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N.M. Stat. § 21-23-12 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 23 / Section 21-23-12
§ 21-23-12. Cooperation
Status: in_force

The higher education department shall cooperate with federal and other state agencies in administering the provisions of the Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act. The secretary of state shall cooperate with the higher education department by identifying post-secondary educational institutions that apply for corporate charters. The public education department shall cooperate with the higher education department by providing the technical assistance necessary to develop minimum standards that post-secondary educational institutions shall meet and any other assistance that would be of aid in the administration of the Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act.
N.M. Stat. § 17-5-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 17-5-1
§ 17-5-1. Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of Sections 17-5-1 through 17-5-9 NMSA 1978 and the policy of New Mexico to provide an adequate and flexible system for the protection of fur-bearing animals to the end that valuable fur resources shall not be wasted or depleted.
N.M. Stat. § 1-5-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 1-5-21
§ 1-5-21. Data processor; custody and protection of voter file; delivery of voter file and program records
Status: in_force

A. The designated data processor shall provide the secretary of state, county clerk or county with data processing services in the implementation and maintenance of the Voter Records System Act and in carrying out such other services as are reasonably related to providing data processing of the voter records system.

B. The designated data processor shall preserve and safeguard voter files and voter registration system software from loss, damage, unauthorized alteration, unauthorized access and unauthorized reproduction and shall ensure their continued use and accessibility while they are in the data processor's custody.

C. No copies of the voter file or information or listings derived therefrom shall be furnished by the data processor to any person other than the secretary of state, the county clerk or their designated agents.
N.M. Stat. § 9-4A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 4A / Section 9-4A-12
§ 9-4A-12. Museum resources division
Status: in_force

The “museum resources division” is created within the department. The museum resources division shall provide support in exhibitions, statewide education services, publishing and other services requested by the museums or the secretary.
N.M. Stat. § 24-4-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-4-3
§ 24-4-3. Additional health officers; offices; expenses
Status: in_force

A. Whenever, in the opinion of the director of the public health division of the department of health, conditions require the employment of persons in addition to the district health officer to properly execute the health laws and regulations in any county, the board of county commissioners of such county, with the approval of the secretary of health, shall provide suitable quarters for such additional persons. The boards of county commissioners shall make proper provision for all office expenses and other expenses, including utilities and maintenance, for such additional persons.

B. The board of county commissioners of such county may, upon adoption of a resolution approved by the secretary of finance and administration, deposit county funds for such purposes as are provided pursuant to this section with the state treasurer to the credit of the department of health for such purposes as are provided in this section at such time as such funds are available. The depositing of such funds with the state treasurer shall be upon a voucher approved by the board of county commissioners subject to all statutes and regulations covering the disbursement of county funds except that such funds may be so deposited prior to disbursement being due and payable. No such deposits shall be in excess of the approved budget for this purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 28-16C-9 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 16C / Section 28-16C-9
§ 28-16C-9. Posting and distribution of ombud information
Status: in_force

Every public school providing special education services shall post in a conspicuous location in the public school a notice regarding the office that contains a brief description of the services provided by the office and the name, address and phone number of the office and shall post it online on the public school's website, if applicable. The public school providing special education services shall distribute information regarding the state ombud at the beginning of every school year, in addition to providing the information as part of the annual individual education plan process prior to scheduling the first individual education plan meeting of each school year. The form of the notice shall be approved by the office.
N.M. Stat. § 61-32-28 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 32 / Section 61-32-28
§ 61-32-28. Communications; confidentiality
Status: in_force

All written and oral communications made to the board relating to potential disciplinary action shall be subject to the Inspection of Public Records Act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-19A-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 19A / Section 21-19A-3
§ 21-19A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Apprenticeship Assistance Act:

A. “ advisory committee ” means the apprenticeship and training advisory committee to the division;

B. “ apprentice ” means a person at least sixteen years of age who is approved by the council and is covered by a written agreement with an employer or with an association of employers or employees acting as agent for an employer, which written agreement provides for reasonably continuous employment of the person for not less than two thousand hours in the given trade in which that person is apprenticed in an approved schedule of work experience and for at least one hundred forty-four hours per year of related and supplemental instruction;

