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N.M. Stat. § 73-19-5 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 19 / Section 73-19-5
§ 73-19-5. No indebtedness to be contracted; organization; meetings; employees and agents
Status: in_force

That said directors shall not have the right to contract any indebtedness whatsoever, either on behalf of the state of New Mexico or the counties for which they are chosen. That the board of directors of said conservancy association shall select such officers, representatives and employees as they may see fit, all of whom are to serve without compensation unless compensation for their services can be arranged with the United States government or by public contributions. That they shall meet and organize within ten days after their appointment. The exact date and place of the first meeting shall be set by the county commissioners of Curry county, New Mexico, and the date and place of subsequent meetings shall be fixed by the board of directors.
N.M. Stat. § 2-1-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 2-1-5
§ 2-1-5. Penalty for violation of 2-1-3 or 2-1-4 NMSA 1978
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of either of the two preceding sections shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years or both, such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
N.M. Stat. § 72-5-24.1 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5 / Section 72-5-24.1
§ 72-5-24.1. Acequias and community ditches; changes in point of diversion or place or purpose of use
Status: reserved

A. The state engineer shall not approve an application for a change, including an emergency change, in point of diversion or place or purpose of use of a water right into or out of an acequia or community ditch if the applicant has not complied with the applicable requirement adopted by an acequia or community ditch pursuant to Subsection E of Section 73-2-21 or Section 73-3-4.1 NMSA 1978 .

B. The applicant for a change described in Subsection A of this section shall submit with the application to the state engineer documentary evidence provided by the commissioners of the acequia or community ditch of the applicant's compliance with any applicable requirement for the change adopted by the acequia or community ditch pursuant to Subsection E of Section 73-2-21 or Section 73-3-4.1 NMSA 1978 .

C. If an acequia or community ditch has not adopted an applicable requirement, the applicant shall submit to the state engineer along with the application an affidavit provided by the commissioners of the acequia or community ditch stating this fact.

D. If an acequia fails to make a decision within one hundred twenty days in response to an applicant's request for approval pursuant to a [an] applicable requirement, the acequia or community ditch shall be deemed to have approved the applicant's request for approval and the state engineer shall proceed on the application as if the applicant had complied with any applicable acequia or community ditch requirement. The applicant's request shall be in writing and delivered by certified mail to the commissioners of the acequia or community ditch.

E. The provisions of this section do not apply to water rights or lands owned by or reserved for an Indian pueblo.
N.M. Stat. § 58-24-17 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 24 / Section 58-24-17
§ 58-24-17. Tax exemption
Status: in_force

A. It is hereby determined that the creation of the authority is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health and welfare and for the promotion of the economy, and that these purposes are public purposes and the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the Industrial and Agricultural Finance Authority Act, and the state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of bonds and notes issued by the authority, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds and notes, that the bonds and notes of the authority issued pursuant to that act and the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation by the state, except for estate or gift taxes and taxes on transfers.

B. The property, income and operations of the authority shall be exempt from taxation of every kind and nature.
N.M. Stat. § 12-16-3 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 16 / Section 12-16-3
§ 12-16-3. Intertribal Indian ceremonial association created; powers and duties; intertribal Indian ceremonial association board created
Status: in_force

A. The “intertribal Indian ceremonial association” is created. The association is administratively attached to the local government division of the department of finance and administration.

B. The county shall appoint a director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the county. The director shall hire and terminate other necessary employees, who shall be subject to the provisions of the Personnel Act.

C. The director shall:

(1) work with private, local, state and federal entities to establish steady funding for the intertribal Indian ceremonial;

(2) supervise the activities of the association;

(3) work with the county to promote the intertribal Indian ceremonial; and

(4) prepare an annual budget and an annual report on the activities of the association.

