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N.M. Stat. § 35-6-1 — NM Code / Chapter 35 / Article 6 / Section 35-6-1
§ 35-6-1. Magistrate costs; schedule
Status: in_force

A. Magistrate judges, including metropolitan court judges, shall assess and collect and shall not waive, defer or suspend the following costs:

docket fee, twenty dollars ($20.00) of which shall be deposited in the court automation fund and fifteen dollars ($15.00) of which shall be deposited in the civil legal services fund, to be collected prior to docketing any civil action, except as provided in Subsection A of Section 35-6-3 NMSA 1978 72.00; and jury fee, to be collected from the party demanding trial by jury in any civil action at the time the demand is filed or made ․․․․․․․․․․ 25.00.

copying fee, for making and certifying copies of any records in the court, for each page copied by photographic process ․․․․․․․․․․ 0.50. Proceeds from this copying fee shall be transferred to the administrative office of the courts for deposit in the court facilities fund; and

copying fee, for computer-generated or electronically transferred copies, per page․․․․․․․․․․ 1.00. Proceeds from this copying fee shall be transferred to the administrative office of the courts for deposit in the court automation fund.

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, docket fees shall be paid into the court facilities fund.

B. Except as otherwise provided by law, no other costs or fees shall be charged or collected in the magistrate or metropolitan court.

C. The magistrate or metropolitan court may grant free process to any party in any civil proceeding or special statutory proceeding upon a proper showing of indigency. The magistrate or metropolitan court may deny free process if it finds that the complaint on its face does not state a cause of action.

D. Metropolitan court judges shall assess and collect and shall not waive, defer or suspend as costs a mediation fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for the docketing of small claims and criminal actions specified by metropolitan court rule. Proceeds of the mediation fee shall be deposited into the metropolitan court mediation fund.
N.M. Stat. § 1-17-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 17 / Section 1-17-4
§ 1-17-4. Referendum petitions; penalty
Status: in_force

It is a fourth degree felony for any person, on a petition for referendum, to:

A. sign any name other than his own, except to write thereon the name of a person who cannot write and who signs his name with his mark;

B. sign his name more than once on a petition on the same law;

C. sign his name when he is not a qualified elector in the county specified in the petition; or

D. knowingly misrepresent the purpose and effect of the petition or law thereby affected, for the purpose of causing anyone to sign the petition in reliance upon such misrepresentation.
N.M. Stat. § 49-1-10 — NM Code / Chapter 49 / Article 1 / Section 49-1-10
§ 49-1-10. Quorum
Status: in_force

A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the land grant-merced and its inhabitants shall be bound by the acts of the board done pursuant to the provisions of Sections 49-1-1 through 49-1-18 NMSA 1978 and the land grant-merced bylaws.
N.M. Stat. § 27-11-4 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 11 / Section 27-11-4
§ 27-11-4. Retention and production of records
Status: in_force

A. Medicaid providers, managed care organizations and their subcontractors shall retain, for a period of at least six years from the date of creation, all medical and business records that are necessary to verify the:

(1) treatment or care of any recipient for which the medicaid provider, managed care organization or subcontractor received payment from the department to provide that benefit or service;

(2) services or goods provided to any recipient for which the medicaid provider, managed care organization or subcontractor received payment from the department to provide that benefit or service;

(3) amounts paid by medicaid or the medicaid provider or managed care organization on behalf of any recipient; and

(4) records required by medicaid under any contract between the department and the medicaid provider or managed care organization.

B. Upon written request by the department to a medicaid provider, managed care organization or any subcontractor for copies or inspection of records pursuant to the Public Assistance Act, 1 the medicaid provider, managed care organization or subcontractor shall provide the copies or permit the inspection, as applicable within two business days after the date of the request unless the records are held by a subcontractor, agent or satellite office, in which case the records shall be made available within ten business days after the date of the request.

