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N.M. Stat. § 19-7-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-19
§ 19-7-19. Failure to comply with contract; forfeiture at option of commissioner
Status: in_force

Failure by a purchaser of state lands to comply with the terms and conditions of his contract of purchase shall, at the option of the commissioner, work a forfeiture of such contract after notice as prescribed by Section 19-7-50 NMSA 1978 .

In case of forfeiture all monies theretofore paid on any such contract shall remain the property of the state.
N.M. Stat. § 72-14-35 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 14 / Section 72-14-35
§ 72-14-35. Exemption from Bateman Act
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Bateman Act shall not apply to loans authorized herein.
N.M. Stat. § 77-11-1 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 11 / Section 77-11-1
§ 77-11-1. Driving herds through fenced lands; restrictions; penalty for violations
Status: in_force

Any person, persons, company or corporation, or their or either of their [sic] agents or employees, having charge of any herd of cattle, horses or other animals for the purpose of driving them from place to place through or over the fenced land of another shall, at least 24 hours before beginning such drive and passing through such land, obtain permission from the owner thereof, or his agent in charge, or if said land be leased, from the lessee thereof, or his agent in charge, of an intention to drive said herd across said inclosed lands, and during passage over said land shall carefully herd said animals to prevent mixture with other animals and the brands being driven, and shall before leaving such inclosure check the herd thoroughly and cut therefrom all animals other than the brands being driven; and any person, persons, company or corporation, or their agent, driving any herd other than in the owner's recorded brand shall have the authorization in writing of the person owning the brand of record to drive the same, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not more than $500 or confined in the county jail not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-47-39 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 47 / Section 59A-47-39
§ 59A-47-39. Employer utilization and loss experience availability
Status: in_force

Employer claims information, including utilization and loss experience under health insurance provided under Chapter 59A, Article 47 NMSA 1978 shall be made available by the carrier only upon the written request of and to employers of subscribers with such coverage within thirty 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 subscribers, regardless of whether family coverage is included. Each carrier shall provide to the employer claims information that provides sufficient detail, subject to state and federal privacy laws, to enable the employer to obtain and compare rates from multiple carriers or establish a plan of self-insurance.
N.M. Stat. § 30-13-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 13 / Section 30-13-3
§ 30-13-3. Blacklisting
Status: in_force

Blacklisting consists of an employer or his agent preventing or attempting to prevent a former employee from obtaining other employment.

Whoever commits blacklisting is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Upon request, an employer may give an accurate report or honest opinion of the qualifications and the performance of a former employee. An employer is defined as any person employing labor or the agent of such person.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-7
§ 20-12-7. Advice; reviews and appeals; extraordinary writs
Status: in_force

A. The advice of the staff judge advocate prescribed by Article 34, Uniform Code of Military Justice and the review required by Article 64, Uniform Code of Military Justice shall be accomplished by the state judge advocate or his designee.

B. Appeals shall be taken according to the rules of appellate procedure applying to criminal cases tried in the district courts.

C. The action of the convening authority as to an approved sentence shall continue in effect while an appeal is pending.

D. Extraordinary writs may issue from the New Mexico supreme court upon such grounds as the United States court of military appeals may similarly act in federal courts-martial, following the New Mexico rules of appellate procedures applicable thereto.
N.M. Stat. § 31-30-5 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 30 / Section 31-30-5
§ 31-30-5. Grant awards
Status: in_force

A. On or after July 1, 2022, the department shall receive and review applications for grants from the violence intervention program fund. The department may make grants from the fund to state agencies, counties, municipalities or tribal governments that the department finds are disproportionately impacted by violent crimes, including homicides, shootings and aggravated assaults.

B. The department shall make awards of grants from the fund in accordance with the following limitations:

(1) grant awards shall be made to at least two counties, municipalities or tribal governments with a population of fifty thousand or less according to the most recent annual university of New Mexico intercensal population estimate;

(2) at least twenty percent of the total annual amount appropriated to the fund shall be awarded to counties or municipalities with a population of five hundred forty thousand or greater according to the most recent federal decennial census; and

(3) the department of health shall utilize the funds in accordance with department of finance and administration guidelines.
N.M. Stat. § 1-14-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1-14-16
§ 1-14-16. Recount or recheck proceedings
Status: in_force

A. Immediately after filing of the application for recount or recheck, or notice of an automatic recount, the appropriate canvassing board shall issue an order to the county clerk of each county where a precinct specified in the application or notice is located commanding the county clerk to convene a recount precinct board at the county seat on a day specified in the order, which date shall not be more than ten days after the filing of the application for a recount or recheck or notice of an automatic recount.

