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N.M. Stat. § 48-2A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 2A / Section 48-2A-12
§ 48-2A-12. Purchase closing; penalty
Status: in_force

A. The original contractor, upon accomplishing completion of construction and upon acceptance of final payment from the owner, his successor in interest or his agent, shall sign an affidavit that all invoices of charges and costs received by the original contractor and related to the residential site have been paid. In lieu of such an affidavit, at the time of accomplishing completion of construction and upon acceptance of final payment from the owner, his successor in interest or his agent, the original contractor shall sign an affidavit stating:

(1) the names and addresses of persons to whom he has paid in full those invoices of charges and costs arising from furnishing labor or materials incorporated in the residential site;

(2) the names and addresses of those subcontractors and materialmen who have presented to the contractor invoices of charges and costs of labor or materials incorporated or to be incorporated in the residential site which have not been paid, accompanied by a waiver of lien for the invoices properly signed by each subcontractor or materialman; and

(3) the names and addresses of those subcontractors and materialmen who have presented the contractor invoices of charges and costs of labor or materials incorporated or to be incorporated in the site improvement and which have not been paid and which have not been accompanied by a waiver of lien.

B. The approximate amount of money represented by the total unpaid invoices of charges and costs, and not accompanied by a signed waiver of lien, as provided in this section, may be withheld at the discretion of the owner, his successor in interest or his agent. This money shall be placed in an escrow account pending disbursement of the money upon the signed approval of the contractor.

C. Any contractor who knowingly and intentionally signs an affidavit stating that all charges and costs arising from the furnishing of labor or materials for incorporation in the residential site have been paid when in fact all charges and costs have not been paid, or knowingly and intentionally fails to provide the names of persons who have presented invoices for costs and charges for labor or materials but who have not been paid for their labor or materials furnished as provided in this section, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 26-1-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 1 / Section 26-1-7
§ 26-1-7. Attorney general or district attorney to institute prosecutions
Status: in_force

It is the duty of the attorney general or the various district attorneys of this state to whom the board reports any violation of the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2C-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2C / Section 7-2C-13
§ 7-2C-13. Confidentiality; exemption
Status: in_force

A. The information obtained by a claimant agency from the department in accordance with the provisions of the Tax Refund Intercept Program Act shall be confidential and shall be used by the claimant agency only in pursuit of the collection of a debt under the provisions of the Tax Refund Intercept Program Act. Any employee or former employee of a claimant agency who unlawfully discloses any information obtained from the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned not more than one year or both and shall not be employed by the state for a period of five years after the date of conviction.

B. Notwithstanding other provisions of law prohibiting disclosure by the department of information from a taxpayer's return, the department may provide to a claimant agency any information deemed necessary by the department to accomplish the purposes of the Tax Refund Intercept Program Act.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-32 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-32
§ 19-4-32. Probate judge; claim for lands in individual right
Status: in_force

In case any judge who shall have entered such land and thus have become the sole trustee thereof, shall be possessed or entitled to any part or portion of such lands in his individual right, and his claim or right shall not be claimed adversely to him, he shall be deemed to be seized and possessed of the title thereto and the estate therein to his own use, in fee simple absolute, free and discharged of such trust; and no conveyance, other than the receipt of the officers of the United States land office or patent to the lands including the same, shall be necessary to perfect his title thereto. But in case individual right shall be claimed by any person adversely to him, the conflicting claims between them shall be settled and determined by an action, as provided in this chapter and tried before some judge who shall be disinterested and possessed of complete jurisdiction for the trial therefor.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9F-9 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9F / Section 7-9F-9
§ 7-9F-9. Claiming the basic credit
Status: in_force

A. A taxpayer may apply for approval of a credit within one year following the end of the reporting period in which the qualified expenditure was made.

B. A taxpayer having applied for and been granted approval for a basic credit by the department pursuant to the Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit Act may claim the amount of the approved basic credit against the taxpayer's compensating tax, withholding tax or gross receipts tax, excluding local option gross receipts tax, due to the state of New Mexico; provided that no taxpayer may claim an amount of approved basic credit for a reporting period in which the basic credit is being claimed that exceeds the sum of the taxpayer's compensating tax, withholding tax and gross receipts tax, excluding local option gross receipts tax, due for that reporting period.

