FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
N.M. Stat. § 67-3-46 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 67-3-46
§ 67-3-46. Rental of equipment; bids not required in emergencies; bid procedure; restrictions
Status: in_force

In cases of emergency where a state highway is rendered impassable for vehicular traffic by reason of fire, flood, storm or any other unusual condition and when it is necessary to take emergency action to reestablish the highway to a condition to render it passable to traffic, and equipment owned by the state transportation commission suitable for such purpose is not immediately available, the secretary, subject to approval of the state transportation commission, may rent equipment for such purpose at a reasonable rental rate without advertising for bids. In all other cases, the secretary shall advertise for bids before renting equipment and shall rent such equipment from the party submitting the lowest satisfactory bid. Such advertisement for bids shall be in accordance with such rules as may be adopted therefor by the state transportation commission, and bids shall be on such forms and in such manner and accompanied by such guarantee as may be prescribed by the commission.
N.M. Stat. § 22-14-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 22 / Article 14 / Section 22-14-12
§ 22-14-12. Hearings
Status: in_force

A. A fair hearing shall be provided for any individual applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation aggrieved by any action or inaction of the vocational rehabilitation division or of the director of vocational rehabilitation.

B. The state board [department] shall adopt regulations for the conduct of hearings pursuant to this section.
N.M. Stat. § 3-33-35 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 33 / Section 3-33-35
§ 3-33-35. Improvement district; notice of appeal; appeal to district court
Status: in_force

After an owner has filed a written objection with the municipal clerk to a reassessment as provided in Section 3-33-22 NMSA 1978 and the governing body has determined the reassessment, an owner of a tract or parcel of land that is reassessed may file a notice of appeal to the district court. The appeal shall be filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 69-36-1 — NM Code / Chapter 69 / Article 36 / Section 69-36-1
§ 69-36-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 69, Article 36 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “New Mexico Mining Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-39-23 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 39 / Section 59A-39-23
§ 59A-39-23. Nonassessable policies
Status: in_force

A. If a reciprocal insurer has a surplus of assets over all liabilities at least equal to the minimum capital stock required to be maintained by a domestic stock insurer authorized to transact like kinds of insurance, upon application of the attorney and as approved by the subscribers' advisory committee the superintendent shall issue his certificate authorizing the insurer to extinguish the contingent liability of subscribers under its policies then in force in this state, and to omit provisions imposing contingent liability in all policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state for so long as all such surplus remains unimpaired.

B. Upon impairment of such surplus, the superintendent shall forthwith revoke the certificate. Such revocation shall not render subject to contingent liability any policy then in force and for the remainder of the period for which the premium has theretofore been paid; but after such revocation no policy shall be issued or renewed without providing for contingent assessment liability of the subscriber.

C. The superintendent shall not authorize a domestic reciprocal insurer so to extinguish the contingent liability of any of its subscribers or in any of its policies to be issued, unless it qualifies to and does extinguish such liability of all its subscribers and in all such policies for all kinds of insurance transacted by it; but if required by the laws of another state in which the insurer is transacting insurance as an authorized insurer, the insurer may issue policies providing for the contingent liability of such of its subscribers as may acquire such policies in such state and need not extinguish the contingent liability applicable to policies theretofore in force in such state.
N.M. Stat. § 14-1-7 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 14-1-7
§ 14-1-7. Destruction of obsolete county records
Status: in_force

The following county records shall be deemed obsolete and may be destroyed:

A. purchase vouchers which are six years old;

B. chattel mortgages six years after the expiration of their term;

C. security agreements filed under the Uniform Commercial Code six years after the expiration of their term;

D. copies of state highway project contracts filed by the chief highway engineer three years after the date of filing;

E. duplicate information reports filed in the offices of county officials, including but not limited to duplicate reports of the county treasurer, sheriff, county agricultural agents and county health officers, which are two years old;

F. chattel mortgage releases six years after the date of filing; and

G. termination statements filed under the Uniform Commercial Code six years after the date of filing.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-34 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-34
§ 4-55A-34. Improvement district; application of reassessment fund to outstanding indebtedness
Status: in_force

A. Whenever a county has:

(1) issued bonds or assignable certificates to obtain money to pay for an improvement that has been constructed; and

(2) reassessed the tract or parcel of land benefiting from the improvement as provided in Sections 4-55A-26 through 4-55A-31 NMSA 1978; the county shall apply all money received from the payment of the reassessment to the payment of the bonds or assignable certificates.

