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N.M. Stat. § 3-60A-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 60A / Section 3-60A-2
§ 3-60A-2. Findings and declarations of necessity
Status: in_force

A. It is found and declared that there exist in the state slum areas and blighted areas that constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state; that the existence of these areas contributes substantially to the spread of disease and crime, constitutes an economic and social burden, substantially impairs or arrests the sound and orderly development of many areas of the state and retards the maintenance and expansion of necessary housing accommodations; that economic and commercial activities are lessened in those areas by the slum or blighted conditions, and the effects of these conditions include less employment in the area, lower property values, less gross receipts tax revenue and reduced use of buildings, residential dwellings and other facilities in the area; that the prevention and elimination of slum areas and blighted areas and the prevention and elimination of conditions that impair sound and orderly development is a matter of state policy and concern in order that the state shall not continue to be endangered by these areas that contribute little to the tax income of the state and its local governments and that consume an excessive proportion of its revenues because of the extra services required for police, fire, accident, hospitalization or other forms of public protection, services and facilities.

B. Certain slum areas and blighted areas or portions thereof may require land acquisition and clearance by local government, since prevailing conditions may make impracticable their reclamation or development; other areas or portions of the slum or blighted area may be suitable for conservation or rehabilitation efforts and the conditions and evils enumerated in Subsection A of this section may be eliminated, remedied or prevented by those efforts; and to the extent feasible, salvageable slum and blighted areas should be conserved and rehabilitated through voluntary action and the regulatory process and, when necessary, by government assistance.

C. The powers conferred by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code regarding the use of public money are for public uses or purposes for which public money may be expended. The individual benefits accruing to persons as the result of the powers conferred by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code and projects conducted in accordance with its provisions are found and declared to be incidental to the objectives of that code and are far outweighed by the benefit to the public as a whole. Activities authorized and powers granted by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code are hereby declared not to result in a donation or aid to any person, association or public or private organization or enterprise. The necessity for these provisions and the power is declared to be in the public interest as a matter of legislative determination.
N.M. Stat. § 5-13A-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 13A / Section 5-13A-10
§ 5-13A-10. Collection of delinquencies
Status: in_force

A. A local governing body shall by ordinance provide that a vendor is liable for the payment of the proceeds of sports and recreation facility fees that the vendor failed to remit to the local governing body. Failure of the vendor to collect the fee is not cause for the local governing body to forgive sports and recreation facility fees due and owed by the vendor. The ordinance shall provide for a civil penalty for each occurrence of failure to remit sports and recreation facility fees in the amount due. The civil penalty shall be an amount equal to the greater of ten percent of the amount that was not duly remitted to the local governing body or one hundred dollars ($100).

B. The local governing body may bring an action in the district court of the judicial district in which the qualified municipality is located for collection of amounts due, including, without limitation, interest on the amounts due on the unpaid principal at a rate not exceeding one percent per month, the costs of collection and reasonable attorney fees incurred in connection with the court action to collect the delinquent sports and recreation facility fees.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-22B-8 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 22B / Section 59A-22B-8
§ 59A-22B-8. Prior authorization for prescription drugs or step therapy for substance use disorder prohibited
Status: in_force

A. Coverage for medication approved by the federal food and drug administration that is prescribed for the treatment of a substance use disorder, pursuant to a medical necessity determination, shall not be subject to prior authorization, except in cases in which a generic version is available.

B. A health insurer shall not impose step therapy requirements before authorizing coverage for medication approved by the federal food and drug administration that is prescribed for the treatment of a substance use disorder, pursuant to a medical necessity determination, except in cases in which a generic version is available.
N.M. Stat. § 5-11-5 — NM Code / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 5-11-5
§ 5-11-5. Hearing on objections
Status: in_force

A. Any person claiming an interest in real property that the resolution discloses is situated in the district may file a written objection with the clerk before 5:00 p.m. on the business day preceding the date and time set for the hearing. The objection may raise one or more of the following issues:

(1) that the objector's property would not be substantially benefited, directly or indirectly, from the public infrastructure improvements or enhanced services proposed to be financed, as set forth in the general plan, and that the property should be excluded from the district;

(2) that the district should not be formed, stating the specific reasons; and

(3) that the general plan should be modified, stating the reasons for modification.