C. Failure to provide copies or to permit inspection of records requested pursuant to this section shall constitute a violation of the Medicaid Provider and Managed Care Act within the meaning of Paragraph (3) of Subsection B of Section 27-11-3 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 27-2-12.33 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 27-2-12.33
§ 27-2-12.33. Study of the medicaid forward plan
Status: in_force

A. The secretary, in coordination with the superintendent of insurance and in consultation with the medicaid advisory committee, other stakeholders identified by the secretary and representatives of Indian nations, tribes and pueblos that are located wholly or partially in New Mexico, shall study the following operational needs for and effects of implementing the medicaid forward plan and amending the New Mexico medicaid state plan, pursuant to the federal act to provide medical assistance to residents who are under age sixty-five, are not otherwise eligible for and enrolled in mandatory coverage under the New Mexico medicaid state plan and have a household income that exceeds one hundred thirty-three percent of the federal poverty level:

(1) the effects on the individual, group and self-insured health insurance markets, including the New Mexico health insurance exchange and the health benefits programs provided to state or local public employees or public school employees, of providing mandatory or optional medicaid coverage to individuals who would otherwise be eligible for health insurance through those markets;

(2) the effects on health care providers and health care facilities, including reimbursement rates needed to maximize access to health care services;

(3) the operational needs for administering the medicaid forward plan, including staffing and technical needs for enrollment and collection of premiums or cost-sharing;

(4) the funding plan, including necessary expenditures and total revenue generated;

(5) the fiscal effects on recurring and nonrecurring spending in the state budget; and

(6) the financial sustainability, including steps necessary for the department and the superintendent of insurance to apply for federal waivers to maximize federal funding and leverage those waivers to ensure affordability for enrollees in the medicaid forward plan.

B. The secretary's proposed program design for the medicaid forward plan shall be contingent on the results of the study and shall include:

(1) a financing plan, which shall include recommended appropriation of state funds, projected federal funds, savings directly or indirectly attributable to the program design, a sliding scale for premiums and cost-sharing based on household income for individuals eligible to enroll in the medicaid forward plan and other potential cost offsets;

(2) information about recommended reimbursement rates to maximize access to health care services under the medicaid forward plan;

(3) details about the department's operational needs for administering the medicaid forward plan; and

(4) information about federal waivers needed to maximize federal funding and ensure affordability and choice for enrollees.

C. By October 1, 2024, the secretary shall submit a report to the legislative finance committee and the legislative health and human services committee detailing the secretary's study of, and proposed program design for, the medicaid forward plan.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7F-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7F / Section 10-7F-4
§ 10-7F-4. Polygraph examinations
Status: in_force

After reviewing all the information collected in the course of an investigation of a hazardous duty officer, the chief administrator of the officer's employer may order the officer to submit to a polygraph examination administered by a licensed polygraph examiner, provided that:

A. all other reasonable investigative means have been exhausted; and

B. the officer has been advised of the administrator's reasons for ordering the polygraph examination.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1E-1 — NM Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1E / Section 24-1E-1
§ 24-1E-1. Short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 24, Article 1E NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Health Facility Receivership Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 40-1-2 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 40-1-2
§ 40-1-2. Marriages solemnized; ordained clergy or civil magistrates may solemnize
Status: in_force

A. The civil contract of marriage is entered into when solemnized as provided in Chapter 40, Article 1 NMSA 1978 . As used in Chapter 40, Article 1 NMSA 1978 , “ solemnize ” means to join in marriage before witnesses by means of a ceremony.

B. A person who is an ordained member of the clergy or who is an authorized representative of a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo may solemnize the contract of marriage without regard to sect or rites and customs the person may practice.

C. Active or retired judges, justices and magistrates of any of the courts established by the constitution of New Mexico, United States constitution, laws of the state or laws of the United States are civil magistrates having authority to solemnize contracts of marriage. Civil magistrates solemnizing contracts of marriage shall charge no fee therefor.
N.M. Stat. § 18-8-3 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 8 / Section 18-8-3
§ 18-8-3. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the New Mexico Prehistoric and Historic Sites Preservation Act:

A. “ corporation ” means a nonprofit corporation, formally recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , whose declared purposes include the investigation, preservation or conservation of significant prehistoric or historic sites;

B. “ division ” means the historic preservation division of the cultural affairs department; and

C. “ significant prehistoric or historic sites ” means properties listed in the state register of cultural properties or national register of historic places.
N.M. Stat. § 56-12-16 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 12 / Section 56-12-16
§ 56-12-16. Forfeiture
Status: in_force

