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N.M. Stat. § 49-6-11 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 6 / Section 49-6-11
§ 49-6-11. Investment of funds; permanent school fund established
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of the town of Las Vegas administering the Las Vegas grant to invest any and all moneys in its hands or under its control, or which may be received by said board, except such amount as the district court for San Miguel county, New Mexico, may from time to time deem necessary to be held to pay the current and other expenses of said board, as follows:

A. in interest-bearing bonds of the United States, or of the state of New Mexico, or of any county, municipality or political subdivision thereof authorized by law to issue bonds;

B. in first mortgage bonds of any corporation, organized for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and operating a storage reservoir at the Sanguijuela Arroyo in San Miguel county, New Mexico, and irrigation works in connection therewith to irrigate lands on the Las Vegas grant, secured by first mortgage on such reservoir and irrigation works, and all lands belonging to the Las Vegas grant coming under the said irrigation system and irrigable therefrom and which bonds shall bear interest at the rate of not less than six per centum per annum; or in a loan or loans to such a corporation or to any person, firm or corporation contracting to acquire, construct or operate such reservoir, water rights pertaining thereto and irrigation works, such loan or loans to be secured by first mortgage on said reservoir and water rights pertaining thereto, and irrigation works, and all lands belonging to the Las Vegas grant coming under the said irrigation system and irrigable therefrom, or by a contract which will assure the repayment of said moneys, with interest at the rate of not less than six per centum per annum. Provided, that all bonds purchased under the provisions of this section shall be first mortgage bonds, and that no bonds or securities shall be purchased or loans made out of such moneys without the approval of said court.

Said moneys when so invested shall constitute a permanent school fund for the purposes hereinafter stated, the principal of which shall under no circumstances be lessened or impaired and shall remain inviolate. Such moneys may be temporarily deposited in some bank or banks, designated by said court and said board of trustees, upon certificates of deposit bearing interest at the rate of not less than four per centum per annum.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-55-23 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 55 / Section 59A-55-23
§ 59A-55-23. Penalties
Status: in_force

A risk retention group that violates any provision of the Risk Retention and Purchasing Group Act shall be subject to fines and penalties applicable to licensed insurers generally, including revocation of its certificate of authority or the right to do business in New Mexico, or both.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15A / Section 6-15A-8
§ 6-15A-8. Authorizing lease-purchase of education technology equipment; preliminary resolution; contents; notice; final resolution of approval
Status: in_force

A. If a local school board proposes to lease-purchase education technology equipment, it shall comply with the requirements of this section.

B. At a regular meeting or at a special meeting called for the purpose of considering the lease-purchase of education technology equipment, a local school board shall:

(1) make a determination of the necessity for lease-purchasing the education technology equipment;

(2) determine the estimated cost of the equipment needed;

(3) review a summary of the terms of the proposed lease-purchase agreement;

(4) identify the source of funds for the lease-purchase payments;

(5) if all or part of the funds needed requires or anticipates the imposition of a property tax, determine the estimated rate of the tax and what, if any, the percentage increase in property taxes for real property owners in the school district;

(6) set a date not more than four weeks and not less than three weeks in the future for a special meeting to consider a resolution granting final approval to the lease-purchase of education technology equipment; and

(7) direct that notice of the special meeting be published once each week for the two weeks immediately preceding the meeting in a newspaper having general circulation in the school district and that the notice include the information required in Paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection.

C. At the special meeting scheduled pursuant to Subsection B of this section, the local school board may adopt a final resolution approving the lease-purchase of education technology equipment only by an affirmative vote of majority of all members of the board.

D. The local school board shall not adopt a resolution for or approve a lease-purchase agreement that exceeds five years.
N.M. Stat. § 47-7-7 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 7 / Section 47-7-7
§ 47-7-7. Compliance with covenants; bylaws; administrative provisions
Status: in_force

Each unit owner shall comply strictly with the bylaws and with the administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto and shall comply with the covenants, conditions and restrictions set forth in the declaration or in the deed to his unit. Failure to comply shall be grounds for an action to recover sums due, for damages or injunctive relief, or both, maintainable by the manager or board of directors for the use of the association of unit owners or maintainable in a proper case by an aggrieved unit owner.
N.M. Stat. § 19-3-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 19-3-7
§ 19-3-7. Meadows in common pastures; enclosure for hay
Status: in_force

