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N.M. Stat. § 6-8-5 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 8 / Section 6-8-5
§ 6-8-5. Bond; staff; budget
Status: in_force

A. Before the state investment officer or other responsible employee of the investment office enters upon the officer's or employee's duties, the secretary shall require an individual bond or include the state investment officer and all employees of the investment office under a blanket bond for an amount and for a coverage deemed best to protect the state's interest. The bond premiums shall be paid by the state.

B. The state investment officer shall annually prepare a budget for administering and investing all funds managed by the investment office, which shall be reviewed and approved by the council. Any funds provided for the operating budget of the investment office shall be appropriated by the legislature from the assets of the land grant permanent funds, the severance tax permanent fund, funds available for investment pursuant to Subsection I of Section 6-8-7 NMSA 1978 or any other funds managed by the investment office, as authorized by law.

C. Amounts budgeted or appropriated from the land grant permanent funds and the severance tax permanent fund for the costs of administering and investing those funds shall be in addition to the amounts distributed to the beneficiaries of the land grant permanent funds and to the general fund from the severance tax permanent fund as provided by law.

D. The state investment officer shall appoint all employees of the investment office.
N.M. Stat. § 14-11-8 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 11 / Section 14-11-8
§ 14-11-8. Violation of legal publication law; penalty
Status: in_force

Violation of any of the foregoing provisions shall be deemed a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, such violator or violators shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100, nor more than $500.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23-30 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23 / Section 59A-23-30
§ 59A-23-30. Confidentiality provisions
Status: in_force

An insurer shall protect the confidentiality of an insured receiving mental health or substance use disorder services.
N.M. Stat. § 76-4-37 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 4 / Section 76-4-37
§ 76-4-37. Publication of information
Status: in_force

The department may publish, in the form it deems proper, results of products analyzed, based on official samples as compared with the guaranteed analysis and information concerning the distribution and use of pesticides. Individual distribution and use information shall not be a public record. The department may also publish results of samples analyzed for pesticide residues.
N.M. Stat. § 9-2A-14 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 2A / Section 9-2A-14
§ 9-2A-14. Juvenile justice programs; federal grants; advisory committee; supervisory function
Status: in_force

Any juvenile justice advisory committee appointed pursuant to the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 1 shall be advisory to the department, except the committee shall serve as the “supervisory board” under that act and any applicable regulations.
N.M. Stat. § 19-10-23 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 10 / Section 19-10-23
§ 19-10-23. Appeal of commissioner's decision
Status: in_force

A person or corporation aggrieved by a ruling or decision of the commissioner affecting his interest in any lease issued under or affected by the provisions relating to oil and gas leases of state lands may file an appeal pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 61-33-4 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 33 / Section 61-33-4
§ 61-33-4. Powers and duties of commission
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules relating to the administration and enforcement of the Utility Operators Certification Act. The commission shall:

A. adopt rules that classify public water supply systems and public wastewater facilities based on:

(1) size and type of system or facility;

(2) capacity of the system or facility based on the size of the serviced area and the number and size of the users to be served;

(3) type and character of the water or wastewater to be treated; and

(4) physical conditions affecting the treatment plants, collection systems and distribution systems;

B. adopt rules providing standards and criteria for the certification of operators based on their qualifications and their ability to operate public water supply systems or public wastewater facilities of the various classifications;

C. appoint a seven-member board from certified operators to function with the commission to establish qualifications of operators, classify public water supply systems and public wastewater facilities, adopt rules and advise the department on the administration of the Utility Operators Certification Act. Two board members selected by the board shall sit as commission members on matters to which that act is applicable;

D. adopt and file under the State Rules Act rules necessary to carry out the provisions of the Utility Operators Certification Act; and

E. adopt rules providing criteria for identifying the minimum number of certified operators needed to operate the various classifications of public water supply systems or public wastewater facilities in order to protect human health, public welfare or the environment.
N.M. Stat. § 33-1-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 33-1-8
§ 33-1-8. Earmarked funds
Status: in_force

Property or funds held in trust or earmarked for use by a specific correctional facility shall be kept for that use.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-41-41 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 41 / Section 59A-41-41
§ 59A-41-41. Time to file claims
Status: in_force

A. If upon entry of an order of liquidation of a domestic insurer or United States branch of an alien insurer domiciled in this state under Chapter 59A, Article 41 NMSA 1978 or at any time thereafter during liquidation proceedings the insurer is not clearly solvent, the court shall, upon a hearing after such notice as it deems proper, make and enter an order adjudging the insurer to be insolvent.

