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N.M. Stat. § 60-13-1.1 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 13 / Section 60-13-1.1
§ 60-13-1.1. Purpose of the act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Construction Industries Licensing Act is to promote the general welfare of the people of New Mexico by providing for the protection of life and property by adopting and enforcing codes and standards for construction, alteration, installation, connection, demolition and repair work. To effect this purpose, it is the intent of the legislature that:

A. examination, licensing and certification of the occupations and trades within the jurisdiction of the Construction Industries Licensing Act be such as to ensure or encourage the highest quality of performance and to require compliance with approved codes and standards and be, to the maximum extent possible, uniform in application, procedure and enforcement;

B. there be eliminated the wasteful and inefficient administrative practices of dual licensing, duplication of inspection, nonuniform classification and examination of closely related trades or occupational activities and jurisdictional conflicts; and

C. contractors be required to furnish and maintain evidence of responsibility.
N.M. Stat. § 6-11-8 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 11 / Section 6-11-8
§ 6-11-8. Public works grant-in-aid fund
Status: in_force

There is created in the state treasury the “public works grant-in-aid fund.”
N.M. Stat. § 19-8-11 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 8 / Section 19-8-11
§ 19-8-11. Term of saline lease; extension
Status: in_force

Leases under this act may be made for a term of ten years or less and as long thereafter as said salt in paying quantities shall be produced from the leased lands; provided that as to any saline leases existing at the effective date of this act the commissioner of public lands may in his discretion extend the term of any such leases for an additional term of five years and as long thereafter as salt is being produced in paying quantities from the leased lands.
N.M. Stat. § 76-7D-4 — NM Code / Chapter 76 / Article 7D / Section 76-7D-4
§ 76-7D-4. Duties of director; noxious weed management program
Status: in_force

A. The director shall coordinate integrated noxious weed management programs. To carry out such programs, the director shall:

(1) select the species of weeds to be targeted as noxious weeds for control or eradication pursuant to the Noxious Weed Management Act;

(2) identify the methods to be used to control noxious weeds; and

(3) develop publications to educate the public on the problem and prevention of noxious weeds.

B. The director may use and cooperate with any existing noxious weed control program that is available and appropriate for the purposes of the Noxious Weed Management Act.
N.M. Stat. § 21-21P-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21P / Section 21-21P-7
§ 21-21P-7. Duration of scholarship
Status: in_force

Each scholarship is for a period of one semester. A scholarship may be renewed, as long as the school employee continues to meet the conditions of eligibility, until the school employee graduates from a public post-secondary educational institution.
N.M. Stat. § 10-11-135 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 10-11-135
§ 10-11-135. Funds not subject to process
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Sections 10-11-136 and 10-11-136.1 NMSA 1978 , none of the money, pensions or other benefits mentioned in the Public Employees Retirement Act shall be assignable either in law or in equity or be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process.
N.M. Stat. § 2-8F-32 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 8F / Section 2-8F-32
§ 2-8F-32. Senate district twenty-six
Status: in_force

Senate district twenty-six is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 23, 27 through 29, 33 through 40, 46 through 48, 61, 62, 70, 119, 120, 134, 156 through 160, 167, 169, 178, 189, 198, 199, 233, 234, 263, 394, 399, 599, 607, 617, 618, 622, 633 and 639.
N.M. Stat. § 9-11-12.2 — NM Code / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 9-11-12.2
§ 9-11-12.2. Cooperative agreements with Navajo Nation
Status: in_force

A. The secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the Navajo Nation for the exchange of information and the reciprocal, joint or common enforcement, administration, collection, remittance and audit of tax revenues of the party jurisdictions.

B. Money collected by the department on behalf of the Navajo Nation in accordance with an agreement entered into pursuant to this section is not money of this state and shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with the terms of the agreement, notwithstanding any other provision of law.

C. The secretary is empowered to promulgate such rules and to establish such procedures as the secretary deems appropriate for the collection and disbursement of funds due the Navajo Nation and for the receipt of money collected by the Navajo Nation for the account of this state under the terms of a cooperative agreement entered into under the authority of this section, including procedures for identification of taxpayers or transactions that are subject only to the taxing authority of the Navajo Nation, taxpayers or transactions that are subject only to the taxing authority of this state and taxpayers or transactions that are subject to the taxing authority of both party jurisdictions.

