45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2002

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE STATE DEFENSE FORCE; EXTENDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OF THE STATE DEFENSE FORCE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. WORKERS' COMPENSATION.--Whenever a member of the state defense force is on state-ordered duty or is traveling directly to or from that duty, he is a worker under the Workers' Compensation Act and the department of military affairs is his employer. The average weekly wage of a member of the state defense force shall be computed as seven times the daily pay and allowances and the value of rations and quarters supplied him while on state duty.

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