All persons are prohibited from occupying any meadow situated upon the public lands, and known as public pasture ground, for the purpose of speculating with the hay thereon, to the great detriment of the entire community: provided, however, one hundred and sixty acres may be so occupied by enclosing the same with a secure fence, and not otherwise.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-47-25 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 47 / Section 59A-47-25
§ 59A-47-25. Subscriber contracts; filing, approval
Status: in_force

No health care plan shall make or issue any health care expense payments contract or certificate therefor unless it has first filed with the superintendent a copy of the form of the proposed contract or certificate and a copy of all applications, riders and endorsements to be used in connection with or for renewal thereof, and the same have been approved by the superintendent. If the superintendent finds that the proposed forms are in compliance with applicable requirements of this article and are not to be disapproved by him as stated below, he shall approve the forms. The superintendent may disapprove any such form on any of the grounds for disapproval of a health insurance policy under Section 344 of the Insurance Code. The superintendent shall notify the health care plan of his approval or disapproval within thirty (30) days after such filing, or within sixty (60) days after such filing if he so extends the time; and if the superintendent fails to act within such period the form shall be deemed approved.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9E-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9E / Section 7-9E-7
§ 7-9E-7. Tax credits; amounts
Status: in_force

A tax credit provided pursuant to the Laboratory Partnership with Small Business Tax Credit Act shall be in an amount equal to the qualified expenditure incurred by the national laboratory to provide small business assistance to a specific small business, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each small business for which small business assistance is rendered in a calendar year or forty thousand dollars ($40,000) if the small business assistance was provided to a small business located in a rural area.
N.M. Stat. § 19-13-8 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 13 / Section 19-13-8
§ 19-13-8. Leases; relinquishment
Status: in_force

A. The holder of any lease may at any time relinquish all his rights under the lease by filing a written relinquishment of all rights under the lease with the commissioner. The relinquishment shall be effective as of the date of its filing, subject to the continued obligation of the person, in accordance with the terms of the lease and any regulations:

(1) to make payment of all accrued rentals and royalties;

(2) to place all wells on the lands to be relinquished in condition for suspension or abandonment; and

(3) to protect or restore the surface and surface resources.

B. Upon compliance with this section, the person holding the lease shall be released of all obligations thereafter accruing under the lease with respect to the lands relinquished, but no such relinquishment shall release such person from any liability for breach of any obligation of the lease, other than an obligation to drill, accrued at the date of relinquishment.
N.M. Stat. § 21-2-3 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 2 / Section 21-2-3
§ 21-2-3. State commission created; designated members; designation of supplementary members for specific functions
Status: in_force

There is created the “state commission on post-secondary education”. The commission on higher education [higher education department] is designated the state commission. For the purposes of the Post-Secondary Educational Planning Act [ 21-2-1 NMSA 1978 ], the commission on higher education [higher education department], in functioning as the state commission, is charged with a concern for all types of post-secondary education and all types of educational institutions and programs as enumerated in Section 21-2-2 NMSA 1978 . Whenever federal statutes and regulations so require, the state commission may request the governor to appoint, for specific functions relating to federally sponsored programs, supplementary members to the state commission, and members shall be appointed by the governor to fulfill those specific functions as requested. When sitting with the state commission, the supplementary members shall have, for purposes of the specific functions for which they were appointed, all the powers and perquisites of regular members of the state commission.
N.M. Stat. § 25-1-10 — NM Code / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 25-1-10
§ 25-1-10. Proceeding under New Mexico Food Act authorized when adulterated or misbranded food found during inspection
Status: in_force

Whenever, during an inspection authorized under the Food Service Sanitation Act, the agency finds or has probable cause to believe that any food on the food service establishment premises is adulterated or so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent within the meaning of the New Mexico Food Act, 1 it may proceed immediately to have the food detained, embargoed, destroyed or condemned under the provisions of Section 25-2-6 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 6-4-4 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-4
§ 6-4-4. Transfers between general fund reserves
Status: in_force

A. For the seventy-seventh and subsequent fiscal years, if the revenues of the general fund exceed the total of appropriations from the general fund, the excess revenue shall be transferred to the general fund operating reserve; provided that if the sum of the excess revenue plus the balance in the general fund operating reserve prior to the transfer is greater than eight percent of the aggregate recurring appropriations from the general fund for the previous fiscal year, then an amount equal to the smaller of either the amount of the excess revenue or the difference between the sum and eight percent of the aggregate recurring appropriations from the general fund for the previous fiscal year shall be transferred to the tax stabilization reserve.

