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N.M. Stat. § 72-20-21 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-21
§ 72-20-21. Protection of property rights
Status: in_force

It is declared that the use of the property, lands, rights of way, easements or materials that may be condemned, taken or appropriated under the provisions of the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act is a public use subject to the regulation and control of the state in the manner prescribed by law; but nothing in that act shall be deemed to authorize the authority or public body or person to divert the waters of any river, creek, stream, arroyo, irrigation system, canal or ditch from its channel to the detriment of any person, any public body or the federal government having any interest in such river, creek, stream, arroyo, irrigation system, canal or ditch, or the waters thereof or therein, unless compensation is ascertained and paid therefor under the laws authorizing the taking of private property for public use.
N.M. Stat. § 76-7D-1 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7D / Section 76-7D-1
§ 76-7D-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Noxious Weed Management Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 56-9-39 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 9 / Section 56-9-39
§ 56-9-39. Dismissal of assignee; delivery of papers, moneys and effects
Status: in_force

When any assignee shall be dismissed from his trust, the court or judge shall order all the books, papers, effects, moneys and evidences of debt to be forthwith delivered to his successor in trust, or to such other persons as the court or judge shall appoint to receive the same for the time being.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-2
§ 21-21-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Student Loan Act:

A. “participating institution” means any post-high school educational institution within the state, public or private, including junior colleges and vocational schools, which qualifies as an eligible institution for the federal guaranteed-loan program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, 1 as amended, and participating in student loan programs under the Student Loan Act, or any educational institution not within the state attended by a qualified student for the purpose of participating in the student exchange programs administered by the western interstate commission for higher education as provided for by the Western Regional Education Compact;

B. “qualified student” means a resident of New Mexico who has been accepted for enrollment or who is enrolled in a participating institution and who is otherwise eligible for a student loan guaranteed by the United States. A standard of academic performance higher than the minimum required for continuing enrollment in the participating institution shall not be required, and the student must be meeting the minimum academic requirements of the participating institution at the time any loan is made; and

C. “fiscal agent” means the chief financial officer of one of the state higher educational institutions designated by the higher education department. 2
N.M. Stat. § 4-37-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 37 / Section 4-37-7
§ 4-37-7. Proposal of ordinances; publication
Status: in_force

A. Ordinances may be proposed by any member of the board of county commissioners. Ordinances shall not be submitted to the board for final passage until a majority of the members have directed that the title and a general summary of the subject matter of the proposed ordinances be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation within the county at least two weeks prior to the meeting of the board at which the ordinance is proposed for final passage. The date and time of the meeting at which the ordinance is to be considered shall also be published.

B. Copies of proposed ordinances shall be made available to interested persons during normal and regular business hours of the county clerk upon request and payment of reasonable charge, beginning with the date of publication and continuing to the date of consideration by the county's elected commission.

C. This section shall not apply to ordinances dealing with an emergency declared by the board of county commissioners to be an immediate danger to the public health, safety and welfare of the county or to ordinances the subject matter of which amends a city zoning map if the amendment has been considered by, and recommended to, the board of county commissioners by a planning commission with jurisdiction in the matter.

D. It is a sufficient defense to any suit or prosecution to show that notice by publication was not made.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1B-5.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1B / Section 21-1B-5.1
§ 21-1B-5.1. Articulation complaint process; notification
Status: in_force

The receiving institution shall publish in the student handbook or otherwise notify transfer students of the complaint process to be followed in the event that a transfer module course is not accepted for credit. The notification shall include the remedy available to the student if the complaint is upheld.
N.M. Stat. § 24-11-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 11 / Section 24-11-10
§ 24-11-10. Penalties
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful to:

(1) willfully and without good cause neglect or refuse to report a death to law enforcement authorities or the office of the state or district medical investigator as required by law; or

(2) willfully and unnecessarily touch, remove or disturb any dead body required by law to be reported to the state or district medical investigator, or any article on or near the body or disturb its surroundings until authority is granted by the state, district or deputy medical investigator.

