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N.M. Stat. § 66-3-424.18 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-424.18
§ 66-3-424.18. Special registration plates for adoption awareness
Status: in_force

A. The department shall establish and issue a special registration plate pursuant to Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 with a logo promoting awareness of the need for adoption of children in New Mexico.

B. The department shall determine the design of the logo for the child adoption awareness special registration plate in consultation with the children, youth and families department and child adoption interest groups with the purpose of promoting child adoption.

C. A person may apply for the original issuance of a child adoption awareness special registration plate for a motor vehicle the person owns for a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee. A person may renew a child adoption awareness special registration plate by paying only the regular motor vehicle annual registration fee.

D. The ten-dollar ($10.00) original issuance fee for a child adoption awareness special registration plate shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department to defray the costs of making and issuing the child adoption awareness special registration plate.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-3A-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 32A / Article 3A / Section 32A-3A-14
§ 32A-3A-14. Notification to the department of noncompliance with a plan of care
Status: in_force

A. If the parents, relatives, guardians or caretakers of a child released from a hospital or freestanding birthing center pursuant to a plan of care fail to comply with that plan, the department shall be notified and the department may conduct a family assessment. Based on the results of the family assessment, the department may offer or provide referrals for counseling, training, or other services aimed at addressing the underlying causative factors that may jeopardize the safety or well-being of the child. The child's parents, relatives, guardians or caretakers may choose to accept or decline any service or program offered subsequent to the family assessment; provided that if the child's parents, relatives, guardians or caretakers decline those services or programs, the department may proceed with an investigation.

B. As used in this section, “ family assessment ” means a comprehensive assessment prepared by the department at the time the department receives notification of failure to comply with the plan of care to determine the needs of a child and the child's parents, relatives, guardians or caretakers, including an assessment of the likelihood of:

(1) imminent danger to a child's well-being;

(2) the child becoming an abused child or neglected child; and

(3) the strengths and needs of the child's family members, including parents, relatives, guardians or caretakers, with respect to providing for the health and safety of the child.
N.M. Stat. § 7-26-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 26 / Section 7-26-7
§ 7-26-7. Severance tax on uranium
Status: in_force

The severance tax on uranium is measured by the quantity of U 3 O 8 contained in and recoverable from severed and saved uranium-bearing material whether that material is ore or solution, measured in a standard manner established by regulation of the director. The taxable event is the sale, transportation out of New Mexico or consumption of the uranium-bearing material, whichever first occurs. Upon each pound of severed and saved U 3 O 8 contained in severed uranium-bearing material, there shall be collected from the severer a severance tax equal to three and one-half percent of taxable value.
N.M. Stat. § 57-18-10 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 18 / Section 57-18-10
§ 57-18-10. Licensed weighmaster
Status: in_force

A. A weighmaster license is required of any person who does public weighing or third-party weighing, except as provided in Section 57-18-18 NMSA 1978, or charges a fee for any weight determination.

B. The issuance of a weighmaster license shall not obligate the state to pay to the licensee any compensation for his services as a licensed weighmaster. Each weighmaster shall sign each certificate in indelible markings at the time of issuance as provided for in Section 57-18-12 NMSA 1978 .

C. Weighmasters may designate any person under their employ who otherwise complies with the provisions of the Weighmaster Act to act for them as a deputy weighmaster. Licensed weighmasters shall forward to the director the names of persons designated as deputy weighmasters, together with fees as established under the provisions of the Weighmaster Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9A-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9A / Section 7-9A-11
§ 7-9A-11. Transition provisions
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of this section apply on the date that changes to the provisions in the Investment Credit Act become effective limiting the amount of qualified equipment that may be claimed and increasing the employment requirements with respect to qualified equipment.

B. The amount of any available credit unclaimed on the effective date of the changes described in Subsection A of this section may be claimed, until exhausted, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-9A-8 NMSA 1978 immediately prior to the effective date of the changes described in Subsection A of this section.

C. After the effective date described in Subsection A of this section, the department shall approve claims submitted prior to that effective date but not approved by that effective date if the claim meets the requirements of the Investment Credit Act in effect immediately prior to that effective date. The claimant may claim the amount of any available credit so approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-9A-8 NMSA 1978 immediately prior to the effective date of the event described in Subsection A of this section.

