The marshal shall promptly notify each municipality and county fire district affected of the marshal's determination of needs, and a municipality or county fire district may appeal from the determination of the marshal to the commission, within ten days after the determination of needs. The commission shall review the determination of the marshal in such informal and summary proceedings as it deems proper and shall certify to the state treasurer annually, on or before the last day of June, the results of all appeals from the determinations of the marshal. The certification by the commission, or by the marshal if no appeal is taken, shall be final and binding on all concerned and not subject to any further review.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 977; 1989, ch. 312, § 6; 1998, ch. 108, § 43; 2012, ch. 20, § 7.
The 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, incorporated the defined terms "municipality" and "marshal"; substituted "municipality" for "incorporated cities, towns and villages" and "marshal" for the personal pronoun "his" throughout the section.
The 1998 amendment, effective January 1, 1999, substituted "an incorporated" for "any" in the first sentence, substituted "commission" for "state fire board" in two places, and, in the second sentence, substituted "commission" for "state insurance board" and "it deems" for "it may deem".
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.