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N.M. Stat. § 30-5A-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 5A / Section 30-5A-2
§ 30-5A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act:

A. “ abortion ” means the intentional termination of the pregnancy of a female by a person who knows the female is pregnant;

B. “ fetus ” means the biological offspring of human parents;

C. “ partial-birth abortion ” means a procedure in which any person, including a physician or other health care professional, intentionally extracts an independently viable fetus from the uterus into the vagina and mechanically extracts the cranial contents of the fetus in order to induce death; and

D. “ physician ” means a person licensed to practice in the state as a licensed physician pursuant to the Medical Practice Act 1 or an osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to Chapter 61, Article 10 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 73-7-3 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 7 / Section 73-7-3
§ 73-7-3. Change of boundaries
Status: in_force

If the commissioners find that the proposed district as described in the petition filed, will not embrace all of the lands that will be benefited by the proposed work, or that it will include lands that will not be benefited and are not necessary to be included in said district for any purpose, they shall extend or contract the boundaries of the proposed district so as to include or exclude all such lands, as the case may be; and the boundaries adopted and reported by them, may, upon the hearing of their report, as hereinafter provided, upon their application, or that of any person interested, be altered by the court in such manner as shall appear to be just; provided, that the alteration of boundaries as aforesaid shall not have the effect of so far enlarging or contracting the proposed district as to render such petition void or dismissable. Said report shall be filed with the clerk of the court.
N.M. Stat. § 18-3A-9 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 3A / Section 18-3A-9
§ 18-3A-9. Director; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Consistent with the policies agreed to by the board and the secretary of cultural affairs, the director:

A. may:

(1) solicit and receive funds or property, including federal funds and public and private grants, for the development of the museum, its collections and its programs;

(2) as authorized by the secretary, enter into contracts related to the programs and operations of the museum, including services related to the location, acquisition, preservation, restoration, salvage or development of culturally related sites, structures or objects in the state;

(3) as authorized by the board, lend collections or materials to qualified persons for purposes of exhibition and study and borrow collections or materials from other persons for like purposes;

(4) conduct facilities rentals for forty-five days or less and such retail sales as appropriate for the operation of the museum; and

(5) publish journals, books, reports and other materials as appropriate to the operation of the museum; and

B. shall:

(1) administer and operate the museum in accordance with applicable statutes and rules;

(2) develop exhibits and programs of an educational nature for the benefit of the public and in particular the students of the state;

(3) recommend acquisitions to the board, by donation or other means, of collections and related materials appropriate to the mission of the museum;

(4) direct research, preservation and conservation as is appropriate to render the collections beneficial to the public;

(5) cooperate with educational institutions and other agencies and political subdivisions of state, tribal and federal governments to establish, maintain and extend the programs of the museum;

(6) employ and discharge personnel necessary for the operation of the museum in accordance with the provisions of the Personnel Act;

(7) propose budgets for operations and capital improvements;

(8) collect admission fees as determined by the board; and

(9) perform such other appropriate duties as may be delegated by the board, the secretary of cultural affairs or the governor or as may be provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14-19 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14 / Section 61-14-19
§ 61-14-19. Injunction
Status: in_force

The board or any person may bring an action in the district court to enjoin any person who is not a licensed veterinarian from engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine. If the court finds that the defendant is violating or threatening to violate the Veterinary Practice Act, it shall enter an order restraining him from the violation. Any person so enjoined who violates the injunction may be punished for contempt of court. This remedy by injunction shall be in addition to any remedy provided for criminal prosecution of the offender.
N.M. Stat. § 67-16-4 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 16 / Section 67-16-4
§ 67-16-4. New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee
Status: in_force

A. The “New Mexico clean and beautiful advisory committee” is created, consisting of seven to eleven members appointed by the tourism commission. No two members shall be residents of the same county. The tourism commission shall appoint members to the committee who are knowledgeable in the areas of beautification, blight reduction, litter eradication, waste diversion and modification of human behavior patterns; provided that no member shall be an employee of the state. One member of the committee shall be appointed from each of the six tourism regions, and one to five members shall be appointed from the state at large; provided that at least two of the members shall have experience in tourism, economic development, community beautification, sustainable materials management or recycling initiatives.

