2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 27 - Public Assistance
Article 2 - Public Assistance Act
Section 27-2-24 - [Federal government entitled to share recovery.]

The federal government shall be entitled to a share of any amounts recovered under the preceding two sections [27-2-22, 27-2-23 NMSA 1978] if required as a condition to federal financial participation. The federal government's share shall be limited to a percentage of the net recovery equal to the percentage of federal participation claimed by the state for the payments when originally made. The amount due the United States shall be paid promptly from the funds so collected to the United States government.

History: Laws 1937, ch. 18, § 11i; 1941, ch. 116, § 6; 1941 Comp., § 73-120; 1953 Comp., § 13-1-21; Laws 1969, ch. 232, § 2.

Compiler's notes. — The words "preceding two sections," which first appeared in this section as amended by Laws 1969, ch. 232, § 2, apparently were intended to refer to 13-1-20 and 13-1-20.1, 1953 Comp., which at that time were the two sections immediately preceding this section in the 1953 Compilation. Sections 13-1-20 and 13-1-20.1, 1953 Comp., were compiled as 27-2-22 and 27-2-23 NMSA 1978.

Section 27-2-22 was repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 9, § 28, effective February 28, 1998.