Upon final hearing, judgment for the department shall include all sums expended during the pendency of the action. When the department of public welfare [human services department] recovers judgments under this act [27-2-30, 27-2-31 NMSA 1978], it may enforce, compromise or settle the judgments in any way considered by the board of public welfare to be in the public interest. Any proceeds of judgments or settlements shall be retained by the department for its authorized activities and required reimbursements to the federal government.
History: 1953 Comp., § 13-1-27.4, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 66, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and it is not part of the law.
Laws 1968, ch. 37, § 3 transferred the powers, duties and property of the department of public welfare to the department of health and social services. Laws 1977, ch. 252, § 5, abolished the department of health and social services, and § 4 of said act created the human services department. See 27-1-1 NMSA 1978.