A. There is created in the state treasury the "local government corrections fund" to be administered by the administrative office of the courts.

B. All balances in the local government corrections fund are appropriated to the administrative office of the courts for payment to counties for county jailer or juvenile detention officer training; for the construction planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the county detention facility, jail or juvenile detention facility; for paying the cost of housing county prisoners or juveniles in any detention facility in the state; for alternatives to incarceration; or for complying with match or contribution requirements for the receipt of federal funds relating to detention facilities, jails or juvenile detention facilities. Payments shall be made quarterly upon certification by the magistrate court or metropolitan court and the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department of eligible amounts as provided in Subsection C of this section.

C. Each county shall be eligible for a payment in an amount equal to the costs and fees collected by a magistrate court or a metropolitan court and the motor vehicle division pursuant to offenses committed within the county and deposited in the local government corrections fund.

D. Payments from the local government corrections fund shall be made upon vouchers issued and signed by the director of the administrative office of the courts upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration.

E. All money received by a county pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a special fund in the county treasury and shall be used solely for:

(1) county jailer or juvenile detention officer training;

(2) the construction planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the county detention facility, jail or juvenile detention facility;

(3) paying the cost of housing county prisoners or juveniles in any detention facility in the state;

(4) alternatives to incarceration; or

(5) complying with match or contribution requirements for the receipt of federal funds relating to detention facilities, jails or juvenile detention facilities.

History: Laws 1983, ch. 134, § 1; 1985, ch. 27, § 1; 1987, ch. 251, § 1; 1989, ch. 133, § 2; 2003, ch. 424, § 1; 2011, ch. 173, § 1.

Cross references. — For police ordinances and county jails, see 3-18-20 NMSA 1978.

For joint agreements for the construction, management and operation of correctional and detention facilities and jails, see 33-3-2 NMSA 1978.

For the duties of the director of the administrative office of the courts, see 34-9-3 NMSA 1978.

The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, eliminated payments of the local government corrections fund to municipalities.

The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, rewrote the section.

The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, in Subsection B deleted "solely" following "those municipalities" in the first sentence, inserted "or juvenile detention officer", "or juvenile detention facility", "or juveniles", and "a juvenile detention facility" in the first sentence, and substituted "taxation and revenue department" for "transportation department" in the second sentence; and in Subsection E inserted "or juvenile detention training, for", "or juvenile detention facility", and "or juveniles", and substituted "or for contribution" for "or contribution".