As used in the Public Securities Limitation of Action Act [6-14-4 to 6-14-7 NMSA 1978]; A. 'public security' means a bond, note, certificate of indebtedness or other obligation for the payment of money, issued by this state or by any public body thereof; B. 'state' means the state of New Mexico and any board, commission, department, corporation, instrumentality or agency thereof; and C. 'public body' of the state means any state educational institution or other state institution, its board of regents or other governing body thereof constituting a body corporate, any county, city, town, village, school district, irrigation district, drainage district, conservancy district, sanitation district, water district, commission, authority or other political subdivision of the state constituting a body corporate. History: 1953 Comp., § 11-11-2, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 350, § 2.
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