A. There is created in the state treasury a "disability fund". All funds, gifts, donations, bequests and other income of the governor's commission on disability shall be deposited by the director of the commission in the fund and shall be appropriated to the commission to further the purpose of Sections 28-10-1 through 28-10-8.1 NMSA 1978 or for the purposes stated by the donor or grantor of the funds.
B. Distributions made to the disability fund from the housing modification for persons with a disability permanent fund shall constitute a separate account in the fund and are appropriated to the governor's commission on disability for the purpose of carrying out a residential accessibility modification program.
C. Money in the disability fund shall not revert but shall be used only as provided in Sections 28-10-1 through 28-10-8.1 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 59-15-5, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 349, § 5; 2001, ch. 226, § 3; 2004, ch. 20, § 7; 2007, ch. 46, § 30.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, made non-substantive language changes.
The 2004 amendment, effective May 19, 2004, changed the name of the "governor's committee on concerns of the handicapped" to the "governor's commission on disability".
The 2001 amendment, effective April 3, 2001, inserted the Subsection A and C designations and added Subsection B; in Subsection A, substituted "the governor's committee on concerns of the handicapped" for "the committee" and "director" for "executive secretary"; and made stylistic changes.
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