D. After the effective date of the changes described in Subsection A of this section, a claimant may submit and the department shall approve claims submitted on or after that effective date if the claim is with respect to qualified equipment located in the state prior to that effective date that otherwise meets the requirements of the Investment Credit Act in effect immediately prior to that effective date. The claimant may claim the amount of any available credit so approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-9A-8 NMSA 1978 immediately prior to the effective date of the changes described in Subsection A of this section.

E. After the effective date of the changes described in Subsection A of this section, the department may approve claims submitted on or after that effective date with respect to equipment not located in the state until after that effective date only in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Credit Act in effect after that effective date.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14C-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14C / Section 24-14C-3
§ 24-14C-3. Health care work force database; collection of data; housing of data; analysis and reporting
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the availability of state, federal or private foundation funding or other sources of funding, the chancellor shall create and maintain the “health care work force database”. The chancellor shall:

(1) enter into agreements with entities to create, house and provide information to state agencies, the legislature and the governor and, as the legislature or governor deems appropriate, any others regarding the state's health care work force; and

(2) seek federal or other sources of funding to create a New Mexico center for health care workforce analysis and to ensure the additional funding and staffing needed to achieve the anticipated outcomes.

B. A board shall supply the university with data pertaining to licensed health care providers for inclusion in the database. A board shall collect a core essential data set at the time of new licensure or licensure renewal, including, but not limited to, a provider's:

(1) demographics, including race, ethnicity and primary and other languages spoken;

(2) practice status, including, but not limited to:

(a) active practices in New Mexico and other locations;

(b) practice type; and

(c) practice settings, such as hospitals, public schools, higher education institutions, clinics and other clinical settings;

(3) education, training and primary and secondary specialties for all health professions as appropriate;

(4) average hours worked per week and the average number of weeks worked per year in the licensed profession over the past twelve months;

(5) percentage of practice engaged in direct patient care and in other activities, such as teaching, research and administration, in the licensed profession;

(6) practice plans for the next five years, including retiring from a health care profession, moving out of state or changing health care work hours; and

(7) professional liability insurance costs and availability as they relate to barriers to practice.

C. The chancellor shall provide to the department of health, in a manner that conforms to department of health rules, access to health care work force data that the university administers pursuant to the Health Care Work Force Data Collection, Analysis and Policy Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-78.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-78.1
§ 7-9-78.1. Deduction; compensating tax; uranium enrichment plant equipment
Status: in_force

The value of equipment and replacement parts for that equipment may be deducted in computing the compensating tax due if the person uses the equipment and replacement parts to enrich uranium in a uranium enrichment plant.
N.M. Stat. § 47-1-40 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 1 / Section 47-1-40
§ 47-1-40. Construction of “mortgage covenants”
Status: in_force

In a mortgage or deed of trust by way of mortgage of real estate “mortgage covenants” shall have the full force and meaning and effect of the following words and shall be applied and construed accordingly: “the mortgagor for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators and successors, covenants with the mortgagee and his heirs, successors and assigns that he is lawfully seized in fee simple of the granted premises; that they are free from all encumbrances; that the mortgagor has good right to sell and convey the same; and that he will, and his heirs, executors, administrators and successors shall, warrant and defend the same to the mortgagee and his heirs, successors and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.”
N.M. Stat. § 19-1-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 19-1-20
§ 19-1-20. Transfers and distributions of funds for schools and institutions
Status: in_force

A. All income and current funds created by Section 19-1-17 NMSA 1978 for the common schools and various state institutions shall be transferred by the secretary of finance and administration, from time to time, to the credit of the schools and institutions to be used as provided by law for the support and maintenance of the schools and institutions.

B. The secretary of finance and administration shall make distributions from the land grant permanent funds enumerated in Section 19-1-17 NMSA 1978 in the amount authorized by and calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, Section 7 of the constitution of New Mexico .

