As used in the Law Enforcement Protection Fund Act:

1. A. "academy" means the New Mexico law enforcement academy;
2. B. "division" means the local government division of the department of finance and administration;
3. C. "fund" means the law enforcement protection fund;
4. D. "governmental entity" means the academy, the department of public safety, a municipality, a county, a university, a tribe or a school district;
5. E. "school district police department" means a department of commissioned law enforcement officers who are charged with preventing, investigating and solving crimes on school district property;
6. F. "tribal police department" means the police department of a tribe that has entered into an agreement with the department of public safety pursuant to Section 29-1-11 NMSA 1978;
7. G. "tribe" means an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located wholly or partly in New Mexico; and
8. H. "university" means a four-year post-secondary educational institution listed in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico.

History: 1978 Comp., § 29-13-2.1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 179, § 4; 1998, ch. 83, § 2; 2002, ch. 92, § 2; 2017, ch. 35, § 2; 2020, ch. 67, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, revised the definition of "governmental entity" and defined "school district police department" as used in the Law Enforcement Protection Fund Act; in Subsection D, after "academy", added "the department of public safety", after "municipality", added "a county, a", and after "tribe or a", deleted "county" and added "school district"; and added a new Subsection E and redesignated the succeeding subsections accordingly.

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, defined "academy" for purposes of the Law Enforcement Protection Fund Act; added a new Subsection A and redesignated the succeeding subsections accordingly; and in Subsection D, after "means", added "the academy".

The 2002 amendment, effective May 15, 2002, added Subsection E and redesignated former Subsection E as Subsection F.

The 1998 amendment, effective March 9, 1998, in Subsection C, inserted "university" near the middle and made a minor stylistic change, and added Subsection E.