The purpose of the Law Enforcement Protection Fund Act is to provide for the equitable distribution of money to municipal police, university police, tribal police and county sheriff's departments for use in the maintenance and improvement of those departments in order to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of law enforcement services and to sustain at a reasonable level the payments available to the surviving eligible family members of a peace officer killed in the line of duty.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 289, § 2; 1993, ch. 179, § 3; 1998, ch. 83, § 1; 2002, ch. 78, § 4.
The 2002 amendment, effective May 15, 2002, inserted "and to sustain at a reasonable level the payments available to the surviving eligible family members of a peace officer killed in the line of duty" at the end of the section.
The 1998 amendment, effective March 9, 1998, substituted "police, university police" for "and" near the middle of the section.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "money" for "funds" and substituted "tribal police and county sheriff's departments" for "county police and sheriff departments".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 13 - Law Enforcement Protection Fund
Section 29-13-1 - Short title.
Section 29-13-2 - Purpose of act.
Section 29-13-2 - Purpose of act. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 29-13-2.1 - Definitions.
Section 29-13-2.1 - Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 29-13-4 - Determination of needs and rate of distribution.
Section 29-13-4 - Determination of needs and rate of distribution. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 29-13-5 - Determination of needs; review.
Section 29-13-5 - Determination of needs; review. (Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 29-13-6 - Distribution of law enforcement protection fund.
Section 29-13-7 - Expenditure limitation; control.
Section 29-13-7 - Expenditure limitation; control. (Effective July 1, 2022.)