D. The association shall:

(1) administer an annual intertribal Indian ceremonial;

(2) cooperate with and assist public and private entities that seek to promote recognition of ceremonies significant to Indian nations, tribes and pueblos;

(3) function as the coordinating association for all services and activities pertaining to the intertribal Indian ceremonial;

(4) adopt rules in accordance with the State Rules Act to carry out the duties of the association;

(5) accept gifts, grants, donations, bequests and devises from any source to be used to carry out its duties;

(6) enter into contracts; and

(7) charge admission, parking and concessions fees, give prizes and premiums, create sponsorships and other forms of advertising, arrange entertainments and do all things the association may consider proper for the conduct of the intertribal Indian ceremonial and not otherwise prohibited by law.

E. The “intertribal Indian ceremonial association board” is created. The board shall consist of nine members, including the director, who shall serve ex officio, and eight members, appointed by the county, who shall serve terms of five years each. All intertribal Indian ceremonial association board members shall be bona fide residents of the county or surrounding counties, and at least a majority of the members shall be Native American. A board member shall not be removed during the term of office except for cause, following notice and an opportunity for a hearing.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9A / Section 63-9A-7
§ 63-9A-7. Manner of regulation
Status: in_force

The granting of any certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide a public telecommunications service shall not be deemed to require the holder thereof to provide other telecommunications services under regulation which are otherwise subject to competition.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-23 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-23
§ 20-12-23. Contempt toward officials
Status: in_force

Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the president of the United States, the vice president of the United States, a member of congress, the United States secretary of defense, the secretary of a military department, the secretary of the United States department of transportation or the governor or legislature of any state, territory, commonwealth or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 6-13-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 13 / Section 6-13-22
§ 6-13-22. Refunding; escrowed proceeds
Status: in_force

Under the Institution Bond Act, any escrowed proceeds may be invested or reinvested in bonds or notes of the United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or in bonds or notes where the principal and interest is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States. The escrowed proceeds and investments, together with any interest to be derived from the investments, shall always be sufficient for payment of the bonds, refunded as they become due at their respective maturities, or at prior-redemption dates, including the principal, any prior-redemption premium and any escrow agent charges.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11-54 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11 / Section 58-11-54
§ 58-11-54. Retirement accounts
Status: in_force

A credit union may act as custodian of any form of self-directed retirement, pension, profit-sharing or deferred income accounts authorized under federal law or the laws of this state, including but not limited to individual retirement accounts, pension funds of self-employed individuals and pension funds of a company or organization whose employees or members are eligible for membership in the credit union.
N.M. Stat. § 24-5-10 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 5 / Section 24-5-10
§ 24-5-10. Use
Status: in_force

The information contained in the immunization registry shall be used for the following purposes:

A. to ensure that the registrants receive all recommended immunizations in a timely manner by providing access to the registrant's immunization record;

B. to improve immunization rates by facilitating notice to registrants of overdue or upcoming immunizations; and

C. to control communicable diseases by assisting in the identification of individuals who require immediate immunization in the event of a disease outbreak.
N.M. Stat. § 39-4C-10 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 4C / Section 39-4C-10
§ 39-4C-10. Pre-judgment and judgment interest
Status: in_force

A. With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of pre-judgment or pre-award interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding, except as provided in Subsection B of this section, are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict-of-laws rules of this state.

B. The court or arbitrator shall increase or decrease the amount of pre-judgment or pre-award interest otherwise payable in a judgment or award in foreign money to the extent required by the law of this state governing a failure to make or accept an offer of settlement or offer of judgment, or conduct by a party or its attorney causing undue delay or expense.

C. A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim bears interest at the rate applicable to judgments of this state.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-72 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-72
§ 72-20-72. Sale discount or commission prohibited
Status: in_force

No discount, except as provided by the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act, or commission shall be allowed or paid on or for any security sale to any purchaser or bidder, directly or indirectly, but nothing contained in that act shall be construed as prohibiting the board from employing legal, fiscal, engineering and other expert services in connection with any project or facilities authorized in that act and with the authorization, issuance and sale of securities.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-804 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-804
§ 66-3-804. Headlamps on motor vehicles
Status: in_force

A. Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle shall be equipped with at least two headlamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which headlamps comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in Sections 66-3-801 through 66-3-887 NMSA 1978 .

B. Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlamps that comply with the requirements and limitations of Sections 66-3-801 through 66-3-887 NMSA 1978 .

C. Every headlamp upon every motor vehicle, including every motorcycle, shall be located at a height measured from the center of the headlamp of not more than fifty-four inches or less than twenty inches to be measured as set forth in Subsection B of Section 66-3-803 NMSA 1978 . The provisions of this subsection apply only to new motor vehicles sold after July 1, 1953.

D. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 5-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 5-5-2
§ 5-5-2. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that providing counties and cities, towns and villages constituting county seats in the state of New Mexico with the purposes, powers and duties, rights, privileges and immunities provided in this act will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants thereof and of the state of New Mexico; and that the acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation of any project herein authorized is in the public interest and constitutes a part of the established and permanent policy of the state of New Mexico. For the accomplishment of these purposes the provisions of this law shall be broadly construed.
N.M. Stat. § 17-4-25 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 17-4-25
§ 17-4-25. Diverse proprietorship; joint or separate licenses
Status: in_force

In case of diverse proprietorship the license may be joint if the proprietors so elect, otherwise a separate license shall be required for each interest and the rights thereunder shall be coextensive with or in proportion to such interest.
N.M. Stat. § 42-9-3 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 9 / Section 42-9-3
§ 42-9-3. Situs of debts and intangible interest in property
Status: in_force

The situs of debts and obligations for the purpose of attachment shall be the domicile of the debtor or obliger [obligor] and the situs of intangible interests in property, real or personal, legal or equitable, shall be the place where such property is located.
N.M. Stat. § 7-24-13 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 24 / Section 7-24-13
§ 7-24-13. Exemption; purchases for resale
Status: in_force

Exempted from any local liquor excise tax are purchases for sale to retailers for resale.
N.M. Stat. § 13-7-33 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 13-7-33
§ 13-7-33. Provider network adequacy
Status: in_force

A. An insurer shall maintain an adequate provider network to provide mental health and substance use disorder services.

B. The superintendent of insurance shall ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder services providers, including parity with medical and surgical services provider access, through regulation and review of claims processing, provider reimbursement procedures, network adequacy and provider reimbursement rate adequacy.

C. An insurer shall ensure that the process by which reimbursement rates for mental health and substance use disorder services are determined is comparable to and no more stringent than the process for reimbursement of medical or surgical benefits. In developing provider reimbursement rates, an insurer shall demonstrate that it has performed a comparability analysis of provider:

(1) reimbursement rates in surrounding states;

(2) reimbursement rates between mental health and substance use disorder providers and medical or surgical providers; and

(3) credentialing processes for mental health and substance use disorder providers and medical or surgical providers.

D. An insurer shall undertake all efforts, including increasing provider reimbursement rates through the processes and strategies described in Subsection C of this section, to ensure state-mandated network adequacy for the provision of mental health or substance use disorder services.

E. When in-network access to mental health or substance use disorder services is not reasonably available, an insurer shall provide access to out-of-network services with the same cost-sharing obligations to the insured as those required for in-network services.
N.M. Stat. § 41-7-3 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 7 / Section 41-7-3
§ 41-7-3. Uniformity of interpretation
Status: in_force

This act shall be so interpreted as to effectuate its purpose to make uniform the law of those states or jurisdictions which enact it.
N.M. Stat. § 3-37-7 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 37 / Section 3-37-7
§ 3-37-7. Determination of uncollectable account; removal from accounts receivable
Status: in_force

If the finance officer of a municipality states:

A. the manner in which a utility account or any unsecured account has been incurred;

B. the efforts made to collect the utility account or unsecured account and to locate the debtor;

C. that the utility account or unsecured account has been uncollectable for a period of more than four years; and

D. that in his opinion the utility account or unsecured account is uncollectable,

the governing body of a municipality may, by resolution, remove the uncollectable utility account or unsecured account from the list of accounts receivable of the municipality.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-44 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-44
§ 22-8-44. Educator licensure fund; distribution; appropriation
Status: in_force

A. The “educator licensure fund” is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the department. The fund shall consist of money collected from application fees for licensure or for renewal of licensure by the department.

