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N.M. Stat. § 21-1-4.7 — NM_STATUTES 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. § 26-2C-37 — NM Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2C / Section 26-2C-37
§ 26-2C-37. Intrastate source
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 38 of the Cannabis Regulation Act, all cannabis products shall be derived from a source originating within New Mexico.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14-22.1 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14 / Section 24-14-22.1
§ 24-14-22.1. Certificates of still birth
Status: in_force

A. The state registrar shall establish a certificate of still birth. A person required to report a spontaneous fetal death shall inform a woman who has delivered under circumstances in which a spontaneous fetal death has occurred, or a family member whom the woman designates, that the report of spontaneous fetal death and a certificate of still birth are available from the bureau upon request. Upon the request of a woman who delivered under circumstances in which a spontaneous fetal death occurred, or the request of a family member whom the woman designates, a certificate of still birth shall be completed and filed in accordance with Section 24-14-13 NMSA 1978 .

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section, and upon the request of a woman who delivered under circumstances in which a spontaneous fetal death occurred, or the request of a family member whom the woman designates, the state registrar shall issue a certificate of still birth without regard to the date on which a report of spontaneous fetal death was filed, when the spontaneous fetal death was registered or when a report of spontaneous fetal death was issued.

C. A certificate of still birth shall include:

(1) the following sentence: “THIS CERTIFICATE OF STILL BIRTH CANNOT BE USED AS PROOF OF A LIVE BIRTH, FOR IDENTIFICATION OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.”; and

(2) only those of the following that are requested by the woman who delivered under circumstances in which a spontaneous fetal death occurred:

(a) the sex of the still-born fetus;

(b) the record number of the report of spontaneous fetal death;

(c) the date and time of delivery;

(d) the county of delivery; or

(e) the full name, birth date and birthplace of the woman who delivered under circumstances in which a spontaneous fetal death occurred.

D. Upon the request of the woman who delivered under circumstances in which a spontaneous fetal death occurred, the certificate of still birth shall include a name for the fetus delivered under circumstances in which the spontaneous fetal death occurred.

E. A certificate of still birth shall not be used to calculate live birth statistics.

F. This section provides for a person's right to request a certificate of still birth and the procedures pursuant to which a person may obtain a certificate of still birth. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to create any other right, privilege or entitlement or to abrogate any existing right, privilege or entitlement.

G. For purposes of this section, “ still birth ” means an unintended, intrauterine spontaneous fetal death that occurs:

(1) after the fetus has attained a gestational age of at least twenty weeks; or

(2) when the fetus has attained a weight of not less than three hundred fifty grams, if gestational age is unknown.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-7 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-7
§ 53-4-7. Articles of incorporation; amendments; fee
Status: in_force

A. Amendments to the articles of incorporation may be proposed by a two-thirds' vote of the board of directors or by petition of one-tenth of the association's members. Notice of the meeting to consider the amendment shall be sent by the secretary at least thirty days in advance to each member at his last known address, accompanied by the full text of the proposal and by that part of the articles to be amended. Two-thirds of the members voting may adopt the amendment and, when verified by the president and the secretary, it shall be filed with the public regulation commission [secretary of state] within thirty days of its adoption, and a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid.

B. If the amendment is to alter the preferences of outstanding shares of any type or to authorize the issuance of shares having preferences superior to outstanding shares of any type, the vote of two-thirds of the members owning the outstanding shares affected by the change shall also be required for the adoption of the amendment.

C. The amount of capital and the number and par value of shares may be diminished or increased by amendment of the articles, but the capital shall not be diminished below the amount of paid-up capital existing at the time of amendment.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-118.1 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-118.1
§ 10-11-118.1. Adjustment of benefits
Status: in_force

A. If payment of a pension or other retirement benefit causes a decrease in the amount of monetary payments or other needs-based benefits due to a payee from any other governmental agency, the pension or other retirement benefit shall be reduced for the period during which the pension or other retirement benefit prevents payment of another needs-based benefit to result in payment of the maximum amount possible by the association and the other governmental agency to the payee. Any amounts which would otherwise be paid out which are not paid in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be recoverable by a payee at any later date.

