FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
N.M. Stat. § 62-14-5 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 14 / Section 62-14-5
§ 62-14-5. Marking of facilities
Status: in_force

A. A person owning or operating an underground facility shall, upon the request of a person intending to commence an excavation and upon advance notice, locate and mark on the surface the actual horizontal location, within eighteen inches by some means of location, of the underground facilities in or near the area of the excavation so as to enable the person engaged in excavation work to locate the facilities in advance of and during the excavation work.

B. If the owner or operator of the underground facility finds that the owner or operator has no underground facilities in the proposed area of excavation, the owner or operator shall provide a positive response and, at the option of the owner or operator of the underground facility mark the area as “Clear” or “No Underground Facilities” in the appropriate color code as specified in Section 62-14-5.1 NMSA 1978 .

C. If the owner or operator fails to correctly mark the underground facility after being given advance notice and such failure to correctly mark the facility results in additional costs to the person doing the excavating, then the owner or operator shall reimburse the person engaging in the excavation for the reasonable costs incurred.

D. An owner of an underground facility shall not move or obliterate markings made pursuant to Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA 1978 or fabricate markings in an unmarked location for the purpose of concealing or avoiding liability for a violation of or noncompliance with the provisions of Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-90 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-90
§ 7-9-90. Deductions; gross receipts tax; sales of uranium hexafluoride and enrichment of uranium
Status: in_force

A. Receipts from selling uranium hexafluoride and from providing the service of enriching uranium may be deducted from gross receipts.

B. The department shall annually report to the revenue stabilization and tax policy committee aggregate amounts of deductions taken pursuant to this section, the number of taxpayers claiming the deduction and any other information that is necessary to determine that the deduction is performing a purpose that is beneficial to the state.

C. A taxpayer deducting gross receipts pursuant to this section shall report the amount deducted separately and attribute the amount of the deduction to the authorization provided in this section in a manner required by the department that facilitates the evaluation by the legislature for the benefit to the state of this deduction.
N.M. Stat. § 52-1-47 — NM Code / Chapter 52 / Article 1 / Section 52-1-47
§ 52-1-47. Limitations on compensation benefits
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitation of compensation payable under Subsection G of Section 52-1-46 NMSA 1978 and except for provision of lifetime benefits for permanent total disability awarded pursuant to Section 52-1-41 NMSA 1978:

A. compensation benefits for any combination of disabilities, whether temporary or permanent, or any combination of disabilities and death shall not be payable for a period in excess of seven hundred weeks;

B. compensation benefits for any combination of disabilities or any combination of disabilities and death shall not exceed an amount equal to seven hundred multiplied by the maximum weekly compensation payable at the time of the accidental injury resulting in the disability or death under Section 52-1-41 NMSA 1978 , exclusive of increased compensation that may be awarded under Sections 52-1-10 , 52-1-28.1 and 52-1-46 NMSA 1978 and exclusive of any attorney fees awarded under Section 52-1-54 NMSA 1978;

C. in no case shall compensation benefits for disability continue after the disability ends or after the death of the injured worker; and

D. the compensation benefits payable by reason of disability caused by accidental injury shall be reduced by the compensation benefits paid or payable on account of any prior injury suffered by the worker if compensation benefits in both instances are for injury to the same member or function or different parts of the same member or function or for disfigurement and if the compensation benefits payable on account of the subsequent injury would, in whole or in part, duplicate the benefits paid or payable on account of the prior injury.
N.M. Stat. § 18-12-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 12 / Section 18-12-4
§ 18-12-4. Board of directors; created; appointment; terms; officers
Status: in_force

A. The “board of directors of the national Hispanic cultural center” is created. The board shall consist of fifteen residents of New Mexico. Thirteen public members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the appointees shall be employees of state institutions of higher education or appropriate state agencies. In making the appointments, the governor shall give due consideration to:

(1) the ethnic, economic and geographic diversity of the state;

(2) individuals who have demonstrated an awareness of and support for traditional and contemporary Hispanic culture, arts and humanities, including a strong knowledge of New Mexico Hispanic history; and

(3) individuals who are knowledgeable in the areas of Hispanic performing, visual and oral arts, genealogy, family issues, education, business and administration.

