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N.M. Stat. § 73-7-44 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 7 / Section 73-7-44
§ 73-7-44. Outside lands; notice to owners
Status: in_force

Upon filing of said report the court shall order the owners of such lands to be notified of the filing of said report and the contents thereof, and shall require such owners to show cause at a time and place fixed therein, not less than twenty days thereafter, why their said lands should not be brought into said district and assessed for said benefit.
N.M. Stat. § 6-31-5 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 31 / Section 6-31-5
§ 6-31-5. Grant applications; grant recipients; requirements
Status: in_force

A. A local or regional economic development agency may submit an application to the commission for an economic development grant. An applying agency shall comply with deadlines and guidelines published by the commission. A grant application shall include a statement of:

(1) the amount of money that the local or regional economic development agency has allocated to employ economic development professionals;

(2) the amount of matching grant money that the local or regional economic development agency requests; and

(3) the ways that the local or regional economic development agency's employment of one or more economic development professionals will expand the agency's economic development or job-creation efforts in the agency's local area or region or in the state.

B. During the time that one or more economic development professionals are employed by a local or regional economic development agency using grant money, the agency shall report annually to the commission. A report shall include:

(1) the name, dates of employment and professional credentials of each economic development professional employed by the local or regional economic development agency using grant money; and

(2) detailed information about each economic development professional's role and contributions to the local or regional economic development agency, including:

(a) new jobs in the agency's local area or region or in the state that are attributable to the professional's efforts;

(b) the number of cases that the professional completed;

(c) the number of cases that the professional managed;

(d) the number of job-creation leads generated by the professional; and

(e) the number of job-creation projects sourced through the professional's marketing efforts.
N.M. Stat. § 30-22-23 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 22 / Section 30-22-23
§ 30-22-23. Assault with intent to commit violent felony upon peace officer
Status: in_force

A. Assault with intent to commit a violent felony upon a peace officer consists of any person assaulting a peace officer while he is in the lawful discharge of his duties with intent to kill the peace officer.

B. Whoever commits assault with intent to commit a violent felony upon a peace officer is guilty of a second degree felony.
N.M. Stat. § 30-8-8 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 8 / Section 30-8-8
§ 30-8-8. Abatement of a public nuisance
Status: in_force

A. Except as herein provided, an action for the abatement of a public nuisance shall be governed by the general rules of civil procedure.

B. A civil action to abate a public nuisance may be brought, by verified complaint in the name of the state without cost, by any public officer or private citizen, in the district court of the county where the public nuisance exists, against any person, corporation or association of persons who shall create, perform or maintain a public nuisance.

C. When judgment is against the defendant in an action to abate a public nuisance, he shall be adjudged to pay all court costs and a reasonable fee for the complainant's attorney, when the suit is not prosecuted exclusively by the attorney general or a district attorney.
N.M. Stat. § 6-5-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 6-5-3
§ 6-5-3. Legality and authority for proposed expenditures determined by division and state agency; encumbering funds
Status: in_force

Before any vouchers or purchase orders are issued or contracts are entered into involving the expenditure of public funds by a state agency, the authority for the proposed expenditure shall be determined by the division and the state agency. After the authority for the expenditure is determined, the appropriate fund shall be shown by the division to be encumbered to the extent of the proposed expenditure. The division may request, and the state agency shall provide, such documentation and other information as the division deems necessary to justify the state agency's determination of authority. The division may disapprove the proposed expenditure if it determines that the justification is inadequate or is not substantiated by law. The division may perform, on a statistical or stratified basis, internal pre-audit and post-audit procedures to monitor and enforce compliance with the provisions of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-8
§ 22-8-8. Budgets; minimum student membership
Status: in_force

Without prior approval of the state superintendent [secretary], no local school board shall maintain or provide a budget allowance for a public school having an average daily membership of less than eight.
N.M. Stat. § 9-5B-7 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 5B / Section 9-5B-7
§ 9-5B-7. Application for project approval; considerations for approval
Status: in_force

A. Sponsors shall apply to the commission for project approval.

B. A sponsor's application shall include:

(1) a comprehensive work plan;

(2) a complete project cost estimate;

(3) the number of corps members required; and

(4) the estimated time necessary to complete the project.

