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N.M. Stat. § 6-21-23 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-23
§ 6-21-23. Prohibited actions
Status: in_force

The authority shall not:

A. lend money or make a grant other than to a qualified entity;

B. purchase securities other than from a qualified entity or other than for investment as provided in the New Mexico Finance Authority Act;

C. lease a public project to any entity other than a qualified entity; except that the authority may lease a public project to any entity following termination of a lease of the public project to a qualified entity if leasing the public project to an entity other than a qualified entity is necessary to avoid forfeiture or impairment of the public project or a default on bonds whose payment is secured, in whole or in part, by the public project or by lease rentals from the public project;

D. deal in securities within the meaning of or subject to any securities law, securities exchange law or securities dealers law of the United States or of the state or of any other state or jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, except as authorized in the New Mexico Finance Authority Act;

E. issue bills of credit or accept deposits of money for time on demand deposit or administer trusts or engage in any form or manner, or in the conduct of, any private or commercial banking business, or act as a savings bank or savings and loan association or any other kind of financial institution except as authorized in the New Mexico Finance Authority Act;

F. engage in any form of private or commercial banking business except as authorized in the New Mexico Finance Authority Act;

G. lend money, issue bonds, including public-private partnership project bonds, or make a grant for the promotion of gaming or a gaming enterprise or for development of infrastructure for a gaming facility; or

H. after December 31, 2005, except in case of an emergency, accept an application for financial assistance from a municipality, county or other covered entity for a water or wastewater project unless it is submitted with a water conservation plan or a water conservation plan is on file with the state engineer in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this 2003 act.
N.M. Stat. § 16-6-9 — NM Code / Chapter 16 / Article 6 / Section 16-6-9
§ 16-6-9. Appropriation; how paid to the commission
Status: in_force

The secretary of finance and administration, on the request in writing of such board of commissioners, shall, and it is hereby made his duty to, draw his warrant in favor of the treasurer of said commission upon the state treasurer for the payment of the appropriations provided in this article, and the said state treasurer shall pay such warrants out of any money on hand, appropriated for the purposes herein set forth.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-59 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-59
§ 2-7F-59. Representative district fifty-three
Status: in_force

Representative district fifty-three is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 6, 66, 74 through 76, 106, 112, 113, 116, 132, 133, 140, 142, 161, 176, 178 and 181; and Otero county precincts 1, 41 through 46 and 66.
N.M. Stat. § 5-18-1 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 18 / Section 5-18-1
§ 5-18-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Renewable Energy Financing District Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 4-8-2 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 8 / Section 4-8-2
§ 4-8-2. Dividing line between Chaves and Eddy
Status: in_force

All that part of the territory of Lincoln county east of said line and north of the third standard parallel south shall be and constitute the county of Chaves, and the remaining territory east of said line and south of said third standard parallel south, shall be and constitute the county of Eddy.
N.M. Stat. § 3-32-6.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 32 / Section 3-32-6.2
§ 3-32-6.2. Electric transmission projects; payments to the state
Status: in_force

A person proposing an electric transmission facility project pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 3-32-6 NMSA 1978 shall pay to the state annual payments equal to five percent of the total amount of in-lieu tax payments to be made in that calendar year by such person to counties, municipalities and other local entities authorized to levy taxes on property, including in-lieu tax payments made to school districts pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 3-32-6 NMSA 1978 , and five percent of the value of any other consideration related to the project paid to local entities authorized to levy taxes on property by a person proposing an electric transmission project. A copy of any agreement providing for such in-lieu tax payments shall be provided to the secretary of finance and administration within thirty days of written approval of such agreement by all of the parties. Each annual payment to the state shall be made no later than the end of each fiscal year in which in-lieu tax payments are made to local taxing entities. Each annual payment shall be made to the department of finance and administration for deposit to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 73-27-5 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 27 / Section 73-27-5
§ 73-27-5. Board; appointment; terms
Status: in_force

A. The board shall consist of six members, each of whom shall reside within the boundaries of the authority, appointed as follows:

(1) three board members appointed by the Clovis city commission for a term of two years; provided, however, that two of the initial members shall be appointed for a term of one year for the purpose of having a staggered board;

(2) two board members appointed by the Portales city council for a term of two years; provided, however, that one of the initial members shall be appointed for a term of one year for the purpose of having a staggered board; and

(3) one board member appointed for a term of one year on a rotating basis and in the following order by:

(a) the Texico city council; and

(b) the Elida town council.

