2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 29 - Law Enforcement
Section 6 New Mexico Mounted Patrol
Section 29-6-5 Mounted patrol; aid to law enforcement agencies; workmen's compensation.

29-6-5. Mounted patrol; aid to law enforcement agencies; workmen's compensation.

A. Members of the New Mexico mounted patrol may be detailed to assist and render aid in specific instances involving law enforcement or other matters when request is made for such assistance and aid by the New Mexico state police or other state or local law enforcement agencies. When acting upon such call, members shall be deemed to be the agents or deputies of the authority issuing such request, shall be possessed of the same powers and duties as such requesting authorities and shall be completely covered by the Workmen's [Workers'] Compensation Act [Chapter 52, Article 1 NMSA 1978] if the employer's insurance policy is endorsed to clearly show that its coverage extends to the claimant.

B. For purposes of calculating the amount of any mounted patrol member's disability or death benefits pursuant to the Workmen's [Workers'] Compensation Act, the member's average weekly wages shall be deemed to be the average weekly wages the member was receiving from any and every employer, regardless of whether the member's employment with such employer was covered in fact by the Workmen's [Workers'] Compensation Act. The degree of disability, if any, shall be determined on the basis of the member's disability in regard to such other employment.

C. If a mounted patrol member is covered by workmen's compensation coverage pursuant to Subsection A of this section, the Workmen's [Workers'] Compensation Act shall be his exclusive remedy against the mounted patrol and the supervising law enforcement agency for any injury or death proximately caused by accident arising out of and in the course of the member's duties.

History: 1941 Comp., 66-1106, enacted by Laws 1941, ch. 149, 6; 1953 Comp., 9-11-6; Laws 1961, ch. 241, 1; 1983, ch. 247, 1.