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N.M. Stat. § 14-4A-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 4A / Section 14-4A-3
§ 14-4A-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Small Business Regulatory Relief Act:

A. “ agency ” means every department, agency, board, commission, committee or institution of the executive branch of state government;

B. “ commission ” means the small business regulatory advisory commission;

C. “ proposed rule ” means a proposal by an agency for a new rule or for a change in, addition to or repeal of an existing rule;

D. “ rule ” means any rule, regulation, order, standard or statement of policy, including amendments to or repeals of any of those, issued or promulgated by an agency and purporting to affect one or more agencies besides the agency issuing the rule or to affect persons not members or employees of the issuing agency. An order or decision or other document issued or promulgated in connection with the disposition of any case or agency decision upon a particular matter as applied to a specific set of facts shall not be deemed a rule nor shall it constitute specific adoption of a rule by the agency. “Rule” does not include rules relating to the management, confinement, discipline or release of inmates of any penal or charitable institution, the New Mexico boys' school, the girls' welfare home or a public hospital; or rules made relating to the management of any particular educational institution, whether elementary or otherwise; or rules made relating to admissions, discipline, supervision, expulsion or graduation of students from an educational institution; and

E. “ small business ” means a business entity, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated and employs fifty or fewer full-time employees.
N.M. Stat. § 73-27-17 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 27 / Section 73-27-17
§ 73-27-17. Refunding bonds; terms
Status: in_force

Refunding bonds:

A. may have interest, appreciated principal value or any part thereof payable at intervals or at maturity as may be determined by the authority;

B. may be subject to prior redemption at the authority's option at such time or times and upon such terms and conditions with or without the payment of premium or premiums as may be determined by the authority;

C. may mature at any time or times not exceeding forty years after the date of issuance;

D. may be serial in form and maturity or may consist of a single bond payable in one or more installments or may be in such other form as may be determined by the authority; and

E. shall be exchanged for the bonds and any matured unpaid interest being refunded at not less than par or sold at public or negotiated sale at, above or below par and at a price that results in a net effective interest rate that does not exceed the maximum permitted by the Public Securities Act.
N.M. Stat. § 19-11-4 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 11 / Section 19-11-4
§ 19-11-4. Deferment of payment because of fire prevention assistance; failure to observe protective regulations; forfeiture; payment required before timber cut
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public lands shall be authorized to defer the payment, without interest, for a period not to exceed three years for the timber upon any tracts so sold upon condition that the said purchaser shall lend his best effort, aid and assistance in the suppression of forest fires in the community of said land purchased and that he also complies with whatsoever rules and regulations the commissioner of public land [lands] may adopt with reference to the general protection of the timbered lands of the state; and that upon his failure to comply with the same the commissioner shall have power to declare his contract to purchase forfeited, and in which event all money paid thereon shall be forfeited to the state; that the title to such timber sold on said tracts shall be vested and remain in the state until the same is paid for and no timber shall be cut by such purchaser or his assigns until the money therefor has been paid to the commissioner of public lands.
N.M. Stat. § 73-20-25 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 20 / Section 73-20-25
§ 73-20-25. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 73-20-25 through 73-20-48 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Soil and Water Conservation District Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 40-15-2 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 15 / Section 40-15-2
§ 40-15-2. Legislative purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Family Preservation Act is to confirm the state's policy of support for the family and to emphasize the responsibilities of parents and the state in the healthy development of children and the family as an institution. The Family Preservation Act is also intended to serve as a benchmark against which other legislation may be measured to assess whether it furthers the goals of preserving and enhancing families in New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 4-38-29 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 38 / Section 4-38-29
§ 4-38-29. Approving unauthorized account; penalty; recovery of money
Status: in_force

Any county commissioner who shall vote to approve any account, or order any money paid to any officer or individual, except as provided by law, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars [($500)], and the money so illegally ordered to be paid shall be recovered in a suit brought in the name of the county on his official bond.
N.M. Stat. § 28-16C-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 16C / Section 28-16C-5
§ 28-16C-5. Investigation and resolution of special education concerns
Status: in_force

The office shall identify, investigate and seek to resolve concerns related to special education communicated by or on behalf of students and parents. If the office does not address a concern, the office shall notify the concerned person of the decision not to address the concern and the reasons for the decision.
N.M. Stat. § 14-1-3 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 14-1-3
§ 14-1-3. Method of copying
Status: in_force

