2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees
Article 4 - Removal of Local Officers
Section 10-4-27 - Payment of salary after reinstatement; compensation of interim officer.]
If an officer has been suspended as provided in this chapter and reinstated after final trial, he shall receive pay for the entire time of his suspension, and the court may make an order to pay the officer serving during the time of such suspension, such reasonable compensation as his services warrant, which shall be paid out of a fund to be designated by the court.
History: Laws 1909, ch. 36, § 28; Code 1915, § 3981; C.S. 1929, § 96-132; 1941 Comp., § 10-329; 1953 Comp., § 5-3-29.
Compiler's notes. — The 1915 Code compilers replaced "chapter 36 of the Session Laws of 1909," compiled as 10-3-1, 10-4-1 to 10-4-29 NMSA 1978, with "this chapter," referring to Chapter 80 of the 1915 Code, §§ 3950 to 3985, compiled as 10-1-2 to 10-1-4, 10-3-1, 10-4-1 to 10-4-29 and 10-17-5 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For suspension of officer, see 10-4-25 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 67 C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees § 114.
