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N.M. Stat. § 1-2-14 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1-2-14
§ 1-2-14. Election boards; notice of appointment
Status: in_force

A. Immediately after the appointment of the election boards, the county clerk shall:

(1) make and certify a list of the names of the appointees for each polling location and send a copy of the list to the county chair of each political party participating in a partisan election and to the secretary of state; and

(2) notify each person appointed, request the person's acceptance and keep a record of all notifications and acceptances.

B. If any person appointed to an election board fails to accept the appointment within two weeks after the notice was sent or communicated, the county clerk shall appoint another qualified person for the election board.
N.M. Stat. § 4-60-9 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 60 / Section 4-60-9
§ 4-60-9. Use of proceeds from sale of bonds
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of the County Pollution Control Revenue Bond Act shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued; provided, that any accrued interest and premiums received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds sold; and provided further, that if for any reason any portion of such proceeds shall not be needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, then such balance of said proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the redemption premium, if any, and interest on said bonds, and provided further, that any portion of the proceeds from the sale of said bonds, including refunding bonds, or any accrued interest and premium received in any such sale, may, in the event the money currently will not be needed or cannot be effectively used to the advantage of the county for the purposes herein provided, be invested, in accordance with the procedures and subject to any restrictions established by the resolution and other proceedings under which the bonds are issued, in any securities without limitation except as expressly provided to the contrary in Section 8 of the County Pollution Control Revenue Bond Act, 1 if such investment will not interfere with the use of such funds for the primary purposes as herein provided. The cost of acquiring any project or projects shall be deemed to include the following:

A. the actual cost of the construction of any part of a project or projects which shall be constructed, including architects', attorneys' and engineers' fees;

B. the purchase price of any part of a project or projects that may be acquired by purchase;

C. the actual cost of the extension of any utility to the project site or sites, all expenses in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds to finance such acquisition; and

D. the interest on any bonds issued by the same county for the same or any other project or projects for a reasonable time prior to construction, during construction and for not exceeding six months after completion of construction.
N.M. Stat. § 53-14-1 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 14 / Section 53-14-1
§ 53-14-1. Procedure for merger
Status: in_force

Any two or more domestic corporations may merge into one of the corporations pursuant to a plan of merger approved in the manner provided in the Business Corporation Act. The board of directors of each corporation shall, by resolution adopted by each such board, approve a plan of merger setting forth:

A. the names of the corporations proposing to merge, and the name of the corporation into which they propose to merge, which is hereinafter designated as the “surviving corporation”;

B. the terms and conditions of the proposed merger;

C. the manner and basis of converting the shares of each corporation into shares, obligations or other securities of the surviving corporation or of any other corporation or, in whole or in part, into cash or other property;

D. a statement of any changes in the articles of incorporation of the surviving corporation to be effected by the merger; and

E. other provisions with respect to the proposed merger as deemed necessary or desirable.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-15.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-15.2
§ 24-1-15.2. Conditions of public health importance; reporting
Status: in_force

A. The secretary shall establish by rule a list of reportable conditions of public health importance. The list shall include conditions of humans or animals caused by exposure to toxic substances, microorganisms or any other pathogens or conditions that arise due to injury. The secretary shall:

(1) prescribe the manner of and the person responsible for reporting conditions of public health importance;

(2) classify each reportable condition of public health importance according to the urgency of reporting; and

(3) revise the list of reportable conditions of public health importance as necessary.

B. The secretary may enter into agreements or other arrangements with federal and tribal public health agencies for receipt and sharing of information regarding reportable conditions of public health importance.

C. The department shall disseminate reporting requirements to health care providers and other persons required to report conditions of public health importance.

