Section 24-15-3 - Definitions

As used in the Ski Safety Act: A. 'ski lift' means any device operated by a ski area operator used to transport passengers by single or double reversible tramway, chair lift or gondola lift, T-bar lift, J-bar lift, platter lift or similar device or a fiber rope tow; B. 'passenger' means any person, at any time in the year, who is lawfully using a ski lift or is waiting to embark or has recently disembarked from a ski lift and is in its immediate vicinity; C. 'ski area' means the property owned, permitted, leased or under the control of the ski area operator and administered as a single enterprise within the state; D. 'ski area operator' means any person, partnership, corporation or other commercial entity and its agents, officers, employees or representatives who has operational responsibility for any ski area or ski lift; E. 'skiing' means participating in the sport in which a person slides on snow, ice or a combination of snow and ice while using skis; F. 'skiing area' means all slopes, trails, terrain parks and competition areas, not including any ski lift; G. 'skier' means any person, including a person enrolled in ski school or other class for instruction, who is on skis and

pes, trails, terrain parks and competition areas, not including any ski lift; G. 'skier' means any person, including a person enrolled in ski school or other class for instruction, who is on skis and present at a skiing area under the control of a ski area operator for the purpose of engaging in the sport of skiing by utilizing the ski slopes and trails and does not include a passenger; H. 'ski slopes and trails' means those areas designated by the ski area operator to be used by skiers for the purpose of participating in the sport of skiing; I. 'ski retention device' means a device designed to help prevent runaway skis; and J. 'skis' means any device used for skiing, including alpine skis, telemark skis, cross-country skis, mono-skis, snowboards, bladerunners, adaptive devices used by disabled skiers, or tubes, sleds or any other device used to accomplish the same or a similar purpose to participate in the sport of skiing. History: Laws 1969, ch. 218, § 3; 1953 Comp., § 12-16-3; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 12-28-3 by Laws 1972, ch. 51, § 9; 1978 Comp., § 24-15-3, repealed and reenacted by Laws 1979, ch. 279, § 3; 1997, ch. 211, § 2. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments.

16-3; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 12-28-3 by Laws 1972, ch. 51, § 9; 1978 Comp., § 24-15-3, repealed and reenacted by Laws 1979, ch. 279, § 3; 1997, ch. 211, § 2. ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1979, ch. 279, § 3 repealed and reenacted 24-15-3 NMSA 1978, effective April 4, 1979.The 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, inserted 'at any time in the year' near the beginning of Subsection B, added Subsections E and J, redesignated former Subsections E to H as Subsections F to I, inserted 'terrain parks and competition areas' in Subsection F, inserted 'including a person enrolled in ski school or other class for instruction, who is on skis and' near the beginning of Subsection G, substituted 'a passenger' for 'the use of a ski lift' at the end of Subsection G, and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section.