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N.M. Stat. § 22-23C-3 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 23C / Section 22-23C-3
§ 22-23C-3. Black education advisory council appointed
Status: in_force

A. The “Black education advisory council” is created as an advisory council to the secretary. The secretary shall appoint no more than twenty-three members to the council who are knowledgeable about and interested in the education of Black students, including:

(1) three current teachers or school administrators of public schools;

(2) three current teachers or school administrators of charter schools;

(3) two representatives of post-secondary education, including one representative of teacher preparation programs, appointed in collaboration with the higher education department;

(4) three parents of currently enrolled students in public schools, appointed in collaboration with the office on African American affairs;

(5) three students currently attending a public secondary school, appointed in collaboration with the office on African American affairs;

(6) one representative of the higher education department;

(7) one representative of the office on African American affairs;

(8) one representative of the developmental disabilities planning council; and

(9) representatives of Black cultural, community and business organizations, other community and business organizations and other interested persons.

B. The secretary shall give due regard to geographic representation. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.

C. The council shall elect a chair and such other officers as it deems necessary.

D. The council shall meet as necessary, but at least twice each year.

E. Members of the council who are not paid with public money are entitled to receive per diem and mileage but shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance for their service on the council.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-5.8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-5.8
§ 1-1-5.8. Municipality
Status: in_force

As used in the Election Code, “ municipality ” means an incorporated city, town or village, whether incorporated under general act, special act, special charter or territorial charter, but does not mean a combined city and county corporation, an incorporated county or a single urban government.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-50-20 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 50 / Section 59A-50-20
§ 59A-50-20. Civil penalties
Status: in_force

In addition to any penalties imposed pursuant to other provisions of this article, the district court of the county in which the violation occurred may, in an action filed by the superintendent, impose the following civil penalties:

A. for each violation of this article which the person knew or reasonably should have known was such a violation, a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in any six-month period;

B. for each violation of this article which the person did not know nor reasonably should have known was such a violation, a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in any six-month period; and

C. for each violation of an order issued by the superintendent pursuant to Section 925 of this article, while such order is in effect, a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
N.M. Stat. § 12-5-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 5 / Section 12-5-6
§ 12-5-6. American History Month
Status: in_force

The month of February is designated “American History Month.”
N.M. Stat. § 57-26-8 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 26 / Section 57-26-8
§ 57-26-8. Receipts
Status: in_force

Upon request by the consumer, a lessor shall provide the consumer with a written receipt for each payment made.
N.M. Stat. § 7-38-38.2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 38 / Section 7-38-38.2
§ 7-38-38.2. Prepayment of certain property tax installments; resolution by board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

A. Each board of county commissioners, by resolution, may as an option to the taxpayer provide for prepayment of property tax due if the tax due is one hundred dollars ($100) or more.

B. The resolution shall provide for a prepayment of the first installment due pursuant to Section 7-38-38 NMSA 1978 by July 10 in an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the prior year's property tax bill. The amount of prepayment shall be credited against the first installment due.

C. The resolution shall further provide for a prepayment of the second installment due pursuant to Section 7-38-38 NMSA 1978 by January 10 in an amount equal to fifty percent of the second installment due. The amount of the prepayment shall be credited against the second installment due.

D. The resolution shall also provide that persons who are responsible by contract for paying property taxes on behalf of the property owner shall make prepayments as provided in this section if the amount of property tax due for the prior property tax year was at least one hundred dollars ($100).

E. No penalty and interest shall be applied for failure to pay or for late payment of any optional prepayment of property taxes as authorized by this section. For persons required to make prepayments of property taxes under Subsection D of this section, the date of each prepayment installment shall be deemed to be the date the property tax is due for purposes of applying penalties and interest for failure to pay for late payment of any prepayment.

F. The county treasurer may distribute to the units of government, thirty days following receipt of the prepayment amounts collected, an amount equal to fifty percent of the amounts collected. Distribution shall be made in accordance with the law and regulations of the department of finance and administration.