D. Nothing in an agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be construed as authorizing this state or the Navajo Nation to tax persons or transactions that federal law prohibits that government from taxing, or as authorizing a state or tribal court to assert jurisdiction over persons who are not otherwise subject to that court's jurisdiction or as affecting any issue of the respective civil or criminal jurisdictions of this state or the Navajo Nation. Nothing in an agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be construed as an assertion or an admission by either this state or the Navajo Nation that the taxes of one have precedence over the taxes of the other when the person or transaction is subject to the taxing authority of both governments. An agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be construed solely as an agreement between the two party governments and shall not alter or affect the government-to-government relations between this state and any other Indian nation, tribe or pueblo.
N.M. Stat. § 13-4C-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 13 / Article 4C / Section 13-4C-11
§ 13-4C-11. Costs
Status: in_force

A. The costs of a mediation session shall be borne equally by all interested persons properly notified of a mediation session. When an interested person who has been properly notified of a mediation session fails to appear for that session or fails to remain for the duration of a session, that interested person shall be wholly responsible for the costs of the mediation session.

B. When a person files a lawsuit subsequent to exhausting the procedures set forth in the Public Works Mediation Act, the court may assess costs against any interested person who was properly notified of a mediation session and who failed to pay his share of the costs of the mediation session.

C. The mediator shall determine whether a person is an interested person for the purpose of sharing the costs of a mediation session.
N.M. Stat. § 6-3A-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 6 / Article 3A / Section 6-3A-7
§ 6-3A-7. Performance-based program budget requests
Status: in_force

A. The division, in consultation with the committee, shall develop instructions for those agencies required to submit performance-based program budget requests. The instructions shall be sent to the agencies on or before June 15 of each year and shall be in addition to any other forms required by Section 6-3-18 NMSA 1978 . The instructions shall require that performance-based program budget requests contain the following:

(1) a summary of each approved program, including a justification for the program;

(2) for each approved program, an evaluation of the agency's progress in meeting the performance targets. The evaluation shall be developed as prescribed in the budget instructions;

(3) for each approved program, the outputs, outcomes, baseline data, performance measures and historic and proposed performance targets;

(4) if a performance audit has been conducted on an approved program during either the present or any of the immediately preceding two fiscal years, any responses that the agency may have to the audit and any actions that the agency has taken as a result of the audit;

(5) the results of the program inventory pursuant to Section 5 of this 2019 act and a summary of how the agency has prioritized evidence-based, research-based or promising sub-programs within its performance-based program budget request; and

(6) any other information that the division believes may be useful to the division or the legislature in developing a budget for the agency.

B. On or before September 1 of each year, each agency shall submit a performance-based program budget request to the division and the committee in the form and manner prescribed in the budget instructions. Budget requests submitted pursuant to this section shall be in lieu of those required by Section 6-3-19 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 32A-4-8 — NM Code / Chapter 32A / Article 4 / Section 32A-4-8
§ 32A-4-8. Place of temporary custody
Status: in_force

A. Unless a child alleged to be neglected or abused is also alleged or adjudicated delinquent:

(1) the child shall not be held in a jail or other facility intended or used for the incarceration of adults charged with criminal offenses or for the detention of children alleged to be delinquent children; and

(2) there shall be a preference that the child be placed in the home of a relative of the child when a relative is available to provide foster care; provided that:

(a) placement with a relative is in the best interest of the child;

(b) the relative signs a sworn statement that the relative will not return the child to or allow unsupervised visits with the parent, guardian or custodian who is alleged to have committed the abuse or neglect, unless otherwise directed by the department or the court; and

(c) within three days of accepting custody of the child, the relative completes an application form for licensure to operate a foster home pursuant to the Children's Code.

B. The department shall make reasonable efforts to locate a relative of the child to provide foster care. If a relative is not available to provide foster care, the child may be placed in:

(1) a licensed foster home or any home authorized under the law for the provision of foster care or group care or use as a protective residence;

(2) a facility operated by a licensed child welfare services agency; or

(3) a facility provided for in the Children's Shelter Care Act. 1
N.M. Stat. § 7-2F-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 2F / Section 7-2F-7
§ 7-2F-7. Additional credit; television pilots and series
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the credit provided by Section 7-2F-6 NMSA 1978 , an additional five percent shall be applied in calculating the amount of the film and television tax credit to direct production expenditures, except as provided in Subsections C and D of this section, on:

(1) a standalone pilot intended for series television in New Mexico; and

(2) series television productions intended for commercial distribution with an order for at least six episodes in a single season; provided that the New Mexico budget for each of those six episodes is fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more.

