No amount so distributed from the fire protection fund to a municipality or to any county fire district shall be expended in connection with the construction, purchase or equipment of any fire station or substation in addition to those existing upon the date of distribution by the state treasurer, during the year following such distribution, without the prior written approval of the marshal.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 980; 1989, ch. 312, § 9; 2012, ch. 20, § 10.
The 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, incorporated the defined term "municipality"; after "fire protection fund to", deleted "any incorporated city, town or village" and added "a municipality".
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.