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N.M. Stat. § 27-2-12.18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-12.18
§ 27-2-12.18. Medical assistance; prescription drugs; prior authorization request form; prior authorization protocols
Status: in_force

A. Beginning January 1, 2014, the department shall require its medicaid contractors to accept the uniform prior authorization form developed pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this 2013 act. The department shall require its medicaid contractors to accept the uniform prior authorization form as sufficient to request prior authorization for prescription drug benefits on behalf of recipients.

B. The department shall require its medicaid contractors to respond within three business days upon receipt of a uniform prior authorization form. The department shall require each of its medicaid contractors to deem a prior authorization as having been granted if the contractor has failed to respond to the prior authorization request within three business days.
N.M. Stat. § 1-8-45 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1-8-45
§ 1-8-45. Independent candidates for general or United States representative elections; definition
Status: in_force

A. As used in the Election Code, an independent candidate means a person who:

(1) is a candidate for any state or county office to be voted on at a general election:

(a) whose certificate of voter registration shows affiliation with no qualified political party on the date of the secretary of state's general election proclamation and, if applicable, shows residence on the date of the secretary of state's proclamation in the district or county of the office for which the person is a candidate; and

(b) who has complied with the nomination procedures set forth in the Election Code for independent candidates;

(2) is a candidate for United States senator or United States representative:

(a) whose certificate of voter registration, if any, shows affiliation with no qualified political party on the date of the secretary of state's general election proclamation;

(b) who will be a resident of New Mexico when elected; and

(c) who has complied with the nomination procedures set forth in the Election Code for independent candidates; or

(3) is a candidate for the office of president or vice president who:

(a) has complied with the nomination procedures set forth in the Election Code for independent candidates; and

(b) was not a major party candidate for the same office on the primary election ballot.

B. No person shall become an independent candidate for any office, and the person's name shall not be printed on the general election ballot, unless the person complies with the requirements of this section.

C. Any voter may challenge the candidacy of any person seeking to become an independent candidate for any office for the reason that the person does not meet the requirements of this section or because the nominating petitions, if required, do not meet the requirements of Section 1-8-31 NMSA 1978 by filing a petition in the district court within ten days after the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy. The district court shall hear and render a decision on the matter within ten days after the filing of the petition. The decision of the district court may be appealed to the supreme court within five days after the decision is rendered. The supreme court shall hear and render a decision on the appeal forthwith.
N.M. Stat. § 31-1-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 31-1-3
§ 31-1-3. Method of prosecution
Status: in_force

A criminal prosecution shall be commenced, conducted and terminated in accordance with Rules of Criminal Procedure. All pleadings, practice and procedure shall be governed by such rules.
N.M. Stat. § 47-14-18 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 14 / Section 47-14-18
§ 47-14-18. Payment; limits; disclosure; nontaxable transaction certificate
Status: in_force

A. The fees paid to an appraiser for completion of the appraisal shall not include a fee for management of the appraisal process or any activity other than the performance of the appraisal.

B. An appraisal management company shall separately state the fees paid to an appraiser for appraisal services and the fees charged by the appraisal management company for services associated with the management of the appraisal process, including procurement of the appraiser's services to the client, borrower and any other payor.

C. Appraisers shall not be prohibited by the appraisal management company, client or other third party from disclosing the fee paid to the appraiser for the performance of the appraisal in the appraisal report.

D. As used in this section, “ payor ” means any person or entity who is responsible for making payment for the appraisal.

E. An appraisal management company shall, except in cases of breach of contract or substandard performance of services, make payment to an independent appraiser for the completion of an appraisal or valuation assignment within sixty days of the date on which the independent appraiser transmits or otherwise provides the completed appraisal or valuation study to the appraisal management company or its assignee.

F. An appraisal management company shall provide an appraiser with the appropriate nontaxable transaction certificate pursuant to Section 7-9-48 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 42-6-9 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 6 / Section 42-6-9
§ 42-6-9. Equitable procedure
Status: in_force

The action contemplated by this article shall be conducted as other actions, by equitable proceedings under the rules of chancery.
N.M. Stat. § 12-10A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10A / Section 12-10A-1
§ 12-10A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 12, Article 10A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Public Health Emergency Response Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 25-5-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 25-5-1
§ 25-5-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Flour and Bread Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

A. “flour” means foods commonly known in the milling and baking industries as:

(1) white flour, also known as wheat flour or plain flour;

(2) bromated flour;

