A. Amounts so distributed from the fire protection fund to a municipality or to any county fire district shall be expended under the direction of the chief of the fire department of the municipality or county fire district, upon duly executed vouchers approved as required by law.
B. In no event is any amount to be expended for any purpose that does not relate directly to the permitted purposes specifically stated in Sections 59A-53-8 and 59A-53-9 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 982; 1989, ch. 312, § 11; 2012, ch. 20, § 12.
The 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, incorporated the defined term "municipality" and corrected an error regarding the expenditure of funds by county fire districts; in Subsection A, after "fire protection fund to" changed "incorporated city, town or village" to "municipality"; after "fire department of the", changed "city, town, village" to "a municipality"; and after "chief of the fire department of the municipality or", added "county fire".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 53 - Fire Protection Fund
Section 59A-53-1 - Short title.
Section 59A-53-2.1 - Definitions.
Section 59A-53-3 - Determination and certification of needs.
Section 59A-53-4 - Criteria for determination of needs; municipal fire department.
Section 59A-53-5 - Establishment of fire districts.
Section 59A-53-5.1 - Maximum amounts to be certified.
Section 59A-53-5.2 - Appropriations and transfers from the fire protection fund.
Section 59A-53-5.3 - Fire station and fire protection services across jurisdictional lines.
Section 59A-53-6 - Appeal and review of determination.
Section 59A-53-7 - Distribution of fire protection fund.
Section 59A-53-8 - Expenditure of fire protection fund money.
Section 59A-53-9 - Limitations on expenditures.
Section 59A-53-10 - Interest in land for fire stations or substations.
Section 59A-53-12 - Promulgation of rules.
Section 59A-53-13 - Liability for unauthorized expenditure.
Section 59A-53-14 - Closure of fire department.
Section 59A-53-16 - New fire departments.
Section 59A-53-17 - Mutual assistance.
Section 59A-53-18 - Fire protection grant fund; created; uses.