B. If the balance in the general fund operating reserve as of the end of a fiscal year is less than one percent of aggregate general fund appropriations for that fiscal year, as determined by the department of finance and administration, then an amount equal to the smaller of either one percent of aggregate general fund appropriations for that fiscal year or the amount necessary to bring the balance of the general fund operating reserve to one percent of aggregate general fund appropriations for that fiscal year shall be transferred from the tax stabilization reserve to the general fund operating reserve.
N.M. Stat. § 53-7B-8 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 7B / Section 53-7B-8
§ 53-7B-8. Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

A. If any director, officer or employee of the research applications center is interested directly or indirectly or is an officer or employee of or has any ownership interest in a legal entity interested directly or indirectly in a contract or potential contract with the research applications center, except for any agency, instrumentality, institution or political subdivision of the state, the interest shall be disclosed to the board and shall be set forth in the minutes of the board. The director, officer or employee having the interest shall not participate on behalf of the research applications center in the authorization of the contract.

B. Any director, officer or employee of the research applications center shall enter into a nondisclosure agreement that at a minimum provides:

(1) a clear description of confidential information that the research applications center may disclose to the director, officer or employee;

(2) a clear description of the limitations on the use of confidential information by the director, officer or employee;

(3) a confidentiality period that requires the director, officer or employee to hold confidential information in confidence until that information becomes generally publicly known;

(4) that the director, officer or employee shall be prohibited from acquiring an intellectual property right;

(5) for the return of all confidential information to the research applications center upon request;

(6) remedies for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information under the nondisclosure agreement, which may provide for liquidated damages, specific performance or injunction against further disclosure or breach, in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity to the research applications center for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by the director, officer or employee; and

(7) for the award of reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the research applications center in seeking enforcement of the nondisclosure agreement.

C. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an officer, director or employee of a financial institution from participating as a member of the board in setting general policies of the research applications center, nor shall any provision of this section be construed as prohibiting a financial institution of New Mexico from making loans guaranteed pursuant to the provisions of the New Mexico Research Applications Act because an officer, director or employee of the financial institution serves as a member of the board.
N.M. Stat. § 21-13-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-2
§ 21-13-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Community College Act:

A. “ community college ” means a public educational institution that provides not to exceed two years of training in the arts, sciences and humanities beyond the twelfth grade of the public high school curriculum or, in lieu of that training or in addition to it, not to exceed two years of a vocational and technical curriculum and appropriate courses of study for persons who may or may not have completed the twelfth grade of public high school;

B. “ community college district ” means a district in which a community college is located, which district is composed of the territory of one or more school districts of the state. For the purposes of relating community college districts to existing law, community college districts and the community colleges thereof shall not:

(1) be considered a part of the uniform system of free public schools pursuant to Article 12, Section 1 and Article 21, Section 4 of the constitution of New Mexico ;

(2) benefit from the permanent school fund and from the current school fund under Article 12, Sections 2 and 4 of the constitution of New Mexico ;

(3) be subject, except as it relates to technical and vocational education, to the control, management and direction of the state board of education under Article 12, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico ; and

(4) be considered school districts insofar as the restrictions of Article 9, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico are concerned; and

C. “ qualified elector ” means a person otherwise eligible to vote within the community college district.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-95 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-95
§ 72-20-95. Review and judgment of court
Status: in_force

The petition and notice shall be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction, and upon hearing the court shall examine into and determine all matters and things affecting the question submitted, shall make such findings with reference thereto and render such judgment and decree thereon as the case warrants. Costs may be divided or apportioned among any contesting parties in the discretion of the trial court. Review of the judgment of the court may be had as in other similar cases, except that such review shall be applied for within thirty days after the time of the rendition of such judgment or within such additional time as may be allowed by the court within thirty days. The rules of civil procedure shall govern in matters of pleading and practice where not otherwise specified in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act. The court shall disregard any error, irregularity or omission that does not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-12 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-12
§ 10-11-12. Status of disability retired member upon termination of disability retirement
Status: in_force

A. The membership status of a disability retired member following termination of the disability retirement pension shall be governed by the membership provisions of the Public Employees Retirement Act. Upon reacquisition of membership, the credited service of the member at time of disability retirement shall be restored. Credited service shall not be granted for the period of disability retirement unless the retirement board has found the disability to have been the natural and proximate result of causes arising solely and exclusively out of and in the course of the disability retired member's performance of duty with an affiliated public employer. In no case shall credited service be granted for disability retirement time incurred after the date the disability retired member meets an age and service requirement for normal retirement or after the date the disability retired member attains age sixty-five years.