(3) self-rising flour, also known as self-rising white flour or self-rising wheat flour; and

(4) phosphated flour, also known as phosphated white flour or phosphated wheat flour, but excludes whole wheat flour and also excludes special flours not used for bread, roll, bun or biscuit baking, such as specialty cake, pancake and pastry flours;

B. “white bread” means any bread made with flour as defined in Subsection A of this section, whether baked in a pan or on a hearth or screen, which is commonly known or usually represented and sold as white bread, including Vienna bread, French bread and Italian bread;

C. “rolls” includes plain white rolls and buns of the semi-bread dough type, namely: soft rolls such as hamburger rolls, hot dog rolls and Parker House rolls and hard rolls such as Vienna rolls and Kaiser rolls, but shall not include yeast-raised sweet rolls or sweet buns made with fillings or coatings such as cinnamon rolls or buns and butterfly rolls;

D. “board” means the environmental improvement board;

E. “director” means the director of the division or his authorized representative;

F. “division” means the environmental improvement division of the health and environment department [department of environment]; and

G. “person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust or any group of persons whether incorporated or not engaged in the commercial manufacture or sale of flour, white bread or rolls.
N.M. Stat. § 1-7-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 1-7-1
§ 1-7-1. Political parties; conditions for use of ballot
Status: in_force

All nominations of candidates for public office in New Mexico made by political parties shall be made pursuant to the Election Code. No political party shall be permitted to have the names of its candidates printed on any election ballot unless and until it has qualified as provided in the Election Code.
N.M. Stat. § 74-13-5 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 13 / Section 74-13-5
§ 74-13-5. Facilities; entry by department; availability of records to department and others
Status: in_force

A. The secretary or any authorized representative, employee or agent of the department may:

(1) enter a facility of a scrap tire generator, scrap tire hauler or tire recycling facility at any reasonable time for the purpose of making a routine inspection or investigation of scrap tire management practices based on reasonable evidence of a violation of the Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act;

(2) take and analyze samples of the facility's waste, soil, air or water in order to detect the nature and concentration of contaminants, including those produced by leaching, natural decomposition, gas production or hazardous products in the facility, and the owner or operator shall have the right to split the sample and conduct the owner or operator's own analysis;

(3) for the purposes of developing or assisting in the development of rules, conducting a study, taking corrective action or enforcing the provisions of the Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act, conduct monitoring or testing of the equipment, contents or surrounding soil, air, surface water or ground water at the facility of a scrap tire generator, scrap tire hauler or tire recycling facility; and

(4) in coordination with the secretary of transportation, conduct at weigh stations or any other adequate site or facility inspections of scrap tire haulers.

B. Records, reports or information obtained by the department pursuant to this section shall be available to the public, except that information shall be treated confidentially upon a showing, satisfactory to the department, that records, reports or information or a particular part of the records, reports or information, if made public, would divulge information entitled to protection under the provisions of 18 USCA Section 1905 . That record, report or information may be disclosed to officers, employees or authorized representatives of the United States concerned with carrying out the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 or to officers, employees or authorized representatives of the state when relevant in any proceedings pursuant to the Solid Waste Act.

C. A person not subject to the provisions of 18 USCA Section 1905 who knowingly and willfully divulges or discloses information entitled to protection pursuant to this section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or to imprisonment not to exceed one year or both.

D. In submitting data pursuant to the Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act, a person required to provide such data may:

(1) designate, in writing and in such manner as the secretary may prescribe, the data the person believes is entitled to protection pursuant to this section; and

(2) submit the designated data separately from other data submitted pursuant to the Recycling and Illegal Dumping Act.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14-29.1 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14 / Section 24-14-29.1
§ 24-14-29.1. Day-care fund created; use; appropriation
Status: in_force

There is created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the “day-care fund”. The fund shall be invested by the state treasurer as other state funds are invested. The fund shall consist of distributions of revenue collected since July 1, 1987 and future revenues collected pursuant to Section 24-14-29 NMSA 1978 . All balances in the day-care fund are appropriated to the children, youth and families department for use in implementing the income-eligible day-care program under the Social Services Block Grant Act Title XX. 1
N.M. Stat. § 22-8B-17 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8B / Section 22-8B-17
§ 22-8B-17. Charter schools division; duties
Status: in_force

The “charter schools division” is created in the department. The division shall:

