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N.M. Stat. § 24-19-3 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 19 / Section 24-19-3
§ 24-19-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Children's Trust Fund Act:

A. “ board ” means the children's trust fund board of trustees;

B. “ children's projects and programs ” means projects and programs that provide services to children, including services to their families, consistent with the purposes of the Children's Trust Fund Act;

C. “ council ” means the next generation council;

D. “ department ” means the children, youth and families department;

E. “ next generation fund projects and programs ” means projects and programs funded from the next generation fund that meet the requirements for funding provided in Section 24-19-10 NMSA 1978; and

F. “ secretary ” means the secretary of children, youth and families.
N.M. Stat. § 6-12-1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 12 / Section 6-12-1
§ 6-12-1. Borrowing or investing permanent funds to pay interest on state bonds
Status: in_force

The state treasurer is authorized by this article in order to provide for the prompt payment of interest on the bonded indebtedness of the state, to borrow money upon the best terms possible, but at a rate of interest not to exceed six percent, and for the shortest practicable time, in quantity sufficient to pay any interest as it accrues, whenever the money in the state treasury, applicable to such payment is insufficient to meet interest coupons as they mature, unless there should be in any one or more of the funds in which are placed the proceeds of the administration of public lands donated to the territory or state of New Mexico by congress, money which is not needed for immediate use for the purposes for which such lands were donated and which is to be invested in accordance with the requirements of the acts of congress and of the constitution, or funds in the permanent school fund, in which case the state treasurer may invest so much of such fund, or funds, as may be necessary for the purpose of meeting the interest-bearing obligations, in an interest-bearing obligation to be executed by him, the interest thereon to run until both principal and interest can be paid back to the fund or funds from which it may have been borrowed.
N.M. Stat. § 74-10-2 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 10 / Section 74-10-2
§ 74-10-2. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

It is declared as a matter of legislative determination that:

A. the organization of the authority hereby created having the purposes, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities and disabilities provided in the Solid Waste Authority Act will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security and general welfare of the inhabitants thereof and of the state;

B. the acquisition, improvement, maintenance and operation of any solid waste management-related project authorized in that act is in the public interest and constitutes a part of the established and permanent policy of the state;

C. the authority hereby organized shall be a body corporate and politic, a quasi-municipal corporation and a political subdivision of the state;

D. the notice provided for in the Solid Waste Authority Act for each hearing and action to be taken is reasonably calculated to inform any person of interest in any proceedings under that act which may directly and adversely affect his legally protected interests;

E. for the accomplishment of these purposes, the provisions of that act shall be broadly construed;

F. nothing in the Solid Waste Authority Act shall be construed to supersede or affect any provision of the Solid Waste Act or any regulations adopted pursuant to that act; and

G. any authority created by the Solid Waste Authority Act is specifically prohibited from exercising any regulatory or enforcement powers or any permitting or site approval as mandated by the Solid Waste Act.
N.M. Stat. § 57-11-5 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 11 / Section 57-11-5
§ 57-11-5. Acceptance by persons engaged in financing sales of payments tending to eliminate competition prohibited
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person who is engaged in the business of financing the purchase or sale of motor vehicles or of buying conditional sales contracts, chattel mortgages or leases on motor vehicles sold at retail within this state to accept or receive, or contract or agree to accept or receive, either directly or indirectly, any payment, thing or service of value from any person who is engaged, either directly or indirectly, in the manufacture or wholesale distribution only of motor vehicles, whether patented or unpatented, if the effect of the acceptance or receipt of any such payment, thing or service of value may be to lessen or eliminate competition, or to create or tend to create a monopoly in the person who accepts or receives such payment, thing or service of value, or contracts or agrees to accept or receive the same.
N.M. Stat. § 26-2A-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 2A / Section 26-2A-7
§ 26-2A-7. Report
Status: in_force

The administrator, in conjunction with the patient qualification review board, shall each year report his findings and recommendations to the governor and the legislature regarding the effectiveness of the Lynn Pierson therapeutic research program.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-6A-23 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 6A / Section 32A-6A-23
§ 32A-6A-23. Liability of persons providing treatment or habilitation services
Status: in_force

A. A person providing mental health and developmental disability services to a child and a treatment facility providing mental health and developmental disability services to a child shall not be liable if:

(1) the child does not require detention, treatment or services;

(2) the admission or treatment was made solely on the basis of misrepresentations by a child seeking treatment or habilitation services or by a child's legal custodian, provided the professional or the facility's staff acted in good faith; or

(3) the admission was made solely on the basis of reliance upon a tribal court order, provided the mental health or developmental professional or the facility's staff acted in good faith.

