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N.M. Stat. § 72-17-7 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-7
§ 72-17-7. Provision for remonstrances
Status: in_force

Within sixty days from the time this act goes into effect, a written, signed and acknowledged remonstrance against the acquiring of the flood control system provided for in Section 19 herein may be filed with the board hereinafter created by the owners of property of the value of at least thirty percent of the value of the property herein provided to be taxed, based upon the assessed valuation of said property for general taxes for the year preceding the year of making such remonstrance. If there is real estate in the authority that has not been separately assessed by the taxing authorities, the board shall value such real estate for the purpose of such remonstrance on the same basis of valuation as other real estate similarly situated that has been separately assessed. The board shall, as soon as possible, examine such remonstrance, if made, and canvass and pass upon and determine its sufficiency, and its action thereon shall be final. If the petition is found to contain the names of the owners of property of fifty percent of the total valuation of said real estate in the authority and is found to be sufficient, then the flood control system herein provided for shall not be acquired; provided, that no action under the terms of this act shall be delayed during the period of sixty days, except that no bonds shall be issued during said time.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-33 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-33
§ 19-7-33. Right of relinquishment not restricted
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall be construed as restricting the right of relinquishment.
N.M. Stat. § 20-4-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 4 / Section 20-4-14
§ 20-4-14. Resident tuition
Status: in_force

An active member of the national guard and the member's spouse and children shall be deemed in-state residents for purposes of determining tuition and fees at all state institutions of higher learning.
N.M. Stat. § 5-10-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 10 / Section 5-10-2
§ 5-10-2. Findings and purpose of act
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that:

(1) development of the New Mexico economy is vital to the well-being of the state and its residents;

(2) it is difficult for municipalities and counties in New Mexico to attract and retain businesses capable of enhancing the local and state economy without the resources necessary to compete with other states and locales;

(3) municipalities and counties may need to be able to provide land, buildings and infrastructure as a tool for basic business growth and the introduction of basic business ventures into the state;

(4) it is in the best interest of the state, municipalities and counties to encourage local or regional solutions to economic development; and

(5) the access to public resources needs to be carefully controlled and managed for the continued and future benefit of New Mexico citizens.

B. The purpose of the Local Economic Development Act is to implement the provisions of the 1994 constitutional amendment to Article 9, Section 14 of the constitution of New Mexico to allow public support of economic development to foster, promote and enhance local economic development efforts while continuing to protect against the unauthorized use of public money and other public resources. Further, the purpose of that act is to allow municipalities and counties to enter into joint powers agreements to plan and support regional economic development projects, including investments in arts and cultural districts created pursuant to the Arts and Cultural District Act.
N.M. Stat. § 22-3B-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 3B / Section 22-3B-1
§ 22-3B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “2021 Educational Redistricting Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 10-5-9 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 10-5-9
§ 10-5-9. Suspended official to deliver money and records to secretary; failure or refusal; criminal penalty
Status: in_force

A. Upon written order of suspension by the secretary of finance and administration, the official suspended shall immediately deliver to the secretary all money, records and other property of the office in his charge, for which the secretary shall give a receipt.

B. If upon order of the secretary a suspended official of any local public body refuses or fails to deliver to the secretary all money, records and other property of the local public body, the secretary may invoke the aid of the court to require delivery of money, records and other property of the local public body.

C. It shall be a petty misdemeanor for an official of any local public body to willfully fail or refuse to deliver all money, records and other property of the local public body to the secretary upon order in accordance with the provisions of this section. Upon conviction, the official shall be sentenced to not more than six months in the county jail and fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or both such imprisonment and fine in the discretion of the judge.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-72 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-72
§ 20-12-72. Principals
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who:

A. commits an offense punishable by Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 or aids, abets, counsels or procures its commission; or

B. causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him would be punishable by Chapter 20 NMSA 1978;

is a principal.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-24.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-24.2
§ 7-2-24.2. Optional designation of tax refund contribution; healthy soil program
Status: in_force

A. 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 such individual for that tax year may designate a portion of the income tax refund due to the individual to be paid to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for support of the healthy soil program in the New Mexico department of agriculture. 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:

“Healthy Soil Program--Check [ ] if you wish to contribute a part or all of your tax refund for the support of the healthy soil program in the New Mexico department of agriculture. 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. § 58-2-3 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 2 / Section 58-2-3
§ 58-2-3. Liquidation of banks by federal deposit insurance corporation
Status: in_force

The federal deposit insurance corporation created by Section eight of the federal “Banking Act of 1933” 1 (Section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended) is hereby authorized and empowered to be and act without bond as receiver or liquidator of any banking institution, the deposits in which are to any extent insured by said corporation, and which shall have been closed on account of inability to meet the demands of its depositors.

