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N.M. Stat. § 67-12-2 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 12 / Section 67-12-2
§ 67-12-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Highway Beautification Act:

A. “ interstate system ” means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state as may now or hereafter be officially so designated by the commission and approved pursuant to Title 23, United States Code;

B. “ primary system ” means that portion of connected main highways located within this state as may now or hereafter be officially so designated by the commission and approved pursuant to Title 23, United States Code;

C. “ commission ” means the state transportation commission;

D. “ outdoor advertising ” means any outdoor sign, display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard or other object that is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of which is located within six hundred sixty feet of the nearest edge of the right of way and is visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary systems or those located beyond six hundred sixty feet of the right of way, located outside of urban areas, visible from the main-traveled way of the system and erected with the purpose of their message being read from such main-traveled way;

E. “ safety rest area ” means a site established and maintained by or under public supervision or control for the convenience of the traveling public within or adjacent to the right of way of the interstate or primary systems;

F. “ information center ” means a site established and maintained at a safety rest area for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing other information the commission considers desirable;

G. “ junk ” means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles or parts thereof, iron, steel and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material;

H. “ automobile graveyard ” means any establishment or place of business maintained, used or operated for storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts;

I. “ junkyard ” means any establishment or place of business maintained, used or operated for storing, keeping, buying or selling junk or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, any portion of which is located within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of the interstate or primary systems, and it includes garbage dumps and sanitary fills; and

J. “ urban area ” means an area including and adjacent to a municipality or other urban place having a population of five thousand or more, as determined by the latest available federal census, within boundaries to be fixed by the commission, subject to any necessary approval by any federal agency, department or personnel.
N.M. Stat. § 20-5-11 — NM Code / Chapter 20 / Article 5 / Section 20-5-11
§ 20-5-11. Members not liable for acts in performance of duty
Status: in_force

Members of the state defense force shall not incur personal civil liability for acts performed in the line of militia duty or cadre duty or in travel directly to or from said 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. § 7-10-1 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 10 / Section 7-10-1
§ 7-10-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 10 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Gross Receipts Tax Registration Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-4.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-4.1
§ 3-33-4.1. Improvement district; additional purpose
Status: in_force

An improvement district may also be created as authorized in Chapter 3, Article 33 NMSA 1978:

A. in order to construct, repair or maintain improvements in one or more locations as a means to stimulate manufacturing, industrial, commercial or business development; or

B. by any municipality with a boundary contiguous to an international boundary to construct, repair or maintain international port of entry facilities in one or more locations as a means to stimulate manufacturing, industrial, commercial or business development.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-7.4 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-7.4
§ 1-9-7.4. Voting systems; authority of the secretary of state to recertify and decertify
Status: in_force

A. Each voting system certified for use in the state shall be reviewed for recertification by the secretary of state during the year following a presidential election. Tests and inspections conducted pursuant to this section shall begin no later than June 1 and shall follow the procedures in Section 1-9-14 NMSA 1978 .

B. If at any time the secretary of state becomes aware that a voting system certified for use in this state does not comply with all requirements in the Election Code or meet federal election standards, the secretary of state shall undertake an investigation to determine if the voting system should continue to be certified for use in the state. Tests and inspections conducted pursuant to this section shall commence upon the order of the secretary of state and shall follow the procedures in Section 1-9-14 NMSA 1978 . A voting system that does not comply with all requirements in the Election Code and the most recent voluntary voting system guidelines adopted and implemented by the United States election assistance commission shall be decertified for use in this state.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-5.14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-5.14
§ 7-2-5.14. Exemption; social security income
Status: in_force

An individual may claim an exemption in an amount equal to the amount included in adjusted gross income pursuant to Section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code , as that section may be amended or renumbered, of income includable except for this exemption in net income; provided that the individual's adjusted gross income shall not exceed:

A. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for married individuals filing separate returns;

B. one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for heads of household, surviving spouses and married individuals filing joint returns; and

C. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for single individuals.
N.M. Stat. § 6-10-57 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 6-10-57
§ 6-10-57. Cancellation of warrants
Status: in_force

A. Whenever any warrant issued by the state, county, municipality, school district or special district is unpaid for one year after it becomes payable, the fiscal officer shall cancel it.