B. Any person violating this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2F-14 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2F / Section 7-2F-14
§ 7-2F-14. Additional amounts to be applied in calculating credit amounts; expenditures made in certain areas of the state; television pilots and series
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the percentage of direct production expenditures and postproduction expenditures calculated pursuant to Section 7-2F-13 NMSA 1978 , an additional percentage shall be applied for payments for direct production expenditures and postproduction expenditures, as follows:

(1) ten percent for work, services or items provided on location for a production of a film or commercial audiovisual product that is located in New Mexico at least sixty miles from the city hall of the county seat of certain counties; and

(2) five percent for either of the following:

(a) on a standalone pilot intended for series television in New Mexico or on series television productions intended for commercial distribution with an order for at least six episodes in a single season; provided that the New Mexico budget for each of those six episodes is fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more; or

(b) on a production in a qualified production facility.

B. As used in this section, “ certain counties ” means class A counties with a net taxable value of property for property taxation purposes of greater than seven billion five hundred million dollars ($7,500,000,000).
N.M. Stat. § 33-8-15 — NM Code / Chapter 33 / Article 8 / Section 33-8-15
§ 33-8-15. Public works
Status: in_force

A. The department shall provide for the utilization of available inmate labor on public works by any state agency or local public body. The department shall have full jurisdiction at all times over the discipline and control of inmates performing labor pursuant to this section and shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the selection, transportation, deportment and security of inmates and for the submission and screening of applications for the use of such labor. All expenses, including inmate compensation, incurred by the department in the provision of inmate labor pursuant to this section shall be reimbursed by the benefiting state agency or local public body.

B. Inmate labor pursuant to this section shall not be used to reduce or displace employees but to supplement the work of employees, especially in areas where necessary public works are not otherwise being performed. Insofar as practicable, all labor pursuant to this section shall be of a nature and design to assist in the rehabilitation of inmates. As used in this section, “public works” means work that is solely for a public or state purpose and includes but is not limited to the construction, maintenance and improvement of state and local lands, roads, highways and buildings.
N.M. Stat. § 58-21-22 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 21 / Section 58-21-22
§ 58-21-22. Penalties
Status: in_force

A person who violates Section 58-21-18 , 58-21-19 , 58-21-20 or 58-21-21 NMSA 1978 , knowing the statement to be false or misleading in any respect, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced as provided for in Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978 . Civil and criminal penalties are in addition to any remedies available at common law.
N.M. Stat. § 7-15A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 15A / Section 7-15A-8
§ 7-15A-8. Mileage and weights to be used for computing tax
Status: in_force

A. The total number of miles traveled on New Mexico highways during the tax payment period by the motor vehicle subject to the tax shall be used in computing the tax.

B. Registrants, owners and operators of all motor vehicles to which the tax applies shall report to the department, in the manner required by the department, the total mileage traveled in New Mexico and the total mileage traveled in all states during the tax payment period applicable to that registrant, owner or operator.

C. All motor vehicles subject to the tax shall be registered in accordance with law at the highest gross vehicle weight or combined gross vehicle weight at which the vehicle will be operated for that registration year in this state.

D. It is unlawful and a violation of the Weight Distance Tax Act for any motor vehicle to be operated on New Mexico highways at a gross vehicle weight higher than that at which the registrant declared for registration purposes pursuant to either the Motor Vehicle Code 1 or the Motor Transportation Act. 2 The operator of a motor vehicle operated on highways of this state at a gross weight or combination gross weight higher than that declared for registration purposes shall be subject to the penalty provisions of Section 66-7-411 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 61-14E-3 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14E / Section 61-14E-3
§ 61-14E-3. Administration; enforcement
Status: in_force

The administration and enforcement of the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Health and Safety Act is vested in the department.
N.M. Stat. § 46-13-4 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 13 / Section 46-13-4
§ 46-13-4. User direction for disclosure of digital assets
Status: in_force

A. A user may use an online tool to direct the custodian to disclose to a designated recipient or not to disclose some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of electronic communications. If the online tool allows the user to modify or delete a direction at all times, a direction regarding disclosure using an online tool overrides a contrary direction by the user in a will, trust, power of attorney or other record.

B. If a user has not used an online tool to give direction under Subsection A of this section or if the custodian has not provided an online tool, the user may allow or prohibit in a will, trust, power of attorney or other record disclosure to a fiduciary of some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of electronic communications sent or received by the user.