The appropriate state authority, having the right to appoint a receiver or liquidator of a banking institution, may in the event of such closing tender to said corporation the appointment as receiver or liquidator of such banking institution, and if the corporation shall have and possess all the powers and privileges provided by the laws of this state with respect to a receiver or liquidator respectively of a banking institution, its depositors and other creditors, and be subject to all the duties of such receiver or liquidator, except insofar as such powers, privileges or duties are in conflict with the provisions of Subsection (1) of Section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended (Section 8 of said “Banking Act of 1933”).
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-46 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-46
§ 7-38-46. Delinquent property taxes
Status: in_force

A. Property taxes that are not paid within thirty days after the date on which they are due are delinquent unless a timely protest has been made under Sections 7-38-22 and 7-38-24 NMSA 1978 , and in that case the amount of taxes attributable to the net taxable value of the property that is not in controversy becomes delinquent if not paid within thirty days after the due date.

B. If property taxes would have otherwise been delinquent but for a timely protest having been made under Sections 7-38-22 and 7-38-24 NMSA 1978 , property taxes are also delinquent if the property owner:

(1) fails to pay his taxes or to appeal after a decision of a county valuation protests board, the director or a court within the time allowed for an appeal; or

(2) fails to pay his taxes as ordered within ten days after the entry of a final order resulting from a timely protest when that order is not appealable.

C. If a timely protest has been made under Sections 7-38-22 and 7-38-24 NMSA 1978 , property taxes are also delinquent if the property owner fails to pay his taxes within thirty days after the date on which they are due if that date is later than the dates determined under Paragraph (1) or (2) of Subsection B of this section.

D. Notice of the date when taxes become delinquent must be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county at least once a week for the three weeks immediately preceding the week in which the delinquency date for first and second installments of property taxes due occurs. Each county treasurer shall cause the notice to be published for his county.
N.M. Stat. § 40-13-7 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 13 / Section 40-13-7
§ 40-13-7. Law enforcement officers; emergency assistance; limited liability; providing notification to victims when an alleged perpetrator is released from detention; statement in judgment and sentence document
Status: in_force

A. A person who allegedly has been a victim of domestic abuse may request the assistance of a local law enforcement agency.

B. A local law enforcement officer responding to the request for assistance shall be required to take whatever steps are reasonably necessary to protect the victim from further domestic abuse, including:

(1) advising the victim of the remedies available under the Family Violence Protection Act; the right to file a written statement, a criminal complaint and a request for an arrest warrant; and the availability of domestic violence shelters, medical care, counseling and other services;

(2) upon the request of the victim, providing or arranging for transportation of the victim to a medical facility or place of shelter;

(3) upon the request of the victim, accompanying the victim to the victim's residence to obtain the victim's clothing and personal effects required for immediate needs and the clothing and personal effects of any children then in the care of the victim;

(4) upon the request of the victim, assist in placing the victim in possession of the dwelling or premises or otherwise assist in execution, enforcement or service of an order of protection;

(5) arresting the alleged perpetrator when appropriate and including a written statement in the attendant police report to indicate that the arrest of the alleged perpetrator was, in whole or in part, premised upon probable cause to believe that the alleged perpetrator committed domestic abuse against the victim and, when appropriate, indicate that the party arrested was the predominant aggressor; and

(6) advising the victim when appropriate of the procedure for initiating proceedings under the Family Violence Protection Act or criminal proceedings and of the importance of preserving evidence.

C. The jail or detention center shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the arresting law enforcement agency or officer when the alleged perpetrator is released from custody. The arresting law enforcement agency shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the victim that the alleged perpetrator is released from custody.

