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N.M. Stat. § 10-7B-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7B / Section 10-7B-2
§ 10-7B-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Group Benefits Act:

A. “ committee ” means the group benefits committee;

B. “ director ” means the director of the risk management division of the general services department;

C. “ employee ” means a salaried officer, employee or legislator of the state; a salaried officer or an employee of a local public body; or an elected or appointed supervisor of a soil and water conservation district;

D. “ local public body ” means any New Mexico incorporated municipality, county or school district;

E. “ professional claims administrator ” means any person or legal entity that has at least five years of experience handling group benefits claims, as well as such other qualifications as the director may determine from time to time with the committee's advice;

F. “ small employer ” means a person having for-profit or nonprofit status that employs an average of fifty or fewer persons over a twelve-month period; and

G. “ state ” or “ state agency ” means the state of New Mexico or any of its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities or institutions.
N.M. Stat. § 17-11-4 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 11 / Section 17-11-4
§ 17-11-4. Exceptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act do not apply to:

A. the taking of wildlife with firearms, fishing equipment, archery equipment, falconry equipment or other implements in hand, when used as authorized by law;

B. the taking or control of birds, fish or rodents not defined as furbearers in Section 17-5-2 NMSA 1978;

C. a government entity acting in the course of its official duties to prevent or mitigate actual threats to human health and safety;

D. ecosystem management conducted by the department, the United States fish and wildlife service or a conservancy district of the state or its employee, agent or representative acting in the course of its official duties;

E. bona fide scientific research;

F. depredation trapping conducted by the department or a designated agent of the department using non-lethal traps or non-lethal snares, but only when accompanied by visible signs at the location of each device notifying the public of the presence of such devices;

G. the use of cage traps to recover or to provide veterinary care or husbandry to a domestic animal or feral animal as authorized by law, or to abate damages caused by any animal to property, crops or livestock; provided that:

(1) once the damage has been abated, use of the cage trap shall cease; and

(2) any captured animal is disposed of in accordance with rules established by the department or appropriate animal agency; or

H. enrolled members of a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo when trapping is conducted solely for religious or ceremonial purposes pursuant to rules issued by the department of game and fish in collaboration with the secretary of Indian affairs and consistent with federal procedures for recognition and protection of bona fide Indian nation, tribe or pueblo religious ceremonies.
N.M. Stat. § 17-4-20 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 17-4-20
§ 17-4-20. Misstatements render invoice void; violation of law; possession of game or fish without invoice unlawful
Status: in_force

Any willful misstatement in or any omission of a substantial requirement from any invoice or copy thereof, shall render the same void and be deemed a violation of this chapter, and the possession of any game or game fish without such invoice or a copy thereof attached thereto when so as above required shall be unlawful.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-5.7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-5.7
§ 7-2-5.7. Exemption; income of individuals one hundred years of age or older
Status: in_force

The income of an individual who is a natural person, who is one hundred years of age or older and who is not a dependent of another individual is exempt from state income tax.
N.M. Stat. § 31-20-8 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 20 / Section 31-20-8
§ 31-20-8. Effect of termination of period of suspension without revocation of order
Status: in_force

Whenever the period of suspension expires without revocation of the order, the defendant is relieved of any obligations imposed on him by the order of the court and has satisfied his criminal liability for the crime. He shall thereupon be entitled to a certificate from the court so reciting such facts, and upon presenting the same to the governor, the defendant may, in the discretion of the governor, be granted a pardon or a certificate restoring such person to full rights of citizenship.
N.M. Stat. § 61-29-28 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 29 / Section 61-29-28
§ 61-29-28. Waiver
Status: in_force

The failure of any person to comply with all of the provisions of the Real Estate Recovery Fund Act shall constitute a waiver of any rights pursuant to that act.
N.M. Stat. § 19-6-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 6 / Section 19-6-9
§ 19-6-9. Liability for resultant damage or trespass
Status: in_force

Any person or persons failing to comply with the provisions of the preceding section shall be subject and responsible for any damage or trespass caused from such neglect.
N.M. Stat. § 70-4-2 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 4 / Section 70-4-2
§ 70-4-2. Labor, hauling and materials considered under continuous contract
Status: in_force