B. The fiscal officer shall keep a register of all canceled warrants. The register shall show the number, date and amount of each warrant, the name of the person in whose favor it was drawn, the fund out of which it was payable and the date of cancellation.

C. The face amount of each warrant canceled shall revert and be credited to the fund against which the warrant was drawn.

D. Warrants canceled under Subsection A of this section are void and the indebtedness evidenced thereby is extinguished, which is hereby declared to be an express condition of every contract under which state warrants are issued except that:

(1) the department of finance and administration may issue a new warrant on a voucher issued by the commissioner of revenue [director of the revenue division of the taxation and revenue department] if a claim for refund was approved under Section 7-1-26 NMSA 1978 , and if a warrant was issued and that warrant canceled under Subsection A of this section on or after January 1, 1970; and

(2) any fiscal officer may issue a new warrant for a canceled payroll warrant upon a voucher issued by the responsible employing authority certifying that the services for which the canceled payroll warrant had been issued were in fact rendered and that payment therefor had not been made, if:

(a) there is sufficient money in the fund from which the original payroll warrant was drawn to cover the new warrant; or

(b) if a suspense fund has been established in accordance with the provisions of Subsection E of this section and there is sufficient money in the suspense fund to cover the new warrant.

E. If any payroll warrant payable from an account which reverts at the end of a fiscal year to a general fund is canceled, the fiscal officer shall create a suspense fund in the amount of the total canceled payroll warrants and withhold that amount from reversion. Canceled payroll warrants shall be paid from the suspense fund.

F. Each warrant issued by the state, county, municipality or school district shall have printed on its face the words, “void after one year from date.”
N.M. Stat. § 47-1-43 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 1 / Section 47-1-43
§ 47-1-43. Verb “assign” sufficient to transfer interest
Status: in_force

In an assignment of a mortgage or deed of trust by way of mortgage of real estate the word “assign” shall be a sufficient word to transfer the mortgage or the beneficial interest under deed of trust, without the words, “transfer and set over.”
N.M. Stat. § 3-23-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 23 / Section 3-23-1
§ 3-23-1. Municipal utility; service charges; deposits; discontinuance of water service for nonpayment of charges; supplemental method
Status: in_force

A. A municipality, including an entity established pursuant to Section 72-1-10 NMSA 1978 , may require a reasonable payment in advance or a reasonable deposit for water, electricity, gas, sewer service, geothermal energy, refuse collection service or street maintenance.

B. If payment of any price, rent, fee or other charge for water, sewer service, refuse collection or street maintenance is not made within thirty days from the date the payment is due, the water service may be discontinued and shall not be again supplied to the person liable for the payment until the arrears with interest and penalties have been fully paid.

C. The provisions of this section are intended to afford an additional method of enforcing payment of charges for water, sewer service, refuse collection or street maintenance furnished by the municipality.
N.M. Stat. § 9-25-12 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 25 / Section 9-25-12
§ 9-25-12. Cooperation with the federal government; authority of secretary; single state agency status
Status: in_force

A. The department is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of higher education programs in which financial or other participation by the federal government is authorized or mandated under state or federal laws, rules or orders. The secretary may enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government to implement higher education programs subject to availability of appropriated state funds and any provisions of state laws applicable to such agreements or participation by the state.

B. The governor or the secretary may by appropriate order designate the department or any organizational unit of the department as the single state agency for the administration of any higher education program when that designation is a condition of federal financial or other participation in the program under applicable federal law, rule or order. Whether or not a federal condition exists, the governor may designate the department or any organizational unit of the department as the single state agency for the administration of any federally funded higher education program not targeted for specific post-secondary educational institutions. No designation of a single state agency under the authority granted in this section shall be made in contravention of state law.
N.M. Stat. § 33-1-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 33-1-1
§ 33-1-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 33-1-1 through 33-1-9 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Corrections Act.”
N.M. Stat. § 14-8-10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 8 / Section 14-8-10
§ 14-8-10. County clerks; failure to perform duties as recorder
Status: in_force

For failure to comply with the responsibilities and duties in Chapter 14, Article 8 NMSA 1978 , each county clerk is responsible on the clerk's official bond for damages suffered by the injured party.
N.M. Stat. § 30-31B-9 — NM Code / Chapter 30 / Article 31B / Section 30-31B-9
§ 30-31B-9. Order to show cause
Status: in_force

