As used in the Military Base Planning and Impact Act:

1. A. "commission" means the military base planning commission;
2. B. "defense community" means a political subdivision, including a municipality, county or special district, that encompasses a portion of or is within a service area of a United States military base or defense facility;

3. C. "defense worker" means:

   1. (1) an employee of the United States department of defense, including armed forces personnel and civilian workers;
   2. (2) an employee of a government agency or private business or organization providing a United States department-of-defense-related function who is employed at a military facility;
   3. (3) an employee of a business that directly provides services or products to the United States department of defense and whose job is directly dependent on defense expenditures; or
   4. (4) an employee of the United States department of energy or an employee or a contractor for the United States department of energy working at a defense or United States department of energy facility in support of a department-of-defense-related project;
4. D. "defense worker job" means a permanent position authorized by the United States department of defense or a position held or occupied by one or more defense workers for more than twelve months;
5. E. "department" means the economic development department;
6. F. "fund" means the military base impact fund;
7. G. "military facility" includes military bases and research and training facilities owned or operated or under contract by the United States department of defense; and
8. H. "military office" means the office of military base planning and support.

History: 1978 Comp., § 9-15-61, enacted by Laws 2025, ch. 99, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2025, ch. 99 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 20, 2025, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.