2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A - Insurance Code
Section 53 Fire Protection Fund
Section 59A-53-5 Establishment of fire districts.

59A-53-5. Establishment of fire districts.

A. The county commissioners of any county may establish one or more fire districts. The marshal shall 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 fire district 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. Additionally, prior to the disbursement of any funds, the following must be established to the satisfaction of the marshal:

(1) the fire district has maintained an official fire department for a period of at least one year, established and governed by appropriate resolution of the board of county commissioners and possesses fire apparatus and equipment in serviceable condition to respond to a fire incident;

(2) the geographic limits and boundaries of the fire district have been clearly defined and established in a plat showing the geographic limits and boundaries accepted and filed as part of the official record of proceedings of the board of county commissioners and a certified copy thereof filed with the marshal; and

(3) there is available within the geographic limits and boundaries of the fire district an adequate water supply to be used in connection with the firefighting facilities of the fire district.

C. The county commissioners of any county may permit a county fire district to service an area adjacent and contiguous to the district but within another county or municipality; provided that the county commissioners of the other county or the municipality consent by resolution or law duly adopted or enacted 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 county fire district and of the additional area to be serviced shall be filed with and approved by the marshal. Any county may apply for fire protection fund eligibility for any fire station located within the additional area to be serviced.

History: 1978 Comp., 59A-53-5, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 312, 5; 1996, ch. 40, 2; 1998, ch. 76, 2; 2006, ch. 103, 2; 2012, ch. 20, 5.