2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 33 - Correctional Institutions › Article 3 - Jails › Section 33-3-25 - Local government corrections fund created; administration; distribution. (Effective July 1, 2024.)

A. There is created in the state treasury the "local government corrections fund" to be administered by the local government division of the department of finance and administration. The fund consists of gifts, grants, donations, appropriations and distributions to the fund made pursuant to the Tax Administration Act [Chapter 7, Article 1 NMSA 1978].
B. All balances in the local government corrections fund are appropriated to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for payment to counties for county jailer or juvenile detention officer training; for the construction planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the county detention facility, jail or juvenile detention facility; for paying the cost of housing county prisoners or juveniles in any detention facility in the state; for alternatives to incarceration; or for complying with match or contribution requirements for the receipt of federal funds relating to detention facilities, jails or juvenile detention facilities.
C. Payments from the local government corrections fund shall be made upon vouchers issued and signed by the local government division of the department of finance and administration upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration.
D. All money received by a county pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a special fund in the county treasury and shall be used solely for:
(1) county jailer or juvenile detention officer training;
(2) the construction planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the county detention facility, jail or juvenile detention facility;
(3) paying the cost of housing county prisoners or juveniles in any detention facility in the state;
(4) alternatives to incarceration; or
(5) complying with match or contribution requirements for the receipt of federal funds relating to detention facilities, jails or juvenile detention facilities.
History:
Laws 1983, ch. 134, § 1; 1985, ch. 27, § 1; 1987, ch. 251, § 1; 1989, ch. 133, § 2; 2003, ch. 424, § 1; 2011, ch. 173, § 1; 2023, ch. 184, § 7.
ANNOTATIONS
The 2023 amendment,
effective July 1, 2024, moved the administration of the local government corrections fund from the administrative office of the courts to the local government division of the department of finance and administration, and revised certain provisions related to the administration of the fund; in Subsection A, after "administered by the", deleted "administrative office of the courts" and added "local government division of the department of finance and administration. The fund consists of gifts, grants, donations, appropriations and distributions to the fund made pursuant to the Tax Administration Act"; in Subsection B, after "appropriated to the", deleted "administrative office of the courts" and added "local government division of the department of finance and administration", and deleted "Payments shall be made quarterly upon certification by the magistrate court or metropolitan court and the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department of eligible amounts as provided in Subsection C of this section"; deleted former Subsection C and redesignated former Subsections D and E as Subsections C and D, respectively; and in Subsection C, after "signed by the", deleted "director of the administrative office of the courts" and added "local government division of the department of finance and administration".