B. After entry of order of insolvency and regardless of any prior notice given to creditors, the superintendent shall notify all persons who may have claims against the insurer to file such claims, at a place and within the time specified in the notice, or that such claims may be forever barred. The time specified in the notice shall be fixed by the court for filing of claims, which shall be not less than six months after entry of the order of insolvency. The notice shall be given in such manner and for such reasonable period of time as the court may order.

C. The liquidator may permit a claimant making a late filing to share in distributions, whether past or future, as if he were not late, to the extent that any such payment will not prejudice the orderly administration of the liquidation, under the following circumstances:

(1) the existence of the claim was not known to the claimant and the claim was filed as promptly thereafter as reasonably possible after learning of it;

(2) a transfer to a creditor was avoided under Sections 59A-41-42 through 59A-41-43.1 NMSA 1978, or was voluntarily surrendered under Section 59A-41-43.3 NMSA 1978 and the filing satisfies the conditions of Section 59A-41-43.3 NMSA 1978;

(3) the valuation of security held by a secured creditor shows a deficiency, which is filed within thirty days after the valuation and deficiency is determined by the court in accordance with the provisions of Subsection D of Section 59A-41-22 NMSA 1978; or

(4) the claim is from a guaranty association for reimbursement of covered claims paid or expenses incurred subsequent to the last day for filing where such payments were made and expenses incurred as provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 60-6E-8 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 6E / Section 60-6E-8
§ 60-6E-8. Server permit; suspension; revocation; administrative fines; penalties
Status: in_force

The following penalties are in addition to any other penalties available for sales to minors or intoxicated persons in violation of the provisions of the Liquor Control Act or rules of the division:

A. the director may suspend a server's server permit for a period of thirty days or fine the server in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or both, when the director finds that the server is guilty of a first offense of selling, serving, delivering or dispensing an alcoholic beverage to an intoxicated person in violation of Section 60-7A-16 NMSA 1978 or to a minor in violation of Section 60-7B-1 NMSA 1978;

B. the director shall suspend a server's server permit for a period of one year when the director finds that the server is guilty of a second offense of selling, serving, delivering or dispensing alcoholic beverages to intoxicated persons in violation of Section 60-7A-16 NMSA 1978 or to minors in violation of Section 60-7B-1 NMSA 1978 arising separately from the incident giving rise to the server's first offense;

C. the director shall permanently revoke a server's server permit when the director finds that the server is guilty of a third offense of selling, serving, delivering or dispensing alcoholic beverages to intoxicated persons in violation of Section 60-7A-16 NMSA 1978 or to minors in violation of Section 60-7B-1 NMSA 1978 arising separately from the incidents giving rise to the server's first and second offenses;

D. no person whose server permit is suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of this section may be a server of alcoholic beverages on a licensed premises or deliver alcoholic beverages during the period of suspension or revocation;

E. no person whose server permit is suspended may serve or deliver alcoholic beverages on or after the date of suspension unless the person obtains a new server permit in accordance with the provisions of the Alcohol Server Education Article of the Liquor Control Act; and

F. nothing in the Alcohol Server Education Article of the Liquor Control Act shall be interpreted to waive a permit holder's or license holder's liability that may arise pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act.
N.M. Stat. § 62-2-9 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 2 / Section 62-2-9
§ 62-2-9. Transfer of shares
Status: in_force

The stock of the company shall be deemed personal estate, and shall be transferable in such manner as shall be prescribed by the bylaws of the company; but no transfer shall be valid except between the parties thereto, until the same shall be so entered on the books of the company as to show the names of the parties by and to whom transferred, the number and designation of the shares and the date of transfer.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-83 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-83
§ 7-38-83. Timeliness
Status: in_force

A. When the last day for performing an act falls on Saturday, Sunday or a legal state or national holiday, the performance of the act is timely if performed on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal state or national holiday.

