N.M. Stat. § 21-19-13
Distributions of development training funds.
A. Of appropriations made in any fiscal year for development training, up to two-
thirds shall be expended in urban communities in the state. At least one-third of the
appropriations made in any fiscal year for development training shall be expended in
nonurban communities.
B. Of money available in the development training fund, the economic development
department may use in any fiscal year:
(1)
up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to generally administer the
development training program; and
(2)
in addition to the general administration funding allowed in Paragraph (1)
of this subsection, up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to administer the provisions of
Section 21-19-7.1 NMSA 1978.
C. Up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) of development training funds may be used
to reimburse film and multimedia production companies and to provide preemployment
training for that industry pursuant to the provisions of Section 21-19-7.1 NMSA 1978.
D. Up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) disbursed annually from the development
training program may be dedicated to development training in green industries.
E. As used in this section:
(1)
"green industries" means industries that contribute directly to preserving or
enhancing environmental quality by reducing waste and pollution or by producing
sustainable products using sustainable processes and materials. Green industries
provide opportunities for advancement along a career track of increasing skills and
wages. Green industries include:
(a) energy system retrofits to increase energy efficiency and conservation;
(b) production and distribution of biofuels and vehicle retrofits for biofuels;
(c) building design and construction that meet the equivalent of best available
technology in energy and environmental design standards;
(d) organic and community food production;
(e) manufacture of products from non-toxic, environmentally certified or
recycled materials;
(f) manufacture and production of sustainable technologies, including solar
panels, wind turbines and fuel cells;
(g) solar technology installation and maintenance;
(h) recycling, green composting and large-scale reuse of construction and
demolition materials and debris; and
(i) water system retrofits to increase water efficiency and conservation;
(2)
"nonurban community" means a municipality that is not an urban
community or is the unincorporated area of a county; and
(3)
"urban community" means a municipality with a population of forty
thousand or more according to the most recent federal decennial census.