B. A film production company applying for an additional credit pursuant to this section shall not be eligible for the additional credit pursuant to Section 7-2F-8 NMSA 1978 .

C. Direct production expenditures that are payments to a nonresident performing artist in a standalone pilot shall not be eligible for the additional credit pursuant to this section.

D. Payments to a nonresident performing artist for a television series may be eligible for the additional credit pursuant to this section; provided that:

(1) a television series completes at least one season of the scheduled episodes for that series in New Mexico;

(2) the film production company certifies the intention to produce a subsequent season to the series described in Paragraph (1) of this subsection in New Mexico; and

(3) the film production company, or its parent company, produces or begins production of an additional eligible television series in New Mexico during the same film production company's taxable year as the television series. Payments to a nonresident performing artist for the additional television series may also be eligible for the additional credit pursuant to this section.
N.M. Stat. § 29-15-13 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-13
§ 29-15-13. Missing in New Mexico event
Status: in_force

Each year, the department of public safety, in collaboration with the clearinghouse, shall host a “missing in New Mexico event” in support of all New Mexicans who are searching for missing relatives. The missing in New Mexico event is designated to:

A. provide an opportunity for federal, state, local and tribal governments to come together in one location and virtually to assist families to file missing persons reports, update missing persons reports, submit DNA records or meet with an investigator;

B. provide a network for New Mexicans with missing relatives to heal, access support services and access media outlets to distribute information about missing relatives to the general public; and

C. encourage the department of public safety, local law enforcement agencies, the office of the attorney general, the office of the state medical investigator, the Indian affairs department, the department of health and the behavioral health services and income support divisions of the human services department [health care authority department] to come together to provide support and services for New Mexican families with missing relatives.
N.M. Stat. § 77-3-14 — NM Code / Chapter 77 / Article 3 / Section 77-3-14
§ 77-3-14. Health certificate; inspection; permit; penalty
Status: in_force

A. After the issuance of an emergency rule pursuant to the provisions of Section 77-3-13 NMSA 1978 and while the emergency rule continues in force, it is unlawful for a person to drive or transport or cause to be driven or transported into this state any livestock that by any direct or circuitous route might have come from any place or district covered by the emergency rule without first having obtained a certificate of health from a veterinarian or a permit in writing from the board under such rules as the board prescribes.

B. A person failing to comply with this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 and is also personally liable for all loss and damages sustained by any persons by reason of the introduction of a disease from the livestock unlawfully imported into this state.

C. During the time covered by the emergency rule, all livestock desiring to enter the state shall submit to an inspection and shall not be permitted to enter the state until a written or printed permit is issued by the board. A livestock inspector or other agent of the board may require the person in charge of the livestock to produce the permit for his inspection, and any person refusing to produce the permit at any time within a year from the time the livestock were driven in is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 13-8-1 — NM Code / Chapter 13 / Article 8 / Section 13-8-1
§ 13-8-1. Public buildings; acknowledgment of taxpayers when elected officials acknowledged
Status: in_force

On every new public building plaque that lists, acknowledges or thanks the elected officials who were in office at the time the building was funded, constructed or renovated, there shall be included a statement of equal size and visibility that thanks the taxpayers of New Mexico for their contribution in funding the construction or renovation.
N.M. Stat. § 61-24B-9.2 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 24B / Section 61-24B-9.2
§ 61-24B-9.2. Certification as landscape architect in training; examination
Status: in_force

A. Applicants for certification as a landscape architect in training shall be required to pass the board's examination for landscape architect in training. An applicant who passes the examination may be issued a certificate as a landscape architect in training. The certification is intended to demonstrate that the applicant has obtained certain skills in landscape architecture fundamentals and is pursuing a career in landscape architecture.

B. The board shall conduct examinations of applicants for certification as landscape architects in training at least once each year. The examination shall determine the ability of the applicant to use and understand the theory and practice of landscape architecture and may be divided into such subjects as the board deems necessary.

C. An applicant who fails to pass the examination may reapply for the examination if the applicant complies with the rules established by the board.