A. Before denying, suspending or revoking a license or refusing a renewal of the license, the board shall serve upon the applicant or licensee an order to show cause why the license should not be denied, revoked or suspended or why the renewal should not be refused. The order to show cause shall contain a statement of the basis of the order and shall require the applicant or registrant to appear before the board not less than thirty days after the date of service of the order, but in the case of a denial of renewal of the license, the order shall be served not later than thirty days before the expiration of the license unless the proceedings relate to suspension or revocation of a license. These proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act 1 without regard to any criminal prosecution or other proceeding. Proceedings to suspend or revoke a license or to refuse renewal of a license shall not abate the existing license which shall remain in effect pending the outcome of the proceeding.

B. The board may suspend, without an order to show cause, any license simultaneously with the institution of proceedings to revoke or suspend a registration under Section 30-31-14 NMSA 1978 or where renewal of the license is refused if it finds that there is such a substantial and imminent danger to the public health or safety which warrants this action. The suspension shall continue in effect until the conclusion of the proceedings, including judicial review, unless sooner withdrawn by the board or dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction.
N.M. Stat. § 22-13C-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13C / Section 22-13C-6
§ 22-13C-6. Debt collection practices; uncollectable debt
Status: in_force

A school shall not require a parent or guardian to pay fees or costs from collection agencies hired to collect a meal debt.
N.M. Stat. § 2-7F-64 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 7F / Section 2-7F-64
§ 2-7F-64. Representative district fifty-eight
Status: in_force

Representative district fifty-eight is composed of Chaves county precincts 24, 25, 32 through 34, 42, 43, 51, 52, 61 through 64, 71 through 74, 81, 90 through 92, 94, 95, 101 through 103, 105 and 106.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-21-3 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 21 / Section 32A-21-3
§ 32A-21-3. Emancipated minors; description
Status: in_force

An emancipated minor is any person sixteen years of age or older who:

A. has entered into a valid marriage, whether or not the marriage was terminated by dissolution;

B. is on active duty with any of the armed forces of the United States of America; or

C. has received a declaration of emancipation pursuant to the Emancipation of Minors Act.
N.M. Stat. § 73-9-45 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 9 / Section 73-9-45
§ 73-9-45. Redivision of district after annexation
Status: in_force

In case of the inclusion of any lands within any district by proceedings under this act the board of directors shall, if they deem necessary, at least thirty days prior to the next succeeding regular election, make an order redividing such district into three divisions, as nearly equal in size as may be practicable, and one director shall thereafter be elected for each division as hereinbefore provided.
N.M. Stat. § 21-7-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 21-7-8
§ 21-7-8. Departmental organization
Status: in_force

The university shall have departments, which shall be opened at such times as the board of regents deem best, for instruction in science, literature and the arts, law, medicine, engineering and such other departments and studies as the board of regents may, from time to time, decide upon, including military training and tactics.
N.M. Stat. § 6-4-24.1 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-24.1
§ 6-4-24.1. Attorney general authority; audit and investigation
Status: in_force

The attorney general or the attorney general's authorized representative may conduct audits and investigations of:

A. a nonparticipating tobacco product manufacturer and its importers;

B. a tobacco product manufacturer as defined in Section 6-4-12 NMSA 1978 that became a participating manufacturer after the master settlement agreement execution date, as defined at section II(aa) of the master settlement agreement, and its importers;

C. exclusive distributors, retail dealers, stamping agents and wholesale dealers; and

D. persons or entities engaged in delivery sales.
N.M. Stat. § 22-13C-6 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 13C / Section 22-13C-6
§ 22-13C-6. Debt collection practices; uncollectable debt
Status: in_force

A school shall not require a parent or guardian to pay fees or costs from collection agencies hired to collect a meal debt.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 6-3-15
§ 6-3-15. State budget division director; powers and duties
Status: in_force

The director of the state budget division shall:

A. administer the provisions of Sections 6-3-1 through 6-3-22 NMSA 1978 and make rules and regulations necessary in that administration;

B. prepare a tentative budget and submit it to the governor;

C. assist the governor in the preparation of the budget;

D. obtain from each state agency information on budgetary and financial problems, including costs of operation, past income and expenditures and present financial condition;