B. Upon receipt of the order, the county clerk shall appoint a recount precinct board pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-2-12 NMSA 1978 and shall send notices of the names of the recount precinct board members and the date fixed for the recount or recheck to the district judge for the county and the county chair of each of the political parties that participated in the election for the office in question. The county clerk shall keep a log of how each person was notified and confirmation that the notice was received. Presiding judges and election judges on the recount precinct board shall be appointed from among those persons who served as precinct board members in the most recent election.

C. The recount precinct board, district judge and county clerk shall meet on the date fixed for the recount or recheck, and the ballot boxes and ballot containers or voting machines of the precincts involved in the recount or recheck shall be opened. The recount precinct board shall recount and retally the ballots, or recheck the votes cast on the voting machines, as the case may be, for the office in question in the presence of the county clerk, district judge and any other person who may desire to be present.

D. After completion of the recount or recheck, the recount precinct board shall replace the ballots in the ballot boxes and ballot containers and lock them, or the voting machines shall be locked and resealed, and the precinct board shall certify to the proper canvassing board the results of the recount or recheck. The district judge and the county clerk shall also certify that the recount or recheck was made in their presence.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2A / Section 27-2A-1
§ 27-2A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Medicaid Estate Recovery Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-4 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22 / Section 59A-22-4
§ 59A-22-4. Entire contract; changes
Status: in_force

There shall be a provision as follows:

This policy, including the endorsements and attached papers, if any, constitutes the entire contract of insurance. No change in this policy shall be valid until approved by an executive officer of the insurance company and unless such approval and countersignature be endorsed hereon or attached hereto. No agent has authority to change this policy or to waive any of its provisions.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23-13 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23 / Section 59A-23-13
§ 59A-23-13. Pharmacy benefits; prescription synchronization
Status: in_force

A. A group or blanket health insurance policy, health care plan or certificate of health insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides a prescription drug or device benefit shall allow an insured to fill or refill a prescription for less than a thirty-day supply of the prescription drug, and apply a prorated daily copayment or coinsurance for the fill or refill, if:

(1) the prescribing practitioner or the pharmacist determines the fill or refill to be in the best interest of the insured;

(2) the insured requests or agrees to receive less than a thirty-day supply of the prescription drug; and

(3) the reduced fill or refill is made for the purpose of synchronizing the insured's prescription drug fills.

B. A group or blanket health insurance policy, health care plan or certificate of health insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides a prescription drug or device benefit shall not:

(1) deny coverage for the filling of a chronic medication when the fill is made in accordance with a plan to synchronize multiple prescriptions for the insured pursuant to Subsection A of this section established among the insurer, the prescribing practitioner and a pharmacist. The insurer shall allow a pharmacy to override any denial indicating that a prescription is being refilled too soon for the purposes of medication synchronization; and

(2) prorate a dispensing fee to a pharmacy that fills a prescription with less than a thirty-day supply of prescription drug pursuant to Subsection A of this section. The insurer shall pay in full a dispensing fee for a partially filled or refilled prescription for each prescription dispensed, regardless of any pro-rated copayment or coinsurance that the insured may pay for prescription synchronization services.
N.M. Stat. § 1-21-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 21 / Section 1-21-11
§ 1-21-11. Handling presidential ballots by absent voter precinct board
Status: in_force

Presidential ballots shall be handled in the same manner as that specified for absentee ballots in the Election Code.
N.M. Stat. § 72-4-20 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 4 / Section 72-4-20
§ 72-4-20. Water rights on interstate streams in litigation; duty of state engineer; exception
Status: in_force

In all cases where the rights of owners of land in this state to which water rights on interstate streams are appurtenant have been the subject of litigation in the state or federal courts of an adjoining state, it shall be the duty of the state engineer to assume control of all or any part of such interstate stream and of the diversion and distribution of the waters thereof and to administer the same in the public interest; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to conservancy districts, irrigation districts or federal reclamation projects in this state.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48A-13 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48A / Section 4-48A-13
§ 4-48A-13. Bonds; form; interest; maturities
Status: in_force

A. General obligation bonds issued by a special hospital district shall mature not more than twenty years from their date and be numbered from one upwards consecutively. Interest on all such bonds shall be payable either annually or semiannually, as provided by resolution of the board of trustees; provided, that the first installment of interest coming due may be for any period of time which shall not exceed one year from the date of the bonds.

