New Mexico Statutes
Article 5A - Dental Health Care
Section 61-5A-26 - Fund established. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. There is created in the state treasury the "board of dental health care fund".
B. All money received by the board and money collected under the Dental Health Care Act shall be deposited with the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall credit this money to the board of dental health care fund except money collected for the impaired assessment, which shall be held separate from the board fund. Fees collected by the board from fines shall be deposited in the board of dental health care fund and, at the discretion of the board and the committee, may be transferred into the impaired dentists and dental hygienists fund.
C. Payment out of the board of dental health care fund shall be on vouchers issued and signed by the secretary-treasurer of the board upon warrants drawn by the department of finance and administration in accordance with the budget approved by that department.
D. Except as provided in Paragraph (7) of Subsection C of Section 3 of this 2017 act, all amounts paid into the board of dental health care fund are subject to the order of the board and are to be used only for meeting necessary expenses incurred in executing the provisions and duties of the Dental Health Care Act. All money unused at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund for use in accordance with provisions of the Dental Health Care Act.
E. All funds that have accumulated to the credit of the board under any previous law shall be continued for use by the board in administration of the Dental Health Care Act.
History: Laws 1994, ch. 55, § 26; 2003, ch. 409, § 19; 2017 (1st S.S.), ch. 1, § 8.
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-5A-30 NMSA 1978.
Compiler's notes. — "Paragraph (7) of Subsection C of Section 3 of this 2017 act", referred to in Subsection D of this section, was a fifty thousand dollar ($50,000) transfer from the board of dental health care fund to the fiscal year 2017 appropriation account of the general fund.
The 2017 (1st S.S.) amendment, effective May 26, 2017, authorized the transfer of funds from the board of dental health care fund to the fiscal year 2017 appropriation account of the general fund; in Subsection D, after the subsection designation, added "Except as provided in Paragraph (7) of Subsection C of Section 3 of this 2017 act".
The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, inserted "of dental health care" following "money to the board" near the middle of the second sentence of Subsection B.

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