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N.M. Stat. § 18-7-1 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 7 / Section 18-7-1
§ 18-7-1. Museum of space history division; creation
Status: in_force

The “museum of space history division” is created within the cultural affairs department. The principal facility of the division is the “museum of space history” located in Alamogordo. The site shall be held in the name of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-18 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-18
§ 7-27-18. Procedure for sale of bonds
Status: in_force

A. Severance tax bonds and supplemental severance tax bonds shall be sold by the state board of finance at such times and in such manner as the board may elect, consistent with the need of the board, commission or agency that is the recipient of the bond money, to the highest bidder for cash at not less than par and accrued interest.

B. The state board of finance shall publish a notice of the time and place of sale in a newspaper of general circulation in the state, and also in a recognized financial journal outside the state. Such publication shall be made once at least five business days prior to the date fixed for such sale. Such notice shall specify the amount, denomination, maturity and description of the bonds to be offered for sale and the place, day and hour at which bids therefor shall be received and publicly examined. All bids shall be sealed or sent by facsimile or other electronic transmission to the state board of finance as set forth in the notice. All bids, except that of the state, shall be accompanied by a deposit of two percent of the bid price, either in the form of a financial surety bond or in cash or by cashier's check or treasurer's check of, or by certified check drawn on, a solvent commercial bank or trust company in the United States. The financial surety bond or the long-term debt obligations of the issuer or person guarantying the obligations of the issuer of the financial surety bond shall be rated in one of the top two rating categories of a nationally recognized rating agency, without regard to any modification of the rating, and the financial surety bond shall be issued by an insurance company licensed to issue such a bond in New Mexico. Deposits of unsuccessful bidders shall be returned upon rejection of the bid.

C. At the time and place specified in such notice, bids shall be publicly examined and the bonds, or any part thereof, shall be awarded to the bidder or bidders offering the best price therefor. Before delivering any bonds sold, the state treasurer shall detach therefrom and cancel all interest coupons that may have matured prior to the date of delivery. The state board of finance may reject any or all bids and readvertise. The state board of finance may sell a severance tax bond or supplemental severance tax bond issue, or any part thereof, to the state at private sale.
N.M. Stat. § 9-22-1 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 22 / Section 9-22-1
§ 9-22-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 9, Article 22 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Veterans' Services Department Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15C-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15C / Section 22-15C-1
§ 22-15C-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 22, Article 15C NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “School Library Material Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 9-27-27 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 27 / Section 9-27-27
§ 9-27-27. Library broadband infrastructure fund; created
Status: in_force

A. The “library broadband infrastructure fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money appropriated by the legislature, federal money granted to the state for the purposes of the fund, income from investment of the fund and money otherwise accruing to the fund. Money in the fund shall not revert to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year. The department of information technology shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to the department of information technology to provide:

(1) matching money for grants to bring broadband infrastructure to public, tribal and school libraries;

(2) support for grant application preparation and compliance; and

(3) planning and data acquisition services to support collaborative project implementation.

B. Money in the fund shall be disbursed on warrants signed by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of information technology or the secretary's authorized representative.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-12E-7 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 12E / Section 59A-12E-7
§ 59A-12E-7. Certified reinsurers; qualifications
Status: in_force

A. Credit shall be allowed when the reinsurance is ceded to an assuming insurer that has been certified by the superintendent as a reinsurer in the state and complies with this section and secures its obligations in accordance with the requirements of Sections 7 through 9 of the Credit for Reinsurance Act. To be eligible for certification, the assuming insurer shall:

(1) be domiciled and licensed to transact insurance or reinsurance in a qualified jurisdiction, as determined by the superintendent pursuant to Section 8 and Subsection A of Section 9 of the Credit for Reinsurance Act;

(2) maintain minimum capital and surplus, or its equivalent, in an amount to be determined by the superintendent pursuant to rule;

(3) maintain financial strength ratings from two or more rating agencies deemed acceptable by the superintendent pursuant to rule;

(4) agree to submit to the jurisdiction of this state, appoint the superintendent as its agent for service of process in the state and agree to provide security for one hundred percent of the assuming insurer's liabilities attributable to reinsurance ceded by United States ceding insurers if it resists enforcement of a final United States judgment;

(5) agree to meet applicable information filing requirements as determined by the superintendent, both with respect to an initial application for certification and on an ongoing basis; and

(6) satisfy any other requirements for certification deemed relevant by the superintendent.