B. A vacancy occurring by other than expiration of a term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but only for the unexpired term.
N.M. Stat. § 65-2A-37 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 2A / Section 65-2A-37
§ 65-2A-37. Electronic filing and certification of documents; electronic payment of fees
Status: in_force

A. The department may adopt rules permitting the electronic filing, submission and service of documents by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic transmission, including original documents, and the certification of electronically filed documents when filing or certification is required or permitted pursuant to the Motor Carrier Act. The rules shall provide for the appropriate treatment of electronic filings to satisfy requirements for original documents or copies and shall provide the requirements for signature with respect to electronic filings. If the department accepts electronic filing of a document, it may accept for filing a document containing a signature line, however made.

B. The department may accept a credit or debit card or other means of payment, in lieu of cash or check, as payment of a fee pursuant to the Motor Carrier Act. The department shall determine those credit or debit cards or other means of payment that may be accepted for payment.
N.M. Stat. § 1-17-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 17 / Section 1-17-8
§ 1-17-8. Referendum petitions; approval before circulation
Status: in_force

A. Before any referendum petition is circulated for signatures, the sponsors shall submit the original draft thereof to the secretary of state to determine whether or not it meets the requirements of law for referendum petitions. At the same time the original draft is submitted to the secretary of state, the sponsors shall also submit a suggested popular name for the law that is the object of the petition.

B. Within thirty days after submission of the original draft and suggested popular name, the secretary of state shall:

(1) approve and certify the original draft of the petition and approve and certify the suggested popular name or a more suitable and correct popular name; or

(2) disapprove the original draft and specify each deficiency not in compliance with the law.
N.M. Stat. § 1-8-17 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1-8-17
§ 1-8-17. Primary Election Law; offices affected; questions prohibited
Status: in_force

A. The Primary Election Law applies to major political party nominations for all offices that are to be filled at the general election with the exception of presidential electors.

B. The Primary Election Law does not apply to the election of persons to fill municipal, school district or special district offices, nor does it apply to special elections to fill vacancies in any office filled at the general election. No bond issue or other question shall be voted upon at any primary election.
N.M. Stat. § 7-7-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 7-7-20
§ 7-7-20. Credit against tax
Status: in_force

A. Upon assumption of title to a work of art by the board, the department shall credit against the amount owed by the estate the valuation of that work of art as agreed upon under Section 7-7-19 NMSA 1978 . In no case shall any credit allowed by the Art Acceptance Act be greater than the amount of the estate tax owed by the decedent's estate.

B. The board shall not during any fiscal year assume title to works of art which have an aggregate value of more than five million dollars ($5,000,000).
N.M. Stat. § 57-17-7 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 17 / Section 57-17-7
§ 57-17-7. Duties of director
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the director to:

A. enforce the provisions of this act;

B. maintain custody of the New Mexico standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment entrusted to his care;

C. keep accurate records of all standards of weight and measure;

D. keep and have general supervision over apparatus used to determine weight and measure offered for sale, sold or in use in the state;

E. report annually to the governor of the state, the report to cover all activities carried out under the provisions of Articles 17 and 18 of this Chapter 57 NMSA 1978;

F. test at least once annually all apparatus, weights and measures used in checking the receipt or disbursement of supplies in institutions supported in whole or in part by moneys appropriated by the legislature;

G. inspect and test for accuracy, at least once annually, commercial apparatus, weights and measures used in:

(1) determining the weight, measurement or count of goods and commodities sold or offered for sale on the basis of weight or measure;

(2) computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight or measure; and

(3) determining weight or measure when a charge is made for such determination; and

H. weigh, measure and inspect, from time to time, packages and amounts of goods and commodities offered for sale, sold or in the process of delivery to determine whether the weight or quantity of the good or commodity is the same as that represented by the terms of the offer or sale.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1J-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1J / Section 24-1J-2
§ 24-1J-2. Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the County and Tribal Health Councils Act is to improve the health of New Mexicans by encouraging the development of comprehensive, community-based health planning councils to identify and address local health needs and priorities.
N.M. Stat. § 1-14-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1-14-19
§ 1-14-19. Recount; recheck; candidate for district judge
Status: in_force