D. A person with knowledge of a reportable condition of public health importance shall report the condition to the department.
N.M. Stat. § 23-1-11 — NM Code / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 23-1-11
§ 23-1-11. Payment of pensions from excess of income from donated lands only
Status: in_force

That all pensions provided by this act shall be payable solely out of the income or current fund of the institution paying such pensions derived from the renting of lands of such institution donated by the United States of America, over and above such portion of such current income as may be necessary to service any bond issue of such institution heretofore lawfully issued, and no part of such pensions shall be paid out of the permanent fund of such institution, nor out of funds raised by general taxation.
N.M. Stat. § 52-3-45 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 3 / Section 52-3-45
§ 52-3-45. Employee's willful misconduct, willful self-exposure; defined
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything herein contained no employee or dependent of any employee shall be entitled to receive compensation for disablement or death from an occupational disease when such disablement or death, wholly or in part, was caused by the willful misconduct, willful self-exposure or willful disobedience to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be adopted by the employer and which rules and regulations have been and are kept posted in conspicuous places in and about the premises of the employer, or otherwise brought to the attention of such employee. As used in this section the term “willful self-exposure” shall include:

A. failure or omission on the part of an employee or applicant for employment truthfully to state in writing to the best of his knowledge in answer to any inquiry made by the employer, the place, duration and nature of previous employment;

B. failure or omission on the part of an applicant for employment to truthfully state in writing to the best of his knowledge in answer to an inquiry made by the employer, whether or not he had previously been disabled, laid off or compensated in damages, or otherwise, because of any physical disability;

C. failure or omission on the part of an employee or applicant for employment truthfully to give in writing to the best of his knowledge in answer to any inquiry made by the employer, full information about the previous status of his health, previous medical and hospital attention and direct and continuous exposure to active pulmonary tuberculosis.
N.M. Stat. § 6-18-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 18 / Section 6-18-4
§ 6-18-4. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

A. “bond” means any bond, debenture, note, refunding or renewal bond or note, warrant or other security evidencing an obligation authorized to be issued by a public body pursuant to any provision of law of this state, including the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act;

B. “governing body” means the city council or other body or officer of a public body in which the legislative powers are vested;

C. “indebtedness” means any debt evidenced by a bond issued by a public body pursuant to any law of this state that constitutes a debt for the purposes of Section 12 or 13 of Article 9 of the constitution of New Mexico and the issuance of which must be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the public body pursuant to those sections and any bond issued for the purpose of paying or refunding any such bond;

D. “bond legislation” means an ordinance or a resolution or other appropriate enactment adopted by a governing body of a public body providing for the authorization or sale of bonds and any trust agreement, credit agreement, letter of credit, reimbursement agreement or other credit facility, dealer agreement, issuing or paying agent agreement, purchase commitment agreement, escrow agreement, remarketing agreement, index agent agreement or other agreement with respect to the bonds to which the public body or trustee for the bonds is a party; and

E. “public body” means any municipality, any county, any school district, any special district, any H class county located in New Mexico, the New Mexico hospital equipment loan council, state institutions enumerated in Section 6-13-2 NMSA 1978 , the water quality control commission, the state board of finance, the New Mexico finance authority or the state.
N.M. Stat. § 58-1-25 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1 / Section 58-1-25
§ 58-1-25. Acquisition of property to satisfy or protect previous loan
Status: in_force

A state bank may take property of any kind to satisfy or protect a loan previously made in good faith and in the ordinary course of business. Property acquired in satisfaction of a loan shall be held subject to the limitations in this section.

A. Stock shall be sold within one hundred eighty days or such period as the director may allow.

B. Real estate may be used in the banking business, subject to the conditions prescribed by the Banking Act for property purchased for such use, or may be rented. Real estate may be improved to facilitate its sale. Unless used in the banking business, real estate shall be sold within five years or such period as the director may allow.

C. Other property, the acquisition of which is not otherwise authorized by the Banking Act, shall be sold within one hundred eighty days or such longer period as the director may allow.

D. The property shall be entered on the books at cost or fair market value, whichever is less. Upon transfer to other real estate owned, fair value shall be substantiated by a current appraisal prepared by an independent, qualified appraiser. All instructions from the bank to the appraiser shall be in writing. The appraisal shall recite all of the bank's instructions to the appraiser. If the property remains unsold, bank records shall be documented reflecting the bank's diligent efforts to effect sale. On or before each annual anniversary from the date of acquisition while the property remains unsold, the bank shall obtain, from an independent qualified appraiser, a current appraisal or, in letter form, certification that the fair market value has not declined.

