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N.M. Stat. § 59A-16-13.2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 16 / Section 59A-16-13.2
§ 59A-16-13.2. Discrimination on the basis of blindness
Status: in_force

A. No insurer, including health maintenance organizations, nonprofit health care plans and fraternal benefit societies, shall refuse to insure, or refuse to continue to insure, or limit the amount, extent or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charge an individual a different rate for the same coverage solely because of blindness, including partial blindness.

B. With respect to the underlying cause of the blindness, persons who are blind shall be subject to the same standards of sound actuarial principles or actual or reasonably anticipated experience as are sighted persons, and blindness may be considered as evidence of the severity or progression of the underlying cause.

C. Refusal to insure includes denial by an insurer of disability insurance coverage on the grounds that the policy defines “disability” as being presumed in the event that the insured loses his eyesight. However, an insurer may exclude from coverage disabilities consisting solely of blindness when such condition exists at the time the policy is issued.
N.M. Stat. § 21-19A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 19A / Section 21-19A-7
§ 21-19A-7. Apprenticeship and training advisory committee
Status: in_force

A. The division shall appoint an apprenticeship and training advisory committee composed of nine voting members who shall be New Mexico residents. The members shall be as follows:

(1) two persons representing employers of members of apprenticeable trades;

(2) two persons representing organized labor for members of apprenticeable trades;

(3) two persons employed as full-time training directors or program administrators of apprenticeship committees;

(4) two persons employed by New Mexico educational entities who teach or immediately supervise preparatory instruction, supplementary instruction or related instruction courses; and

(5) the state apprenticeship director of the department, who shall serve as chair.

B. Members of the advisory committee shall serve terms of four years, except that the division shall designate one member from each of the groups referred to in Paragraphs (1) through (4) of Subsection A of this section to serve an initial term of two years. Thereafter, all members shall serve four-year terms.

C. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired portion of a term vacated.

D. Nonvoting members of the advisory committee shall include the following:

(1) two persons designated by and representing the New Mexico college and university system of vocational education;

(2) one person designated by and representing the office of apprenticeship; and

(3) one person representing the general public who is familiar with the goals and needs of technical-vocational education in New Mexico and who is not otherwise eligible for service on the advisory committee.

E. The member of the advisory committee representing the general public shall be appointed by the division for a term of four years. All other nonvoting members of the advisory committee shall serve at the pleasure of the agency or institution each respective member represents.

F. The advisory committee shall meet on an annual basis or at the call of the chair.

G. The members of the advisory committee shall be subject to such laws and practices as are applicable to the service and compensation of employees of the state. Members of the advisory committee not otherwise compensated by public funds shall be reimbursed for their official duties in accordance with the Per Diem and Mileage Act 1 for attendance at not in excess of twelve meetings per year.
N.M. Stat. § 22-19B-6 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 19B / Section 22-19B-6
§ 22-19B-6. Limitations on issuance of bond anticipation notes
Status: in_force

Bond anticipation notes shall not be issued:

A. unless the general obligation bonds for which bond anticipation notes are contemplated have been authorized at an election as required by Article 9, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico ;

B. in a principal amount in excess of the amount of the general obligation bonds authorized to be issued at an election or, if some portion of the bonds authorized at that election have been issued, in a principal amount in excess of the amount of the authorized but unissued general obligation bonds;

C. in a principal amount in excess of the amount of outstanding general obligation bonds of the school district maturing within one year of the date of issuance of the bond anticipation notes; and

D. unless the proceeds of the bond anticipation notes are to be used for the same purpose for which the general obligation bonds are authorized.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48A-25 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48A / Section 4-48A-25
§ 4-48A-25. Revenue bonds; security
Status: in_force

A. The principal of and interest on any revenue bonds issued under the authority of the Special Hospital District Act shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which such bonds shall be made payable, and may be secured by a mortgage covering all or any part of the hospital facility from which the revenues so pledged may be derived.