D. Any law enforcement officer responding to a request for assistance under the Family Violence Protection Act is immune from civil liability to the extent allowed by law. Any jail, detention center or law enforcement agency that makes a reasonable attempt to provide notification that an alleged perpetrator is released from custody is immune from civil liability to the extent allowed by law.

E. A statement shall be included in a judgment and sentence document to indicate when a conviction results from the commission of domestic abuse.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-29 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-29
§ 17-3-29. Permit to take game, birds or fish as specimens or for scientific or propagating purposes; eligibility; issuance; contents; nonassignable; sale for food purposes prohibited
Status: in_force

The state director may issue permits to any person to take, capture, kill, transport within or out of the state any game, birds or fish mentioned in this chapter at any time when satisfied that such person desires the same exclusively as specimens or for scientific or propagating purposes. Such permit shall be in writing and shall state the kind and number to be taken and the manner of taking, the name of the person to whom issued, the name of the place to which the same is to be transported and the name of the persons shipping such game, birds or fish, and shall be signed by him. Such permit shall not be transferable nor shall it be lawful to sell or barter any of the animals, birds or fish taken or exported under such permit for food purposes, and the holder of such permit shall be liable to the penalties provided in this chapter if he violates any of its provisions.
N.M. Stat. § 7-5-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 7-5-3
§ 7-5-3. Appointment of multistate tax commission member
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint the member of the multistate tax commission to represent New Mexico from among the persons made eligible by Article VI 1(a) of the compact.
N.M. Stat. § 5-4-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 5-4-1
§ 5-4-1. Governmental unit subject to act
Status: in_force

This act shall apply to all municipalities, counties and school districts of the state of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 3-49-1 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 49 / Section 3-49-1
§ 3-49-1. Streets; sidewalks; curbs and gutters; public grounds
Status: in_force

A municipality may lay out, establish, open, vacate, alter, repair, widen, extend, grade, pave or otherwise improve streets; including, but not necessarily limited to median and divider strips, parkways and boulevards; alleys, avenues, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and public grounds, and may:

A. regulate their use and use of structures under them;

B. prohibit and remove encroachments or obstructions on them;

C. provide for their lighting, cleaning, beautification, landscaping and maintenance;

D. regulate their opening or repair;

E. require the owner or occupant of any premise to keep the sidewalk, along the premise, free from any snow or other obstruction;

F. regulate and prohibit the throwing or depositing of any offensive matter on them;

G. prohibit injury to them;

H. provide for and regulate crosswalks, curbs and gutters;

I. regulate and prohibit their use for signs, signposts, awnings, awning posts, telegraph poles, horse troughs, posting handbills and advertisements;

J. regulate and prohibit the exhibition or carrying of banners, placards, advertisements or handbills in the streets or upon the sidewalks;

K. regulate and prohibit the flying of banners, flags or signs across the streets or from houses;

L. regulate traffic and sales upon streets, sidewalks and public places;

M. regulate the numbering of lots and houses;

N. name and change the name of any street, alley, avenue or other public place; and

O. with the written consent of the owner, regulate the speed and traffic conditions on private property.
N.M. Stat. § 7-32-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 32 / Section 7-32-4
§ 7-32-4. Ad valorem tax levied; collected by division; rate; interest owner's liability to state; Indian liability
Status: in_force

There is levied and shall be collected by the division an ad valorem tax on the assessed value of products which are severed and sold from each production unit at the rate certified to the division by the department of finance and administration under the provisions of Section 7-37-7 NMSA 1978 . Such rate shall be levied for each month following its certification and shall be levied monthly thereafter until a new rate is certified. Every interest owner shall be liable for this tax to the extent of his interest in the value of such products, or to the extent of his interest as may be measured by the value of such products. Provided, any Indian tribe, Indian pueblo or Indian shall be liable for this tax to the extent authorized or permitted by law.
N.M. Stat. § 3-32-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 32 / Section 3-32-16
§ 3-32-16. No notice or publication required
Status: in_force

No notice, consent or approval by any governmental body or public officer shall be required as a prerequisite to the sale or issuance of any bonds or the making of a mortgage under the authority of Sections 3-32-1 through 3-32-16 NMSA 1978 , except as provided in these sections.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6-9.1 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 18-6-9.1
§ 18-6-9.1. Cultural property; unauthorized appropriation; larceny
Status: in_force

A. Any person who knowingly appropriates cultural property located on state land without a permit is guilty of larceny.

B. Any person who solicits, employs or counsels another person to appropriate cultural property located on state land without a permit is guilty of larceny.