E. The requirements for an appraisal upon transfer to other real estate owned, subsequent annual anniversary appraisal or letter certification are waived if the entire property is recorded at or below the lower of five percent of the bank's equity capital exclusive of valuation reserves or seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000). The director may require an appraisal on a property of lesser value at his discretion.

F. For other real estate owned, recorded at or below two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), the appraisal requirements prescribed will be waived at the option of the bank if the original book value of the property is charged off at a rate of ten percent for the first year, fifteen percent for the second year, twenty percent for the third year, twenty-five percent for the fourth year and thirty percent for the fifth year.
N.M. Stat. § 4-37-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 37 / Section 4-37-6
§ 4-37-6. Voting on proposed county ordinances; majority vote required for passage or repeal
Status: repealed

A. A proposed county ordinance shall be passed only by a majority vote of all the members of the board of county commissioners, and an existing county ordinance shall be amended or repealed in the same manner. Upon a vote of passage, amendment or repeal of any county ordinance, the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded.

B. Within thirty days of the adoption, amendment or repeal of an ordinance or resolution in an H class county, a petition may be presented to the board of county commissioners asking that the measure be submitted to a special election for its adoption or rejection. The petition must be signed by more than fifteen percent of the number of qualified electors who voted at the previous general election. Only qualified electors may sign the petition. Upon the filing of the petition with the board of county commissioners, the ordinance or resolution becomes ineffective and the board shall provide for an election on the measure within sixty days of the filing of the petition. The ballot shall contain the text of the ordinance or resolution in question. Below the text shall be the phrases: “for the measure” and “against the measure” followed by spaces for marking with a cross the phrase desired. The election may be held using voting machines in which case copies of the ordinance or resolution shall be made available at the polls. If a majority of the votes cast favor the measure, it shall take effect immediately. If a majority of the votes cast are against the measure, it shall not take effect.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-45.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-45.1
§ 22-8-45.1. Beginning teacher mentorship fund; created
Status: in_force

The “beginning teacher mentorship fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to provide funding to school districts and charter schools for their beginning teacher mentorship programs. The fund shall be administered by the public education department, and expenditures from the fund shall be by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of public education or the secretary's authorized representative.
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-43 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-43
§ 22-11-43. Insurance or banking laws inapplicable
Status: in_force

In the absence of specific provisions to the contrary, no law of this state regulating insurance policies, insurance companies or banking institutions shall apply to the administration of the Educational Retirement Act.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-50-3 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 50 / Section 59A-50-3
§ 59A-50-3. Certificate of authority required; fees
Status: in_force

No person shall provide motor club services or do business as a motor club in this state without having first met the requirements of this article, and having obtained a certificate of authority from the superintendent. The fee for such certificate shall be as specified in Section 101 (fee schedule) of the Insurance Code.
N.M. Stat. § 40-10D-7 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 10D / Section 40-10D-7
§ 40-10D-7. Agreement addressing custodial responsibility during deployment; form of agreement
Status: in_force

A. The parents of a child may enter into a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility during deployment under the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.

B. A temporary agreement pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be:

(1) in writing; and

(2) signed by both parents and any nonparent to whom custodial responsibility is granted.
N.M. Stat. § 3-45-10 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 45 / Section 3-45-10
§ 3-45-10. Sales, rentals and tenant selection
Status: in_force

A. In the operation or management of housing projects and affordable housing programs or the sale of any property pursuant to the Municipal Housing Law, a city shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals, property and tenant selection:

(1) it may rent, lease or sell the dwelling accommodations in the housing project and affordable housing programs only to persons falling within federally established standards;

(2) it may rent, lease or sell to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of the number of rooms, but no greater number, that it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants without overcrowding; and

(3) it shall not accept any person as a tenant in any housing program if the person has an annual net income in excess of federally established standards.