C. The commission shall examine the following in considering a project for approval or rejection:

(1) the opportunities the project provides in the development of skills, discipline and good work habits;

(2) the degree of difficulty in carrying out the project;

(3) the project's compliance with conservation and community service objectives, as set forth in Section 4 of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act;

(4) the sponsor's ability to contribute the necessary financial and human resources to the project; and

(5) the project's compatibility with concurrent corps projects, including the availability of the required corps work force.

D. A project shall not be approved if its implementation would result in the displacement of currently employed workers, including a partial displacement, such as reduction in hours or benefits. Participating sponsors shall not terminate, lay off or reduce the working hours of any employee in order to use a corps member to perform the employee's duties.
N.M. Stat. § 2-1-7 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 2-1-7
§ 2-1-7. Emoluments; increase prohibited
Status: in_force

No law increasing the emoluments for any civil office in the state enacted by the legislature shall be construed to apply or become effective as to any member of the legislature appointed to such office, until one year after expiration of the term for which such person was elected and served if such law was enacted during such term.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-12 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-12
§ 21-8-12. Acceptance of Adams Act grant for experiment station
Status: in_force

That the assent of the legislature of the state of New Mexico is hereby given, in pursuance of the requirements of Section 2 of an act of congress entitled, “An act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditures thereof, approved March 16, 1906,” commonly known as the Adams Act, 1 to the purpose of the grants of money authorized by such act to the carrying out, within the state of New Mexico, of all and singular the provisions of said act.
N.M. Stat. § 61-24B-8 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 24B / Section 61-24B-8
§ 61-24B-8. Qualifications for registration
Status: in_force

A person desiring to become registered as a landscape architect shall make application to the board on a written form and in such manner as the board prescribes, pay all required application fees and certify and furnish evidence to the board that the applicant:

A. has graduated from an accredited program in landscape architecture at a school, college or university and has a minimum of two years of practical experience acceptable to the board, at least one year of which shall be under the supervision of a landscape architect;

B. has graduated from a nonaccredited program of landscape architecture at a school, college or university offering a minimum four-year bachelor's degree curriculum or a minimum two-year master's degree curriculum and has a minimum of four years of practical experience acceptable to the board, at least one year of which shall be under the supervision of a landscape architect;

C. has graduated from a program in a field related to landscape architecture at a school, college or university offering a minimum four-year bachelor's degree curriculum or a minimum two-year master's degree curriculum and has a minimum of five years of practical experience acceptable to the board, at least one year of which shall be under the supervision of a landscape architect; or

D. has a minimum of ten years of practical experience in landscape architectural work that is acceptable to the board, at least one year of which shall be under the supervision of a landscape architect, provided that:

(1) each satisfactorily completed year of study in an accredited program of landscape architecture may be accepted in lieu of one year of practical experience required under this subsection; or

(2) a baccalaureate degree from a school, college or university may be accepted in lieu of two years of practical experience required under this subsection.
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-8 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-8
§ 17-3-8. Loss of application blanks by license collector; accounting
Status: in_force

In the event that a license collector shall lose any of the application blanks for hunting or fishing licenses issued to him by the director of the department of game and fish, he shall immediately notify the director of the loss of the blanks and he shall inform the director of the number and the serial number of each of the application blanks lost.
N.M. Stat. § 61-6-25 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 6 / Section 61-6-25
§ 61-6-25. False statement; penalty
Status: in_force

Any person making a false statement under oath or a false affidavit shall be guilty of a fourth degree felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the Criminal Sentencing Act to eighteen months imprisonment and, in the sentencing court's discretion, to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
N.M. Stat. § 6-15A-16 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15A / Section 6-15A-16
§ 6-15A-16. Severability
Status: in_force

If any part or application of the Education Technology Equipment Act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other circumstances shall not be affected.
N.M. Stat. § 61-18A-26 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 18A / Section 61-18A-26
§ 61-18A-26. Assignments; right to sue
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Collection Agency Regulatory Act shall be construed to prevent collection agencies from taking assignments of claims in their own name as real parties in interest for the purpose of billing and collection and bringing suit in their own names; provided that no suit allowed by this section may be instituted on behalf of a collection agency in a court unless the collection agency appears by a duly authorized and licensed attorney-at-law.
N.M. Stat. § 40-17-9 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 17 / Section 40-17-9
§ 40-17-9. Service of extreme risk firearm protection orders
Status: in_force

