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N.M. Stat. § 3-18-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 3-18-15
§ 3-18-15. Works of art; other works; acquisition and maintenance
Status: in_force

A municipality may acquire works of art and other works of historical, classical or general interest and establish museums or other suitable facilities for their care and preservation. It may, through its appropriate administrative authority, trade, barter and exchange items of value with other museums or persons for items of equal or similar value for such times and on such terms as appear suitable to carry out the public purposes of the museums. It may accept and reject gifts through its appropriate administrative authority subject to the terms and conditions of the gifts.
N.M. Stat. § 42-6-16 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 6 / Section 42-6-16
§ 42-6-16. State exempt from payment of costs or money judgment
Status: in_force

No judgment for costs or other money judgment shall be rendered against the state in any suit or proceeding which may be instituted under the provisions of this act. Nor shall the state be or become liable for the payment of the costs of any such suit or proceeding or any part thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 72-18-32 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 18 / Section 72-18-32
§ 72-18-32. Dissolution; limitation on elections
Status: in_force

The question of dissolution of a district may be resubmitted to the qualified electors of the district after the same or similar question has previously been rejected by the electors, but no such question shall be submitted at any election held less than twelve months after a previous submission of such question.
N.M. Stat. § 62-15-31 — NM Code / Chapter 62 / Article 15 / Section 62-15-31
§ 62-15-31. “Rural area,” “person” and “member” defined
Status: in_force

A. “Rural area” means any area not included within the boundaries of any municipality having a population in excess of five thousand persons; provided that a municipality having a population of more than five thousand persons shall not cease to be included within the term “rural area” if at the time of the commencement of the cooperative's or its predecessor's operation therein the population of the municipality was less than five thousand persons and the municipality has been and continues to be served by a cooperative; provided, however, that the population of any municipality shall not be included in any rural area if said municipality has a municipally owned plant or other operating noncooperative utility; and, provided further, that any cooperative shall not be permitted to operate in any municipality without first having obtained a franchise from the governing authorities.

B. “Person” includes any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust, partnership, federal agency, state or political subdivision or agency thereof or any body politic.

C. “Member” means each incorporator of a cooperative and each person admitted to and retaining membership therein, and shall include a husband and wife admitted to a joint membership.
N.M. Stat. § 24-17-14 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 17 / Section 24-17-14
§ 24-17-14. Right to protection against retaliatory conduct
Status: in_force

Retaliatory conduct by a provider or any person acting on the provider's behalf against a resident for lawful efforts to secure or enforce his legal rights as a resident is a violation of the Continuing Care Act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-19D-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 19D / Section 7-19D-3
§ 7-19D-3. Effective date of ordinance
Status: in_force

An ordinance imposing, amending or repealing a tax or an increment of tax authorized by the Municipal Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act shall be effective on July 1 or January 1, whichever date occurs first after the expiration of at least three months from the date the adopted ordinance is mailed or delivered to the department. The ordinance shall include that effective date.
N.M. Stat. § 32A-3A-3 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 3A / Section 32A-3A-3
§ 32A-3A-3. Request for family services; withdrawal of request; presumption of good faith
Status: in_force

A. Any child or family member who has a reasonable belief that the child or family is in need of family services may request family services from the department.

B. Any person, including a public or private school principal, who has a reasonable belief that a child or family is in need of family services may submit a referral to the department.

C. A family that requests or accepts family services may withdraw its request for or acceptance of family services at any time.

D. A person who refers a child or family for family services is presumed to be acting in good faith and shall be immune from civil or criminal liability, unless the person acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 22-15A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15A / Section 22-15A-2
§ 22-15A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Digital Equity in Education Act:

A. “ council ” means the council on technology in education;

B. “ digital citizenship ” means the safe, ethical, responsible and informed use of technology and encompasses a range of skills and literacies, including internet safety, privacy and security; recognition and reporting of cyberbullying; online reputation management; communication skills; information literacy; and creative credit and copyright;

C. “ digital equity ” means a condition in which every learner has the information, support and skills to equitably access affordable, reliable and high-speed internet; adequate internet-enabled devices; digital literacy training; quality technical support; and evidence-based applications and content designed to facilitate both self-sufficient and collaborative learning;

D. “ educational technology ” means all applications of technology in the learning process, including internet connectivity, digital information, electronic devices and evidence-based software applications used to facilitate and enhance teaching and learning;