B. Bonds or assignable certificates that have been issued to obtain money to pay for any improvement that has been constructed are:

(1) valid and binding obligations of the county; and

(2) payable from the payments received from any reassessment that shall be levied until all obligations of indebtedness of the improvement have been paid in full.
N.M. Stat. § 1-14-22 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1-14-22
§ 1-14-22. Contests and recounts; provisional, absentee and other paper ballots; use of ballot images
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of state shall issue rules governing and allowing procedures for reviewing the qualification of provisional ballot envelopes, absentee and other paper ballots in the case of a contest or recount of election results. All rejected provisional paper ballot envelopes shall be included in any contest or recount of election results, and a review of the qualification of provisional ballot envelopes shall occur in a recount.

B. Upon petition by the secretary of state or a county clerk, the district court may permit a review of ballot images in place of paper ballots whenever there are defective or missing returns in an election and when the voting system technology captures an image of each ballot in an election.
N.M. Stat. § 14-2-1.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 14-2-1.1
§ 14-2-1.1. Personal identifier information
Status: in_force

Protected personal identifier information contained in public records may be redacted by a public body before inspection or copying of a record. The presence of protected personal identifier information on a record does not exempt the record from inspection. Unredacted records that contain protected personal identifier information shall not be made available on publicly accessible websites operated by or managed on behalf of a public body.
N.M. Stat. § 4-23-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 4 / Article 23 / Section 4-23-1
§ 4-23-1. County boundaries
Status: in_force

That there be and is hereby created a county, to be known as and called the county of Sandoval, out of that portion of the territory of New Mexico included within the following boundaries, to wit:

beginning at a point three miles north of the southwest corner of township twenty-three north, of range seven west of the New Mexico principal meridian, according to the public land surveys of the United States, and running thence east along the line three miles north of the line between townships twenty-two and twenty-three north to the said principal meridian, which line shall form a part of the southern boundary of Rio Arriba county; thence south along said principal meridian to the fifth standard parallel north; thence east along said fifth standard parallel north to the range line between ranges six and seven east at the northwest corner of township twenty north in range seven east; thence south along said range line between ranges six and seven east; the same being the western boundary of Santa Fe county, to the southeast corner of township twelve north in range six east of said principal meridian; thence west along the township line between townships eleven and twelve north, said line being the northern boundary of Bernalillo county, to the boundary line of Valencia county at the northwestern corner of Bernalillo county; thence in a northwesterly direction along the boundary line of Valencia county to the third standard parallel north; thence west along said third standard parallel north, to the southeastern corner of McKinley county; thence north and along the eastern boundary line of McKinley county to the fifth standard parallel north at the southwest [northwest] corner of township twenty-one [twenty] north in range four west; thence west along said fifth standard parallel north to the southeast corner of San Juan county at the southwest corner of township twenty-one north in range seven west, and thence north along the range line between ranges seven and eight west, said line being the easterly boundary of San Juan county, to the place of beginning.
N.M. Stat. § 66-3-15 — NM Code / Chapter 66 / Article 3 / Section 66-3-15
§ 66-3-15. Special registration plates; procedures; fee
Status: in_force

A. The division shall establish and issue special registration plates, including motorcycle prestige registration plates and shall establish and promulgate procedures for applications for and issuance of special registration plates.

B. For a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), which fee shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, any owner of a motor vehicle may apply for the issuance of a special registration plate as defined in Subsection A of this section. No two owners will be issued identically lettered or numbered plates.

C. An owner must make a new application and pay a new fee each year he desires to obtain a special registration plate; however, he will have first priority on that plate for each subsequent year that he makes timely and appropriate application.

