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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A - Insurance Code
Article 52 - State Fire Marshal
Section 59A-52-26 - Volunteer firefighters; stipend.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 59A-52-26 (2017)
59A-52-26. Volunteer firefighters; stipend.
To the extent consistent with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in order to maintain volunteer status, a volunteer firefighter may be paid a stipend by a public agency to perform the services for which the firefighter volunteered if:
A. the stipend represents only actual expenses, reasonable benefits or a nominal fee; and
B. the services are not the same type of services that the volunteer is employed to perform for the same public agency paying the stipend.
History: Laws 2013, ch. 80, 1.
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