1. A. A research park corporation shall not be deemed an agency, public body or other political subdivision of New Mexico, including for purposes of applying statutes and laws relating to personnel, procurement of goods and services, meetings of the board of directors, gross receipts tax, disposition or acquisition of property, capital outlays, per diem and mileage and inspection of records.

2. B. A research park corporation shall be deemed:

   1. (1) an agency or other political subdivision of the state for purposes of applying statutes and laws relating to the furnishing of goods and services to the university that operates it and the risk management fund; and
   2. (2) a public employer for the purposes of the Public Employee Bargaining Act [Chapter 10, Article 7E NMSA 1978] if it owns, operates or manages a health care facility or employs individuals who work at a health care facility.
3. C. A research park corporation, its officers, directors and employees shall be granted immunity from liability for any tort as provided in the Tort Claims Act [41-4-1 to 41-4-27 NMSA 1978]. A research park corporation may enter into agreements with insurance carriers to insure against a loss in connection with its operations even though the loss may be included among losses covered by the risk management fund of New Mexico.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 264, § 7; 1991, ch. 220, § 1; 1998, ch. 54, § 4; 2022, ch. 44, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2022 amendment, effective May 18, 2022, designated a research park corporation as a public employer if it owns, operates or manages a health care facility or employs individuals who work at a health care facility; and in Subsection B, added Paragraph B(2).

The 1998 amendment, effective May 20, 1998, deleted the introductory language; added the Subsection designations; in Subsection A, substituted "New Mexico" for "the state", and deleted "real or personal"; in Subsection B, inserted "furnishing of goods and services to the university that operates it and the"; in Subsection C, deleted "also" following "may", and substituted "a" for "any"; and made minor stylistic changes.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, added "Except as provided in this section" at the beginning and inserted "including" in the first sentence; deleted "the members of the board of directors of a research park corporation officers, directors and employees of the research park corporation" preceding "shall be deemed" and inserted "a research park corporation, its officers, directors and employees" preceding "shall be granted" in the second sentence; and made minor stylistic changes.