Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 59A-53-5 and 59A-53-12 NMSA 1978, or any other provision of law to the contrary, fire districts may render assistance to other fire districts, and equipment of fire districts may be used outside the district, if the use is authorized by the county fire marshal, and the county fire marshal before he authorizes the use, provides for standby equipment or move-up equipment, so that the assisting district which goes to the aid of another district has equipment available from an adjacent district for use in the assisting district in the event of a fire in the assisting district.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 988; 2006, ch. 103, § 6.
The 2006 amendment, effective May 17, 2006, changed "Sections 976 and 983 of this article" to "Sections 59A-53-5 and 59A-53-12 NMSA 1978", and changed "independent fire districts" to "fire districts".
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.