B. The resolution authorizing the bonds may provide for the creation of a sinking fund to secure payment of principal and interest on the bonds and may provide for mandatory annual payments to be made to the sinking fund from the taxes levied and collected pursuant to Section 14 of the Special Hospital District Act.

C. The board of trustees shall designate the maximum coupon rate of interest the general obligation bonds shall bear, which shall not be in excess of the maximum coupon rate which is permitted by the Public Securities Act as hereafter amended, and shall designate the maximum net effective interest rate which shall not exceed the maximum permitted by the Public Securities Act as hereafter amended.

D. The procedure which shall be followed by the board of trustees for the sale of general obligation bonds shall be the same as that set forth in Section 6-15-5 NMSA 1978 for other political subdivisions.
N.M. Stat. § 3-31-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 31 / Section 3-31-3
§ 3-31-3. Revenue bonds; terms
Status: in_force

Municipal revenue bonds:

A. may have interest, appreciated principal value or any part thereof payable at intervals or at maturity as may be determined by the governing body;

B. may be subject to a prior redemption at the municipality's option at such time or times and upon such terms and conditions with or without the payment of such premium or premiums as may be determined by the governing body;

C. may mature at any time or times not exceeding fifty years after the date of issuance, except municipal revenue bonds issued for reconstructing, resurfacing or repairing existing streets, which may mature at any time or times not exceeding twenty years after the date of issuance;

D. may be serial in form and maturity or may consist of one bond payable at one time or in installments or may be in such other form as may be determined by the governing body;

E. 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

F. may be sold at public or negotiated sale.
N.M. Stat. § 3-37A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 37A / Section 3-37A-1
§ 3-37A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 3, Article 37A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Small Cities Assistance Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 42-6-8 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 6 / Section 42-6-8
§ 42-6-8. Mines deemed real estate
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article and for all other purposes, mines shall be deemed and taken to be real estate.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-55-6 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 55 / Section 59A-55-6
§ 59A-55-6. Risk retention groups; reports
Status: in_force

A. Each risk retention group shall report to the superintendent the net premium written for risks resident or located within New Mexico.

B. To the extent a licensed insurance producer is utilized pursuant to Section 59A-55-24 NMSA 1978 , the licensed insurance producer shall report to the superintendent the premiums for direct business for risks resident or located within this state that the insurance producers have placed with or on behalf of a risk retention group not licensed in this state.

C. To the extent that an insurance producer is utilized pursuant to Section 59A-55-24 NMSA 1978 , the insurance producer shall keep a complete and separate record of all policies procured from each such risk retention group, which record shall be open to examination by the superintendent and shall contain the information required by the superintendent by rule.
N.M. Stat. § 58-5-2 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 5 / Section 58-5-2
§ 58-5-2. Branch banks
Status: in_force

A. Banks duly authorized to transact business in New Mexico are authorized to conduct branches subject to the limitations of Section 58-5-3 NMSA 1978 with the powers and limitations provided in this article, after having first obtained written approval of the director, which approval may be given or withheld by the director in his discretion. The director, in exercising his discretion, shall take into account, but not by way of limitation, factors such as the financial history and condition of the applicant bank, the adequacy of its capital structure, its future earnings prospects and the general character of its management. His approval shall not be given until he has ascertained to his satisfaction:

(1) that the establishment of the branch will meet the needs and promote the convenience of the community to be served by the branch; and

(2) that the probable volume of business and reasonable public demand in the community are sufficient to assure and maintain the solvency of the branch and of the existing banks in the same community. An investigation fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall accompany each application for a branch and each application to relocate a branch or main office. The director may waive the investigation fee, at his discretion, when a branch or main office is relocating in the immediate vicinity of its present location.

B. Branch banks shall be operated as branches under the control and direction of the board of directors and executive officers of the parent bank. The name of each branch shall refer to the name of the parent bank or a registered trade name used by the parent bank.