That copies of such maps, plats or other documents may be made in any manner which the county clerk shall determine to be best to correctly and completely exemplify the original, including the making of copies by photographic, photostatic or any other mechanical process.
N.M. Stat. § 7-27-5 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 27 / Section 7-27-5
§ 7-27-5. Investment of severance tax permanent fund
Status: in_force

A. The severance tax permanent fund shall be invested in separate differential rate and market rate investment classes. “Differential rate investments” are permitted in Sections 7-27-5.3 through 7-27-5.5 , 7-27-5.13 through 7-27-5.17 , 7-27-5.22 , 7-27-5.24 and 7-27-5.26 NMSA 1978 and are intended to stimulate the economy of New Mexico and to provide income to the severance tax permanent fund. “Market rate investments” are investments that are not differential rate investments and are intended to provide income to the severance tax permanent fund. All market rate investments and differential rate investments shall be invested in accordance with the Uniform Prudent Investor Act and shall be accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

B. In addition to the investment classes described in Subsection A of this section, the severance tax permanent fund shall be invested in loans to provide emergency economic relief to local governments as provided by Section 8 of this 2020 act.
N.M. Stat. § 22-10A-17.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 10A / Section 22-10A-17.2
§ 22-10A-17.2. Alternative level three-B licensure; track for instructional support providers
Status: in_force

A. An alternative level three-B license is a five-year license granted to a school administrator applicant who meets the qualifications for that level. Licenses may be renewed upon satisfactory annual demonstration of instructional leader and administrative competency.

B. The department shall grant an alternative level three-B license to an applicant who is licensed by the department as a school counselor, school social worker, school nurse, speech-language pathologist, psychologist, physical therapist, physical therapy assistant, occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, recreational therapist, marriage and family therapist, interpreter for the deaf or diagnostician and who:

(1) holds a post-baccalaureate degree;

(2) has satisfactorily completed department-approved courses in administration and a department-approved administration apprenticeship program; and

(3) demonstrates instructional leader competence required by the department and verified by the local superintendent through the highly objective uniform statewide standard of evaluation.

C. The minimum annual salary for an alternative level three-B licensed school principal or assistant school principal shall be fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) multiplied by the applicable responsibility factor.
N.M. Stat. § 53-20-10 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 20 / Section 53-20-10
§ 53-20-10. Registered office and registered agent; change; resignation of registered agent
Status: in_force

A. A foreign business trust authorized to transact business in this state may change its registered office or change its registered agent, or both, upon filing with the public regulation secretary of state a statement setting forth:

(1) the name of the foreign business trust;

(2) the address of its registered office;

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

(4) the name of the foreign business trust's registered agent;

(5) if its registered agent is changed, the name of the successor registered agent;

(6) a statement that the address of its registered office and the address of the business office of its registered agent, as changed, will be identical; and

(7) that the change was authorized by resolution duly adopted by its trustees.

B. The statement shall be executed by the foreign business trust by an authorized person and delivered to the public regulation commission [secretary of state]. If the commission [secretary of state] finds that the statement meets the requirements of this section, it shall file the statement, and, when filed, the change of address of the registered office or the appointment of the new registered agent, or both, shall become effective. A registered agent of a foreign business trust may resign as registered agent by filing a written notice of resignation with the commission [secretary of state], and the commission [secretary of state] shall mail immediately a copy of the notice to the foreign business trust at its principal office in the state or country under the laws of which it is organized. The appointment of the agent terminates upon the expiration of thirty days after receipt of the notice by the commission [secretary of state].

C. If a registered agent changes the street address of the registered agent's business office, the registered agent may change the street address of the registered office of any foreign business trust for which the registered agent is the registered agent by notifying the foreign business trust in writing of the change and signing, either manually or in facsimile, and delivering to the public regulation secretary of state for filing a statement that complies with the requirements of this section but need not be responsive to Paragraph (5) of Subsection A of this section and recites that the foreign business trust has been notified of the change.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-7.6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-7.6
§ 1-9-7.6. Voting systems; storage; custody and maintenance; authority to enforce
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of state shall prescribe by rule promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the State Rules Act 1 specifications for the proper storage of voting systems.