B. Subject to legislative appropriation, money in the fund is appropriated to the department for the following purposes:

(1) to fund the educator background check program;

(2) to enforce educator ethics requirements; and

(3) to process applications for licensure or for renewal of licensure, including review of professional development dossiers.

C. Money in the fund and any interest that may accrue to the fund shall not revert at the end of the fiscal year but shall remain to the credit of the fund.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-38 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-38
§ 2-7F-38. Representative district thirty-two
Status: in_force

Representative district thirty-two is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 3 and 60; Hidalgo county precincts 1 through 3, 5 and 6; and Luna county.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-424.21 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-424.21
§ 66-3-424.21. Special motorcycle registration plates for women armed forces veterans
Status: in_force

A. The department shall issue distinctive motorcycle registration plates indicating that the recipient is a woman veteran of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in Section 9-22-3 NMSA 1978, or is retired from the national guard or military reserves, if that person submits proof satisfactory to the department of honorable discharge from the armed forces or of retirement from the national guard or military reserves.

B. For a fee of seven dollars ($7.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motorcycle registration fees, any motorcycle owner who is a woman veteran of the armed forces of the United States or is retired from the national guard or military reserves may apply for the issuance of a special motorcycle registration plate as defined in Subsection A of this section. No two owners shall be issued identically lettered or numbered plates.

C. An owner shall make a new application and pay a new fee for each year the owner desires to obtain a special motorcycle registration plate. The owner will have first priority on that plate for each subsequent year that the owner makes a timely and appropriate application.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-11
§ 30-16-11. Receiving stolen property; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Receiving stolen property means intentionally to receive, retain or dispose of stolen property knowing that it has been stolen or believing it has been stolen, unless the property is received, retained or disposed of with intent to restore it to the owner.

B. The requisite knowledge or belief that property has been stolen is presumed in the case of a dealer who:

(1) is found in possession or control of property stolen from two or more persons on separate occasions;

(2) acquires stolen property for a consideration that the dealer knows is far below the property's reasonable value. A dealer shall be presumed to know the fair market value of the property in which the dealer deals; or

(3) is found in possession or control of five or more items of property stolen within one year prior to the time of the incident charged pursuant to this section.

C. For the purposes of this section:

(1) “ dealer ” means a person in the business of buying or selling goods or commercial merchandise; and

(2) “ stolen property ” means any property acquired by theft, larceny, fraud, embezzlement, robbery or armed robbery.

D. Whoever commits receiving stolen property when the value of the property is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or less is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

E. Whoever commits receiving stolen property when the value of the property is over two hundred fifty dollars ($250) but not more than five hundred dollars ($500) is guilty of a misdemeanor.

F. Whoever commits receiving stolen property when the value of the property is over five hundred dollars ($500) but not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

G. Whoever commits receiving stolen property when the value of the property is over two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) but not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a third degree felony.

H. Whoever commits receiving stolen property when the value of the property exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a second degree felony.

I. Whoever commits receiving stolen property when the property is a firearm is guilty of a fourth degree felony when its value is less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
N.M. Stat. § 1-6-1.1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-1.1
§ 1-6-1.1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Absent Voter Act:

A. “ absentee ” means the ability of a voter to receive, fill out and return a ballot at a place and time other than a polling location on the day of the election;

B. “ early voting location ” means the office of the county clerk, an alternate voting location or a mobile alternate voting location;

C. “ mailed ballot ” means a ballot that is sent to a voter pursuant to the provisions of the Election Code and does not include a ballot that is provided to a voter in person at an early voting location; and

D. “ registered ballot ” means a ballot that has been filled out by the voter and whose votes have been recorded and retained by an electronic voting system before the day of the election pursuant to the provisions of the Election Code.
N.M. Stat. § 58-1A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1A / Section 58-1A-1
§ 58-1A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Consumer Credit Bank Act”.