2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A: Insurance Code
Article 53: Fire Protection Fund, 59A-53-1 through 59A-53-19
Section 59A-53-10: Purchase of land or buildings.

59A-53-10. Purchase of land or buildings.

No amount so distributed from the fire protection fund to any incorporated city, town or village, or to any county fire district, shall be expended or obligated for the purchase of land or the construction of buildings for fire stations or substations unless all obligations previously incurred for those purposes and to be paid from money distributed from the fire protection fund by the city, town, village or district shall have been fully paid and satisfied; and no amount shall be expended or obligated for the construction of buildings for fire stations or substations unless the city, town, village or county fire district 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 building; provided, however, that this provision shall not prohibit construction or location of a fire station or substation on land donated in whole or in part to the city, town, village 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 marshal in advance and after full investigation and determination that the use would be appropriate and reasonable.