The "peace officers', New Mexico mounted patrol members' and reserve police officers' survivors fund" is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the department of public safety. The fund shall consist of all gifts, donations and bequests of money to the fund as well as any appropriations made to the fund. Earnings from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department of public safety for the purpose of paying death benefits pursuant to the Peace Officers', New Mexico Mounted Patrol Members' and Reserve Police Officers' 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 secretary of public safety. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert.
History: Laws 1995, ch. 59, § 4; 2016, ch. 41, § 3.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2016 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, amended the name of the fund to include New Mexico mounted patrol members and reserve police officers; after "'peace officers'", added ", New Mexico mounted patrol members' and reserve police officers'", and after "Peace Officers'", added "New Mexico Mounted Patrol Members' and Reserve Police Officers'".