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N.M. Stat. § 30-7-2.3 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 7 / Section 30-7-2.3
§ 30-7-2.3. Seizure and forfeiture of a handgun possessed or transported by a person in violation of unlawful possession of a handgun by a person
Status: in_force

A. A handgun is subject to seizure and forfeiture by a law enforcement agency when the handgun is possessed or transported by a person in violation of the offense of unlawful possession of a handgun by a person.

B. The provisions of the Forfeiture Act 1 apply to the seizure, forfeiture and disposal of a handgun subject to forfeiture pursuant to Subsection A of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-41 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-41
§ 27-2-41. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Indigent Catastrophic Illness Hospital Funding Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 61-5B-6 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 5B / Section 61-5B-6
§ 61-5B-6. Voluntary restriction of licensure
Status: in_force

A. A licensee may request in writing to the board a restriction to practice under his existing license, and the board and the dental hygienists committee shall have authority, if it deems appropriate, to attach stipulations to the licensure of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene within specified limitations and waive the commencement of any proceeding. Removal of a voluntary restriction on licensure to practice dentistry or dental hygiene shall be subject to the procedure for reinstatement of license. As a condition for accepting such voluntary limitation of practice, the board may require each licensee to:

(1) agree to and accept care, counseling or treatment of physicians or other appropriate health care providers acceptable to the board;

(2) participate in a program of education prescribed by the board; or

(3) practice under the direction of a dentist acceptable to the board for a specified period of time.

B. Subject to the provisions of the Impaired Dentists and Dental Hygienists Act, a violation of any of the conditions of the voluntary limitation of practice statement by such licensee shall be due cause for the refusal of renewal, or the suspension or revocation, of the license by the board.
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-37 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-37
§ 22-11-37. Disability benefit
Status: in_force

A. The annual disability benefit shall be equal to two percent of the member's average annual salary multiplied by the number of years of the member's total service-credit if the result is greater than one-third of the member's average annual salary. If the result of that formula is less than one-third of the member's average annual salary, the annual disability benefit shall be equal to the lesser of the following amounts:

(1) two percent of the member's average annual salary multiplied by the sum of the member's total service-credit plus the number of years, calculated to the nearest completed quarter, from the effective date of the member's disability to the member's sixtieth birthday; or

(2) one-third of the member's average annual salary.

B. A member's average annual salary for the purpose of computing disability benefits shall be the average salary for the last five years of employment or for any other consecutive five-year period for which contribution was made by the member, whichever is higher.

C. The annual disability benefit shall be paid in equal monthly installments.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-45 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-45
§ 19-10-45. Cooperative agreements for development or operation of oil and gas pools between lessees and others
Status: in_force

For the purpose of more properly conserving the oil and gas resources of the state, the commissioner of public lands may consent to and approve the development or operation of state lands under agreements made by lessees of state land jointly or severally with other lessees of state lands, with lessees of the United States or with others, including the consolidation or combination of two or more leases of state lands held by the same lessee. The agreements may provide for one or more of the following: for the cooperative or unit operation or development of part or all of any oil or gas pool, field or area; for reduction of gas-oil ratios; for repressuring or secondary recovery operations, or for the storing of gas regardless of where such gas is produced, including the use of wells on state lands as input wells; for the allocation of production and the sharing of proceeds from the whole or any specified part of the area covered by the agreement on an acreage or other basis, regardless of the particular tract from which production is obtained or proceeds are derived; for considering for all purposes the drilling or operation of a well on any part of the area included in the agreement, as being drilled or operated on each tract included in the agreement; for the payment of advance royalties in such sum or sums as shall be fixed by the commissioner; or for commingling of oil or gas from a well or wells or from one or more leases.
N.M. Stat. § 1-22A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 22A / Section 1-22A-1
§ 1-22A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “School District Campaign Reporting Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 69-25A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 25A / Section 69-25A-6
§ 69-25A-6. Procedure for adopting regulations
Status: repealed

A. No regulation may be adopted, amended or repealed without a public hearing before the commission or a hearing officer designated by the commission.

