N.M. Stat. § 15-7-1

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 15-7-1 - Definitions

As used in Chapter 15, Article 7 NMSA 1978:

A. "board" means the risk management advisory board;

B. "director" means the director of the risk management division of the general services department;

C. "local public body" means all political subdivisions of the state and their agencies, instrumentalities and institutions;

D. "public employee" means any officer, employee or servant of a governmental entity, including elected or appointed officials, law enforcement officers and persons acting on behalf or in service of a governmental entity in any official capacity, whether with or without compensation, but the term does not include an independent contractor; and

E. "state" or "state agency" means the state of New Mexico or any of its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities or institutions, including regional housing authorities.

NMS § 15-7-1

1953 Comp., § 5-14-20.4, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 385, § 4; 1978, ch. 166, § 6; 1982, ch. 19, § 1; 1983, ch. 301, § 63; 1996, ch. 45, § 1.