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N.M. Stat. § 47-12-2 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 12 / Section 47-12-2
§ 47-12-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Land Use Easement Act:

A. “holder” means any nonprofit corporation, nonprofit association or nonprofit trust, the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural or open space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational or open space use, protecting natural resources or maintaining production uses of real property;

B. “land use easement” means a holder's nonpossessory interest in real property imposing any limitation or affirmative obligation the purpose of which includes retaining or protecting natural or open space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational or open space use or protecting natural resources; and

C. “third-party enforcement right” means a right expressly provided by the parties to a land use easement empowering a specifically identified nonprofit corporation, nonprofit association or nonprofit trust that, although eligible to be a holder, is not a holder, to enforce any term of the easement. No party shall have any third-party enforcement right unless that right is expressly provided for in a land use easement.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-34-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 34 / Section 59A-34-8
§ 59A-34-8. Prohibited interest of officers, directors and employees in certain transactions
Status: in_force

A. No officer or director of an insurer, or any employee of the insurer shall accept, except for the insurer, or be beneficiary of, any fee, brokerage, gift or other emolument in addition to fixed salary or compensation, because of any investment, loan, deposit, purchase, sale, exchange, reinsurance or other similar transaction made by or for the insurer, or be pecuniarily interested therein in any capacity except on behalf of the insurer.

B. No insurer shall guarantee the financial obligation of any of its officers, directors, or employees.

C. This section shall not prohibit such a director, officer, or employee from:

(1) being a policyholder of the insurer and enjoying the rights customarily provided for holders of such policies;

(2) participating as beneficiary in any pension or deferred compensation plan, profit-sharing plan, stock option plan or similar plan authorized by the insurer and to which he may be eligible;

(3) receiving a fee in reasonable amount, if a director and not a salaried officer or employee, for special services rendered to the insurer in the usual independent practice of the profession of the director as attorney, accountant or physician; or

(4) owning shares in a mutual fund or similar pooled investment through which he possesses an indirect interest in other corporations with which the insurer may directly or indirectly transact business, so long as such investment is in kind or amount not material to such transactions of the insurer.
N.M. Stat. § 76-12-4 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 12 / Section 76-12-4
§ 76-12-4. Who may organize
Status: in_force

Five or more natural persons of full age, engaged in the production of agricultural products either as tenants or landlords, who are residents of this state or any other, or two or more cooperative associations, organized under the laws of this state or any other, may form a nonprofit cooperative association with or without capital stock, under the provisions of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 13-7-2 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 13-7-2
§ 13-7-2. Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Health Care Purchasing Act is to ensure public employees, public school employees and retirees of public employment and the public schools access to more affordable and enhanced quality of health insurance through cost containment and savings effected by procedures for consolidating the purchasing of publicly financed health insurance.
N.M. Stat. § 6-29-7 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 29 / Section 6-29-7
§ 6-29-7. Tribal infrastructure project fund; created; purpose; appropriations
Status: in_force

A. The “tribal infrastructure project fund” is created in the state treasury and:

(1) the department of finance and administration shall administer the project fund;

(2) the project fund shall consist of:

(a) distributions made to it from the trust fund;

(b) payments of principal and interest on loans for qualified projects;

(c) other money appropriated by the legislature or distributed or otherwise allocated to the project fund for the purpose of supporting qualified projects; and

(d) income from investment of the money in the project fund that shall be credited to the project fund;

(3) balances in the project fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the trust fund or to the general fund; and

(4) the project fund may consist of subaccounts as determined to be necessary by the department of finance and administration.

B. The department of finance and administration may establish procedures and adopt rules as required to administer the project fund and to originate grants or loans for qualified projects approved by the board.

C. Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and in subsequent years, the lesser of one percent of the project fund or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is appropriated from the project fund to the department of finance and administration for expenditure in the fiscal year in which it is appropriated, to administer the project fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall revert to the project fund.

D. Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and in each subsequent year, the lesser of five percent of the project fund or five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the project fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in the fiscal year in which it is appropriated to administer the Tribal Infrastructure Act, to pay per diem and mileage as required by that act and for operation of the board. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall revert to the project fund.

