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N.M. Stat. § 10-11-55.11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-55.11
§ 10-11-55.11. Municipal general member coverage plan 4; member contribution rate
Status: in_force

A member under municipal general member coverage plan 4 shall contribute fifteen and sixty-five hundredths percent of salary starting with the first full pay period in the calendar month in which municipal general member coverage plan 4 becomes applicable to the member, except that a member whose annual salary is greater than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall contribute:

A. prior to July 1, 2022, seventeen and fifteen hundredths percent of salary;

B. beginning July 1, 2022 and continuing through June 30, 2023, seventeen and sixty-five hundredths percent of salary;

C. beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through June 30, 2024, eighteen and fifteen hundredths percent of salary;

D. beginning July 1, 2024 and continuing through June 30, 2025, eighteen and sixty-five hundredths percent of salary; and

E. beginning July 1, 2025 and thereafter, nineteen and fifteen hundredths percent of salary.
N.M. Stat. § 47-5-6 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 5 / Section 47-5-6
§ 47-5-6. Fraud; penalty
Status: in_force

Any officer, agent or employee of any firm or corporation, or any other person who knowingly authorizes or assists in the publication, advertising, distribution or circulation of any false statement or representation concerning any subdivided land offered for sale or lease, and any person, firm or corporation who, with knowledge that any written statement relating to the subdivided land is false or fraudulent, issues, circulates, publishes or distributes it in this state, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years, or by a fine of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or both.
N.M. Stat. § 53-2-7 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 2 / Section 53-2-7
§ 53-2-7. Amendments by corporations formed under other acts
Status: in_force

Any corporation organized under any general or special act of the territory or state of New Mexico, including railroad, telegraph and express companies, building and loan associations, banks and savings banks, trust companies, land and irrigation companies and other corporations possessing the right to take and condemn lands, may increase or decrease its capital stock, change its name, the par value of the shares of its capital stock or the location of its principal office in or out of this state, extend its corporate existence and fix any method of altering its bylaws permitted by the Business Corporation Act. Any corporation organized under Laws 1878, Chapter 1, may extend its corporate existence in the manner prescribed in the Business Corporation Act. Any corporation except a corporation exercising the right of eminent domain may, in the same manner, relinquish one or more branches of its business to such branches as might have been inserted in its original certificate of incorporation; provided, however, that original articles of incorporation of railroad corporations, and articles of incorporation and consolidation of railroad corporations incorporated or consolidated under the laws of the territory or state of New Mexico, or under the laws of the territory or state and any other state or states, or any such articles which may have heretofore been amended, may be amended or further amended by providing that the term of corporate existence of the corporation shall be perpetual.
N.M. Stat. § 76-16-3 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 16 / Section 76-16-3
§ 76-16-3. Enforcement; rules and regulations; effect; agents and employees; payment
Status: in_force

The regents of the college of agriculture and mechanic arts of the state of New Mexico [New Mexico state university], are charged with the enforcement of this act, and such regents are authorized and empowered to promulgate, publish and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations not in conflict herewith, as they may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, and such rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law and [the regents] shall appoint such agents and employees and fix the salary thereof as may be necessary for the enforcement hereof, and such salaries and expenses of such agents and employees in connection with the enforcement of this act, shall be a proper charge against the appropriations for the college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university].
N.M. Stat. § 30-31-28 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 31 / Section 30-31-28
§ 30-31-28. Conditional discharge for possession as first offense
Status: in_force

A. If any person who has not previously been convicted of violating the laws of any state or any laws of the United States relating to narcotic drugs, marijuana, hallucinogenic or depressant or stimulant substances, is found guilty of a violation of Section 23, after trial or upon a plea of guilty, the court may, without entering a judgment of guilty and with the consent of the person, defer further proceedings and place him on probation upon reasonable conditions and for a period, not to exceed one year, as the court may prescribe.

B. Upon violation of a condition of the probation, the court may enter an adjudication of guilt and proceed as otherwise provided. The court may, in its discretion, dismiss the proceedings against the person and discharge him from probation before the expiration of the maximum period prescribed from the person's probation.