B. The public hearing shall be held in Santa Fe and a verbatim record shall be maintained of all proceedings. Notice of the subject, time and place of the hearing, the manner in which interested persons may present their views, and the method by which copies of the proposed regulation or amendment may be obtained shall be:

(1) published at least thirty days prior to the hearing date in a newspaper of general circulation in the state; and

(2) mailed at least thirty days prior to the hearing date to all persons who have made a written request for advance notice of hearings.

C. The commission shall allow all interested persons a reasonable opportunity to submit arguments and to examine witnesses testifying at the hearing.

D. The commission may designate a hearing officer to take evidence at the hearing.

E. Any person appearing or represented at the hearing shall, upon written request, be given written notice of the commission's action on the proposed adoption, amendment or repeal of a regulation.

F. No regulation, its amendment or repeal shall be effective until thirty days after it is filed, as required under the State Rules Act.
N.M. Stat. § 5-5-26 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 5-5-26
§ 5-5-26. Sufficiency of act
Status: in_force

This act, without reference to other statutes of the state except as herein otherwise specifically provided or necessarily implied, shall constitute full authority for the acquisition, improvement, operation and maintenance of any project and the borrowing of money and the authorization and issuance of bonds hereunder. No other act or law with regard to said purposes that provides for an election, requires an approval or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done, shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken hereunder or acts done pursuant hereto, it being intended that this act shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives and not an exclusive one; and this act shall not be construed as repealing, amending or changing any such other act or law.
N.M. Stat. § 1-6-22 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-22
§ 1-6-22. Designation of absent voter precinct polling place
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of each county shall designate a polling place in each absent voter precinct at the time the precinct is created.
N.M. Stat. § 58-1-85 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1 / Section 58-1-85
§ 58-1-85. Injunction
Status: in_force

Whenever a violation of the Banking Act, by a bank or an officer, director or employee thereof, is threatened or impending and will cause substantial injury to the institution or to the depositors, creditors or stockholders thereof, the district court of Santa Fe county may, upon the suit of the commissioner [director of the financial institutions division of the regulation and licensing department], issue an injunction restraining such violation.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14F-7 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14F / Section 61-14F-7
§ 61-14F-7. Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew registration
Status: in_force

A. The secretary may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a certificate of registration for conduct that would have justified denial of registration pursuant to Subsection B of Section 6 of the Uniform Athlete Agents Act .

B. The secretary may deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a certificate of registration or licensure only after proper notice and an opportunity for a hearing.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-74 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-74
§ 7-1-74. Interference or attempts corruptly, forcibly or by threat to interfere with administration of revenue laws
Status: in_force

Whoever forcibly, or by bribe, threat or other corrupt practice obstructs or impedes or attempts to obstruct or impede the due administration of the provisions of the Tax Administration Act shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or imprisoned for not less than three months nor more than one year, or both, together with costs of prosecution.
N.M. Stat. § 21-22A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 22A / Section 21-22A-1
§ 21-22A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 21, Article 22A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Osteopathic Medical Student Loan for Service Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 61-12C-13 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12C / Section 61-12C-13
§ 61-12C-13. Examinations
Status: in_force

A. The board shall establish by rule the required examinations for licensure as a massage therapist and the procedures for taking and retaking them. The board shall determine the passing grade on examinations.

B. The board shall specify by rule the general areas of competency to be covered by examinations for licensure and ensure that the examinations measure adequately both an applicant's competency and knowledge of related statutory requirements. Professional testing services may be utilized for the examinations.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6-12 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 18-6-12
§ 18-6-12. Emergency classification pending investigation
Status: in_force

A cultural property which the committee thinks may be worthy of preservation may be included on the official register on a temporary basis for not more than one year, during which time the committee shall investigate the property and make a determination as to whether it may be permanently placed on the official register. If the cultural property is on private land, the temporary classification shall not be considered a taking of private property, but the owner may receive a fair rental value for the part of the land affected if the temporary classification unduly interferes with the owner's normal use of the land. The owner shall be immediately notified of the committee's determination. If at the expiration of one year from the time the temporary classification was imposed the owner has not been notified of any committee action, the temporary classification shall lapse, and it shall not be renewed for five years.
N.M. Stat. § 58-10-55 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 10 / Section 58-10-55
§ 58-10-55. Savings contracts
Status: in_force

