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N.M. Stat. § 72-4A-8 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 4A / Section 72-4A-8
§ 72-4A-8. Water trust fund; created; investment; distribution
Status: in_force

A. The “water trust fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money appropriated, donated or otherwise accrued to the fund. Money in the fund shall be invested by the state investment officer as land grant permanent funds are invested pursuant to Chapter 6, Article 8 NMSA 1978 . Earnings from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund shall not be expended for any purpose, but an annual distribution shall be made to the water project fund in accordance with Subsection B of this section.

B. On July 1 of fiscal year 2003 and on July 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, an annual distribution shall be made from the water trust fund to the water project fund in the amount of four million dollars ($4,000,000) until that amount is less than an amount equal to four and seven-tenths percent of the average of the year-end market values of the water trust fund for the immediately preceding five calendar years. Thereafter, the amount of the annual distribution shall be four and seven-tenths percent of the average of the year-end market values of the water trust fund for the immediately preceding five calendar years.
N.M. Stat. § 74-3-10.1 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 3 / Section 74-3-10.1
§ 74-3-10.1. Fee exemption
Status: in_force

All medical, dental and veterinary x-ray equipment is exempt from fees imposed pursuant to the Radiation Protection Act.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-41 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-41
§ 53-4-41. Foreign corporations
Status: in_force

A foreign corporation operating on a cooperative basis and complying with the applicable laws of the state in which it is organized is entitled to receive from the public regulation commission [secretary of state] a certificate authorizing it to do business in this state as a foreign cooperative corporation.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-47-23 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 47 / Section 59A-47-23
§ 59A-47-23. Subscriber contracts; coverage period
Status: in_force

Every health care expense payments contract made by a health care plan under this article shall provide coverage for the subscribers thereunder for a period of not less than one month; and no such contract shall be made which provides for an effective date which is more than six (6) months prior to or after the date when the contract was actually issued by the health care plan.
N.M. Stat. § 21-30-2 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 30 / Section 21-30-2
§ 21-30-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the University Athletic Facility Funding Act:

A. “ athletic facility revenues ” means rentals, receipts, fees or other charges imposed by and paid to a university for the rights to use, operate or manage a university athletic facility by any person;

B. “ athletic facility surcharge ” means a surcharge to be included in each vendor contract on tickets, parking, souvenirs, concessions, programs, advertising, merchandise, corporate suites or boxes, broadcast revenues and all other products or services sold at or related to a university athletic facility or related to activities occurring at a university athletic facility;

C. “ board ” means the board of regents of a university;

D. “ bonds ” means athletic facility revenue bonds issued by a university to pay for some or all of the costs of designing, purchasing, constructing, remodeling, rehabilitating, renovating, improving, equipping and furnishing a university athletic facility;

E. “ president ” means the president of a university or a person designated by the president of a university;

F. “ university ” means a four-year post-secondary educational institution confirmed by Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and the main campus of which is located in a class A county;

G. “ university athletic facility ” means an indoor or outdoor athletic facility, including buildings and related improvements, primarily designed and intended for university sporting events, but also available for non-university sporting events and university and community cultural, educational and entertainment events;

H. “ vendor ” means every person, corporation, partnership or other entity, including a division or department of a university, providing products or services sold at or related to a university athletic facility; and

I. “ vendor contract ” means a written arrangement between a university and a vendor pursuant to which the vendor provides products or services sold at or related to the university athletic facility.
N.M. Stat. § 9-15-14.5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 9-15-14.5
§ 9-15-14.5. Outdoor equity grant program fund; created
Status: in_force

A. The “outdoor equity grant program fund” is created in the state treasury. All appropriations, gifts, devises, grants and donations received shall be deposited in the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department for the New Mexico outdoor recreation division to carry out the outdoor equity grant program. Any money appropriated to the fund or accruing to it through gifts, grants, bequests or interest shall remain in the fund. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year.

B. The fund shall be administered by the department. Disbursements from the fund shall be made only upon warrant drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of economic development or the secretary's designee for the purpose of carrying out the outdoor equity grant program.
N.M. Stat. § 62-2-18 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 2 / Section 62-2-18
§ 62-2-18. Acquiring land of minors and incapacitated persons
Status: in_force

Should it become necessary for any such corporation to acquire the title to any land or other property belonging to any minor or incapacitated person, or which may belong to the estate of any deceased person, the title to any such property may be obtained in such manner as may be provided by law for the conveyance, sale or disposal of the land or other property belonging to minors or incapacitated persons or the estates of deceased persons.
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-6
§ 22-11-6. Board; powers; duties
Status: in_force

A. The board shall:

(1) properly and uniformly enforce the Educational Retirement Act;

(2) hire employees and delegate administrative authority to these employees;

(3) make an actuarial report on the financial operation of the Educational Retirement Act to the legislature at each regular session every odd-numbered year;

(4) accept donations, gifts or bequests to the fund; and

(5) adopt regulations pursuant to the Educational Retirement Act.