B. The resolution and proceedings under which such revenue bonds are authorized to be issued or any such mortgage may contain any agreement and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing bonds, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the designation and collection of revenues from a hospital facility covered by such proceedings or mortgage, the maintenance and insurance of such hospital facility, the creation and maintenance of special funds derived from the revenues relating to such hospital facility and the rights and remedies available in the event of default to the bondholders or to the trustee under a mortgage, all as the board of trustees of the special hospital district shall deem advisable and as shall not be in conflict with the provisions of the Special Hospital District Act.
N.M. Stat. § 9-6-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 6 / Section 9-6-15
§ 9-6-15. Department of finance and administration; office of education accountability
Status: in_force

A. The “office of education accountability” is created in the department of finance and administration. The office shall provide an independent evaluation of the Assessment and Accountability Act and the School Personnel Act by:

(1) monitoring the implementation of those acts;

(2) periodically reviewing school district and school-based decision-making policies relating to the recruitment and retention of school employees;

(3) verifying the accuracy of reports of public school, school district and state performance; and

(4) conducting studies of other states' efforts at assessment and accountability and other educational reforms and report its findings to the legislative education study committee and legislative finance committee.

B. The state department of public education, school districts and other agencies of the state or its political subdivisions shall cooperate with the office of education accountability and provide information as requested by the office.
N.M. Stat. § 3-63-5 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 63 / Section 3-63-5
§ 3-63-5. District; authority; creation
Status: in_force

A. A district shall assess a business improvement benefit fee on any real property or business located within the district.

B. A district shall include any real property or business that benefits by the improvements set out in the business improvement district plan and that is located within the district's geographic boundaries.

C. The district benefit fee assessment schedule shall not include:

(1) governmentally owned real property;

(2) residential real property that is not multifamily residential rental property with at least four units or homeowners associations of multifamily ownership properties;

(3) real property owned by a nonprofit corporation; or

(4) residential real property, located within an existing district, that became eligible for a business improvement benefit fee assessment after the district was created, unless the ordinance that created the district is amended to include the new business or property after notice is provided and a hearing is held in accordance with Section 3-63-10 NMSA 1978 .

D. A district may be created by petition of real property owners or by petition of business owners in a proposed district after notice and public hearing.
N.M. Stat. § 60-6A-24 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 6A / Section 60-6A-24
§ 60-6A-24. Wine blender's license
Status: in_force

A. In any local option district, a person qualified under the provisions of the Liquor Control Act, except as otherwise provided in the Domestic Winery and Small Brewery Act, may apply for and be issued a wine blender's license.

B. A wine blender's license authorizes the person to whom it is issued to:

(1) package, rectify, blend, mix, flavor, color, label and export wine, whether manufactured or produced by him or any other person;

(2) sell only wine packaged by or for him to a person holding a New Mexico wine wholesaler's, wholesaler's, winegrower's or wine exporter's license or to a winegrower's agent;

(3) deal in warehouse receipts for wine; and

(4) be deemed a manufacturer for purposes of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act.

C. A wine blender's license does not authorize the person to whom it is issued:

(1) to crush, ferment and produce wine from grapes, berries and other fruits;

(2) to obtain or be issued a winer's license, a retailer's license or a dispenser's license;

(3) to buy, sell, receive or deliver wine from persons other than authorized licensees; or

(4) to conduct wine tastings or sell for consumption off premises, at retail, or to sponsor wine tastings, either on or off the wine blender's premises.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-32A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 32A / Section 59A-32A-4
§ 59A-32A-4. Licensing rental car companies as rental car agents
Status: in_force

A rental car company may apply to be licensed as a rental car agent under the terms of the Rental Car Insurance Limited Producer License Act if it satisfies all of the requirements of that act and if it files the following documents with the superintendent of insurance:

A. a written application for licensure, signed by the applicant or by an officer of the applicant, in the form prescribed by the superintendent of insurance that includes a listing of all locations at which the rental car company intends to offer, sell, bind, effect, solicit or negotiate rental car insurance; and

B. a certificate filed by the insurer for the applicant stating that the insurer has satisfied itself that the applicant is trustworthy and competent to act as its insurance producer limited to this purpose; that the insurer has reviewed the employee training program required by Subsection D of Section 59A-32A-5 NMSA 1978 and believes that it satisfies the statutory requirements; and that the insurer will appoint the applicant to act as its insurance producer to transact the kinds of insurance that are permitted by the Rental Car Insurance Limited Producer License Act if the license for which the applicant is applying is issued by the superintendent of insurance. The certification shall be subscribed by an officer or managing agent of the insurer on a form prescribed by the superintendent of insurance.
N.M. Stat. § 29-8-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-2
§ 29-8-2. “Public agency” defined 1]
Status: in_force

As used in the Mutual Aid Act, “public agency” includes the federal government or any department or agency thereof, an Indian tribal council, Indian pueblo council and the state or any county or municipality thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 47-1-26 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 1 / Section 47-1-26
§ 47-1-26. Tax assessment or payment in name of nonowner is not cloud on title
Status: in_force

