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N.M. Stat. § 59A-1-15 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 1 / Section 59A-1-15
§ 59A-1-15. Application of the code as to particular types of insurers, organization or subjects
Status: in_force

No provision of the Insurance Code shall apply to:

A. fraternal benefit societies, as identified in Chapter 59A, Article 44 NMSA 1978 , except as stated in that article;

B. nonprofit health care plans, as identified in Chapter 59A, Article 47 NMSA 1978 , except as stated in that article;

C. health maintenance organizations, as identified in Chapter 59A, Article 46 NMSA 1978 , except as stated in that article;

D. prepaid dental plans, as identified in Chapter 59A, Article 48 NMSA 1978 , except as stated in that article;

E. motor clubs, as identified in Chapter 59A, Article 50 NMSA 1978 , except as stated in that article;

F. bail bondsmen, as identified in Chapter 59A, Article 51 NMSA 1978 , except as stated in that article;

G. insurance premium finance companies, as identified in Chapter 59A, Article 45 NMSA 1978 , except as stated in that article; and

H. title insurers and title insurance agents, as identified in Chapter 59A, Article 30 NMSA 1978 , except as stated in that article.
N.M. Stat. § 47-7A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7A / Section 47-7A-12
§ 47-7A-12. Unconscionable agreement or term of contract
Status: in_force

A. The court, upon finding as a matter of law that a contract or contract clause was unconscionable at the time the contract was made, may refuse to enforce the contract, enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause or limit the application of any unconscionable clause in order to avoid an unconscionable result.

B. Whenever it is claimed, or appears to the court, that a contract or any contract clause is or may be unconscionable, the parties, in order to aid the court in making the determination, shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to unconscionability, including:

(1) the commercial setting of the negotiations;

(2) whether a party has knowingly taken advantage of the inability of the other party reasonably to protect his interests by reason of physical or mental infirmity, illiteracy or inability to understand the language of the agreement or similar factors; and

(3) the effect and purpose of the contract or clause.
N.M. Stat. § 38-3-7 — NM Code / Chapter 38 / Article 3 / Section 38-3-7
§ 38-3-7. County to which case may be removed
Status: in_force

In all cases where a change of venue is granted, the case shall be removed to another county within the same judicial district unless the remaining counties are subject to exception, or unless the change of venue is ordered upon any of the grounds relating to the judge. Under these circumstances, the case shall be removed to some county of the nearest judicial district which is free from exception.
N.M. Stat. § 57-17-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 17 / Section 57-17-5
§ 57-17-5. Bonds
Status: in_force

A bond with sureties, to be approved by the secretary of state and conditioned upon faithful performance of duties, shall be given by the director in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) and, upon appointment, by each inspector in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000). The premium on a bond required by this section shall be paid by the state.
N.M. Stat. § 21-3-22 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 21-3-22
§ 21-3-22. Payments to New Mexico highlands university interest and retirement fund by state treasurer
Status: in_force

That it is hereby made the duty of the state treasurer of the state of New Mexico, upon receiving written notice from the secretary and treasurer of the board of regents of the New Mexico normal university [New Mexico highlands university] that such board has issued bonds as herein provided, forthwith to forward and pay over to the secretary and treasurer of such board out of the income from the permanent funds of such institution, a sum sufficient to make and establish the interest and retirement fund, as herein provided, and annually thereafter to pay over a sufficient amount for said purpose, to the end that said interest and retirement fund shall at all times be kept in the proper amount. In the event there should not be sufficient undistributed income from permanent funds of such institution, then said state treasurer shall use so much of the income and current fund of such institution in his hands as shall be necessary to establish and at all times maintain said interest and retirement fund.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-46 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-46
§ 17-3-46. Applicability
Status: in_force

The Airborne Hunting Act shall not apply to any person who is employed as an authorized agent of the state or federal government or is operating under a permit of the state granted by the director of the department of game and fish.
N.M. Stat. § 7-35-2.1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 35 / Section 7-35-2.1
§ 7-35-2.1. Additional definition
Status: in_force

As used in the Property Tax Code, “costs” means the expenses incurred by the department in connection with collecting delinquent taxes. As applied to a particular property, “costs” may be, in the discretion of the department, either the sum of the expenses incurred specifically in connection with that property or the uniform charge applied to the class of delinquent properties of which the property is a member.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-7.1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-7.1
§ 1-1-7.1. Residence for purpose of candidacy and signing of petitions; rule for determining
Status: in_force

For the purpose of determining the residence of a person desiring to be a candidate for the nomination or election to an office under the provisions of the Election Code or for the purpose of determining the residence of any signer of a petition required by the Election Code, permanent residence shall be resolved in favor of that place shown on the person's certificate of registration as his permanent residence, provided the person resides on the premises.
N.M. Stat. § 22-5-4.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-4.2
§ 22-5-4.2. Child abuse; report coordination; confirmation
Status: in_force

A. A local school board shall adopt policies providing for the coordination and internal tracking of reports made pursuant to Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978 . Such policies, however, shall not require any notification to school district personnel before the report is made to the offices listed in Subsection A of Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978 . Such policies shall include measures to protect the identity of any alleged victims. No policy shall purport to relieve any person having a duty to report under Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978 from that duty.

