Section 9-15-3 - Definitions

As used in the Economic Development Department Act:A. 'commission' means the economic development commission;B. 'creative industry' means a business, organization or person engaged in creative enterprises, including performing, visual and literary arts; entertainment, media, information and broadcasting; applied arts and design, including architecture, landscape architecture, museum and gallery professions; promotion, marketing, graphics and industrial design; technology and computer system design, software design, coding and digital media; and crafts and artisan professions, including metal, wood, glass, ceramics, paper, printing, textile and culinary arts; 'creative industry' does not mean a business, organization or person engaged in creative enterprises involving film;C. 'department' means the economic development department; D. 'film' means filming activity supported by the New Mexico film division of the department; andE. 'secretary' means the secretary of economic development. History: Laws 1983, ch. 297, § 3; 1988, ch. 81, § 2; 1991, ch. 21, § 11; 1993, ch. 101, § 1; 2023, ch. 183, § 1.

sion of the department; andE. 'secretary' means the secretary of economic development. History: Laws 1983, ch. 297, § 3; 1988, ch. 81, § 2; 1991, ch. 21, § 11; 1993, ch. 101, § 1; 2023, ch. 183, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, defined 'creative industry' and 'film' as used in the Economic Development Department Act; added a new Subsection B and redesignated former Subsection B as Subsection C; added a new Subsection D; and redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection E. The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, deleted 'and tourism' following 'development' in Subsection A and, in Subsection C, deleted 'department' following 'development' and made a minor stylistic change. The 1991 amendment, effective March 27, 1991, deleted 'and Tourism' following 'Development' in the introductory language and 'and tourism' following 'development' in Subsections A and B; deleted former Subsections C, E and F, which defined 'research and development', 'technical excellence' and 'technological innovation', respectively; redesignated former Subsection D as present Subsection C; and, in Subsection C, substituted 'the economic development department' for 'economic

cellence' and 'technological innovation', respectively; redesignated former Subsection D as present Subsection C; and, in Subsection C, substituted 'the economic development department' for 'economic development and tourism'.