Whenever the marshal, after the last day of May in any year, determines that a municipality or county fire district, operating a new fire department, has met the requirements of Chapter 59A, Article 53 NMSA 1978 for the first time, the marshal may certify to the state treasurer the name of the municipality or county fire district and the amount required, on the same basis as provided in that article, but not to exceed an amount commensurate with the period of time for which such pro rata distribution is made; and distribution of the amount certified shall be made as otherwise provided in that article.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 987; 1989, ch. 312, § 16; 2012, ch. 20, § 16.
The 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, incorporated the defined terms "municipality" and "marshal"; substituted "municipality" for "incorporated city, town or village" and "city, town or village"; and substituted "the marshal" for the personal pronoun "he".
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.