N.M. Stat. Ann. § 9-6-23
The "public safety workforce capacity building fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury to support the objectives of the public safety workforce building program. The fund consists of distributions, appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and income from investment of the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department of finance and administration. Expenditures from the fund shall be made on warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of finance and administration or the secretary's authorized representative. The department of finance and administration shall administer the fund to provide grant disbursements and pay administrative costs necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 1 [9-6-22 NMSA 1978] of this 2026 act; provided that the amount expended for administrative costs shall not exceed three percent of the annual balance of the fund.
History: Laws 2026, ch. 19, § 2.
Effective dates. — Laws 2026, ch. 19, § 5 made Laws 2026, ch. 19, § 2 effective July 1, 2026.
Temporary provisions. — Laws 2026, ch. 19, § 3 provided that on and after July 1, 2026, statutory references to the law enforcement workforce capacity building fund, the public attorney workforce capacity building fund or the detention and corrections workforce capacity building fund shall be deemed to be references to the public safety workforce capacity building fund, and on July 1, 2026:
A. the balance in the law enforcement workforce capacity building fund is transferred to the public safety workforce capacity building fund;
B. the balance of the public attorney workforce capacity building fund is transferred to the public safety workforce capacity building fund;
C. the balance of the detentions and corrections workforce capacity building fund is transferred to the public safety workforce capacity building fund;
D. the balance from the appropriations in Subsection (7) of Section 10 of Chapter 54 of Laws 2022 is transferred to the public safety workforce capacity building fund;
E. the balance from the appropriations in Subsection (48) of Section 5 of Chapter 210 of Laws 2023 is transferred to the public safety workforce capacity building fund; and
F. the balances from the appropriations in Subsections (36) and (42) of Section 5 of Chapter 69 of Laws 2024 are transferred to the public safety workforce capacity building fund.