B. The public members shall be appointed for staggered four-year terms.

C. Two private members shall be appointed by the board of a nonprofit organization that has an operating agreement with the center that complies with the provisions of Section 6-5A-1 NMSA 1978 . The private members shall be appointed for one-year terms expiring on June 30 of each year.

D. A majority of the board members currently serving shall constitute a quorum at any meeting or hearing.

E. A public member failing to attend three consecutive meetings after receiving proper notice shall be recommended for removal by the governor. The governor may also remove a public member of the board for neglect of any duty required by law, for incompetency, for unprofessional conduct or for violating any provisions of the National Hispanic Cultural Center Act. If a vacancy occurs on the board, the original appointing authority shall appoint another member to complete the unexpired term.

F. The executive director shall be an ex-officio nonvoting member of the board.

G. The governor shall designate the president of the board, who shall serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor. The board may elect other officers from among its membership.
N.M. Stat. § 17-1-27 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 17-1-27
§ 17-1-27. Hearings on rules and regulations; petition; publication of notice of hearing
Status: in_force

Whenever three percent of the duly qualified electors of any county affected by a rule or regulation promulgated by the commission, concerning hunting or fishing within said county, shall petition the commission in writing, requesting a hearing, the commission shall grant a public hearing, the time, place and purpose of which shall be set forth by advertising in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the state not less than ten (10) days before the date of such hearing; and shall, on the date of hearing, give full opportunity for all persons to be heard on the point in controversy. But nothing in this section shall be construed as suspending or invalidating any such rule or regulation, unless it is suspended or revoked by the commission.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-3B-18 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 32A / Article 3B / Section 32A-3B-18
§ 32A-3B-18. Dispositional judgments; time limitations; modification, termination or extension of court order
Status: in_force

A. A judgment vesting legal custody of a child in an agency shall remain in force for an indeterminate period not exceeding two years from the date entered.

B. A judgment vesting legal custody of a child in an individual, other than the child's parent, shall remain in force for two years from the date entered unless terminated sooner by court order.

C. A judgment vesting legal custody of a child in the child's parent or a permanent guardian shall remain in force for an indeterminate period from the date entered until terminated by court order or until the child is emancipated or reaches the age of majority.

D. At any time prior to expiration, a judgment vesting legal custody or granting protective supervision may be modified, revoked or extended on motion by a party, including the child by and through the child's guardian ad litem or attorney.

E. Prior to the expiration of a judgment transferring legal custody to an agency, the court may extend the judgment for additional periods of one year if it finds that the extension is necessary to safeguard the welfare of the child or the public interest.

F. When a child reaches eighteen years of age, all family in need of court-ordered services orders affecting the child then in force automatically terminate. The termination of the orders shall not disqualify a child from eligibility for transitional services.
N.M. Stat. § 72-17-82 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-82
§ 72-17-82. Method of issuance
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued for refunding purposes may either be delivered in exchange for the outstanding bonds authorized to be refunded or may be sold as provided in this act for the sale of other bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-74 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-74
§ 10-11-74. Municipal police member coverage plan 4; applicability
Status: in_force

Municipal police member coverage plan 4 is applicable to municipal police members of an affiliated public employer on the first day of the calendar month following certification of the election adopting municipal police member coverage plan 4 by an affirmative vote of the majority of the affiliated public employer's municipal police members. The election shall be conducted by the affiliated public employer. The certification shall be in the form prescribed by the retirement board. The election procedures shall afford all municipal police members of the affiliated public employer an opportunity to vote. An election adopting municipal police member coverage plan 4 for a given affiliated public employer is irrevocable for the purpose of subsequently adopting a coverage plan which would decrease employer or employee contributions with respect to all current and future municipal police members of that affiliated public employer.
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-48 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-48
§ 22-11-48. Alternative retirement plan; contributory employment
Status: in_force

A. Contributions made by a qualifying state educational institution on behalf of a participant together with any interest accrued on those contributions shall be credited to the benefit of the participant and shall be distributed or treated as agreed upon between the contractor or carrier providing the alternative retirement plan benefits and the board.

