New Mexico Statutes Chapter 6. Public Finances § 6-35-2. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in the State Fairgrounds District Act:

A. “board” means the state fairgrounds district board;

B. “community benefit” includes affordable housing, job creation, open space and health services;

C. “district” means the state fairgrounds district;

D. “person” means an association, corporation, individual, limited liability company, partnership, other legal entity or public entity;

E. “project” means acquiring or improving land or acquiring, developing, constructing, demolishing, removing, operating, maintaining, repairing, reconstructing, enlarging, improving, installing, rehabilitating, remodeling or renovating infrastructure, buildings, roads, utilities, public improvements or equipment in the district and public schools in the close vicinity of the district and includes associated planning, design work and professional services;

F. “public entity” means an agency, department, institution, county, municipality or political subdivision of the state; and

G. “public improvements” means on-site improvements and off-site improvements that directly or indirectly benefit the district or facilitate development within the district and that are dedicated to a public entity, and include:

(1) sanitary sewage systems, including collection, transport, treatment, dispersal, effluent use and discharge;

(2) drainage and flood control systems, including collection, transport, storage, treatment, dispersal, effluent use and discharge;

(3) water systems for domestic, commercial, office, hotel or motel, industrial, irrigation, municipal or fire protection purposes, including production, collection, storage, treatment, transport, delivery, connection and dispersal;

(4) highways, streets, roadways, bridges, crossing structures and parking facilities, including all areas for vehicular use for travel, ingress, egress and parking;

(5) trails and areas for pedestrian, equestrian, bicycle or other non-motor vehicle use for travel, ingress, egress and parking;

(6) pedestrian and transit facilities, parks, recreational facilities and open space areas for the use of members of the public for entertainment, assembly and recreation;

(7) landscaping, including earthworks, structures, plants, trees and related water delivery systems;

(8) public buildings, public safety facilities and fire protection and police facilities;

(9) electrical generation, transmission and distribution facilities and natural gas distribution facilities;

(10) cable or other telecommunications lines and related equipment;

(11) lighting systems and traffic control systems and devices, including signals, controls, markings and signage;

(12) school sites and facilities with the consent of the governing board of the public school district for which the facility is to be acquired, constructed or renovated;

(13) library and other public educational or cultural facilities;

(14) equipment, vehicles, furnishings and other personal property related to the items listed in this subsection; and

(15) workforce and affordable housing.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 6. Public Finances § 6-35-2. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-6-public-finances/nm-st-sect-6-35-2/

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