Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all salaries and expenses of the magistrate court shall be paid by the state treasurer upon warrants of the secretary of finance and administration, supported by vouchers approved by the chief district judge and in accordance with budgets approved by the state budget division of the department of finance and administration.
History: 1953 Comp., § 36-9-11, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 106; 1977, ch. 247, § 149; 2021, ch. 95, § 8.
The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, transferred duties of the administrative office of the courts to individual judicial districts; and after "approved by the", deleted "director of the administrative office of the courts" and added "chief district judge".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 35 - Magistrate and Municipal Courts
Article 7 - Magistrate Court; Magistrate Administration
Section 35-7-3 - Magistrate administration; standardized monthly reports.
Section 35-7-4 - Magistrate administration; monthly remittances.
Section 35-7-5 - Magistrate administration; public money; commingling; trust fund bank account.
Section 35-7-7 - Magistrate administration; conflict of interest.
Section 35-7-9 - Magistrate administration; court facilities.
Section 35-7-10 - Magistrate administration; clerical assistants.
Section 35-7-11 - Magistrate administration; finances.
Section 35-7-12 - Magistrate administration; rules of pleading, practice and procedure.