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§ 10-5-9 NMSA 1978

Suspended official to deliver money and records to secretary; failure or refusal; criminal penalty

Known as the Firefighters' Survivors Supplemental Benefits Act

The act spans §§ 10–10 (71 sections).

1953 Comp., § 5-3-37.9, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 254, § 9; 1977, ch. 247, § 43; 1979, ch. 281, § 6.

A. Upon written order of suspension by the secretary of finance and administration, the official suspended shall immediately deliver to the secretary all money, records and other property of the office in his charge, for which the secretary shall give a receipt.

B. If upon order of the secretary a suspended official of any local public body refuses or fails to deliver to the secretary all money, records and other property of the local public body, the secretary may invoke the aid of the court to require delivery of money, records and other property of the local public body.

C. It shall be a petty misdemeanor for an official of any local public body to willfully fail or refuse to deliver all money, records and other property of the local public body to the secretary upon order in accordance with the provisions of this section. Upon conviction, the official shall be sentenced to not more than six months in the county jail and fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or both such imprisonment and fine in the discretion of the judge.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.