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N.M. Stat. § 3-66-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 66 / Section 3-66-4
§ 3-66-4. Authorization of surcharge and other fees; use of proceeds; transfer
Status: in_force

A. A municipality in which a municipal event center is located may establish by ordinance an event center surcharge of not less than five percent of each vendor contract entered into by that municipality. As otherwise established by that municipality, the event center surcharge may be any percentage greater than five percent of each vendor contract entered into by the municipality.

B. A municipality shall include an event center surcharge in the terms of each vendor contract into which it enters. A chief executive officer of a municipality shall sign each vendor contract into which that municipality enters.

C. A municipality may establish charges and fees deemed necessary by the governing body or the chief executive officer for the use, operation or management of a municipal event center by a person, corporation or other entity.

D. From the proceeds of the event center surcharge, an amount equal to two percent of each vendor contract entered into by the municipality shall be transferred monthly by the municipality that established the event center surcharge to the tax administration suspense fund.

E. A municipality shall establish a fund for construction, renovation, operation, equipment, maintenance and improvement of a municipal event center for deposit of all event center revenues and event center surcharge proceeds that exceed the required debt service payments, except for event center surcharge proceeds transferred to the tax administration suspense fund pursuant to this section. Money in the fund may be used to pay:

(1) debt service payments;

(2) costs of operating a municipal event center during the life of the bonds issued by the municipality pursuant to the Municipal Event Center Funding Act;

(3) costs of constructing, renovating, equipping, maintaining or improving that municipal event center; or

(4) costs of collecting or administering the event center surcharge.
N.M. Stat. § 17-2-25 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 17-2-25
§ 17-2-25. Game or fish in possession of passenger; carrier exempt from liability; seizure
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall make a common carrier liable for transportation of game and fish when same is in the possession of a passenger, but such fact shall not exempt the same from seizure if unlawfully taken, killed, held in possession or transported.
N.M. Stat. § 73-10-34 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 10 / Section 73-10-34
§ 73-10-34. Authorization to sign petition or protest
Status: in_force

A guardian, conservator or personal representative of an estate, who is appointed as such under the laws of this state, and who, as such guardian, conservator or personal representative, is entitled to the possession of the lands belonging to the estate which he represents, may on behalf of his ward or the estate which he represents, upon being thereunto authorized by the proper court, sign and acknowledge the petition in this act mentioned, and may show cause, as in this act mentioned, why the boundaries of the district should not be changed.
N.M. Stat. § 12-10-19 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 10 / Section 12-10-19
§ 12-10-19. Termination of emergency
Status: in_force

Any state of emergency proclaimed under the Riot Control Act, along with any restrictions imposed for control of that emergency, terminates automatically at noon on the third day after it becomes effective unless sooner terminated by proclamation of the governor.
N.M. Stat. § 48-1A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 1A / Section 48-1A-5
§ 48-1A-5. Non-enforceability of nonconsensual common law liens
Status: in_force

Nonconsensual common law liens against real property shall not be recognized or be enforceable. Nonconsensual common law liens claimed against personal property shall not be recognized or be enforceable if, at the time the lien is claimed, the claimant fails to retain actual lawfully acquired possession or exclusive control of the property.
N.M. Stat. § 73-20-42 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 20 / Section 73-20-42
§ 73-20-42. Removal of supervisors
Status: in_force

A supervisor may be removed from office by the commission if it appears to the commission, after reasonable notice and impartial hearing, that the supervisor is guilty of misfeasance or malfeasance in office. The office of a supervisor who has missed three consecutive regular meetings of the supervisors may be declared vacant by majority vote of the remaining supervisors. The office of a supervisor who has missed four consecutive regular meetings of the supervisors shall be declared vacant and his successor shall be elected or appointed as in the case of any other vacancy.
N.M. Stat. § 4-33-11 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 33 / Section 4-33-11
§ 4-33-11. Retention of court jurisdiction on creation or change of county
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction of the courts of this state to proceed to final determination or settlement of all civil and criminal actions and probate proceedings pending therein shall in no wise be affected by the creation of a new county or by any other change of the boundary lines of any county, and the court in which such action or proceeding is then pending shall retain full jurisdiction of such action or proceeding to final judgment or decree, subject only to change of venue or appeals, as provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 3-63-11 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 63 / Section 3-63-11
§ 3-63-11. Management committee; creation; duties
Status: in_force

A. The council, upon adoption of an ordinance creating a district, shall appoint a management committee that shall be responsible for the operation of the district in one of the following manners:

(1) the council shall appoint an existing downtown, community or central business district revitalization nonprofit corporation that operates within the boundaries of the district, to administer and implement the business improvement district plan; or

(2) the council shall appoint a management committee to administer and implement the business improvement district plan from nominees submitted by the owners of businesses and the owners of real property located in the district.