B. All acts required or permitted to be done by mail are timely if postmarked on the required date.
N.M. Stat. § 3-45-24 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 45 / Section 3-45-24
§ 3-45-24. Housing bonds; legal investments; security; negotiable
Status: in_force

The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to the Municipal Housing Law or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, when such bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States government or any agency thereof, and such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits and shall be fully negotiable in this state; it being the purpose of the Municipal Housing Law to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including, but not limited to, sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations and that any such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits and shall be fully negotiable in this state; provided, however, that nothing contained in the Municipal Housing Law shall be construed as relieving any person, firm or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
N.M. Stat. § 7-19D-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 19D / Section 7-19D-4
§ 7-19D-4. Ordinance shall conform to certain provisions of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act and requirements of the department
Status: in_force

A. An ordinance imposing a tax under the provisions of the Municipal Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act shall adopt by reference the same definitions and the same provisions relating to exemptions and deductions as are contained in the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act 1 then in effect and as it may be amended from time to time.

B. The governing body of any municipality imposing a tax under the Municipal Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act shall impose the tax by adopting the model ordinance with respect to the tax furnished to the municipality by the department. An ordinance that does not conform substantially to the model ordinance of the department is not valid.
N.M. Stat. § 14-9A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 9A / Section 14-9A-5
§ 14-9A-5. Administration and standards
Status: in_force

A. The information technology commission and the state commission of public records, in consultation with the county clerks of New Mexico, shall adopt standards to implement the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.

B. To keep the standards and practices of county clerks in this state in harmony with the standards and practices of recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act and to keep the technology used by county clerks in this state compatible with technology used by recording offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, the information technology commission and the state commission of public records, in consultation with the county clerks of New Mexico, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies and provisions of the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, in adopting, amending and repealing standards shall consider:

(1) standards and practices of other jurisdictions;

(2) the most recent standards promulgated by national standard-setting bodies, such as the property records industry association;

(3) the views of interested persons and governmental officials and entities;

(4) the needs of counties of varying size, population and resources; and

(5) standards requiring adequate information security protection to ensure that electronic documents are accurate, authentic, adequately preserved and resistant to tampering.

C. The secretary of state may adopt and promulgate rules to implement the provisions of Subsection C of Section 14-9A-3 NMSA 1978 by providing for the electronic notarization, acknowledgment, verification, swearing or affirming under oath and other notarial acts by notaries public with respect to a document or signature.
N.M. Stat. § 72-5-29 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 5 / Section 72-5-29
§ 72-5-29. Rights of residents of upper valleys of stream systems
Status: in_force

To the end that the waters of the several stream systems of the state may be conserved and utilized so as to prevent erosion, waste and damage caused by torrential floods, and in order that the benefits of the use of such waters may be distributed among the inhabitants and landowners of the country along said streams as equitably as possible without interfering with vested rights, the natural right of the people living in the upper valleys of the several stream systems to impound and utilize a reasonable share of the waters which are precipitated upon and have their source in such valleys and superadjacent mountains, is hereby recognized, the exercise of such right, however, to be subject to the provisions of this article.
N.M. Stat. § 52-6-17 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 6 / Section 52-6-17
§ 52-6-17. Rates; reporting
Status: in_force

A. Every group shall adhere to the uniform classification system, uniform experience-rating plan and manual rules filed with the superintendent by an advisory organization designated by the director.

B. Premium contributions to the group shall be determined by applying the manual rates and rules to the appropriate classification of each member, which shall be adjusted by each member's experience credit or debit. Subject to approval by the director, premium contributions may also be reduced by an advance premium discount reflecting the group's expense levels and loss experience.

C. Notwithstanding Subsection B of this section, a group may apply to the director for permission to make its own rates. Such rates shall be based on at least three years of the group's experience.