B. The board may:

(1) select and contract for the services of one or more custodial banks. For purposes of this subsection, “ custodial bank ” means a financial institution with the general fiduciary duties to manage, control and collect the assets of an investment fund, including receiving all deposits and paying all disbursements as directed by staff, safekeeping of assets, coordination of asset transfers, timely settlement of securities transactions and accurate and timely reporting by individual account and in total; and

(2) contract for legal services for litigation matters on a contingent fee basis, subject to the provisions of the Procurement Code; provided that:

(a) the board shall submit each proposed contract to the attorney general for review of the contingency fee. The attorney general shall review a proposed contract within thirty days after receiving the contract. The review shall take into account the complexity of the factual and legal issues presented by the claims to be pursued under the contract. If the attorney general advises the board that the proposed contingency fee is not reasonable, the board may nevertheless approve the contract and the contingency fee if no fewer than four members vote for approval;

(b) each prospective contractor seeking to represent the board on a contingency fee basis shall file with the board the disclosure required by Section 13-1-191.1 NMSA 1978 disclosing all campaign contributions made to the governor, attorney general, state treasurer or any member of the board, or to a political committee that is intended to aid or promote the nomination or election of any candidate to a state office if the committee is: 1) established by any of the foregoing persons or their agents; 2) established in consultation with or at the request of any of the foregoing persons or their agents; or 3) controlled by one of the foregoing persons or their agents; and

(c) nothing in this paragraph shall prejudice or impair the rights of a qui tam plaintiff pursuant to the Fraud Against Taxpayers Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-39-27 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 39 / Section 3-39-27
§ 3-39-27. Issuance of bonds; purposes
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitation and in accordance with Article 9 of the constitution of New Mexico , any municipality may issue and dispose of negotiable bonds thereof, for the purposes of securing funds for the acquisition or construction of an airport or any part of an airport and the rights and properties used and connected with the airport in the manner provided for in Sections 3-30-1 through 3-30-9 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 58-1-22 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 1 / Section 58-1-22
§ 58-1-22. Investments
Status: in_force

A. In addition to other investments expressly authorized by the Banking Act, a state bank may:

(1) purchase or discount obligations that satisfy the requirements of the Banking Act for loans;

(2) purchase or discount obligations of the United States or a state of the United States or bonds or debentures issued pursuant to the Federal Farm Loan Act, 1 as amended, and the Farm Credit Act of 1933, 2 as amended;

(3) purchase or discount obligations in amounts not to exceed ten percent of its capital and surplus for each of the following: the inter-American development bank, the African development bank, the Asian development bank and the international bank for reconstruction and redevelopment;

(4) purchase or discount obligations of a territory of the United States, a subdivision or instrumentality of a state or territory of the United States or an authority organized under either state law, an interstate compact or by substantially identical legislation adopted by two or more states;

(5) purchase or discount obligations of a corporation chartered by the United States or a state thereof doing business in the United States that are approved by the director for investment;

(6) invest in industrial revenue bonds issued by the state or any of its political subdivisions up to twenty percent of its capital and surplus for any one issue, with a total in all such issues not to exceed fifty percent of its capital and surplus;

(7) invest an amount not exceeding twenty percent of its capital and surplus in any one issue for revenue obligations issued to provide, enlarge or improve electric power, gas, water, sewer facilities and other public facilities by any city or town located in the state; and

(8) invest in any obligation in which a national bank is authorized to invest at the time of making the investment, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Banking Act.

B. A state bank authorized to exercise trust powers may invest an amount not exceeding ten percent of its capital in the stock of a corporation owned entirely by banks and exclusively engaged in a trust company business and maintaining its offices on the premises used by the bank or another bank also owning part of its capital stock or adjacent to the premises of any bank owning part of its stock.

C. A state bank may invest an amount not exceeding twenty-five percent of its capital and surplus in the stock and obligations of a corporation owning the premises occupied by the bank for the transaction of its business.

D. A state bank may purchase or sell without recourse against it any security upon the order of a customer and for his account.

