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Volunteer firefighters; stipend

NMSA 1978, § 59A-52-26
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59A-52-26. Volunteer firefighters; stipend 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. Laws 2013, ch. 80, § 1.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18562/index.do#!b/59A-52-26Fetched: 10/20/2026

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