B. If there is a change in the effect of a pension or other retirement benefit on any monetary payments or other needs-based benefits due to a payee from any other governmental agency, the pension or other retirement benefits shall be adjusted to result in the maximum total benefit to the payee. In no event shall any pension be increased in an amount greater than that authorized by the Public Employees Retirement Act.

C. The provisions of this section are mandatory and may not be waived or declined by a payee. Each payee shall provide the association with all information necessary for the association to carry out the requirements imposed by this section.

D. If the payee fails to provide all the facts necessary to comply with the requirements imposed by this section and payment of a pension or other retirement benefit is made without making the adjustment required by this section, neither the board, the executive director nor any officer or employee of the association or the board shall be liable to any third party because the adjustment was not made as required.

E. As used in this section:

(1) “pension” means a normal retirement, survivor or disability retirement pension payable to a retired member or survivor beneficiary pursuant to the Public Employees Retirement Act;

(2) “governmental agency” means the federal government, any department or agency of the federal government, any state and any department, agency or political subdivision of a state;

(3) “total benefits” means pensions plus any other monetary payments or other needs-based benefits due to the payee from any governmental agency;

(4) “needs-based benefit” means monetary or other benefits for which a determination of eligibility is based upon the recipient's level of income and resources; and

(5) “payee” means a retired member or the refund beneficiary or survivor beneficiary of a retired member.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-103 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-103
§ 66-3-103. New owner to secure transfer of registration and new certificate of title; time period; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the transferee before operating or permitting the operation of the vehicle or boat on a highway or waterway shall present to the division the certificate of registration and the properly assigned certificate of title and shall apply for and obtain a new certificate of title and a new registration for the vehicle.

B. A transferee who fails to apply for transfer of registration and issuance of a new certificate of title within thirty days from the date of transfer is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-55 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-55
§ 1-12-55. Paper ballots; marking
Status: in_force

All marks on the paper ballot shall be made only with the recommended or provided marking device.
N.M. Stat. § 61-1-35 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 1 / Section 61-1-35
§ 61-1-35. Occupational or professional licenses and certification; qualification
Status: in_force

A. It is the policy of this state that a person is eligible for occupational or professional licensure or certification for which that person is qualified, regardless of the person's citizenship or immigration status.

B. No administrative rule or agency procedure shall be adopted or enforced that conflicts with the policy stated in Subsection A of this section.

C. This section serves as the affirmation of eligibility in this state pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Section 1621(d) for persons not lawfully present in the United States to be licensed or certified.
N.M. Stat. § 9-7-11.4 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 9-7-11.4
§ 9-7-11.4. Compulsive gambling council; duties; membership
Status: in_force

A. The “compulsive gambling council” is created. The council is administratively attached to the department pursuant to the Executive Reorganization Act. The council consists of the following fifteen members, all of whom shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor:

(1) the secretary or the secretary's designee, who shall serve as chair of the council;

(2) a member of the governor's staff;

(3) a member of the gaming control board;

(4) a member of the board of directors of the New Mexico lottery authority;

(5) a member of a fraternal organization that sponsors gambling;

(6) two persons with expertise in the field of compulsive gambling;

(7) two Native American representatives from a tribe or pueblo with gaming operations;

(8) two representatives of the non-Native American gaming industry;

(9) two representatives from the behavioral health profession; and

(10) two representatives from the general public.

B. The council shall meet regularly and at the call of the chair.

C. A majority of the council constitutes a quorum.

D. Council members shall serve voluntarily and shall receive no per diem for their services or travel expenses.

E. The council shall:

(1) develop and implement a New Mexico strategic prevention and treatment of compulsive gambling plan;

(2) recommend to the department compulsive gambling prevention and treatment standards;

(3) collaborate with the appropriate state agencies to link compulsive gambling data collection and referral information to crisis response hotlines or youth and domestic violence initiatives;

(4) collaborate with the department to improve data collection regarding gambling-related suicide, bankruptcies and domestic violence;

(5) collaborate with the department and the aging and long-term services department to educate New Mexico seniors through prevention training and materials regarding the recognition and treatment of compulsive gambling problems; and

(6) develop and recommend to the governor a voluntary self-exclusion program.