Each holder of a savings account shall execute a savings contract, the form of which is subject to approval of the supervisor, setting forth any special terms and provisions applicable to the account and the conditions upon which withdrawals may be made not inconsistent with the provisions of the Savings and Loan Act. The savings contract shall be held by the association as part of its records pertaining to the account.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9B-9 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9B / Section 63-9B-9
§ 63-9B-9. Notice to the commission
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of a notice of appeal, the appellant shall cause a copy to be served upon the commission and parties of record in the proceeding before the commission in the manner prescribed by the Rules of Appellate Procedure for Civil Cases. Within thirty days after service of the notice of appeal or such further time as the supreme court for good cause may specify, the commission shall certify to the supreme court the record of the testimony taken before the commission and all exhibits offered or received in evidence at the hearing before the commission and all pleadings, findings, conclusions, orders and opinions, or certified copies thereof, made and entered in, or in connection with, the hearing before the commission; provided, however, that the parties and the commission may stipulate that a specified portion only of the testimony taken at the hearing before the commission shall be certified to the supreme court for review on appeal.
N.M. Stat. § 7-30-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 30 / Section 7-30-7
§ 7-30-7. Price increase subject to approval of agency of United States of America, state of New Mexico or court; refund
Status: in_force

When an increase in the value of any product is subject to the approval of any agency of the United States of America or the state of New Mexico, or any court, the increased value shall be subject to this tax. In the event the increase in value is disapproved, either in whole or in part, then the amount of tax which has been paid on the disapproved part of the value shall be considered excess tax. Any person who has paid any such excess tax may apply for a refund of that excess tax in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-1-26 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 7-13-6.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-6.1
§ 7-13-6.1. Returns by retailers; requirements; exception
Status: in_force

Retailers shall file information returns in form and content as prescribed by the department on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month following the month in which gasoline is sold in New Mexico. The department may require that the information returns be provided through electronic means if the department provides an exception from that requirement for retailers that purchase limited amounts of fuel.
N.M. Stat. § 5-5-27 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 5-5-27
§ 5-5-27. Liberal construction
Status: in_force

This act being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, it shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-5
§ 1-9-5. Requirement to use voting systems; sufficient check-in stations and voting booths
Status: in_force

A. Certified voting systems shall be used in all polling locations in all statewide elections.

B. The secretary of state shall provide to the county clerk of each county at least one optical scan tabulator for use in each polling location in the general and primary elections. At the request of a county clerk, the secretary of state shall provide additional optical scan tabulators for use in a polling place to accommodate the anticipated number of voters in that polling place and to preserve the secrecy of the ballot. The request shall be made no later than the first Monday in August of each odd-numbered year.

C. The secretary of state shall provide to the county clerk of each county a sufficient number of check-in stations for use in each polling location in the primary and general elections when electronic rosters or their equivalents are used. The number of check-in stations at a polling location shall be capable of accommodating the number of voters who appeared to vote in person on election day from the precincts represented in a consolidated precinct in the same election held four years earlier or the number of voters who actually voted in that polling location four years earlier, whichever is greater; provided that no polling location shall be provided fewer than two check-in stations. No later than the last Tuesday in June of each odd-numbered year, the secretary of state shall determine how many voters a check-in station can accommodate in a day and develop a formula so that a check-in station is in use no more than seventy-five percent of the time. No later than the first Monday in August of the odd-numbered year, the county clerk in each county shall provide to the secretary of state the number of check-in stations required per polling location based on the formula provided by the secretary of state. Nothing in this section prohibits the board of county commissioners from acquiring additional check-in stations for use in an election, in addition to those provided by the secretary of state.

D. The county clerk shall ensure that an adequate number of voting booths are provided to ensure that voters in each polling location may cast their ballots in secret.
N.M. Stat. § 14-2-12 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 14-2-12
§ 14-2-12. Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. An action to enforce the Inspection of Public Records Act may be brought by:

(1) the attorney general or the district attorney in the county of jurisdiction; or

(2) a person whose written request has been denied.