A one-year extreme risk firearm protection order issued pursuant to the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act shall be personally served upon the respondent by the sheriff's office in the county in which the respondent resides; provided that if the respondent resides in a city or town that has a police department, the police department shall serve the order.
N.M. Stat. § 6-14-3 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 14 / Section 6-14-3
§ 6-14-3. Public securities; price
Status: in_force

A. A public body may issue and sell its public securities at, above or below par and at any net effective interest rate as the public body may determine subject to the remaining provisions of this section.

B. A public body may not issue its public securities as provided in Subsection A of this section at any net effective interest rate in excess of twelve percent a year, except for general obligation bonds which shall have a net effective interest rate of not more than ten percent a year, unless the state board of finance at any time prior to delivery of the public securities approves such higher net effective interest rate in writing, based upon the determination of the state board of finance that the higher rate is reasonable under existing or anticipated bond market conditions.

C. Any such approval of any such net effective interest rate in excess of twelve percent or not more than ten percent for general obligation bonds shall constitute conclusive authority for the affected public body to issue its public securities at the higher net effective interest rate.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4B-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4B / Section 13-4B-2
§ 13-4B-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

A. “artist” means the natural person who actually creates a work of fine art but does not include art created by an employee within the scope of his employment. In case of a joint creation of a work of art, each joint creator shall have the rights of an artist with respect to the work of fine art as a whole;

B. “fine art” means any original work of visual or graphic art of any media including any painting, print, drawing, sculpture, craft, object, photograph, audio or video tape, film, hologram or any combination of such media of recognized quality;

C. “gross negligence” means the exercise of so slight a degree of care as to justify the belief that there was indifference to the particular work of fine art;

D. “public building” means a building owned by the state or any of its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities or institutions or a building owned by any political subdivision of the state or any of its agencies, instrumentalities or institutions; and

E. “public view” means on the exterior of a public building or in an interior area of a public building.
N.M. Stat. § 29-19-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 19 / Section 29-19-13
§ 29-19-13. Fund created
Status: in_force

A. The “concealed handgun carry fund” is created in the state treasury.

B. All money received by the department pursuant to the provisions of the Concealed Handgun Carry Act shall be deposited by the state treasurer for credit to the concealed handgun carry fund. The state treasurer shall invest the fund as all other state funds are invested, and income from the investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Balances remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund and may be used to maintain the state's criminal history database.

C. Money in the concealed handgun carry fund is appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of the Concealed Handgun Carry Act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-16A-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 16A / Section 21-16A-8
§ 21-16A-8. Learning centers subject to approval and provisions of Learning Center Act
Status: in_force

No person, institution or other entity shall undertake to operate a learning center except with the written approval of the department 1 and in accordance with the provisions of the Learning Center Act; provided that nothing in the Learning Center Act shall prohibit the provision of extended learning services or the provision of educational services by any organization or business for its own members or employees directly or by contracting with a provider of educational programs.
N.M. Stat. § 3-7-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 3-7-11
§ 3-7-11. Municipal boundary commission; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The purpose of Sections 3-7-11 through 3-7-16 NMSA 1978 is to establish an independent commission known as the “municipal boundary commission” to determine the annexation of territory to a municipality whenever:

(1) the municipality petitions the municipal boundary commission to annex territory to the municipality; or

(2) a majority of the landowners of the territory proposed to be annexed petition the municipal boundary commission to annex the territory to the municipality.

B. The municipal boundary commission shall hear a request for municipal annexation of a traditional historic community only upon petition of a majority of the qualified electors of the territory within the traditional historic community.
N.M. Stat. § 22-10A-23 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10A / Section 22-10A-23
§ 22-10A-23. Licensed school employees; reemployment; acceptance; rejection; binding contract
Status: in_force

A. Each licensed school employee shall deliver to the superintendent a written acceptance or rejection of reemployment for the ensuing school year within fifteen days from the following:

(1) the date written notice of reemployment is served upon the licensed school employee; or

(2) the last day of the school year when no written notice of reemployment or termination is served upon the licensed school employee on or before fifteen working days prior to the last day of the school year.