Any labor performed, or materials, machinery, tools, equipment or supplies so furnished or hauled by any person entitled to a lien under the provisions of the Oil and Gas Lien Act for the land, oil and gas permit, leasehold, lease for oil and gas purposes, or oil pipeline, gas pipeline or gasoline pipeline, shall be considered as having been furnished under a single contract regardless of whether or not the same was performed or furnished at different times or on separate orders, provided no more than one hundred twenty days shall have elapsed between the date of performance of the labor or the date of the furnishing or hauling of any part or parts of the material, tools, equipment, machinery or supplies and the date on which labor or materials, tools, equipment, machinery or supplies are next performed, hauled or finished [furnished].
N.M. Stat. § 12-2A-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 2A / Section 12-2A-20
§ 12-2A-20. Other aids to construction
Status: in_force

A. In considering the text of a statute or rule in light of Sections 2 through 7 and Sections 18 and 19 of the Uniform Statute and Rules Construction Act , and the context in which the statute or rule is applied, the following aids to construction may be considered in ascertaining the meaning of the text:

(1) the meaning of a word or phrase may be limited by the series of words or phrases of which it is a part; and

(2) the meaning of a general word or phrase following two or more specific words or phrases may be limited to the category established by the specific words or phrases.

B. In addition to considering the text of a statute or rule in light of Sections 2 through 7 and Sections 18 and 19 of the Uniform Statute and Rules Construction Act , the context in which the statute or rule is applied and the aids to construction in Subsection A of this section, the following aids to construction may be considered in ascertaining the meaning of the text:

(1) a settled judicial construction in another jurisdiction as of the time a statute or rule is borrowed from the other jurisdiction;

(2) a judicial construction of the same or similar statute or rule of this or another state;

(3) an official commentary published and available before the enactment or adoption of the statute or rule;

(4) an administrative construction of the same or similar statute or rule of this state;

(5) a previous statute or rule, or the common law, on the same subject;

(6) a statute or rule on the same or a related subject, even if it was enacted or adopted at a different time; and

(7) a reenactment of a statute or readoption of a rule that does not change the pertinent language after a court or agency construed the statute or rule.

C. If, after considering the text of a statute or rule in light of Sections 2 through 7 and Sections 18 and 19 of the Uniform Statute and Rules Construction Act , the context in which the statute or rule is applied and the aids to construction in Subsections A and B of this section, the meaning of the text or its application is uncertain, the following aids to construction may be considered in ascertaining the meaning of the text:

(1) the circumstances that prompted the enactment or adoption of the statute or rule;

(2) the purpose of a statute or rule as determined from the legislative or administrative history of the statute or rule; and

(3) the history of other legislation on the same subject.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-57A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 57A / Section 59A-57A-8
§ 59A-57A-8. Health care provider reimbursement rates; surprise billing
Status: in_force

A. The superintendent shall convene appropriate stakeholders, including rural providers, insurers and consumer advocates, and review the reimbursement rate for surprise bills annually to ensure fairness to providers and to evaluate the impact on health insurance premiums and health benefits plan networks.

B. Calculation of the date of health insurance carrier receipt of a claim shall align with requirements for prompt payment established pursuant to Section 59A-16-21.1 NMSA 1978 .

C. A health insurance carrier shall make available to providers access to claims status information.
N.M. Stat. § 21-24-3 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 24 / Section 21-24-3
§ 21-24-3. Exceptions
Status: in_force

The Out-of-State Proprietary School Act does not apply to:

A. courses recognized by the public education department for the purpose of complying with the Compulsory School Attendance Law;

B. courses offered by an employer solely for the employer's employees;

C. courses offered by a nonprofit religious institution relating primarily to religion; and

D. courses offered under a participation agreement pursuant to the provisions of Subsection C of Section 4 of the Interstate Distance Education Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 35-1-12 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 1 / Section 35-1-12
§ 35-1-12. Magistrate court; Grant district
Status: in_force

There shall be two magistrates in Grant magistrate district, division 1 in Silver City and division 2 in Bayard.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21O-4 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21O / Section 21-21O-4
§ 21-21O-4. Scholarship authorized; administration; preference in scholarship awards
Status: in_force

A. The department shall administer the Teacher Preparation Affordability Act and shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of that act.