The violation of any provision of the Pawnbrokers Act in any covered transaction shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire amount of the pawn service charge contracted for or allowable under the transaction. In the event a pawn service charge in excess of the amounts allowable under the Pawnbrokers Act has been paid in any covered transaction, the person by whom it has been paid, or his 1 legal representative, may recover back by civil action triple the amount of service charge paid. Any civil action under this section shall be commenced within two years from the date the usurious transaction was consummated.
N.M. Stat. § 39-4D-3 — NM Code / Chapter 39 / Article 4D / Section 39-4D-3
§ 39-4D-3. Application
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this section, the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the foreign-country judgment:

(1) grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and

(2) under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive and enforceable.

B. The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act does not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment is:

(1) a judgment for taxes;

(2) a fine or other penalty; or

(3) a judgment for divorce, support or maintenance, or other judgment rendered in connection with domestic relations.

C. The party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act applies to the foreign-country judgment.
N.M. Stat. § 7-36-3 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 36 / Section 7-36-3
§ 7-36-3. Industrial revenue bond, pollution control bond, economic development bond and regional air center special economic district bond project property; health-related equipment; tax status
Status: in_force

A. Property interests of a lessee in project property held under a lease from a county or a municipality under authority of an industrial revenue bond or pollution control revenue bond act, the Statewide Economic Development Finance Act 1 or the Regional Air Center Special Economic District Act are exempt from property taxation for as long as there is an outstanding bonded indebtedness under the terms of the revenue bonds issued for the acquisition of the project property, but in no event for a period of more than thirty years from the date of execution of the first lease of the project to the lessee by the county or municipality.

B. Property interests of a person, other than a public utility, arising out of the purchase of a project authorized by the Industrial Revenue Bond Act, 2 the County Industrial Revenue Bond Act, 3 the Pollution Control Revenue Bond Act, 4 the Statewide Economic Development Finance Act or the Regional Air Center Special Economic District Act are exempt from property taxation for as long as the project purchaser remains liable to the project seller for any part of the purchase price, but not to exceed thirty years from the date of execution of the sale agreement.

C. Property interests of a participating health facility in health-related equipment purchased, acquired, leased, financed or refinanced with the proceeds of bonds issued under the Hospital Equipment Loan Act are exempt from property taxation for as long as the participating health facility remains liable for any amount under any lease, loan or other agreement securing the bonds, but not to exceed thirty years from the date the bonds were issued for the health-related equipment.

D. The exemptions from property taxation under this section are not cumulative; provided, however, that the exemptions may be applied consecutively if subsequent exemptions relate to the financing of a new project or new health-related equipment.
N.M. Stat. § 18-14-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 14 / Section 18-14-5
§ 18-14-5. Board; compensation
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall receive per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-12A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 12A / Section 59A-12A-4
§ 59A-12A-4. Written agreement necessary
Status: in_force

A. No administrator shall act as such without a written agreement between the administrator and the insurer, and the written agreement shall be retained as part of the official records of both the insurer and the administrator for the duration of the agreement and five years thereafter. The written agreement shall contain provisions which include the requirements of Chapter 59A, Article 12A NMSA 1978 , except insofar as those requirements do not apply to the functions performed by the administrator.

B. When a policy is issued to a trustee or trustees, a copy of the trust agreement and any amendments thereto shall be furnished to the insurer by the administrator and shall be retained as part of the official records of both the insurer and the administrator for the duration of the policy and five years thereafter.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-2-1 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 2 / Section 59A-2-1
§ 59A-2-1. Office of superintendent of insurance
Status: in_force

A. The office of superintendent of insurance, created as of July 1, 2013 by Article 11, Section 20 of the constitution of New Mexico , is an adjunct agency pursuant to Section 9-1-6 NMSA 1978 .

B. All powers relating to state supervision of insurance, insurance rates and rate practices, together with collection of insurance licenses, taxes or fees, and all records pertaining to such supervision are under control of the office of superintendent of insurance.
N.M. Stat. § 12-12A-6 — NM Code / Chapter 12 / Article 12A / Section 12-12A-6
§ 12-12A-6. Recognition of volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states
Status: in_force

A. While an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner registered with a registration system that complies with Section 5 of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act and licensed and in good standing in the state upon which the volunteer health practitioner's registration is based may practice in this state to the extent authorized by that act as if the volunteer health practitioner were licensed in this state.

