New Mexico § 20-9-3 Unit funds

New Mexico Statutes

§ 20-9-3 — Unit funds

New Mexico § 20-9-3

Ch. 20Military Affairs

Art. 9Property and Funds

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 20-9-3 (2026).

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Each unit or detachment of the national guard shall keep a unit general welfare fund composed of any funds earned by the unit or its members, funds contributed to the unit or to its welfare fund or fines or forfeitures imposed under the Code of Military Justice [Chapter 20, Article 12 NMSA 1978] against unit members when allocated to the fund by the adjutant general. Each unit general welfare fund shall be held in a local commercial bank account and shall be expended for the general welfare of the members of the unit. Accountability for general welfare funds shall be in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the adjutant general. The unit general welfare fund shall be separate and apart from any other fund maintained by the unit which is funded by allocations from federal sources.

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Each unit or detachment of the national guard shall keep a unit general welfare fund composed of any funds earned by the unit or its members, funds contributed to the unit or to its welfare fund or fines or forfeitures imposed under the Code of Military Justice [Chapter 20, Article 12 NMSA 1978] against unit members when allocated to the fund by the adjutant general. Each unit general welfare fund shall be held in a local commercial bank account and shall be expended for the general welfare of the members of the unit. Accountability for general welfare funds shall be in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the adjutant general. The unit general welfare fund shall be separate and apart from any other fund maintained by the unit which is funded by allocations from federal sources. In the event of reorganization, deactivation, redesignation or reassignment of units, the adjutant general shall order such disposition of that unit's general welfare fund as will best benefit the members or former members of the unit so affected.