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N.M. Stat. § 51-1-56 — NM Code / Chapter 51 / Article 1 / Section 51-1-56
§ 51-1-56. Death reports
Status: in_force

By the fifteenth day of each month, the state registrar shall send to the employment security division a report, certified as correct over his signature or the signature of his authorized representative, containing the name, date of birth, date of death, address, sex and social security number, where available, of each person who died in the state within the preceding calendar month. The employment security division unemployment insurance bureau chief shall have custody of these reports. Such reports shall be confidential and shall not be considered as public records under the provisions of Sections 14-2-1 through 14-2-3 NMSA 1978 . Such reports shall be used by the employment security division for administrative purposes only, and except for authorized personnel of the labor department, shall not be divulged to any person for any reason.
N.M. Stat. § 12-5-7 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 5 / Section 12-5-7
§ 12-5-7. Bataan Day
Status: in_force

In honor of the brave and patriotic New Mexicans composing the 200th and 515th Coast Artillery Regiments (anti-aircraft) who served in the Philippine Islands during World War Two, fighting insuperable odds and enduring every deprivation, and who, following surrender, entered upon a tragic “death march,” the day of April 9 is designated “Bataan Day.”
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-6.2 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-6.2
§ 53-4-6.2. Change of registered office or registered agent
Status: in_force

A. An association may change its registered office or its registered agent, or both, by filing in the office of the public regulation commission [secretary of state] a statement that includes:

(1) the name of the association;

(2) the address of its registered office;

(3) if the address of the association's registered office is changed, the address to which the registered office is changed;

(4) the name of its registered agent;

(5) if the association's registered agent is changed:

(a) the name of its successor registered agent; and

(b) if the successor registered agent is an individual, a statement executed by the successor registered agent acknowledging acceptance of the appointment by the filing association as its registered agent; or

(c) if the successor registered agent is a corporation, a statement executed by an authorized officer of the corporation in which the officer acknowledges the corporation's acceptance of the appointment by the filing association as its registered agent; and

(6) a statement that the address of the association's registered office and the address of the office of its registered agent, as changed, will be identical.

B. The statement made pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this section shall be executed by the association by any two members and delivered to the public regulation commission [secretary of state]. If the commission [secretary of state] finds that the statement conforms to the provisions of the Sanitary Projects Act, it shall file the statement in the office of the commission [secretary of state]. The change of address of the registered office, or the appointment of a new registered agent, or both, shall become effective upon filing of the statement required by this section.

C. A registered agent of an association may resign as agent upon filing a written notice thereof, executed in duplicate, with the public regulation commission [secretary of state]. The commission [secretary of state] shall mail a copy immediately to the association in care of an officer, who is not the resigning registered agent, at the address of the officer as shown by the most recent annual report of the association. The appointment of the agent shall terminate upon the expiration of thirty days after receipt of the notice by the commission [secretary of state].
N.M. Stat. § 1-22A-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 22A / Section 1-22A-4
§ 1-22A-4. Contents of report
Status: in_force

A. Each required report of expenditures and contributions shall be typed or printed legibly, or on a computer disc or format approved by the secretary of state, and shall include:

(1) the name and address of the person to whom an expenditure was made or from whom a contribution was received; provided that for contributors, the name of the legal entity or the first and last names of the individual shall be the full name of the legal entity or individual, and initials only shall not constitute a full name unless that is the complete legal name;

(2) the occupation and type and name of business, if any, of any person making contributions of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more in the aggregate per election;

(3) the amount of the expenditure or contribution or value thereof;

(4) the purpose of the expenditure; and

(5) the date that the expenditure was made or the contribution was received.

B. Each report shall contain an opening and closing cash balance for the bank account maintained for campaign funds by the reporting individual during the reporting period and the name of the financial institution.

