2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A - Insurance Code
Section 53 Fire Protection Fund
Section 59A-53-4 Criteria for determination of needs; municipal fire department.

59A-53-4. Criteria for determination of needs; municipal fire department.

A. In making the determination of needs pursuant to Section 59A-53-3 NMSA 1978, the marshal shall first determine that each municipality to be certified has maintained an official fire department created by and regulated in accordance with a duly enacted ordinance for a period of at least one year prior to the date of certification and possesses fire equipment and apparatus in serviceable condition to respond to a fire incident. The marshal shall also determine the number of fire stations and substations to be certified and shall certify to the state treasurer the amount to be distributed to each municipality for the purpose of maintaining each fire station and each substation, if any, that meets the requirements of the marshal and the requirements of this section. Unless adjusted pursuant to Section 59A-53-5.1 NMSA 1978, the amounts distributed in a fiscal year for a class insurance rating shall equal the following:

class	main station	substation
number 1	$ 82,592	$ 30,606
number 2	77,086	28,780
number 3	70,919	26,724
number 4	64,751	24,667
number 5	61,667	22,612
number 6	58,584	20,555
number 7	55,501	19,530
number 8	52,418	18,502
number 9	39,058	15,425
number 10	34,944	none.

B. Any municipality may permit its fire department to service an area adjacent and contiguous to its corporate limits but within the corporate limits of another municipality or a county; provided that the other municipality or county by resolution or law duly adopted or enacted consents to the service and to the boundaries of the other area serviced. Before commencement of service, a plat showing the geographic limits and boundaries of the additional area to be serviced shall be filed with and approved by the marshal. A municipality may apply for fire protection fund eligibility for any fire station located within the additional area to be serviced.

C. Any municipality may apply for fire protection fund eligibility for a fire station located at a municipally owned airport, whether located outside or within its corporate limits.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, 975; 1989, ch. 312, 4; 1996, ch. 40, 1; 1998, ch. 76, 1; 2006, ch. 103, 1; 2012, ch. 20, 4.