C. One-twelfth of the total amount authorized to be distributed in a fiscal year pursuant to Article 12, Section 7 of the constitution of New Mexico shall be distributed each month to the beneficiaries enumerated in Section 19-1-17 NMSA 1978 . Each beneficiary shall receive that portion of the monthly distribution to which it is entitled pursuant to law.
N.M. Stat. § 17-1-5.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 17-1-5.2
§ 17-1-5.2. Youth programs; donations
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section, “ youth ” means a person under the age of eighteen who resides in New Mexico.

B. The director of the department of game and fish shall provide for youth programs in each of the five state game commission districts pursuant to Section 17-1-2 NMSA 1978 . The programs shall be open to all youth and provide both educational and entertaining experiences. The director shall coordinate the program locations to provide the greatest breadth of access to New Mexico's youth.

C. The director of the department of game and fish shall provide the opportunity for a person who makes a purchase from the department of game and fish to donate money to the youth programs by rounding up the dollar amount or donating a custom amount. All such donations shall be deposited in the game protection fund to be used for the provision of these youth programs.
N.M. Stat. § 14-14A-18 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 14A / Section 14-14A-18
§ 14-14A-18. Journal
Status: in_force

A. A notarial officer in this state shall maintain a journal in which the notarial officer chronicles all notarial acts that the notarial officer performs. The notarial officer shall retain the journal for ten years after the performance of the last notarial act chronicled in the journal.

B. A journal may be created on a tangible medium or in an electronic format. A notarial officer performing notarial acts pursuant to Subsection E of this section shall maintain only one journal at a time to chronicle all notarial acts, whether those notarial acts are performed regarding tangible or electronic records; provided that a notarial officer may keep a journal in a tangible medium for tangible records and an electronic journal for electronic records. If the journal is maintained on a tangible medium, it must be a permanent, bound register with numbered pages. If the journal is maintained in an electronic format, it must be in a permanent, tamper-evident electronic format complying with the rules of the secretary of state.

C. An entry in a journal must be made contemporaneously with performance of the notarial act and contain the following information:

(1) the date and time of the notarial act;

(2) a description of the record, if any, and type of notarial act;

(3) the full name and address of each individual for whom the notarial act is performed;

(4) if identity of the individual is based on personal knowledge, a statement to that effect;

(5) if identity of the individual is based on satisfactory evidence, a brief description of the method of identification and the identification credential presented, if any, including the date of issuance and expiration of any identification credential; and

(6) the fee, if any, charged by the notarial officer.

D. If a notarial officer's journal is lost or stolen, the notarial officer shall promptly notify the secretary of state on discovering that the journal is lost or stolen.

E. Pursuant to the requirements provided in Subsections B and C of this section, a notarial officer licensed to practice law shall maintain a journal when performing notarial acts for members of the public unrelated to an established attorney-client relationship.

F. On resignation from, or the revocation or suspension of, a notary public's commission, the notary public shall retain the notary public's journal in accordance with Subsection A of this section and inform the secretary of state of where the journal is located.

G. Instead of retaining a journal as provided in Subsections A and F of this section, a current or former notarial officer may transmit the journal to the secretary of state, the state records administrator or a repository approved by the secretary of state.

H. On the death or adjudication of incompetency of a current or former notarial officer, the notarial officer's personal representative or guardian or any other person knowingly in possession of the journal shall transmit the journal to the secretary of state, the state records officer or a repository approved by the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 63-2-9 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 2 / Section 63-2-9
§ 63-2-9. Location maps to be filed
Status: in_force

Every corporation formed under this chapter within a reasonable time after its road has been finally located shall cause a map and profile thereof and of the land required and taken for the use thereof and the boundaries of the several counties through which the same may run to be made and file the same in the office of the secretary of state and also similar maps of the parts thereof located in different counties and file the same in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such parts of the road shall be situated, there to remain on record forever. In case the line of the road is changed at any time, as in this chapter provided, similar maps of the new line must be made and filed. The maps and profiles shall be certified by the chief engineer of the corporation and copies so filed and certified shall be kept in the office of the secretary of the corporation, subject to examination by all persons interested. Copies of the maps and profiles certified by any secretary of the territory of New Mexico or by the secretary of state shall be received as prima facie evidence of what they contain in all courts and places within this state.
N.M. Stat. § 48-8-3 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 8 / Section 48-8-3
§ 48-8-3. Persons liable for payment of lien; limitation of actions
Status: in_force