B. The committee shall select a person from its membership to serve as chair, and the committee shall meet at least quarterly to conduct its business.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act, the members of the committee shall not receive any compensation, perquisite or allowance in connection with their duties.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21A-9 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21A / Section 21-21A-9
§ 21-21A-9. Status of bonds
Status: in_force

A. Bonds and other obligations issued under the provisions of the Educational Assistance Act shall not be deemed to constitute a debt, liability or obligation of or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or any political subdivision thereof, but shall be payable solely from the revenues or assets of the foundation pledged for such payment. Each obligation issued on behalf of the foundation under that act shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that neither the state nor the foundation shall be obligated to pay the obligation or the interest on the obligation except from the revenues or assets pledged for payment and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such obligation.

B. Expenses incurred by the foundation in carrying out the provisions of the Educational Assistance Act may be made payable from the revenues and funds provided pursuant to that act, and no liability shall be incurred by the foundation under that act beyond the extent to which such money has been provided.
N.M. Stat. § 35-1-10 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 1 / Section 35-1-10
§ 35-1-10. Magistrate court; Dona Ana district
Status: in_force

There shall be seven magistrates in Dona Ana magistrate district. Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 shall operate as a single court in Las Cruces and shall rotate riding circuit to Anthony and Hatch on a regularly scheduled basis.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-7 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-7
§ 52-3-7. Defenses to action by employee
Status: in_force

In an action against an employer who has not complied with Section 52-3-9 NMSA 1978 to recover damages for an occupational disease sustained by an employee while engaged in the line of his duty as such, or for death resulting from occupational diseases so sustained in which recovery is sought upon the ground of want of ordinary care of the employer or of the officer, agent or servant of the employer, it shall not be a defense:

A. that the employee, either expressly or impliedly assumed the risk of the hazard complained of as due to the employer's negligence;

B. that the occupational disease or death was caused, in whole or in part, by the want of ordinary care of a fellow servant; or

C. that the occupational disease or death was caused, in whole or in part, by the want of ordinary care of the employee where such want of care was not wilful.

Any employer who has complied with the provisions of this act, including the provisions relating to insurance, shall not be subject to any other liability whatsoever for the disablement of or death of any employee from occupational disease, except as in this act provided; and all causes of action, actions at law, suits in equity and proceedings whatever, and all statutory and common-law rights and remedies for and on account of such death of, or occupational disease of, any such employee and accruing to any and all persons whomsoever, are hereby abolished except as in this act provided.
N.M. Stat. § 14-6-1 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 6 / Section 14-6-1
§ 14-6-1. Health information; confidentiality; immunity from liability for furnishing
Status: in_force

A. All health information that relates to and identifies specific individuals as patients is strictly confidential and shall not be a matter of public record or accessible to the public even though the information is in the custody of or contained in the records of a governmental agency or its agent, a state educational institution, a duly organized state or county association of licensed physicians or dentists, a licensed health facility or staff committees of such facilities.

B. A custodian of information classified as confidential in Subsection A may furnish the information upon request to a governmental agency or its agent, a state educational institution, a duly organized state or county association of licensed physicians or dentists, a licensed health facility or staff committees of such facilities, and the custodian furnishing the information shall not be liable for damages to any person for having furnished the information.

C. Statistical studies and research reports based upon confidential information may be published or furnished to the public, but these studies and reports shall not in any way identify individual patients directly or indirectly nor in any way violate the privileged or confidential nature of the relationship and communications between practitioner and patient.

D. This section does not affect the status of original medical records of individual patients and the rules of confidentiality and accessibility applicable to these records continue in force. This section does not affect the status of vital statistical records of the health and environment department.
N.M. Stat. § 48-3-12 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 3 / Section 48-3-12
§ 48-3-12. Assignability of liens
Status: in_force