C. Any amount of approved basic credit not claimed against the taxpayer's compensating tax, withholding tax or gross receipts tax, excluding local option gross receipts tax, due may be claimed in subsequent reporting periods for a period of up to three years from the date of the original claim.
N.M. Stat. § 76-21-14 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 21 / Section 76-21-14
§ 76-21-14. Authority of commission generally
Status: in_force

The commission may:

A. conduct or cause to be conducted studies to increase the commercial value of, expand current markets and find new markets for and establish or provide for the establishment of marketing development projects for the commodity and products thereof;

B. disseminate or cause to be disseminated, reliable information relative to market conditions, current prices and sources of supply and demand showing the value of the commodity and its products for any purpose for which they may be found useful and profitable;

C. sue and be sued as a commission, without individual liability for acts of the commission within the scope of the powers conferred upon it by the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act;

D. enter into contracts which it deems appropriate to the carrying out of the purposes of the commission as authorized by the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act;

E. make grants for studies or for the purchase of facilities necessary to carry out the purposes of the commission as authorized by the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act;

F. appoint subordinate officers and employees of the commission and prescribe their duties and fix their compensation;

G. cooperate or act jointly with any local, state or national organization or governmental agency, whether created by law or voluntary, engaged in work or activities similar to that of the commission and enter into contracts with such organizations or agencies for carrying on joint programs deemed by the commission to be beneficial to the commodity industry of this state, and expend funds in connection therewith, provided that such program is compatible with the powers conferred by the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act;

H. adopt, rescind, modify or amend all proper regulations, orders and resolutions for the exercise of its powers and duties; and

I. advertise the commodity and develop new markets through such advertising or enter into contracts for same.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-7 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-7
§ 66-3-7. Grounds for refusing, suspending or revoking registration or certificate of title
Status: in_force

The division may refuse, suspend or revoke registration or issuance of a certificate of title or a transfer of registration upon the ground that:

A. the application contains a false or fraudulent statement or that the applicant failed to furnish the required information or reasonable additional information requested by the division or that the applicant is not entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title or registration of the vehicle under the Motor Vehicle Code;

B. the vehicle is mechanically unfit or unsafe to be operated or moved upon the highways;

C. a commercial motor vehicle is operated by a commercial motor carrier that is prohibited from operating the vehicle by order of a state or federal agency;

D. the division has a reasonable ground to believe that the vehicle is a stolen or embezzled vehicle or the granting of registration or the issuance of a certificate of title would constitute a fraud against the rightful owner or other person having valid lien upon the vehicle;

E. the registration of the vehicle stands suspended or revoked for any reason as provided in the motor vehicle laws of this state;

F. the required fee has not been paid;

G. the motor vehicle excise tax has not been paid;

H. the weight distance tax has not been paid;

I. international fuel tax agreement taxes have not been paid;

J. if the vehicle is a mobile home, the property tax has not been paid;

K. the owner's address, as shown in the records of the division, is within a class A county or within a municipality that has a vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program and the applicant has applied at an office outside the designated county or municipality; or

L. the owner is required to but has failed to provide proof of compliance with a vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program, if required in the county or municipality in which the owner resides.
N.M. Stat. § 1-20-17 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 20 / Section 1-20-17
§ 1-20-17. Obstructing the polling place
Status: in_force

A. Obstructing the polling place consists of a person other than an authorized individual approaching nearer than fifty feet from the door through which voters may enter to vote at a polling place or a person who willfully blocks access to a monitored secured container or the entrance to a polling place so as to prevent free ingress and egress.

B. A person conducting lawful, non-election-related business nearer than fifty feet from the door through which voters may enter to vote is not guilty of obstructing a polling place, provided the person does not willfully block access to a monitored secured container or the entrance to the polling place.