B. At the hearing, including any adjournments or continuances, the governing body shall hear and pass on the written objections and the testimony and evidence presented in support of or opposition to the objections. The hearing shall be either transcribed by a court reporter or recorded by a tape recorder. The court reporter's transcript or a tape recording certified to be true and correct by the clerk shall be filed or otherwise preserved in the official records of the governing body.

C. In furtherance of the hearing, the clerk, on written request being presented, shall issue subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum to compel the attendance and testimony of any person or the submission of any documents at the hearing. Compliance with the subpoena shall be enforced as if the subpoena were issued by a clerk of the state district court.

D. Testimony at the hearing need not be under oath, unless requested by any owner or required by the governing board. Requests by owners that the testimony be under oath must be made in writing and be filed with, or served on, the clerk before the hearing begins or the request is deemed waived.

E. The minutes or a copy of a written transcript or a tape recording of the proceedings of a hearing conducted pursuant to this section shall be open to public inspection three working days after the conclusion of a hearing. Any person may request to examine or be furnished copies, printouts, photographs, transcripts or recordings of a hearing during regular office hours of the governing body. The custodian of the records shall furnish the copies, printouts, photographs, transcripts or recordings and may charge a reasonable fee which does not exceed the actual cost of reproducing the item requested.
N.M. Stat. § 7-16B-5 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 16B / Section 7-16B-5
§ 7-16B-5. Exemptions; alternative fuel excise tax
Status: in_force

A. Alternative fuel distributed to or used by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof for the exclusive use of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof is exempt from the imposition of the alternative fuel excise tax.

B. Alternative fuel distributed to or used by the state of New Mexico or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof for the exclusive use of the state of New Mexico or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof is exempt from the imposition of the alternative fuel excise tax.

C. Alternative fuel distributed to or used by an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or any agency or instrumentality thereof for the exclusive use of the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or any agency or instrumentality thereof is exempt from the imposition of the alternative fuel excise tax.
N.M. Stat. § 72-15-1 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 15 / Section 72-15-1
§ 72-15-1. Animas-La Plata Project Compact
Status: in_force

The state of New Mexico does hereby ratify, approve and adopt the Animas-La Plata Project Compact, which is as follows:

The state of Colorado and the state of New Mexico, in order to implement the operation of the Animas-La Plata federal reclamation project, Colorado-New Mexico, a proposed participating project under the Colorado River Storage Project Act 1 (70 Stat. 105), and being moved by considerations of interstate comity, have resolved to conclude a compact for these purposes and have agreed upon the following articles:

A. The right to store and divert water in Colorado and New Mexico from the La Plata and Animas river systems, including return flow to the La Plata river from Animas river diversions, for uses in New Mexico under the Animas-La Plata federal reclamation project shall be valid and of equal priority with those rights granted by decree of the Colorado state courts for the uses of water in Colorado for that project, providing such uses in New Mexico are within the allocation of water made to that state by Articles III and XIV of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact (63 Stat. 31).

B. The restrictions of the last sentence of Section (a) of Article IX of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact shall not be construed to vitiate Paragraph A of this article.

This compact shall become binding and obligatory when it shall have been ratified by the legislatures of each of the signatory states.
N.M. Stat. § 57-3A-7 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 3A / Section 57-3A-7
§ 57-3A-7. Statute of limitations
Status: in_force

An action for misappropriation must be brought within three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purpose of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.
N.M. Stat. § 33-2-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 33 / Article 2 / Section 33-2-14
§ 33-2-14. Penitentiary; fire
Status: in_force

The corrections division [corrections department] shall take precaution to protect the penitentiary and all property connected therewith against fire, as far as possible, and shall procure such conveniences and the standards and inspection bureau shall prescribe such rules as will enable the convicts to be evacuated in the shortest possible time and secure their safety and custody in case of fire.
N.M. Stat. § 61-28B-23 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 28B / Section 61-28B-23
§ 61-28B-23. Single act evidence of practice
Status: in_force