B. The management committee shall prepare and file annually with the council for its review and approval a budget and progress report for the district.

C. The management committee shall administer all improvements within the district.

D. The management committee shall recommend the annual assessment to be made by the council.

E. The management committee shall file annually with the council a report of the district activities for the preceding fiscal year, which report shall include a complete financial statement setting forth its assets, liabilities, income and operating expenses as of the end of the fiscal year and the benefits of the district's program to the real property and business owners of the district.

F. The management committee shall be a nonprofit corporation created pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Act.
N.M. Stat. § 3-30-5 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 30 / Section 3-30-5
§ 3-30-5. General obligation bonds; authority to issue
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations and in accordance with Article 9 of the constitution of New Mexico and Sections 6-15-1 and 6-15-2 NMSA 1978 , a municipality may issue and dispose of negotiable bonds for the purpose of securing funds for:

A. erecting and operating natural or artificial gas works;

B. erecting and operating electric works;

C. constructing, purchasing, rehabilitating or remodeling, or any combination thereof, public buildings, including additions and improvements thereto;

D. building, beautifying and improving public parks within or without the municipal boundary, but not beyond the planning and platting jurisdiction of the municipality;

E. acquiring land or buildings for playgrounds, recreation centers, zoos and other recreational purposes, and the equipment thereof, or any combination thereof;

F. providing proper means for protecting from fire including but not necessarily limited to purchasing apparatus for fire protection and providing, enlarging and improving fire equipment and facilities;

G. laying off, opening, constructing, repairing, and otherwise improving municipal alleys, streets, public roads and bridges, or any combination thereof;

H. providing apparatus for the collection and disposal of garbage and refuse;

I. acquiring, constructing and maintaining garbage and refuse disposal areas and plants within or without the municipal boundary;

J. constructing or purchasing a system for supplying water or constructing and purchasing such a system, for the municipality, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the enlargement, improvement, extension or acquisition of the system, and acquisition of water or water rights, necessary real estate or rights-of-way, bridges and easements, and necessary apparatus for a water system, or any combination of the foregoing;

K. constructing or purchasing a sewer system or the construction and purchase of a sewer system, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, acquiring, enlarging, improving or extending, or any combination of the foregoing, said system;

L. flood control purposes as provided in Section 3-41-1 NMSA 1978;

M. constructing, purchasing, rehabilitating or remodeling, or any combination thereof, hospitals, including additions and improvements thereto;

N. purchasing, improving or erecting public auditoriums or public buildings of a similar nature for general civic purposes, or for authorizing the improvement or erection of public auditoriums or buildings of a similar nature by agreement, with the officers of the county in which the municipality is located; and

O. acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, rehabilitating, or remodeling, or any combination thereof, of cemeteries or mausoleums.
N.M. Stat. § 57-2A-1 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 2A / Section 57-2A-1
§ 57-2A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Cigarette Enforcement Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 6-25A-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 25A / Section 6-25A-1
§ 6-25A-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “New Mexico Exposition Center Authority Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 57-24-4 — NM Code / Chapter 57 / Article 24 / Section 57-24-4
§ 57-24-4. Civil remedies
Status: in_force

Any person may bring a civil action for injuries or damages proximately caused by any food products delivery guarantee. Damages shall include nominal, compensatory or punitive damages. Costs and attorneys' fees shall be awarded by the court to a prevailing party. The relief provided in this section is in addition to remedies otherwise provided by law.
N.M. Stat. § 1-4-30 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1-4-30
§ 1-4-30. Cancellation of registration; voter's request
Status: in_force

A. The county clerk shall cancel a certificate of registration upon the request of a voter only for the following reasons:

(1) when the voter changes the voter's registered residence address to another county within the state;

(2) when the voter moves to another state; and

(3) upon the written request of the voter.

B. A written request by a voter to cancel the voter's registration shall be in writing and subscribed before a registration officer or a person authorized to administer oaths or on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.