B. After a report is made pursuant to Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978 , the office receiving the notification shall notify the person making the report within five days after the report was made that the office is investigating the matter. Mailing a notice within five days shall constitute compliance with this subsection.
N.M. Stat. § 21-27-4 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 27 / Section 21-27-4
§ 21-27-4. Two-year college maintenance fund; created; use of the fund
Status: in_force

A. The “two-year college maintenance fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of such money as the legislature may from time to time appropriate. The fund shall be invested by the state treasurer as other funds are invested. Balances remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert.

B. The fund shall be used to provide funding to qualifying institutions only for the following purposes:

(1) major repair to buildings, including such items as roof repair, repair of floor coverings, repair of structural damage and replacement or repair of mechanical equipment;

(2) remodeling or renovation of existing structures;

(3) landscaping outside of buildings, including parking lots, to create more attractive, more efficient and safer settings;

(4) lighting, signs and general design work calculated to make the buildings and grounds safer;

(5) maintenance contracts on building equipment, mechanical equipment, structural equipment and any other equipment necessary for the operation of the institution;

(6) purchase, installation and maintenance of equipment calculated to provide energy or water conservation;

(7) construction of storage buildings and maintenance shop buildings; and

(8) construction of or repair to access roads to a campus if required.
N.M. Stat. § 12-10B-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10B / Section 12-10B-7
§ 12-10B-7. Portability of bona fides
Status: in_force

If a person holds a license, certificate, permit or similar documentation that evidences the person's qualifications in a professional, mechanical or other skill and the aid of the person is requested by a member jurisdiction, the person is:

A. considered to be licensed, certified, permitted or otherwise documented in the member jurisdiction that requests aid for the duration of the emergency or disaster or of the drills or exercises; and

B. subject to legal limitations or conditions prescribed by the governing body or chief executive officer of the member jurisdiction that requests aid.
N.M. Stat. § 41-3A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 3A / Section 41-3A-1
§ 41-3A-1. Several liability
Status: in_force

A. In any cause of action to which the doctrine of comparative fault applies, the doctrine imposing joint and several liability upon two or more wrongdoers whose conduct proximately caused an injury to any plaintiff is abolished except as otherwise provided hereafter. The liability of any such defendants shall be several.

B. In causes of action to which several liability applies, any defendant who establishes that the fault of another is a proximate cause of a plaintiff's injury shall be liable only for that portion of the total dollar amount awarded as damages to the plaintiff that is equal to the ratio of such defendant's fault to the total fault attributed to all persons, including plaintiffs, defendants and persons not party to the action.

C. The doctrine imposing joint and several liability shall apply:

(1) to any person or persons who acted with the intention of inflicting injury or damage;

(2) to any persons whose relationship to each other would make one person vicariously liable for the acts of the other, but only to that portion of the total liability attributed to those persons;

(3) to any persons strictly liable for the manufacture and sale of a defective product, but only to that portion of the total liability attributed to those persons; or

(4) to situations not covered by any of the foregoing and having a sound basis in public policy.

D. Where a plaintiff sustains damage as the result of fault of more than one person which can be causally apportioned on the basis that distinct harms were caused to the plaintiff, the fault of each of the persons proximately causing one harm shall not be compared to the fault of persons proximately causing other distinct harms. Each person is severally liable only for the distinct harm which that person proximately caused.

E. No defendant who is severally liable shall be entitled to contribution from any other person, nor shall such defendant be entitled to reduce the dollar damages determined by the factfinder to be owed by the defendant to the plaintiff in accordance with Subsection B of this section by any amount that the plaintiff has recovered from any other person whose fault may have also proximately caused injury to the plaintiff.

F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or impair any right of indemnity or contribution arising out of any contract of agreement or any right of indemnity otherwise provided by law.

