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N.M. Stat. § 14-2-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 14-2-6
§ 14-2-6. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Inspection of Public Records Act:

A. “ custodian ” means any person responsible for the maintenance, care or keeping of a public body's public records, regardless of whether the records are in that person's actual physical custody and control;

B. “ file format ” means the internal structure of an electronic file that defines the way it is stored and used;

C. “ information technology systems ” means computer hardware, storage media, networking equipment, physical devices, infrastructure, processes and code, firmware, software and ancillary products and services, including:

(1) systems design and analysis;

(2) development or modification of hardware or solutions used to create, process, store, secure or exchange electronic data;

(3) information storage and retrieval systems;

(4) voice, radio, video and data communication systems;

(5) network, hosting and cloud-based systems;

(6) simulation and testing;

(7) interactions between a user and an information system; and

(8) user and system credentials;

D. “ inspect ” means to review all public records that are not excluded in Section 14-2-1 NMSA 1978;

E. “ person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association or entity;

F. “ protected personal identifier information ” means:

(1) all but the last four digits of a:

(a) taxpayer identification number;

(b) financial account number;

(c) credit or debit card number; or

(d) driver's license number;

(2) all but the year of a person's date of birth;

(3) a social security number; and

(4) with regard to a nonelected employee of a public body in the context of the person's employment, the employee's nonbusiness home street address, but not the city, state or zip code;

G. “ public body ” means the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state and local governments and all advisory boards, commissions, committees, agencies or entities created by the constitution or any branch of government that receives any public funding, including political subdivisions, special taxing districts, school districts and institutions of higher education;

H. “ public records ” means all documents, papers, letters, books, maps, tapes, photographs, recordings and other materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that are used, created, received, maintained or held by or on behalf of any public body and relate to public business, whether or not the records are required by law to be created or maintained; and

I. “ trade secret ” means trade secret as defined in Subsection D of Section 57-3A-2 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-34 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-34
§ 9-15-34. Duties of the department
Status: in_force

A. The economic development department shall establish the office of enterprise development. Within the office of enterprise development, the department shall:

(1) develop and maintain a comprehensive statewide business information data base and referral service;

(2) establish a mechanism for advertising the existence of the office and its referral service;

(3) provide professional assistance and information regarding licensing, permitting and taxation procedures; and

(4) establish a reporting procedure to monitor the success of the referral service.

B. The department shall develop a budget and hire a staff to operate the office of enterprise development.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-15-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 15 / Section 59A-15-1
§ 59A-15-1. Purposes of article
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to subject certain persons and insurers to the jurisdiction of the superintendent and the courts of this state in suits by or on behalf of the state and others. The legislature declares that it is concerned with the protection of residents of this state against acts by insurers not authorized to do an insurance business in this state, by the maintenance of fair and honest insurance markets, by protecting authorized insurers which are subject to regulation from unfair competition by unauthorized insurers, and by protecting against the evasion of the insurance regulatory laws of this state. In furtherance of such state interest, the legislature provides methods in this article for substituted service of process upon such insurers in any proceeding, suit or action in any court and substituted service of any notice, order, pleading or process upon such insurers in any proceeding by the superintendent to enforce or effect full compliance with the insurance laws of this state. In so doing, the state exercises its powers to protect residents of this state and to define what constitutes transacting an insurance business in this state, and also exercises powers and privileges available to this state by virtue of Public Law 79-15 , (1945), 79th Congress of the United States, Chapter 20, 1st Sess., S. 340, 59 Stat. 33; 15 U.S.C. Secs. 1011 to 1015 , inclusive, as amended, which declares that the business of insurance and every person engaged therein shall be subject to the laws of the several states.
N.M. Stat. § 9-25-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 25 / Section 9-25-1
§ 9-25-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 13 of this act may be cited as the “Higher Education Department Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 4-18-4 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 18 / Section 4-18-4
§ 4-18-4. County seat; courts
Status: in_force

The county seat of said county shall be at the plaza of Santa Gertrudes de Mora, and the district and probate courts shall be held at the said county seat at such times and places as may be fixed by law.
N.M. Stat. § 30-9-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 9 / Section 30-9-6
§ 30-9-6. Testimony of witnesses to prostitution and lewdness
Status: in_force

In any investigation, proceeding, preliminary hearing or trial before any court, magistrate or grand jury concerning a violation of or an attempt to commit any crime in violation of Sections 9-11, 9-12 and 9-13 of this article, no person shall be excused from giving testimony or producing documentary or other evidence material to such investigation, proceeding, preliminary hearing or trial on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him is incriminating evidence; provided that, any person who is so subpoenaed and ordered to testify or produce evidence concerning such crimes shall be immune to prosecution or conviction for any violation of such crimes about which he may testify.
N.M. Stat. § 33-10-3 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 10 / Section 33-10-3
§ 33-10-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Native American Counseling Act:

A. “native American” means any person who is descended from or is a member of an American Indian tribe, pueblo or band or is a native Hawaiian or Alaskan native; and