E. require periodic reports from all state agencies giving detailed information regarding applications for federal money or federal grants-in-aid or regarding federal money or federal grants-in-aid received, including details of programs, matching requirements, personnel requirements, salary provisions and program numbers as indicated in the catalog of federal domestic assistance of the federal funds applied for and of those received;

F. review data submitted by any state agency for use in the budget;

G. supervise the printing of the budget;

H. cause the budget to be indexed;

I. examine for budgetary purposes, if he deems it necessary, all bids, contracts, plans, specifications, blueprints, records, invoices, documents and correspondence relating to the enlarging, maintenance and operation of state institutions; and

J. through his agents and employees, visit each state agency whenever it is necessary to determine the financial needs of the agency.
N.M. Stat. § 28-10-11 — NM Code / Chapter 28 / Article 10 / Section 28-10-11
§ 28-10-11. State policy
Status: in_force

In order to further the efforts of New Mexico in alleviating the problems of persons with a disability, full consideration shall be given to the employment of such persons in state government in positions in which they meet the necessary performance requirements or in positions in which performance requirements can be modified to take advantage of their abilities without detriment to the state service.
N.M. Stat. § 6-19-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 19 / Section 6-19-5
§ 6-19-5. Board of trustees; organization; terms; vacancies; removal
Status: in_force

A. If the required majority of votes were cast in favor of the organization of the district, then the county commission chairman shall declare the organization of the “economic advancement district.” The county commission shall call for an election of a board of trustees, within not less than sixty days or more than one hundred twenty days, one from each school district participating in the district in the event there are three or more such participating areas, which shall be held at a time and at sites within the district selected by the county commissioners. In the event there are less than three participating areas, there shall be, in the case of a district with two participating areas, two trustees elected from each school district participating and, in the case of a district with one participating area, three trustees elected from the district.

B. Board of trustees members shall be over twenty-one years of age, qualified electors and residents of the district.

C. Persons desiring to be a candidate for a position on the board of trustees shall file a declaration of candidacy for one of the positions on the board of trustees with the county clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on the thirtieth day after the issuance of the proclamation by the board of county commissioners. The declaration of candidacy shall be an affidavit as to the qualifications required by law of the declarant for such office. The declaration of candidacy shall be on a form prescribed and furnished by the county clerk. The candidates shall file for and be elected to a particular position number. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for a particular position shall be elected. To provide for staggered terms, either one-year and three-year terms or two-year and four-year terms shall be assigned by lot to the position numbers in such a manner that approximately half the terms expire in the first even-numbered year following the initial election and the remainder in the next succeeding even-numbered year. Board members shall be elected for terms beginning April 1 succeeding their election. Trustees shall thereafter be elected for four-year terms at elections to be held on the first Tuesday of March of each even-numbered year. The elections required by this section shall be held, conducted and canvassed in the same manner as municipal elections, unless otherwise specifically provided in the Economic Advancement District Act. All vacancies caused in any other manner than by expiration of the term of office shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members.

D. Immediately after the election of the members, the board of trustees shall select from its members a chairman and secretary-treasurer who shall serve in these offices until the next regular board of trustees election. After each board of trustees election, the members shall proceed to reorganize.

E. Members of the board of trustees shall be suspended or removed from office only as provided in Sections 10-4-1 through 10-4-29 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 22-11-21.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 11 / Section 22-11-21.1
§ 22-11-21.1. Member contributions; tax treatment
Status: in_force

Commencing on July 1, 1983, each local administrative unit shall, solely for the purpose of compliance with Section 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code , pick up, for the purposes specified in that section, member contributions required by Subsection A of Section 22-11-21 NMSA 1978 for all annual salary earned by the member. Member contributions picked up under the provisions of this subsection shall be treated as local administrative unit contributions for purposes of determining income tax obligations under the Internal Revenue Code; however, such picked-up member contributions shall be included in the determination of the member's gross annual salary for all other purposes under federal and state laws. Members' contributions picked up under this section shall continue to be designated member contributions for all purposes of the Educational Retirement Act and shall be considered as part of the member's annual salary for purposes of determining the amount of the member's contribution. The provisions of this section are mandatory, and the member shall have no option concerning the pickup or to receive the contributed amounts directly instead of having them paid by the local administrative unit to the educational retirement system.