C. Any person who receives, traffics in or sells cultural property appropriated from state land without a valid permit is guilty of larceny.

D. Whoever commits larceny pursuant to the provisions of this section and the value of the property appropriated is:

(1) less than one hundred dollars ($100) is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978;

(2) over one hundred dollars ($100) but less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978;

(3) two hundred dollars ($200) or more but less than two thousand five hundred ($2,500) is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978;

(4) two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more but less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a third degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; or

(5) more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a second degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 31-27-8 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 27 / Section 31-27-8
§ 31-27-8. Safekeeping of seized property pending disposition
Status: in_force

With regard to seized property in the state courts:

A. seized currency alleged to be subject to forfeiture shall be deposited with the clerk of the district court in an interest-bearing account;

B. seized property other than currency or real property, not required by federal or state law to be destroyed, shall be placed under seal at a place designated by the district court;

C. seized property shall be kept by the custodian in a manner to protect it from theft or damage and, if ordered by the district court, insured against those risks; and

D. unless it is returned to an owner, a law enforcement agency shall dispose of forfeited or abandoned property as provided in Section 31-27-7 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-24 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-24
§ 72-16-24. Levies to cover deficiencies
Status: in_force

The board, in certifying annual levies, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts, maturing securities and interest on securities, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the money produced from such levies, together with other revenues of the authority, is not sufficient punctually to pay the annual installments of its contracts or securities, and interest thereon, and to pay defaults and deficiencies, the board shall make such additional levies of taxes as may be necessary for such purposes, and notwithstanding any limitations, except the limitation in Subsection I of Section 72-16-22 NMSA 1978 , and any constitutional limitation, such taxes shall be made and continue to be levied until the indebtedness of the authority is fully paid.
N.M. Stat. § 14-13-3 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 13 / Section 14-13-3
§ 14-13-3. Oaths; power to administer
Status: in_force

The secretary of state, county clerks, court clerks and all notarial officers are hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths and affirmations within the state.
N.M. Stat. § 31-6-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 6 / Section 31-6-6
§ 31-6-6. Oaths; grand jurors; witnesses; officers; penalty
Status: in_force

A. The following oaths shall be administered by the district judge to jurors, officers of the court or others assigned to assist the grand jury, and by the foreman to witnesses:

(1) JUROR OATH: “You, as members of this grand jury, do swear (or affirm) that you will diligently inquire and true indictment make, of all public offenses against the people of this state, committed or triable within this county, of which you shall receive legal evidence; that you shall indict no person through malice, hatred or ill will; nor have any not indicted through fear, favor or affection, or for any reward or the hope or promise thereof; but in all your indictments, reports or undertakings, you shall present the truth, according to the best of your skill and understanding, and further that you will forever keep secret whatever you or any other juror may have said or in what manner you or any other juror may have voted on any matter before you; and that you will keep secret the testimony of any witness heard by you unless ordered by the court to disclose the same in the trial or prosecution of the witness for perjury before the grand jury, so help you God.”;

(2) OATH FOR OFFICER OR OTHER PERSON: “You do swear (or affirm) that you will keep secret all proceedings occurring in your presence or of which you may learn as a result of your service in aid of the grand jury, so help you God.”; and

(3) OATH FOR WITNESS: “You do swear (or affirm) that the testimony which you are about to give will be the truth, so help you God.”

B. Any person found to have violated the oath under Paragraph (1) or (2) of Subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This subsection shall not apply to communications by the prosecuting attorney to his staff or grand jury aides and in obtaining and presenting evidence, preparing indictments, reports and other undertakings of the grand jury and in preparation for trial.
N.M. Stat. § 28-7-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 7 / Section 28-7-20
§ 28-7-20. Corrective medical services
Status: in_force

In addition to arranging and paying for examinations to determine blindness, the commission may arrange and pay for medical and surgical treatment of blind persons whenever a listed ophthalmologist judges that the treatment will be beneficial.