E. The balance in the project fund not otherwise appropriated in this section is appropriated to the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 and in subsequent fiscal years to carry out the provisions of the Tribal Infrastructure Act by providing grants or loans for qualified projects. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall revert to the project fund.
N.M. Stat. § 9-22-20 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 22 / Section 9-22-20
§ 9-22-20. Oaths and affirmations
Status: in_force

The secretary and the employees designated by the secretary may administer oaths and affirmations and execute attestation and certificates.
N.M. Stat. § 13-1B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 1B / Section 13-1B-1
§ 13-1B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 13, Article 1B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Alternative Fuel Acquisition Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-69 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-69
§ 19-10-69. Grant of preference based upon application
Status: in_force

The oil conservation commission shall examine each application from petroleum refineries within the state requesting a preference and where it finds that the showing submitted is inadequate or unsatisfactory, it shall so notify the applicant and shall require such additional showing as it deems necessary. Upon being satisfied that the applicant is a bona fide small business enterprise operating an oil refinery in this state within the intent of this act, the oil conservation commission shall notify the commissioner of public lands in writing that the applicant is eligible to be granted a preference under this act, for the purchase of royalty oil.
N.M. Stat. § 56-12-14 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 12 / Section 56-12-14
§ 56-12-14. Prohibited practices
Status: in_force

A pawnbroker shall not:

A. knowingly enter into a pawn transaction with a person under the age of eighteen years or under the influence of alcohol, any narcotic, drug, stimulant or depressant;

B. make any agreement requiring the personal liability of a pledgor in connection with the pawn transaction;

C. accept any waiver, in writing or otherwise, of any right or protection accorded a pledgor under the Pawnbrokers Act;

D. fail to exercise reasonable care to protect pledged goods from loss or damage;

E. fail to return a pledged good to a pledgor upon payment of the full amount due to the pawnbroker on the pawn transaction. In the event a pledged good is lost or damaged while in the possession of the pawnbroker, the pawnbroker shall compensate the pledgor for the reasonable value of the lost or damaged good;

F. make any charge for insurance in connection with a pawn transaction;

G. purchase or otherwise receive any item of property from which the manufacturer's name plate, serial number or identification mark has been obviously defaced, altered, covered or destroyed;

H. purchase or otherwise receive any item of property which the permitholder knows is not lawfully owned by the person offering the same;

I. enter into a pawn transaction in which the unpaid principal balance exceeds two thousand dollars ($2,000); or

J. require that any of the proceeds of any cash loan be spent at the pawnbroker's place of business or in any other manner directed by the pawnbroker.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16-16 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-16
§ 30-16-16. Falsely obtaining services or accommodations; probable cause; immunity; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Falsely obtaining services or accommodations consists of a person obtaining service, food, entertainment or accommodations without paying with the intent to cheat or defraud the owner or person supplying the service, food, entertainment or accommodations.

B. A law enforcement officer may arrest without warrant a person the officer has probable cause to believe has committed the crime of falsely obtaining services or accommodations. A merchant, owner or proprietor who causes such an arrest shall not be criminally or civilly liable if the merchant, owner or proprietor has actual knowledge that the person arrested has committed the crime of falsely obtaining services or accommodations.

C. Whoever commits falsely obtaining services or accommodations when the value of the service, food, entertainment or accommodations furnished is:

(1) less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) is guilty of a petty misdemeanor;

(2) more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) but not more than five hundred dollars ($500) is guilty of a misdemeanor;

(3) more than five hundred dollars ($500) but not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) is guilty of a fourth degree felony;

(4) more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) but not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a third degree felony; and

(5) more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a second degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 8F / Section 2-8F-20
§ 2-8F-20. Senate district fourteen
Status: in_force

Senate district fourteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 42, 52, 54, 63, 67, 72, 73, 75 through 77, 90 through 92, 94, 96 through 99, 109, 141 through 146, 213, 247, 260, 262, 268 through 270, 288, 340, 600, 620, 629, 630, 638 and 655.
N.M. Stat. § 14-8-1 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 8 / Section 14-8-1
§ 14-8-1. County clerks to be recorders
Status: in_force

The county clerks of the different counties of this state shall be ex officio recorders in their respective counties.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-6.5 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-6.5
§ 6-21-6.5. New Mexico finance authority revenue bonds; purposes
Status: in_force

