There is created in the state treasury the "crime laboratory fund". The fund consists of gifts, grants, donations, appropriations and distributions to the fund made pursuant to the Tax Administration Act [Chapter 7, Article 1 NMSA 1978]. All balances in the crime laboratory fund are appropriated to the traffic safety bureau of the department of transportation to provide funds to approved comprehensive community programs for the prevention of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and for other traffic safety purposes. Payment out of the crime laboratory fund shall be made on vouchers issued and signed by the chief of the traffic safety bureau upon warrants drawn by the department of finance and administration. History: Laws 1981, ch. 367, § 3; 1989, ch. 324, § 22; 1991, ch. 245, § 2; 2023, ch. 184, § 2. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, changed the source of funds that are credited to the crime laboratory fund; deleted "All fees collected pursuant to the provisions of Sections 31-12-7 and 31-12-8 NMSA 1978 shall be transmitted monthly to the administrative office of the courts for credit to the crime laboratory fund. All balances in the crime laboratory fund of fees collected pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of Section 31-12-7 NMSA 1978 are appropriated to the administrative office of the courts for payment upon invoice to the scientific laboratory division of the health and environment department, the New Mexico state police crime laboratory division and the Albuquerque police crime laboratory for costs related to chemical and other tests and analyses described in those sections and incurred by these laboratories and local law enforcement agencies. Payments out of the crime laboratory fund of fees collected pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of Section 31-12-7 NMSA 1978 shall be made on vouchers issued and signed by the director of the administrative office of the courts upon warrants drawn by the department of finance and administrations" and added "The fund consists of gifts, grants, donations, appropriations and distributions to the fund made pursuant to the Tax Administration Act."; after "All balances in the crime laboratory fund", deleted "of fees collected pursuant to the provisions of Subsection B of Section 31-12-7 NMSA 1978"; after "traffic safety bureau of the", deleted "transportation program division of the state highway and transportation"; after "department", added "of transportation"; and after "Payment out of the crime laboratory fund", deleted "of fees collected pursuant to the provisions of Subsection B of Section 31-12-7 NMSA 1978". The 1991 amendment, effective October 1, 1991, inserted "monthly" in the second sentence; inserted "of fees collected pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of Section 31-12-7 NMSA 1978" in the third and fourth sentences; and added the final two sentences. The 1989 amendment, effective April 7, 1989, substituted "Sections 31-12-7 and 31-12-8 NMSA 1978" for "Sections 1 and 2 of this act" in the second sentence, and "described in those sections" for "described in Sections 1 and 2 of this act" in the third sentence, and deleted the former last sentence which read "Any interest earned on the fund shall be credited to it".
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