C. Each report shall specify the amount of each unpaid debt and the identity of the person to whom the debt is owed.
N.M. Stat. § 18-3-3.1 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 18-3-3.1
§ 18-3-3.1. Admission policy
Status: in_force

The museum board of regents shall establish a policy to permit New Mexico residents age sixty years and above to enter all publicly accessible exhibit and program areas, except special exhibits and programs where commissions or royalties are paid by contract, free of charge every Wednesday that is not a holiday that the museum is open.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-58-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 58 / Section 59A-58-1
§ 59A-58-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 59A, Article 58 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Service Contract Regulation Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 62-16B-4 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 16B / Section 62-16B-4
§ 62-16B-4. Ownership of community solar facilities
Status: in_force

A. A community solar facility shall be owned or operated by a subscriber organization.

B. Third-party entities or subscriber organizations developing projects on the land of an Indian nation, tribe, or pueblo are subject to tribal jurisdiction.

C. Notwithstanding any provision of the Public Utility Act to the contrary, a person not otherwise a public utility shall not be deemed to be a public utility subject to the provisions of the Public Utility Act solely because the person owns, controls or operates all or any part of a community solar facility.
N.M. Stat. § 22-18B-2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 18B / Section 22-18B-2
§ 22-18B-2. Findings and purpose
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that:

(1) the condition of public school facilities has a direct effect on the safety of teachers and students and on the ability of students to learn;

(2) public schools in rapidly growing urban areas of New Mexico and public schools in sparsely populated rural areas are unable to meet the capital needs for modernization of existing school facilities to meet the growing school-age population in New Mexico under present funding authorizations;

(3) additional funding options are necessary to meet the needs for teacher training to improve student achievement levels and to meet the needs of the work place by providing sufficient student training in the use of advanced technology;

(4) encouraging active community participation and private sector contributions to the public schools will enhance learning opportunities for New Mexico students;

(5) authorizing additional forms of financing for school modernization and construction will permit eligible taxpayers to take advantage of tax credits not currently available to bondholders and will increase the market options for state and local bonds;

(6) encouraging active community participation in the development of resources to build and modernize schools, to enhance educational technology and to enhance teacher training is essential to the success of students in the twenty-first century; and

(7) authorizing additional alternative procedures for the sale of bonds will allow New Mexico public schools and eligible taxpayers to participate in available tax credits and to leverage additional funds for the improvement of public school facilities.

B. The purpose of the Qualified School Bonds Act is to implement a state program that allows eligible taxpayers to take advantage of available tax credits by expanding the incentives to purchase and hold bonds and thereby increasing the financing alternatives for modernization and rehabilitation of public school facilities and enhancing teacher training.
N.M. Stat. § 56-9-40 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 9 / Section 56-9-40
§ 56-9-40. Sale of property; order of court; bond of assignee
Status: in_force

The district court, or the judge thereof in vacation, shall make an order for the sale of all the real and personal estate conveyed by any deed of assignment, either for cash in hand or upon reasonable credit, and upon such other terms and notice as shall appear to the court or judge to be most advantageous to all the parties in interest, and shall by order, direct the nature of the security to be taken at sales made by assignees under this chapter. Before any sale of such real estate shall be made, the assignee shall give bond with at least two good securities, to be approved by the court, or judge thereof in vacation, in an amount equal to the value of the real estate to be sold, conditioned that the said assignee will faithfully make the same under such order, and duly account for the proceeds thereof under the provisions contained in this chapter.
N.M. Stat. § 1-13-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 1-13-6
§ 1-13-6. Post-election duties; county canvass; defective returns; notification of secretary of state
Status: in_force

If the county canvassing board discovers any defective returns and issues a summons for the precinct board, it shall immediately notify the secretary of state both orally and in writing that the returns from the specified precinct are defective. The secretary of state shall immediately transmit to the county canvassing board the defective returns from the precinct specified, after first making a photocopy of each of the covers and pages of the returns. The photocopy shall be kept on file for inspection as are the original returns.
N.M. Stat. § 61-11-13 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 11 / Section 61-11-13
§ 61-11-13. Renewal; revocation
Status: in_force

A. The renewal date for each licensee shall be the last day of the licensee's birth month, as set by rule of the board. Any person who intends to continue practice shall file an application for renewal prior to that date and, except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978 , pay the renewal fee set by the board in an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per year; provided, however, that the board shall prorate a renewal fee charged for a period of less than a full year. The license of a pharmacist failing to renew the pharmacist's license on or before the date set by the board shall automatically expire, and the license shall not be reinstated except upon reapplication and payment of a one hundred dollar ($100) reinstatement fee and all delinquent renewal fees.