C. As used in this section, “ authorized individual ” means an individual who is not electioneering and who is:

(1) a voter offering to vote;

(2) a member of the election board;

(3) a lawfully appointed watcher, challenger or election observer;

(4) an individual giving assistance to a specific person offering to vote;

(5) an election official or contractor having business in the polling place;

(6) an attorney representing the county or state, a political party or a candidate having business in the polling place; or

(7) a language translator where required by federal law.

D. Whoever obstructs the polling place is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 53-8-72 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 8 / Section 53-8-72
§ 53-8-72. Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign corporation
Status: in_force

A. A foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in New Mexico may change its registered office or change its registered agent, or both, upon filing in the office of the commission [secretary of state] a statement setting forth:

(1) the name of the corporation;

(2) the address of its then registered office;

(3) if the address of its registered office is changed, the address to which the registered office is to be changed;

(4) the name of its registered agent;

(5) if its registered agent is changed:

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

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

(6) that the address of its registered office and the address of the office of its registered agent, as changed, will be identical.

B. Such statement shall be executed by the corporation by an authorized officer of the corporation and delivered to the commission [secretary of state]. If the commission [secretary of state] finds that such statement conforms to the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Act, it shall file the statement in its office, and upon such filing, the change of address of the registered office or the appointment of a new registered agent, or both, shall become effective.

C. A registered agent in New Mexico appointed by a foreign corporation may resign as agent upon filing an originally executed notice and a copy, which may be a photocopy of the original after it was signed or a photocopy that is conformed to the original, with the commission [secretary of state], which shall mail a copy to the foreign corporation at its principal office in the state or country under the laws of which it is incorporated as shown by its most recent annual report. The appointment of an agent shall terminate upon the expiration of thirty days after receipt of such notice by the commission [secretary of state].

D. If a registered agent changes its business address to another place within the same county, it may change such address and the address of the registered office of any corporations of which it is the registered agent by filing a statement as required above except that it need be signed only by the registered agent and need not be responsive to the provisions of Paragraphs (5) and (7) of Subsection A of this section and must recite that a copy of the statement has been mailed to each such corporation.
N.M. Stat. § 6-8-16 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 8 / Section 6-8-16
§ 6-8-16. Annual report
Status: in_force

On or before January 1 of each year, and at such other times as it may deem in the public interest, the investment council shall report to the governor and to the legislature with respect to its review of the work of the investment division [office].
N.M. Stat. § 22-15E-4 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15E / Section 22-15E-4
§ 22-15E-4. Mathematics and science advisory council; created; members; terms; vacancies
Status: in_force

A. The “mathematics and science advisory council” is created, composed of twelve members. Members of the council shall be appointed by the secretary for staggered terms of four years; provided that for the initial appointments, four members shall be appointed for two years, four members shall be appointed for three years and four members shall be appointed for four years. Members shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified. A vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the secretary for the unexpired term.

B. Using a statewide application process, the secretary shall appoint members from throughout the state so as to ensure representation of the state's demographics, including geographic distribution, gender and ethnic diversity and as follows:

(1) four members from public schools, including at least two mathematics and science teachers and a school district administrator with experience in mathematics and science curricula;

(2) three members from public post-secondary educational institutions with expertise in mathematics or science education;

(3) four members from the private sector, including the national laboratories, museums and science- and engineering-based businesses; and

(4) one member who represents the New Mexico partnership for mathematics and science education.

C. Members of the council shall elect a chair from among the membership. The council shall meet at the call of the chair not less than quarterly.

D. Members of the council are entitled to receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act but shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-23 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-23
§ 6-10-23. Safekeeping of pledged securities; acceptance, release and substitution
Status: in_force

A. Whenever securities pledged by a depository bank or savings and loan association to secure public money are delivered to a custodial bank for safekeeping, the custodial bank is authorized to comply with the written instructions given by the depository bank or savings and loan association and the treasurer of the state, county, municipality, school district, public institution or board involved in accepting the securities for safekeeping, in releasing and delivering all or any portion of such pledged securities held in safekeeping and in permitting substitutions of other approved securities for those previously held in safekeeping. It is not necessary for the custodial bank to obtain instructions from or approval thereof by the board of finance having control of the public money involved in the particular transaction.