D. All fees collected shall be paid to the state treasurer to the credit of the motor vehicle suspense fund with distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 67-9-7 — NM Code / Chapter 67 / Article 9 / Section 67-9-7
§ 67-9-7. Highways; United States route 66; dual designation
Status: in_force

All remaining portions of former United States route 66 under state highway and transportation department jurisdiction that are currently used in New Mexico shall be designated as “New Mexico Route 66”.
N.M. Stat. § 3-29-17.1 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 29 / Section 3-29-17.1
§ 3-29-17.1. Registered office and registered agent
Status: in_force

An association shall have and continuously maintain in the state:

A. a registered office, which may be the same as its principal office; and

B. a registered agent that may be:

(1) an individual resident in the state whose business office is identical with the registered office of the association;

(2) a for-profit or not-for-profit domestic corporation having an office identical with the registered office of the association; or

(3) a for-profit or not-for-profit foreign corporation authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in New Mexico and having an office identical with the registered office of the corporation.
N.M. Stat. § 3-10-6 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 10 / Section 3-10-6
§ 3-10-6. Officers; extra compensation; penalty
Status: in_force

Any mayor or member of the governing body of a municipality who receives payment for services rendered by him, contrary to law, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The fine shall be paid into the general fund of the municipality.
N.M. Stat. § 1-16-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 16 / Section 1-16-7
§ 1-16-7. Ballot questions; form
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of state shall by rule prescribe uniform guidelines for a state or local ballot question to appear on the ballot.

B. For a proposed constitutional amendment, the form of the ballot question shall include the full title of the joint resolution proposing the constitutional amendment and the constitutional amendment number assigned to the joint resolution by the secretary of state.
N.M. Stat. § 3-25-4 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 25 / Section 3-25-4
§ 3-25-4. Financing acquisition of gas or geothermal utility
Status: in_force

The acquisition of facilities of a municipal gas or geothermal utility shall only be financed from funds received from the issuance and sale of bonds as authorized in Sections 3-30-5 through 3-30-8 and 3-31-1 through 3-31-12 NMSA 1978 except as provided in Section 3-23-4 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 21-21F-1 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21F / Section 21-21F-1
§ 21-21F-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Fire Fighter and Peace Officer Survivors Scholarship Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 4-48B-27 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 48B / Section 4-48B-27
§ 4-48B-27. Hospitals declared necessary public buildings
Status: in_force

The legislature declares that hospitals are necessary public buildings with respect to which counties may borrow money for construction, purchase, renovation, remodeling, equipping or re-equipping and acquisition of necessary land.
N.M. Stat. § 24-15A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 15A / Section 24-15A-1
§ 24-15A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Search and Rescue Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2-12 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 7-2-12
§ 7-2-12. Taxpayer returns; payment of tax
Status: in_force

A. Every resident of this state and every individual deriving income from any business transaction, property or employment within this state and not exempt from tax under the Income Tax Act who is required by the laws of the United States to file a federal income tax return shall file a complete tax return with the department in form and content as prescribed by the secretary. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, a resident or any individual who is required by the provisions of the Income Tax Act to file a return or pay a tax shall, on or before the due date of the resident's or individual's federal income tax return for the taxable year, file the return and pay the tax imposed for that year.

B. When the department approves electronic media for use by a taxpayer whose taxable year is a calendar year, the taxpayer who uses electronic media for both filing and payment must submit the required return and the tax imposed on residents and individuals under the Income Tax Act on or before the last day of the month in which the resident's or individual's federal income tax return is originally due for the taxable year. The due date provided in this subsection does not apply to residents or individuals who have received a filing extension from New Mexico or an automatic extension from the federal internal revenue service for the same taxable year.
N.M. Stat. § 20-1-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 20-1-7
§ 20-1-7. Reference to gender
Status: in_force

In Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 , the use of the male pronoun shall be construed to include the female equivalent unless specifically stated to the contrary.
N.M. Stat. § 50-7-4 — NM Code / Chapter 50 / Article 7 / Section 50-7-4
§ 50-7-4. Duties of the council
Status: in_force

The council shall formulate standards to safeguard the welfare of apprentices, giving consideration to standards advocated by the bureau of apprenticeship of the United States department of labor, and shall formulate such additional policies as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the act. The council shall prescribe its own rules of procedure.
N.M. Stat. § 27-10-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 10 / Section 27-10-4
§ 27-10-4. Alternative revenue source to imposition of county health care gross receipts tax; transfer to county-supported medicaid fund
Status: in_force

A. In the event a county does not enact an ordinance imposing a county health care gross receipts tax pursuant to Section 7-20D-3 NMSA 1978 , the county shall, by ordinance to be effective July 1, 1993, dedicate to the county-supported medicaid fund an amount equal to a gross receipts tax rate of one-sixteenth of one percent applied to the taxable gross receipts reported during the prior fiscal year by persons engaging in business in the county. For purposes of this subsection, a county may use funds from any existing authorized revenue source of the county.

