As used in the New Mexico Civil Rights Act, "public body" means a state or local government, an advisory board, a commission, an agency or an entity created by the constitution of New Mexico or any branch of government that receives public funding, including political subdivisions, special tax districts, school districts and institutions of higher education, but not including an acequia or community ditch, a soil and water conservation district, a land grant-merced, a mutual domestic water consumers association or other association organized pursuant to the Sanitary Projects Act [Chapter 3, Article 29 NMSA 1978] or a water users' association.
History: Laws 2021, ch. 119, § 2.
Effective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 119, § 14 made Laws 2021, ch. 119, § 2 effective July 1, 2021.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 4A - New Mexico Civil Rights
Section 41-4A-1 - Short title.
Section 41-4A-4 - Prohibiting the use of the defense of qualified immunity.
Section 41-4A-5 - Attorney fees.
Section 41-4A-6 - Limitation on recovery.
Section 41-4A-7 - Statute of limitations and abatement.
Section 41-4A-8 - Indemnification by public body.
Section 41-4A-9 - Waiver of sovereign immunity.
Section 41-4A-10 - Common law judicial, legislative or other established immunity.
Section 41-4A-11 - Records of claims.