A. Any person, firm or corporation, including an insurance carrier, making any payment to a patient or to his attorney, heirs or legal representative as compensation for the injury sustained, after the filing and receipt of written notice of the lien, as aforesaid, and without paying the hospital asserting the lien the amount of its lien or that portion of the lien which can be satisfied out of the money due under any final judgment or contract of compromise or settlement, less payment of the amount of any prior liens, shall be liable to the hospital for the amount that the hospital was entitled to receive.

B. Liability of the person, firm or corporation for the satisfaction of the hospital lien shall continue for a period of one year after the date of any payment of any money to the patient, his heirs or legal representatives as damages or under a contract of compromise or settlement. Any hospital may enforce its lien by a suit at law against the person, firm or corporation making the payment. In the event of a suit to enforce a lien the hospital may recover a reasonable attorney's fee and the costs of filing and recording the lien.
N.M. Stat. § 62-17-7 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 17 / Section 62-17-7
§ 62-17-7. Alternative energy efficiency provider
Status: in_force

With a public utility's consent, the commission may allow for an alternative entity to provide ratepayer-funded energy efficiency and load management to customers of that public utility.
N.M. Stat. § 1-8-33 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1-8-33
§ 1-8-33. Primary election law; nominating petition; number of signatures required
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section, “ total vote ” means the sum of all votes cast for all of the party's candidates for governor at the last preceding primary election at which the party's candidate for governor was nominated.

B. Candidates who seek preprimary convention designation shall file nominating petitions at the time of filing declarations of candidacy. Nominating petitions for those candidates shall be signed by a number of voters equal to at least two percent of the total vote of the candidate's party in the state or congressional district, or the following number of voters, whichever is greater: for statewide offices, two hundred thirty voters; and for congressional candidates, seventy-seven voters.

C. Nominating petitions for candidates for any other office to be voted on at the primary election for which nominating petitions are required shall be signed by a number of voters equal to at least the greater of:

(1) for the public education commission, two percent of the total vote of the candidate's party in the district; for judicial candidates, two percent of the total vote of the candidate's party in the district or division; and for all other candidates, three percent of the total vote of the candidate's party in the district; or

(2) for metropolitan court and magistrate courts, ten voters; for the public education commission, twenty-five voters; for state representative, ten voters; for state senator, seventeen voters; and for district attorney and district judge, fifteen voters.

D. A candidate who fails to receive the preprimary convention designation that the candidate sought may collect additional signatures to total at least four percent of the total vote of the candidate's party in the state or congressional district, whichever applies to the office the candidate seeks, and file a new declaration of candidacy and nominating petitions for the office for which the candidate failed to receive a preprimary designation. The declaration of candidacy and nominating petitions shall be filed with the secretary of state either ten days following the date of the preprimary convention at which the candidate failed to receive the designation or on the date all declarations of candidacy and nominating petitions are due pursuant to the provisions of the Primary Election Law, whichever is later.
N.M. Stat. § 5-5-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 5-5-6
§ 5-5-6. Agreements between county and city
Status: in_force

A county and a city may from time to time enter into agreements, long terms and short terms, with each other concerning any project, including but not necessarily limited to agreements concerning any power granted to either or both by this act, the exercise of such powers, and conditions and limitations thereupon, and including by way of example and not by limitation, a contract allocating a portion of any project to the exclusive use and control of any party thereto, a contract concerning the construction and equipment of a building, the plans and specifications therefor, and the work and materials incidental thereto, including the acquisition or improvement of the site therefor, or both, a contract for the ownership, care, custody, control, improvement, operation and maintenance of any project after its acquisition and for defraying expenses incurred therefor, a contract concerning the appointment of personnel therefor or providing for rules, regulations and orders for the use by the public and charges, if any, therefor, a contract for the allocation between the county and city of the total utilization of said building, the method of effecting such allocation, and delineating the rights, if any, of leasing any space in said building and its facilities, and a contract concerning the maintenance of records of and for any project.