C. If during the period of his probation the person does not violate any of the conditions of the probation, then upon expiration of the period the court shall discharge such person and dismiss the proceedings against him. Discharge and dismissal under this section shall be without court adjudication of guilt, but a nonpublic record shall be retained by the attorney general solely for the purpose of use by the courts in determining whether or not, in subsequent proceedings, the person qualifies under this section. A discharge or dismissal shall not be deemed a conviction for purposes of disqualifications or disabilities imposed by law upon conviction of a crime including the penalties prescribed under this section for second or subsequent convictions or for any other purpose. Discharge and dismissal under this section may occur only once with respect to any person.

D. Upon the dismissal of a person and discharge of the proceedings against him under this section, a person, if he was not over eighteen years of age at the time of the offense, may apply to the court for an order to expunge from all official records all recordation relating to his arrest, indictment or information, trial, finding or plea of guilty, and dismissal and discharge pursuant to this section except nonpublic records filed with the attorney general. If the court determines, after hearing, that the person was dismissed and the proceedings against him discharged and that he was not over eighteen years of age at the time of the offense, it shall enter the order. The effect of the order shall be to restore the person, in the contemplation of the law, to the status he occupied before the arrest or indictment or information. No person in whose behalf an order has been entered shall be held thereafter under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of his failures to recite or acknowledge such arrest, or indictment or information, or trial in response to any inquiry made of him for any purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 4-30-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 30 / Section 4-30-2
§ 4-30-2. County seat
Status: in_force

The county seat of the said county of Torrance shall be, and the same is hereby located at the town of Estancia in said county.
N.M. Stat. § 5-20-7 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 20 / Section 5-20-7
§ 5-20-7. Bonding authority
Status: in_force

A. A district may issue revenue bonds, the pledged revenue for which shall be fees, charges, lease payments, installment sale payments or other revenue sources by a project for any one or more of the purposes authorized by the Regional Air Center Special Economic District Act.

B. A district may pledge irrevocably any or all of the revenue received by the district to the payment of the interest on and principal of revenue bonds for any of the purposes authorized in the Regional Air Center Special Economic District Act.

C. Revenues in excess of the annual principal and interest due on revenue bonds secured by a pledge of revenue may be accumulated in a debt service reserve account. The district may appoint a commercial bank trust department to act as paying agent or trustee of the revenues and to administer the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds.

D. Except as otherwise provided in the Regional Air Center Special Economic District Act, revenue bonds:

(1) may have interest, principal value or any part thereof payable at intervals or at maturity as may be determined by the authority;

(2) may be subject to a prior redemption at the district's option at a time and upon terms and conditions, with or without the payment of a premium, as determined by the authority;

(3) may mature at any time not exceeding thirty years after the date of issuance;

(4) may be serial in form and maturity, may consist of one bond payable at one time or in installments or may be in another form determined by the authority;

(5) shall be sold for cash at, above or below par and at a price that results in a net effective interest rate that does not exceed the maximum permitted by the Public Securities Act and the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act; and

(6) may be sold at public or negotiated sale.

E. At a regular or special meeting, the authority may adopt a resolution that:

(1) declares the necessity for issuing revenue bonds;

(2) authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds by an affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the authority; and

(3) designates the sources of revenues to be pledged to the repayment of the revenue bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 1-13-7 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 1-13-7
§ 1-13-7. Post-election duties; county canvass; when recheck is required
Status: in_force

A. If it appears that the defective returns cannot be corrected without a recheck of the voting machines, the county canvassing board shall immediately notify the district court in writing.

B. The district court shall fix a time and place which shall be not more than one week after receipt of notice from the county canvassing board for a recheck of the machines from the precinct.

C. The county clerk shall immediately notify the county chairmen of the political parties who participated in the election of the time and place of the recheck.

D. At the time and place set by the district court the recheck shall be conducted as provided in Section 1-13-9 NMSA 1978 .

E. After the recheck, the election returns shall be corrected in duplicate to conform to the facts.

F. After being properly corrected, the election returns shall be disposed of as in the first instance: one each to the county clerk and one each to the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-55.8 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-55.8
§ 10-11-55.8. Municipal general member coverage plan 4; age and service requirements for normal retirement
Status: in_force

Under municipal general member coverage plan 4:

A. for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of service credit;

(2) age sixty-four years and eight or more years of service credit;

(3) age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of service credit;

(4) age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of service credit;

(5) age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of service credit;

(6) age sixty years and twenty or more years of service credit; or

(7) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit; and

B. for a member who was not a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of service credit; or

(2) any age if the member has five or more years of service credit and the sum of the member's age and years of service credit equals at least eighty-five.
N.M. Stat. § 46-9A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 46 / Article 9A / Section 46-9A-7
§ 46-9A-7. Reviewing compliance
Status: in_force

Compliance with the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act is determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time a decision is made or action is taken and not by hindsight.
N.M. Stat. § 1-6B-7 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6B / Section 1-6B-7
§ 1-6B-7. Transmission of unvoted military-overseas ballots to federal qualified electors
Status: in_force

A. Not later than forty-five days before an election, even if the forty-fifth day before an election falls on a weekend or a holiday, the county clerk shall transmit a ballot and balloting materials to all federal qualified electors who by that date submit a valid military-overseas ballot application.

