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N.M. Stat. § 32A-4-17.1 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 4 / Section 32A-4-17.1
§ 32A-4-17.1. Notice to grandparents and relatives
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after a child is taken into custody by law enforcement, or when the department files a petition seeking legal custody of the child, whichever occurs first, the department shall exercise due diligence and make reasonable efforts to identify and provide notice to all grandparents; all parents of a sibling of the child, when the parent has legal custody of the sibling; and other adult relatives of the child, including adult relatives suggested by the parents, unless such notice would be contrary to the best interests of the child due to family or domestic violence. The notice shall:

A. specify that the child has been or is being removed from the custody of the parent or parents of the child;

B. explain the options the relative has under federal, state or other law to participate in the care and placement of the child, including any options that may be lost by failing to respond to the notice;

C. describe the requirements for becoming a foster family home and the additional services and support that are available for children placed in such a home; and

D. set out the dates of any currently scheduled court hearings that involve the child.
N.M. Stat. § 5-11-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 5-11-1
§ 5-11-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 5, Article 11 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Public Improvement District Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-103.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-103.1
§ 7-9-103.1. Deduction; gross receipts tax; converting electricity
Status: in_force

A. Receipts from the transmission of electricity where voltage source conversion technology is employed to provide such services and from ancillary services may be deducted from gross receipts.

B. The department shall report annually to the interim revenue stabilization and tax policy committee on the expansion of voltage source conversion technology use in the transmission of electricity in New Mexico and the use of the deduction provided in this section.

C. As used in this section, “ ancillary services ” means services that are supplied from or in connection with facilities employing voltage source conversion technology and that are used to support or enhance the efficient and reliable operation of the electric system.
N.M. Stat. § 47-3-3 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 3 / Section 47-3-3
§ 47-3-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Solar Rights Act:

A. “ solar collector ” means a device, substance or element, or a combination of devices, substances or elements, that relies upon sunshine as an energy source and that is capable of collecting not less than twenty-five thousand British thermal units on a clear winter solstice day or that is used for the conveyance of light to the interior of a building. The term also includes any device, substance or element that collects solar energy for use in:

(1) the heating or cooling of a structure or building;

(2) the heating or pumping of water;

(3) industrial, commercial or agricultural processes; or

(4) the generation of electricity.

A solar collector may be used for purposes in addition to the collection of solar energy. These uses include, but are not limited to, serving as a structural member or part of a roof of a building or structure and serving as a window or wall; and

B. “ solar right ” means a right to an unobstructed line-of-sight path from a solar collector to the sun, which permits radiation from the sun to impinge directly on the solar collector.
N.M. Stat. § 52-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 5 / Section 52-5-2
§ 52-5-2. Director; appointment; employees; workers' compensation judges
Status: in_force

A. The workers' compensation administration shall be in the charge of a director, who shall be appointed by the governor for a term of five years with the consent of the senate. The appointed director shall serve and have the authority of that office during the period of time prior to final action by the senate confirming or rejecting the appointment. The appointment shall be made on the basis of administrative ability, education, training and experience relevant to the duties of the director. Upon the expiration of the term, the director shall continue to serve until the successor is appointed and qualified. Before entering upon the duties, the director shall subscribe to an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of the office. The director shall devote full time to the duties of the office.

B. The director shall appoint necessary workers' compensation judges. Workers' compensation judges shall not be subject to the provisions of the Personnel Act except as provided by Subsection C of this section. Workers' compensation judges shall be appointed for an initial term of one year and shall be compensated at a rate equal to ninety percent of that of district court judges. Ninety days prior to the expiration of a workers' compensation judge's term, the director shall review his performance. If approved by the director, the workers' compensation judge may be reappointed to a subsequent five-year term.

C. Workers' compensation judges shall be lawyers licensed to practice law in this state and shall have a minimum five years' experience as a practicing lawyer. They shall devote their entire time to their duties and shall not engage in the private practice of law and shall not hold any other position of trust or profit or engage in any occupation or business interfering with or inconsistent with the discharge of their duties as workers' compensation judges. A workers' compensation judge shall be required to conform to all canons of the code of judicial conduct as adopted by the supreme court, except canon 21-900 of that code. Violation of those canons shall be exclusive grounds for dismissal prior to the expiration of his term. Any complaints against a workers' compensation judge shall be filed with the state personnel board, which shall report its findings to the director.

