Section 57-28-2 - Definitions - New Mexico Statutes

57-28-2. Definitions

As used in the Prompt Payment Act:

A.     "construction" means building, altering, repairing, installing or demolishing in the ordinary course of business any:

(1)     road, highway, bridge, parking area or related project;

(2)     building, stadium or other structure;

(3)     airport, subway or similar facility;

(4)     park, trail, athletic field, golf course or similar facility;

(5)     dam, reservoir, canal, ditch or similar facility;

(6)     sewage or water treatment facility, power generating plant, pump station, natural gas compression station or similar facility;

(7)     sewage, water, gas or other pipeline;

(8)     transmission line;

(9)     radio, television or other tower;

(10)     water, oil or other storage tank;

(11)     shaft, tunnel or other mining appurtenance;

(12)     electrical wiring, plumbing or plumbing fixture, gas piping, gas appliances or water conditions; 

(13)     air conditioning conduit, heating or other similar mechanical work;

(14)     leveling or clearing land;

(15)     excavating earth;

(16)     drilling wells of any type, including seismographic shot holes or core drilling; and

(17)     similar work, structures or installations;

B.     "contractor" means a person performing construction through a contract with an owner;

C.     "owner" means a person, local public body or state agency other than the department of transportation; 

D.     "person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar legal entity; and

E.     "subcontractor" means a person performing construction for the owner not through a contract with the owner.