G. The county shall make a concerted effort to apprise taxpayers of the option provided in this section by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or through other media coverage.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-3A-25 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 32A / Article 3A / Section 32A-3A-25
§ 32A-3A-25. Department duties; rulemaking
Status: in_force

The department shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of the Voluntary Placement and Family Services Act.
N.M. Stat. § 57-21-3 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 21 / Section 57-21-3
§ 57-21-3. Advertising requirements; penalty
Status: in_force

A. Any health care practitioner advertising services to the public shall state in the advertisement his name, address or telephone number and the designation of the profession in which he is licensed or certified to practice.

B. Anyone violating the provisions of Subsection A of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 19-4-21 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 19-4-21
§ 19-4-21. Adverse claims; litigation
Status: in_force

In case there shall be adverse claimants to such lands, or to any part, parcel or share thereof, either party may bring a suit against the adverse claimant or claimants, in the district court of the judicial district, or in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the lands shall be situated, or in any county to which the county in which such lands shall be situated is attached for judicial purposes: provided, always, that no judge of the district court, or county judge, who has been an adverse claimant, directly or indirectly, of any portion of the lands embraced within such towns, or who is a party to any action brought to determine a right to a conveyance of any portion of the lands within such town, shall entertain, hear or determine any such claims, by or between any parties whomsoever; but in all such cases, if the cause shall be pending in a district court, the judge thereof shall order all papers, with a transcript of the record in the cause, to be transmitted to another judicial district, as in cases of changes of venue, and if the cause shall be pending in a county court, the judge thereof shall order all papers, with a transcript of the record, to be transmitted to the district court of said county, and the cause shall proceed in the courts to which the same is removed as if originally instituted in that court: provided, also, that the laws applicable to a change of venue, shall apply to such actions: and provided, also, that nothing in this chapter shall prevent the district or probate judge of the district or county in which such lands are situated from executing any and all conveyances of such lands, pursuant to the determination of such action. Suits shall be brought against adverse claimants or defendants, and it shall not be necessary to make the judge, or corporate authorities, parties thereto. The complaint must show what interest or estate in the lands in controversy the plaintiff claims. The answer, pleadings and other proceedings shall be as in cases in chancery, except that oral testimony may be introduced upon the trial, and the evidence, if not in the form of depositions, shall be reduced to writing, certified by the judge and filed with the papers in the cause.
N.M. Stat. § 6-15A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 15A / Section 6-15A-2
§ 6-15A-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Education Technology Equipment Act is to implement the provision of Article IX, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico , as approved by the voters of the state of New Mexico at the general election held in November, 1996, which declares that a school district may create a debt under the constitution of New Mexico by entering into a lease-purchase arrangement to acquire education technology equipment without submitting the proposition to a vote of the qualified electors of the school district.
N.M. Stat. § 53-5-1 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 5 / Section 53-5-1
§ 53-5-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 53, Article 5 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Corporate Reports Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-44-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 44 / Section 3-44-5
§ 3-44-5. Hospitals; special charter towns; authority
Status: in_force

A. Any town incorporated, organized and operating under a special act of the legislature may, by resolution or ordinance:

(1) own, maintain and operate hospitals, sanitariums and other institutions for the care of sick or indigent persons;

(2) issue negotiable bonds for the construction of a hospital, sanitarium or other institution; or

(3) upon such conditions and terms as the governing body of the town may determine:

(a) delegate the operation and maintenance of the hospital, sanitarium or other institution to any person, corporation or association as it selects; or

(b) lease the hospital, sanitarium or other hospital to any person, corporation or association for the care of sick or indigent persons, provided that the lease may be terminated by the governing body of the town without cause upon one hundred eighty days' notice after the first three years of the lease.

B. The provisions of Sections 3-54-1 through 3-54-3 NMSA 1978 relating to the leasing of municipal property are not applicable to this section.
N.M. Stat. § 77-3-1 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 3 / Section 77-3-1
§ 77-3-1. Diseases; inspection; quarantine
Status: in_force

A. The board may use all proper means to prevent the spreading of dangerous and fatal diseases among livestock and for the extirpation of such diseases. If a disease breaks out in the state, it is the duty of all persons owning or having in their charge livestock infected to immediately notify the board of the existence of such disease. The board shall cause proper examination to be made by a veterinarian and, if the disease is found to be a dangerously contagious or infectious malady, the board shall order the diseased livestock that have been exposed to be strictly quarantined and shall order any premises or farms where such disease exists or has recently existed to be put in quarantine so that no livestock subject to the disease is removed from or brought to the premises or places so quarantined. The board shall prescribe such rules as it deems necessary to prevent the disease from being communicated in any way from the premises so quarantined.