B. “native American religion” means any religion or religious belief that is practiced by a native American, the origin and interpretation of which is from a traditional native American culture or community, and includes the native American church.
N.M. Stat. § 61-24B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 24B / Section 61-24B-2
§ 61-24B-2. Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Landscape Architects Act is to ensure public safety and to promote quality performance by registration of landscape architects.
N.M. Stat. § 62-17-6 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 17 / Section 62-17-6
§ 62-17-6. Cost recovery
Status: in_force

A. A public utility that undertakes cost-effective energy efficiency and load management programs shall have the option of recovering its prudent and reasonable costs along with commission-approved incentives for demand-side resources and load management programs implemented after the effective date of the Efficient Use of Energy Act through an approved tariff rider or in base rates, or by a combination of the two. Program costs and incentives may be deferred for future recovery through creation of a regulatory asset. Funding for program costs shall be as follows:

(1) for investor-owned electric utilities, no less than three percent and no more than five percent of customer bills, excluding gross receipts taxes and franchise and right-of-way access fees, or seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per customer per calendar year, whichever is less, for customer classes with the opportunity to participate; and

(2) for gas utilities, no more than five percent of total annual revenues or seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per customer per calendar year.

B. Provided that the public utility's total portfolio of programs remains cost-effective, no less than five percent of the amount received by the public utility for program costs shall be specifically directed to energy-efficiency programs for low-income customers.

C. Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, a tariff rider approved by the commission shall:

(1) require language on customer bills explaining program benefits; and

(2) be applied on a monthly basis.

D. A tariff rider proposed by a public utility to fund approved energy efficiency and load management programs shall go into effect thirty days after filing, unless suspended by the commission for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days. If the tariff rider is not approved or suspended within thirty days after filing, it shall be deemed approved as a matter of law. If the commission has not acted to approve or disapprove the tariff rider by the end of an ordered suspension period, it shall be deemed approved as a matter of law. The commission shall approve utility reconciliations of the tariff rider annually.
N.M. Stat. § 4-62-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 62 / Section 4-62-5
§ 4-62-5. Revenue bonds not general county obligations; authentication
Status: in_force

A. Revenue bonds or refunding revenue bonds issued as authorized in Chapter 4, Article 62 NMSA 1978 are:

(1) not general obligations of the county; and

(2) collectible only from the proper pledged revenues, and each bond shall state that it is payable solely from the proper pledged revenues and that the bondholders may not look to any other county fund for the payment of the interest and principal of the bonds.

B. The bonds shall be executed by the chairman of the governing body and treasurer or the clerk and may be authenticated by any public or private transfer agent or registrar, or its successor, named or otherwise designated by the governing body. The bonds may be executed as provided under the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Act, and the coupons, if any, shall bear the facsimile signature of the treasurer of the county.
N.M. Stat. § 39-1A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 1A / Section 39-1A-7
§ 39-1A-7. General provisions; construction
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of the Structured Settlement Protection Act shall not be waived by any payee.

B. Any transfer agreement entered into by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under the transfer agreement, including any claim that the payee has breached the agreement, shall be determined in and under the laws of this state. The transfer agreement shall not authorize the transferee or any other party to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee.

C. Transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall not extend to any payments that are life-contingent unless, prior to the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer for:

(1) periodically confirming the payee's survival; and

(2) giving the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer prompt written notice in the event of the payee's death.

D. A payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall not incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee or any assignee based on any failure of the transfer to satisfy the conditions of the Structured Settlement Protection Act.

E. Nothing contained in the Structured Settlement Protection Act may be construed to authorize any transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of any law or to imply that any transfer under a transfer agreement entered into before July 1, 2005 is valid or invalid.

F. Compliance with the requirements in Section 3 of the Structured Settlement Protection Act and fulfillment of the conditions in Section 4 of that act are solely the responsibility of the transferee in any transfer of structured settlement payment rights, and neither the structured settlement obligor nor the annuity issuer bears any responsibility for, or any liability arising from, noncompliance with the requirements or failure to fulfill the conditions.
N.M. Stat. § 76-6A-5.1 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 6A / Section 76-6A-5.1
§ 76-6A-5.1. Exemption from Procurement Code and Personnel Act
Status: in_force

Cotton boll weevil control committees are exempt from the provisions of the Procurement Code and the Personnel Act. The committee members and committee employees are public employees for the purposes of the Tort Claims Act and shall be provided all insurance and self-insurance coverage provided by the risk management division of the general services department.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-4
§ 1-12-4. Conduct of election; maintenance of order
Status: in_force

A. The presiding judge and the election judges shall maintain order within the polling place.

B. Crowding or confusion shall not be permitted in the polling place.

C. Admittance of voters to the polling place shall be controlled and limited to prevent crowding or rushing the precinct board in the performance of its duties.

D. The presiding judge or any election judge may call upon any peace officer to assist in the maintenance of order in the polling place. When so requested, the peace officer shall render assistance.

E. The presiding judge or any election judge may designate any peace officer to assist in the conduct of the election by standing outside the polling place entrance and controlling the admission of voters to the polling place.
N.M. Stat. § 44-10-2 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 10 / Section 44-10-2
§ 44-10-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act:

A. “ boundaries of the United States ” means the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;

B. “ law ” includes the federal or a state constitution, a federal or state statute, a judicial decision or order, a rule of court, an executive order and an administrative rule, regulation or order;

C. “ record ” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;

D. “ sign ” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

(1) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or

(2) to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound or process.