That the entry of payment of taxes by any person, partnership, corporation or corporations upon tax rolls of any county opposite the assessment of any real estate on the said tax rolls or the entry upon the said tax rolls or any other official tax records in the office of the county assessor or treasurer that taxes upon real estate and improvements thereon have been paid by any person or persons, partnerships, corporations or associations, shall not in themselves without other record evidence of title be or constitute a cloud upon any real estate or improvements thereon, and no title to real estate or improvements thereon shall be unmarketable solely because of the assessment in the name of or payment of taxes by any person or persons, partnership, corporation or association not having right, title or interest in or to such real estate or improvements as shown by the records of the county clerk in the county wherein such property is situate.
N.M. Stat. § 47-14-5 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 14 / Section 47-14-5
§ 47-14-5. Forms
Status: in_force

An applicant for registration as an appraisal management company shall submit to the board an application on a form prescribed by the board.
N.M. Stat. § 73-1-15 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 1 / Section 73-1-15
§ 73-1-15. District court procedure; notice
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of a petition as provided for in Section 1 hereof, the district court having jurisdiction shall, by order, require notice to be published by the clerk of the court, at such time and places as the court may designate, giving notice to all landowners affected by the proposed change that a hearing will be had at a time and place designated in such notice, for the purpose of determining whether or not all of the lands described in the certificate of the state engineer filed with the said petition should be included in the artesian conservancy district, and the decree establishing the district amended accordingly. It shall not be necessary for the clerk to name the parties interested, nor to describe the separate lots, tracts or parcels of land affected in giving such notice, but it shall be sufficient to give such description of the lands proposed to be included as will enable the owner to determine whether or not his land is covered by such description.

The notice shall state that any person affected by the proposed inclusion of such lands shall have the right to file objections thereto, on or before the date set for hearing. If, after hearing such objections, if any, and considering any evidence introduced in support thereof, the court finds that the said lands described in the petition should be included within the said artesian conservancy district, the court shall enter an order amending said decree, as prayed for in said petition, and thereupon said lands shall be included within the said conservancy district and shall be subject to the same rights, powers and authority as given by law to such artesian conservancy district over lands located within said district.
N.M. Stat. § 30-31-29 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 31 / Section 30-31-29
§ 30-31-29. Probationary period
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court may place on probation for a period not to exceed one year any person convicted of a violation of the Controlled Substances Act where the maximum length of the term of imprisonment is one year or less if:

A. the judge does not impose a prison sentence; or

B. the judge suspends all of any prison sentence which he imposes.
N.M. Stat. § 58-26-7 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 26 / Section 58-26-7
§ 58-26-7. Regulation
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in the Interstate Depository Institutions Act shall be construed to alter, amend or otherwise affect the powers and duties of the director as established by law.
N.M. Stat. § 18-2-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 2 / Section 18-2-4
§ 18-2-4. Duties of the state librarian
Status: in_force

A. The state librarian shall:

(1) administer the state library;

(2) administer grants-in-aid and encourage local library service and generally promote an effective statewide library system;

(3) make studies and surveys of public library needs;

(4) supply advice and information to existing libraries and aid in the establishment of new libraries;

(5) obtain each year, from all libraries in the state, reports showing the conditions, growth and development together with such other facts and statistics regarding them as are of public interest;

(6) cooperate with other educational services and governmental agencies of the state and with library agencies of other states and with national library agencies;

(7) cooperate with the administrative services division of the cultural affairs department in preparing the budget for the state library;

(8) administer the library extension service;

(9) make rules and regulations necessary to administer the library division as provided by law and to perform other duties as provided by law; and

(10) establish and administer a library depository and distribution system for state documents and publications.

B. The state librarian may solicit and receive funds or property, including federal funds and public and private grants, for programs and activities administered by the state librarian.
N.M. Stat. § 77-10-2 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 10 / Section 77-10-2
§ 77-10-2. Necessity of license; application; fee; bond; cancellation of license; copies
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for a person to operate a livestock auction market in this state unless he is the holder of an unexpired, uncanceled license issued by the board.

B. An application to operate a livestock auction market shall set forth:

(1) the name and address of the applicant;

(2) the location of the livestock auction market for which application is made; and

(3) a description of the facilities afforded by the livestock auction market.

C. The application shall be accompanied by the payment of a license fee set by the board not to exceed the amount prescribed by law.

