N.M. Stat. § 10-11A-2

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 10-11A-2 - Definitions

As used in the Volunteer Firefighters Retirement Act:

A. "association" means the public employees retirement association;

B. "board" means the retirement board of the association;

C. "fire department" means a fire department with volunteer members that is certified by the state fire marshal's office;

D. "fund" means the volunteer firefighters retirement fund; and

E. "member" means a volunteer nonsalaried firefighter who is listed as an active member on the rolls of a fire department and whose first year of service credit was accumulated during or after the year the member attained the age of sixteen. A volunteer firefighter who receives reimbursement for personal out-of-pocket costs shall not be considered a salaried firefighter.

NMS § 10-11A-2

Laws 1983, ch. 263, § 2; 2003, ch. 370, § 2; 2009, ch. 262, § 1.

Amended by 2020, c. 9,s. 25, eff. 7/1/2021.