B. The county clerk shall transmit a ballot and balloting materials as soon as practicable when the ballot application from a federal qualified elector arrives after the forty-fifth day before the election and before absentee ballots are transmitted to other voters pursuant to the Absent Voter Act. 1

C. The county clerk shall transmit a ballot and balloting materials in accordance with the procedures for processing of all other absentee ballot applications for that jurisdiction when the ballot application from a federal qualified elector arrives after the county clerk has begun transmitting ballots and balloting materials to other voters.

D. A federal qualified elector may request that the ballot and balloting materials be sent by secured electronic transmission available to the county clerk where the ballot and balloting materials are sent directly by the clerk to the federal qualified elector. The clerk shall determine the most reasonable expedited means of delivery for a ballot and balloting materials for a federal qualified elector who does not request secured electronic transmission.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-56 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-56
§ 6-10-56. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Warrant Cancellation Act:

A. “fiscal officer” means:

(1) for the state, the state treasurer, or, for all warrants issued by the department of finance and administration, the secretary of that department, or, for all warrants issued by agencies and institutions other than the department of finance and administration, the legally authorized disbursing officer of the agency or institution;

(2) for a county, the county treasurer;

(3) for a municipality, the municipal treasurer;

(4) for a school district, the legally authorized disbursing officer for the local board of education; and

(5) for a special district, the legally authorized disbursing officer; and

B. “warrant” means any warrant or check issued by the state, its agencies, institutions and political subdivisions.
N.M. Stat. § 5-5-7 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 5-5-7
§ 5-5-7. Borrowing money and securities evidencing loans
Status: in_force

Any county and city shall each have the power, separately and severably from time to time to borrow money and issue the following securities to evidence such loans, to finance in whole or in part the cost of any project or any part thereof:

short-term notes;

general obligation bonds, maturing serially is [in] not to exceed thirty years from the date thereof; and

revenue bonds, maturing serially is [in] not to exceed forty years from the date thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 11-3A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 11 / Article 3A / Section 11-3A-1
§ 11-3A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 11, Article 3A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Regional Housing Law”.
N.M. Stat. § 1-8-46 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1-8-46
§ 1-8-46. Independent candidates for general or United States representative special elections; right to be placed on ballot
Status: in_force

The name of any independent candidate for an office to be voted on at a general election or United States representative special election shall be placed by the proper filing officer on such ballot.
N.M. Stat. § 57-3A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 3A / Section 57-3A-5
§ 57-3A-5. Attorneys' fees
Status: in_force

A. The court of proper jurisdiction may award reasonable attorneys' fees to the prevailing party if:

(1) a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith;

(2) a motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith; or

(3) willful and malicious misappropriation exists.
N.M. Stat. § 5-8-26 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 5-8-26
§ 5-8-26. Notice of hearing on capital improvements plan and impact fee
Status: in_force

A. The municipality or county shall publish notice of the hearing conforming to locally adopted regulations governing change-of-zone requests, except as otherwise provided in this section.

B. The notice must contain the following:

(1) a headline to read as follows:

(2) the time, date and location of the hearing;

(3) a statement that the purpose of the hearing is to consider the proposed capital improvements plan and the adoption of an impact fee;

(4) an easily understandable map of the service area in which the proposed fee will be imposed;

(5) the amount of the proposed impact fee per service unit; and

(6) a statement that any member of the public has the right to appear at the hearing and present evidence for or against the plan and proposed fee.
N.M. Stat. § 6-24-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 24 / Section 6-24-1
§ 6-24-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 6, Article 24 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “New Mexico Lottery Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-60 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-60
§ 7-38-60. Notification to property owner of delinquent taxes
Status: in_force

By June 10 of each year, the county treasurer shall mail a notice to each property owner of property for which taxes have been delinquent for more than two years. The notice shall be in a form and contain the information prescribed by department regulations and shall include the following:

A. a description of the property upon which the taxes are due;

B. a statement of the amount of property taxes due, the date on which they became delinquent, the rate of accrual of interest and any penalties or costs that may be charged;

C. a statement that the delinquent tax account on real property will be transferred to the department for collection;

D. a statement that if taxes due on real property are not paid within three years from the date of delinquency, the real property will be sold and a deed issued; and

E. a statement that if taxes due on personal property are not paid, the personal property may be seized and sold for taxes under authority of a demand warrant.
N.M. Stat. § 61-5A-15 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 5A / Section 61-5A-15
§ 61-5A-15. Content of licenses and certificates; display of licenses and certificates
Status: in_force

A. All dental licenses issued by the board shall bear:

(1) a serial number;

(2) the full name of the licensee;

(3) the date of issue;

(4) the seal of the board;

(5) if the license is a specialty license, the specialty to which practice is limited;

(6) the signatures of a majority of the board members; and

(7) the attestation of the board president and secretary.

B. All dental therapy licenses issued by the board shall bear:

(1) a serial number;

(2) the full name of the licensee;

(3) the date of issue;

(4) the seal of the board;

(5) the signatures of a majority of the board members; and

(6) the attestation of the board president and secretary.

C. All dental hygienist licenses issued by the board shall bear:

(1) a serial number;

(2) the full name of the licensee;

(3) the date of issue;

(4) the seal of the board;

(5) the signatures of a majority of the committee members; and

(6) the attestation of the board president and secretary.

D. Certificates issued to dental assistants shall bear:

(1) a serial number;

(2) the full name of the assistant;

(3) the date of issue;

(4) the date of expiration;

(5) the expanded functions certified to perform; and

(6) the attestation of the board secretary.

E. All licenses and certificates shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the office where the holder practices. The license or certificate shall, upon request, be exhibited to any of the members of the board, the committee or its authorized agent.
N.M. Stat. § 60-1A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 1A / Section 60-1A-1
§ 60-1A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 60, Article 1A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Horse Racing Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 73-20-47 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 20 / Section 73-20-47
§ 73-20-47. Cooperation between districts
Status: in_force

The supervisors of two or more soil and water conservation districts may cooperate with each other in the exercise of any district power.
N.M. Stat. § 7-16A-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 16A / Section 7-16A-14
§ 7-16A-14. Registration necessary to engage in business as rack operator, special fuel supplier or dealer
Status: in_force

Each person engaged in the business of selling special fuel in New Mexico as a rack operator, special fuel supplier or dealer shall register as such under the provisions of Section 7-1-12 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 3-40-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 40 / Section 3-40-8
§ 3-40-8. Deeds to burial lots; execution
Status: in_force

The municipality in disposing of a burial lot may execute a deed conveying title to a purchaser. The deed is to be executed by the mayor and attested to by the clerk and bear the seal of the municipality.
N.M. Stat. § 1-13-23 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 1-13-23
§ 1-13-23. Post-election duties; records
Status: in_force

A. The returns and certificates of the result of the county canvass are public documents, subject to inspection and retention as provided by Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978 . The certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall, forty-five days after the election or recount after any contest has been settled by the court, be preserved as a permanent record in the state records center. A copy of the certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall be preserved as a permanent record in the office of the county clerk in a separate book maintained for recording the results of elections.

B. The returns and certificates of the result of the state canvass are public documents, subject to inspection and retention as provided by Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978 . The certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall, forty-five days after the election or recount after any contest has been settled by the court, be preserved as a permanent record in the state records center. A copy of the certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall be preserved as a permanent record in the office of the secretary of state in a separate book maintained for recording the results of elections.
N.M. Stat. § 76-19A-14 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 19A / Section 76-19A-14
§ 76-19A-14. Injunctions; appeals of decisions of the department
Status: in_force

A. The department may apply to the district court for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of the New Mexico Commercial Feed Act or the rules promulgated in accordance with that act.

B. A person adversely affected by an act, order or ruling made pursuant to the provisions of the New Mexico Commercial Feed Act may appeal the decision as provided in Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 6-4-15 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-15
§ 6-4-15. Findings and purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that violations of Section 6-4-13 NMSA 1978 threaten the integrity of the master settlement agreement and that enacting procedural requirements will safeguard the agreement and aid in its enforcement.