A. The division shall not charge local public bodies or New Mexico Indian tribes or pueblos for any expenses associated with providing basic law enforcement training programs to applicants for certification seeking commission pursuant to the provisions of the Law Enforcement Training Act. The division may charge state agencies and institutions and federal agencies and shall charge civilian participants for the cost of providing basic law enforcement training programs, which charges shall be specified in a tuition and fee schedule promulgated by the board and shall not exceed the actual cost of providing the training programs.

B. The division may charge state agencies and institutions, local public bodies, New Mexico Indian tribes and pueblos and federal agencies and shall charge civilian participants for the cost of providing advanced training programs, which charges shall be specified in a tuition and fee schedule promulgated by the board and shall not exceed the actual cost of providing the training programs.

C. The division may charge for the rental or other use of the academy's facility, personnel and equipment, which charges shall be specified in a tuition and fee schedule promulgated by the board and shall not exceed the actual cost of the facility, personnel or equipment.

D. The "law enforcement training and recruiting fund" is created in the state treasury. Money received by the division for activities specified in this section shall be deposited in the fund. The department of public safety shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the division to offset the operational costs of the division. Money in the fund shall be nonreverting. Money shall be expended on warrants issued by the secretary of finance and administration upon vouchers signed by the secretary of public safety or the secretary of public safety's authorized representative.

E. As used in this section, "local public body" means all political subdivisions of the state and their agencies, instrumentalities and institutions.

History: 1978 Comp., § 29 7 12, enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 114, § 12; 1983, ch. 270, § 1; 2000, ch. 14, § 1; 2015, ch. 3, § 26.

Cross references. — For department of public safety, see 9-19-1 NMSA 1978.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided for the reorganization of the department of public safety by amending language relating to the New Mexico law enforcement academy's charges for providing law enforcement training programs; in Subsection A, after "The", deleted "training and recruiting", after "division", deleted "of the department of public safety", after "bodies", deleted "and" and added "or", after tribes, deleted "and" and added "or", and after "promulgated by the", deleted "New Mexico law enforcement academy"; in Subsection B, after "The", deleted "training and recruiting", and after "promulgated by the", deleted "New Mexico law enforcement academy"; in Subsection C, after "The", deleted "training and recruiting", and after "promulgated by the", deleted "New Mexico law enforcement academy"; and in Subsection D, after "Money received by the", deleted "training and recruiting", after the second sentence, deleted the sentence "Unexpended unencumbered balances in the fund shall revert to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year." and added the new sentence "Money in the fund shall be nonreverting.", and after "public safety", deleted "his" and added "the secretary of public safety's".

The 2000 amendment, effective May 17, 2000, added "Fund created; Use" to the section heading; designated most of the existing provisions of the section as Subsection A; in Subsection A, substituted "training and recruiting division of the department of public safety" for "New Mexico law enforcement academy", substituted "and" for "or" following "local public bodies" and "New Mexico Indian tribes", and added the last sentence; added Subsections B, C and D; and designated the former last sentence of the section as Subsection E.