Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, the board shall establish by rule a schedule of reasonable fees and fines for applications, examinations, licenses, inspections, renewals, penalties, reinstatements and necessary administrative fees. All fees collected shall be deposited in accordance with Section 61-32-26 NMSA 1978. All fines collected shall be deposited in the current school fund.
History: 1978 Comp., § 61-32-23, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 204, § 23; 1999, ch. 284, § 17; 2017, ch. 52, § 17; 2020, ch. 6, § 59.
ANNOTATIONS
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-32-31 NMSA 1978.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1993, ch. 204, § 32 repealed former 61-32-23 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1983, ch. 137, § 7, containing additional prohibitions, and § 23 of the act enacted a new section, effective June 18, 1993.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, provided an exception to the licensure fee for qualified military service members, their spouses and dependent children, and for certain veterans; and added “Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978”.
The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, provided that all fines collected by the board of funeral services be deposited in the current school fund; in the catchline, added “and fines”; after “establish by”, deleted “regulation” and added “rule”, after “reasonable fees”, added “and fines”, and added the last sentence.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, deleted “provided that no one fee shall exceed five hundred dollars ($500)” at the end of the first sentence, and substituted “in accordance with Section 61-32-26 NMSA 1978” for “in the thanatopractice fund” in the second sentence.