If enacted, the bill would provide federal relief funds to states, counties and tribes based on a baseline revenue level determined by past annual averages.
Volunteer fire departments across New Mexico have access to 100 percent of the available money in the Fire Protection Fund after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill protecting funds for fire equipment.
Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 256 (SB 256) on April 7 after it passed with no opposition in March in the 2021 New Mexico Legislative Session.
Before the bill, state law required that most capital in the Fire Protection Fund revert back to the General Fund. In Fiscal Year 2021 about $13 million in funding reverted to the general fund, read a news release from Lujan Grisham’s office.
Sen. William Burt (R-33) and Rep. Gail Armstrong (D-17) sponsored the legislation, which was supported by a bipartisan coalition, legislators and community leaders, per the release.
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