E. A state bank may invest an amount approved by the director in the stock of a corporation owned entirely by banks and engaged in providing record-keeping services using electronic or other similar machines.

F. A state bank may make an investment or conduct an activity the director determines is a part of or is incidental to the business of banking notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Banking Act.
N.M. Stat. § 47-6-22 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 6 / Section 47-6-22
§ 47-6-22. Time limit on administrative action
Status: in_force

A. All opinions required of public agencies or submitted by an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo shall be furnished to the board of county commissioners within thirty days after the public agencies or Indian nation, tribe or pueblo receives the written request and accompanying information from the board of county commissioners. If the board of county commissioners does not receive a requested opinion within the thirty-day period, the board shall proceed in accordance with its own best judgment concerning the subject of the opinion request. The failure of a public agency or Indian nation, tribe or pueblo to provide an opinion when requested by the board of county commissioners does not indicate that the subdivider's provisions concerning the subject of the opinion request were acceptable or unacceptable or adequate or inadequate.

B. Final plats submitted to the board of county commissioners for approval shall be approved or disapproved at a public meeting of the board of county commissioners within thirty days of the date the final plat is deemed complete.

C. If the board of county commissioners does not act upon a final plat within the required period of time, the subdivider shall give the board of county commissioners written notice of its failure to act. If the board of county commissioners fails to approve or reject the final plat within thirty days, the board of county commissioners shall, upon demand by the subdivider, issue a certificate stating that the final plat has been approved.
N.M. Stat. § 60-6A-21 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 6A / Section 60-6A-21
§ 60-6A-21. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 60-6A-21 through 60-6A-28 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Domestic Winery, Small Brewery and Craft Distillery Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 11-8-7 — NM Code / Chapter 11 / Article 8 / Section 11-8-7
§ 11-8-7. Committees; Article VI
Status: in_force

A. To assist in the expeditious conduct of its business when the full commission is not meeting, the commission shall elect a steering committee of thirty-two members which, subject to the provisions of this compact and consistent with the policies of the commission, shall be constituted and function as provided in the bylaws of the commission. One-fourth of the voting membership of the steering committee shall consist of governors, one-fourth shall consist of legislators, and the remainder shall consist of other members of the commission. A federal representative on the commission may serve with the steering committee, but without vote. The voting members of the steering committee shall serve for terms of two years, except that members elected to the first steering committee of the commission shall be elected as follows: sixteen for one year and sixteen for two years. The chairman, vice chairman, and treasurer of the commission shall be members of the steering committee and, anything in this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, shall serve during their continuance in these offices. Vacancies in the steering committee shall not affect its authority to act, but the commission at its next regularly ensuing meeting following the occurrence of any vacancy shall fill it for the unexpired term. No person shall serve more than two terms as a member of the steering committee: provided that service for a partial term of one year or less shall not be counted toward the two term limitation.

B. The commission may establish advisory and technical committees composed of state, local, and federal officials and private persons to advise it with respect to any one or more of its functions. Any advisory or technical committee may, on request of the states concerned, be established to consider any matter of special concern to two or more of the party states.

C. The commission may establish such additional committees as its bylaws may provide.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-33-15 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 33 / Section 59A-33-15
§ 59A-33-15. Pool policyholder liability
Status: in_force

No policyholder in the assigned risk pool shall be liable for any deficit incurred by the pool for the calendar year 1991 unless that policyholder's policy is issued or renewed in 1991. A policyholder in the pool as of January 1, 1991, shall not, therefore, be liable for any deficit incurred by the pool for 1991 unless that policyholder's policy is renewed with the pool in calendar year 1991.
N.M. Stat. § 28-16A-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 16A / Section 28-16A-21
§ 28-16A-21. Data collection and reporting
Status: in_force

A. By April 1, 2024 and annually thereafter, direct support provider agencies shall submit data, in a form approved by the department, from the previous calendar year regarding direct support professionals that includes:

(1) the number of full- or part-time employees at any time during the year, the percentage of the year that the employees were employed and the total length of time that the employees had been employed as of the end of the year;

(2) disaggregated demographic information, including age, gender, race and ethnicity, education level and work experience;

(3) employee wages paid; and

(4) employee benefits provided.