C. The voter's certificate of registration shall be deemed canceled upon receipt by the county clerk of the request when the request is for the reasons specified in Subsection A of this section.
N.M. Stat. § 48-6-12 — NM Code / Chapter 48 / Article 6 / Section 48-6-12
§ 48-6-12. Summons for defendant
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the magistrate, at the time he issues the warrant to issue a summons to the defendant requiring him to answer before such magistrate, if he has jurisdiction to finally try the cause, and, upon it being returned served, to proceed to judgment as in ordinary cases. If such magistrate has not jurisdiction to finally try the case, by reason of any provisions herein contained, he shall forthwith transfer all papers to the magistrate having jurisdiction to finally try said cause, who shall without delay issue summons to defendant, giving him notice of the suit and the time of the setting as provided by law; provided, that if the defendant has removed from the county without service, notice of suit shall be given him, as now provided by law, in attachment suit in magistrate court in this state, when the defendant is absent from the county or cannot be found in the county.
N.M. Stat. § 44-3-16 — NM Code / Chapter 44 / Article 3 / Section 44-3-16
§ 44-3-16. Speedy hearing on appeal
Status: in_force

In case of an appeal the supreme court shall advance the case on the docket of said court so as to obtain the most speedy hearing possible.
N.M. Stat. § 7-13-1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1
§ 7-13-1. Gasoline tax; short title
Status: in_force

Chapter 7, Article 13 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Gasoline Tax Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 1-15-5 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1-15-5
§ 1-15-5. Presidential electors; duties
Status: in_force

Presidential electors for the state shall perform the duties of the presidential electors required by law and the constitution of the United States.
N.M. Stat. § 31-15-2.2 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 15 / Section 31-15-2.2
§ 31-15-2.2. Public defender commission; member qualifications
Status: in_force

A. A person appointed to the commission shall have:

(1) significant experience in the legal defense of criminal or juvenile justice cases; or

(2) demonstrated a commitment to quality indigent defense representation or to working with and advocating for the population served by the department.

B. The following persons shall not be appointed to and shall not serve on the commission:

(1) current prosecutors, law enforcement officials or employees of prosecutors or law enforcement officials;

(2) current public defenders or other employees of the department;

(3) current judges, judicial officials or employees of judges or judicial officials;

(4) current elected officials or employees of elected officials; or

(5) persons who currently contract with or receive funding from the department or employees of such persons.
N.M. Stat. § 27-2B-9 — NM Code / Chapter 27 / Article 2B / Section 27-2B-9
§ 27-2B-9. Mandatory school attendance
Status: in_force

If a minor member of a benefit group has three unexcused absences from school during a grading period, his parent shall notify the department of the absences within fourteen days. The department may impose a sanction on the benefit group that reduces the cash assistance by the amount the minor member would otherwise receive only after the department refers the minor member to the appropriate state agency, counselor or community program for appropriate resolution of the attendance problem. The department shall not consider participation in cultural and religious activities an unexcused absence, as long as the student has parental consent.
N.M. Stat. § 1-9-7.9 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 1-9-7.9
§ 1-9-7.9. Voting systems; memory; removable storage media device; requirements
Status: in_force

Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall:

A. be programmable with removable storage media devices;

B. contain ballot control information, summary vote totals, maintenance logs and operator logs on the removable storage media device;

C. ensure that the votes stored on the removable storage media device accurately represent the actual votes cast;

D. be designed so that no executable code can be launched from random access memory;

E. have any operating system software stored in nonvolatile memory, which shall include internal quality checks such as parity or error detection and correction codes, and which software shall include comprehensive diagnostics to ensure that failures do not go undetected;

F. allow for pre-election testing of the ballot control logic and accuracy, with results stored in the memory that is used on election day, and shall be capable of printing a zero-results printout prior to these tests and a results printout after the test;

G. have internal audit trail capability such that all pre-election, election day and post-election events shall be stored, recorded and recovered in an easy-to-read printed form and be retained within memory that does not require external power for memory retention;

H. possess the capability of remote transmission of election results to a central location only by reading the removable storage media devices once they have been removed from the tabulation device after the poll closing sequence has been completed; and

I. prevent data from being altered or destroyed by report generation or by the transmission of results.
N.M. Stat. § 23-2-3 — NM Code / Chapter 23 / Article 2 / Section 23-2-3
§ 23-2-3. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The board of regents of the university of New Mexico shall manage, control and govern the Carrie Tingley crippled children's hospital program under rules, regulations or other directives and policies as the board of regents may from time to time prescribe. The board of regents of the university of New Mexico has the full power to enter into contracts or other agreements as it deems necessary or desirable for the operation and management of the Carrie Tingley crippled children's hospital program.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-2 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-2
§ 4-55A-2. Improvement district; definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the County Improvement District Act:

