As used in the Reburial Grounds Act [18-6-24 to 18-6-27 NMSA 1978]:
A. "department" means the cultural affairs department;
B. "descendant group" means persons demonstrably related to the remains by consanguinity, family affiliation, clan or direct historical association and includes a Native American nation, band, tribe or pueblo in New Mexico;
C. "funerary object" means an object or artifact associated with a human burial;
D. "reburial grounds" means state or federal land set aside pursuant to the Reburial Grounds Act that secures and preserves unmarked graves for remains not claimed by a descendant group;
E. "remains" means a human body, skeletal remains or mummified remains discovered during construction and other projects or exposed through erosion, excavation or accident or other means on state, federal and private lands and includes a funerary object or artifact associated with the remains; and
F. "state land" means property owned, controlled or operated by a department, agency, institution or political subdivision of the state.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 299, § 2 and Laws 2007, ch. 300, § 2.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 2007, ch. 299, § 2 and Laws 2007, ch. 300, § 2 enacted identical sections, effective June 15, 2007. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2007, ch. 300, § 2. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
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