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N.M. Stat. § 59A-48-9 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 48 / Section 59A-48-9
§ 59A-48-9. Examination of prepaid dental plan organization
Status: in_force

A. The superintendent may once in each six (6) months for the first three (3) years after organization and once each year thereafter, or more often if deemed necessary by the superintendent or director of the health services division of the department of health, visit each prepaid dental plan organization organized under the law of this state and examine its financial condition, its ability to meet its liabilities and its compliance with the laws of this state affecting the conduct of its business. The superintendent may annually visit and examine each prepaid dental plan organization not organized under the laws of this state but authorized to transact business in this state.

B. The superintendent may in like manner examine each prepaid dental plan organization applying for an initial certificate of authority to do business in this state.

C. In lieu of making an examination, the superintendent may accept a full report of the most recent examination of a foreign or alien prepaid dental plan organization, certified to by the appropriate examining official of another state.

D. The director of the health services division of the department of health may participate in the examinations and visits described in this section to verify the existence of an effective prepaid dental plan and to review the delivery of services by the prepaid dental plan organization.

E. The examination and all related matters shall otherwise be subject to the applicable provisions of Article 4 (examination, hearings and appeals) of the Insurance Code.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21D-3 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21D / Section 6-21D-3
§ 6-21D-3. Building assessments for energy efficiency measures
Status: in_force

A. Upon the request of a state agency or a school district, the department may perform an energy efficiency assessment of a state or school district building to identify the energy efficiency measures that can be installed and operated at a total price that is less than the energy cost savings realized. In addition, the assessment shall include a schedule for funding and installing the energy efficiency measures that will realize significant energy cost savings in the shortest time frame. The department shall develop the assessment of:

(1) state buildings, in conjunction with the facilities management division of the general services department, the staff architect of the division, the capitol buildings planning commission and other state agencies with control and management over buildings; and

(2) school district buildings, in conjunction with the public education department, the public school capital outlay council and the public school facilities authority.

B. State agencies and school districts shall cooperate with the department in the assessment performed pursuant to Subsection A of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-14-4.1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 14 / Section 59A-14-4.1
§ 59A-14-4.1. Withdrawal of eligibility from a surplus lines insurer
Status: in_force

The superintendent may at any time declare an eligible surplus lines insurer to be ineligible if the superintendent has reason to believe that the insurer:

A. is in unsound financial condition;

B. is subject to delinquency proceedings in this state or any other jurisdiction;

C. is no longer eligible under Section 59A-14-4 NMSA 1978;

D. has violated the laws of this state, including any violation of the Insurance Code or the superintendent's orders;

E. does not make reasonably prompt payment of loss claims or other obligations in this state or elsewhere;

F. has failed within sixty days to satisfy a final judgment rendered against it or against an insured for which it is legally liable under the terms of a contract of surplus lines insurance; or

G. has failed to satisfy the superintendent that it is fit to be allowed to continue to do business in this state.

The superintendent shall promptly mail notice of all such declarations to the insurer and to every surplus lines broker. Notice sent pursuant to this subsection to a licensed surplus lines broker may, at the option of the surplus lines broker, be sent by the superintendent via electronic mail.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-424.41 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-424.41
§ 66-3-424.41. New mexico miners special registration plate
Status: in_force

A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo as specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 commemorating New Mexico miners.

B. For an initial fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, a motor vehicle owner may apply for issuance of a New Mexico miners special registration plate. The owner shall pay a renewal fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) each year to retain and renew the New Mexico miners special registration plate.

C. Revenue from the fees imposed by Subsection B of this section for a New Mexico miners special registration plate shall be distributed as follows:

(1) twelve dollars ($12.00) of the initial fee collected shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and issuance of the special registration plates; and

(2) eight dollars ($8.00) of the initial fee and the entire renewal fee collected shall be distributed to the miners' hospital of New Mexico to be used for chronic illness research.

