New Mexico Statutes
Part 2 - TRAFFIC OFFENSES
Section 66-8-119 - Penalty assessment revenue; disposition.

A. The division shall remit all penalty assessment receipts, except receipts collected pursuant to Subsections A through I of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978, to the state treasurer for credit to the general fund.
B. The division shall remit all penalty assessment fee receipts collected pursuant to:
(1) Subsection A of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the local government corrections fund;
(2) Subsection B of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the court automation fund;
(3) Subsection C of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the traffic safety education and enforcement fund;
(4) Subsection D of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the judicial education fund;
(5) Subsection E of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the jury and witness fee fund;
(6) Subsection F of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the juvenile adjudication fund;
(7) Subsection G of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the brain injury services fund;
(8) Subsection H of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the court facilities fund; and
(9) Subsection I of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the magistrate courts operations fund.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-22-4.3, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 159; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 64-8-119, by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 527; 1981, ch. 360, § 10; 1983, ch. 134, § 8; 1988, ch. 121, § 6; 1990, ch. 57, § 3; 1993, ch. 273, § 7; 1997, ch. 242, § 6; 1997, ch. 247, § 3; 1998 (1st S.S.), ch. 6, § 5; 2009, ch. 245, § 6; 2010, ch. 7, § 3.
Cross references. — For definition of "division", see 66-1-4.4 NMSA 1978.
For traffic safety education and enforcement fund, see 66-7-512 NMSA 1978.
For general fund, see 6-4-2 NMSA 1978.
For brain injury services fund, see 24-1-24 NMSA 1978.
For local governments correction fund, see 33-3-25 NMSA 1978.
For court automation fund, see 34-9-10 NMSA 1978.
For court automation fee, see 35-6-1 NMSA 1978, 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 and 66-8-119 NMSA 1978.
The 2010 amendment, effective May 19, 2010, added Paragraphs (6) and (9) of Subsection B, and renumbered paragraphs accordingly.
The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009, in Paragraph (5) of Subsection B, after "Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978", added "to the state treasurer for credit to the jury and witness fee fund"; and added Paragraph (6) of Subsection B.
The 1998 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, substituted "F" for "E" in Subsection A, and added Paragraph B(6), making minor related stylistic changes.
The 1997 amendments. — Identical amendments to this section, enacted by Laws 1997, ch. 242, § 6 and Laws 1997, ch. 247, § 3, effective July 1, 1997, added the subsection designations, deleted the language "the court automation fee collected pursuant to", "the traffic safety fee collected pursuant to" and "and the judicial education fee collected pursuant to" at the end of Paragraphs B(1), (2) and (3), respectively, and added Paragraph B(5).
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "A through D" for "A, B and C" and deleted "state" before "general fund" in the first sentence; and deleted "and" before "the traffic safety fee" and added the language beginning "and the judicial education fee" to the end, in the second sentence.
The 1990 amendment, effective July 1, 1990, substituted "Subsections A, B and C of Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978" for "Subsections D and E of Section 66-8-116 NMSA 1978" in the first sentence and rewrote the second sentence which read "The division shall remit all penalty assessment fee receipts collected pursuant to Subsection D of Section 66-8-116 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the local government corrections fund and the court automation fee collected pursuant to Subsection E of Section 66-8-116 NMSA 1978 to the state treasurer for credit to the court automation fund".
The 1988 amendment, effective March 8, 1988, substituted "Subsections D and E" for "Subsection D" in the first sentence, and added all of the language of the second sentence following the first instance of "corrections fund".

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