B. The department shall submit an annual report by September 1, 2024, and on September 1 of each subsequent year to the legislative health and human services committee, the legislative finance committee and the governor regarding the direct support professional workforce, including:

(1) the total number of full- and part-time employees;

(2) a demographic analysis of this workforce;

(3) the highest, lowest and average hourly wage paid by direct support provider agencies;

(4) the average length of employment and vacancy and turnover rates; and

(5) the availability and type of benefits provided by direct support provider agencies.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-4-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 32A / Article 4 / Section 32A-4-10
§ 32A-4-10. Basic rights
Status: in_force

A. A child subject to the provisions of the Children's Code is entitled to the same basic rights as an adult, except as otherwise provided in the Children's Code.

B. At the inception of an abuse or neglect proceeding, counsel shall be appointed for the parent, guardian or custodian of the child. The appointed counsel shall represent the parent, guardian or custodian who is named as a party until an indigency determination is made at the custody hearing. Counsel shall also be appointed if, in the court's discretion, appointment of counsel is required in the interest of justice.

C. At the inception of an abuse and neglect proceeding, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for a child under fourteen years of age. If the child is fourteen years of age or older, the court shall appoint an attorney for the child. No officer or employee of an agency that is vested with the legal custody of the child shall be appointed as guardian ad litem of or attorney for the child. Only an attorney with appropriate experience shall be appointed as guardian ad litem of or attorney for the child.

D. When reasonable and appropriate, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem or attorney who is knowledgeable about the child's particular cultural background.

E. When a child reaches fourteen years of age, the child's guardian ad litem shall continue as the child's attorney; provided that the court shall appoint a different attorney for the child if:

(1) the child requests a different attorney;

(2) the guardian ad litem requests to be removed; or

(3) the court determines that the appointment of a different attorney is appropriate.

F. The court shall assure that the child's guardian ad litem zealously represents the child's best interest and that the child's attorney zealously represents the child.

G. A person afforded rights under the Children's Code shall be advised of those rights at that person's first appearance before the court on a petition under the Children's Code.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-55.12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-55.12
§ 10-11-55.12. Municipal general member coverage plan 4; affiliated public employer contribution rate
Status: in_force

An affiliated public employer shall contribute the following percentages of the salary of each member it employs and who is covered under municipal general member coverage plan 4:

A. prior to July 1, 2022, twelve and three-tenths percent of salary;

B. beginning July 1, 2022 and continuing through June 30, 2023, twelve and eight-tenths percent of salary;

C. beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through June 30, 2024, thirteen and three-tenths percent of salary;

D. beginning July 1, 2024 and continuing through June 30, 2025, thirteen and eight-tenths percent of salary; and

E. beginning July 1, 2025 and thereafter, fourteen and three-tenths percent of salary.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-25-1 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 25 / Section 32A-25-1
§ 32A-25-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act 1 may be cited as the “Carlos Vigil Memorial Act” in honor of Carlos Vigil.
N.M. Stat. § 25-10-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 10 / Section 25-10-4
§ 25-10-4. Genetic research program initiated
Status: in_force

New Mexico state university shall:

A. devote an appropriate portion of its funding for the purpose of initiating a program of genetic research and procedures for developing a seed source for faster growing piñon trees suitable to New Mexico's climate;

B. study methods to prevent and control diseases that threaten the piñon trees in this state;

C. conduct and publish a nutritional analysis of piñon nuts;

D. research and recommend storage methods for both shelled and unshelled nuts for periods of up to three years;

E. recommend packaging methods for shelled nuts to preserve freshness;

F. conduct a marketing study to define the potential of exploiting the state's present wild-growing piñon nut crop resource both for in-state consumption and for out-of-state export;

G. conduct research in the development of mechanical means for harvesting piñon nuts from wild trees that will not cause damage to the trees or their surroundings and mechanical means for shelling the piñon nuts; and

H. report annually to the legislature regarding the amount of funding it is devoting and expending for the research, development and marketing programs called for in this section, the funding being devoted to and expended for other agricultural, range, forestry and land stewardship programs and the progress being made towards fulfilling the research, development and marketing programs called for in this section.
N.M. Stat. § 9-2A-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 2A / Section 9-2A-9
§ 9-2A-9. Organizational units of the department; powers and duties specified by law; access to information
Status: in_force

A. Those organizational units of the department and the officers of those units specified by law shall have all of the powers and duties enumerated in the specific laws involved. However, the carrying out of those powers and duties shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the secretary, who shall retain the final decision-making authority and responsibility for the administration of any such laws as provided in Subsection B of Section 7 of the Children, Youth and Families Department Act.

B. The department shall have access to all records, data and information of other state departments that are not specifically held confidential by law.