The "firefighters' survivors fund" is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state fire marshal. The fund shall consist of all gifts, donations and bequests of money to the fund as well as any appropriations and distributions made to the fund. Earnings from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the state fire marshal for the purpose of paying death benefits pursuant to the Firefighters' Survivors Supplemental Benefits Act and shall be paid out only upon warrants issued by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the state fire marshal. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 149, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 149, contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2007, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.