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§ 59A-52-26 NMSA 1978

Volunteer firefighters; stipend

Laws 2013, ch. 80, § 1.

To the extent consistent with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in order to maintain volunteer status, a volunteer firefighter may be paid a stipend by a public agency to perform the services for which the firefighter volunteered if:

A. the stipend represents only actual expenses, reasonable benefits or a nominal fee; and

B. the services are not the same type of services that the volunteer is employed to perform for the same public agency paying the stipend.

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.