B. The board may expend funds to prevent, suppress, control or eradicate any disease or parasite of livestock that the board has by rule declared to be a disease or pest of significant economic impact to any segment of the livestock industry. This power shall include the right to purchase and destroy or sell infected or exposed livestock.

C. Whenever the board finds any livestock infested with a disease or pest declared by the board to be of significant economic impact, the board may request the governor to declare an emergency as provided in Section 6-7-3 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-21
§ 2-7F-21. Representative district fifteen
Status: in_force

Representative district fifteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 4, 5, 7 through 9, 11 through 18, 108, 126, 180, 182, 191 through 194, 218, 219, 257, 259, 277, 369, 375, 438, 455, 581, 651, 661 and 668.
N.M. Stat. § 7-30-1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 30 / Section 7-30-1
§ 7-30-1. Title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 30 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 17-6-4 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 6 / Section 17-6-4
§ 17-6-4. Notices of restrictions; posting; publication
Status: in_force

A. For all areas closed to vehicles pursuant to Section 17-6-3 NMSA 1978 , the commission shall cause notices of the restrictions, prohibitions or permitted uses of such areas to be posted prior to their effective date on the main traveled roads entering such areas and at such other locations as the commission deems appropriate.

B. In addition to the public meetings required by Section 17-6-3 NMSA 1978 and posted notices required by Subsection A of this section, the commission shall publish a notice of such restrictions, prohibitions or permitted uses, together with a description of the area, in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the state affected, for three consecutive weeks prior to the effective date of such restrictions, prohibitions or permitted uses. Copies of the notices of restrictions, prohibitions or permitted uses together with a description or appropriate map of the area affected by the notices shall be made available to the public by the commission.
N.M. Stat. § 18-7-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 7 / Section 18-7-4
§ 18-7-4. Museum of space history director; appointment; qualifications
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the authority of the secretary of cultural affairs, the administrative and executive officer of the museum of space history division and the museum of space history is the “director” of the division.

B. The director shall meet the following minimum qualifications:

(1) hold a bachelor's or higher degree in a discipline related to the functions of the division; and

(2) have significant experience in the management and operation of an organization similar to the division.

C. The director of the museum of space history division shall be appointed by the secretary of cultural affairs with the approval of the governor from a list of qualified candidates provided by the museum of space history commission.
N.M. Stat. § 22-5-15 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 5 / Section 22-5-15
§ 22-5-15. Collaborative school improvement programs
Status: in_force

A. A local superintendent may approve an individual public school's plan to implement a collaborative school improvement program upon a finding that the plan is in the best interest of the public school and is supported by the participating teaching staff.

B. The input and concerns of parents, students, school employees and members of the community shall be solicited and considered in the development and adoption of a collaborative school improvement program.

C. If necessary for the implementation of a collaborative school improvement program, the local superintendent may apply to the state department for a waiver of Public School Code provisions relating to length of school day, staffing patterns, subject areas or purchase of instructional material. The state board may approve a request for a waiver upon a finding that the local superintendent has demonstrated accountability for student learning through alternative planning and that the participating teaching staff supports the implementation of a collaborative school improvement program. The local superintendent shall provide the state board with a program budget that shows the type and number of students served, the type and number of school employees involved and all expenditures of the waiver.

D. A teacher participating in the development and implementation of a collaborative school improvement program may contact the state department to comment on the local superintendent's waiver request if the teacher communicated his opinion in writing to the local superintendent at the time the local superintendent approved implementation of the program.
N.M. Stat. § 22-32-2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 32 / Section 22-32-2
§ 22-32-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The Community Schools Act is enacted to provide a strategy to organize the resources of a community to ensure student success while addressing the needs, including cultural and linguistic needs, of the whole student from early childhood programs and voluntary public pre-kindergarten through high school graduation; to partner federal, state and local and tribal governments with community-based organizations to improve the coordination, delivery, effectiveness and efficiency of services provided to students and families; and to coordinate resources, in order to align and leverage community resources and integrate funding streams.
N.M. Stat. § 7-16B-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 16B / Section 7-16B-9
§ 7-16B-9. Delivery and use of alternative fuel; prohibited acts
Status: in_force

