Whenever a sheriff, deputy sheriff or other county peace officer utilizes public transportation in the performance of any official business within or without the state he shall be reimbursed for the actual cost of the fare and shall not be paid mileage. The mode of public transportation used shall be the most economical possible, considering all the expenses and circumstances.
History: 1953 Comp., § 15-40-21.2, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 253, § 3.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For payment of per diem expenses of sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and guards for serving process and other official business, see 4-44-18 NMSA 1978.
For collection and disposition of fees, commissions, mileage and per diem, see 4-44-28, 4-44-29 NMSA 1978.