B. Nothing in the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act shall be construed to relieve any professional or facility from liability for negligence or intentional misconduct in the diagnosis, treatment or services provided to any child.

C. Nothing in the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act shall be construed to relieve any professional or facility from a duty pursuant to reporting laws relating to the detection of child abuse.
N.M. Stat. § 57-1-10 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 1 / Section 57-1-10
§ 57-1-10. District attorneys; enforcement
Status: in_force

In order to promote the uniform administration of the Antitrust Act in New Mexico, the attorney general is to be responsible for its enforcement, but he may, on a case-by-case basis, delegate this authority to the district attorneys of the state and when this is done, the district attorneys shall have every power and duty conferred upon the attorney general by this act.
N.M. Stat. § 63-9-6 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 9 / Section 63-9-6
§ 63-9-6. Issuance of certificate; territory on map
Status: in_force

A. After conclusion of a hearing on an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity the commission shall make and file an order containing its findings of fact and decision. The order shall become operative twenty days after issuance, except as the commission may otherwise provide.

B. The commission shall grant all certificates as required by Section 4 of this act.

C. As to all applications other than those based upon Section 4 of this act, the commission has the power, after having determined public convenience and necessity, to grant a certificate as applied for, or to refuse to grant it, or to grant it for the construction or operation of only a portion of the contemplated plant or system or extension thereof, or for the partial exercise only of the rights and privilege sought, and may attach to the exercise of the rights and privilege granted by a certificate such terms and conditions as in its judgment the public convenience and necessity may require.

D. The geographical field or area that a telephone company is authorized and required to serve by a certificate shall be defined on a map which will be part of the certificate. The commission shall prescribe the form of the map to be used.
N.M. Stat. § 76-18-4 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 18 / Section 76-18-4
§ 76-18-4. Duties of director
Status: in_force

Under supervision and control of the board of regents of New Mexico state university, the director shall:

A. administer and enforce the Cotton District Act, and he may delegate all, or any portion, of his powers to any assistant directors;

B. appoint, with the consent of each district board of directors, an assistant director for each district, who shall reside in the district and perform duties assigned by the director and the district board; and

C. issue orders applicable to any district whenever the orders are recommended and approved by the district board of directors, and after notice and an opportunity for public hearing by all persons directly affected by the order. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the district at least five days prior to the hearing. Any order becomes effective upon issuance.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 6-3-8
§ 6-3-8. Violation of expenditure restrictions; penalty
Status: in_force

Any public official or employee who shall violate provisions of this act shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor less than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years, or both, and in addition thereto, shall be liable for the payment to the state of all amounts expended for any payment made in violation thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 56-9-28 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 9 / Section 56-9-28
§ 56-9-28. Adjustment and allowance of demands
Status: in_force

The assignee shall appoint a day, within three months after the date of the assignment, and a place, which shall be the county seat of the county where the inventory is filed, or such other place in said county most convenient to all the parties in interest where any court of record may be lawfully held, when and where he will proceed publicly to adjust and allow demands against the estate and effects of the assignor.
N.M. Stat. § 22-8-13 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 22-8-13
§ 22-8-13. Reports
Status: in_force

A. Each public school shall keep accurate records concerning membership in the public school.

B. The dates for which MEM is reported are as follows:

(1) the first reporting date, the second Wednesday in October;

(2) the second reporting date, December 1 or the first working day in December; and

(3) the third reporting date, the second Wednesday in February.

C. The superintendent of each school district or head administrator of a state-chartered charter school shall maintain the following reports for each reporting period:

(1) the basic program MEM by grade in each public school;

(2) the early childhood education MEM;

(3) the special education MEM in each public school in class C and class D programs as defined in Section 22-8-21 NMSA 1978;

(4) the number of class A and class B programs as defined in Section 22-8-21 NMSA 1978; and

(5) the full-time-equivalent MEM for bilingual multicultural education programs.

D. The superintendent of each school district and the head administrator of each state-chartered charter school shall furnish all reports required by law or the department to the department within ten working days of the close of each reporting period. Failure of the department to approve timely submissions shall not cause a school district or charter school to be found noncompliant with the requirements of this section. For purposes of this section, “ working day ” means every calendar day excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.

