New Mexico Statutes Chapter 44. Miscellaneous Civil Law Matters § 44-9-2. Definitions

A. “claim” means a request or demand for money, property or services when all or a portion of the money, property or services requested or demanded issues from or is provided or reimbursed by the state or a political subdivision;

B. “employer” includes an individual, corporation, firm, association, business, partnership, organization, trust, charter school and the state and any of its agencies, institutions or political subdivisions;

C. “knowingly” means that a person, with respect to information, acts:

D. “person” means an individual, corporation, firm, association, organization, trust, business, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or any legal or commercial entity;

E. “political subdivision” means a political subdivision of the state or a charter school; and

F. “state” means the state of New Mexico or any of its branches, agencies, departments, boards, commissions, officers, institutions or instrumentalities, including the New Mexico finance authority, the New Mexico mortgage finance authority and the New Mexico lottery authority.