A. If a person is an employee of a member jurisdiction that responds to a request for aid under the system and the person sustains injury in the course of providing the requested aid, the person is entitled to all applicable benefits, including workers' compensation benefits, that are normally available to the person as an employee of the member jurisdiction that employs the person.
B. If a person described in Subsection A of this section sustains injury that results in death, the person's estate shall receive additional state and federal benefits that may be available for death in the line of duty.
History: Laws 2006, ch. 97, § 9.
Emergency clause. — Laws 2006, ch. 97, § 11 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 7, 2006.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters
Article 10B - Intrastate Mutual Aid
Section 12-10B-1 - Short title.
Section 12-10B-2 - Definitions.
Section 12-10B-3 - Committee created; membership; meetings; duties; expenses.
Section 12-10B-4 - Intrastate mutual aid system; initial participation; withdrawal.
Section 12-10B-5 - Request for aid.
Section 12-10B-6 - Limitation on aid; command and control.
Section 12-10B-7 - Portability of bona fides.