G. Nothing in this section creates or recognizes, either explicitly or impliedly, any new or different cause of action not otherwise recognized by law. Nothing in this section alters the doctrine of proximate cause.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2A-25 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2A / Section 60-2A-25
§ 60-2A-25. Time of payment of regulatory fee
Status: in_force

A. Any person upon whom the regulatory fee is imposed pursuant to Section 60-2A-23 NMSA 1978 shall, within seventy-two hours after the completion of any professional contest for which an admission fee is charged and received or a contribution is requested and received, furnish to the commission a written report on forms prescribed by the commission showing:

(1) the number of tickets sold and issued or sold or issued for the professional contest;

(2) the amount of the gross receipts or value thereof;

(3) the amount of gross receipts derived from the sale, lease or other exploitation of broadcasting, motion picture or television rights of the professional contest, without any deductions for commissions, brokerage fees, distribution fees, advertising or any other expenses or charges; and

(4) such other matters as the commission may prescribe.

B. The commission or any of its authorized employees may inspect the books, ticket stubs or any other data necessary for the proper enforcement of the regulatory fee and supervisory fee imposed pursuant to the Professional Athletic Competition Act.
N.M. Stat. § 25-7A-15 — NM Code / Chapter 25 / Article 7A / Section 25-7A-15
§ 25-7A-15. Promulgating regulations; procedure
Status: in_force

The authority to promulgate regulations after public hearing for the efficient enforcement of the New Mexico Dairy Product Act is vested in the board. The board is authorized to make the regulations promulgated under the federal act.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-16.4 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-16.4
§ 17-3-16.4. Gould's turkey enhancement permits; issuance; use
Status: in_force

A. The state game commission may direct the department of game and fish to authorize Gould's turkey enhancement permits for the taking of Gould's turkeys, Meleagris gallopavo mexicana, to raise funds for programs and projects to better manage the Gould's turkey population in New Mexico.

B. The state game commission shall prescribe by rule the form, design and manner of issuance of the Gould's turkey enhancement permits. The issuance of the permits shall be subject to a lottery or auction. Such allotment of the permits may be conducted by an incorporated nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation of wildlife, in cooperation with and overseen by the commission and the department of game and fish.

C. The state game commission shall direct the department of game and fish to authorize Gould's turkey enhancement permits only after the department has documented that the issuance of each enhancement permit will not jeopardize the prospects for the survival and recruitment of the Gould's turkey within New Mexico.

D. Gould's turkey enhancement permits shall be authorized only when doing so does not conflict with the Wildlife Conservation Act or any rules implementing that act.

E. Money collected from the issuance and sale of the Gould's turkey enhancement permits shall be credited to the game protection fund to be used exclusively for the restoration and management of Gould's turkeys and Gould's turkey habitats, which support a variety of other unique and rare wildlife of southwestern New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 3-25-3 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 25 / Section 3-25-3
§ 3-25-3. Natural gas or geothermal utility; extent of facilities; distribution to consumers beyond the municipal boundary; within the boundary of another municipality; approval of other municipality and public regulation commission
Status: in_force

A. The natural gas or geothermal utility may include but is not limited to:

(1) in the municipality and within one hundred miles of the municipal boundary, facilities appropriate to the transportation, pumping, storage or purification of natural gas or geothermal waters; and

(2) in the municipality and within five miles of the municipal boundary, facilities for the distribution of natural gas or geothermal heat.

The natural gas or geothermal utility shall include any land or real estate needed for the location of the facilities.

B. A municipality shall not acquire and operate natural gas or geothermal distribution facilities in whole or in part within the boundary of another municipality, as then existing, until the:

(1) public regulation commission issues an order authorizing the acquisition and operation of the natural gas or geothermal distribution facilities; and

(2) other municipality authorizes, by ordinance, the acquisition and operation of the natural gas or geothermal distribution facilities.

C. No formal franchise need be granted by the other municipality, and the ordinance granting the consent of the other municipality:

(1) shall be sufficient;

(2) may be adopted on a single reading;

(3) may become immediately effective;

(4) shall not be subject to a referendum; and

(5) shall be valid for such period of years as may be specified in the ordinance.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-38 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-38
§ 7-9-38. Exemption; compensating tax; use of electricity in the production, conversion and transmission of electricity
Status: in_force

Exempted from the compensating tax is electricity used in the production and transmission of electricity, including transmission using voltage source conversion technology.
N.M. Stat. § 72-15-22 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 15 / Section 72-15-22
§ 72-15-22. Commissioner
Status: in_force