C. A user's direction under Subsection A or B of this section overrides a contrary provision in a terms-of-service agreement that does not require the user to act affirmatively and distinctly from the user's assent to the terms of service.
N.M. Stat. § 29-15A-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 15A / Section 29-15A-5
§ 29-15A-5. Submission of false information; penalty
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly submits false information to a law enforcement agency regarding a child abduction is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced in accordance with Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 59A-44-2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 44 / Section 59A-44-2
§ 59A-44-2. Lodge system
Status: in_force

A. A society is operating on the lodge system if it has a supreme governing body and subordinate lodges into which members are elected, initiated or admitted in accordance with its laws, rules and ritual. Subordinate lodges shall be required by the laws of the society to hold regular meetings at least once in each month in furtherance of the purposes of the society.

B. A society may, at its option, organize and operate lodges for children under the minimum age for adult membership. Membership and initiation in local lodges shall not be required of such children, nor shall they have a voice or vote in the management of the society.
N.M. Stat. § 56-9-29 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 9 / Section 56-9-29
§ 56-9-29. Notice of adjusting and allowing demands; publication; procedure; claims not presented
Status: in_force

The assignee shall give notice of the time and place of adjusting and allowing demands against the estate of his assignor, by advertisement published in some newspaper printed in the county, or if there be none, in the one nearest the place where the inventory is filed, for four weeks successively, the last insertion to be at least one week before the appointed day, and also, whenever the residence of any of the creditors is known to him, by letters addressed to such creditors at their known or usual place of abode, at least four weeks before the appointed day. The assignee shall attend at the place designated in said notice, in person, on said day, and shall remain in attendance at said place on said day, and during two consecutive days thereafter, and shall commence the adjustment and allowance of demands against the trust fund at nine o'clock a.m. and continue the same until five o'clock p.m. of each of the said three days; and all creditors who, after being notified as aforesaid, shall not attend at the place designated during the said term, and lay before the assignee the nature and amount of their demands, shall be precluded of any benefit of said estate, but the hearing on any demand presented at the time may be continued, for good cause shown, to such time as is deemed right: provided, that any creditor who shall fail to lay his claim before said assignee during the said term on account of sickness, absence from the state, or any other good cause, may, at any time before the declaration of the final dividend, file and prove up his claim, and the same may be allowed, and the remaining dividends paid thereon as in the case of other allowed claims.
N.M. Stat. § 1-18-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 18 / Section 1-18-2
§ 1-18-2. Federal constitutional amendments; contents of proclamation
Status: in_force

The proclamation shall specify the time and place of holding the convention and shall set forth the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States.
N.M. Stat. § 3-12-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 12 / Section 3-12-4
§ 3-12-4. Governing body to provide for creation of certain appointive offices
Status: in_force

A. The governing body of each municipality shall provide for the office of clerk, treasurer and police officer. The offices of clerk and treasurer may be combined and one person appointed to perform both functions.

B. The governing body may also provide for the office of an attorney.

C. The governing body may provide for deputy appointed officials who may exercise the powers granted the appointed officials.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-35-3 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 35 / Section 59A-35-3
§ 59A-35-3. “Security” defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article and except as context requires otherwise, “security” means any note, stock, treasury stock, share, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, surplus note, contribution certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, certificate of interest or participation, voting trust certificate, reorganization certificate, investment contract (whether or not included as a provision in an insurance policy), or other similar instrument of an insurer or other person for financing formation or operations or management or acquisition of an insurer or interest therein, whether stock, mutual, reciprocal, Lloyds plan or other type of insurer.
N.M. Stat. § 50-4-14 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 4 / Section 50-4-14
§ 50-4-14. Emergency cases; hours permitted; rate for excessive hours
Status: in_force

Nothing in Section 3 of this act, shall be construed so as to prevent work in excess of ten hours per day in emergency cases; provided that in no one week of seven days shall there be permitted more than seventy-four hours of labor, and provided that work in excess of seventy hours of labor in any one week of seven days, shall be paid for on the basis of time and one-half for such excess.
N.M. Stat. § 61-14D-18 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 14D / Section 61-14D-18
§ 61-14D-18. Fund established
Status: in_force

A. There is created in the state treasury the “athletic trainer practice board fund”.

B. All money received by the board under the Athletic Trainer Practice Act shall be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the fund. The state treasurer shall invest the fund as other state funds are invested. Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary. Balances credited to the fund shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund.