B. Nothing contained in this section or Section 3-45-9 NMSA 1978 shall be construed as limiting the power of a city to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the city, to take possession and operate housing projects or affordable housing programs or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this section or Section 3-45-9 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 25-1-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 25-1-8
§ 25-1-8. Inspection by agency
Status: in_force

A. The agency shall inspect food service establishments to determine compliance or lack of compliance with the Food Service Sanitation Act and regulations of the board. The procedures for inspection shall be in accordance with regulations of the board. Upon request by the agency to a food service establishment operator or to his employee or agent in charge of the food service establishment premises, he shall permit the agency official, upon proper identification, to enter the premises, inspect all parts of the premises and inspect and copy any records of food purchases by the food service establishment. The operator or his employee, or agent in charge of the food service establishment premises shall be given an opportunity to accompany the agency official on his inspection and as soon as possible after the inspection, a report of the inspection shall be furnished to him. Refusal to allow an inspection is grounds for revocation of the permit of the operator, provided that the agency official has tendered proper identification prior to the refusal.

B. During an inspection the agency may take samples of food and other substances found on the premises for the purpose of determining compliance with provisions of the Food Service Sanitation Act and regulations of the board.
N.M. Stat. § 69-8-5.2 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 8 / Section 69-8-5.2
§ 69-8-5.2. State mine inspector fund
Status: in_force

There is created in the state treasury the “state mine inspector fund”. All income and interest earned from the fund shall be credited to the general fund.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-88 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-88
§ 10-11-88. Municipal fire member coverage plan 1; amount of pension; form of payment A
Status: in_force

Under municipal fire member coverage plan 1, the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to two percent of the final average salary multiplied by credited service. The amount shall not exceed one hundred percent of the final average salary.
N.M. Stat. § 68-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 68 / Article 5 / Section 68-5-2
§ 68-5-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Prescribed Burning Act:

A. “ certified prescribed burn manager ” means a person certified pursuant to the prescribed burn manager certification program;

B. “ department ” means the energy, minerals and natural resources department;

C. “ division ” means the forestry division of the department;

D. “ extension service ” means the New Mexico state university cooperative extension service;

E. “ pile burning ” means the burning of vegetation, usually sticks, limbs or boles of trees and brush, resulting from land management activities, that have been stacked in piles, but does not mean the burning of a single or few small piles of yard waste or pruning debris on an individual's property; and

F. “ prescribed burn ” means the controlled application of fire to existing vegetative fuels through pile burning or the burning of vegetation over predefined areas under appropriate weather and environmental conditions for purposes of community protection, watershed resilience, silviculture, wildland fire hazard reduction, fuels reduction, rangeland improvement, wildlife management, habitat improvement, invasive species management and ecological maintenance or restoration, but does not include agricultural burning to clear fields of stubble or slash or to manage invasive species impacting crop production, as part of orchard management or to clear irrigation ditches of vegetation and debris in order to improve or restore efficient water flow and delivery.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21B-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21B / Section 21-21B-4
§ 21-21B-4. Fund; allocation
Status: in_force

Funds appropriated to the work-study fund shall be allocated by the board to eligible institutions for their use in employing eligible students.
N.M. Stat. § 62-19-12 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 19 / Section 62-19-12
§ 62-19-12. Commission; organizational units
Status: in_force

The commission includes the following organizational units:

A. the administrative services division;

B. the consumer relations division;

C. the legal division;

D. the utility division; and

E. the pipeline safety bureau.
N.M. Stat. § 5-4-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 5-4-16
§ 5-4-16. School districts; community recreational facilities
Status: in_force

A. A school district may construct, own or operate community recreational facilities within the school district. A school district may operate the community recreational facilities on land owned by the school district or on land acquired by the school district for the community recreational facilities.

B. A local school board of a school district may enter into agreements with any state or federal agency or department to obtain assistance in acquiring, constructing or operating community recreational facilities.

C. Local operational funds may not be expended to purchase land or construct buildings pursuant to this section except as provided in Section 22-8-41 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-36 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-36
§ 20-12-36. Improper use of countersign
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who in time of war discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to his knowledge, he was authorized and required to give shall be punished by death or other punishment as a court-martial may direct.