N.M. Admin. Code § 2.42.3.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 2.42.3.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Authorized mover" means a mover authorized by the state corporation commission or its successor agency to operate as a mover in the state of New Mexico.

B. "Authorized trailer rental firm" and "authorized truck rental firm" mean, respectively, a trailer rental firm or truck rental firm authorized by the state corporation commission or its successor agency to rent trucks and/or trailers to consumers in the state of New Mexico.

C. "Designated post of duty" means the location a public officer or employee is assigned to work by a state agency.

D. "Former residence" means a public officer's or employee's principal residence immediately before departure to a new designated post of duty.

E. "May" means that an agency can, within its discretion, but is not obligated to, reimburse public officers or employees for any actual and reasonable moving expenses.

F. "New residence" means the public officer's or employee's principal residence after assignment to a new designated post of duty and departure from a former designated post of duty.

G. "State agency" means the state of New Mexico or any of its executive agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities or institutions but shall not include state educational institutions set forth in Article 12, Section 11, of the New Mexico Constitution.

H. "Reimburse" means to make payment for actual and reasonable moving expenses:

(1) to a public officer or state employee; or

(2) to an independent contractor who has provided moving services to a public officer or state employee provided that:

(a) a contract exists between the public officer or state employee and the independent contractor; and

(b) the public officer or state employee would otherwise be entitled to reimbursement for the moving expenses.

I. "Manufactured home" means, as defined by the Motor Vehicle Code, Section 66-1-4.11 B. NMSA 1978, as amended, a moveable or portable housing structure that exceeds either a width of eight feet or a length of forty feet, constructed to be towed on its own chassis and designed to be installed with or without a permanent foundation for human occupancy.

N.M. Admin. Code § 2.42.3.7

5/15/97; Recompiled 10/1/01