As used in this act [42-2-1 to 42-2-16 NMSA 1978], "state" includes any commission, department, institution, bureau or agency thereof as well as all political subdivisions of the state.
History: 1953 Comp., § 22-9-40, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 324, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSState highway commission (now state transportation commission) authorized by legislature to acquire property. — The state highway commission (now state transportation commission) is a department of the state of New Mexico, and authorized by the legislature to acquire property for highway purposes. State ex rel. State Hwy. Comm'n v. Burks, 1968-NMSC-121, 79 N.M. 373, 443 P.2d 866.
Acquiring land for county sewage disposal facility. — The governing body of a county has the power of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring land for a county sewage disposal facility, including a sewage lagoon. 1963 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 63-75.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 72 Am. Jur. 2d States, Territories, and Dependencies §§ 2, 3.