B. Contributions of a participant who terminates employment together with any applicable interest accrued on those contributions shall remain the property of the participant and the contributions, interest and any benefits based on them shall be treated as agreed upon between the contractor or carrier providing the alternative retirement plan benefits and the board.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-47-16 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 47 / Section 59A-47-16
§ 59A-47-16. Reserves
Status: in_force

A health care plan shall establish and maintain reserves in amount clearly adequate, as determined by the superintendent, to cover all liabilities for losses incurred and unpaid.
N.M. Stat. § 57-14-8 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 14 / Section 57-14-8
§ 57-14-8. Injunctive relief; damages
Status: in_force

A. Any person injured by any violation, or who will be injured from any threatened violation of the Price Discrimination Act may maintain an action in the district court to enjoin the violation or threatened violation. If a violation or threatened violation is established, the court shall enjoin it and the plaintiff may recover threefold, the amount of damages sustained, costs of suit and a reasonable attorney fee.

B. Any person injured by any violation of the Price Discrimination Act may maintain an action in the district court for damages alone and the measure of damages is the same as that prescribed in Subsection A of this section.

C. In any action under this section, upon proof that he has been unlawfully discriminated against by the defendant, the plaintiff shall be presumed to have sustained damages equal to the monetary amount or equivalent of the unlawful discrimination and in addition, he may establish further damages sustained as a result of the discrimination.

D. Where a defendant's trade or industry has an established cost survey for the localities in which the offense was committed, it is competent evidence to prove the costs of the defendant in an action under the Price Discrimination Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-14.5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-14.5
§ 7-2-14.5. Imposition of tax; limitations
Status: in_force

A. If, as a result of an election held on the question of imposing a property tax to fund the property tax rebate for low-income taxpayers provided in the Income Tax Act, a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question votes in favor of the imposition of the tax, the tax rate shall be certified by the department of finance and administration for any year in which the tax is imposed. The rate certified shall be the rate specified in the authorizing resolution or any lower rate required by operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 . The tax shall be imposed at the rate certified unless the board of county commissioners determines that the tax imposition be decreased or not made pursuant to Subsection B of this section. The revenue produced by the tax shall be placed in a separate fund in the county treasury and is pledged solely for the payment of the income tax revenue reduction resulting from the implementation of the property tax rebate for low-income taxpayers.

B. A tax imposed pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be imposed for one, two, three, four or five years commencing with the property tax year in which the tax rate is first imposed. The board of county commissioners may direct that the rate of imposition of the tax be decreased for any year if, in its judgment, imposition of the total rate is not necessary for such year. The board of county commissioners shall direct that the imposition not be made for any property tax year for which the property tax rebate for low-income taxpayers is not provided or for any year in which the county has imposed a property transfer tax pursuant to the Transfer Tax Act.
N.M. Stat. § 14-9A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 9A / Section 14-9A-6
§ 14-9A-6. Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

In applying and construing the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
N.M. Stat. § 29-7D-2 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 7D / Section 29-7D-2
§ 29-7D-2. Use of force statewide policy
Status: in_force

Each law enforcement agency shall develop and maintain policies regarding use of force by law enforcement officers in its employ. At a minimum, such use-of-force policies shall incorporate:

A. a discussion of considerations that law enforcement officers must make prior to the application of physical force, including an explanation of reasonable force necessary to accomplish a lawful objective; and

B. ethical considerations law enforcement officers shall make during the application of physical force, including provisions pursuant to Section 14 of this 2023 act.
N.M. Stat. § 1-21A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 21A / Section 1-21A-3
§ 1-21A-3. Precinct boundaries
Status: in_force

A. When adjusting precinct boundaries for any group of census blocks that are on Indian nation, tribal or pueblo lands, the board of county commissioners shall inquire of each Indian nation, tribe or pueblo in the county to provide internal and external political boundaries for the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo has provided to the United States census bureau.

B. The board of county commissioners shall adjust precinct boundaries to correspond to the internal and external political boundaries that each Indian nation, tribe or pueblo in the county has provided to the United States census bureau.

