New Mexico Statutes
Article 3 - State Budgets
Section 6-3-8 - [Violation of expenditure restrictions; penalty.]

Any public official or employee who shall violate provisions of this act [6-3-6, 6-3-8 NMSA 1978] shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor less than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years, or both, and in addition thereto, shall be liable for the payment to the state of all amounts expended for any payment made in violation thereof.
History: 1953 Comp., § 11-4-1.9, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 38, § 2.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 6 - Public Finances

Article 3 - State Budgets

Section 6-3-1 - State agency defined.

Section 6-3-2 - Director of state budget division; qualifications.

Section 6-3-3 - State budget division; cooperation between state budget division and state agencies; assistance to state agencies.

Section 6-3-4 - State budget division; cooperation with legislature and committees; to supply information to legislature and committees.

Section 6-3-5 - State budget division; research; surveys; reports.

Section 6-3-6 - State budget division; periodic allotments.

Section 6-3-7 - Annual operating budgets; supervision and control; submission of proposed budgets; approval; review by governor.

Section 6-3-8 - [Violation of expenditure restrictions; penalty.]

Section 6-3-9 - State agency defined.

Section 6-3-10 - Budget defined.

Section 6-3-11 - Parts of the budget.

Section 6-3-11.2 - Repealed.

Section 6-3-12 - Printing of budget.

Section 6-3-13 - Index.

Section 6-3-14 - Repealed.

Section 6-3-15 - State budget division director; powers and duties.

Section 6-3-16 - Power to sue.

Section 6-3-17 - Agencies subject to act.

Section 6-3-18 - Budget forms.

Section 6-3-19 - Agencies to complete budget forms.

Section 6-3-20 - Review of budget forms.

Section 6-3-21 - Preparation of the budget.

Section 6-3-22 - Copies of the budget.

Section 6-3-23 - Budget adjustment defined.

Section 6-3-24 - Budget adjustments; authorizations permitted.

Section 6-3-25 - Budget adjustment procedure.