D. Workers' compensation judges shall have the same immunity from liability for their adjudicatory actions as district court judges.
N.M. Stat. § 28-23-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 23 / Section 28-23-3
§ 28-23-3. Prohibition on paying employees less for same work
Status: in_force

A. No employer shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed, between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in the establishment at a rate less than the rate that the employer pays wages to employees of the opposite sex in the establishment for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort and responsibility and that are performed under similar working conditions, except where the payment is made pursuant to a:

(1) seniority system;

(2) merit system; or

(3) system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production.

B. An employer shall not reduce the wage of an employee to comply with this section.

C. No agreement between an employer and an employee for a specific wage in violation of the Fair Pay for Women Act shall prevent the employee from raising a claim based on a violation of the Fair Pay for Women Act.
N.M. Stat. § 1-21-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 21 / Section 1-21-3
§ 1-21-3. Eligibility of new resident and former resident to vote
Status: in_force

Any new resident or former resident may vote for presidential officers in a presidential election, but for no other officers or upon any questions or in any other election, if he:

A. otherwise possesses the substantive qualifications to vote in this state except the requirement of residence; and

B. complies with the provisions of the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act.
N.M. Stat. § 29-10-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 10 / Section 29-10-1
§ 29-10-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 29, Article 10 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Arrest Record Information Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 60-1A-24 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 1A / Section 60-1A-24
§ 60-1A-24. Breeders' awards
Status: in_force

A. The New Mexico horse breeders' association shall create a fund to pay horse breeders of New Mexico-bred horses merit and incentive awards.

B. A racetrack licensee shall pay into a fund created by the New Mexico horse breeders' association an amount equal to ten percent of the first money of a purse won, except for stakes-race purses, at a horse race in New Mexico by a horse registered with the New Mexico horse breeders' association as a New Mexico-bred horse. From stakes-race purses, a racetrack licensee shall pay into the fund created by the New Mexico horse breeders' association an amount equal to ten percent of the added money.

C. The money deposited with the New Mexico horse breeders' association by a racetrack licensee pursuant to Subsection B of this section shall be paid weekly to the breeder of record as recorded by the New Mexico horse breeders' association upon certification of the commission.

D. In addition to the money distributed pursuant to Subsection B of this section, the New Mexico horse breeders' association shall distribute the money allocated to the New Mexico horse breeders' association pursuant to Subsections B , C and D of Section 60-1A-19 NMSA 1978 in the following manner and pursuant to rules adopted by the commission:

(1) forty-five percent of the money to the breeders of record as recorded by the New Mexico horse breeders' association of the first-, second- and third-place finishers;

(2) twelve percent of the money to the owners of the stallions that sired the first-place winners at the time the winners were conceived;

(3) no more than eight percent of the money to be retained by the New Mexico horse breeders' association for the purpose of administering the distribution program set forth in this section; and

(4) the remaining money to be divided among the owners of the first-, second- and third-place finishers during each race meet, provided that the first-, second- and third-place finishers are registered as New Mexico-bred horses with the New Mexico horse breeders' association and the owners are members of the association.

E. The commission shall establish by rule fiduciary, security and insurance safeguards for the money deposited with and paid out or distributed by the New Mexico horse breeders' association pursuant to the Horse Racing Act.

F. A check or other negotiable instrument representing a payment pursuant to Subsection D of this section that is not negotiated within one year from the date of issuance is no longer valid and negotiable. The money represented by the check or other negotiable instrument shall revert to the fund created pursuant to Subsection A of this section and the recipient shall no longer be eligible for the payment.

G. A person otherwise eligible for a payment pursuant to Subsection D of this section shall not be eligible if the person does not provide within ninety days of eligibility for a merit and incentive award information necessary for the New Mexico horse breeders' association to comply with state and federal tax law.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48A-28 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48A / Section 4-48A-28
§ 4-48A-28. No notice or publication required
Status: in_force

No notice, consent or approval by any governmental body, commission, board or public officer shall be required as a prerequisite to the sale or issuance of any revenue bonds or the making of a mortgage under the authority of the Special Hospital District Act, except as provided herein.
N.M. Stat. § 58-12-11 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 12 / Section 58-12-11
§ 58-12-11. Assessments; for operational purposes
Status: in_force

