FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-32 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-32
§ 4-38-32. Eminent domain power for acquiring airports
Status: in_force

Any property desired for use as an airport by counties under Section 4-38-31 NMSA 1978 , may be acquired as for a public purpose and as a matter of public necessity under the power of eminent domain according to the procedure for condemnation provided by the Eminent Domain Code.
N.M. Stat. § 73-5-3 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 5 / Section 73-5-3
§ 73-5-3. Acknowledgment; recording; evidence
Status: in_force

The certificate shall be acknowledged as required for deeds of real estate and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. A copy thereof duly certified by the secretary of state shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county or counties where the lands or works are located, and the certificate or a copy thereof duly certified by the secretary of state or county clerk shall be evidence in all courts and places.
N.M. Stat. § 22-10B-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10B / Section 22-10B-4
§ 22-10B-4. Teacher residency program components
Status: in_force

A teacher residency program established pursuant to the Teacher Residency Act shall include:

A. competitive admission requirements with multiple criteria;

B. rigorous department-approved teacher preparation program coursework, which shall be offered while the teaching resident undertakes a full academic year of guided apprenticeship in the classroom of a level two or level three teacher at the partner area school district or charter school;

C. a co-teaching approach to expose teaching residents to a variety of teaching methods, philosophies and classroom environments;

D. clear criteria for the selection of level two and level three teachers based on measures of teacher effectiveness and the appropriate subject area knowledge;

E. providing level two and level three teachers with ongoing evidence-based training in coaching and mentoring teaching residents and compensation for time and added responsibility;

F. grouping teaching residents in cohorts to facilitate professional collaboration among residents and placing teaching residents in teaching schools or professional development programs that are organized to support a high-quality teacher learning experience in a supportive work environment;

G. measures of appropriate progress through the program;

H. a stipend of no less than thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) per year for teaching residents;

I. a stipend of no less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) per year for level two and level three teachers participating in the program;

J. a stipend of no less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) per year for principals or head administrators at the partner school district or charter school;

K. funding of no less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year for teacher residency program coordinators at each department-approved New Mexico teacher residency program;

L. a post-completion commitment by teaching residents to serve a minimum of three years at schools in the sponsoring school district;

M. an expectation of employment for the teaching resident from the partner school district or charter school;

N. support for teaching residents for not less than one year following the resident's completion of the program through the provision of mentoring, professional development and networking opportunities; and

O. demonstration of the integral role and responsibilities of the partner area school district or charter school in fulfilling the purpose of the program.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-44-5 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 44 / Section 59A-44-5
§ 59A-44-5. Purposes and powers
Status: in_force

A. A society shall operate for the benefit of members and their beneficiaries by:

(1) providing benefits as specified in Section 59A-44-16 NMSA 1978; and

(2) lawfully operating for one or more social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic or religious purposes for the benefit of its members, which may also be extended to member dependents.

Such purposes may be carried out directly by the society, or indirectly through subsidiary corporations or affiliated organizations.

B. Every society shall have the power to adopt laws and rules for the government of the society, the admission of its members and the management of its affairs. It shall have the power to change, alter, add to or amend such laws and rules and shall have other powers as are necessary and incidental to carrying into effect the objects and purposes of the society.
N.M. Stat. § 24-17-11 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 17 / Section 24-17-11
§ 24-17-11. Applicability
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of the Continuing Care Act apply equally to for-profit and nonprofit provider organizations and shall be construed as the minimum requirements to be imposed upon any person offering or providing continuing care.

B. The provisions of the Continuing Care Act do not apply to closed-membership organizations that operate communities solely for the benefit of their members.
N.M. Stat. § 67-8-13 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 8 / Section 67-8-13
§ 67-8-13. Wiring adjoining highway structures; permit required; application 1]
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person, company or corporation to place or cause to be placed any conduit, wires or cables across, upon, attached to or upon the highway right of way parallel to and within twenty-five feet of any state highway bridge or structure except pursuant to a permit obtained from the state transportation commission and upon compliance with reasonable conditions and requirements specified in such permit. The state transportation commission is authorized and empowered to prepare application and permit forms for such purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-42-11 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 42 / Section 59A-42-11
§ 59A-42-11. Prevention of insolvencies
Status: in_force

To aid in the detection and prevention of insurance insolvencies:

A. the superintendent shall:

(1) notify the superintendents in other states, within thirty days following the action taken or the date the action occurs, when the superintendent takes any of the following actions against a member insurer:

(a) revokes a license;

(b) suspends a license; or

(c) makes a formal order that the company restrict its premium writing, obtain additional contributions to surplus, withdraw from the state, reinsure all or a part of its business or increase capital, surplus or another account for the security of policy owners or creditors;

(2) report to the board when the superintendent has taken an action set forth in Paragraph (1) of this subsection or has received a report from another superintendent indicating that an action has been taken in another state. The report to the board shall contain all significant details of the action taken or of the report received from another superintendent;

(3) report to the board when the superintendent has reasonable cause to believe from an examination, whether completed or in process, of a member insurer that the insurer may be an impaired or insolvent insurer; and

(4) furnish to the board the national association of insurance commissioners' insurance regulatory information system ratios and listings of companies not included in the ratios developed by the national association of insurance commissioners. The board may use that information in carrying out its duties and responsibilities pursuant to this section. The report shall be kept confidential by the board until it is made public by the superintendent or other lawful authority;

B. the superintendent may seek the advice and recommendations of the board concerning a matter affecting the duties and responsibilities of the superintendent regarding the financial condition of member insurers and companies seeking admission to transact insurance business in this state; and

C. the board may, upon majority vote:

(1) notify the superintendent of information indicating that a member insurer may be an impaired or insolvent insurer;

(2) make reports and recommendations to the superintendent upon any matter germane to the solvency, liquidation, rehabilitation or conservation of a member insurer or germane to the solvency of a company seeking to do insurance business in this state. The reports and recommendations are not public documents; and

(3) make recommendations to the superintendent for the detection and prevention of insurers' insolvencies.
N.M. Stat. § 21-22I-1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 22I / Section 21-22I-1
§ 21-22I-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Children, Youth and Families Worker Loan Repayment Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 61-35-4 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 35 / Section 61-35-4
§ 61-35-4. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

A complementary and alternative health care practitioner shall not:

A. perform surgery on an individual;

B. set fractures on an individual;

C. administer x-ray radiation to an individual;

D. prescribe or dispense dangerous drugs or controlled substances to an individual;

E. directly manipulate the joints or spine of an individual;

F. physically invade the body except for the use of non-prescription topical creams, oils, salves, ointments, tinctures or any other preparations that may penetrate the skin without causing harm;

G. make a recommendation to discontinue current medical treatment prescribed by a licensed health care practitioner;

H. make a specific conventional medical diagnosis;

I. have sexual contact with a current patient or former patient within one year of rendering service;

J. falsely advertise or provide false information in documents described in Subsection A of Section 5 of the Unlicensed Health Care Practice Act;

K. illegally use dangerous drugs or controlled substances;

L. reveal confidential information of a patient without the patient's written consent;

M. engage in fee splitting or kickbacks for referrals;

N. refer to the practitioner's self as a licensed doctor or physician or other occupational title pursuant to Chapter 61 NMSA 1978; or

O. perform massage therapy on an individual pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21D-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21D / Section 6-21D-8
§ 6-21D-8. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bonding Act is full authority for issuance of bonds; bonds are legal investments
Status: in_force

A. The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bonding Act and the New Mexico Finance Authority Act shall, without reference to any other act of the legislature, be full authority for the issuance and sale of energy efficiency bonds, which bonds shall have all the qualities of investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect or be contestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders thereof for value.

B. Energy efficiency bonds are legal investments for any person or board charged with the investment of any public funds and are acceptable as security for any deposit of public money.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14-1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14 / Section 61-14-1
§ 61-14-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 61, Article 14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Veterinary Practice Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 22-14-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 14 / Section 22-14-22
§ 22-14-22. Purchases by state agencies and subdivisions
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, all products thereafter procured by or for the state, or any governmental agency or political subdivision thereof having its own purchasing agency, shall be procured in accordance with applicable specifications of the state purchasing agent from the commission for the blind or duly established agencies or branches thereof whenever the products are available at the price determined, as provided in Section 22-14-21 NMSA 1978 , to be a fair market price for the product so manufactured, and no advertisement or notice for bids from other suppliers shall be necessary.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-409 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-409
§ 66-3-409. Special registration plates; medal of honor recipients
Status: in_force

A. The department shall issue distinctive pale blue, white and gold registration plates to any person who has been awarded the medal of honor and who so requests and submits proof satisfactory to the department that the person has been awarded that medal. The plates shall each bear the inscription “Medal of Honor Recipient”. No fee, including the regular registration fee applicable to the passenger motor vehicle, if any, shall be collected for the issuance of a special registration plate pursuant to this section.

