As used in the Economic Development Department Act:

1. A. "commission" means the economic development commission;
2. B. "creative industry" means a business, organization or person engaged in creative enterprises, including performing, visual and literary arts; entertainment, media, information and broadcasting; applied arts and design, including architecture, landscape architecture, museum and gallery professions; promotion, marketing, graphics and industrial design; technology and computer system design, software design, coding and digital media; and crafts and artisan professions, including metal, wood, glass, ceramics, paper, printing, textile and culinary arts; "creative industry" does not mean a business, organization or person engaged in creative enterprises involving film;
3. C. "department" means the economic development department;
4. D. "film" means filming activity supported by the New Mexico film division of the department; and
5. E. "secretary" means the secretary of economic development.

History: Laws 1983, ch. 297, § 3; 1988, ch. 81, § 2; 1991, ch. 21, § 11; 1993, ch. 101, § 1; 2023, ch. 183, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, defined "creative industry" and "film" as used in the Economic Development Department Act; added a new Subsection B and redesignated former Subsection B as Subsection C; added a new Subsection D; and redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection E.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, deleted "and tourism" following "development" in Subsection A and, in Subsection C, deleted "department" following "development" and made a minor stylistic change.

The 1991 amendment, effective March 27, 1991, deleted "and Tourism" following "Development" in the introductory language and "and tourism" following "development" in Subsections A and B; deleted former Subsections C, E and F, which defined "research and development", "technical excellence" and "technological innovation", respectively; redesignated former Subsection D as present Subsection C; and, in Subsection C, substituted "the economic development department" for "economic development and tourism".