E. “ large school district ” means a school district with a membership of twelve thousand or more students, using an average of the membership on the second and third reporting dates of the prior year; and

F. “ small school district ” means a school district with a membership of fewer than twelve thousand students, using an average of the membership on the second and third reporting dates of the prior year.
N.M. Stat. § 70-3-17 — NM Code / Chapter 70 / Article 3 / Section 70-3-17
§ 70-3-17. Continuity of service
Status: in_force

When a proposed regulation or commission order will, or may, affect continuity of any gas service, the commission shall consult with any other state or federal agency having jurisdiction over the affected transportation of gas or gas pipeline facility before adopting the regulation or order and shall defer the effective date of the regulation or order until the other state or federal agency has had reasonable opportunity to take such action as it shall deem necessary.
N.M. Stat. § 40-13A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 13A / Section 40-13A-4
§ 40-13A-4. Nonjudicial enforcement of foreign protection order
Status: in_force

A. A New Mexico law enforcement officer, upon determining that there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists and that the order has been violated, shall enforce the order as if it were the order of a New Mexico tribunal. Presentation of a foreign protection order that identifies both the protected individual and the respondent and that, on its face, appears to be in effect constitutes probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists. For the purposes of this section, a protection order may be inscribed on a tangible medium or may have been stored in an electronic or other medium if it is retrievable in perceivable form. Presentation of a certified copy of a protection order is not required for enforcement.

B. If a foreign protection order is not presented, a New Mexico law enforcement officer may consider other information in determining whether there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists.

C. If a New Mexico law enforcement officer determines that an otherwise valid foreign protection order cannot be enforced because the respondent has not been notified or served with the order, the officer shall inform the respondent of the order, make a reasonable effort to serve the order upon the respondent and allow the respondent a reasonable opportunity to comply with the order before enforcing the order.

D. Registration or filing of a foreign protection order in New Mexico is not required for the enforcement of a valid foreign protection order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7-17 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 10-7-17
§ 10-7-17. Salary reduction agreements
Status: in_force

A. Contributions to cover the cost of benefits provided under a cafeteria plan authorized by Section 3 of the Cafeteria Plan Act shall be paid by the eligible public employee pursuant to a salary reduction agreement. The agency is authorized to pay part or all of the administrative expenses therefor.

B. The agency may agree with an eligible public employee that the employee's salary payment shall be reduced by an amount equal to the cost of benefits selected and to be paid for by the eligible public employee. Such reduction shall be made pursuant to salary reduction agreements entered into between eligible public employees and the agency.
N.M. Stat. § 6-4-20 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 6-4-20
§ 6-4-20. Agent for service of process
Status: in_force

A. A nonparticipating manufacturer not registered to do business in the state shall, as a condition precedent to having its name or its brand families listed and retained in the directory, appoint and continually engage without interruption a registered agent in this state for service of process on whom all process and any action or proceeding arising out of the enforcement of the Tobacco Escrow Fund Act or Section 6-4-13 NMSA 1978 may be served. The nonparticipating manufacturer shall provide to the attorney general the name, address and telephone number of its agent for service of process and shall provide any other information relating to its agent as may be requested by the attorney general.

B. A nonparticipating manufacturer located outside of the United States shall, as an additional condition precedent to having its brand families listed or retained in the directory, cause each of its importers of any of its brand families to be sold in New Mexico to appoint, and continually engage without interruption, the services of an agent in the state in accordance with the provisions of this section. All obligations of a nonparticipating manufacturer imposed by this section with respect to appointment of its agent shall also apply to the importers with respect to appointment of their agents.

C. A nonparticipating manufacturer shall provide written notice to the attorney general thirty calendar days prior to the termination of the authority of an agent appointed pursuant to Subsections A and B of this section. No less than five calendar days prior to the termination of an existing agent appointment, a nonparticipating manufacturer shall provide to the attorney general the name, address and telephone number of its newly appointed agent for service of process and shall provide any other information relating to the new appointment as may be requested by the attorney general. In the event an agent terminates an agency appointment, the nonparticipating manufacturer shall notify the attorney general of the termination within five calendar days and shall include proof to the satisfaction of the attorney general of the appointment of a new agent.

