A. Amounts so distributed from the fire protection fund to a municipality or to any county fire district shall be expended under the direction of the chief of the fire department of the municipality or county fire district, upon duly executed vouchers approved as required by law. B. In no event is any amount to be expended for any purpose that does not relate directly to the permitted purposes specifically stated in Sections 59A-53-8 and 59A-53-9 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 982; 1989, ch. 312, § 11; 2012, ch. 20, § 12. ANNOTATIONSThe 2012 amendment, effective May 16, 2012, incorporated the defined term 'municipality' and corrected an error regarding the expenditure of funds by county fire districts; in Subsection A, after 'fire protection fund to' changed 'incorporated city, town or village' to 'municipality'; after 'fire department of the', changed 'city, town, village' to 'a municipality'; and after 'chief of the fire department of the municipality or', added 'county fire'.
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