N.M. Stat. § 58-33-2
Definitions.
As used in the New Mexico Work and Save Act:
A. "board" means the New Mexico work and save board;
B. "board member" means a member of the board;
C. "covered employee" means a person who is at least eighteen years of age and
who is employed by a covered employer, either full time or part time, or a person who is
self-employed as a sole proprietor or an independent contractor; provided that "covered
employee" does not include an employee:
(1)
covered under the federal Railway Labor Act;
(2)
on whose behalf an employer makes contributions to a multi-employer
pension trust fund pursuant to the federal Taft-Hartley Act; or
(3)
of federal, state or local governments or any agency, department, board,
commission, institution or instrumentality of those governments;
D. "covered employer" means a person engaged in a business, industry, profession,
trade, nonprofit or other enterprise with its primary place of business physically located
in New Mexico, but does not include a federal, state or local government or any agency,
department, board, commission, institution or instrumentality of those governments;
E. "default investment option" means a Roth individual retirement account with a
target date fund investment and a default contribution rate established by the board;
F. "financial institution" means a duly licensed bank, savings and loan association,
credit union, broker-dealer, asset manager, insurance company, mutual fund or other
financial entity;
G. "financial service provider" means a financial or investment service provider that,
if approved by the board as meeting the eligibility criteria, may administer and maintain
one or more program participant investment accounts or one or more marketplace
participant accounts for which the provider is a fiduciary;
H. "Internal Revenue Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended;
I. "IRA" means an individual retirement account that conforms to the requirements
of Section 408(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;
J. "marketplace participant" means a covered employer that establishes a plan
through the New Mexico retirement plan marketplace or a covered employee who
establishes an investment account through the New Mexico retirement plan
marketplace;
K. "New Mexico retirement plan marketplace" means a board-approved web-based
marketplace that facilitates access to retirement savings plans for private sector and
nonprofit employers and employees, including multiple-employer plans;
L. "New Mexico work and save IRA program" means the retirement savings
program, designed and implemented by the board, that facilitates payroll deductions of
program participants in individual retirement accounts without any contributions from
covered employers;
M. "New Mexico work and save platform" means the online digital service designed
and implemented by the board to facilitate interaction among covered employers,
covered employees, program participants, financial service providers and other users
via the internet;
N. "participating employer" means a covered employer that provides payroll
deductions for individual retirement accounts through the New Mexico work and save
IRA program but that does not contribute to those accounts;
O. "program participant" means a covered employee who is contributing to an
individual retirement account through the New Mexico work and save IRA program or
has an individual retirement account balance through the New Mexico work and save
IRA program;
P. "Roth individual retirement account" means a voluntary payroll deduction Roth
individual retirement account that conforms to the requirements of Section 408A of the
Internal Revenue Code; and
Q. "total fees and expenses" means all fees, costs and expenses, including
administrative expenses, investment expenses of the New Mexico work and save IRA
program, investment advice expenses, accounting costs, actuarial costs, legal costs,
marketing expenses, education expenses, trading costs, insurance annuitization costs
and other operating expenses.