Section 21-21F-3 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

21-21F-3. Definitions.

As used in the Fire Fighter and Peace Officer Survivors Scholarship Act [21-21F-1 NMSA 1978]:   

A.     "board" ["commission"] means the board of educational finance [commission on higher education];   

B.     "eligible institution" means any state institution of higher education in New Mexico;   

C.     "fire fighter" means any member of a fire department that is part of or administered by the state or any political subdivision of the state;   

D.     "peace officer" means any member of a police or sheriff's department that is part of or administered by the state or any political subdivision of the state and officers in the department of corrections; and   

E.     "survivor" means the spouse of the fire fighter or peace officer killed in the line of duty and any adopted or natural children twenty-one years of age or under at the time of his death.