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N.M. Stat. § 7-38-27 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-27
§ 7-38-27. Protest hearings; verbatim record; action by county valuation protests board; time limitations
Status: in_force

A. Except for the rules relating to discovery, the technical rules of evidence and the Rules Civil Procedure for the District Courts do not apply at protest hearings before a county valuation protests board, but the hearing shall be conducted so that an ample opportunity is provided for the presentation of complaints and defenses. All testimony shall be taken under oath. A verbatim record of the hearing shall be made but need not be transcribed unless required for appeal purposes.

B. Final action taken by the board on a petition shall be by written order signed by the chairman or a member of the board designated by the chairman. The order shall be made within thirty days after the date of the hearing, but this time limitation may be extended by agreement of the board and the protestant. A copy of the order shall be sent immediately by certified mail to the property owner. A copy of the order shall also be sent to the director and the county assessor.

C. All protests shall be decided within one hundred eighty days of the date the protest is filed. The protest shall be denied if the property owner or his authorized representative fails, without reasonable justification, to appear at the hearing.

D. The board's order shall be dated, state the changes to be made in the valuation records, if any, and direct the county assessor to take appropriate action. The division shall make any changes in its valuation records required by the order.

E. Changes in the valuation records shall clearly indicate that the prior entry has been superseded by an order of the board.

F. The assessor shall maintain a file of all orders made by the county valuation protests board. The file shall be open for public inspection.

G. If an order of a county valuation protests board is appealed under Section 7-38-28 NMSA 1978 , the director shall immediately notify the appropriate county assessor of the appeal. Notations shall be made in the valuation records of the assessor and the division indicating the pendency of the appeal.
N.M. Stat. § 24-7B-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 7B / Section 24-7B-8
§ 24-7B-8. Decisions by guardian
Status: in_force

A. A guardian shall comply with the protected person's individual instructions made while the protected person had capacity and may not disregard the protected person's preferences contained in an advance directive for mental health treatment unless the appointing court expressly so authorizes after notice to the agent, if any, and the protected person. The court may disregard such preferences if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that the preferences do not accurately reflect the free choice of the protected person at the time of making the individual instructions or that the protected person revoked the individual instructions while the protected person had capacity pursuant to Subsection B of Section 24-7A-3 NMSA 1978 .

B. A mental health treatment decision of an agent appointed by an individual having capacity takes precedence over that of a guardian, unless the appointing court expressly directs otherwise after notice to the agent and the protected person.

C. Subject to the provisions of Subsections A and B of this section, a mental health treatment decision made by a guardian for the protected person is effective without judicial approval, if the appointing court has expressly authorized the guardian to make mental health treatment decisions for the protected person, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 43-1-15 or 45-5-312 NMSA 1978 , after notice to the protected person and any agent.
N.M. Stat. § 20-4-3 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 4 / Section 20-4-3
§ 20-4-3. Pay and allowances
Status: in_force

A. Members of the national guard, when on state-ordered duty for any period, shall receive the same basic pay and allowances as are prescribed by federal laws and regulations for members of the national guard on active federal service of like grade and length of service. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, enlisted members of the national guard in the pay grades of E1 through E5, when on state-ordered duty for any period, shall receive not less than the minimum daily rate of pay received by a pay grade of E6 on active military service in the armed forces of the United States.

B. Members of the national guard who are on full-time active status for the state as adjutant general or as members of his staff may enter upon periods of active duty for training in the armed forces of the United States without loss of state pay, seniority or other employment benefits, when such active duty for training has been approved by the governor as commander-in-chief.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-85 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-85
§ 10-11-85. Municipal police member coverage plan 5; affiliated public employer contribution rate
Status: in_force

The affiliated public employer shall contribute the following percentages of the salary of each member it employs and who is covered under municipal police member coverage plan 5:

A. prior to July 1, 2022, nineteen and fifteen-hundredths percent of salary;

B. beginning July 1, 2022 and continuing through June 30, 2023, nineteen and sixty-five hundredths percent of salary;

C. beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through June 30, 2024, twenty and fifteen-hundredths percent of salary;

D. beginning July 1, 2024 and continuing through June 30, 2025, twenty and sixty-five hundredths percent of salary; and

E. beginning July 1, 2025 and thereafter, twenty-one and fifteen-hundredths percent of salary.
N.M. Stat. § 24-10-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 10 / Section 24-10-5
§ 24-10-5. Transfusions; limited liability
Status: in_force

