{"data":{"id":"us-nm/10-16c-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"10-16C-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Whistleblower Protection Act:\nA. \"good faith\" means that a reasonable basis exists in fact as evidenced by the facts available to the public employee;\nB. \"public employee\" means a person who works for or contracts with a public employer;\nC. \"public employer\" means:\n(1) any department, agency, office, institution, board, commission, committee, branch or district of state government;\n(2) any political subdivision of the state, created under either general or special act, that receives or expends public money from whatever source derived;\n(3) any entity or instrumentality of the state specifically provided for by law; and\n(4) every office or officer of any entity listed in Paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection;\nD. \"retaliatory action\" means taking any discriminatory or adverse employment action against a public employee in the terms and conditions of public employment; and\nE. \"unlawful or improper act\" means a practice, procedure, action or failure to act on the part of a public employer that:\n(1) violates a federal law, a federal regulation, a state law, a state administrative rule or a law of any political subdivision of the state;\n(2) constitutes malfeasance in public office; or\n(3) constitutes gross mismanagement, a waste of funds, an abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to the public.","path":["Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees","ARTICLE 16C Whistleblower Protection"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18510/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"8c169cb339af72c5aa31346017756f3fb4c689bc34a3037258b8de29aaf21cc7","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/10-16c-1","next":"us-nm/10-16c-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}