F. Beginning in 2008, the council shall submit an annual report to the governor and the appropriate legislative interim committee reporting the key findings and progress on implementation of the New Mexico strategic prevention and treatment of compulsive gambling plan.

G. Two copies of the annual report shall be filed with the legislative council service library annually beginning in August 2008.
N.M. Stat. § 27-5-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 5 / Section 27-5-6
§ 27-5-6. Powers and duties of counties relating to indigent care
Status: in_force

A county:

A. may budget for expenditure on ambulance services, burial expenses, hospital or medical expenses for indigent residents of that county and for costs of development of a countywide or multicounty health plan. The combined costs of administration and planning shall not exceed the following percentages of revenues based on the previous fiscal year revenues for a fund that has existed for at least one fiscal year or based on projected revenues for the year being budgeted for a fund that has existed for less than one fiscal year. The percentage of the revenues in the fund that may be used for such combined administrative and planning costs is equal to the sum of the following:

(1) ten percent of the amount of the revenues in the fund not over five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000);

(2) eight percent of the amount of the revenues in the fund over five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) but not over one million dollars ($1,000,000); and

(3) four and one-half percent of the amount of the revenues in the fund over one million dollars ($1,000,000);

B. may accept contributions of public funds for county health care services, which shall be deposited in the fund;

C. may hire personnel to carry out the provisions of the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act;

D. shall transfer to the state by the last day of March, June, September and December of each year an amount equal to one-fourth of the county's payment pursuant to Section 27-5-6.2 NMSA 1978 . This money shall be deposited in the safety net care pool fund;

E. shall, in carrying out the provisions of the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act, comply with the standards of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; 1

F. may provide for the transfer of money from the fund to the county-supported medicaid fund to meet the requirements of the Statewide Health Care Act; 2 and

G. may contract with ambulance providers, hospitals or health care providers for the provision of services for indigent patients domiciled within the county; such services shall be provided to all non-citizens, regardless of immigration status, if they meet all other qualifying criteria for such services.
N.M. Stat. § 73-9-61 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 9 / Section 73-9-61
§ 73-9-61. Former districts; validation of organization, bonds and contracts; application of article
Status: in_force

Any irrigation district organized after March 18, 1909, and prior to the passage and approval of this act, substantially in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 109 of the Session Laws of 1909, or of Chapter 60 of the New Mexico Statutes , Code 1915, or Chapter 100, Session Laws, 1915, or of Chapter 21, Session Laws of 1917, and any bonds or contracts authorized or issued by any such district substantially in accordance with the provisions of either of said chapters, are hereby confirmed and validated, and such irrigation districts (except districts organized to cooperate with the United States), so organized and existing prior to the passage and approval of this act, and the officers thereof, shall be governed by and be entitled to all the benefits of, and shall have, exercise and perform all the powers and duties prescribed by the provisions of this act.
N.M. Stat. § 61-29-6 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 29 / Section 61-29-6
§ 61-29-6. Meeting of the commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall meet at least once each quarter-year at such time and place as may be designated by the commission president, and special meetings may be held upon five days' written notice to each of the commission members by the commission president.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-14.4 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-14.4
§ 7-2-14.4. Authorization to fund property tax rebate for low-income taxpayers; tax imposition; election
Status: in_force

A. The board of county commissioners of any county may adopt a resolution to submit to the qualified electors of the county the question of whether a property tax at a rate not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) per thousand dollars ($1,000) of taxable value of property should be imposed for the purpose of providing the necessary funding for the property tax rebate for low-income taxpayers provided in the Income Tax Act if the county has adopted an ordinance providing the property tax rebate.

