§ 29-13-2.1. Definitions

As used in the Law Enforcement Protection Fund Act: A. “ academy ” means the New Mexico law enforcement academy; B. “ division ” means the local government division of the department of finance and administration; C. “ fund ” means the law enforcement protection fund; D. “ governmental entity ” means the academy, the department of public safety, a municipality, a county, a university, a tribe or a school district; E. “ school district police department ” means a department of commissioned law enforcement officers who are charged with preventing, investigating and solving crimes on school district property; F. “ tribal police department ” means the police department of a tribe that has entered into an agreement with the department of public safety pursuant to Section 29-1-11 NMSA 1978; G. “ tribe ” means an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo located wholly or partly in New Mexico; and H. “ university ” means a four-year post-secondary educational institution listed in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico .