N.M. Stat. § 29-13-7 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 29 / Article 13 / Section 29-13-7
§ 29-13-7. Expenditure limitation; control
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided for the academy and the department of public safety in Subsections B and C of this section, amounts distributed from the fund shall be expended only for the following:

(1) the repair and purchase of law enforcement apparatus and equipment, including the financing and refinancing thereof, that meet minimum nationally recognized standards;

(2) the purchase of law enforcement equipment, including protective vests, for police dogs;

(3) expenses associated with advanced law enforcement planning and training;

(4) maintaining the balance of the peace officers', New Mexico mounted patrol members' and reserve police officers' survivors fund at a minimum amount of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) through fiscal year 2023 and one million dollars ($1,000,000) thereafter;

(5) complying with match or contribution requirements for the receipt of federal funds relating to criminal justice programs;

(6) no more than fifty percent of the replacement salaries of municipal and county law enforcement personnel of municipalities or counties participating in basic law enforcement training;

(7) a law enforcement officer retention differential in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500); provided that:

(a) the distribution is requested by a municipality or county law enforcement agency to retain a law enforcement officer who is certified in accordance with the Law Enforcement Training Act 1 and has at least twenty years of actual service credit earned under a municipal police member coverage plan as determined by the public employees retirement association;

(b) the municipality or county law enforcement agency provides seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) in matching funds to the law enforcement officer;

(c) the law enforcement officer remains employed with that municipality or county law enforcement agency for one additional year; and

(d) the distribution and the matching funds paid to a law enforcement officer shall not constitute the officer's base salary or wages and shall not be considered to be salary or otherwise be used to determine a pension for the purposes of the Public Employees Retirement Act 2 ; and

(8) recruiting, providing stipends for and training law enforcement officers engaged in community-oriented policing; provided that any law enforcement officer who receives a stipend in accordance with this paragraph remains employed with the law enforcement agency providing the stipend for one additional year.

B. For the academy, amounts distributed from the fund shall be expended only for providing tourniquet and trauma kits and training on the use of tourniquet and trauma kits pursuant to Section 29-7-7.7 NMSA 1978 and to carry out the purposes of the Law Enforcement Training Act.

C. The amount distributed to the department of public safety:

(1) shall:

(a) be used only to offset overtime-pay-related expenses incurred directly by the department of public safety from the special deployment of state police officers or other emergency assistance to counties or municipalities in response to critical circumstances as authorized by the governor; and

(b) not be expended to hire new personnel; and

(2) may be expended for costs, including travel, fuel, overtime, per diem and ammunition.

D. Amounts distributed from the fund shall be expended only pursuant to approved budgets and upon duly executed vouchers approved as required by law.