A. The department and the forestry division shall jointly establish the "inmate forestry work camp program" to provide inmate labor for natural resource work planned by the forestry division. The purpose of the program is to use minimum security male and female inmates to work on natural resource projects on public lands, fire suppression and emergency response activities as directed in an emergency declaration issued by the governor.
B. The program is not an inmate-release program pursuant to the provisions of Sections 33-2-43 through 33-2-47 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1998, ch. 57, § 3.
Effective dates. — Laws 1998, ch. 57 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const. art. IV, § 23, was effective May 20, 1998, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions
Article 13 - Inmate Forestry Work Camp
Section 33-13-1 - Short title.
Section 33-13-2 - Definitions.
Section 33-13-3 - Inmate forestry work camp program; purpose; limitation.
Section 33-13-4 - Inmate eligibility.
Section 33-13-6 - Inmates not employees.
Section 33-13-7 - Forestry division; interagency cooperation; program participation.