B. The resolution shall:

(1) specify the rate of the proposed tax, which shall not exceed one dollar ($1.00) per thousand dollars ($1,000) of taxable value of property;

(2) specify the date an election will be held to submit the question of imposition of the tax to the qualified electors of the county;

(3) impose the tax for one, two, three, four or five property tax years and limit the imposition of the proposed tax to no more than five property tax years; and

(4) pledge the revenue from the tax solely for the payment of the income tax revenue reduction resulting from the implementation of the property tax rebate for low-income taxpayers.

C. The resolution authorized in Subsection A of this section shall be adopted no later than May 15 in the year prior to the year in which the tax is proposed to be imposed. By adoption of an appropriate resolution, the board of county commissioners may submit the question of imposing the tax for successive periods of one, two, three, four or five years to the qualified electors of the county. The procedures for the election and for the imposition of the tax for subsequent periods shall be the same as those applying to the initial imposition of the tax. The election shall be scheduled so that the imposition of the tax for successive periods results in continuity of the tax.

D. An election on the question of imposing the tax authorized pursuant to this section may be held in conjunction with a general election or may be conducted as or held in conjunction with a special election, but the election shall be held by the date necessary to assure that the results of the election on the question of imposing the tax may be certified no later than July 1 of the first property tax year in which the tax is proposed to be imposed. Conduct of the election shall be as provided by the Election Code. 1

E. As used in this section, “ taxable value of property ” means the combined total of net taxable value of property allocated to the county under the Property Tax Code; 2 the assessed value of products severed and sold in the county for the calendar year preceding the year for which a determination is made as determined under the Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act; 3 the assessed value of equipment in the county as determined under the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act; 4 and the taxable value of copper mineral property in the county pursuant to Section 7-39-7 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-61 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-61
§ 7-38-61. Real property taxes delinquent for more than two years; treasurer to prepare delinquency list; notation on property tax schedule
Status: in_force

A. By July 1 of each year, the county treasurer shall prepare a property tax delinquency list of all real property for which taxes have been delinquent for more than two years. The tax delinquency list shall contain the information and be in a form prescribed and submitted by the date required by department regulations. The county treasurer shall record the tax delinquency list in the office of the county clerk. There shall be no recording fee for recordation of the tax delinquency list. The updated final property tax sale list shall be recorded with the office of the county clerk the day following the sale of the property. There shall be no recording fee for recordation of the final property tax sale list.

B. The county treasurer shall make a notation on the property tax schedule indicating that the account has been transferred to the department for collection at the time the tax delinquency list is mailed to the department.
N.M. Stat. § 6-21-9 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 21 / Section 6-21-9
§ 6-21-9. Public project financing; powers of qualified entities
Status: in_force

A qualified entity may:

A. obligate itself to pay to the authority at periodic intervals a sum sufficient to pay all or part of debt service or other obligation, including fees and other charges imposed by the authority with respect to bonds issued by the authority to fund a public project, and to make such payments to the authority for deposit in the fund or account designated by the authority;

B. fulfill any obligation to pay the authority by the issuance of bonds in accordance with the laws authorizing such issuance by the qualified entity; provided that notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, such bonds may be sold at private sale to the authority at the price and upon the terms and conditions the qualified entity shall determine;

C. levy, collect and pay to the authority and obligate itself to continue to levy, collect and pay to the authority the proceeds from one or more sources of funds or revenues, including but not limited to charges, licenses, permits, taxes, user or other fees, special assessments or other funds or revenue available to the qualified entity, in accordance with the laws authorizing imposition or levy thereof by the qualified entity;

D. undertake and obligate itself to pay its contractual obligation to the authority solely from the proceeds from any of the sources specified in Subsection C of this section or, in accordance with the laws authorizing issuance of bonds by a qualified entity, impose upon itself a general obligation to impose a property tax to pay bonds held by the authority which may be additionally secured by a pledge of any of the sources specified in Subsection C of this section; provided, however, that any general obligation involving property tax revenues is subject to applicable constitutional debt requirements;

E. lease buildings, facilities and other real and personal property from the authority; and

F. enter into agreements, perform acts and delegate functions and duties that the qualified entity determines are necessary or desirable to enable the authority to assist the qualified entity in financing a public project.