A. provide staff support to the commission;

B. provide technical support to all charter schools;

C. review and approve state-chartered charter school budget matters; and

D. make recommendations to the commission regarding the approval, denial, suspension or revocation of the charter of a state-chartered charter school.
N.M. Stat. § 49-5-5 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 5 / Section 49-5-5
§ 49-5-5. Election of successors; notice; judges
Status: in_force

That within thirty days of the expiration of the terms of office of any such board of trustees, it shall be the duty of such board to call an election for the choice of their successors, to fix the time and place for the holding of the same, to appoint qualified persons to act as judges thereof, and to give notice of such election in the manner and for the length of time specified in the preceding section.
N.M. Stat. § 24-17B-1 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 17B / Section 24-17B-1
§ 24-17B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-7
§ 3-60A-7. Finding of necessity by local government
Status: in_force

No local government shall exercise any of the powers conferred upon local governments by the Redevelopment Law until the local government has adopted a resolution finding that:

A. one or more slum areas or blighted areas exist in the local government's jurisdiction; and

B. the rehabilitation, conservation, slum clearance, redevelopment or development, or a combination thereof, of and in such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents of the local government's jurisdiction.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-16-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 16 / Section 59A-16-1
§ 59A-16-1. Scope of article
Status: in_force

The provisions of Chapter 59A, Article 16 NMSA 1978 as applicable shall apply as to insurers, fraternal benefit societies, nonprofit health care plans, health maintenance organizations, prepaid dental services organizations, motor clubs, agents, brokers, solicitors, adjusters, providers of services contracts pursuant to the Service Contract Regulation Act and all other persons engaged in any business which is now or hereafter subject to the superintendent's supervision under the Insurance Code, as well as all alien and foreign insurers delivering or issuing for delivery in New Mexico any certificate or other evidence of coverage. For the purposes of that article, the societies, organizations, clubs and persons shall be included within the meaning of “insurer”, and contracts issued by them are included within the meaning of “policy”.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-4 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-4
§ 21-8-4. Officers
Status: in_force

The officers of the college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university] shall be the same, be elected in the same manner, at the same time, perform like duties, and possess the same qualifications, as is provided for the officers of the university of New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 31-4-30 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 4 / Section 31-4-30
§ 31-4-30. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act.
N.M. Stat. § 9-22-2 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 22 / Section 9-22-2
§ 9-22-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Veterans' Services Department Act is to create a unified department to administer the laws and exercise the functions formerly administered and exercised by the New Mexico veterans' service commission.
N.M. Stat. § 47-7B-19 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7B / Section 47-7B-19
§ 47-7B-19. Rights of secured lenders
Status: in_force

The declaration may require that all or a specified number or percentage of the mortgagees or beneficiaries of deeds of trust encumbering the units or vendors of units under installment sales contracts approve specified actions of the unit owners or the association as a condition to the effectiveness of those actions, but no requirement for approval may operate to deny or delegate control over the general administrative affairs of the association by the unit owners or the executive board or prevent the association or the executive board from commencing, intervening in or settling any litigation or proceeding or receiving and distributing any insurance proceeds except pursuant to Section 46 of the Condominium Act.
N.M. Stat. § 76-7-3 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7 / Section 76-7-3
§ 76-7-3. Noxious weed control districts; territorial limitations
Status: in_force

A. Noxious weed control districts may be organized under the provisions of the Noxious Weed Control Act to include the area of any county or counties, or any portion thereof; except that no district shall contain less than one thousand, two hundred and eighty acres nor consist of territory in more than three counties. A district may include any political subdivision of the state or a defined district, or any parts thereof, but no land shall be included in more than one noxious weed control district.

B. The land composing any noxious weed control district need not be in one contiguous body but may consist of separate bodies of land separated by land not embraced in the district. No district provided for in the Noxious Weed Control Act shall embrace territory situated in more than one county except by a majority vote of the resident taxpaying voters residing within the territory in each county sought to be included in the district.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-3 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-3
§ 19-7-3. Numbering and dating applications upon receipt
Status: in_force

All applications shall be stamped immediately upon their receipt by the land office with ink or with some device indicating correctly the date, hour and minute of such receipt, and such applications shall have stamped thereon a serial number in the order of their receipt.
N.M. Stat. § 21-11-8.2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 11 / Section 21-11-8.2
§ 21-11-8.2. Geophysical research center
Status: in_force

A. The “geophysical research center” is created at the New Mexico institute of mining and technology. The center may enter into contracts and receive public and private gifts, grants and donations to carry out its activities.