B. An association, including incorporated and individual unincorporated underwriters, may be a certified reinsurer. To be eligible for certification, in addition to satisfying the requirements of Subsection A of this section:

(1) the association shall satisfy its minimum capital and surplus requirements through the capital and surplus equivalents, net of liabilities, of the association and its members, which shall include a joint central fund that may be applied to any unsatisfied obligation of the association or any of its members, in an amount determined by the superintendent to provide adequate protection;

(2) the incorporated members of the association shall not be engaged in any business other than underwriting as a member of the association and shall be subject to the same level of regulation and solvency control by the association's domiciliary regulator as are the unincorporated members; and

(3) within ninety days after its financial statements are due to be filed with the association's domiciliary regulator, the association shall provide to the superintendent an annual certification by the association's domiciliary regulator of the solvency of each underwriter member or, if a certification is unavailable, financial statements prepared by independent public accountants, of each underwriter member of the association.
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-8
§ 4-38-8. Meetings
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners shall meet, after notice as required by law for meetings of public bodies, at the county seat of each county at quarterly meetings in January, April, July and October in each year and at such other times within the prescribed county as in the opinion of the board the public interests may require. Meetings other than quarterly meetings may be held in the municipality with the largest population concentration in the county, and meetings concerning matters of local interest only may be held in the community affected. All meetings shall be held in a public building owned be [by] the state, county or public schools.
N.M. Stat. § 5-11-11 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 5-11-11
§ 5-11-11. Perpetual succession
Status: in_force

The district has perpetual succession until terminated pursuant to Section 24 of the Public Improvement District Act.
N.M. Stat. § 6-27-9 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 27 / Section 6-27-9
§ 6-27-9. Investigation of Affordable Housing Act violations; penalties; remedies
Status: in_force

A. The attorney general shall investigate an alleged violation of the Affordable Housing Act reported by the authority. If the attorney general has reasonable belief that a person is in possession, custody or control of an original or copy of a document or recording, including a record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, map, chart, photograph, mechanical transcription or other tangible document or recording that the attorney general believes to be relevant to the subject matter of an investigation of a probable violation of the Affordable Housing Act, the attorney general may, prior to the institution of a civil proceeding, execute in writing and cause to be served upon the person a civil investigative demand requiring the person to produce for inspection or copying the document or recording.

B. If the attorney general has reasonable belief that a person has violated a provision of the Affordable Housing Act and that instituting a proceeding against that person would be in the public interest, the attorney general may bring a civil action on behalf of the state alleging a violation of the Affordable Housing Act. The action may be brought in the district court of the county in which the person alleged to have violated that act resides or in which the person's principal place of business is located. The attorney general shall not be required to post bond when seeking a temporary or permanent injunction in the civil action.

C. The attorney general may, in addition to or as an alternative to pursuing a civil action, as provided in this section, pursue criminal charges against a person for an alleged violation of the Affordable Housing Act under the applicable provisions of the Criminal Code. 1 Venue for any criminal action shall be in the judicial district where the violation occurred.

D. In a civil action brought under this section for an alleged violation of the Affordable Housing Act, if a court finds that a person willfully committed an act in violation of the Affordable Housing Act, the attorney general may seek to recover a civil penalty not exceeding the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation, in addition to any equitable relief imposed by the court.