In an action brought pursuant to the provisions of the 1999 Public Accountancy Act, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by that act shall be sufficient to justify a penalty, injunction, restraining order or conviction, respectively, without evidence of a general course of conduct.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-12E-12 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 12E / Section 59A-12E-12
§ 59A-12E-12. Reciprocal jurisdiction assuming insurers
Status: in_force

A. The superintendent shall timely create and publish a list of reciprocal jurisdiction assuming insurers that have satisfied the conditions set forth in this section and to which cessions shall be granted credit. The superintendent may add an assuming insurer to the list if a national association of insurance commissioners accredited jurisdiction has added the assuming insurer to its list of assuming insurers or if, upon initial eligibility for credit for reinsurance, the assuming insurer submits the information to the superintendent as required pursuant to Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of Section 10 of the Credit for Reinsurance Act and complies with any additional requirements that the superintendent may impose by rule, except to the extent that they conflict with an applicable covered agreement.

B. If the superintendent determines that an assuming insurer no longer meets one or more of the requirements pursuant to this section, the superintendent may revoke or suspend the eligibility of the assuming insurer for recognition pursuant to this section in accordance with procedures set forth in rule.

C. While an assuming insurer's eligibility is suspended, no reinsurance agreement issued, amended or renewed after the effective date of the suspension qualifies for credit except to the extent that the assuming insurer's obligations pursuant to the contract are secured in accordance with Section 16 of the Credit for Reinsurance Act.

D. If an assuming insurer's eligibility is revoked, no credit for reinsurance may be granted after the effective date of the revocation with respect to any reinsurance agreements entered into by the assuming insurer, including reinsurance agreements entered into prior to the date of revocation, except to the extent that the assuming insurer's obligations pursuant to the contract are secured in a form acceptable to the superintendent and consistent with the provisions of Section 16 of the Credit for Reinsurance Act.

E. If subject to a legal process of rehabilitation, liquidation or conservation, as applicable, the ceding insurer or its representative may seek and, if determined appropriate by the court in which the proceedings are pending, may obtain an order requiring that the assuming insurer post security for all outstanding ceded liabilities.

F. Nothing in this section shall limit or in any way alter the capacity of parties to a reinsurance agreement to agree on requirements for security or other terms in that reinsurance agreement, except as expressly prohibited by the Credit for Reinsurance Act or other applicable law or rule.
N.M. Stat. § 61-31-4.1 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 31 / Section 61-31-4.1
§ 61-31-4.1. Licensed independent social worker; licensure; qualifications
Status: in_force

After receipt of an application, requisite fees and documentation in accordance with board rules, the board shall issue in a timely manner a license to practice as a licensed independent social worker to an individual who:

A. is at least eighteen years of age;

B. possesses at least a master's degree in social work from a graduate program of social work accredited by a recognized association;

C. completed post-graduate social work hours and experience as an employee or independent worker under appropriate supervision;

D. is trained in New Mexico cultures;

E. passed a jurisprudence examination; and

F. passed an examination approved by the board, including an advanced generalist examination administered by a nonprofit association composed of and owned by social work regulatory boards and colleges in all states.
N.M. Stat. § 29-7-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 7 / Section 29-7-2
§ 29-7-2. Academy established
Status: in_force

The “New Mexico law enforcement academy” is established to provide a planned program of basic law enforcement training and in-service law enforcement training for police officers and to furnish instruction and seminars to constantly upgrade law enforcement within the state.
N.M. Stat. § 12-11-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 11 / Section 12-11-4
§ 12-11-4. Disaster successors to the governor
Status: in_force

If the governor and all of his constitutional successors are unavailable, the holders of the following offices shall be the disaster successors in the order named:

A. the attorney general;

B. the state auditor;

C. the commissioner of public lands;

D. the state treasurer.
N.M. Stat. § 11-8-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 11 / Article 8 / Section 11-8-10
§ 11-8-10. Construction and severability; Article IX
Status: in_force

This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
N.M. Stat. § 29-20-4 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 20 / Section 29-20-4
§ 29-20-4. Pursuit policies
Status: in_force

A. The chief law enforcement officer of every state, county and municipal law enforcement agency shall establish and enforce a written policy governing the conduct of law enforcement officers employed by the agency who are involved in high speed pursuits. A copy of the written policy shall be submitted to the director of the New Mexico law enforcement academy and the traffic safety bureau of the state highway and transportation department.