D. A nonparticipating manufacturer whose products are sold in this state without appointing or designating an agent as required by this section shall be deemed to have appointed the secretary of state as agent and may be proceeded against in the courts of this state by service of process upon the secretary of state; provided that the appointment of the secretary of state as agent shall not satisfy any other requirement of the Tobacco Escrow Fund Act.
N.M. Stat. § 25-6-3 — NM Code / Chapter 25 / Article 6 / Section 25-6-3
§ 25-6-3. Purpose of the act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Egg Grading Act is to assure that no person, firm or corporation shall sell or have in his possession with the intent to sell, offer or expose for sale, or traffic in, any egg unfit for human food, unless the same is broken in shell and then denatured so that it cannot be used for human food, if it is or has:

A. addled or white rot;

B. moldy;

C. black rot;

D. blood ring;

E. stuck yolk;

F. sour;

G. green whites;

H. musty; or

I. incubator reject eggs.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21G-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21G / Section 21-21G-8
§ 21-21G-8. Duration of scholarship
Status: in_force

Each scholarship is for a period of one academic year.
N.M. Stat. § 72-20-68 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 20 / Section 72-20-68
§ 72-20-68. Facsimile signatures of predecessors
Status: in_force

Any officer authorized or permitted in the Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act to sign any security or interest coupon, at the time of its execution and of the execution of a signature certificate, may adopt as and for the officer's own facsimile signature the facsimile signature of the officer's predecessor in office in the event that such facsimile signature appears upon the security or coupons appertaining thereto, or upon both the security and such coupons.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1K-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1K / Section 24-1K-2
§ 24-1K-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Primary Care Council Act:

A. “ department ” means the human services department [health care authority department];

B. “ primary care ” means integrated, accessible health care services, provided by clinicians accountable for addressing the majority of a patient's personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients and practicing in the context of family and community; and

C. “ secretary ” means the secretary of human services.
N.M. Stat. § 25-1-1 — NM Code / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 25-1-1
§ 25-1-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 25, Article 1 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Food Service Sanitation Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 19-7-42 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 19-7-42
§ 19-7-42. Release of assignments; recording
Status: in_force

Such assignments may be released by the execution by the assignee of a release in form to be prescribed by the commissioner, and any such release shall likewise be recorded in the books hereinabove prescribed.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-14 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-14
§ 20-12-14. Conviction of lesser included offense
Status: in_force

An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily included in the offense charged or of an attempt to commit either the offense charged or an offense necessarily included therein.
N.M. Stat. § 5-8-36 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 5-8-36
§ 5-8-36. Determination that no update of land use assumptions, capital improvements plan or impact fee is needed
Status: in_force

A. If at the time an update under Section 30 of the Development Fees Act is required, the governing body determines that no changes to the land use assumptions, capital improvements plan or impact fees are needed, it may, as an alternative to the updating requirements of Sections 30 through 35 of the Development Fees Act, publish notice of its determination conforming to locally adopted regulations governing change-of-zone requests, except as otherwise provided in this section.

B. The notice shall contain the following:

(1) a headline to read as follows:

(2) a statement that the governing body of the municipality or county has determined that no change to the land use assumptions, capital improvements plan or impact fees are necessary;

(3) an easily understandable description and a map of the service area in which the updating has been determined to be unnecessary;

(4) a statement that if, within a specified date, which date shall be at least sixty days after publication of the notice, a person makes a written request to the designated official of the municipality or county requesting that the land use assumptions, capital improvements plan or impact fees be updated, the governing body may accept or reject such request by following the requirements of Sections 30 through 35 of the Development Fees Act; and

(5) a statement identifying the name and mailing address of the official of the municipality or county to whom a request for an update should be sent.

C. The advisory committee shall file its written comments on the need for updating the land use assumptions, capital improvements plan and impact fees before the fifth business day before the earliest notice of the governing body's decision that no update is necessary is mailed or published.

D. If by the date specified in Paragraph (4) of Subsection B of this section, a person requests in writing that the land use assumptions, capital improvements plan or impact fees be updated, the governing body shall cause, accept or reject an update of the land use assumptions and capital improvements plan to be prepared in accordance with Sections 30 through 35 of the Development Fees Act.