C. The secretary of state shall reject any precinct boundary maps that do not comply with the provisions of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 19-5-5 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 19-5-5
§ 19-5-5. Wells to be equity of state
Status: in_force

All such wells, so sunk or dug by the state engineer for said purpose, shall be declared an equity of the state besides the land on which such well is situated.
N.M. Stat. § 12-6-6 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-6-6
§ 12-6-6. Criminal violations
Status: in_force

Immediately upon discovery of any violation of a criminal statute in connection with financial affairs, the state auditor shall report the violation to the proper prosecuting officer and furnish the officer with all data and information in his possession relative to the violation. An agency or independent auditor shall report a violation immediately to the state auditor.
N.M. Stat. § 7-25-1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 25 / Section 7-25-1
§ 7-25-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 25 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Resources Excise Tax Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 24-14A-4.2 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 14A / Section 24-14A-4.2
§ 24-14A-4.2. Investigatory powers
Status: in_force

The department has the right to verify the accuracy of data provided by any data source. The verification may include requiring the data source to submit documentation sufficient to verify the accuracy of the data in question or to provide direct inspection during normal business hours of only the records and documents that pertain directly to the data in question; provided that no data source shall be required to expend more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) each year to comply with the provisions of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-36 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-36
§ 59A-22-36. Home health care service option required
Status: in_force

A. Each insurer which delivers or issues for delivery in this state an individual or group hospital expense or major medical expense insurance policy shall make available to the policyholder the option of home health care coverage which includes benefits for the services described in this section.

B. Home health care coverage offered shall include:

(1) services provided by a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse;

(2) health services provided by physical, occupational and respiratory therapists and speech pathologists;

(3) health services provided by a home health aide; and

(4) medical supplies, drugs and medicines and laboratory services, to the extent they would have been covered if provided to the insured on an in-patient basis.

C. Home health care coverage may be limited to:

(1) services provided on the written order of a licensed physician, provided such order is renewed at least every sixty (60) days;

(2) services provided, directly or through contractual agreements, by a home health agency licensed in the state in which the home health services are delivered; and

(3) services, as set forth in Subsection B of the section, without which the insured would have to be hospitalized.

D. Coverage shall be provided for at least one hundred (100) home visits per insured per year, with each home visit including up to four (4) hours of home health care services.

E. For the purposes of this section, “home health care” means health services provided on a part-time, intermittent basis to an individual confined to his home due to physical illness.
N.M. Stat. § 6-8-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 8 / Section 6-8-6
§ 6-8-6. Transfer of investment powers
Status: in_force

The functions, powers and duties vested by law relating to the investment or reinvestment of money and the purchase, sale or exchange of investments or securities of the permanent fund are transferred to the state investment officer. The state treasurer shall maintain custody of the state permanent fund but shall at all times render the fund or any part of it available for investment in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6-8-1 through 6-8-18 NMSA 1978 .

Any provision of existing law requiring or designating an elected state official to serve by virtue of his office in an active or advisory capacity concerning the investment of the state permanent fund shall be inoperative.
N.M. Stat. § 10-16A-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 16A / Section 10-16A-7
§ 10-16A-7. Criminal penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of the Financial Disclosure Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one year or both.
N.M. Stat. § 72-17-60 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 17 / Section 72-17-60
§ 72-17-60. Negotiability
Status: in_force

Subject to the payment provisions herein specifically provided, said notes, warrants, bonds, any interest coupons thereto attached, temporary bonds, and interim debentures shall be fully negotiable within the meaning of and for all the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, except as the board may otherwise provide; and each holder of such security, or of any coupon appertaining thereto, by accepting such security or coupon shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed that such security or coupon, except as otherwise provided, is and shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of said code.
N.M. Stat. § 49-6-14 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 6 / Section 49-6-14
§ 49-6-14. Construction of veterans' memorial public school
Status: in_force

That the board of trustees of the town of Las Vegas (administering the land grant known as “The Las Vegas Land Grant,” confirmed by the act of congress on the twenty-first day of June, A.D. 1860 to the town of Las Vegas) be and the same hereby is authorized and empowered to expend the sum of $30,000.00 towards the cost of constructing a public school building within the exterior boundaries of the town of Las Vegas, the said building to be named “Veterans' Memorial Public School,” in honor of all the men and women from San Miguel county, state of New Mexico, who served in the armed forces of the United States of America.