New Mexico Statutes
Article 4C - Public Works Mediation
Section 13-4C-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Public Works Mediation Act:
A. "interested person" means a person with an association to a dispute related to the performance of a public works project, when that association arises out of the same transaction or occurrence underlying the dispute;
B. "mediator" means an individual or organization, independent of a dispute related to the performance of a public works project, that acts to assist persons in the resolution of the dispute;
C. "person" means the state, political subdivision of the state, including any home rule municipality chartered pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico, institution or department of the state, local public body, contractor, subcontractor, supplier, architect, engineer, surety or project manager; and
D. "public works project" means a project of the state, including highway projects of the state highway and transportation department, a project of a political subdivision of the state, including any home rule municipality chartered pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico, a project of an institution or department of the state or a project of a local public body to construct, repair, alter, demolish, install or extend an improvement on real property or to improve real property owned, used or leased by the state, political subdivision of the state, an institution or department of the state or a local public body.
History: 1978 Comp., § 13-4C-2, enacted by Laws 1992, ch. 63, § 2.

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