The New Mexico finance authority may issue and sell revenue bonds payable from the public project revolving fund in compliance with the New Mexico Finance Authority Act in installments or at any one time in an amount not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), the net proceeds of which shall be deposited in the water and wastewater planning fund and used for the purposes of the fund.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7E-24.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7E / Section 10-7E-24.1
§ 10-7E-24.1. Certain new entities created by statute
Status: in_force

A new entity, created by or pursuant to statute, that encompasses the same powers and duties as a previous public employer and uses essentially the same employees as the previous public employer shall be treated as if it were that previous public employer for purposes of the Public Employee Bargaining Act, including the continued applicability of existing ordinances or resolutions pursuant to Section 10-7E-26 NMSA 1978 and of existing collective bargaining units pursuant to Section 10-7E-24 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 40-4A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 4A / Section 40-4A-2
§ 40-4A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Support Enforcement Act:

A. “authorized quasi-judicial officer” means a person appointed by the court pursuant to rule 53(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Courts;

B. “consumer reporting agency” means any person who, for monetary fees, dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties and who uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports;

C. “delinquency” means any payment under an order for support which has become due and is unpaid;

D. “department” means the human services department [health care authority department];

E. “income” means any form of periodic payment to an obligor, regardless of source, including but not limited to wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent contractor, workers' compensation benefits, disability benefits, annuity and retirement benefits or other benefits, bonuses, interest or any other payments made by any person, but does not include:

(1) any amounts required by law to be withheld, other than creditor claims, including but not limited to federal, state and local taxes, social security and other retirement and disability contributions;

(2) union dues;

(3) any amounts exempted by federal law; or

(4) public assistance payments;

F. “notice of delinquency” means the notice of delinquency as provided for in Section 40-4A-4 NMSA 1978;

G. “notice to withhold income” means a notice that requires the payor to withhold from the obligor money necessary to meet the obligor's duty under an order for support and, in the event of a delinquency, requires the payor to withhold an additional amount to be applied towards the reduction of the delinquency;

H. “obligor” means the person who owes a duty to make payments under an order for support;

I. “obligee” means any person who is entitled to receive support under an order for support or that person's legal representative;

J. “order for support” means any order which has been issued by any judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative entity of competent jurisdiction of any state and which order provides for:

(1) periodic payment of funds for the support of a child or a spouse;

(2) modification or resumption of payment of support;

(3) payment of delinquency; or

(4) reimbursement of support;

K. “payor” means any person or entity who provides income to an obligor;

L. “person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, governmental agency, public office or other entity; and

M. “public office” means the state disbursement unit of the department as defined in Section 454B of the Social Security Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 58-1C-4 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1C / Section 58-1C-4
§ 58-1C-4. Authority of state banks to establish interstate branches by merger
Status: in_force

A. If it obtains the prior approval of the director, a New Mexico state bank may establish, maintain and operate one or more branches in a state other than New Mexico pursuant to an interstate merger transaction in which the New Mexico state bank is the resulting bank.

B. Not later than the date on which the required application for the interstate merger transaction is filed with the responsible federal bank supervisory agency, the applicant New Mexico state bank shall file the documents and information required by Subsections A and B of Section 58-4-4 NMSA 1978 and pay a fee in an amount that shall be prescribed by the director by rule.

C. The director shall approve the interstate merger transaction and the operation of branches outside of New Mexico by the New Mexico state bank if he finds that:

(1) the proposed transaction will not be detrimental to the safety and soundness of the applicant or the resulting bank;

(2) any new officers and directors of the resulting bank are qualified by character, experience and financial responsibility to direct and manage the resulting bank; and

(3) the proposed merger is consistent with the convenience and needs of the communities to be served by the resulting bank in this state and is otherwise in the public interest.

D. The interstate merger transaction may be effected only after the applicant has received the director's written approval.
N.M. Stat. § 77-2-7.4 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 2 / Section 77-2-7.4
§ 77-2-7.4. Recording before use; recording fee; conflicting brands
Status: in_force

A. A brand shall not be used until recorded. A facsimile of the brand and a recording fee fixed by the board shall be forwarded to the director. One certified copy of the recorded brand shall be furnished to the owner of the brand by the director when the brand is recorded.

