New Mexico § 9-15-57 Solo-worker program

New Mexico Statutes

§ 9-15-57 — Solo-worker program

New Mexico § 9-15-57

Ch. 9Executive Department

Art. 15Economic Development Department

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 9-15-57 (2026).

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A. As used in this section:

(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;

(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 (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. B. 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

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A. As used in this section: (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; (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 (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. B. 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. C. 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: (1) create opportunities for New Mexico residents to become solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs; (2) support the continued employment and business expansion of existing solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs; (3) recruit from outside of the state solo workers engaged in economic-base jobs; and (4) make the state and its local communities more competitive for creating, attracting and retaining solo- worker jobs.