It is a violation of the Alternative Fuel Tax Act to:

A. operate a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state with a connection between a cargo or other tank or container, not considered in the Alternative Fuel Tax Act as being the motor vehicle's fuel supply tank, and a carburetor or other fuel supply device. Fuel supply tanks, including auxiliary fuel supply tanks, shall be separate and apart from cargo tanks or other containers, with no connection by pipe, tube, valve or otherwise;

B. sell or deliver to any person alternative fuel from any alternative fuel supply tank or auxiliary alternative fuel supply tank;

C. deliver alternative fuel from a cargo tank into the alternative fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle; provided, however, delivery of liquefied alternative fuels may be made into the alternative fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle by a registered and licensed alternative fuel distributor when made by that distributor from the cargo tank of a vehicle operated by that distributor, which tank is specially designed to make this type of alternative fuel delivery; or

D. engage in the business of distributing alternative fuel in New Mexico without obtaining an alternative fuel distributor license under the provisions of Section 8 of the Alternative Fuel Tax Act.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-26-1 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 26 / Section 32A-26-1
§ 32A-26-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 32A, Article 26 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Fostering Connections Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 9-3-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 9-3-6
§ 9-3-6. Division directors
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, the secretary shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, “directors” of such divisions as are established within the department. The directors so appointed are exempt from the Personnel Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 1-6B-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 6B / Section 1-6B-15
§ 1-6B-15. Equitable relief
Status: in_force

A court of competent jurisdiction of this state may issue an injunction or grant other equitable relief appropriate to ensure substantial compliance with, or enforce, the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act on application by:

A. a federal qualified elector alleging a grievance under the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act; or

B. an election official in this state.
N.M. Stat. § 76-11-9 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 11 / Section 76-11-9
§ 76-11-9. Commercial value
Status: in_force

For the purpose of determining the commercial values to be applied under the provisions of Section 76-11-8 NMSA 1978 , the department shall determine and publish annually the values per pound of nitrogen, available phosphate and soluble potash in fertilizers in the state. If guarantees are provided, the values shall be per pound of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. The values determined and published shall be used in determining and assessing penalties.
N.M. Stat. § 1-12-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 1-12-10
§ 1-12-10. Conduct of election; voter's name, address and signature
Status: in_force

A. A voter at the polls shall announce the voter's name and address in an audible tone of voice. When a judge or election clerk finds the voter's name in the signature roster, the judge or election clerk shall in like manner repeat the name of the voter. The judge or election clerk shall then ask the voter to provide the required voter identification. The voter shall then sign the voter's name or make the voter's mark on the signature line in the copy of the signature roster to be returned to the county clerk. Upon the voter's name or mark being written in the signature roster, a challenge may be interposed as provided in the Election Code.

B. If a voter fails to provide the required voter identification, the voter shall be allowed to vote on a provisional paper ballot.
N.M. Stat. § 14-4A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 4A / Section 14-4A-5
§ 14-4A-5. Small business regulatory advisory commission created; membership; powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The “small business regulatory advisory commission” is created. The commission shall consist of nine members who are current or former small business owners, five appointed by the governor and two each appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate. Each member shall be from a different geographic region of the state. Members shall serve two-year terms. A member shall not serve more than three consecutive terms. Members shall name the chairperson of the commission. The commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the conduct of business. Members are entitled to per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.

B. The commission is administratively attached to the economic development department, and staff for the commission shall be provided by the department.

C. The commission may:

(1) provide state agencies with input regarding proposed rules that may adversely affect small business;

(2) consider requests from small business owners to review rules adopted by an agency;

(3) review rules promulgated by an agency to determine whether a rule places an unnecessary burden on small business and make recommendations to the agency to mitigate the adverse effects; and

(4) provide an annual evaluation report to the governor and the legislature, including recommendations and evaluations of agencies regarding regulatory fairness for small businesses.

D. The commission does not have authority to:

(1) interfere with, modify, prevent or delay an agency or administrative enforcement action;

(2) intervene in legal actions; or

(3) subpoena witnesses to testify or to produce documents, but it may request witnesses to voluntarily testify or produce documents.