New Mexico § 59A-53-7 Distribution of fire protection fund

New Mexico Statutes

§ 59A-53-7 — Distribution of fire protection fund

New Mexico § 59A-53-7

Ch. 59AInsurance Code

Art. 53Fire Protection Fund

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 59A-53-7 (2026).

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A.Based on periodic allotments approved by the marshal, the state treasurer shall distribute from the money in the fire protection fund, to each municipality and county fire district, the amount that the marshal or the secretary of homeland security and emergency management has certified to the state treasurer. Payment shall be made to the treasurer of any municipality and to the county treasurer of the county in which any county fire district is located for credit to the county fire district.

B.The state treasurer is authorized to redirect a distribution to the New Mexico finance authority in the amount that the marshal or the secretary of homeland security and emergency management, as the case may be, has certified to the state treasurer pursuant to an ordinance or a resolution passed

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A. Based on periodic allotments approved by the marshal, the state treasurer shall distribute from the money in the fire protection fund, to each municipality and county fire district, the amount that the marshal or the secretary of homeland security and emergency management has certified to the state treasurer. Payment shall be made to the treasurer of any municipality and to the county treasurer of the county in which any county fire district is located for credit to the county fire district. B. The state treasurer is authorized to redirect a distribution to the New Mexico finance authority in the amount that the marshal or the secretary of homeland security and emergency management, as the case may be, has certified to the state treasurer pursuant to an ordinance or a resolution passed by the municipality or county and a written agreement of the municipality or county in which any county fire district is located and the New Mexico finance authority. C. In addition to the distributions made pursuant to Subsections A and B of this section, upon certification by the marshal that the balance of the firefighters' survivors fund is less than one million dollars ($1,000,000), the state treasurer shall distribute an amount from the fire protection fund to the firefighters' survivors fund so that the balance of the firefighters' survivors fund equals one million dollars ($1,000,000).