N.M. Stat. § 42-3-13
Implementing regulations.
The displacing agency may adopt regulations that it deems necessary or appropriate
to implement the provisions of the Relocation Assistance Act, including but not limited to
regulations necessary to assure that:
A. the payments and assistance authorized shall be administered in as fair,
reasonable and uniform a manner as practicable;
B. a displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized shall
be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and
C. any person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for relocation payments
or the amount of payment under that act may have his application reviewed at a formal
hearing before the head of the displacing agency or a hearing officer designated by the
head of the displacing agency.