A judicial district that collects an alternative dispute resolution fee pursuant to Section 34-6-45 NMSA 1978 shall create an "alternative dispute resolution fund" of the judicial district. Money in the fund shall be used to defray the cost of operating alternative dispute resolution programs established by judicial district court rule approved by the supreme court, including but not limited to arbitration, mediation and settlement facilitation programs. No part of the fund shall revert at the end of any fiscal year.
History: Laws 1986, ch. 26, § 1; 1989, ch. 324, § 27; 1994, ch. 37, § 1.
The 1994 amendment, effective May 18, 1994, rewrote the section heading, which formerly read: "District court arbitration fund created; administration; distribution"; and rewrote the section.
Law reviews. — For comment, "Problems with Court-Annexed Mandatory Arbitration: Illustrations from the New Mexico Experience," see 32 N.M. Rev. 181 (2002).
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration
Section 34-6-1 - Judicial districts.
Section 34-6-2 - District court terms.
Section 34-6-4 - Judges; first judicial district.
Section 34-6-5 - Judges; second judicial district.
Section 34-6-6 - Judges; third judicial district.
Section 34-6-7 - Judges; fourth judicial district.
Section 34-6-8 - Judges; fifth judicial district.
Section 34-6-9 - Judges; sixth judicial district.
Section 34-6-10 - Judges; seventh judicial district.
Section 34-6-11 - Judges; eighth judicial district.
Section 34-6-12 - Judges; ninth judicial district.
Section 34-6-13 - Judges; tenth judicial district.
Section 34-6-14 - Judges; eleventh judicial district.
Section 34-6-15 - Judges; twelfth judicial district.
Section 34-6-16 - Judges; thirteenth judicial district.
Section 34-6-17 - Judges; principal offices.
Section 34-6-18 - Judges; multiple-judge districts; divisions; presiding judges.
Section 34-6-19 - Personnel; designation.
Section 34-6-20 - Personnel; official court reporters; secretaries.
Section 34-6-21 - Personnel; state employees.
Section 34-6-22 - Personnel; oaths and bonds.
Section 34-6-23 - Personnel; travel expenses.
Section 34-6-24 - Operation; location of court; facilities.
Section 34-6-25 - Operation; seal.
Section 34-6-26 - Operation; record; authentication.
Section 34-6-27 - Operation; process.
Section 34-6-28 - Operation; rules.
Section 34-6-29 - Operation; filing and service.
Section 34-6-30 - Operation; notation of filing.
Section 34-6-31 - Operation; nunc pro tunc entries.
Section 34-6-32 - Operation; return of filed papers.
Section 34-6-33 - Operation; dockets and records.
Section 34-6-34 - Finance; statutory construction.
Section 34-6-35 - Finance; payment of expenses.
Section 34-6-36 - Finance; disposition of litigant money; court clerk trust account.
Section 34-6-37 - Finance; disposition of court income; state treasurer account.
Section 34-6-38 - Finance; disposition of unclaimed money.
Section 34-6-39 - Finance; improper disposition of money; penalty.
Section 34-6-40 - Finance; fees.
Section 34-6-40.1 - Civil action by state; filing fee assessed as costs.
Section 34-6-41 - Finance; jury refreshments, meals and rooms.
Section 34-6-42 - Finance; federal functions.
Section 34-6-43 - Finance; statutory fees exclusive.
Section 34-6-44 - District court alternative dispute resolution fund; administration.
Section 34-6-45 - District courts; alternative dispute resolution; fee.
Section 34-6-46 - District court; indigency standard; fee schedule; reimbursement.