{"data":{"id":"us-nm/9-15-57","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"9-15-57","heading":"Solo-worker program.","body":"A. As used in this section:\n(1) \"economic-base job\" means a job in which sixty percent or more of the revenue generated from the goods or services produced derives from outside the state;\n(2) \"program agency\" means a certified business incubator, a community college or an organization whose purpose is to create jobs and promote economic development; and\n(3) \"solo worker\" means a person who is engaged in full-time employment and whose employer, if any, does not supply the office space or amenities used to perform the person's work.\nB. The \"solo-worker program\" is created in the economic development department. The purpose of the solo-worker program is to improve the state's rural and urban economies by creating and sustaining economic-base jobs and expanding businesses owned and operated by solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs.\nC. To carry out the purpose of the solo-worker program, the department shall provide matching funding, if other funds become available, to program agencies for advancing initiatives that:\n(1) create opportunities for New Mexico residents to become solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs;\n(2) support the continued employment and business expansion of existing solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs;\n(3) recruit from outside of the state solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs; and\n(4) make the state and its local communities more competitive for creating, attracting and retaining solo- worker jobs.","path":["Chapter 9 - Executive Department","ARTICLE 15 Economic Development Department"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18509/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"955295a5dce1b590ebfd24b2a80728216aa6b42751b1ec5c61411630e5f962b7","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/9-15-56","next":"us-nm/9-15-58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}