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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 33. Correctional Institutions § 33-3B-4. County detention facility reimbursement fund created; distribution

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

A. The “county detention facility reimbursement fund” is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund. Money in the fund shall not revert or be transferred to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year, and income from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The division shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the division to make distributions to counties in accordance with Subsection B of this section. Disbursements from the fund shall be by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the director of the division. No money in the fund shall be expended by the division for the purpose of administering the fund.

B. Annually, on or before January 30 and to the extent money in the fund is available for such purposes, money in the fund shall be distributed by the state treasurer as follows:

(1) an amount equal to seventy percent of the fund less thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to eligible counties in the amounts certified to the division in accordance with Section 3 of the County Detention Facility Reimbursement Act;

(2) thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to the New Mexico sentencing commission to fund the annual calculation of the felony offender incarceration percentage and the distribution amount for each eligible county; and

(3) the remainder of the fund to counties other than class A counties that are designated by the division as needing additional resources due to inadequate base revenues.

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