As used in Chapter 49 NMSA 1978:

A. "child" means a biological, adopted or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward or a child of a person standing in loco parentis;

B. "heir" means a person who is a descendant of the original grantees and has an interest in the common land of a land grant-merced through inheritance, gift or purchase or as defined in the bylaws of a land grant-merced;

C. "land grant-merced" means a grant of land made by the government of Spain or by the government of Mexico to a community, town, colony or pueblo or to a person for the purpose of founding or establishing a community, town, colony or pueblo;

D. "parent" includes a biological, adoptive or foster parent, a stepparent or an individual who stands in loco parentis to a child;

E. "precinct" means a geographic location such as a community or town that is guaranteed an apportioned amount of positions on the board of trustees of a land grant-merced as defined in the land grant-merced bylaws;

F. "qualified voting member" means an heir who is registered to vote in a land grant-merced as prescribed in the land grant-merced bylaws; and

G. "sibling" includes a stepsibling and a half-sibling.

History: Laws 2004, ch. 124, § 1; 2019, ch. 248, § 1.

The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, defined "child", "parent", "precinct" and "sibling" as used in Chapter 49 NMSA 1978; added a new Subsection A and redesignated former Subsections A and B as Subsections B and C, respectively; in Subsection B, after "gift or purchase", added "or as defined in the bylaws of a land grant-merced"; added new Subsections D and E and redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection F; and added Subsection G.