D. Beginning on July 1, 2026, and on July 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall compare the number of New Mexico miners special registration plates issued or registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year with the average of the number of those plates issued in fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

E. By September 1 of a fiscal year in which the department determines that the number of New Mexico miners special registration plates issued or registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year is less than fifty percent of the average number of those plates issued in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the department shall stop issuing New Mexico miners special registration plates.
N.M. Stat. § 5-4-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 5-4-4
§ 5-4-4. Petition for establishment of a supervised recreational system; election
Status: in_force

Whenever a petition signed by at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified and registered voters in the municipality or county shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such municipality or county requesting the governing body of such municipality or county to provide, establish, maintain and conduct a supervised recreation system, it shall be the duty of the governing body of such municipality or county to cause the question petitioned for to be submitted to the voters at a special election to be held in such municipality or county within ninety days from the date of filing of such petition, which election shall be held as now provided by law for the holding of other such elections in municipalities or counties. Provided, that this section shall not limit the power of the governing body of such municipality or county to provide such facilities of its own motion.
N.M. Stat. § 21-14-2.3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 14 / Section 21-14-2.3
§ 21-14-2.3. Branch community college board; optional form
Status: in_force

A. The branch community college board of a branch community college may, by adoption of a resolution, establish a board composed of five members elected from single-member districts within the branch community college district for staggered terms. The single-member districts shall be compact and contiguous and composed of populations as equal as practicable. Members shall be required to reside in the districts from which elected. If a member no longer resides in the election district from which that member was elected, the member shall be deemed to have resigned and the vacancy created by the resignation shall be filled in the manner provided by law for the filling of vacancies on the board of a branch community college.

B. The board members shall draw lots to determine which board position will coincide with which election district during the meeting at which the board is resolved to change to a districted board.

C. The board shall redistrict once after each federal decennial census. The board may adopt a resolution to have the board's election districts coincide with the county commission districts if the county commission has five districts and the boundaries of the county and branch community college district are identical.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-5.9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-5.9
§ 1-1-5.9. Proper filing officer
Status: in_force

As used in the Election Code, “ proper filing officer ” means, for the purposes of filing:

A. reports required by the Campaign Reporting Act and the School District Campaign Reporting Act, the secretary of state;

B. declarations of candidacy and candidate qualification documents by any candidate for statewide or federal office, the secretary of state; and

C. declarations of candidacy and candidate qualification documents by all other candidates, the county clerk of the county in which the candidate resides.
N.M. Stat. § 74-6-7 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 6 / Section 74-6-7
§ 74-6-7. Administrative action; judicial review
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in the Water Quality Act, a person who is adversely affected by a regulation adopted by the commission or by a compliance order approved by the commission or who participated in a permitting action or appeal of a certification before the commission and who is adversely affected by such action may appeal to the court of appeals for further relief. All such appeals shall be upon the record made before the commission and shall be taken to the court of appeals within thirty days after the regulation, compliance order, permitting action or certification that is being appealed occurred. If an appeal of a regulation is made, then the date of the commission's action shall be the date of the filing of the regulation under the State Rules Act.

B. Upon appeal, the court of appeals shall set aside the commission's action only if it is found to be:

(1) arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of discretion;

(2) not supported by substantial evidence in the record; or

(3) otherwise not in accordance with law.

C. After a hearing and a showing of good cause by the appellant, a stay of the action being appealed may be granted pending the outcome of the judicial review. The stay of the action may be granted by the commission or by the court of appeals if the commission denies a stay within ninety days after receipt of the application.
N.M. Stat. § 70-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 10 / Section 70-10-1
§ 70-10-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Oil and Gas Proceeds Payment Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 41-4-5 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 4 / Section 41-4-5
§ 41-4-5. Liability; operation or maintenance of motor vehicles, aircraft and watercraft
Status: in_force

The immunity granted pursuant to Subsection A of Section 41-4-4 NMSA 1978 does not apply to liability for damages resulting from bodily injury, wrongful death or property damage caused by the negligence of public employees while acting within the scope of their duties in the operation or maintenance of any motor vehicle, aircraft or watercraft.
N.M. Stat. § 73-10-20 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 10 / Section 73-10-20
§ 73-10-20. Legal status of irrigation district; conveyances; court proceedings
Status: in_force