B. No person shall falsely make any representation that the person is a medal of honor recipient in order to be eligible to be issued special registration plates pursuant to this section when the person is in fact not such a recipient. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-55-20 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 55 / Section 59A-55-20
§ 59A-55-20. Restrictions on insurance purchased by purchasing groups
Status: in_force

A. A purchasing group may not purchase insurance from a risk retention group that is not chartered in a state or from an insurer not admitted in the state in which the purchasing group is located, unless the purchase is effected through a licensed agent or broker acting pursuant to the surplus lines laws and regulations of the state.

B. A purchasing group may purchase insurance for its members in this state or covering its members' risks resident or located in this state only from insurers admitted in this state, from insurers that are eligible surplus lines insurers in this state or from risk retention groups that have registered in this state.

C. A purchasing group which obtains liability insurance from an insurer not admitted in this state or a risk retention group shall inform each of the members of such group that have a risk resident or located in this state that such risk is not protected by an insurance insolvency guaranty fund in this state and that such risk retention group or such insurer may not be subject to all insurance laws and regulations of this state.

D. No purchasing group may purchase insurance providing for a deductible or self-insured retention unless the deductible or self-insured retention is the sole responsibility of each individual member of the purchasing group.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-15.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-15.1
§ 7-1-15.1. Secretary may permit or require rounding
Status: in_force

By regulation or instruction, the secretary may permit or require rounding to the nearest whole dollar of tax due provided that, for any tax or tax act the revenues from which are required by the provisions of the Tax Administration Act to be distributed or transferred partly to local governments and partly to state funds, the gain or loss due to rounding shall be attributed to the state funds.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4-39 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 13-4-39
§ 13-4-39. Inadvertent clerical error
Status: in_force

A. The contractor, as a condition to assert a claim of inadvertent clerical error in the listing of a subcontractor, shall, within four working days after the time of the prime bid opening by the using agency, give written notice to the using agency and to both the subcontractor he claims to have listed in error and the subcontractor who had bid to the contractor prior to bid opening.

B. Any listed subcontractor who has been notified by the contractor in accordance with the provisions of this section as to an inadvertent clerical error shall be allowed twelve working days from the time of the prime bid opening within which to submit to the using agency and to the contractor written objection to the contractor's claim of inadvertent clerical error. Failure of the listed subcontractor to file written notice within the twelve working days shall be primary evidence of his agreement that an inadvertent clerical error was made.

C. The using agency shall, in the absence of an objection to the contrary by the listed subcontractor in the original bid, consent to the substitution of the intended subcontractor if:

(1) the contractor, the listed subcontractor listed in error and the intended subcontractor each submit an affidavit to the using agency, along with such additional evidence as the parties may wish to submit, that an inadvertent clerical error was in fact made, provided that the affidavits from each of the three parties are filed within twelve working days from the time of the prime bid opening; or

(2) affidavits are filed by both the contractor and the intended subcontractor within the specified time but the subcontractor whom the contractor claims to have listed in error does not submit, within twelve working days from the time of prime bid opening, to the using agency and to the contractor written objection to the contractor's claim of inadvertent clerical error as provided in this section.

D. If affidavits are filed by both the contractor and the intended subcontractor but the listed subcontractor has, within twelve working days from the time of the prime bid opening, submitted to the using agency and to the contractor written objection to the contractor's claim of inadvertent clerical error, the using agency shall investigate the claims of the parties and hold a hearing to determine the validity of the claims, within thirty days after the receipt of the contractor's written objection. Any determination made shall be based on facts contained in the affidavits submitted by all three parties and supported by testimony under oath and subject to cross-examination. The using agency may, on its motion or that of any other party, admit testimony of other contractors, any bid registries or depositories or any other party in possession of facts that may have a bearing on the decision of the using agency.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2C-14 — NM Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2C / Section 26-2C-14
§ 26-2C-14. Protection of underage persons; providing cannabis products to minors; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Except as allowed pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation Act, it is a violation of that act for a person, including a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of that act, or an employee, agent or lessee of that person, if the person knows or has reason to know that the person is violating the provisions of this section, to knowingly and intentionally:

(1) sell, serve or give cannabis products to a person under twenty-one years of age or allow a person under twenty-one years of age to consume cannabis products on the licensed premises;

(2) buy cannabis products for or procure the sale or service of cannabis products to a person under twenty-one years of age;

(3) deliver cannabis products to a person under twenty-one years of age; or

(4) aid or assist a person under twenty-one years of age to buy, otherwise procure or be served cannabis products.