C. “ apprenticeship committee ” means the sponsoring committee of each apprenticeable craft that is responsible for that particular apprenticeship program;

D. “ apprenticeship-related instruction ” means skills taught off the job that are required by the particular apprenticeable craft and that the apprentice needs to complete the apprenticeship as required by the state apprenticeship agency and the office of apprenticeship;

E. “ department ” means the workforce solutions department;

F. “ division ” means the labor relations division of the department;

G. “ office of apprenticeship ” means the office of apprenticeship of the employment and training administration of the United States department of labor;

H. “ related instruction ” means organized, off-the-job instruction in theoretical or technical subjects required for the completion of an apprenticeship for a particular apprenticeable trade;

I. “ state apprenticeship agency ” means the state apprenticeship agency within the department; and

J. “ supplementary instruction ” means new or upgrading skill training for those already employed as journeymen craftsmen.
N.M. Stat. § 61-12B-7 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12B / Section 61-12B-7
§ 61-12B-7. Licensing by training and examination
Status: in_force

A person desiring to become licensed as a respiratory care practitioner shall make application to the department on a written form and in such manner as the department prescribes, pay all required application fees and certify and furnish evidence to the department that the applicant:

A. has successfully completed a training program as defined in the Respiratory Care Act and set forth by rules of the department;

B. has passed an entry level examination, as specified by rules of the department, for respiratory care practitioners administered by the national board for respiratory care or a successor board; and

C. has successfully completed other training or education programs and passed other examinations as set forth by rules of the department.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-65 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-65
§ 19-10-65. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 19-10-64 through 19-10-70 NMSA 1978:

A. “refinery charge stocks” means crude oils, petroleum or gas condensates and blends thereof and all other products charged or chargeable to petroleum refinery facilities;

B. “royalty oil” means crude oil, liquid petroleum products, condensates from wells or lease plants or a mixture thereof; and

C. “small business” means a concern owning a refinery located in New Mexico that obtains more than seventy percent of its New Mexico refinery input of crude oil from producers which do not control, are not controlled by and are not under common control with such concern and that does not refine more than one hundred thousand barrels per day of crude oil at owned or leased facilities located in New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 30-1-5 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 1 / Section 30-1-5
§ 30-1-5. Classification of crimes
Status: in_force

Crimes are classified as felonies, misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors.
N.M. Stat. § 29-2-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 2 / Section 29-2-3
§ 29-2-3. New Mexico state police; organization
Status: in_force

The New Mexico state police shall consist of a chief and such patrol officers, sergeants, lieutenants and captains as the secretary may deem advisable within the limits of the funds appropriated for the New Mexico state police; provided that the number of captains, lieutenants and sergeants shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the total number of the police, exclusive of the chief; but this requirement shall not be interpreted so as to require the demotion of any member of the previous state police division, the former motor transportation division or the former special investigations division.
N.M. Stat. § 52-1-70 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 1 / Section 52-1-70
§ 52-1-70. Offset of unemployment compensation benefits
Status: in_force

A. No total disability benefits shall be payable under the Workers' Compensation Act for any weeks in which the injured worker has received or is receiving unemployment compensation benefits, except as provided in this section.

B. If a worker is entitled to receive unemployment compensation benefits and would otherwise be entitled to receive total disability benefits, the unemployment compensation benefits shall be primary and total disability benefits shall be supplemental only, and the sum of the two benefits shall not exceed the amount of total disability benefits that would otherwise be payable.
N.M. Stat. § 12-8-13 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 12-8-13
§ 12-8-13. Ex-parte consultations
Status: in_force

No party or representative of a party or any other person shall communicate off the record about the case with any agency member who participates in making the decision in any adjudicatory proceeding unless a copy of the communication is sent to all parties to the proceeding. No agency member or representative of the agency shall communicate off the record about the adjudicatory proceedings with any party or representative of a party or any other person unless a copy of the communication is sent to all parties in the proceeding.
N.M. Stat. § 6-6-5 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 6-6-5
§ 6-6-5. Record of approved budget
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of any budget approved by the local government division, the local public body shall cause such budget to be made a part of the minutes of such body.
N.M. Stat. § 19-3-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 19-3-16
§ 19-3-16. Each day's violation a separate offense
Status: in_force