C. As used in this section, “branch bank” includes any additional house, office, agency or place of business at which deposits are received, checks are paid or money is lent; except, where the additional house, office, agency or place of business is connected with the main banking premises by subterranean or overhead passageways through which bank personnel may pass, it shall not be considered as a branch.
N.M. Stat. § 42-9-13 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 9 / Section 42-9-13
§ 42-9-13. Contents of writ
Status: in_force

Original writs of attachment shall be directed to the sheriff of the proper county, commanding him to attach the defendant, by all and singular, his lands and tenements, goods, moneys, effects, credits and all other property and interests in property of whatsoever nature and kind, in whosesoever hands the same may be found, with a clause of the nature and to the effect of an ordinary citation to answer the action of the plaintiff.
N.M. Stat. § 74-2-10 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 2 / Section 74-2-10
§ 74-2-10. Emergency powers of the secretary and the director
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Air Quality Control Act, if the secretary or the director determines that a source or combination of sources presents an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or to the environment, he may bring suit in the district court for the county in which the source is located to restrain immediately any person causing or contributing to the alleged air pollution to stop the emission of air contaminants causing or contributing to such air pollution or to take such other action as may be necessary.

B. If it is not practicable to assure prompt protection of the public health or welfare or the environment by commencement of a civil action, the secretary or the director may issue orders necessary to protect the public health or welfare or the environment. An order shall be effective for a period of not more than twenty-four hours, unless the secretary or the director brings a civil action before the expiration of twenty-four hours. If the secretary or the director brings an action within that time, the order shall be effective thereafter for forty-eight hours or for such longer period as may be authorized by the court pending litigation.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-21
§ 1-9-21. Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; security requirements
Status: in_force

Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations shall provide the security capabilities for ballot preparation and shall be capable of:

A. providing a full audit trail of individual voter activity;

B. providing full ballot production audit logs for all activity, including absentee voting by mail, in-person absentee voting, early voting, provisional voting and spoiling ballots;

C. creation and preservation of an audit trail of every ballot issued, including during a period of interrupted communication in the event of loss of network connectivity;

D. suitable security passwords at user, administrator and management levels;

E. preventing the modification of ballot formatting by polling place users; and

F. retaining full functionality and capability of printing ballots during a period of interrupted communication in the event of loss of network connectivity.
N.M. Stat. § 7-35-10 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 35 / Section 7-35-10
§ 7-35-10. Division to furnish valuation services to state agencies and political subdivisions of the state
Status: in_force

The division shall provide, subject to the availability of resources within the division, assistance services to state agencies and political subdivisions in the valuation of property owned or being considered for purchase by the state or by political subdivisions. Agencies and political subdivisions that are not funded from the state general fund shall reimburse the division for the actual cost incurred in the valuation of the property.
N.M. Stat. § 20-4-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 4 / Section 20-4-4
§ 20-4-4. Members not liable for acts in performance of duty
Status: in_force

Whenever a member of the national guard is on state-ordered active duty or while on other state duty reasonably requested by competent military authority, he shall not incur personal civil liability for acts performed in the line of the duty, and the state shall defend and indemnify against any such claims as are brought, and the state shall be substituted as a party defendant for the member.
N.M. Stat. § 58-11-23 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 11 / Section 58-11-23
§ 58-11-23. Other credit unions
Status: in_force

Any credit union organized under or subject to the Credit Union Act may accept as a member any other credit union organized under or subject to that act or any other act.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-119 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-119
§ 10-11-119. Commencement, change and termination of a pension
Status: in_force

A. A normal or disability pension shall commence the first day of the month following retirement. A preretirement survivor pension shall commence the first day of the month following the date of the death resulting in the pension. A postretirement survivor pension shall commence the first day of the month following the date of the death resulting in the pension.

B. Termination of payment of a pension shall occur at the end of the month in which the event causing termination occurs. Payment shall be made for the full month of termination.

C. A change in the amount of a pension shall occur the first day of the month following the date of the event causing the change.
N.M. Stat. § 29-8-1 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-1
§ 29-8-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Mutual Aid Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 18-2-17 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 2 / Section 18-2-17
§ 18-2-17. Libraries receiving public funds; compliance required
Status: in_force

No public funds shall be paid to any library failing to comply with the provisions of this act.