In or within thirty days after June 30 or December 31 of each year except as hereinbefore provided, while a member, such member shall pay to the corporation an assessment equal to one-fourth of one percent of its share and deposit liabilities payable as shown on its financial statement as of said dates, to be used for operational purposes; provided, however, that the board may, prior to the semiannual assessment date, reduce uniformly the rate of the semiannual operational assessment or waive such assessment entirely. The assessment referred to herein may be charged to undivided earnings or operating expense.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-3B-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 32A / Article 3B / Section 32A-3B-11
§ 32A-3B-11. Petition; allegations
Status: in_force

A. A petition to initiate a proceeding regarding an alleged family in need of court-ordered services shall include the following allegations:

(1) that the child or the family are in need of court-ordered family services;

(2) that the child and the family participated in or refused to participate in a plan for family services and that the department has exhausted appropriate and available services; and

(3) that court intervention is necessary to assist the department in providing necessary services to the child and the family.

B. In addition to the allegations required pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this section, a petition that alleges a child's chronic absence from school shall be accompanied by an affidavit filed by a school official, in accordance with the provisions of Section 32A-3A-3 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 3-23-3 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 23 / Section 3-23-3
§ 3-23-3. Municipal utility; approval of New Mexico public utility commission
Status: in_force

A. If the acquisition of a utility is to be financed from funds received from the issuance and sale of revenue bonds, the price of the acquisition of the utility shall be approved by the New Mexico public utility commission [public regulation commission] and the commission shall require:

(1) a determination by appraisal or otherwise of the true value of the utility to be purchased; or

(2) an engineer's estimate of the cost of the utility to be constructed.

B. No revenue bonds shall be issued for the acquisition of such a utility until the New Mexico public utility commission [public regulation commission] has approved the issue and its amount, date of issuance, maturity, rate of interest and general provisions.

C. The provisions of Subsections A and B of this section shall not apply to the condemnation by a municipality having a population of twenty-five thousand or more persons according to the 1990 federal decennial census of electricity facilities as authorized by Chapter 3, Article 24 NMSA 1978 , sewer facilities as authorized by Chapter 3, Article 26 NMSA 1978 or water facilities as authorized by Chapter 3, Article 27 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23-31 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23 / Section 59A-23-31
§ 59A-23-31. Exceptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 14 through 22 of this 2023 act do not apply to short-term plans subject to the Short-Term Health Plan and Excepted Benefit Act.
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-5 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-5
§ 22-11-5. Board; record; quorum; compensation
Status: in_force

A. The board shall elect from its membership a chairman and a vice chairman.

B. A record shall be taken and preserved of all meetings of the board.

C. A quorum of the board shall be required for the transaction of any business. A majority of the members of the board constitute a quorum. Each member of the board shall have one vote and a proposal shall pass by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at the meeting.

D. While performing their duties, each member of the board shall be entitled to receive per diem and mileage as provided by the Per Diem and Mileage Act, 1 and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 34-6-31 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 6 / Section 34-6-31
§ 34-6-31. Operation; nunc pro tunc entries
Status: in_force

Whenever determined to be in the interest of justice, the district court may order any matter to be performed nunc pro tunc.
N.M. Stat. § 24-2D-7 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 2D / Section 24-2D-7
§ 24-2D-7. Requirements for health care providers who prescribe, distribute or dispense opioid analgesics
Status: in_force

A. A health care provider who prescribes, distributes or dispenses an opioid analgesic for the first time to a patient shall advise the patient on the risks of overdose and inform the patient of the availability of an opioid antagonist. With respect to a patient to whom an opioid analgesic has previously been prescribed, distributed or dispensed by the health care provider, the health care provider shall advise the patient on the risks of overdose and inform the patient of the availability of an opioid antagonist on the first occasion that the health care provider prescribes, distributes or dispenses an opioid analgesic each calendar year.