B. A district court may issue a writ of mandamus or order an injunction or other appropriate remedy to enforce the provisions of the Inspection of Public Records Act.

C. The exhaustion of administrative remedies shall not be required prior to bringing any action to enforce the procedures of the Inspection of Public Records Act.

D. The court shall award damages, costs and reasonable attorneys' fees to any person whose written request has been denied and is successful in a court action to enforce the provisions of the Inspection of Public Records Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-66-10 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 66 / Section 3-66-10
§ 3-66-10. Liberal interpretation
Status: in_force

The Municipal Event Center Funding Act shall be liberally construed to carry out its purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 14-3-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-5
§ 14-3-5. Gifts, donations and loans
Status: in_force

A. The commission may receive from private sources financial or other donations to assist in building, enlarging, maintaining or equipping a records center or for the acquisition by purchase of documentary material, in accordance with plans made and agreed upon by the commission and the administrator. The commission may also receive from private sources financial or other donations for support of specific agency functions if the donations are so designated. Funds thus received shall be administered by the commission separately from funds supplied by the state for the execution of the Public Records Act but shall be audited by the state. Such funds shall not be subject to reversion to the general fund if unexpended at the close of the fiscal year. Although all material acquired by expenditure of such donated funds and all such donated material shall become the unqualified and unrestricted property of the state, permanent public acknowledgment of the names of the donors may, in each case, be made in an appropriate manner.

B. The commission may receive either as donations or loans from private sources, other state agencies, counties, municipalities, the federal government and other states or countries documentary materials of any physical form or characteristics that are deemed to be of value to the state and the general public for historical reference or research purposes. Acceptance of both donations and loans shall be at the discretion of the commission upon advice of the administrator. Accepted donations shall become, without qualification or restriction, the property of the state of New Mexico. Loans shall be accepted only after a written agreement covering all terms and conditions of each loan shall have been signed by the lender and the administrator and approved by the commission.
N.M. Stat. § 6-5-3 — NM 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. § 70-4-7 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 4 / Section 70-4-7
§ 70-4-7. Limitation of action to enforce
Status: in_force

No lien provided for in this act shall bind any property subject thereto for a longer period than one year after the date on which the same is filed, unless proceedings be commenced in the district court within that time to enforce the same, or, if a credit be given, then one year after the expiration of such credit, but no such lien shall continue in force for a longer time than two years from the time the lien is filed by any agreement to give credit unless action to enforce the same shall have been commenced within that time.
N.M. Stat. § 67-6-3 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 6 / Section 67-6-3
§ 67-6-3. Petition for bond issue; election call; ballots
Status: in_force

Whenever there shall be filed with the board of county commissioners a petition signed by not less than ten per centum of the qualified electors in any county in the state who are taxpayers therein, asking for the issuance of bonds for the purposes above specified in an amount to be designated in such petition, subject to the limitations of Section 67-6-1 NMSA 1978 , said county commissioners, within thirty days after the filing of such petition, shall call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the people of the county the proposition of the issuance of bonds in accordance with such petition, and shall fix a date not less than sixty nor more than ninety days thereafter upon which a vote shall be taken thereon. Such call shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county, once a week for four successive weeks, the last publication to be at least three days preceding the date fixed for said election. Ballots at said election shall have printed thereon the words “for the $ ․․․ bond issue for roads and bridges,” inserting the amount of the proposed bond issue; and in a separate line under the same words “against the $ ․․․ bond issue for roads and bridges,” inserting the amount of the proposed bond issue. Opposite said lines there shall be a square in which the voters may make or stamp a cross to indicate whether they vote for or against said bond issue, and those voting for said bond issue shall do so by placing a cross in the square opposite the words “for the $ ․․․․․․․․․․ bond issue for roads and bridges,” and those voting against said bond issue shall do so by placing a cross in the square opposite, “against the $ ․․․․․․․․․․ bond issue for roads and bridges.”