44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRECLUDING THE NEW MEXICO LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY FROM CHARGING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR TRAINING EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 29-7-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 114, Section 12, as amended) is amended to read:

"29-7-12. CHARGES.--The New Mexico law enforcement academy shall not charge local public bodies, [or] New Mexico Indian tribes or pueblos or post-secondary educational institutions 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. As used in this section, "local public body" means all political subdivisions of the state and their agencies, instrumentalities and institutions."