The governor shall, within thirty days after this act [this section] becomes effective, appoint a commissioner who shall represent the state of New Mexico on the commission provided for by Article 5 of the Pecos River Compact between the states of New Mexico and Texas. Such commissioner shall be charged with the administration of the provisions of said compact and shall have the power to discharge the duties prescribed by the terms of said compact. Such commissioner shall serve for a term of two years from and after the date of his appointment and until a successor, who shall serve for a like term, is appointed and qualified. Until otherwise provided by law, he shall receive a salary of $300.00 each month. He shall be allowed his actual expenses when travelling in the discharge of his duties. He shall have authority to meet and confer with the Texas member of the commission at such points within the states of New Mexico and Texas or elsewhere as the commission may see fit. He may make such investigations and appoint such engineering, legal and clerical aid as may be necessary to protect the state of New Mexico and to carry out and enforce the terms of said compact and may fix their salaries and necessary expenses. He may incur necessary office expenses and other expenses incident to the proper performance of his duties and the proper administration of the Pecos River Compact. Such commissioner shall not incur any financial obligation on behalf of the state of New Mexico until the legislature shall have provided and appropriated money therefor. The salary of the commissioner and all expenses incurred by him in the performance of his official duties including the salaries and expenses of the commission employees shall be paid by the state treasurer on vouchers submitted by the commissioner out of moneys appropriated for such purposes by the legislature.
N.M. Stat. § 30-7-4.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 7 / Section 30-7-4.1
§ 30-7-4.1. Negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor; negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor resulting in great bodily harm or death; penalties
Status: in_force

A. A person commits the crime of negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor if:

(1) the person keeps or stores a firearm in a manner that negligently disregards a minor's ability to access the firearm; and

(2) a minor accesses the firearm and displays or brandishes the firearm in a threatening manner or causes injury to the minor or another person not resulting in great bodily harm or death.

Whoever commits negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor is guilty of a misdemeanor.

B. A person commits the crime of negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor resulting in great bodily harm or death if:

(1) the person keeps or stores a firearm in a manner that negligently disregards a minor's ability to access the firearm; and

(2) a minor accesses the firearm and uses it in a manner that causes great bodily harm to or death of the minor or another person.

Whoever commits negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor resulting in great bodily harm or death is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

C. A person does not violate Subsection A or B of this section if a minor obtains a firearm:

(1) that was either kept in a locked container and was securely stored or kept in a location that a reasonable person would believe to be secure when obtained by a minor;

(2) that was carried on the person or within the person's immediate control;

(3) that was locked with a firearm safety device that rendered the firearm inoperable;

(4) in the course of self-defense or defense of another person;

(5) by illegal entry to the person's property; or

(6) with the authorization of the minor's parent or guardian for lawful hunting, lawful recreational use or any other lawful purpose.

D. As used in this section:

(1) “ brandish ” means to display or make a firearm known to another person while the firearm is present on the person of the minor with intent to intimidate or injure a person;

(2) “ firearm ” means a weapon that will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosion;

(3) “ firearm safety device ” means a gun safe or a device that prevents a firearm from being discharged or from being used to expel a projectile by the action of an explosion or a device other than a gun safe that locks a firearm and is designed to prevent children and unauthorized users from firing a firearm, which device may be installed on a firearm, be incorporated into the design of the firearm or prevent access to the firearm; and

(4) “ minor ” means a person under eighteen years of age.
N.M. Stat. § 73-10-26 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 10 / Section 73-10-26
§ 73-10-26. Change of boundaries; effect; assent of secretary of the interior
Status: in_force

The boundaries of any irrigation district now or hereafter organized under the provisions of this act may be changed in the manner herein prescribed; but such change of the boundaries of the district shall not impair or affect its organization, or its rights in or to property or any of its rights or privileges of whatsoever kind or nature, nor shall it affect, impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge, for, or upon which it was or might become liable or chargeable had such change of boundaries not been made; provided, that if the secretary of the interior shall give his assent to a change in boundaries in writing filed with the board of directors, any lands to the exclusion of which from the district assent shall thus be given, shall be discharged from any and all liens in favor of the United States under any contract which shall have been made with the United States and any bonds deposited with its agents.
N.M. Stat. § 52-9-24 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 9 / Section 52-9-24
§ 52-9-24. Loan fund created
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the “employers mutual company loan fund”.
N.M. Stat. § 19-13-9 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 13 / Section 19-13-9
§ 19-13-9. Rent or royalties; waiver; suspension; reduction
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, after a public hearing, waive, suspend or reduce the rental or minimum royalty for the lands included in a lease, or any portion thereof, and waive, suspend, alter or amend the operating requirements contained in a lease or regulation in the interest of conservation and to encourage the greatest ultimate recovery of geothermal resources if he determines that such action is necessary or beneficial to promote development or finds that the lease cannot be successfully operated under the terms of the lease or regulations.