The "fire protection grant fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of transfers, distributions, appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund. Income from the fund shall be credited to the fund, and money in the fund shall not revert or be transferred to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year. Money in the fund is appropriated to the fire protection grant council for the purposes of making distributions approved by the council for the critical needs of municipal fire departments and county fire districts. Expenditures from the fund shall be made on warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the marshal.
History: Laws 2006, ch. 103, § 7; 2012, ch. 20, § 17; 2017, ch. 1, § 7; 2021, ch. 125, § 2.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, provided that income from the fire protection grant fund shall be credited to the fire protection grant fund, and provided that money in the fire protection grant fund shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year; and after "bequests made to the fund", added "Income from the fund shall be credited to the fund, and", after "money in the fund shall", added "not", after "revert", added "or be transferred", and after "to", deleted "the general" and added "any other".
The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, required that balances in the fire protection grant fund revert to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year; and in the third sentence, deleted "Income from the fund shall be credited to the fund, and", after "Money in the fund shall", deleted "not", and after "revert", deleted "or be transferred to any other" and added "to the general".
The 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, corrected the reference to municipal fire departments, and in the third sentence, after "critical needs of municipal", added "fire departments".
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.