B. The geophysical research center shall conduct research:

(1) in areas related to and affected by water, with emphasis on atmospheric, surface and underground water;

(2) on the relationships among lightning, thunderstorms and precipitation;

(3) in earthquake, volcanology and environmental geophysics; and

(4) in basic geophysical processes and their applications to state and national issues.
N.M. Stat. § 17-2-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-1
§ 17-2-1. Commission powers
Status: in_force

The state game commission, in addition to the powers now vested in it and not as a limitation of those powers, is expressly authorized and empowered by regulation adopted and promulgated in the manner provided in Chapter 17 NMSA 1978 to:

A. define game birds, game animals and game fish;

B. establish open and closed seasons for the killing or taking of all kinds of game animals, game birds and game fish and to change such open seasons from year to year and to fix different seasons for different parts of the state;

C. establish bag limits covering all kinds of game animals, game birds and game fish and the numbers thereof which may be killed or taken by any one person during any one day or during any one open season;

D. authorize or prohibit the killing or taking of any game animals, game birds or game fish of any kind or sex;

E. prescribe the manner, methods and devices that may be used in hunting, taking or killing game animals, game birds and game fish;

F. prescribe rules to prohibit any vehicle or vehicles used in transporting persons engaged in hunting, taking or killing game animals, game birds and game fish from leaving established roadways;

G. prescribe rules that embody the principles of fair chase, which rules may include prohibitions on the use of certain technologies for hunting or fishing and specific wildlife location data that is collected by the department of game and fish or its contractors; and

H. appoint one or more advisory committees to furnish advice, evaluations and recommendations for wildlife management projects utilizing revenue derived from the sale of public land management stamps. The advisory committees shall be created pursuant to the procedures of Section 9-1-9 NMSA 1978 , provided that the restrictions on the life of advisory committees contained in Subsection F of that section shall not apply.
N.M. Stat. § 30-13-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 13 / Section 30-13-2
§ 30-13-2. Denial of service by a utility
Status: in_force

Denial of service by a utility consists of any utility refusing to furnish service to another in the area served by such utility. Utility as used in this section is defined as any person furnishing to the public: water, power, telephone or gas. Provided such utility may lawfully refuse its services if:

A. the person to be served has not tendered an amount of money required for the expense of construction, if construction is necessary for furnishing the utilities; or

B. the person has not tendered the amount of money due for the use of such utilities.

Whoever commits denial of service by a utility is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 2-13-3 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 13 / Section 2-13-3
§ 2-13-3. Subcommittees
Status: in_force

Subcommittees shall be created only by majority vote of all members appointed to the committee and with the prior approval of the legislative council. A subcommittee shall be composed of at least one member from the senate and one member from the house of representatives, and at least one member of the minority party shall be a member of the subcommittee. All meetings and expenditures of a subcommittee shall be approved by the full committee in advance of such meeting or expenditure, and the approval shall be shown in the minutes of the committee.
N.M. Stat. § 28-10-7 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 10 / Section 28-10-7
§ 28-10-7. Compensation
Status: in_force

Members of the governor's commission on disability shall be reimbursed as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act 1 but shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance. Members of the advisory council on disability may receive reimbursement in the same manner from funds available to the commission, only for advisory council meetings.
N.M. Stat. § 9-3-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 9-3-2
§ 9-3-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Corrections Department Act is to create a single, unified department to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered and exercised by the corrections and criminal rehabilitation department and to ensure a comprehensive criminal justice system in New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-12.27 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-12.27
§ 27-2-12.27. Medical assistance; managed care organization contracts; applicability of Prior Authorization Act
Status: in_force

The secretary shall ensure that contracts with managed care organizations to provide medical assistance to medicaid recipients are subject to and comply with the Prior Authorization Act.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-21-10 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 21 / Section 59A-21-10
§ 59A-21-10. Dependents' coverage
Status: in_force

Insurance under any group life insurance policy issued pursuant to Sections 59A-21-4 and 59A-21-6 through 59A-21-8 NMSA 1978 may be extended to insure the dependents, or any class or classes thereof, of each employee or member who so elects. The term “dependent” means the spouse of the employee or member and an employee's or member's minor child, including a child beyond the age of majority up to a maximum of twenty-five years of age while attending an educational institution, and such other children of the employee or member as provided within the group life insurance policy. The premiums for the insurance on such dependents may be paid by the group policyholder or by the employee or member or by the group policyholder and the employee or member jointly.