B. A pharmacist ceasing to be engaged in the practice of pharmacy for such period as the board determines, but not less than twelve months, is deemed to be inactive and shall have the pharmacist's license renewal so marked. A pharmacist having an inactive status shall not be reinstated to active status without either an examination or the presentation of evidence satisfactory to the board that the pharmacist has taken some form of internship or continuing education relevant to the practice of pharmacy, or both, immediately prior to the pharmacist's application for reinstatement. Pharmacists regularly engaged in teaching in an approved school or college of pharmacy, servicing, manufacturing, inspecting or other phases of the pharmaceutical profession are in active status for the purposes of this subsection.

C. Application for renewal of a pharmacist's license shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the board and shall indicate whether the renewal applied for will be an active or inactive license. The application, together with the renewal fee, shall be filed with the board.

D. Application for renewal of a pharmacist's license shall be accompanied by proof satisfactory to the board that the applicant has completed continuing education requirements established pursuant to Section 61-11-6 NMSA 1978 .

E. An application for renewal of a certificate of registration as a pharmacy technician or license as a pharmacist intern shall be filed with the board on forms prescribed and furnished by the board and shall be accompanied by a renewal fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year.
N.M. Stat. § 24-13-3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 13 / Section 24-13-3
§ 24-13-3. Expenses for burial or cremation
Status: in_force

If the unclaimed decedent had known assets or property of sufficient value to defray the expenses of cremation or burial, invoices for the expenses shall be forwarded to the executor of the estate of the decedent, and such person shall pay the expenses out of the decedent's estate. To the extent that the decedent is unclaimed and has no estate, the burial or cremation expenses shall be borne by the county of residence of the decedent. If the county of residence of the decedent is not known, the burial or cremation expenses shall be borne by the county in which the decedent was found. The burial or cremation expenses may be paid by the county out of the general fund or the health care assistance fund 1 in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the burial or cremation of the unclaimed decedent.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21H-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21H / Section 21-21H-4
§ 21-21H-4. Creation of scholarship
Status: in_force

There are established “New Mexico Scholars Act scholarships” administered by the department.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-31 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-31
§ 58-10-31. Annual reports; other reports
Status: in_force

On or before January 31 each year, every association shall make a written report to the supervisor, upon a form prescribed and furnished by the supervisor, of its affairs and operations, including a complete statement of its financial condition along with a statement of income and expense since its last previous similar report, for the twelve months ending on the last business day of December of the previous year. The report shall be signed by the president, vice president or secretary.
N.M. Stat. § 12-10-4 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10 / Section 12-10-4
§ 12-10-4. All hazard emergency management; powers of the governor
Status: in_force

A. The governor shall have general direction and control of the activities of the homeland security and emergency management department and shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of the All Hazard Emergency Management Act and, in the event of any man-made or natural disaster causing or threatening widespread physical or economic harm that is beyond local control and requiring the resources of the state, shall exercise direction and control over any and all state forces and resources engaged in emergency operations or related all hazard emergency management functions within the state.

B. In carrying out the provisions of the All Hazard Emergency Management Act, the governor is authorized to:

(1) cooperate with the federal government and agree to carry out all hazard emergency management responsibilities delegated in accordance with existing federal laws and policies and cooperate with other states and with private agencies in all matters relating to the all hazard emergency management of the state and nation;

(2) issue, amend or rescind the necessary orders, rules and procedures to carry out the provisions of the All Hazard Emergency Management Act;

(3) provide those resources and services necessary to avoid or minimize economic or physical harm until a situation becomes stabilized and again under local self-support and control, including the provision, on a temporary, emergency basis, of lodging, sheltering, health care, food, transportation or shipping necessary to protect lives or public property; or for any other action necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare;

(4) prepare a comprehensive emergency operations plan and program and to integrate the state emergency operations plan and program with the emergency operations plans and programs of the federal government and other states and to coordinate the preparation of emergency operations plans and programs by the political subdivisions of this state;

(5) procure supplies and equipment, to institute training programs and public information programs and to take all necessary preparatory actions, including the partial or full mobilization of state and local government forces and resources in advance of actual disaster, to ensure the furnishing of adequately trained and equipped emergency forces of government and auxiliary personnel to cope with disasters resulting from enemy attack or other causes; and

