N.M. Stat. § 36-1A-3

As used in the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act:

A. “appeal” means a formal request for a full hearing before the board or authorized hearing officer to review a disciplinary action solely involving suspension, demotion or termination of a covered employee in a district attorney's office;

B. “board” means the District Attorney Personnel Review Board;

C. “class specification” means a written statement of the duties and responsibilities characteristic of a class of positions, and includes the class title, supervision exercised and received, guidelines available, examples of work performed, working conditions and minimum qualifications or substitutions thereof that specify education, training, health, experience, knowledge, abilities and skills required for a position;

D. “classification series” means a group of class specifications or employment positions similar enough in powers and responsibilities that they can be covered by similar qualifications and titles. A classification series may consist of many levels, starting with the entry level position and advancing upward in duties, complexity, authority and responsibility;

E. “compensation plan” means a plan that establishes for each class in the plan a salary range that consists of at least minimum and maximum salaries, as authorized by the legislature;

F. “covered employee” means a person in a full-time or part-time covered position who has successfully completed the probationary period and is covered by all provisions of the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act;

G. “covered position” means any position within a district attorney's office except the positions of district attorney, attorney, district office manager and special program director;

H. “disciplinary action” means a suspension, demotion or dismissal of a covered employee;

I. “district attorneys” means the present fourteen duly elected district attorneys, or a substitute appointee for one of them, plus any additional elected district attorneys or future appointees created after the effective date of the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act;

J. “employee” means a person in a full-time or part-time position in a district attorney's office but shall not be construed to include district attorneys;

K. “performance evaluation” means the written appraisal of an employee's performance of assigned duties;

L. “position” means any position in a district attorney's office; and

M. “probationary employee” means a person who is appointed to a covered position but who has not yet completed the probationary period.