E. As used in this section, “ person ” means an individual, including a municipal or county government employee or elected official, or a corporate entity, including any organization formed under state law to carry out business or other activities.
N.M. Stat. § 3-30-5 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 30 / Section 3-30-5
§ 3-30-5. General obligation bonds; authority to issue
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations and in accordance with Article 9 of the constitution of New Mexico and Sections 6-15-1 and 6-15-2 NMSA 1978 , a municipality may issue and dispose of negotiable bonds for the purpose of securing funds for:

A. erecting and operating natural or artificial gas works;

B. erecting and operating electric works;

C. constructing, purchasing, rehabilitating or remodeling, or any combination thereof, public buildings, including additions and improvements thereto;

D. building, beautifying and improving public parks within or without the municipal boundary, but not beyond the planning and platting jurisdiction of the municipality;

E. acquiring land or buildings for playgrounds, recreation centers, zoos and other recreational purposes, and the equipment thereof, or any combination thereof;

F. providing proper means for protecting from fire including but not necessarily limited to purchasing apparatus for fire protection and providing, enlarging and improving fire equipment and facilities;

G. laying off, opening, constructing, repairing, and otherwise improving municipal alleys, streets, public roads and bridges, or any combination thereof;

H. providing apparatus for the collection and disposal of garbage and refuse;

I. acquiring, constructing and maintaining garbage and refuse disposal areas and plants within or without the municipal boundary;

J. constructing or purchasing a system for supplying water or constructing and purchasing such a system, for the municipality, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the enlargement, improvement, extension or acquisition of the system, and acquisition of water or water rights, necessary real estate or rights-of-way, bridges and easements, and necessary apparatus for a water system, or any combination of the foregoing;

K. constructing or purchasing a sewer system or the construction and purchase of a sewer system, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, acquiring, enlarging, improving or extending, or any combination of the foregoing, said system;

L. flood control purposes as provided in Section 3-41-1 NMSA 1978;

M. constructing, purchasing, rehabilitating or remodeling, or any combination thereof, hospitals, including additions and improvements thereto;

N. purchasing, improving or erecting public auditoriums or public buildings of a similar nature for general civic purposes, or for authorizing the improvement or erection of public auditoriums or buildings of a similar nature by agreement, with the officers of the county in which the municipality is located; and

O. acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, rehabilitating, or remodeling, or any combination thereof, of cemeteries or mausoleums.
N.M. Stat. § 29-7D-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 7D / Section 29-7D-4
§ 29-7D-4. Unlawful use of force; prescribing penalties
Status: in_force

If a law enforcement officer is found to have used unlawful physical force, the officer shall be disciplined and, depending on the seriousness of the unlawful physical force, may be decommissioned and terminated from the officer's position or have any officer certification revoked or suspended.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-12.29 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-12.29
§ 27-2-12.29. Medical assistance; reimbursement for a one-year supply of covered prescription contraceptive drugs or devices
Status: in_force

A. In providing coverage for family planning services and supplies under the medical assistance program, the department shall ensure that a recipient is permitted to fill or refill a prescription for a one-year supply of a covered, self-administered contraceptive at one time, as prescribed.

B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a recipient's freedom to choose or change the method of family planning to be used, regardless of whether the recipient has exhausted a previously dispensed supply of contraceptives.
N.M. Stat. § 73-16-12 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 16 / Section 73-16-12
§ 73-16-12. Readjustment of maintenance fund assessments
Status: in_force

A. Whenever the owners or representatives of twenty-five (25%) per centum or more of the acreage or value of the lands in the district shall file a petition in the court in which the original petition was filed, stating that there has been a material change in the values of the property in the district since the last previous appraisal of benefits, and praying for a readjustment of the appraisal of benefits for the purpose of making a more equitable basis for the levy of the maintenance fund assessment, the court shall by order fix a time and place for a hearing thereon, and thereupon the clerk shall give notice by publication of the filing of and hearing upon said petition, in such manner as the court shall provide in the order for such hearing.

B. Upon the hearing of said petition, if said court shall find that there has been a material change in the value of property in said district since the last previous appraisal of benefits, the court shall order that there be a readjustment of the appraisal of benefits for the sole purpose of providing a basis upon which to levy the maintenance assessments of said district. Thereupon the court shall direct the appraisers to make such readjustment of appraisals in the manner provided in this act, and said appraisers shall make their report, and the same proceedings shall be had thereon, as nearly as may be, as are hereinbefore provided for the appraisal of benefits accruing for original construction; provided, that in making the readjustment of the appraisal of benefits said appraisal shall not be limited to the aggregate amount of the original or any previous appraisal of benefits, and that after the making of such readjustment the limitation of the annual maintenance assessment to one (1%) per centum of the total appraised benefits, shall, unless otherwise ordered by the court, apply to the amount of benefits as readjusted; and provided further, that there shall be no such readjustment of benefits oftener than once in ten (10) years.
N.M. Stat. § 72-12A-10 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 12A / Section 72-12A-10
§ 72-12A-10. Appeal to the district court; procedure
Status: in_force

The decision, act or refusal to act of the state engineer shall be final in all cases unless appeal is taken to the district court within thirty days as provided by Section 72-7-1 NMSA 1978 . In the event of appeal of a decision approving the application, no stay order shall issue; provided however, the court may, upon proper showing, require the giving of security by the applicant, in such sum as the court deems proper for the payment of such costs and damages as may be incurred or suffered by any person affected by the order, provided further, that for good cause shown to be recited in the order made, the court or judge may waive the furnishing of security.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-833 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-833
§ 66-3-833. Alternate road-lighting equipment
Status: in_force

Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in Section 66-3-802 NMSA 1978 when equipped with the two lighted lamps upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and objects seventy-five feet ahead in lieu of lamps required in Section 66-3-830 NMSA 1978 or Section 66-3-832 NMSA 1978; provided, however, that at no time shall it be operated at a speed in excess of twenty miles an hour.
N.M. Stat. § 5-14-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 14 / Section 5-14-15
§ 5-14-15. Penalties
Status: in_force

A local governmental entity shall by ordinance provide for penalties by creating a misdemeanor and imposing a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both for a violation by any person of the provisions of the convention center fee ordinance for a failure to pay the fee or to remit the proceeds thereof to the local governmental entity.
N.M. Stat. § 48-2-4 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2 / Section 48-2-4
§ 48-2-4. Lien covers improvements and land
Status: in_force

The land upon which any building, improvement or structure is constructed, together with a convenient space about the same, or so much as may be required for the convenient use and occupation thereof, to be determined by the court on rendering judgment, is also subject to the lien, if at the commencement of the work, or of the furnishing the materials for the same, the land belonged to the person who caused said building, improvement or structure to be constructed, altered or repaired, but if such person owned less than a fee simple estate in such land, then only his interest therein is subject to such lien.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48B-10 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48B / Section 4-48B-10
§ 4-48B-10. Hospital governing boards for county hospitals; members; appointment; terms; powers; bonds
Status: in_force

A. The county commissioners of a county or counties maintaining or operating a county hospital are authorized to appoint a hospital governing board to be composed of either five, seven or nine members. The hospital governing board so appointed shall have the authority to exercise all powers that the county is granted by the Hospital Funding Act for the operation of such hospitals except the powers to issue bonds, call a mill levy election, levy the annual assessments for the mill levy authorized by the Hospital Funding Act and to dispose of real property of the hospital acquired with the proceeds of any bond issue.

B. Members of the hospital governing board shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners for staggered terms of three years or less. Appointments shall be made in such a manner that the terms of not more than one-third of the members, or as near thereto as possible, expire on June 30 of each year. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the board of county commissioners.

C. The hospital governing board shall select from its membership a president and a secretary. After their appointment, none of the members of the hospital governing board shall be removed except for cause specified in a written charge and after full public hearing on the charge.

D. The hospital governing board shall account annually for the receipt and expenditures of funds received for the operation of the hospital.

E. The county commissioners, by an agreement for the maintenance and operation of a county hospital with another county or counties, another political subdivision, person, association or corporation, may permit the selection of a hospital governing board by the other party to the agreement subject to approval by the county commissioners.

F. All actions taken or purportedly taken or proceedings had or purportedly had by or on behalf of county commissioners with respect to the appointment of or delegation of authority to a hospital governing board, notwithstanding any lack of power, authority or otherwise and notwithstanding any defects and irregularities in the actions or proceedings, are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed. This section shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to validate any actions or proceedings by any group acting as a hospital governing board which would have been valid had the provisions of this section been in effect at the time the action or proceedings were taken. This section shall not operate to validate, ratify, approve, confirm or legalize any action or proceeding which has previously been determined in any legal proceeding to be illegal, void or ineffective.