B. The director shall immediately record the brand unless it has been recorded previously or conflicts with a prior recorded brand. In that event, the director shall return the facsimile unrecorded and charge a fee for the research.

C. Additional certified copies of brands recorded may be obtained from the director by the payment of a fee to be fixed by the board in a sum not to exceed the amount prescribed by law.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-19
§ 19-10-19. Withholding lands from lease authorized
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to offer any tract or tracts of land for lease but the commissioner shall have power to withhold any tract or tracts from leasing for oil and gas purposes if in his opinion the best interests of the state will be served by so doing.
N.M. Stat. § 31-29-16 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 29 / Section 31-29-16
§ 31-29-16. Saving and transitional provisions
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act applies to collateral consequences whenever enacted or imposed unless the law creating the collateral consequence expressly states that the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act does not apply.

B. The Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act does not apply to the imposition of a collateral sanction on an individual until the date that is six months after the collection of laws required pursuant to Section 4 of the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act is first available on the internet pursuant to Subsections C and D of Section 4 of that act, but a collateral sanction validly imposed before that date may be the subject of relief pursuant to that act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-14-2 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 14 / Section 7-14-2
§ 7-14-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Act:

A. “department” means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or an employee of that department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;

B. “manufactured home” means a structure that exceeds either a width of eight feet or a length of thirty-two feet, when equipped for the road;

C. “motor vehicle” means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from batteries or from overhead trolley wires but not operated upon rails;

D. “person” means any individual, estate, trust, receiver, cooperative association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, joint venture or syndicate; “person” also means, to the extent permitted by law, any federal, state or other governmental unit or subdivision or an agency, department or instrumentality thereof;

E. “secretary” means the secretary of taxation and revenue or the secretary's delegate;

F. “tax” means the motor vehicle excise tax imposed under the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Act; and

G. “vehicle” means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including any frame, chassis or body of any vehicle or motor vehicle, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-6.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-6.3
§ 6-21-6.3. Water and wastewater project grant fund; creation; administration; purposes
Status: in_force

A. There is created in the authority the “water and wastewater project grant fund”, which shall be administered by the authority. The authority shall adopt, in accordance with the New Mexico Finance Authority Act, rules necessary to administer the fund.

B. The following shall be deposited directly into the water and wastewater project grant fund:

(1) the net proceeds from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 6-21-6.1 NMSA 1978 for the purposes of the water and wastewater project grant fund and payable from the public project revolving fund;

(2) money appropriated by the legislature to implement the provisions of this section; and

(3) any other public or private money dedicated to the fund.

C. Money in the water and wastewater project grant fund is appropriated to the authority to make grants to qualified entities for water or wastewater public projects pursuant to specific authorization by law for each project and to pay administrative costs of the water and wastewater project grant program.

D. The authority shall adopt rules governing the terms and conditions of grants made from the water and wastewater project grant fund. Except in the circumstances set forth in Subsection F of this section, grants may be made from the fund only with participation from the qualified entity in the form of a local match, which shall be determined by a sliding scale based on the qualified entity's financial capacity to pay a portion of the project from local resources. Grants from the water and wastewater project grant fund may be made only as all or part of financing for a complete project after the authority has determined that the financing for the complete project is cost effective.

E. The authority may make grants from the water and wastewater project grant fund to qualified entities for emergency public projects without specific authorization by law. Each emergency public project shall be designated as such by the authority prior to making the grant. The aggregate amount of grants for emergency public projects in fiscal years 2003, 2004 and 2005 shall not exceed six million dollars ($6,000,000) for each fiscal year. The aggregate amount of grants for emergency public projects in fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years shall not exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000) for each fiscal year.

F. To encourage consolidation of water or wastewater systems and to discourage proliferation of multiple water or wastewater systems, the authority may determine the local match requirement based on the financial capacity of:

(1) the residents of the geographic area benefiting from the improvements to be financed with the proceeds of the grant received on their behalf by the qualified entity; or

(2) the qualified entity benefiting from the improvements to be financed with the proceeds of the grant when the benefiting qualified entity agrees to consolidate with the qualified entity receiving the grant.