The procuring, furnishing, donating, processing, distributing or using of human whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives, human tissue or organs or any component thereof shall not give rise to any implied warranties of any type, and the doctrine of strict tort liability shall not be applicable to the transmission of hepatitis or human immunodeficiency virus in the blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives, human tissue or organs or any component thereof. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the liability of any person, firm, corporation or other organization for negligence or willful misconduct.
N.M. Stat. § 40-18-3 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 18 / Section 40-18-3
§ 40-18-3. Applications and petitions for classification as a special immigrant juvenile
Status: in_force

A. A request may be made by a petitioner pursuant to this section for classification as a special immigrant juvenile as provided in 8 U.S.C. Section 1101(a)(27)(J) , in conjunction with a petition for any determination on the care and custody of a child.

B. The application or petition for classification as a special immigrant juvenile shall set forth the facts necessary to establish eligibility pursuant to this section.
N.M. Stat. § 7-36-32 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 36 / Section 7-36-32
§ 7-36-32. Special method of valuation; commercial aircraft
Status: in_force

A. All commercial aircraft used by commercial airline companies in the operation of their businesses and subject to valuation for property taxation purposes shall be valued in accordance with the provisions of this section.

B. The department shall value commercial aircraft as follows:

(1) all gasoline engine propeller driven aircraft shall be valued at ten percent of original cost regardless of age; and

(2) all jet propelled aircraft shall have an assumed life of twelve years and shall be valued by deducting from eighty percent of the original cost of the aircraft depreciation computed on a monthly basis, but no aircraft valued under this paragraph shall have computed a value of less than twenty percent of its original cost.

C. The department shall adopt regulations providing for the allocation of net taxable values of commercial aircraft to New Mexico and to the governmental units in the state, which regulations shall include allocation factors related to ground time in New Mexico compared to total ground time within the airline system and flight time over New Mexico compared to total flight time within the airline system, exclusive of flight time outside the continental limits of the United States.

D. The department shall adopt regulations pursuant to Section 7-38-88 NMSA 1978 to implement the method of valuation of commercial aircraft specified in this section.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-8.10 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-8.10
§ 7-1-8.10. Information that may be revealed to private persons other than the taxpayer
Status: in_force

An employee of the department may reveal to:

A. a transferee, assignee, buyer or lessor of a liquor license, the amount and basis of an unpaid assessment of tax for which the transferor, assignor, seller or lessee is liable;

B. a purchaser of a business as provided in Sections 7-1-61 through 7-1-63 NMSA 1978 , the amount and basis of an unpaid assessment of tax for which the purchaser's seller is liable;

C. a rack operator, importer, blender, distributor or supplier, the identity of a rack operator, importer, blender, supplier or distributor and the number of gallons reported on returns required under the Gasoline Tax Act, Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act or Alternative Fuel Tax Act, but only when it is necessary to enable the department to carry out its duties under the Gasoline Tax Act, the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act or the Alternative Fuel Tax Act;

D. a corporation authorized to be formed under the Educational Assistance Act, upon its written request, the last known address and the date of that address of every person certified to the department as an absent obligor of an educational debt due and owed to the corporation or that the corporation has lawfully contracted to collect; this information may only be used by the corporation and its officers and employees to enforce the educational debt obligation of the absent obligors; and

E. the executive director of the New Mexico health insurance exchange:

(1) insurance-relevant information for which the taxpayer consents to disclosure in accordance with the provisions of the Easy Enrollment Act; and

(2) information on consent that a taxpayer provides on a state income tax return in accordance with the provisions of the Easy Enrollment Act.
N.M. Stat. § 4-37-4 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 37 / Section 4-37-4
§ 4-37-4. Enforcement officers in counties; duties
Status: in_force

A. It is the duty of every county sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable and other county law enforcement officer to:

(1) enforce the provisions of all county ordinances;

(2) diligently file a complaint or information alleging a violation if circumstances would indicate that action to a reasonably prudent person; and

(3) cooperate with the district attorney or other prosecutor in all reasonable ways.