B. Delivery of the written acceptance of reemployment by a licensed school employee creates a binding employment contract between the licensed school employee and the superintendent until the parties enter into a formal written employment contract. Written employment contracts between the superintendent and licensed school employees shall be executed by the parties not later than ten days before the first day of a school year.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-15
§ 21-8-15. Authorized to borrow money
Status: in_force

That for the purpose of erecting, altering, improving, furnishing or equipping any necessary buildings at the New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university] at state college, or for acquiring any necessary land for the use of said college [university], or both, or for the retiring [of] the whole or any part of any series of bonds previously issued under the provisions hereof, or for any of such purposes, the board of regents of the New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university] is hereby authorized to borrow money in conformity with the terms of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 30-9-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 9 / Section 30-9-8
§ 30-9-8. House of prostitution; public nuisance
Status: in_force

As used in this section “house of prostitution” means a building, enclosure or place that is used for the purpose of prostitution as that crime is defined in Section 30-9-2 NMSA 1978 . A house of prostitution is a public nuisance per se.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-6 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 8F / Section 2-8F-6
§ 2-8F-6. Districts
Status: in_force

The districts of the senate shall be as set out in Sections 7 through 48 of the 2021 Senate Redistricting Act.
N.M. Stat. § 73-27-8 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 27 / Section 73-27-8
§ 73-27-8. Acceptance of assets and liabilities of existing water service providers; acquisition of water rights
Status: in_force

A. The authority may accept a transfer of assets and liabilities upon the request, and following the legal dissolution, of an entity that is listed below or formed pursuant to one of the following statutes and that provides water service, subject to any other statutory requirements for such dissolution and transfer:

(1) the Water and Sanitation District Act 1 ;

(2) a water and natural gas association formed pursuant to Sections 3-28-1 through 3-28-22 NMSA 1978;

(3) a water users' association formed pursuant to Sections 73-5-1 through 73-5-9 NMSA 1978;

(4) the Nonprofit Corporation Act 2 ;

(5) the Public Improvement District Act 3 ;

(6) a corporation formed pursuant to Sections 62-2-1 through 62-2-22 NMSA 1978 , the Business Corporation Act 4 or the Cooperative Association Act 5 ; or

(7) an association or mutual domestic water consumers association organized pursuant to Laws 1947, Chapter 206, Laws 1949, Chapter 79 or Laws 1951, Chapter 52, as well as any association organized under the provisions of the Sanitary Projects Act 6 .

B. Upon the transfer of the assets and liabilities of an entity listed in Subsection A of this section to the authority, the area within the boundaries of the authority serviced by the dissolved entity shall become part of the authority's service area.

C. When a water right is included in the assets and liabilities of an entity listed in Subsection A of this section that are transferred to the authority, or upon the acquisition of a water right by the authority, the authority shall file a change of ownership form with the state engineer and shall apply to the state engineer to combine and commingle the transferred or acquired water right with the authority's existing water rights and contract rights to water.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-42 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-42
§ 21-1-42. Public post-secondary educational institutions; student identification number
Status: in_force

A. The higher education department shall, in collaboration with public post-secondary educational institutions, use the same student identification number issued to a New Mexico public school student pursuant to Section 22-2C-11 NMSA 1978 for a student enrolled in a public post-secondary educational institution, including an off-campus instructional program or learning center.

B. In collaboration with the public education department, the higher education department shall:

(1) develop a system for assigning a unique student identifier to a student who did not attend a New Mexico public school;

(2) add an additional identifier to the student identification number for those students who enter a teacher preparation program; and

(3) adopt the format to report individual student data into the public education department's student teacher accountability reporting system.

C. The higher education department shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 3-23-5 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 23 / Section 3-23-5
§ 3-23-5. Municipal utility; duty to maintain and improve
Status: in_force

A. After the qualified electors at a regular or special municipal election have approved the acquisition of a municipal utility, the municipality shall maintain a municipal utility in good repair and improve and enlarge the municipal utility to accomplish the objectives and purposes for which it was designed.

B. A municipality may use other funds to defray the cost of operating or repairing a municipal utility, other than an electric or gas utility, generating facility or its interest in a jointly owned generating facility.