{"data":{"id":"us-nm/10-9-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"10-9-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Personnel Act:\nA. \"director\" means the personnel director;\nB. \"board\" means the personnel board;\nC. \"service\" means the state personnel service created by the Personnel Act, and includes all positions covered by the Personnel Act;\nD. \"position\" means any state office, job, or position of employment;\nE. \"employer\" means any authority having power to fill positions, in an agency;\nF. \"agency\" means any state department, bureau, division, branch or administrative group which is under the same employer;\nG. \"class\" means a group of positions similar enough in powers and responsibilities that they can be covered by the same qualifications and rate of pay;\nH. \"test\" means a test of the qualifications, fitness and ability, and includes tests that are written, oral, physical or in the form of a demonstration of skill or any combination thereof;\nI. \"employee\" means a person in a position in the service who has completed his probationary period; and\nJ. \"probationer\" means a person in a position in the service who is still in the probationary period for that position.","path":["Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees","ARTICLE 9 Personnel"],"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":"a567b7c201e97070ff8bc8c53709717afda89cfda9130d27e593144cb38e61f3","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/10-9-2","next":"us-nm/10-9-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}