precincts 4, 5, 10 through 14, 22 through 28, 35 through 40, 48 and 60 through 67; Sandoval county precincts 21 through 23; Santa Fe county precinct 58; and Taos county precincts 1, 9, 22 and 37.