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.
History: 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.
The 1996 amendment, effective March 4, 1996, substituted "Chapter 15, Article 7" for "Sections 15-7-1 through 15-7-10" in the introductory language and added "including regional housing authorities" at the end of Subsection E.
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