B. A terminated disability retired member who does not reacquire membership shall have actual credited service at time of disability retirement restored and shall become a vested former member. The former disability retired member may retire upon meeting the requirements for normal retirement specified by the applicable coverage plan, except the service requirement for normal retirement at age sixty-five years or older shall be waived.
N.M. Stat. § 27-4-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 4 / Section 27-4-1
§ 27-4-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 7 of this act may be cited as the “Special Medical Needs Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 6-25A-18 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 25A / Section 6-25A-18
§ 6-25A-18. Prohibited actions
Status: in_force

The authority shall not:

A. deal in securities within the meaning of or subject to securities law, securities exchange law or securities dealer law of the United States or the state or of another state or jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, except as authorized in the New Mexico Exposition Center Authority Act; or

B. issue bills of credit or accept deposits of money for time on demand deposit or administer trusts or engage in any form or manner, or in the conduct of, a private or commercial banking business, or act as a savings bank or savings and loan association or another kind of financial institution except as authorized in the New Mexico Exposition Center Authority Act.
N.M. Stat. § 58-33-3 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 33 / Section 58-33-3
§ 58-33-3. Board created; organization
Status: in_force

A. The “New Mexico work and save board” is created and is administratively attached to the office of the state treasurer. The office of the state treasurer shall provide administrative support for the board in carrying out its duties pursuant to the New Mexico Work and Save Act.

B. The board consists of the following voting members:

(1) two members appointed by the state treasurer as follows:

(a) one member who has skill, knowledge and experience in the field of retirement saving and investments; and

(b) one member who has skill, knowledge and experience in retirement investment products or retirement plan designs;

(2) three members appointed by the governor as follows:

(a) one member who is a representative of an association representing employees;

(b) one member who is a representative of small businesses; and

(c) one member who is a representative of the interests of program participants;

(3) two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives as follows:

(a) one member who is a representative of the interests of program participants; and

(b) one member who has skill, knowledge and experience in the field of retirement saving and investments; and

(4) two members appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate as follows:

(a) one member who is a representative of the interests of program participants; and

(b) one member who has skill, knowledge and experience in the field of retirement saving and investments.

C. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. Action may be taken by the board upon an affirmative vote of the majority of members present at the meeting at which a quorum is present. A vacancy in the membership of the board does not impair the right of a quorum to exercise the powers and duties of the board.

D. The appointing authorities shall appoint the first members of the board for staggered terms so that the state treasurer appoints one member for two years and one member for four years, the governor appoints two members for two years and one member for four years, the speaker of the house of representatives appoints one member for two years and one member for four years and the president pro tempore of the senate appoints one member for two years and one member for four years. Thereafter, members of the board shall be appointed for four-year terms.

E. A board member shall be eligible for reappointment, provided that a board member shall not serve more than three full terms, consecutive or otherwise. Members shall serve until their successors have been appointed. If there is a vacancy for any reason, the appointing authority shall appoint a qualified person to fill the unexpired term.

F. The appointing authority may remove a member of the board that it has appointed for neglect of a duty required by law, for incompetency, for malfeasance or for unprofessional conduct.

G. Board members shall receive no salary for their service as board members but shall receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-63-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 63 / Section 3-63-2
§ 3-63-2. Purpose of act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Business Improvement District Act is to:

A. promote and restore the economic vitality of areas within municipalities by allowing the establishment of business improvement districts with the powers to provide for the administration and financing of additional and extended services to businesses within business improvement districts;

B. finance local improvements within those districts; and

C. provide municipalities and entrepreneurs a more flexible and proactive vehicle to collaborate in the revitalization efforts of their downtowns, commercial districts and central business districts.