E. All information required pursuant to this section shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. A copy of any report made pursuant to this section shall be kept as a permanent record of the school district or charter school and shall be subject to inspection and audit at any reasonable time.

F. The department may withhold up to one hundred percent of allotments of funds to any school district or state-chartered charter school where the superintendent or head administrator has failed to comply with the requirements of this section. Withholding may continue until the superintendent or head administrator complies with and agrees to continue complying with requirements of this section.

G. The provisions of this section may be modified or suspended by the department for any school district or school or state-chartered charter school operating under the Variable School Calendar Act. 1 The department shall require MEM reports consistent with the calendar of operations of such school district or school or state-chartered charter school and shall calculate an equivalent MEM for use in projecting school district or charter school revenue.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-23-17 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 23 / Section 59A-23-17
§ 59A-23-17. Anatomical gift nondiscrimination
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this section:

(1) “ covered person ” means a policyholder or other person covered by a health benefit plan; and

(2) “organ transplant” includes parts or the whole of organs, eyes or tissue.

B. All individual and group health insurance policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state that provide coverage for organ transplants or associated care shall not:

(1) deny that coverage solely on the basis of a covered person's physical or mental disability;

(2) deny to a covered person with a physical or mental disability eligibility or continued eligibility to enroll or to renew coverage under the terms of the health benefit policy or plan solely for the purpose of avoiding the requirements of this section;

(3) penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the reimbursement or provide monetary or nonmonetary incentives to a health care provider to induce that health care provider not to provide an organ transplant or associated care to a covered person with a physical or mental disability; or

(4) reduce or limit coverage benefits to a covered person with a physical or mental disability for the associated care related to organ transplantation as determined in consultation with the physician and patient.
N.M. Stat. § 76-6A-12 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 6A / Section 76-6A-12
§ 76-6A-12. Agricultural land assessment; enforced collection
Status: in_force

Payment of the special assessment levied by a local cotton boll weevil control committee against a cotton producer shall be due and payable upon the cotton producer's receipt of an assessment statement from the local cotton boll weevil control committee. The committee's statement shall indicate:

A. the total number of acres treated within the cotton boll weevil control district during the control program;

B. the total acres treated, if any, that are under the control of the land user assessed;

C. the total amount of funds expended, or estimated to be spent, in the cotton boll weevil control district for the control program;

D. the total acres and yield per acre of lands under the control of the land user assessed; and

E. the amount assessed against the land user.
N.M. Stat. § 58-18-25 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 18 / Section 58-18-25
§ 58-18-25. Conflicts of interest; penalty
Status: in_force

A. If any member, officer or employee of the authority has an interest, either direct or indirect, in any contract to which the authority or any secondary market facility is or is to be a party or in any mortgage lender requesting a loan from or offering to sell mortgage loans to the authority or any secondary market facility or in any sponsor requesting a project mortgage loan, the interest shall be disclosed to the authority in writing and shall be set forth in the minutes of the authority. The member, officer or employee having the interest shall not participate in any action by the authority or any secondary market facility with respect to the contract, mortgage lender or sponsor.

B. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to limit the right of any member, officer or employee of the authority to:

(1) acquire an interest in bonds, notes, other obligations, pass-through securities or guarantees of the authority or any secondary market facility; or

(2) have an interest in any banking institution in which the funds of the authority are or are to be deposited or that is or is to be acting as trustee or paying agent under any trust instrument to which the authority is a party.

C. Any person having a conflict of interest as defined in this section and participating in any transaction involving the conflict of interest or failing to notify the authority of the conflict is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 31-26-11 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 26 / Section 31-26-11
§ 31-26-11. Procedures when an inmate or delinquent child escapes; corrections department; children, youth and families department
Status: in_force

A. The corrections department or the children, youth and families department shall immediately notify the sentencing judge or the children's court judge, the district attorney of the judicial district from which the inmate or delinquent child was committed and the probation officer who authored the presentence report when an inmate or delinquent child:

(1) escapes from a correctional facility or juvenile justice facility under the jurisdiction of the corrections department or the children, youth and families department; or

(2) convicted in New Mexico of a capital, first degree or second degree felony and transferred to a facility under the jurisdiction of another state escapes from that facility.