The said board is hereby authorized and empowered to take conveyances or assurances for all property acquired by it under the provisions of this act in the name of such irrigation district to and for the purpose herein expressed, and to institute and maintain any and all actions and proceedings, suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper in order to fully carry out the provisions of this act, or to enforce, maintain, protect or preserve any of the rights, privileges and immunities created by this act or acquired in pursuance thereof. And in all courts, actions, suits or proceedings the said board may sue, appear and defend in person or by attorneys and in the name of such irrigation district. Judicial notice shall be taken in all actions, suits and judicial proceedings in any court of this state of the organization and existence of any irrigation district of this state now or hereafter organized, from and after the filing for record in the office of the county clerk of the certified copy of the order of the board of county commissioners mentioned in Section 7, and a certified copy of said order shall be prima facie evidence in all actions, suits and proceedings in any court of this state of the regularity and legal sufficiency of all acts, matters and proceedings therein recited and set forth; and any such irrigation district, in regard to which any such order has been heretofore or may hereafter be entered, and such certified copy thereof, so filed for record, and which has exercised or shall exercise rights and powers of such district, and shall have had or shall have in office a board of directors exercising the duties of their office and the legality or regularity of the formation or organization whereof shall not have been questioned by proceedings in quo warranto instituted in the district court of the county in which such district or the greater portion thereof is situated within one year from the date of such filing, shall be conclusively deemed to be a legally and regularly organized, established and existing irrigation district within the meaning of this act and its due and lawful formation and organization shall not thereafter be questioned in any action, suit or proceeding whether brought under the provisions of this act or otherwise.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 13-4-9
§ 13-4-9. Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, association or corporation distributing lumber in the state of New Mexico after June 30, 1939, for any of the purposes hereinbefore set forth in this act or any contractor in this state using lumber for any of said purposes who shall deliberately violate any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days for each violation hereunder; provided, that in the case of a violation by a firm, association or corporation, the jail sentence, if one is imposed, shall be upon the officer, agent or person of such firm, association or corporation responsible for such violation.
N.M. Stat. § 47-14-4 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 14 / Section 47-14-4
§ 47-14-4. Exemptions
Status: in_force

The Appraisal Management Company Registration Act is not applicable to:

A. a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary, limited liability company or other business entity that employs persons on an employer and employee basis exclusively for the performance of real estate appraisal services in the normal course of its business and the entity is responsible for ensuring that the real estate appraisal services being performed by its employees are being performed in accordance with uniform standards of professional appraisal practice;

B. an individual who in the normal course of the individual's business enters into an agreement, whether written or otherwise, with another independent contractor appraiser for the performance of real estate appraisal services that the hiring or contracting appraiser cannot complete for any reason, including competency, work load, schedule or geographic location; or

C. an individual, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary, limited liability company or other business entity that in the normal course of business enters into an agreement, whether written or otherwise, with an independent contractor appraiser for the performance of real estate appraisal services and upon the completion of the appraisal, the report of the appraiser performing the real estate appraisal services is co-signed by the appraiser who subcontracted with the independent appraiser for the performance of the real estate appraisal services.
N.M. Stat. § 5-17-33 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 17 / Section 5-17-33
§ 5-17-33. Bonds not obligation of state
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in the Infrastructure Development Zone Act, all bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to that act are payable solely from the revenues of the infrastructure development zone that may be pledged to the payment of such obligations, and the bonds or other obligations shall not create an obligation, debt or liability of the state or any other of its political subdivisions. No breach of any pledge, obligation or agreement of an infrastructure development zone shall impose a pecuniary liability or a charge upon the general credit or taxing power of the state or any other of its political subdivisions.
N.M. Stat. § 76-3-6 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 3 / Section 76-3-6
§ 76-3-6. District attorney's duty
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall represent the county board of horticultural commissioners in suits for the foreclosure of liens as provided in the preceding sections 1 of this chapter.
N.M. Stat. § 46-6-6 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 6 / Section 46-6-6
§ 46-6-6. Release from obligation on bond required by statute in civil action; petition; notice; hearing; order
Status: in_force