B. Scholarships shall be awarded to qualified eligible students. Qualifications shall be determined by rule of the department.

C. The department shall allocate money to public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal colleges based on a student need formula calculated according to income reported on the free application for federal student aid, on the number of students enrolled in each public education department-approved teacher preparation program at a New Mexico public post-secondary educational institution or tribal college and on the percentage of the teacher preparation program's students classified as returning adults who are otherwise ineligible for state financial aid.

D. Public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal colleges shall make awards to qualifying eligible students based on financial need in an amount not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) per year for not more than five years as determined by rule of the department.

E. Public post-secondary educational institutions and tribal colleges shall make awards first to qualifying eligible students who:

(1) are English language learners;

(2) are minority students; or

(3) have declared intent to teach in a high-need teacher position as defined by the public education department.

F. After scholarships have been awarded to eligible students pursuant to Subsection E of this section, a public post-secondary educational institution or tribal college shall award scholarships to other eligible students as determined by department rule.

G. Money for the scholarship shall be placed in an account at the public post-secondary educational institution or tribal college in the name of the eligible student, and the money may be drawn upon to pay educational expenses charged by the institution, including tuition, fees, books and course supplies, and living expenses.
N.M. Stat. § 49-5-6 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 5 / Section 49-5-6
§ 49-5-6. Election; electors; canvassing returns; oath
Status: in_force

At all the elections held under the provisions of this article, each actual inhabitant of the grant and owner of land therein, who has reached the age of majority, shall be entitled to cast one vote in person, and the five persons receiving the highest number of votes cast at any such election shall be the trustees of the grant and hold their offices for the period of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. At all elections held under the provisions of this article the votes shall be canvassed and the result ascertained and determined by the outgoing board of trustees. Elections shall be conducted in a manner as near as possible to that of elections conducted under the Election Code. Each member of the board of trustees shall qualify within ten days after his election by filing with the secretary-and-treasurer an oath subscribed by him to the effect that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office, which oath shall be recorded in the minutes of the proceedings of the board.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2C-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2C / Section 26-2C-20
§ 26-2C-20. Advertising and marketing restrictions
Status: in_force

The division shall promulgate rules consistent with industry standards that:

A. prohibit the advertisement and marketing of cannabis products:

(1) on radio, television or other broadcast media, internet pop-ups and mass transit vehicles; provided that the division shall not prohibit advertising and marketing to:

(a) subscribers of subscription-based radio, television or other broadcast media who are twenty-one years of age or older; or

(b) persons twenty-one years of age or older who have solicited the advertising or marketing;

(2) that are false, deceptive or misleading, including making unproven health benefit claims;

(3) that are on billboards, posters, handbills or other visual media that are located or can be viewed within three hundred feet of a school, daycare center or church;

(4) that depict consumption by children or other persons who appear to be younger than twenty-one years of age;

(5) that use predatory marketing and advertising practices targeting minors; or

(6) that are designed using cartoon characters or to mimic any other product brand; and

B. require:

(1) all advertisements and marketing to accurately and legibly identify all persons responsible for its content; and

(2) advertisements in print and digital communications to be placed only where the audience is reasonably expected to be twenty-one years of age or older as determined by reliable, current audience composition data.
N.M. Stat. § 14-11-10.2 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 11 / Section 14-11-10.2
§ 14-11-10.2. Electronic posting of legal notices
Status: in_force

A. Legal notices and advertisements of a state agency shall be posted on the state agency's web site. If a county, municipality, board of education or other political subdivision of the state has a web site, it shall post its legal notices and advertisements on its web site. Electronic posting is not a substitute for required publication of legal notices and advertisements, and failure to electronically post shall not constitute grounds to challenge, void, set aside or otherwise delay a proceeding properly noticed and advertised pursuant to nonelectronic notice requirements.

B. Electronically posted legal notices and advertisements shall be indexed in such a way that the general public is able to easily find a particular legal notice or advertisement by subject.
N.M. Stat. § 53-11-39 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 11 / Section 53-11-39
§ 53-11-39. Removal of directors
Status: in_force

A. At a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose, directors may be removed in the manner provided in this section. Except as provided in Subsection D of this section, a director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

B. In the case of a corporation having cumulative voting, if less than the entire board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire board of directors, or, if there are classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part.

