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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 20 - Military Affairs » Article 9 - Property and Funds

Section 20-9-1 – Property and fiscal officer.

In the event of a vacancy, the governor shall nominate, with the advice of the adjutant general, a United States property and fiscal officer from the New Mexico national guard whose appointment shall be made by the chief of the national guard bureau or other authority charged with responsibility for such approval under the laws […]

Section 20-9-2 – Accountability for money and property.

The adjutant general, with the concurrence of the governor as commander in chief, shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to provide for the accountability of state and federal property which shall provide procedures and standards for ascertaining individual pecuniary liability for restitution and for hardship remission of indebtedness where appropriate. Proceeds collected therefrom shall […]

Section 20-9-3 – Unit funds.

Each unit or detachment of the national guard shall keep a unit general welfare fund composed of any funds earned by the unit or its members, funds contributed to the unit or to its welfare fund or fines or forfeitures imposed under the Code of Military Justice [Chapter 20, Article 12 NMSA 1978] against unit […]

Section 20-9-4 – Recovery of property; criminal and civil liability.

Any person who retains, after written demand by the United States property and fiscal officer or his designee, any arms, uniforms, equipment or other military property which belongs to the state or the United States or who thereafter possesses, purchases, sells, pawns or pledges such property shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be […]

Section 20-9-5 – Security for property.

The adjutant general may prescribe regulations for the obtaining of collateral to guarantee the return of arms, uniforms, equipment or other military property issued to members of the national guard or the state defense force in an amount at least equal to the value of the property issued and for such duration as is deemed […]

Section 20-9-6 to 20-9-8 – Repealed.

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 318, § 98A repealed 20-9-6 to 20-9-8 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1921, ch. 128, §§ 1 and 2 and Laws 1953, ch. 70, relating to prohibition on discharge of employees or preventing performance of military duties and training leave for public employees, effective April 10, 1987.