Whenever any surety upon any attachment, replevin or other bond required in civil actions by the statutes of this state shall have reason to believe himself in danger from remaining thereon, and desires to be relieved therefrom, he may present a petition for that purpose to the judge of the district court in which the action wherein the said bond is given, is pending, either in vacation or term time, setting forth such reasons and verify the same by his oath. Whereupon said judge is authorized to hear the same in a summary manner and grant an order relieving the petitioner from such bond if in his judgment the petitioner is entitled to such relief and upon such terms as shall be prescribed in order to secure the rights of all parties interested in the cause; provided, that a copy of such petition shall be served upon the principal and upon the cosurety or sureties on the bond and also upon the defendant in the cause, together with the notice of the time and place where the same will be presented, at least ten days before the hearing; provided, that no surety on any replevin or attachment bond shall be relieved from his liability on such bond until a new bond shall have been given and approved, or until the property, the return or forthcoming of which such original bond was intended to secure, shall have been placed in the custody of the court.
N.M. Stat. § 16-1-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 16 / Article 1 / Section 16-1-2
§ 16-1-2. State supplemental fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the “state supplemental land and water conservation fund” in the office of the state treasurer.
N.M. Stat. § 1-14-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1-14-5
§ 1-14-5. Contest of election; appeal
Status: in_force

An appeal shall lie from any judgment or decree entered in the contest proceeding to the supreme court of New Mexico within the time and in the manner provided by law for civil appeals from the district court.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-53-5.1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 53 / Section 59A-53-5.1
§ 59A-53-5.1. Maximum amounts to be certified
Status: in_force

A. For fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter, the marshal shall certify a total amount equal to the higher of the amount that would be certified pursuant to Sections 59A-53-4 and 59A-53-5 NMSA 1978 or an amount to be determined by adding:

(1) the total increase in the fire protection fund receipts in the previous fiscal year minus the appropriations, from all sources, to the volunteer firefighters retirement fund in the current fiscal year; and

(2) the total distribution pursuant to Sections 59A-53-4 and 59A-53-5 NMSA 1978 for the previous fiscal year.

B. The marshal shall adjust the distributions for each class in proportion to the increase in the total distribution.
N.M. Stat. § 66-6-7 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 6 / Section 66-6-7
§ 66-6-7. Exemptions
Status: in_force

A. Every person who, by the terms and provisions of Section 7-37-5 NMSA 1978 , is entitled to a veteran exemption and who does not have sufficient real or personal property to claim the full exemption under that section may be eligible to pay motor vehicle registration fees at two-thirds the rates charged on vehicles which the veteran owns. The person claiming a reduced motor vehicle registration fee shall make an affidavit that in any claim of a veteran exemption thereafter during such year, he will set forth the amount of reductions so received which shall reduce the amount of benefits received from the real or personal property tax exemption to that extent. No person shall receive any reductions of registration fees in a greater sum during any one year than an amount equal to the property tax imposed on two thousand dollars ($2,000) of net taxable value of property in the school district in which he resides.

B. The director shall certify to the proper county assessor the amount of reduction received under the provisions of this section by any person, and the assessor shall note the reduction on his valuation records.
N.M. Stat. § 65-2A-14 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 2A / Section 65-2A-14
§ 65-2A-14. Changes in certificates
Status: in_force

A. A change in a certificate shall not be valid or effective without the approval of the department.

B. The department may, for good cause and after notice and public hearing requirements are met, authorize the following changes in all or part of a certificate at the request of the holder if the department finds:

(1) that the applicant for amendment, lease or transfer of a certificate for passenger service meets the requirements pursuant to Section 65-2A-8 NMSA 1978 for a certificate for such passenger service;

(2) that the applicant for amendment, lease or a transfer of a certificate for household goods service meets the requirements pursuant to Section 65-2A-9 NMSA 1978 for a certificate for such household goods service; and

(3) in addition, that:

(a) for transfer or lease of all or part of a certificate, the transferor-applicant has rendered reasonably continuous and adequate service in the territory to be transferred or leased prior to the application for lease or transfer; and

(b) for transfer of all or a part of a certificate, accrued taxes, rents, wages of employees and other indebtedness pertaining to all or part of a certificate proposed to be transferred have been paid by the transferor-applicant or assumed by the transferee-applicant.

C. The department may, without notice or a public hearing, authorize the following changes in all or part of a certificate at the request of the holder:

(1) voluntary cancellation of the certificate;

(2) voluntary suspension of the certificate for a period not to exceed twelve consecutive months;

(3) change in the form of legal entity or name of the holder of the certificate;

(4) reinstatement of the certificate following voluntary suspension of a period not exceeding twelve consecutive months;

(5) change in control of a holder of the certificate through issuance or transfer of stock or other legal interest in a holder that is a corporation, partnership, trust or other legal business entity; and

(6) matters pertaining to transfers by operation of law.