2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 24-16-3 — Definitions.

24-16-3. Definitions.

As used in the Clean Indoor Air Act [ 24-16-1 NMSA 1978]:   

A.     "employer" means the state or any political subdivision of the state who employs the services of more than fifteen persons;   

B.     "place of employment" means any enclosed indoor area under the control of a public employer which employees normally frequent during the course of employment, including but not limited to work areas, employee lounges, conference rooms and employee cafeterias;   

C.     "public meeting" means any meeting required by law to be an open meeting;   

D.     "public place" means any enclosed indoor area in a building owned or leased by the state or any of its political subdivisions;   

E.     "smoke" or "smoking" means the carrying or holding of a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind, or any other lighted smoking equipment or the lighting or emitting or exhaling the smoke of a pipe, cigar or cigarette of any kind; and   

F.     "smoking-permitted area" means that portion of a public place in which smoking may be permitted.