Liens provided under this act shall be assignable.
N.M. Stat. § 3-32-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 32 / Section 3-32-4
§ 3-32-4. Legislative intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature by the passage of Sections 3-32-1 through 3-32-16 NMSA 1978 to authorize municipalities to acquire, own, lease or sell projects for the purpose of promoting industry and trade other than retail trade, by inducing manufacturing, industrial and commercial enterprises to locate or expand in this state, promoting the use of the agricultural products and natural resources of this state, and promoting a sound and proper balance in this state between agriculture, commerce and industry. It is intended that each project be self-liquidating. It is not intended hereby to authorize any municipality itself to operate any manufacturing, industrial or commercial enterprise. Sections 3-32-1 through 3-32-16 NMSA 1978 shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent.
N.M. Stat. § 7-30-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 30 / Section 7-30-1
§ 7-30-1. Title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 30 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 30-18-6 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 18 / Section 30-18-6
§ 30-18-6. Transporting stolen livestock
Status: in_force

Transporting stolen livestock consists of knowingly transporting or carrying any stolen or unlawfully possessed livestock or any unlawfully possessed game animal, or any parts thereof.

Whoever commits transporting stolen livestock is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 61-11-1.1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 11 / Section 61-11-1.1
§ 61-11-1.1. Legislative findings; purpose of act
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that the practice of pharmacy in New Mexico is a professional practice affecting the public health, safety and welfare and is subject to regulation and control in the public interest. The legislature finds further that it is a matter of public interest and concern that the practice of pharmacy as defined in the Pharmacy Act merit and receive the confidence of the public, and that only qualified persons be permitted to engage in the practice of pharmacy so that the quality of drugs and related devices distributed in New Mexico is ensured.

B. The purpose of the Pharmacy Act is to promote, preserve and protect the public health, safety and welfare by and through the effective control and regulation of the practice of pharmacy, including the licensure of pharmacists and pharmacist interns and registration of pharmacy technicians; the licensure, control and regulation of all sites or persons, in or out of state, who distribute, manufacture or sell drugs or devices used in the dispensing and administration of drugs in New Mexico; and the regulation and control of such other materials as may be used in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of injury, illness or disease of a patient or other person.
N.M. Stat. § 3-60C-3 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60C / Section 3-60C-3
§ 3-60C-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Main Street Revolving Loan Act:

A. “ committee ” means the main street revolving loan committee;

B. “ division ” means the historic preservation division of the cultural affairs department;

C. “ eligible property ” means a site, structure, building or object that is subject to the Main Street Act or otherwise found pursuant to rule of the committee to merit preservation pursuant to the Main Street Revolving Loan Act;

D. “ fund ” means the main street revolving loan fund;

E. “ lending institution ” means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or nonprofit organization with lending programs as part of its bylaws; and

F. “ property owner ” means the sole owner, joint owner, owner in partnership or an owner of a leasehold interest with a term of five years or longer of an eligible property.
N.M. Stat. § 72-17-23 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-23
§ 72-17-23. Levy and collection of taxes
Status: in_force

To levy and collect taxes, the board shall determine, in each year, the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the authority, and shall fix a rate of levy, without limitation as to rate or amount, except for the limitation in Subsection J of Section 22 hereof and for any constitutional limitation, which, when levied upon every dollar of assessed valuation of taxable property within the authority, and together with other revenues, will raise the amount required by the authority annually to supply funds for paying expenses of organization and the costs of acquiring, improving, equipping, operating and maintaining any project or facility of the authority, and promptly to pay in full, when due, all interest on and principal of bonds and other securities of the authority; and in the event of accruing defaults or deficiencies, an additional levy may be made as provided in Section 24 hereof.
N.M. Stat. § 12-8-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 12-8-7
§ 12-8-7. Petitions for adoption, amendment or repeal of rules
Status: in_force

Any interested person may petition an agency requesting the promulgation, amendment or repeal of a rule and may accompany his petition with data, views and arguments he thinks pertinent. Within thirty days after the submission of a petition, the agency either shall deny the petition in writing, stating its reasons for the denial, or shall initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with Section 4 of the Administrative Procedures Act.
N.M. Stat. § 30-4-2 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 4 / Section 30-4-2
§ 30-4-2. Criminal use of ransom
Status: in_force

Criminal use of ransom consists of knowingly receiving, possessing, concealing or disposing of any portion of money or other property which has at any time been delivered for the ransom of a kidnaped person.

Whoever commits criminal use of ransom is guilty of a third degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 72-14-40 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 14 / Section 72-14-40
§ 72-14-40. Sale of bonds
Status: in_force

The bonds provided for by this act may be sold at public or private sale, in the discretion of the commission, provided, however, that no sale may be made for less than the par value of the bonds, plus accrued interest from the date of issue to the date of delivery of the bonds.

