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SENATE BILL 399
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Crystal Brantley and Gabriel Ramos and Luis M. Terrazas
AN ACT
RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE; CREATING THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT BORDER SUPPORT REIMBURSEMENT FUND; REQUIRING THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO ADMINISTER THE
FUND; PROVIDING FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN BORDER-RELATED
EXPENSES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; REQUIRING RULEMAKING; MAKING AN
APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORDER SUPPORT
REIMBURSEMENT FUND--CREATED--PURPOSE--RULEMAKING.--
A. As used in this section, "fund" means the local
government border support reimbursement fund.
B. The "local government border support
reimbursement fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in the
state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts,
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grants, donations and income from the investment of the fund.
The department of finance and administration shall administer
the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the
department of finance and administration to carry out the
provisions of this section. Disbursements from the fund shall
be made by 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.
C. The department of finance and administration
shall promulgate rules to administer the fund. Money in the
fund shall be used to provide reimbursement to local
governments for the following border-related expenses incurred
as a direct result of requests from the state and federal
government:
(1) emergency medical services provided to
individuals in medical crisis;
(2) law enforcement response to unattended
deaths; and
(3) costs associated with:
(a) specialized equipment necessary to
support border patrol, including all-terrain vehicles and
trailers;
(b) supporting humanitarian efforts,
including the provision of transportation, housing, health care
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and other community services;
(c) illegal dumping;
(d) state and federal drug trafficking
task forces; and
(e) state and federal human trafficking
task forces."
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