A. A person's employment is principally localized in this or another state when:
(1) his employer has a place of business in this or such other state and he regularly works at or from such place of business; or
(2) if Paragraph (1) of this subsection is not applicable, he is domiciled and spends a substantial part of his working time in the service of his employer in this or such other state.
B. An employee whose duties require him to travel regularly in the service of his employer in this and one or more other states may, by written agreement with his employer, provide that his employment is principally localized in this or another state, and, unless the other state refuses jurisdiction, the agreement shall be given effect under the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law.
C. As used in Sections 52-3-55 through 52-3-58 NMSA 1978:
(1) "United States" includes only the states of the United States and the District of Columbia;
(2) "state" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any province of Canada; and
(3) "carrier" includes any insurance company licensed to write workers' compensation insurance in any state of the United States or any state or provincial fund which insures employers against their liabilities under an occupational disease disablement law.
History: 1953 Comp., § 59-11-43.3, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 268, § 4; 1989, ch. 263, § 67.
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