B. For each county that has in effect an ordinance enacted pursuant to Subsection A of this section on July 1 of each year, the taxation and revenue department shall certify to the county by September 15, 1993 and by September 15 of each subsequent fiscal year the amount of gross receipts reported for the county for purposes of the gross receipts tax during the prior fiscal year. Upon certification by the department, any county enacting an ordinance pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall transfer to the county-supported medicaid fund by the last day of March, June, September and December of each year an amount equal to a rate of one-sixty-fourth of one percent applied to the certified amount.

C. The requirements of an ordinance enacted pursuant to this section may be terminated for a county only on the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the county imposing the county health care gross receipts tax; provided that if the effective date of the ordinance imposing the tax is January 1, the termination does not apply to the payments required for September and December of that year.
N.M. Stat. § 10-14-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 14 / Section 10-14-5
§ 10-14-5. Contributions by state employees
Status: in_force

A. Every employee of the state whose services are covered by an agreement entered into under Section 3 shall be required to pay for the period of such coverage, into the contribution fund established by Section 6, contributions, with respect to wages (as defined in Section 2) of this act, equal to the amount of the employee tax which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, 1 if such services constituted employment within the meaning of that act. Such liability shall arise in consideration of the employee's retention in the service of the state, or his entry upon such service, after the enactment of this act

B. The contribution imposed by this section shall be collected by deducting the amount of the contribution from wages as and when paid, but failure to make such deduction shall not relieve the employee from liability for such contribution.

C. If more or less than the correct amount of the contribution imposed by this section is paid or reducted [deducted] with respect to any remuneration, proper adjustments, or refund if adjustment is impracticable, shall be made, without interest, in such manner and at such times as the state agency shall prescribe.
N.M. Stat. § 1-1-4.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1-1-4.1
§ 1-1-4.1. Federal qualified elector
Status: in_force

As used in the Election Code, “ federal qualified elector ” means:

A. a uniformed-service voter; or

B. an overseas voter.
N.M. Stat. § 73-27-3 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 27 / Section 73-27-3
§ 73-27-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority Act:

A. “ authority ” means the eastern New Mexico water utility authority; and

B. “ board ” means the board of directors of the authority.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-60 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-60
§ 7-9-60. Deduction; gross receipts tax; governmental gross receipts tax; sales to certain organizations
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided otherwise in Subsection B of this section, receipts from selling tangible personal property to 501(c)(3) organizations may be deducted from gross receipts or from governmental gross receipts if the sale is made to an organization that delivers a nontaxable transaction certificate to the seller or provides alternative evidence pursuant to Section 7-9-43 NMSA 1978 . The buyer shall employ the tangible personal property in the conduct of functions described in Section 501(c)(3) and shall not employ the tangible personal property in the conduct of an unrelated trade or business as defined in Section 513 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended or renumbered.

B. The deduction provided by this section does not apply to receipts from selling construction material, excluding tangible personal property, whether removable or non-removable, that is or would be classified for depreciation purposes as three-year property, five-year property, seven-year property or ten-year property, including indirect costs related to the asset basis, by Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as that section may be amended or renumbered, or from selling metalliferous mineral ore; except that receipts from selling construction material or from selling metalliferous mineral ore to a 501(c)(3) organization that is organized for the purpose of providing homeownership opportunities to low-income families may be deducted from gross receipts. Receipts may be deducted under this subsection only if the buyer delivers a nontaxable transaction certificate to the seller or provides alternative evidence pursuant to Section 7-9-43 NMSA 1978 . The buyer shall use the property in the conduct of functions described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended, and shall not employ the tangible personal property in the conduct of an unrelated trade or business, as defined in Section 513 of that code.

C. For the purposes of this section, “ 501(c)(3) organization ” means an organization that has been granted exemption from the federal income tax by the United States commissioner of internal revenue as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended or renumbered.