B. Voting systems shall be held in the custody of the county that uses the voting systems. All voting systems shall be properly stored pursuant to specifications promulgated by the secretary of state. The board of county commissioners shall be responsible for the costs of properly storing voting systems in custody of the county.

C. The secretary of state may pay from the voting system revolving fund the costs of all hardware, software, firmware, maintenance and support for voting systems, whether state- or county-owned, certified for use in state elections.

D. If the secretary of state becomes aware that state- or county-owned voting systems in the custody of a county are not being stored pursuant to specifications promulgated by the secretary of state, the secretary of state may take action as is deemed appropriate to protect the voting equipment. Such action may include requesting a court to order the county to implement the specifications promulgated by the secretary of state or the secretary of state taking immediate physical control of the voting systems until the county has complied with the storage specifications.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-46 — NM Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-46
§ 2-7F-46. Representative district forty
Status: in_force

Representative district forty is composed of Colfax county precincts 1 through 5, 7 through 9, 11 through 16, 19 and 20; Mora county; Rio Arriba county precincts 45 through 47, 49, 56 through 59 and 68 through 74; San Miguel county precincts 9, 10 and 12; and Taos county precincts 30 and 31.
N.M. Stat. § 22-13-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13 / Section 22-13-5
§ 22-13-5. Special education
Status: in_force

School districts shall provide special education and related services appropriate to meet the needs of students requiring special education and related services. Rules and standards shall be developed and established by the department for the provision of special education in the schools and classes of the public school system in the state and in all institutions wholly or partly supported by the state. The department shall monitor and enforce the rules and standards. School districts shall also provide services for three-year-old and four-year-old preschool children with disabilities, unless the parent or guardian chooses not to enroll the child. Services for students age three through twenty-one may include, but are not limited to, evaluating particular needs, providing learning experiences that develop cognitive and social skills, arranging for or providing related services as defined by the department and providing parent education. The services may be provided by licensed school employees or contracted for with other community agencies and shall be provided in age-appropriate, integrated settings, including home, daycare centers, head start programs, schools or community-based settings.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-35-16 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 35 / Section 59A-35-16
§ 59A-35-16. Securities salespersons, license required
Status: in_force

No person shall in this state solicit subscription to or purchase of any security covered by a securities permit issued under this article unless such securities salesperson is licensed therefor. If the security is not one to be issued by a newly-formed or proposed new domestic insurer or holding company proposing to acquire or form a domestic insurer, the license shall be one issued by the securities division of the department of financial institutions under the laws of this state applying to public offering and sale of securities in general; otherwise, the license shall be one issued by the superintendent under the provisions of this article.
N.M. Stat. § 29-14-7 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 14 / Section 29-14-7
§ 29-14-7. Personnel files
Status: in_force

A. No document containing comments adverse to a peace officer shall be entered into his personnel file unless the officer has read and signed the document. When an officer refuses to sign a document containing comments adverse to him, the document may be entered into an officer's personnel file if:

(1) the officer's refusal to sign is noted on the document by the chief administrator of the officer's employer; and

(2) the notation regarding the officer's refusal to sign the document is witnessed by a third party.

B. A peace officer may file a written response to any document containing adverse comments entered into his personnel file and the response shall be filed with the officer's employer within thirty days after the document was entered into the officer's personnel file. A peace officer's written response shall be attached to the document.
N.M. Stat. § 67-13-12 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 13 / Section 67-13-12
§ 67-13-12. Zoning; petition for review; restraining order
Status: in_force

A. A person aggrieved by a decision of the board may appeal to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .

B. The appeal shall not stay the decision appealed from, but the court may, on application, grant a restraining order.
N.M. Stat. § 3-2-7 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 3-2-7
§ 3-2-7. Incorporation; notice of the election results; publication or posting; filing of results; limitation on resubmission
Status: in_force

A. The board of county commissioners shall file a copy of the election results in the office of the county clerk.

B. If a majority of the votes cast favor the incorporation of the territory as a municipality, the county clerk shall publish a notice containing the results of the election in a newspaper of general circulation within the territory proposed to be incorporated. If there is no newspaper of general circulation within the territory proposed to be incorporated, notice of the results of the election shall be posted in five public places within the territory proposed to be incorporated.

