A. The "trauma system fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money appropriated and transferred to the fund, money received by the authority from any public or private source and tax revenues distributed to the fund by law. Interest earned on investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of health or the secretary's authorized representative. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year.
B. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department for the purpose of making distributions approved by the authority and for administering the Trauma System Fund Authority Act; provided that no more than five percent of the fund may be used by the department for administrative costs, including monitoring, trauma system development and providing technical assistance.
History: Laws 2006, ch. 13, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2006, ch. 13 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 17, 2006, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.