B. A health care provider who prescribes an opioid analgesic for a patient shall co-prescribe an opioid antagonist if the amount of opioid analgesic being prescribed is at least a five-day supply. The prescription for the opioid antagonist shall be accompanied by written information regarding the temporary effects of the opioid antagonist and techniques for administering the opioid antagonist. That written information shall contain a warning that a person administering the opioid antagonist should call 911 immediately after administering the opioid antagonist, unless that person is a health care provider as provided in the Pain Relief Act.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-47 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-47
§ 20-12-47. Drunken or reckless driving
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who operates any vehicle while drunk, or in a reckless or wanton manner, or while impaired by a substance described in Section 20-12-66 NMSA 1978 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 73-7-23 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 7 / Section 73-7-23
§ 73-7-23. Assessments; contents of; presumption
Status: in_force

Any owner of land, or any interest in land, within a drainage district, who claims that his land in said district is exempt from liability for, or lien of any assessment for cost of construction or repairs, or any additional assessment by said commissioners levied against the same whether said assessments be the first or any subsequent assessment or questions the legality of such assessment, may at any time within thirty days after such assessment shall have been made and on ten days' notice to such drainage commissioners appear before the court having jurisdiction and show cause why said land should not be bound by all drainage assessments in any report or reports of the commissioners of said district assessed against the same. The presumption shall be in favor of the regularity of such assessments, and they shall stand as valid assessments unless the owner of such land, or some interest therein shall show that said assessment is inequitable, or is void because the lands were not subject to assessment in the first instance.
N.M. Stat. § 36-1-20 — NM Code / Chapter 36 / Article 1 / Section 36-1-20
§ 36-1-20. Authority of district attorney before magistrate court
Status: in_force

The district attorney may appear and represent the county or the state in any manner [matter] arising before the courts of justices of the peace [magistrate courts] or committing magistrates when in his opinion the interests of the people demand his services.
N.M. Stat. § 31-4-27 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 4 / Section 31-4-27
§ 31-4-27. Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions
Status: in_force

A person brought into this state by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceedings for which he is being or has been returned, until he has been convicted in the criminal proceedings, or, if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.
N.M. Stat. § 30-22-7 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 22 / Section 30-22-7
§ 30-22-7. Unlawful rescue
Status: in_force

Unlawful rescue consists of intentionally, and without lawful authority, rescuing any person lawfully in custody or confinement.

Whoever commits unlawful rescue of a person charged with or convicted of a crime not constituting a capital felony, or who is charged with but not convicted of a capital felony, is guilty of a third degree felony.

Whoever commits unlawful rescue of an individual convicted of a capital felony is guilty of a first degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 24-29-5 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 29 / Section 24-29-5
§ 24-29-5. Hospital-acquired infections; indicators
Status: in_force

A. The advisory committee shall determine the specific infections and indicators that are to be subject to surveillance and reporting. Indicators of hospital-acquired infections shall be selected based on scientific evidence that the infection or condition can be prevented with implementation and consistent use of evidence-based processes of care and on appropriateness for the state. The advisory committee shall consider the following indicators:

(1) central line associated bloodstream infections;

(2) surgical site wound infections;

(3) ventilator assisted pneumonia;

(4) catheter associated urinary tract infections; and

(5) other hospital-acquired infections that the advisory committee may determine in consultation with technical advisors who are regionally or nationally recognized experts in the prevention, identification and control of hospital-acquired infections and the public reporting of performance data.

B. Initially, and through calendar year 2009, hospital-acquired infection surveillance shall be conducted on the incidence of central line associated bloodstream infections and health care worker influenza vaccination rates.

C. Beginning on January 1, 2010, the advisory committee shall identify additional hospital-acquired infection, condition or process indicators that will be tracked and reported by participating hospitals. At least annually, the advisory committee shall consider additional indicators that meet the standard for selection identified in Subsection A of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 3-42-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 42 / Section 3-42-2
§ 3-42-2. New municipality required to grant franchise when right-of-way granted by county commissioners
Status: in_force

A. If previous to the incorporation of a municipality, the board of county commissioners has granted to any person right-of-way over, upon, in and about the streets of the municipality for the erection, construction, maintenance or operation of a public utility, and such person has erected, constructed, or in good faith commenced the erection or construction of such a utility, the governing body shall, without a vote by the electorate:

(1) authorize the completion of the system;

(2) authorize the continued or subsequent operation and maintenance of the system;

(3) recognize the rights acquired by the person erecting or constructing such a system; and

(4) grant such a person a franchise for the maximum term of years allowed by law upon such terms as are fair, just and equitable to all parties concerned.

B. Pending the granting of the franchise, no person shall interfere with the free exercise and enjoyment of the rights acquired by the person erecting or constructing a public utility by the right-of-way granted by the board of county commissioners.