B. In other cases where a depository bank or savings and loan association is entitled to a withdrawal and return to it of securities which have been deposited to secure deposits of public money, the securities may be withdrawn or substitution of other approved securities effected upon the written instructions executed by the depository bank or savings and loan association and by the treasurer of the state, county, municipality, school district, public institution or board involved. It is not necessary for the instructions to be executed by the board of finance having control of the public money involved in the particular transaction.

C. The written instructions specified in Subsections A and B of this section may be contained in the written agreement between the depository bank or savings and loan association and the custodial bank provided for in Section 6-10-21 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 40-7B-5 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 7B / Section 40-7B-5
§ 40-7B-5. Special provisions relating to medical assistance
Status: in_force

A. A child with special needs, resident in this state, who is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with another state shall be entitled to receive a medical assistance identification from this state upon filing with the department a certified copy of the adoption assistance agreement obtained from the adoption assistance state. In accordance with regulations of the department, the adoptive parents may be required periodically to show that the agreement is still in force or has been renewed.

B. The department shall consider the holder of a medical assistance identification pursuant to this section as any other holder of a medical assistance identification under the laws of this state and shall process and make payment on claims on account of such holder in the same manner and pursuant to the same conditions and procedures as for the recipients of medical assistance.

C. Where the department has entered into an adoption assistance agreement to provide to a child services which are not provided by the residence state, the department shall provide those services agreed to which are not provided by the residence state. The department will not make any payment for services provided by the residence state, even if the payment authorized for the service in the residence state is less than the payment amount authorized in New Mexico for that service. The adoptive parents acting for the child may submit evidence of payment for services or benefit amounts not provided by the residence state and shall be reimbursed therefor. However, there shall be no reimbursement for services or benefit amounts covered under any insurance or other third party medical contract or arrangement held by the child or the adoptive parents. The additional coverages and benefit amounts provided pursuant to this section shall be for services for which there is no federal contribution or which, if federally aided, are not provided by the residence state. Among other things, such regulations shall include procedures to be followed in obtaining prior approvals for services in those instances where required for the assistance.

D. The provisions of this section shall apply to medical assistance for children under adoption assistance agreements from states that have entered into a compact with this state under which the other state provides medical assistance to children with special needs under adoption assistance agreements made by this state. All other children entitled to medical assistance pursuant to adoption assistance agreements entered into by this state shall be eligible to receive such assistance in accordance with the laws and procedures applicable thereto.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-52 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-52
§ 72-20-52. Payment recital in securities
Status: in_force

Each security issued under the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act shall recite in substance that the security and the interest on that security are payable solely from the revenues or other money pledged to the payment of those revenues. Securities specifically pledging the full faith and credit of the authority for their payment shall so state.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48B-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48B / Section 4-48B-1
§ 4-48B-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 4, Article 48B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Hospital Funding Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-44-4 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 44 / Section 59A-44-4
§ 59A-44-4. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Chapter 59A, Article 44 NMSA 1978:

A. “benefit contract” means the agreement as described in Subsection A of Section 59A-44-19 NMSA 1978;

B. “benefit member” means an adult member who is designated by the laws or rules of the society to be a benefit member under a benefit contract;

C. “certificate” means a contract which sets forth the insurance benefits as authorized by Section 59A-44-16 NMSA 1978 , to whom benefits are payable, the insuring provisions and the terms and conditions of the certificate;

D. “law” means the society's articles of incorporation, constitution and bylaws, however designated;

E. “lodge” means subordinate member units of the society, known as camps, courts, councils, branches or by any other designation;

F. “premium” means premiums, rates, dues, certificate fees or other required contributions by whatever name known, which are payable under the certificate;

G. “rule” means all rules, regulations or resolutions adopted by the supreme governing body or board of directors which are intended to have general application to the members of the society; and

H. “society” means a fraternal benefit society, unless otherwise indicated.