D. The applicant shall file with the packers and stockyards division of the United States department of agriculture a bond in the penal sum as prescribed by the packers and stockyards division and approved by the board and conditioned that the principal shall comply with the terms of the surety and with all of the terms and conditions of Chapter 77, Article 10 NMSA 1978 , with some surety company authorized to do business in this state.

E. If the applicant satisfies the conditions of application, the board shall issue a license good for one year to operate the livestock auction market at the location specified in the application.

F. A license issued in accordance with this section may be canceled by the board for violation of Chapter 77, Article 10 NMSA 1978 by the licensee, and the board may refuse to issue a license to a person whose previous license has been canceled or to any firm, association or corporation of which he is a member or by which he is employed.

G. It is unlawful for an operator to employ a person whose license was canceled by the board or to operate a livestock auction market in which that person has direct or indirect interest.

H. The bond required by this section shall be for the benefit of a person damaged by a breach of the condition of the bond, and the person damaged shall be entitled to bring an action on the bond in his own name. The board shall furnish a certified copy of the bond to a person who applies for a copy on payment of the fee set by the board for copy services.
N.M. Stat. § 20-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 20-3-1
§ 20-3-1. Department of military affairs created
Status: in_force

There is created the “department of military affairs” which shall act on behalf of the governor to exercise organizational, operational and administrative command and control of the military forces of the state and to direct and coordinate the functions, efforts and activities of the civil air patrol division for the well being of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 73-10-27 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 10 / Section 73-10-27
§ 73-10-27. Petition for inclusion of additional lands
Status: in_force

The holder or holders of title, or evidence of title, of any body of land adjacent to or situate within the boundaries of any irrigation district, may file with the board of directors of said district a petition in writing praying that such lands be included in such district. The petition shall describe the tracts, or body of land owned by the petitioners, but such description need not be more particular than is required when such lands are entered by the county assessor in the assessment book. Such petition shall be deemed to give the assent of the petitioners to the inclusion in said district of the lands described in the petition, and such petition must be acknowledged in the same manner that conveyances of land are required to be acknowledged.
N.M. Stat. § 7-36-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 36 / Section 7-36-19
§ 7-36-19. Valuation of major industrial and commercial properties; specialists' services furnished to county assessor by department
Status: in_force

At the request of a county assessor, concurred in by the board of county commissioners, the director may provide a county assessor with technical assistance services in the valuation of major industrial or commercial properties subject to valuation by the assessor. The director shall take into account the ability of the county assessor to value the property with the resources at his disposal when deciding whether the requested services should be furnished. The county shall reimburse the department for the costs incurred in the valuation of the property.
N.M. Stat. § 74-10-54 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 10 / Section 74-10-54
§ 74-10-54. Capitalization of costs
Status: in_force

Any resolution authorizing the issuance of securities or other instrument appertaining thereto may capitalize interest on any securities during any period of construction or other acquisition estimated by the board and one year thereafter and any other cost of any project by providing for the payment of the amount capitalized from the proceeds of the securities.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-12C-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 12C / Section 59A-12C-1
§ 59A-12C-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 59A, Article 12C NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Broker Controlled Insurer Law”.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11-13 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11 / Section 58-11-13
§ 58-11-13. Use of name exclusive
Status: in_force

A. The name of every credit union organized under or subject to the Credit Union Act shall include the phrase “credit union”. No credit union shall adopt a name either identical to the name of any other credit union doing business in this state or so similar to the name of any other credit union doing business in this state as to be misleading or to cause confusion.

B. No person other than a credit union organized under or subject to the Credit Union Act, the Federal Credit Union Act 1 or a credit union authorized to do business in this state under Section 58-11-16 NMSA 1978 , an association of credit unions or an organization, corporation or association whose membership or ownership is primarily limited to credit unions or credit union organizations shall use a name or title containing the phrase “credit union” or any derivation thereof, represent itself as a credit union or conduct business as a credit union.

C. Violation of this section is a fourth degree felony.

D. The director may petition the district court of Santa Fe county to enjoin a violation of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-22 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-22
§ 7-9-22. Exemption; gross receipts tax; vehicles
Status: in_force

Exempted from the gross receipts tax are the receipts from selling vehicles on which a tax is imposed by the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Act, 1 vehicles subject to registration under Section 66-3-16 NMSA 1978 and vehicles exempt from the motor vehicle excise tax pursuant to Subsection F of Section 7-14-6 NMSA 1978 .