B. The policy shall specify, at a minimum:

(1) the conditions under which a law enforcement officer may engage in a high speed pursuit and the conditions when the officer shall terminate a high speed pursuit;

(2) measures other than a high speed pursuit that may be employed to apprehend a suspect in a fleeing motor vehicle or to impede the movement of the vehicle;

(3) the coordination and responsibility, including control over the high speed pursuit, of supervisory personnel and the law enforcement officers engaged in the pursuit; and

(4) the procedures to be followed to notify and coordinate high speed pursuits with law enforcement agencies in other jurisdictions, including tribal jurisdictions.

C. The written policy shall, at a minimum, require that:

(1) a law enforcement officer may initiate a high speed pursuit to apprehend a suspect who the officer has reasonable grounds to believe poses a clear and immediate threat of death or serious injury to others or who the officer has probable cause to believe poses a clear and immediate threat to the safety of others that is ongoing and that existed prior to the high speed pursuit;

(2) a law enforcement officer shall not initiate or continue a high speed pursuit when the immediate danger to the officer and the public created by the high speed pursuit exceeds the immediate danger to the public if the occupants of the motor vehicle being pursued remain at large;

(3) when deciding whether to initiate or continue a high speed pursuit, the following factors, at a minimum, shall be taken into consideration:

(a) the seriousness of the offense for which the high speed pursuit was initiated;

(b) whether a suspect poses a clear and immediate threat of death or serious injury to others;

(c) road, weather, environmental and vehicle conditions;

(d) the amount of motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic; and

(e) knowledge of the suspect's identity, possible destination and previous activities that may make apprehension at a later time feasible; and

(4) no more than two law enforcement vehicles shall become actively involved in a high speed pursuit, unless specifically authorized by a supervisor.
N.M. Stat. § 3-11-2 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 3-11-2
§ 3-11-2. Mayor; vacated office; appointment by governing body
Status: in_force

In case of the death, disability, resignation or change of residence, from the municipality, of the mayor, the governing body shall appoint by majority vote a qualified elector to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term of office.
N.M. Stat. § 15-8-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 15 / Article 8 / Section 15-8-8
§ 15-8-8. Lease with state funds
Status: in_force

No motor vehicle shall be leased with state money unless such lease is first specifically approved by the division.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2A-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2A / Section 27-2A-4
§ 27-2A-4. Department to seek recovery of medical assistance payments; restriction
Status: in_force

A. The department shall seek recovery from the estate of an individual:

(1) for medical assistance paid on behalf of an individual who was an inpatient in a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities or other medical institution if the individual was required, as a condition of receiving services in the facility or institution pursuant to the state plan, to spend for costs of services all but a minimal amount of the individual's income required for personal needs, and with respect to whom the department determined, after opportunity for a hearing in accordance with procedures established by the department, could not reasonably have been expected to have been discharged from the facility or institution to return home; and

(2) for medical assistance payments made for nursing facility services, home- and community-based services and related hospital and prescription drug services on behalf of an individual who was fifty-five years of age or older when the individual received medical assistance.

B. In the case of an individual who has participated in the state's qualified state long-term care insurance partnership program pursuant to Section 27-2-12.17 NMSA 1978 , the department shall seek recovery of medical assistance paid on behalf of the individual only of the value of the individual's estate that exceeds the amount that the department has disregarded from the individual's countable resources pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 27-2-12.17 NMSA 1978 in making its eligibility determination for medical assistance for institutional care or a medical assistance home- and community-based long-term care program.
N.M. Stat. § 42-9-9 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 9 / Section 42-9-9
§ 42-9-9. Sureties on bonds; qualifications; acknowledgments
Status: in_force

The securities on attachment bonds shall be residents of this state, or a bond company authorized to do business in this state, and shall acknowledge the execution of such bond by them in the manner and before such officer as may be prescribed by law for the acknowledgment of conveyances of real estate.