C. Money in the fund is appropriated to the board and shall be used only for the purpose of meeting the necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the Athletic Trainer Practice Act.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-36-6 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 36 / Section 59A-36-6
§ 59A-36-6. Arbitrage transactions
Status: in_force

This article shall not apply to foreign or domestic arbitrage transactions unless made in contravention of such rules and regulations as the superintendent may adopt in order to carry out the purposes of this article.
N.M. Stat. § 22-29-5 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 29 / Section 22-29-5
§ 22-29-5. Board created; membership; duties
Status: in_force

A. There is created the “board of directors of the public school insurance authority”. The board shall be composed of nine members, consisting of the following:

(1) one member to be selected by the state board [department] of education;

(2) one school business official to be selected by the New Mexico school administrators;

(3) one board member of the New Mexico school boards association to be selected by the association;

(4) one superintendent to be selected by the New Mexico superintendents' association;

(5) three members to be selected by the New Mexico national education association and the New Mexico federation of teachers with the intent that representation be proportional to their respective membership, provided that each of these three members be currently employed as public school teachers employed by participating entities;

(6) one member to be selected by the board from lists submitted by the participating educational entities; and three members to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor; such members shall not be employed by or on behalf of or be contracting with an employer participating in or eligible to participate in the public school insurance authority.

B. Each member of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the party by which he has been appointed for a term not to exceed three years. Any board member who has been appointed and who misses four meetings of the board during a fiscal year shall be replaced and shall forfeit his position on the board, and his replacement shall be made by the organization affected. The board shall set minimum terms of appointment and shall elect from its membership a president, vice president and secretary.

C. The board has the authority to hire a director and appoint such other officers and employees as it may deem necessary and has the authority to contract with consultants or other professional persons or firms as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Public School Insurance Authority Act. The board has the authority to provide for its full- and part-time employees, as it deems necessary, employee benefits insurance on the same basis as a member public school district may provide such employee benefits. In addition, the board has the authority to provide to members of the board and the employees risk coverages of the same scope and limitations as are allowed its member school districts to be provided to their local school boards. The board has the authority to provide employees an irrevocable option of qualifying for coverage under either the Educational Retirement Act or the Public Employees Retirement Act.

D. The members of the board shall receive per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [ 10-8-1 through 10-8-8 NMSA 1978 ], but shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 14-13-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 13 / Section 14-13-15
§ 14-13-15. Validation of former acknowledgments; 1965 act
Status: in_force

All acknowledgments taken outside the state of New Mexico prior to the passage and approval of this act [this section], before any officer authorized by the laws of this state to take such acknowledgments, under the seal of such officer, and all acknowledgments taken within this state before the passage and approval of this act, before any officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments, notwithstanding any defect in the form of a certificate of acknowledgment or the failure to show the date of the expiration of the commission of the officer before whom such acknowledgment was taken or the failure to show that the seal of said officer was affixed to the instrument acknowledged and/or notwithstanding the failure of such acknowledgment to comply with the provisions of Section 14-13-10 NMSA 1978 , if the marital status of any married woman uniting with her husband in the execution of any instrument may otherwise appear from the body of the instrument so acknowledged, and the record thereof in the office of the county clerk, are hereby confirmed and made valid to the extent as though said certificate of acknowledgment and the record thereof has been in the form prescribed by law.
N.M. Stat. § 17-1-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 17-1-5
§ 17-1-5. Employment and discharge of director and other employees; department of game and fish created
Status: in_force

A. The state game commission shall employ a director who shall, under such authorization that the game commission shall approve, employ such conservation officers, clerks and other employees as he shall deem proper and necessary to enforce and administer the laws and regulations relating to game and fish, and who shall prescribe their duties respectively, and who with the advice and consent of the state game commission shall fix the compensation of all the employees of the “department of game and fish,” which is hereby created.

B. The state game commission may at any time discharge the director for reasons that the state game commission shall deem sufficient. The director may dismiss employees in accordance with the provisions of the Personnel Act.