A. There is created in the state treasury the "metropolitan court mediation fund" to be administered by the Bernalillo county metropolitan court.
B. All balances in the metropolitan court mediation fund are appropriated to the Bernalillo county metropolitan court for payment to metropolitan courts for the purpose of funding and administering voluntary mediation programs established by court rule for the efficient disposition of small claims and specified criminal complaints. Payments shall be made upon certification by the metropolitan courts of eligible amounts as provided in Subsection C of this section.
C. Each metropolitan court shall be eligible for a payment in an amount equal to the mediation fees collected by that court and deposited in the metropolitan court mediation fund.
D. Payments from the metropolitan court mediation fund shall be made upon vouchers issued and signed by the Bernalillo county metropolitan court administrator upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration.
History: Laws 1986, ch. 16, § 1; 1989, ch. 245, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For domestic violence offender treatment fund, see 31-12-12 NMSA 1978.
The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, deleted "quarterly" following "made" in the second sentence of Subsection B.