(6) enter into mutual aid agreements with other states and to coordinate mutual aid agreements between political subdivisions of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11-25 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11 / Section 58-11-25
§ 58-11-25. Liability of members
Status: in_force

The members of a credit union shall not be personally or individually liable for the payments of its debts solely by virtue of holding membership.
N.M. Stat. § 25-5-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 25-5-5
§ 25-5-5. Board; revision of requirements
Status: in_force

A. Whenever the vitamin and mineral requirements set forth in Sections 25-5-2 and 25-5-3 NMSA 1978 are no longer in conformity with the legally established standards governing the interstate shipment of enriched flour and enriched white bread or enriched rolls, the board, in order to maintain uniformity between intrastate and interstate vitamin and mineral requirements for the foods within the provisions of the Flour and Bread Act, is authorized and directed to modify or revise such requirements to conform with amended standards governing interstate shipments.

B. In promulgating regulations pursuant to this section, the board shall follow the procedures set forth in Section 74-1-9 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 13-7-43 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 13-7-43
§ 13-7-43. Dental coverage; erroneously paid claims; restrictions on recovery
Status: in_force

A. Group coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers a dental plan shall establish policies and procedures for payment recovery, including providing:

(1) notice to the provider that identifies the error made in the processing or payment of the claim;

(2) an explanation of the recovery being sought; and

(3) an opportunity for the provider to appeal the recovery being sought as set forth in Subsection C of this section.

B. Group coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers a dental plan shall not initiate payment recovery procedures more than twenty-four months after the original payment for a claim was made unless the claim was fraudulent or intentionally misrepresented.

C. Group coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers a dental plan shall not attempt to recover an erroneously paid claim by withholding or reducing payment for a different claim unless the plan:

(1) notifies the provider, in writing, within twelve months of the erroneously paid claim; and

(2) advises the provider that an automatic deduction shall occur within forty-five days of receiving notification unless the provider submits a written appeal to the plan pursuant to the grievance rules prescribed by the superintendent of insurance.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to duplicate payments.
N.M. Stat. § 61-16-11 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 16 / Section 61-16-11
§ 61-16-11. Hearing
Status: in_force

Upon the presentation of an application for a license hereunder the municipal or county clerk as the case may be shall set a date for hearing thereon not less than one week nor more than three weeks thereafter, said hearing to be held at either a regular or special meeting of the licensing authority. Notice of said hearing shall be given forthwith by registered mail to each person or company engaged in the business of selling jewelry within the particular municipality or county.

At the hearing upon said application the applicant shall attend and shall submit to an examination touching his application under oath to be conducted by the municipal or district attorney as the case may be, and by any citizen of said municipality or county, and by the attorney for any jeweler or any association of jewelers doing business within this state. The applicant or any person, persons, corporations or associations opposing the granting of a license may introduce evidence either [by] written or oral testimony or by affidavit.

If the governing board of the county or municipality as the case may be shall determine that the applicant is not disqualified, and that the application conforms with the law a license shall be granted; otherwise a license shall not be granted. As a condition of granting the license the licensing board may require more complete descriptions of the items in the inventory if they deem the tendered descriptions to be incomplete.
N.M. Stat. § 28-17-17 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 17 / Section 28-17-17
§ 28-17-17. Immunity from liability
Status: in_force

No representative of the office shall be liable under state law for the good faith performance of official duties pursuant to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Act.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-15 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-15
§ 72-16-15. Records of board
Status: in_force

On all resolutions and orders, the roll shall be called, and the ayes and noes shall be recorded. All resolutions and orders, as soon as may be after their passage, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer of the board and the secretary. Every legislative act of the board of a general or permanent nature shall be by resolution. The book of resolutions and orders is a public record. A record shall also be made of all other proceedings of the board, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by officers, employees, and any other agents of the authority, and all corporate acts, which record is also a public record. The treasurer shall keep strict and accurate accounts of all moneys received by and disbursed for and on behalf of the authority, in a permanent record, which is also a public record. Any permanent record of the authority shall be open for inspection by any qualified elector thereof, by any other interested person, or by any representative of the federal government or any public body. All records are subject to audit as provided by law for political subdivisions.