New Mexico § 14-2-6 - Definitions
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 14-2-6 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 14-2-6. Definitions
As used in the Inspection of Public Records Act: A. “ custodian ” means any person responsible for the maintenance, care or keeping of a public body's
public records, regardless of whether the records are in that person's actual physical
custody and control; B. “ file format ” means the internal structure of an electronic file that defines the way it is stored
and used; C. “ information technology systems ” means computer hardware, storage media, networking equipment, physical devices,
infrastructure, processes and code, firmware, software and ancillary products and
services, including: (1) systems design and analysis; (2) development or modification of hardware or solutions used to create, process,
store, secure or exchange electronic data; (3) information storage and retrieval systems; (4) voice, radio, video and data communication systems; (5) network, hosting and cloud-based systems; (6) simulation and testing; (7) interactions between a user and an information system; and (8) user and system credentials; D. “ inspect ” means to review all public records that are not excluded in Section 14-2-1 NMSA 1978; E. “ person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association or entity; F. “ protected personal identifier information ” means: (1) all but the last four digits of a: (a) taxpayer identification number; (b) financial account number; (c) credit or debit card number; or (d) driver's license number; (2) all but the year of a person's date of birth; (3) a social security number; and (4) with regard to a nonelected employee of a public body in the context of the person's
employment, the employee's nonbusiness home street address, but not the city, state
or zip code; G. “ public body ” means the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state and local governments
and all advisory boards, commissions, committees, agencies or entities created by
the constitution or any branch of government that receives any public funding, including
political subdivisions, special taxing districts, school districts and institutions
of higher education; H. “ public records ” means all documents, papers, letters, books, maps, tapes, photographs, recordings
and other materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that are used,
created, received, maintained or held by or on behalf of any public body and relate
to public business, whether or not the records are required by law to be created or
maintained; and I. “ trade secret ” means trade secret as defined in Subsection D of Section 57-3A-2 NMSA 1978 .
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