B. The district attorney shall immediately notify any person known to reside in his district who was a victim of the criminal or delinquent offense for which the inmate or delinquent child was committed.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7-4.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 10-7-4.1
§ 10-7-4.1. Children, youth and families department; group life insurance
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-7-4 NMSA 1978 and in addition to all other benefits provided juvenile correctional officers and correctional officer specialists, the children, youth and families department shall provide life insurance coverage in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each juvenile correctional officer and correctional officer specialist, to be paid to his designated beneficiary. The coverage shall include double indemnity provisions for death incurred in the line of duty. The coverage shall be provided by a group term insurance policy, the premium for which shall be paid out of state funds appropriated to the children, youth and families department.
N.M. Stat. § 3-18-19 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 3-18-19
§ 3-18-19. Park and recreation construction authorized
Status: in_force

A municipality may create an improvement district as authorized in Sections 3-33-1 through 3-33-43 NMSA 1978 of the new Municipal Code, for the purpose of acquiring and constructing parks and recreation facilities.
N.M. Stat. § 58-23-29 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 23 / Section 58-23-29
§ 58-23-29. Exemption from taxation; assets to state upon dissolution
Status: in_force

A. All property acquired or held by the council under the Hospital Equipment Loan Act, income therefrom and bonds issued under the Hospital Equipment Loan Act, plus the interest payable and income derived from the bonds, shall be exempt from taxation by the state or any subdivision thereof. Upon dissolution of the council, its assets, after payment of its indebtedness, shall inure to the benefit of the state.

B. All health-related equipment purchased, acquired, leased, financed or refinanced with the proceeds of bonds issued under the Hospital Equipment Loan Act is exempt from property taxation for as long as the participating health facility remains liable for any amount under any lease, loan or other agreement securing the bonds, but not to exceed thirty years from the date the bonds were issued for the health-related equipment.
N.M. Stat. § 74-10-37 — NM Code / Chapter 74 / Article 10 / Section 74-10-37
§ 74-10-37. Forms of borrowing
Status: in_force

Upon the conditions and under the circumstances set forth in the Solid Waste Authority Act, the authority, to carry out the purposes of that act, 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. § 17-4-29 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 17-4-29
§ 17-4-29. Floating logs in fish stream; restocking; penalty
Status: in_force

All persons floating logs, timber, lumber, ties or poles in any stream containing game fish shall, for each mile of the streams used, annually deposit one thousand trout fry or fingerlings at times and places designated by the department of game and fish. Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 76-4-13 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 4 / Section 76-4-13
§ 76-4-13. Pesticide dealer license
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person to act in the capacity of a pesticide dealer, or advertise as, or assume to act as a pesticide dealer at any time without first having obtained an annual license from the department. A license shall be required for each location or outlet located within this state from which pesticides are distributed. Any manufacturer, registrant or distributor who has no pesticide dealer outlet licensed within this state and who distributes pesticides directly into this state shall obtain a pesticide dealer license for his principal out-of-state location or outlet.

B. Application for a license shall be accompanied by the prescribed annual license fee and shall be on a form provided by the department. The application shall include:

(1) the full name and title of the person applying for the license;

(2) the address of each outlet to be licensed;

(3) the principal business address of the applicant;

(4) the name of a person domiciled in this state authorized to receive and accept service of summons and legal notices of all kinds for the applicant; and

(5) any other necessary information prescribed by the department.

C. Provisions of this section shall not apply to a licensed pesticide applicator who sells pesticides only as an integral part of his pesticide application service when the pesticides are dispensed only through an apparatus used for such pesticide application, or any federal, state or county agency, or municipality which provides pesticides only for its own programs.

D. Each pesticide dealer shall be responsible for the acts of each individual employed by him in the solicitation and sale of pesticides and all claims and recommendations for the use of pesticides. The dealer license shall be subject to denial, suspension or revocation after a hearing for any violation of the Pesticide Control Act or regulations adopted thereunder, whether committed by the dealer or by an officer, agent or employee of the dealer.
N.M. Stat. § 19-8-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-8-21
§ 19-8-21. Rentals
Status: in_force

All leases issued by the commissioner shall provide for an annual rental to be paid by the lessee in advance, the amount thereof to be fixed by the commissioner, but in no case shall the same be less than five cents (5¢) per acre for the primary term nor less than fifty cents (50¢) per acre for the secondary term; provided that the annual rental for any one lease shall not be less than ten dollars ($10.00).