The department shall administer the fund and make grants to counties, municipalities or private organizations, individually or jointly, pursuant to the provisions of the Adult Community Corrections Act; provided that a grant shall not be made to a private organization which is not a nonprofit organization without the approval of the secretary of corrections. The department may also utilize the fund to contract directly for programs. The department shall use no more than ten percent of the fund for administration and monitoring purposes by the state. In addition, the department shall allow no more than ten percent of a grant from the fund to be used for administrative costs incurred by counties, municipalities and private organizations. After proper notice and public hearings, the department shall adopt regulations which provide standards for qualifications for grants, priorities for awarding of funds and other standards regarding community corrections and shall review and approve or disapprove all applications submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Adult Community Corrections Act. Disbursements from the fund shall be made only upon warrant drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of corrections.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 202, § 4; 1986, ch. 68, § 1; 1987, ch. 341, § 2; 1990, ch. 53, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For secretary of corrections, see 9-3-4 NMSA.
For secretary of finance and administration, see 9-6-4 NMSA 1978.
The 1990 amendment, effective May 16, 1990, substituted "Adult Community Corrections Act" for "Community Corrections Act" in two places, substituted "secretary of corrections" for "department secretary" at the end of the first sentence, and substituted "ten percent" for "five percent" in the third sentence.