C. If a majority of the votes cast favor the incorporation of the territory as a municipality, the county clerk shall file in the office of the county clerk and in the office of the secretary of state certified copies of the:

(1) map or plat of the territory being incorporated;

(2) papers and records relating to the determinations made by the board of county commissioners; and

(3) notice of the election results, together with the:

(a) publisher's affidavit of publication; or

(b) county clerk's affidavit of posting.

D. If a majority of the votes cast favor the incorporation of the territory as a municipality, the county clerk shall transmit within fifteen days to the secretary of finance and administration and the secretary of taxation and revenue certified copies of the map or plat of the territory being incorporated.

E. In the event the question of incorporation of the territory fails, it shall not be resubmitted to the electors of the territory or any portion thereof for a period of two years after the date of the election at which the question failed.
N.M. Stat. § 41-10-3 — NM Code / Chapter 41 / Article 10 / Section 41-10-3
§ 41-10-3. Food donors liability protection; purpose; donors or distributors of canned or perishable food; limit on liability for injury
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who donates food in good faith, including the good-faith donor of any perishable or canned food, apparently fit for human consumption, to a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization or municipality for free distribution or a gleaner of any perishable food, apparently fit for human consumption, shall not be subject to any criminal penalty or be liable for any civil damages arising from the condition of the food unless an injury arising from the food is caused by the gross negligence, recklessness or intentional conduct of the person who donates the food.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization or municipality which in good faith receives food, apparently fit for human consumption, and distributes it at no charge shall not be subject to any criminal penalty or be liable for any civil damages resulting from the condition of the food unless an injury arising from the food is caused by the gross negligence, recklessness or intentional conduct of the organization.

C. This section does not restrict the authority of an appropriate governmental agency to regulate or ban the use of any food for human consumption.
N.M. Stat. § 73-2-41 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 2 / Section 73-2-41
§ 73-2-41. Indians; rights and duties
Status: in_force

The different Indians residing within the state shall be subject to render the same services as non-Indians in working the acequias, within the limits of their respective reservations in which they may have a common interest with the non-Indians who live outside their respective reservations, and they shall enjoy at the same time the same benefit and rights of commercial traffic; provided that the Indians shall have no right to participate in the nominations and election of acequia mayordomos or superintendents or acequia or water commissioners in any ditch, whether within or without their reservations, except in acequias constructed entirely by themselves, unless they have paid their proportionate share of the whole cost of the construction of such acequia and unless the lands sought to be voted by the Indians have been duly returned for taxation in accordance with law and state and county taxes paid thereon. In all cases in which non-Indians living outside the reservation have acquired water rights by purchase of land from the Indians, the distribution of the water between the Indians and the non-Indians shall be agreed upon, based upon the customs heretofore practiced and recognized between the Indians and the non-Indians, by and between the governor of the Indian community or pueblo and the commissioners of such acequias in which the non-Indians may have acquired any such rights and, the governors of such Indians and the acequia commissioners shall also regulate the amount and manner of work to be done by the Indians and non-Indians in all such acequias in which all have water rights in accordance with such customs.
N.M. Stat. § 1-24-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 24 / Section 1-24-4
§ 1-24-4. Special election procedures; election board; records
Status: in_force

A. Upon the filing in the office of the county clerk of a proclamation calling a special election, the county clerk shall appoint election boards for the special election pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1-2-6 through 1-2-18 NMSA 1978 . The county clerk shall keep a log of how each person was notified and confirmation that the notice was received. Presiding judges and election judges on the election board for the special election shall be appointed from among those persons who served as election board members in a recent statewide election. The handling of mailed ballots returned to the county clerk in a special election shall be pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-6-14 NMSA 1978 . The election board for the special election shall tally the votes for each ballot question in the special election ballot in the presence of the county clerk and any other person who may desire to be present; provided that such person does not interfere with the duties of the election board for the special election. After completion of the tally, the election board for the special election shall replace the ballots in the ballot boxes or ballot containers and lock the ballot boxes or ballot containers, and the election board for the special election shall certify for the county canvassing report the results of the special election.

B. The returns of the results of special elections are public documents, subject to retention and inspection pursuant to Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978 .