B. Any county law enforcement officer that fails to perform his duty in any material respect is subject to removal from office and payment of all costs of prosecution.
N.M. Stat. § 73-7-38 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 7 / Section 73-7-38
§ 73-7-38. Refunding indebtedness
Status: in_force

And the court may, on the petition of the commissioners authorize them to refund any lawful indebtedness of the district by taking up and cancelling all of its outstanding notes and bonds, as fast as they become due, or before, if the holders thereof will surrender the same, and issuing in lieu thereof new notes, or bonds of such district, payable in such longer time as the court shall deem proper, not to exceed in the aggregate the amount of all notes and bonds of the district then outstanding, and the unpaid, accrued interest thereon, and bearing interest not exceeding eight percent per annum.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-25 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-25
§ 19-4-25. Appeals
Status: in_force

Appeals and writs of error shall be allowed and may be taken and prosecuted from the judgments or decrees, or any order of the courts in proceedings under this chapter, to the supreme court, as in other cases.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-27.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-27.1
§ 1-12-27.1. Conduct of election; provisional paper ballots; use when polling hours extended; disposition
Status: in_force

A. If polling hours are extended by court order or any other order pursuant to a state law in effect at least ten days before the date of that election, during the extended hours, a voter shall vote only on a provisional paper ballot.

B. A provisional paper ballot cast pursuant to this section shall be separated and held apart from provisional paper ballots cast by those not affected by the order. The ballot shall be counted if:

(1) there is no legal challenge to the order extending polling hours within ten days of the election; or

(2) a legal challenge to the order extending polling hours is not sustained.
N.M. Stat. § 47-8-35 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 8 / Section 47-8-35
§ 47-8-35. Claim for rent and damages
Status: in_force

If the rental agreement is terminated, the owner is entitled to possession and may have a claim for rent and a separate claim for damages for breach of the rental agreement and reasonable attorney's fees as provided in Subsection C of Section 33 of the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21F-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21F / Section 21-21F-2
§ 21-21F-2. Legislative intent
Status: in_force

The legislature recognizes the importance of the duties performed by our fire fighters and peace officers and the debt we owe to the fire fighters and peace officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The intent of this act is to make a small payment on that debt by providing their survivors with an opportunity for a college education.
N.M. Stat. § 73-14-26 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 14 / Section 73-14-26
§ 73-14-26. Designation of positions for purposes of election
Status: in_force

For purposes of election to the board of directors of the conservancy district, each office on the board shall be assigned a position number in numerical sequence beginning with the at-large position, and then next those positions within the most populous county. At all elections the same position numbers shall be used to designate the same offices.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-8-14 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 8 / Section 59A-8-14
§ 59A-8-14. Valuation of other securities
Status: in_force

A. Common stocks shall be valued at their market value, as determined by customary method, or, at the option of the company, they may be carried at cost if cost is less than market value. If no publicly traded market quotation is available, the value of the stocks shall be based on the pro rata share of the issuing company's net worth as shown by its audited financial statements or, in the case of an insurance company, the pro rata share of its statutory net worth.

B. Preferred stocks shall be valued in accordance with procedures promulgated periodically by the securities valuation office of the national association of insurance commissioners.

C. Stock of an insurer's subsidiary shall be valued only on the basis of value of the assets of the subsidiary that would constitute lawful investments of the insurer if acquired or held directly by the insurer.
N.M. Stat. § 22-13C-10 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13C / Section 22-13C-10
§ 22-13C-10. Addressing food waste
Status: in_force

By no later than July 1, 2025, a school food authority shall seek to achieve the lowest level of food waste, which shall include all of the following:

A. students in grades kindergarten through five shall be allowed to have up to twenty minutes of seated lunch time each school day to provide sufficient lunch periods that are long enough to give all students adequate time to eat; and

B. share tables shall be provided where food service staff, students and parents may return allowable food. Allowable food placed on the share tables that is not taken by a student during the course of a regular school meal period shall be donated to students, food banks or other nonprofit charitable organizations.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-28 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-28
§ 17-3-28. Exceptions from 17-3-26, 17-3-27; taking bait for own use; persons under 15; unlawful to place nongame fish in certain waters
Status: reserved

Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent licensed fishermen from taking minnows and other nongame fish for his [their] own use for bait; or to any minor under fifteen (15) years of age taking minnows not for resale; provided, however, that it shall be unlawful for licensed fishermen or any other person using nongame fish for bait to place any of such nongame fish which are not used for bait in any waters stocked or reserved for game fish by the state game commission of the state of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 6-18-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 18 / Section 6-18-13
§ 6-18-13. Finding of necessity by local governments
Status: in_force

No public body shall exercise any of the powers conferred by the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act or issue any bonds pursuant hereto until after its local governing body shall have adopted a resolution finding that:

A. the issuance of bonds under that act will result in a savings in interest cost to the public body; and

B. the issuance by the public body of bonds under that act is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents of the public body.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-8 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-8
§ 21-21-8. Issuance of revenue bonds
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a certification from the higher education department that a need exists under the Student Loan Act, the state board of finance shall, by resolution, provide for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds called the “New Mexico college student loan bonds” or the issuance of notes called the “New Mexico college student loan notes,” or both. All bonds shall be on a parity and may be issued in one or several installments. The bonds of each issue shall be dated and bear interest, payable annually or semiannually, as prescribed by the state board of finance. The bonds shall mature serially or otherwise not later than forty years from their date and may be redeemable before maturity, at the option of the state treasurer, at prices and under terms and conditions fixed by the state board of finance in its resolution providing for issuance of the bonds. The resolution shall also determine the form of the bonds, including the form of any interest coupon to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denominations of the bonds and the place of the payment of the principal and interest thereon. The bonds shall be executed on behalf of the state as special obligations of the state payable only from the funds specified in the Student Loan Act, and shall not be payable from funds received or to be received from taxation. The bonds shall be signed by the governor and the state treasurer in accordance with the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Act 2 and shall bear the facsimile seal of the state. Interest coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of the state treasurer. If any officer whose manual or facsimile signature appears on any bond or coupon ceases to be an officer before delivery of the bonds, the signature is valid as if he had remained in office until the delivery had been made. The resolution may provide for registration of the bonds as to ownership and for successive conversion and reconversion from registered to bearer bonds and vice versa. Before any bonds are delivered to the purchasers, the record pertaining thereto shall be examined by the attorney general, and the record and bonds shall be approved by him. After approval, the bonds shall be registered in the office of the state treasurer. After the approval and registration and delivery to the purchasers, the bonds are incontestable and constitute special obligations of the state, and are negotiable instruments under the laws of the state. The bonds may be sold at public or private sale by the state board of finance at prices and in accordance with procedures and terms it determines to be advantageous and reasonably obtainable. The state board of finance may provide for replacement of any bond which may be mutilated or destroyed.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-68 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-68
§ 19-10-68. Application for preference in sale of royalty oil; requirements
Status: in_force

A petroleum refinery within the state unable to purchase in the open market at prevailing prices an adequate supply of refinery charge stocks of a quality to meet the needs of its existing petroleum refinery capacity may file an application and supporting documents with the oil conservation commission. Such application shall be filed in triplicate and must be accompanied by a detailed statement containing the following information:

A. the full name and address of the applicant; the location of the petroleum refinery; a complete disclosure of applicant's affiliation or association with any other petroleum refiner of oil if such relationship exists; and reasons for believing that applicant is entitled to a preference under this act, including a full showing of efforts made to purchase refinery charge stocks in the open market;

B. the capacity of the refinery to be supplied and the amount, source and grade of all refinery charge stocks currently available to the applicant petroleum refiner by purchase; and

C. the minimum amount and grade of additional refinery charge stocks needed to meet existing refinery commitments or existing refinery capacity, the field or fields which the petroleum refiner believes offer a potential source of refinery charge stocks supply because of proximity to its refinery and the available transportation facilities which the refiner proposes to utilize.
N.M. Stat. § 3-24-4 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 24 / Section 3-24-4
§ 3-24-4. Jurisdiction over land of electric utility
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of constructing, operating, maintaining and protecting an electric utility, a municipality has jurisdiction over:

(1) territory, occupied by an electric utility;

(2) all poles, lines, mains, pipes and other facilities of the electric utility; and

(3) that portion of any land upon which is located the electric utility and its facilities, or over which they extend, to the extent reasonably necessary to properly operate, maintain, and protect the facilities.

B. Any municipality is granted:

(1) easements not to exceed twenty feet in width along, upon, and across any land over which an existing distribution line, main, and pipe extends, and parallel to such lines, mains, and pipes, and on any street, road and highway abutting such land;

(2) authority to cut down and trim trees and shrubbery, to the extent necessary to keep them clear of the lines, means 1 , pipes or systems; and

(3) authority to cut down and trim trees which are dead, weak, leaning or dangerous, and tall enough to strike the wire in falling.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-75 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-75
§ 2-7F-75. Representative district sixty-nine
Status: in_force

Representative district sixty-nine is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 31 and 93; Cibola county precincts 2, 3, 9 through 11, 16 through 25, 27 and 29; McKinley county precincts 11, 12, 14, 16 and 62; San Juan county precinct 14; Socorro county precinct 15; and Valencia county precincts 1 and 13.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14F-1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14F / Section 61-14F-1
§ 61-14F-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Uniform Athlete Agents Act”.