HB 124 — FIRE PROTECTION FUND CHANGES

HOUSEAN BILLACT 124RELATING THTO LEGISLATUREFIRE -PROTECTION; STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2019 INTRODUCED BY Candie G.

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ENDORSED8 BYBE THEIT NEWENACTED MEXICOBY FINANCETHE AUTHORITYLEGISLATURE OVERSIGHTOF COMMITTEETHE ANSTATE ACTOF RELATINGNEW TOMEXICO: FIRE PROTECTION;

CLARIFYINGSECTION THAT1. MONEY FROM THE h FIRE PROTECTION FUND MAY BE USED TO PURCHASE LAND FOR FIRE g o STATIONS AND SUBSTATIONS;

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h"59A-53-8. , t, e u g e b l e e h BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

nEXPENDITURE dOF dFIRE iPROTECTION =FUND =MONEY.-- oMoney hdistributed SECTIONfrom 1.the fire protection fund to a municipality or to a county fire district:

Section 59A-53-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984, l ] b ,d i a º e Chapter 127, Section 979, as amended) is amended to read:

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EXPENDITURE OF FIRE PROTECTION FUND MONEY.-- d m :

b e d s º o t n = .211606.2SA s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d [Any amount] Money distributed from the fire protection fund to a municipality or to a county fire district [shall ]:

[the] (2) purchase or refinance of land for its fire stations and substations;

(3) purchase, refinance, construction, maintenance, repair and operation of its fire stations [including ] and substations;

(4) purchase or refinance of fire apparatus and equipmentequipment; [and the financing or refinancing thereof the ];

(5) payment of insurance premiums on fire stations, substations, fire apparatus and equipment and HB 124/a insurance premiums for injuries or deaths of firefighters as Page 1 otherwise provided by law;

[and ] (6) payment of fire department emergency h medical services, except salariessalaries; [provided, however, that no g o t hr money shall be expended from the fund for any purpose relating g e i k to the water supply systems of a municipality or county fire h r i s district or for the improvement or construction of the systems h , t, or for purchase, rental, installation or maintenance of fire e u g e b l e e h hydrants or for any other appurtenances relating to the n d d i = = o h distribution or use of the water supply system.

Funds l ] b ,d i a º e distributed from the fire protection fund to an incorporated r i = r t e w d m a n o municipality or a county fire district may also be expended for d m :

b e d s º o t n = .211606.2SA s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d the expense of firefighters for attending];

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shall notnot, HLLCº, without approval by the marshal,»HLLCmarshal, be expended for any purpose related to:

or (3) any other appurtenance related to the distribution or use of water from its water supply systemsystem; HLLCº."»HLLC HLLCº;

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shall not be expended for any public, private or other water system used for potable water supply."»HLLCsupply." SECTION 2.

Section 59A-53-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984, h Chapter 127, Section 981, as amended) is amended to read:

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[PURCHASE OF] INTEREST IN LAND [OR BUILDINGS] g e i k FOR FIRE STATIONS OR SUBSTATIONSSUBSTATIONS.--Money .--[No amount so] Money h r i s distributed from the fire protection fund to a municipality or h , t, e u g to [any] a county fire district [shallmay be expended or obligated e b l e e h for the purchase of land or the construction of buildings for n d d i = = o h fire stations or substations unlessonly allif: obligations previously l ] b ,d i a º e r i = r incurred for those purposes and to be paid from money t e w d m a n o distributed from the fire protection fund by the municipality d m :

b e d s º o t n = .211606.2SA s k m e - 3 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d or county fire district have been fully paid and satisfied;

and no amount shall] may be expended or obligated for the construction of buildings for fire stations or substations [unless ] only if:

the municipality or county fire district HB 124/a Page 2 proposing to expend or obligate for that purpose [money distributed from the fire protection fund] holds fee simple title, not encumbered by any lien, to the land on which it proposes to construct [any such ] the buildingbuilding; [provided, however, that this provision shall not prohibit construction or location of a fire station or substation on];

the land is donated in whole or in part to the municipality or county fire district for the purpose, and use of fire protection fund money for the construction or location, where the donor has reserved right of reversion of the land under stated conditions, if the use of money is approved by the h marshal in advance and after full investigation and u » r determination that the use would be appropriate and t h g e l i reasonable." hHB r124/a iPage s3 -25 4 - h , e h t u g e b l e e , gh n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d i a º r e r = t e w d m a n o d m :

b r e t º o t n = .211606.2SA s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d