Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 29-7-12 - Charges; fund created; useA. The division shall not charge local public bodies or New Mexico Indian tribes or pueblos for any expenses associated with providing basic law enforcement training programs to applicants for certification seeking commission pursuant to the provisions of the Law Enforcement Training Act. The division may charge state agencies and institutions and federal agencies and shall charge civilian participants for the cost of providing basic law enforcement training programs, which charges shall be specified in a tuition and fee schedule promulgated by the council and shall not exceed the actual cost of providing the training programs.B. The division may charge state agencies and institutions, local public bodies, New Mexico Indian tribes and pueblos and federal agencies and shall charge civilian participants for the cost of providing advanced training programs, which charges shall be specified in a tuition and fee schedule promulgated by the council and shall not exceed the actual cost of providing the training programs.C. The division may charge for the rental or other use of the academy's facility, personnel and equipment, which charges shall be specified in a tuition and fee schedule promulgated by the council and shall not exceed the actual cost of the facility, personnel or equipment.D. The "law enforcement training and recruiting fund" is created in the state treasury. Money received by the division for activities specified in this section shall be deposited in the fund. The department of public safety shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the division to offset the operational costs of the division. Money in the fund shall be nonreverting. Money shall be expended on warrants issued by the secretary of finance and administration upon vouchers signed by the secretary of public safety or the secretary of public safety's authorized representative.E. As used in this section, "local public body" means all political subdivisions of the state and their agencies, instrumentalities and institutions.1978 Comp., § 29-7-12, enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 114, § 12; 1983, ch. 270, § 1; 2000, ch. 14, § 1; 2015, ch. 3, § 26.Amended by 2022, c. 56,s. 12, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2015, c. 3,s. 26, eff. 7/1/2015.