Each day's violation of the provisions of the first two sections of this chapter shall be and constitute a separate cause of action against any person, company or corporation violating the same.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 18-6-14
§ 18-6-14. State historian
Status: in_force

The state historian at the state records center is designated as “state historian” for purposes of the Cultural Properties Act.
N.M. Stat. § 30-9A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 9A / Section 30-9A-1
§ 30-9A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 30, Article 9A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Animal Sexual Abuse Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9F-12 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9F / Section 63-9F-12
§ 63-9F-12. Telecommunications access fund; established
Status: in_force

There is created in the state treasury the “telecommunications access fund”. Money appropriated to the fund or accruing to it through gifts, grants, fees, surcharges, penalties or bequests shall be delivered to the state treasurer for deposit in the fund. The fund shall be invested as other state funds are invested. Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the executive director of the commission. The commission shall administer the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the commission for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Telecommunications Access Act. The commission may request the state budget division of the department of finance and administration to approve the expenditure of funds deposited in the telecommunications access fund for the purpose of defraying salary and other necessary expenses incurred by the commission in the administration of the provisions of the Telecommunications Access Act. The state budget division may approve the expenditure of not more than ten percent of the amount deposited in the telecommunications access fund during any fiscal year for expenses incurred by the commission in administering that act. In addition, money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to the commission for the performance of its duties pursuant to Chapter 28, Article 11B NMSA 1978 and to the signed language interpreting practices fund for the purpose of defraying salary and other necessary expenses incurred by the signed language interpreting practices board. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert.
N.M. Stat. § 7-34-7 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 34 / Section 7-34-7
§ 7-34-7. Commission shall report to county; tax roll
Status: in_force

On or before December 30, the commission shall deliver a report to each county in which production units are located, identifying each production unit, the taxing district in which it is located, the value, assessed value, district rates and the amount of tax paid.
N.M. Stat. § 73-24-3 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 24 / Section 73-24-3
§ 73-24-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Joint Flood and Drainage Planning Assessments Act:

A. “planning assessment” means any study, analysis, plan, survey or review of the need for, costs or feasibility of, alternatives to or locations for facilities owned or operated by a flood control district or a conservancy district;

B. “flood control district” means any flood control district created pursuant to Chapter 72, Articles 16 through 18 NMSA 1978; and

C. “conservancy district” means any conservancy district created pursuant to Chapter 73, Articles 14 through 18 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 1-20-6 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 20 / Section 1-20-6
§ 1-20-6. Unlawful possession of keys
Status: in_force

Unlawful possession of keys consists of the possession at any time of any key to a voting machine, ballot box or monitored secured container, or possession of an imitation or duplicate thereof, or making or causing to be made any imitation or duplicate thereof, unless authorized by the Election Code. Whoever commits unlawful possession of keys is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 6-13-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 13 / Section 6-13-18
§ 6-13-18. Security; priority of liens
Status: in_force

A. All bonds of the same issue under the Institution Bond Act have a prior and paramount lien upon income from the permanent fund and upon the income and current fund of the institution issuing the bonds. This lien is ahead of all bonds of any series secured by a pledge of this income and fund which may be subsequently authorized, and is ahead of any claims or other obligations of any nature against this income and fund subsequently arising or incurred.

B. The bonds are subject to any prior and superior rights of any outstanding bonds, claims or other obligations previously issued, arising or incurred, but the resolution authorizing issuance of bonds under the Institution Bond Act may provide for subsequent authorization of bonds having a lien for payment on income from the permanent fund and on the income and current fund of the institution at a parity with the lien of earlier bonds upon conditions provided in the resolution.

C. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the resolution, all bonds of the same series issued under the Institution Bond Act shall be equally and ratably secured without priority by reason of number, date or [of] bonds, sale, execution or delivery, by a lien on income from the permanent fund and on the income and current fund of the issuing state institution in accordance with the terms of the Institution Bond Act.
N.M. Stat. § 5-15-29 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 15 / Section 5-15-29
§ 5-15-29. Report required
Status: in_force

On September 1 of each year, the district board of a district that receives a distribution of a gross receipts tax increment attributable to the state gross receipts tax shall submit a report to the state board of finance and the legislative finance committee that includes the estimated capital investment in the district, the estimated total net new jobs and new full-time economic base jobs created in the district and the total revenues distributed to the district in each previous fiscal year.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-44-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 44 / Section 59A-44-8
§ 59A-44-8. No personal liability
Status: in_force

A. The officers and members of the supreme governing body or any subordinate body of a society shall not be personally liable for any benefits provided by a society.

B. Any person may be indemnified and reimbursed by any society for expenses reasonably incurred by, and liabilities imposed upon, such person in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, or threat thereof, in which the person may be involved by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the society or of any firm, corporation or organization in which he served in any capacity at the request of the society. A person shall not be so indemnified or reimbursed:

(1) in relation to any matter in such action, suit or proceeding as to which he shall finally be adjudged to be or have been guilty of breach of duty as a director, officer, employee or agent of the society; or

(2) in relation to any matter in such action, suit or proceeding, or threat thereof, which has been made the subject of a compromise settlement, unless in either such case the person acted in good faith for a purpose the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the society and, in a criminal action or proceeding, in addition, he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The determination whether the conduct of such person met the standard required in order to justify indemnification and reimbursement in relation to any matter in Paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection may only be made by the supreme governing body or board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of persons who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding by a court of competent jurisdiction. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of no contest as to such person shall not in itself create a conclusive presumption that the person did not meet the standard of conduct required in order to justify indemnification and reimbursement. The foregoing right of indemnification and reimbursement shall not be exclusive of other rights to which such person may be entitled as a matter of law and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators.

C. A society shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the society or who is or was serving at the request of the society as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other firm, corporation or organization against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the society would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under this section.
N.M. Stat. § 30-14-1 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 14 / Section 30-14-1
§ 30-14-1. Criminal trespass
Status: in_force

A. Criminal trespass consists of knowingly entering or remaining upon posted private property without possessing written permission from the owner or person in control of the land. The provisions of this subsection do not apply if:

(1) the owner or person in control of the land has entered into an agreement with the department of game and fish granting access to the land to the general public for the purpose of taking any game animals, birds or fish by hunting or fishing; or

(2) a person is in possession of a landowner license given to him by the owner or person in control of the land that grants access to that particular private land for the purpose of taking any game animals, birds or fish by hunting or fishing.

B. Criminal trespass also consists of knowingly entering or remaining upon the unposted lands of another knowing that such consent to enter or remain is denied or withdrawn by the owner or occupant thereof. Notice of no consent to enter shall be deemed sufficient notice to the public and evidence to the courts, by the posting of the property at all vehicular access entry ways.

C. Criminal trespass also consists of knowingly entering or remaining upon lands owned, operated or controlled by the state or any of its political subdivisions knowing that consent to enter or remain is denied or withdrawn by the custodian thereof.

D. Any person who enters upon the lands of another without prior permission and injures, damages or destroys any part of the realty or its improvements, including buildings, structures, trees, shrubs or other natural features, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and he shall be liable to the owner, lessee or person in lawful possession for civil damages in an amount equal to double the value of the damage to the property injured or destroyed.

E. Whoever commits criminal trespass is guilty of a misdemeanor. Additionally, any person who violates the provisions of Subsection A, B or C of this section, when in connection with hunting, fishing or trapping activity, shall have his hunting or fishing license revoked by the state game commission for a period of not less than three years, pursuant to the provisions of Section 17-3-34 NMSA 1978 .

F. Whoever knowingly removes, tampers with or destroys any “no trespass” sign is guilty of a petty misdemeanor; except when the damage to the sign amounts to more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for a definite term less than one year or a fine not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or to both such imprisonment and fine in the discretion of the judge.

G. This section, as amended, shall be published in all issues of “Big Game Hunt Proclamation” as published by the department of game and fish.