E. “ state ” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;

F. “ sworn declaration ” means a declaration in a signed record given under oath. The term includes a sworn statement, verification, certificate and affidavit; and

G. “ unsworn declaration ” means a declaration in a signed record that is not given under oath, but is given under penalty of perjury.
N.M. Stat. § 14-8-6 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 8 / Section 14-8-6
§ 14-8-6. County clerks; to endorse and record land titles; notice
Status: in_force

When any land title or other document is delivered to the county clerk to be recorded, it is the clerk's duty to endorse immediately on that document or other paper the day, month and year in which the clerk received it, and the clerk shall record it in the book of record as soon as possible. The documents, from the date on which they were delivered to the county clerk, shall be considered as recorded, and this shall be sufficient notice to the public of the contents thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21D-4 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21D / Section 6-21D-4
§ 6-21D-4. Contracts for the installation of energy efficiency measures
Status: in_force

Pursuant to an energy efficiency assessment performed under Section 6-21D-3 NMSA 1978 and with the approval of the department, a state agency or school district may install or enter into contracts for the installation of energy efficiency measures on the building identified in the assessment. An installation contract shall be entered into pursuant to the Procurement Code, except that the contract may be entered into for a term of up to ten years. The installation or contracts shall address provisions concerning payment schedules, monitoring, inspecting, measuring and warranties as are necessary to ensure that the energy efficiency measures will be installed and the energy cost savings realized in the manner most beneficial to the state; provided that bonds shall not be issued pursuant to the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bonding Act without a finding by the department that the energy cost savings realized from the energy efficiency measures will be greater than the debt service due on the bonds issued to finance the energy efficiency measures.
N.M. Stat. § 3-49-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 49 / Section 3-49-5
§ 3-49-5. Streets; public grounds; water systems; sewers; sidewalks; assessments
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of Sections 3-49-1 and 3-53-1 NMSA 1978 , a municipality may:

(1) open, construct, repair, keep in order and maintain water mains, laterals, reservoirs, standpipes, sewers and drains; and

(2) assess and collect as other assessments and collections are made the amount necessary to cover the cost of such work.

B. The assessment against the lot or land along or through which the street, alley, sidewalk or public ground runs shall be made in such portion as is just and equitable according to the benefits accruing to the lot or land and to its value.
N.M. Stat. § 7-16A-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 16A / Section 7-16A-21
§ 7-16A-21. Temporary provision; continuity of actions
Status: in_force

A. All taxes due but not paid on liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas or on motor vehicles propelled by such a fuel under the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act on the effective date of the Alternative Fuel Tax Act remain due until paid or until a final determination is made that the taxes are not due.

B. Any protests, claims for refund, court proceedings or other actions ongoing with respect to liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas or to motor vehicles propelled by such a fuel pursuant to the provisions of the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act on the effective date of the Alternative Fuel Tax Act shall be finally determined with respect to the applicable provisions of the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-5-19 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 21-5-19
§ 21-5-19. Forwarding of funds for payment of coupons and bonds
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the secretary and treasurer of said board of regents to forward to the bank at which said bonds are payable, prior to the date on which any coupons or any principal amount of any of said bonds shall mature, out of the “interest and retirement fund” a sufficient sum of money to meet said coupons and maturing bonds as the same become due, plus any service charge which said bank shall be entitled to receive for its service.
N.M. Stat. § 64-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 64 / Article 5 / Section 64-5-2
§ 64-5-2. Issuance of salvage permits
Status: in_force

A. The aviation division of the department of transportation may issue a salvage permit for the salvaging and removal of any crashed aircraft which it finds to be abandoned. The permit shall be issued pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the aviation division; provided that:

(1) no permit shall be issued if the owner or the lessee of the land on which the crashed aircraft is located has already removed the aircraft or is currently and actively engaged in such removal;

(2) no permit shall be issued until thirty days after notice has been given to the owner of the aircraft and the owner or the lessee of the land on which the aircraft is located and if either requests a hearing within thirty days after such notification, then no permit shall be issued until a hearing has been held by the aviation division, at which all parties shall have a full and adequate opportunity to be heard, a finding of fact made and a determination that such permit should be issued or denied;

(3) no permit shall be issued until a bond is filed with the division, in the name of the owner or the lessee of the land on which the crashed aircraft is located, in an amount and on a form approved by the aviation division, issued by a corporate surety company licensed to do business in New Mexico and conditioned upon the salvaging and removing of the crashed aircraft without damage to property, unless the necessity of the bond is waived, in writing, by the owner or lessee of the land; and

(4) no permit shall be issued to a holder of a prior terminated salvage permit for the same crashed aircraft.

B. The holder of a valid permit has title to the crashed aircraft specified therein free from all claims of the owner, of any holders of a prior terminated permit, of the owner or lessee of the land on which the aircraft is located and of all persons claiming through or under them.