B. A volunteer health practitioner qualified pursuant to Subsection A of this section is not entitled to the protections of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act if the volunteer health practitioner is licensed in more than one state and any license of the volunteer health practitioner is suspended, revoked or subject to an agency order limiting or restricting practice privileges or has been voluntarily terminated under threat of sanction.
N.M. Stat. § 7-2F-12 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2F / Section 7-2F-12
§ 7-2F-12. Credit claims; certification of direct production and postproduction expenditures; aggregate amount of claims allowed; exception
Status: in_force

A. The division shall certify a film production company's budget for direct production expenditures and postproduction expenditures during a preproduction meeting with the division; provided that the division is prohibited from certifying a film production company's budget if the total expected claims in excess of the aggregate amount of claims that may be authorized for payment pursuant to Subsection B of this section would exceed one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in any fiscal year; and provided further that the limitation in this subsection shall not apply to certification of a budget for a New Mexico film partner.

B. Except as provided in Laws 2019, Chapter 87, Section 10, the aggregate amount of claims for a credit provided by the Film Production Tax Credit Act that may be authorized in any fiscal year with respect to the direct production expenditures or postproduction expenditures made on film or commercial audiovisual products shall be in the following amounts; provided that direct production expenditures and postproduction expenditures made by a New Mexico film partner shall not be subject to the aggregate amount of claims provided by this subsection:

(1) prior to fiscal year 2024, one hundred ten million dollars ($110,000,000);

(2) from fiscal year 2024 through fiscal year 2028, the amount provided in Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be increased by ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in each of those fiscal years; and

(3) for fiscal year 2029 and subsequent fiscal years, one hundred sixty million dollars ($160,000,000).

C. If a film production company submits a claim for a credit pursuant to the Film Production Tax Credit Act and the aggregate amount of claims pursuant to Subsection B of this section has been met for the fiscal year, the claim shall be placed at the front of a queue for payment in a subsequent fiscal year. Claims shall be placed in order of the date on which the completed return in which the credit is claimed is filed. Claims authorized for payment shall be paid pursuant to the Tax Administration Act 1 .

D. To provide guidance to film production companies regarding the amount of credit capacity remaining in the fiscal year, the taxation and revenue department shall post monthly on that department's website the aggregate amount of credits claimed and paid for the fiscal year. In addition, the division shall post monthly on the division's website the aggregate amount of claims certified pursuant to Subsection A of this section for the fiscal year or any subsequent fiscal year.
N.M. Stat. § 53-16-12 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 16 / Section 53-16-12
§ 53-16-12. Filing of articles of dissolution
Status: in_force

A. An original of articles of dissolution together with a copy, which may be signed, photocopied or conformed, shall be delivered to the secretary of state. If the secretary of state finds that the articles of dissolution conform to law and that the corporation has complied with the Tax Administration Act and has paid all contributions required by the Unemployment Compensation Law, it shall, when all fees have been paid:

(1) endorse on the original and copy the word “filed” and the month, day and year of the filing;

(2) file the original in its office; and

(3) issue a certificate of dissolution to which it shall affix the file-stamped copy.

B. The certificate of dissolution, together with the file-stamped copy of the articles of dissolution affixed to it, shall be returned by the secretary of state to the representative of the dissolved corporation. Upon the issuance of the certificate of dissolution, the existence of the corporation shall cease, except for the purpose of suits, other proceedings and appropriate corporate action by shareholders, directors and officers as provided in the Business Corporation Act.
N.M. Stat. § 24-10E-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 10E / Section 24-10E-6
§ 24-10E-6. Trauma system fund created; funding
Status: in_force

A. The “trauma system fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money appropriated and transferred to the fund, money received by the authority from any public or private source and tax revenues distributed to the fund by law. Interest earned on investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of health or the secretary's authorized representative. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year.

B. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department for the purpose of making distributions approved by the authority and for administering the Trauma System Fund Authority Act; provided that no more than five percent of the fund may be used by the department for administrative costs, including monitoring, trauma system development and providing technical assistance.