A. “ adjustment of assessment ” means the adjustment in the estimated maximum benefit or assessment resulting from the division of the property to be assessed or assessed into smaller tracts or parcels or the combining of smaller parcels into one or more larger parcels or the changing of the configuration or legal description of such parcels. “Adjustment of assessment” may also include the real location of the assessment lien, without loss of priority, among parcels under single ownership that are subject to the assessment lien in order to permit the removal of the lien from one or more parcels where adequate security for the lien is demonstrated by the assessed parcels under such single ownership or provided by the owner;

B. “ board ” means the board of county commissioners;

C. “ construct ” or “ construction ” means to plan, design, engineer, construct, reconstruct, install, extend, better, alter, build, rebuild, improve, purchase or otherwise acquire any project authorized in the County Improvement District Act;

D. “ county ” means any county except an H class county;

E. “ engineer ” means any person who is a professional engineer licensed to practice in New Mexico and who is a permanent employee of the county or employed in connection with an improvement by the county or by a property owner subject to the improvement district property tax imposed by Section 4-55A-12.1 NMSA 1978;

F. “ improvement ” means any one or any combination of projects in one or more locations authorized in the County Improvement District Act;

G. “ improvement district ” means one or more streets or one or more public grounds or one or more locations wherein the improvement is to be constructed and one or more tracts or parcels of land to be assessed or upon which an improvement district property tax will be imposed to pay for the cost of the improvement; and

H. “ premature subdivision ” means a subdivision that has been platted and sold into multiple private ownership prior to installation or financial guarantee of all required improvements for land development. Such subdivisions contain one or more developmental inadequacies under current local government standards and requirements, such as, but not limited to:

(1) inadequate street right of way or street access control;

(2) a lack of drainage easements of right of way;

(3) a lack of adequate park, recreation or open space area;

(4) a lack of an overall grading and drainage plan; or

(5) a lack of adequate subdivision grading both on and off the public right of way.
N.M. Stat. § 21-23-11 — NM Code / Chapter 21 / Article 23 / Section 21-23-11
§ 21-23-11. Existing post-secondary educational institutions
Status: in_force

All post-secondary educational institutions existing prior to July 1, 1994 shall have ninety days to register or to apply for a license in accordance with the terms of the Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-21-2 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 21 / Section 59A-21-2
§ 59A-21-2. Group contracts must meet requirements
Status: in_force

A. No life insurance policy shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state insuring the lives of more than one individual unless to a group defined in this article and otherwise in compliance with this article.

B. Subsection A hereof does not apply to life insurance policies insuring only individuals:

(1) related by blood, marriage or legal adoption; or

(2) having a common interest through ownership of a business enterprise, or a substantial legal interest or equity therein, and who are actively engaged in management thereof; or

(3) otherwise having an insurable interest in each other's lives.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-54 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-54
§ 7-9-54. Deduction; gross receipts tax; governmental gross receipts tax; sales to governmental agencies
Status: in_force

A. Receipts from selling tangible personal property, or from selling licenses to use digital goods for the purpose of loaning those digital goods to the public, to the United States or to New Mexico or a governmental unit, subdivision, agency, department or instrumentality thereof may be deducted from gross receipts or from governmental gross receipts. Unless contrary to federal law, the deduction provided by this subsection does not apply to:

(1) receipts from selling metalliferous mineral ore;

(2) receipts from selling tangible personal property that is or will be incorporated into a metropolitan redevelopment project created under the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code;

(3) 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

(4) that portion of the receipts from performing a “service” that reflects the value of tangible personal property utilized or produced in performance of such service.

B. Receipts from selling tangible personal property, or from selling licenses to use digital goods for the purpose of loaning those digital goods to the public, for any purpose to an Indian tribe, nation or pueblo or a governmental unit, subdivision, agency, department or instrumentality thereof for use on Indian reservations or pueblo grants may be deducted from gross receipts or from governmental gross receipts.

C. When a seller, in good faith, deducts receipts for tangible personal property or licenses to use digital goods for the purpose of loaning those digital goods to the public sold to the state or a governmental unit, subdivision, agency, department or instrumentality thereof, after receiving written assurances from the buyer's representative that the property sold is not construction material, the department shall not assert in a later assessment or audit of the seller that the receipts are not deductible pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of this section.