D. Each group shall be audited at least annually by an auditor acceptable to the director to verify proper classifications, experience rating, payroll and rates. A report of the audit shall be filed with the director in a form acceptable to him. A group or any member thereof may request a hearing on any objections to the classifications. If the director determines that, as a result of an improper classification, a member's premium contribution is insufficient, he shall order the group to assess that member an amount equal to the deficiency. If the director determines that, as a result of an improper classification, a member's premium is excessive, he shall order the group to refund to the member the excess collected. The audit shall be at the expense of the group.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23C-8.1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23C / Section 59A-23C-8.1
§ 59A-23C-8.1. Employer utilization and loss data availability
Status: in_force

Employer claims information, including utilization and loss experience under health insurance under a group health plan, a health benefit plan or a plan provided under Chapter 59A, Article 23C NMSA 1978 shall be made available only upon the request of and to employers of employees with such coverage within sixty days of an employer's written request to the carrier for such information, provided the employer's coverage extends to no less than twenty-five individual employees, regardless of whether family coverage is included. In providing such utilization data, carriers shall not reveal information that permits identification of an individual insured or the insured's family or the specific conditions for which coverage was provided.
N.M. Stat. § 65-2A-32 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 2A / Section 65-2A-32
§ 65-2A-32. Administrative penalties
Status: in_force

A. If the department finds after investigation that a provision of the Motor Carrier Act or an order or rule of the department is being, has been or is about to be violated, it may issue an order specifying the actual or proposed acts or omissions to act that constitute a violation and require that the violation be discontinued, rectified or prevented.

B. Notwithstanding the existence of any other penalties, the department may assess an administrative fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation of a provision of the Motor Carrier Act or of a lawful rule or order of the department. In case of a continuing violation, each day's violation shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.

C. Notwithstanding the existence of other penalties, the department may assess an administrative fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) against a person knowingly using a motor carrier not properly authorized by the department.

D. All penalties accruing under the Motor Carrier Act shall be cumulative, and a suit for recovery of one penalty shall not be a bar to or affect the recovery of any other penalty or be a bar to any criminal prosecution under the Motor Carrier Act.
N.M. Stat. § 72-16-40 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 16 / Section 72-16-40
§ 72-16-40. Forms of borrowing
Status: in_force

Upon the conditions and under the circumstances set forth in this act, the authority, to carry out the purposes hereof, from time to time may borrow money to defray the cost of any project, or any part thereof, as the board may determine, and issue the following securities to evidence such borrowing:

A. notes;

B. warrants;

C. bonds;

D. temporary bonds; and

E. interim debentures.
N.M. Stat. § 30-1-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 1 / Section 30-1-9
§ 30-1-9. Tolling of time limitation for prosecution for crimes
Status: in_force

A. If after any crime has been committed the defendant shall conceal himself, or shall flee from or go out of the state, the prosecution for such crime may be commenced within the time prescribed in Section 1-8, after the defendant ceases to conceal himself or returns to the state. No period shall be included in the time of limitation when the party charged with any crime is not usually and publicly a resident within the state.

B. When

(1) an indictment, information or complaint is lost, mislaid or destroyed;

(2) the judgment is arrested;

(3) the indictment, information or complaint is quashed, for any defect or reason; or

(4) the prosecution is dismissed because of variance between the allegations of the indictment, information or complaint and the evidence; and a new indictment, information or complaint is thereafter presented, the time elapsing between the preferring of the first indictment, information or complaint and the subsequent indictment, information or complaint shall not be included in computing the period limited for the prosecution of the crime last charged; provided that the crime last charged is based upon and grows out of the same transaction upon which the original indictment, information or complaint was founded, and the subsequent indictment, information or complaint is brought within five years from the date of the alleged commission of the original crime.
N.M. Stat. § 3-42-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 42 / Section 3-42-2
§ 3-42-2. New municipality required to grant franchise when right-of-way granted by county commissioners
Status: in_force

A. If previous to the incorporation of a municipality, the board of county commissioners has granted to any person right-of-way over, upon, in and about the streets of the municipality for the erection, construction, maintenance or operation of a public utility, and such person has erected, constructed, or in good faith commenced the erection or construction of such a utility, the governing body shall, without a vote by the electorate:

(1) authorize the completion of the system;

(2) authorize the continued or subsequent operation and maintenance of the system;

(3) recognize the rights acquired by the person erecting or constructing such a system; and

(4) grant such a person a franchise for the maximum term of years allowed by law upon such terms as are fair, just and equitable to all parties concerned.

B. Pending the granting of the franchise, no person shall interfere with the free exercise and enjoyment of the rights acquired by the person erecting or constructing a public utility by the right-of-way granted by the board of county commissioners.