0001|                            SENATE BILL 97
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            PHIL A. GRIEGO
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION; PROVIDING FOR A DISTRIBUTION FROM
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0012|     THE FIRE PROTECTION FUND TO PROVIDE FOR VEHICLE AND APPARATUS
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0013|     PURCHASES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  A new section of the Fire Protection Fund Law
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0017|     is enacted to read:
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0018|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] VEHICLE AND APPARATUS ACQUISITION FUND-
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0019|     -CREATED--DISTRIBUTION--ADVISORY COMMITTEE.--
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0020|               A.  The "vehicle and apparatus acquisition fund" is
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0021|     created in the state treasury.  Annually, prior to
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0022|     distribution of the fire protection fund as provided in
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0023|     Section 59A-53-7 NMSA 1978, five percent of the total amount
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0024|     in the fire protection fund shall be distributed to the
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0025|     vehicle and apparatus acquisition fund.  Money in the fund
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0001|     shall be distributed annually by the marshal to the treasurers
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0002|     of incorporated municipalities or counties that are recipients
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0003|     of grants to acquire firefighting vehicles and related
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0004|     apparatus as provided in this section.
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0005|               B.  The marshal shall appoint a "vehicle and
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0006|     apparatus acquisition advisory committee" to assist him in
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0007|     developing a grant application process and approving grants
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0008|     for distributions from the fund.
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0009|               C.  Each municipality or county applying for a
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0010|     grant shall provide a detailed statement and plan for
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0011|     providing matching funds and the financial or in-kind match to
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0012|     be provided.  A minimum local match of twenty-five percent is
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0013|     required.  The municipality or county may satisfy the match
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0014|     requirement through a loan from the New Mexico finance
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0015|     authority.
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0016|               D.  A grant shall not be made for more than
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0017|     seventy-five percent of the cost of a vehicle and shall not
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0018|     exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for each
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0019|     municipality or county."
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