The state treasurer may, with the approval of the state board of finance and any other officials whose approval may be required by law for the investment of public funds, purchase such bonds at par value, plus accrued interest to the date of delivery, or subsequently, in the open market, at a price not to exceed the call price, plus accrued interest. Such bonds shall be accepted at their par value by all public officials in this state as security for the repayment of all deposits of public money of this state, or of any county, municipality or public institution thereof, and as security for the faithful performance of any obligations or duty to guarantee the performance of which such officials are now authorized by law to accept a deposit of the bonds of this state or of the United States of America.
N.M. Stat. § 10-14-1 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 14 / Section 10-14-1
§ 10-14-1. Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

In order to extend to employees of the state and its political subdivisions and to the dependents and survivors of such employees, the basic protection accorded to others by the old-age and survivors' insurance system embodied in the Social Security Act, 1 it is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature, subject to the limitations of this act, that such steps be taken as to provide such protection to employees of the state and its political subdivisions on as board [broad] a basis as is permitted under the Social Security Act. It is also the policy of the legislature that the protection afforded employees in positions covered by a retirement system on the date an agreement under this act is made applicable to service performed in such positions, or receiving periodic benefits under such retirement system at such time, will not be impaired as a result of making the agreement so applicable or as a result of legislative enactment in anticipation thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 14-13-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 13 / Section 14-13-14
§ 14-13-14. Validation of former acknowledgments; 1957 act
Status: in_force

All acknowledgments taken outside the state of New Mexico prior to the passage and approval of this act [this section], before any officer authorized by the laws of this state to take such acknowledgments, under the seal of such officer, and all acknowledgments taken within this state before the passage and approval of this act, before any officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments, notwithstanding any defect in the form of a certificate of acknowledgment or the failure to show the date of the expiration of the commission of the officer before whom such acknowledgment was taken or the failure to show that the seal of said officer was affixed to the instrument acknowledged and/or notwithstanding the failure of such acknowledgment to comply with the provisions of Section 14-13-10 NMSA 1978 , if the marital status of any married woman uniting with her husband in the execution of any instrument may otherwise appear from the body of the instrument so acknowledged, and the record thereof in the office of the county clerk, are hereby confirmed and made valid to the extent as though said certificate of acknowledgment and the record thereof has been in the form prescribed by law.
N.M. Stat. § 22-10C-4 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10C / Section 22-10C-4
§ 22-10C-4. Fund created; method of payment
Status: in_force

The “national board certification scholarship fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations. The fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature. Money in the fund shall be expended solely for the purpose of awarding scholarships pursuant to the National Board Certification Scholarship Act. Payments from the fund shall be on warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of public education or the secretary's authorized representative.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-53-9 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 53 / Section 59A-53-9
§ 59A-53-9. Limitations on expenditures
Status: in_force

No amount so distributed from the fire protection fund to a municipality or to any county fire district shall be expended in connection with the construction, purchase or equipment of any fire station or substation in addition to those existing upon the date of distribution by the state treasurer, during the year following such distribution, without the prior written approval of the marshal.
N.M. Stat. § 5-16-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 16 / Section 5-16-3
§ 5-16-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Regional Spaceport District Act:

A. “ authority ” means the spaceport authority created pursuant to the Spaceport Development Act;

B. “ board ” means the board of directors of a district;

C. “ bond ” means a revenue bond issued by the authority on behalf of a district;

D. “ combination ” means two or more governmental units that exercise joint authority;

E. “ district ” means a regional spaceport district that is a political subdivision of the state created pursuant to the Regional Spaceport District Act;

F. “ governmental unit ” means the state, a county or a municipality of the state or an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located within the boundaries of the state;

G. “ project ” means any land, building or other improvements acquired as part of a spaceport or associated with a spaceport or to aid commerce in connection with a spaceport and all real and personal property deemed necessary in connection with the spaceport;

H. “ revenues ” means municipal regional spaceport gross receipts tax revenues and county regional spaceport gross receipts tax revenues; and

I. “ spaceport ” means any facility in New Mexico at which space vehicles may be launched or landed, including all facilities and support infrastructure related to launch, landing or payload processing.