If a recount or recheck is demanded on the election of a district judge and the judge of the district was a candidate for partisan office at the election, the chief justice of the supreme court shall designate a district judge who shall act in such proceedings.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-16C-2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 16C / Section 59A-16C-2
§ 59A-16C-2. Findings; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that insurance fraud is pervasive and expensive, and has the potential for increasing premium rates, placing businesses at risk, reducing the ability of consumers to raise their standard of living and decreasing the economic vitality of the state. Therefore, the legislature believes that the state must aggressively confront the problem of insurance fraud.

B. The purpose of the Insurance Fraud Act is to permit the full utilization of the expertise of the superintendent of insurance to investigate and detect insurance fraud more effectively, to halt insurance fraud and to work with state, local and federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies against the commission of insurance fraud.
N.M. Stat. § 5-15-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 15 / Section 5-15-9
§ 5-15-9. Formation of a district
Status: in_force

A. If the formation of the tax increment development district is approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 5-15-8 NMSA 1978 , the governing body shall deliver a copy of the resolution ordering formation of the tax increment development district to each of the following persons or entities:

(1) the county assessor, the county treasurer and the clerk of the county in which the district is located;

(2) the school district within which any portion of the property located within a tax increment development area lies;

(3) any other taxing entities within which any portion of the property located within a tax increment development area lies;

(4) the taxation and revenue department;

(5) the local government division of the department of finance and administration; and

(6) the director of the legislative finance committee.

B. A notice of the formation showing the number and date of the resolution and giving a description of the land included in the district shall be recorded with the clerk of the county in which the district is located.

C. A tax increment development district shall be a political subdivision of the state, separate and apart from a municipality or county.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-17-33 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 17 / Section 59A-17-33
§ 59A-17-33. Enforcement; cease and desist, injunctions; penalties
Status: in_force

A. The superintendent shall enforce compliance with the provisions of the Insurance Rate Regulation Law. Whenever the superintendent believes that there is a violation of the Insurance Rate Regulation Law and that such violation is continuing, the superintendent shall serve upon the advisory, joint underwriting, joint reinsurance pool, residual market mechanism or insurer or other person violating, as the case may be, notice of a hearing before the superintendent to be held not less than twenty days after service of the notice, and requiring the organization or person to show cause why the superintendent should not order the organization or person to cease and desist from the violation.

B. The superintendent, through the attorney general, may maintain an action to enjoin a continuing violation of the Insurance Rate Regulation Law.

C. After hearing, the superintendent may suspend the license of an advisory organization or insurer that fails to comply with the superintendent's order within the time limited by the order or an extension of time that the superintendent may grant. The suspension shall not become effective until the time prescribed for an appeal has expired, or if an appeal has been taken, until the order has been affirmed; otherwise, the superintendent may determine when the suspension shall become effective, and the suspension shall remain in effect for the period fixed unless the superintendent modifies or rescinds the suspension, or until the order on which suspension is based is modified, rescinded or reversed.

D. If the superintendent finds that a person has violated any provision of the Insurance Rate Regulation Law, the superintendent may impose a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation; but if the superintendent finds the violation to be willful, the superintendent may impose a penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation. Such penalties may be in addition to any other penalty provided by law, and, if not paid voluntarily by the violator, may be collected through civil action in the district court of Santa Fe county in the name of the state of New Mexico on the relation of the insurance board.

E. For the purposes of this section, an insurer using a rate for which the insurer has failed to file the rate, supplementary rate information or supporting information, if Section 59A-17-9 NMSA 1978 requires the materials to be filed, shall have committed a separate violation for each day the failure continues.
N.M. Stat. § 73-9-53 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 9 / Section 73-9-53
§ 73-9-53. Petition for dissolution of district; who may file; contents; calling election; notice; ballots
Status: in_force

Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders, representing a majority of the number of the acres of the land included in any irrigation district organized or hereafter to be organized under this act, shall petition the board of directors to call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said irrigation district a proposition to vote on the question of dissolution of said irrigation district, setting forth in said petition that all obligations, bills and claims of every nature whatsoever have been fully satisfied and paid, it shall be the duty of said directors, if they shall be satisfied that all obligations, claims and bills have been fully satisfied, to call an election, setting forth the object of the said election, and to cause notice of said election to be published in some newspaper in each of the counties in which any part of said district is located, for a period of thirty (30) days next prior to said election, setting forth the time and place for holding said election in each of the voting precincts in said district. It shall also be the duty of the directors to prepare ballots to be used at said election on which shall be written or printed the words: “For Dissolution-Yes,” and “For Dissolution-No.”
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-2
§ 1-12-2. Conduct of election; precinct board attendance
Status: in_force

Precinct board members, excepting those members scheduled to work only the second shift, shall present themselves at the polling place not later than 6:00 a.m. on the date required by law for the election.
N.M. Stat. § 4-37-9 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 37 / Section 4-37-9
§ 4-37-9. County ordinances; recording and publication; effective date
Status: in_force

A. All county ordinances, immediately after their passage, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be authenticated by the signature of the county clerk.

B. No ordinance shall take effect until thirty days after the ordinance has been recorded in the book kept by the county for that purpose.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this section, when a board of county commissioners declares that it is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that an ordinance take effect immediately after passage, the ordinance shall take effect when it is recorded in the book kept by the county for that purpose and authenticated by the signature of the county clerk.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9A-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9A / Section 7-9A-6
§ 7-9A-6. Qualified equipment
Status: in_force

Equipment not previously used in New Mexico and not previously approved for a credit under the Investment Credit Act that is owned by the taxpayer or owned by the United States or an agency or instrumentality thereof or the state or a political subdivision thereof and leased or subleased to the taxpayer is qualified equipment if it is in New Mexico and is incorporated or to be incorporated within one year into a manufacturing operation.
N.M. Stat. § 6-11-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 11 / Section 6-11-6
§ 6-11-6. Farm and range improvement fund; approval of expenditures
Status: in_force

All money so received by any county shall be placed in a special fund known and designated “the farm and range improvement fund” and shall be expended by the county as herein prescribed for the benefit of the county in the conservation of soil and water, the control of rodents and predatory animals and the extermination of poisonous and noxious weeds, the construction of dipping vats, spraying machines and other structures to control parasites on livestock, and for repair and maintenance of said vats, machines and structures and for the construction and maintenance of secondary roads. In the administration and expenditure of said special fund, the county commissioners shall seek the advice of and may cooperate with state and federal agencies and officials having knowledge of or engaged in activities similar to those for which said special fund may be expended as herein prescribed. Any payment made from said special fund shall first have the approval of the president of the New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university], and shall be based on a voucher whereon the items and purposes of the proposed expenditure are stated in detail, and which shall bear in its face the written approval of the president of the New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university], or the person who for the time being is performing the duties of that office; provided, however, that such approving officer may designate, by written designation, filed in the office of the county clerk, some person in the county to give, endorse and sign such approval in his name.
N.M. Stat. § 6-17-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 17 / Section 6-17-5
§ 6-17-5. Determination of charges relating to income-producing projects
Status: in_force

Such county, independent rural, union high and municipal board of education or board of regents shall be required to make such charges for the use of said building, improvement or facility purchased or erected hereunder and the furnishing of the services for which same is purchased or erected and used as will return annually a sufficient amount to pay the annual requirement for repayment of principal and interest on such bonds or other evidence of indebtedness; and in addition thereto may make additional charges for the use of said building, improvement or facility and services to return a sufficient amount to pay all necessary costs and expenses of maintenance, upkeep and any required repairs thereto and all necessary costs and expenses of furnishing all services in connection therewith, and sufficient to create a reserve fund not exceeding $10,000.00 to be used for repayment of said indebtedness; but said county, independent rural, union high and municipal board of education or board of regents shall make no further or additional charges for the use of said building, improvement or facility and the furnishing of the services for which the same is erected or purchased and used, to the members of the student body, faculty, instructors and other employees of such institution.
N.M. Stat. § 77-11-3 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 11 / Section 77-11-3
§ 77-11-3. Method of filing contracts
Status: in_force

Partido and herding contracts shall be filed in the manner now or hereafter provided by law for filing chattel mortgages.