D. Certification as a landscape architect in training is limited in duration in accordance with the rules established by the board.
N.M. Stat. § 21-12-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 12 / Section 21-12-7
§ 21-12-7. Increase in tuition fee authorized
Status: in_force

The regents of the New Mexico military institute may charge a larger tuition fee than provided in Section 5164 if it is deemed necessary to do so to maintain said institute.
N.M. Stat. § 7-20E-29 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 20E / Section 7-20E-29
§ 7-20E-29. Electric generating facility economic district gross receipts tax; authority to impose; rate; use of revenue
Status: in_force

A. A majority of the members of the governing body of a county within which a county electric generating facility economic district is located and a bordering county within twenty miles of a qualifying electric generating facility may enact an ordinance imposing an excise tax of up to one-fourth percent of the gross receipts of any person engaging in business in the county or county area for the privilege of engaging in business in the county or county area. The tax authorized by this section may be referred to as the “county electric generating facility economic district gross receipts tax”.

B. An ordinance imposing a county electric generating facility economic district gross receipts tax shall impose the tax in any number of increments of one-thousandth percent; provided that the aggregate amount of increments shall not exceed one-fourth percent.

C. The governing body, at the time of enacting an ordinance imposing a county electric generating facility economic district gross receipts tax, shall dedicate the revenue only for the payment of the interest on and principal of revenue bonds issued pursuant to the Electric Generating Facility Economic District Act. Revenue from a county electric generating facility economic district gross receipts tax shall not be used for any other purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 19-13-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 19 / Article 13 / Section 19-13-9
§ 19-13-9. Rent or royalties; waiver; suspension; reduction
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, after a public hearing, waive, suspend or reduce the rental or minimum royalty for the lands included in a lease, or any portion thereof, and waive, suspend, alter or amend the operating requirements contained in a lease or regulation in the interest of conservation and to encourage the greatest ultimate recovery of geothermal resources if he determines that such action is necessary or beneficial to promote development or finds that the lease cannot be successfully operated under the terms of the lease or regulations.
N.M. Stat. § 2-10-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 2 / Article 10 / Section 2-10-2
§ 2-10-2. Director of the legislative education study committee staff
Status: in_force

The position of “director of the legislative education study committee staff” is created. The director shall be hired by the committee and shall serve at its pleasure. The director shall be provided with the necessary office space, supplies, equipment and assistants by the committee. His salary shall be set by the committee.
N.M. Stat. § 10-9-9 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 9 / Section 10-9-9
§ 10-9-9. Board members; pay; meetings
Status: in_force

Each board member shall be paid per diem and mileage according to the Per Diem and Mileage Act when traveling on board business. The board shall meet at the call of the chairman but in the absence of such call, at least once every two months.
N.M. Stat. § 3-6-1 — NM Code / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 3-6-1
§ 3-6-1. Change of name; election
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing body of a municipality wishes to change the name of the municipality, the governing body may submit the question of changing the name to a vote of the qualified electors of the municipality at the next regular municipal election or at a special election called for that purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 21-8-11 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 21-8-11
§ 21-8-11. Acceptance of congressional grant of 1887 for experiment station
Status: in_force

The assent of the legislature of the state of New Mexico, is hereby given in pursuance of the requirements of Section [nine] of said act of congress, approved March 2, 1887, to the granting of money therein made to the establishment of experiment stations in accordance with Section one of said last mentioned act, and assent is hereby given to carry out, within the state of New Mexico, all and singular the provisions of said act.
N.M. Stat. § 6-27-2 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 27 / Section 6-27-2
§ 6-27-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Affordable Housing Act is to implement the provisions of Subsections E and F of Article 9, Section 14 of the constitution of New Mexico .
N.M. Stat. § 21-21K-4.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 21 / Article 21K / Section 21-21K-4.1
§ 21-21K-4.1. Board; powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The board may:

(1) adopt, amend or repeal and promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of the Education Trust Act;

(2) sue and be sued;

(3) enter into contracts;

(4) employ or contract for professional, technical and clerical staff and independent counsel;

(5) contract with one or more financial institutions to manage the education trust fund and the separate trust accounts;

(6) enter into education investment agreements with interested persons to participate in the education savings program;

(7) charge, impose and collect administrative fees as provided in an education investment agreement or other contract relating to the education savings program in amounts not exceeding the reasonable costs of establishing, marketing and otherwise administering the program; and

(8) do those things necessary or convenient in accordance with the Education Trust Act to carry out the provisions of that act.

B. The board shall adopt and promulgate education trust fund investment guidelines and otherwise administer the education savings program in compliance with the Uniform Prudent Investor Act. 1