E. An ordinance, order or resolution determining the need for updating land use assumptions, capital improvements plan or impact fees shall not be adopted as an emergency measure and its adoption must comply with the procedural requirements of the Development Fees Act.
N.M. Stat. § 25-7-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 25-7-2
§ 25-7-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Dairy Act:

A. “board” means the board of regents of New Mexico state university;

B. “department” means the New Mexico department of agriculture;

C. “person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, society, association, trustee or company;

D. “dairy product” means milk, whether fluid, dried, evaporated, stabilized, condensed or otherwise processed, cream, milk products, ice cream, frozen custard, French custard, ice milk, frozen dessert or any other food product principally derived from milk;

E. “milk” means the whole, clean, lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows or goats, properly fed and kept, delivered from the dairy farm to any receiving or distributing establishment or factory within a reasonable time, excluding that obtained within fifteen days before and five days after calving or such longer period as may be necessary to render the milk practically colostrum free;

F. “handler” or “processor” means a person other than a retailer who receives or buys for resale or processes or manufactures milk or dairy products to be sold to others for consumption or resale, but does not include those persons engaged in the manufacture of soft-serve frozen desserts for sale directly to consumers; and

G. “retailer” means any person who buys milk or dairy products and who resells the same to consumers without further processing or manufacturing thereof.
N.M. Stat. § 72-19-73 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 19 / Section 72-19-73
§ 72-19-73. Application of proceeds
Status: in_force

All money received from the issuance of any securities authorized in the Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Act shall be used solely for the purpose for which issued and the cost of any project thereby delineated. Any accrued interest and any premium shall be applied to the payment of the interest on, or the principal of, the securities, or both interest and principal, or shall be deposited in a reserve therefor, as the board may determine.
N.M. Stat. § 12-11-15 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 11 / Section 12-11-15
§ 12-11-15. Filing designations
Status: in_force

The county commission shall file with the secretary of state and the county clerk, its designations of disaster successors for legislators, and any subsequent changes, and shall notify the designees of their designation and the order and designation of all alternates to the office. Designations shall be effective when filed with the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 20-12-70 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 12 / Section 20-12-70
§ 20-12-70. Riot or breach of peace
Status: in_force

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who causes or participates in any riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-7.10 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-7.10
§ 1-9-7.10. Voting systems; ballot handling and processing requirements
Status: in_force

Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall:

A. accept a ballot that is a minimum of six inches wide and a maximum of twenty-two inches long, in dual columns and printed on both sides;

B. accept a ballot in any orientation when inserted by a voter;

C. have the capability to reject a ballot on which a voter has made more than the allowable number of selections in any contest;

D. be designed to accommodate the maximum number of ballot styles or ballot variations encountered in the largest New Mexico election jurisdiction;

E. be able to read a single ballot with at least four hundred twenty voting positions; and

F. tabulate as a vote only the human-readable marks in the voter response area of a ballot.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21 / Section 21-21-7
§ 21-21-7. Certification of the higher education department 1]
Status: in_force

Upon report by the fiscal agent of the accumulated total of guaranteed loans requiring funding under the Student Loan Act, the higher education department shall certify to the state treasurer the demonstrated need for disbursement from the student loan fund. The state treasurer shall then disburse the needed funds to the fiscal agent. If the need for disbursement exceeds the balance in the student loan fund, the board of finance shall determine the requirements of the fund for income from the sale of revenue bonds.
N.M. Stat. § 21-13-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 13 / Section 21-13-2
§ 21-13-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Community College Act:

A. “ community college ” means a public educational institution that provides not to exceed two years of training in the arts, sciences and humanities beyond the twelfth grade of the public high school curriculum or, in lieu of that training or in addition to it, not to exceed two years of a vocational and technical curriculum and appropriate courses of study for persons who may or may not have completed the twelfth grade of public high school;

B. “ community college district ” means a district in which a community college is located, which district is composed of the territory of one or more school districts of the state. For the purposes of relating community college districts to existing law, community college districts and the community colleges thereof shall not:

(1) be considered a part of the uniform system of free public schools pursuant to Article 12, Section 1 and Article 21, Section 4 of the constitution of New Mexico ;

(2) benefit from the permanent school fund and from the current school fund under Article 12, Sections 2 and 4 of the constitution of New Mexico ;

(3) be subject, except as it relates to technical and vocational education, to the control, management and direction of the state board of education under Article 12, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico ; and

(4) be considered school districts insofar as the restrictions of Article 9, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico are concerned; and

C. “ qualified elector ” means a person otherwise eligible to vote within the community college district.