As used in the Law Enforcement Protection Fund Act:
A. "academy" means the New Mexico law enforcement academy;
B. "division" means the local government division of the department of finance and administration;
C. "fund" means the law enforcement protection fund;
D. "governmental entity" means the academy, a municipality, university, tribe or a county;
E. "tribal police department" means the police department of a tribe that has entered into an agreement with the department of public safety pursuant to Section 29-1-11 NMSA 1978;
F. "tribe" means an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located wholly or partly in New Mexico; and
G. "university" means a four-year post-secondary educational institution listed in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico.
History: 1978 Comp., § 29-13-2.1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 179, § 4; 1998, ch. 83, § 2; 2002, ch. 92, § 2; 2017, ch. 35, § 2.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, defined "academy" for purposes of the Law Enforcement Protection Fund Act; added a new Subsection A and redesignated the succeeding subsections accordingly; and in Subsection D, after "means", added "the academy".
The 2002 amendment, effective May 15, 2002, added Subsection E and redesignated former Subsection E as Subsection F.
The 1998 amendment, effective March 9, 1998, in Subsection C, inserted "university" near the middle and made a minor stylistic change, and added Subsection E.