C. Whenever the holders of the shares of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the articles of incorporation, the provisions of this section apply, in respect to the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

D. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, in the case of a corporation whose board is classified as provided in Section 53-11-37 NMSA 1978 , shareholders may remove directors only for cause.
N.M. Stat. § 3-57-9 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 57 / Section 3-57-9
§ 3-57-9. Formation of local public bodies
Status: in_force

No local public body shall be organized within a five-mile radius of the corporate limits of the municipality having the greatest number of inhabitants in a class A county, unless the governing body of such municipality consents thereto. No local public body shall be organized beyond such five-mile radius in a class A county, unless the governing body of such county consents thereto. As a condition to granting such consent, such governing body may require such new local public body to comply with all master plans and all design and construction criteria for public improvements adopted by ordinance by such governing body.
N.M. Stat. § 21-20-3 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 20 / Section 21-20-3
§ 21-20-3. Cooperation
Status: in_force

Under the coordination of the commerce and industry department the educational institutions of the state, at all levels, shall cooperate in order to provide courses and programs designed to fulfill the purposes of the Travel Service Training Act.
N.M. Stat. § 34-8A-13 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 8A / Section 34-8A-13
§ 34-8A-13. Collection of fines, fees or costs
Status: in_force

A judgment and sentence issued by the Bernalillo county metropolitan court that includes an assessment of fines, fees or costs shall constitute a money judgment that may be enforced in the same manner as a civil judgment in the district court. The money judgment may be assigned by the court to a public or private agency or business for collection purposes, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a written agreement entered into by the court and the agency or business.
N.M. Stat. § 21-1-4.7 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 21-1-4.7
§ 21-1-4.7. Foster child tuition and fee waiver eligibility; notification
Status: in_force

A. The state educational institutions set forth in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and their branches, community colleges as provided in Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978 and technical and vocational institutes as provided in Chapter 21, Article 16 NMSA 1978 shall not charge tuition or fees pursuant to Section 21-1-4 NMSA 1978 to a student for whom the children, youth and families department provides certification that the student was in the legal custody of the children, youth and families department pursuant to the Children's Code or for whom a New Mexico Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or the United States department of the interior bureau of Indian affairs division of human services provides certification that the student was in the legal custody of a New Mexico Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or the United States department of the interior bureau of Indian affairs division of human services on or after the day of the student's fourteenth birthday, who enrolls in one of the state educational institutions set forth in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and their branches, community colleges as provided in Chapter 21, Article 13 NMSA 1978 and technical and vocational institutes as provided in Chapter 21, Article 16 NMSA 1978 no later than the day of the student's twenty-fifth birthday.

B. The higher education department shall collaborate with the children, youth and families department, the New Mexico Indian nations, tribes or pueblos and the United States department of the interior bureau of Indian affairs division of human services to ensure that middle school and high school students who are or have been in the legal custody of the children, youth and families department, a New Mexico Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or the United States department of the interior bureau of Indian affairs division of human services learn about the provisions of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 21-13-21 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-21
§ 21-13-21. Addition of school districts to existing community college districts
Status: in_force

A. The school board of a school district, group of school districts within a county or school districts in an adjoining county, not included in the community college district as originally formed, may by resolution petition the higher education department 1 to be added to the community college district. The resolution may be initiated by the school board or upon presentation to the school board of a petition signed by ten percent of the qualified electors of the district.

B. In reviewing the resolution, the higher education department shall ascertain the attitude of the community college board and ensure that the petitioning district is not already within another institution's service area. If the department finds that the proposed addition of the petitioning district is not within another institution's service area and the proposed addition is acceptable to the community college district, it shall approve the resolution. Thereafter, the petitioning district and the established community college district shall call an election pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act on the question of the inclusion of the area in the community college district.

C. If it appears on canvass of the results of the election a majority of the votes cast in each of the petitioning areas and within the established community college district was in favor of the addition of the petitioning area, the secretary of higher education shall declare the extension of the boundaries of the community college district to include the petitioning area in which the proposed addition referendum carried by a majority vote. The addition shall take effect on the next succeeding July 1.

D. The territory within each school district added to any existing community college district shall automatically be subject to any special levy on taxable property approved for the community college district for the maintenance of facilities and services and for support of bond issues.