B. A licensee shall not employ a person younger than twenty-one years of age to engage in a commercial cannabis activity.

C. The division shall suspend or revoke the license and may fine the licensee in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both, when the division finds that a licensee or the licensee's employee or agent knowingly has sold, served or given any cannabis product to a person under twenty-one years of age.

D. The establishment of all of the following facts by a licensee prosecuted for a violation of Subsection D of this section and a cannabis server for a violation of Subsection F of Section 11 of the Cannabis Regulation Act shall constitute a defense:

(1) that the purchaser falsely represented in writing; by producing a driver's license bearing the purchaser's photograph; by producing a photographic identification card issued by the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department; or by producing a similar identification card issued pursuant to the laws of this state, another state, the federal government or the government of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that the person was twenty-one years of age or older;

(2) that the purchaser's appearance was such that an ordinary, prudent person would believe that the purchaser was twenty-one years of age or older; and

(3) that the sale was made in good faith, relying upon the purchaser's false written representation, driver's license or identification card produced as provided in Paragraph (1) of this subsection, and with the reasonable belief that the purchaser was actually twenty-one years of age or older.

E. Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to prevent:

(1) the division from enforcing its rules against a licensee;

(2) a state agency from enforcing a law or rule that does not conflict with the Cannabis Regulation Act or rules promulgated pursuant to that act; or

(3) a local jurisdiction from enforcing a local ordinance that does not conflict with the Cannabis Regulation Act or rules promulgated pursuant to that act.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-22
§ 4-55A-22. Improvement district; additional duties imposed on county
Status: in_force

A. Whenever an improvement district has been created and bonds or assignable certificates have been issued to finance the improvement, a county shall:

(1) act as agent for the collection of the assessments;

(2) collect the assessments when due;

(3) act as trustee for the benefit of the holders of the bonds or assignable certificates;

(4) annually prepare a statement that shall:

(a) be available for inspection in the office of the county treasurer;

(b) reflect the financial condition of the improvement district; and

(c) list all the delinquencies existing at that time; and

(5) institute proceedings to foreclose the assessment lien against any tract or parcel of land that is delinquent in the payment of the assessment or installment of an assessment for a period of more than one year.

B. If more than one improvement district is created, the money from assessments in each district shall be kept in a separate fund and used for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds or assignable certificates outstanding against that improvement district.
N.M. Stat. § 12-12-1 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12 / Section 12-12-1
§ 12-12-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Energy Emergency Powers Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 1-17-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 17 / Section 1-17-13
§ 1-17-13. Referendum petitions; writ of mandamus
Status: in_force

A. If the secretary of state fails or refuses to examine and certify the sufficiency or insufficiency of any referendum petition within the time prescribed, any twenty-five qualified electors who feel aggrieved thereby may within fifteen days thereafter apply to the supreme court for a writ of mandamus.

B. If the court decides that such petition is legally sufficient, it shall order the secretary of state to file and certify the sufficiency thereof as of the date upon which it was first offered for filing. A certified copy of the court's finding and order shall be attached to such petition.

C. On a proper showing that the referendum petition is not legally sufficient, the court may enjoin the secretary of state from certifying its sufficiency.
N.M. Stat. § 1-3-2 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-2
§ 1-3-2. Precincts; duties of county commissioners
Status: in_force

For the conduct of any statewide election during the period beginning January 1 of the next succeeding even-numbered year until December 31 of the odd-numbered year thereafter, in June or July of each odd-numbered year, the board of county commissioners shall by resolution:

A. designate the polling place of each precinct that shall provide individuals with physical mobility limitations an unobstructed access to at least one voting machine;

B. consolidate any precincts pursuant to Section 1-3-4 NMSA 1978;

C. designate any mail ballot election precincts pursuant to Section 1-6-22.1 NMSA 1978; and

D. create additional polling places in existing precincts pursuant to Section 1-3-7.1 NMSA 1978 .