NMSA 1978, § 11-6A-1 Short title
11-6A-1. Short title
Sections 1 through 5 [11-6A-1 to 11-6A-5 and 11-6A-6 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Local DWI Grant Program Act".
Laws 1993, ch. 65, § 1.
Local DWI Grant Program
NMSA 1978 ch. 11, art. 6A
in effectNMSA 1978, § 11-6A-2 Definitions
11-6A-2. Definitions
As used in the Local DWI Grant Program Act:
A. "council" means the DWI grant council; and
B. "division" means the local government division of the department of finance and administration.
Laws 1993, ch. 65, § 2.
NMSA 1978, § 11-6A-3 Local DWI grant program; fund
11-6A-3. Local DWI grant program; fund
A. The division shall establish a local DWI grant program to make grants to municipalities or counties for:
(1) new, innovative or model programs, services or activities to prevent or reduce the incidence of DWI, alcoholism, alcohol abuse, drug addiction or drug abuse; and
(2) programs, services or activities to prevent or reduce the incidence of domestic abuse related to DWI, alcoholism, alcohol abuse, drug addiction or drug abuse.
B. Grants shall be awarded by the council pursuant to the advice and recommendations of the division.
C. The "local DWI grant fund" is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the division. Three million dollars ($3,000,000) of liquor excise tax revenues distributed to the fund and all other money in the fund, other than money appropriated for distribution pursuant to Subsections D and E of this section and money appropriated for DWI program distributions, are appropriated to the division to make grants to municipalities and counties upon council approval in accordance with the program established under the Local DWI Grant Program Act and to evaluate DWI grantees and the local DWI grant program. Money in the fund may be used for drug courts. An amount equal to the liquor excise tax revenues distributed annually to the fund, less six million one hundred thousand dollars ($6,100,000), is appropriated to the division to make DWI program distributions to counties upon council approval of programs in accordance with the provisions of the Local DWI Grant Program Act. No more than one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) of liquor excise tax revenues distributed to the fund in any fiscal year shall be expended for administration of the grant program. Balances in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.
D. Two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) of the liquor excise tax revenues distributed to the local DWI grant fund is appropriated to the division for distribution to the following counties in the following amounts for funding of alcohol detoxification and treatment facilities:
(1) one million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700,000) to class A counties with a population of over three hundred thousand persons according to the 1990 federal decennial census;
(2) three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) each to counties reclassified in 2002 as class A counties with a population of more than ninety thousand but less than one hundred thousand persons according to the 1990 federal decennial census;
(3) two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to class B counties with a population of more than thirty thousand but less than forty thousand persons according to the 1990 federal decennial census;
(4) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to class B counties with a population of more than sixty-two thousand but less than sixty-five thousand persons according to the 1990 federal decennial census; and
(5) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to class B counties with a population of more than thirteen thousand but less than fifteen thousand persons according to the 1990 federal decennial census.
E. Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) of the liquor excise tax revenues distributed to the local DWI grant fund is appropriated to the division for the interlock device fund.
F. In awarding DWI grants to local communities, the council:
(1) may fund new or existing innovative or model programs, services or activities designed to prevent or reduce the incidence of DWI, alcoholism or alcohol abuse;
(2) may fund existing community-based programs, services or facilities for prevention, screening and treatment of alcoholism and alcohol abuse;
(3) may fund new or existing innovative or model programs, services or activities of any kind designed to prevent or reduce the incidence of domestic abuse related to DWI, alcoholism or alcohol abuse;
(4) may fund existing community-based programs, services or facilities for prevention and treatment of domestic abuse related to DWI, alcoholism or alcohol abuse;
(5) shall give consideration to a broad range of approaches to prevention, education, screening, treatment or alternative sentencing, including programs that combine incarceration, treatment and aftercare, to address the problem of DWI, alcoholism or alcohol abuse; and
(6) shall make grants only to counties or municipalities in counties that have established a DWI planning council and adopted a county DWI plan or are parties to a multicounty DWI plan that has been approved by the council and approved pursuant to Chapter 43, Article 3 NMSA 1978 and only for programs, services or activities consistent with that plan. A DWI plan shall also comply with local DWI grant program rules and guidelines.
G. The council shall use the criteria in Subsection F of this section to approve DWI programs, services or activities for funding through the county DWI program distribution. Sixty-five percent of the DWI grants awarded to local communities shall be used for alcohol-related treatment and detoxification programs.
Laws 1993, ch. 65, § 3; 1997, ch. 182, § 3; 1999, ch. 18, § 1; 2000, ch. 83, § 2; 2001, ch. 112, § 2; 2003, ch. 213, § 1; 2013, ch. 98, § 1; 2025, ch. 8, § 1.
NMSA 1978, § 11-6A-4 DWI grant council; membership; duties
11-6A-4. DWI grant council; membership; duties
A. The "DWI grant council" is created and shall consist of the president of the New Mexico municipal league or his designee, the president of the New Mexico association of counties or his designee, the secretary of health or the secretary's designee, the secretary of finance and administration or the secretary's designee, the chief of the traffic safety bureau of the state highway and transportation department and two representatives of local governing bodies who shall be appointed by the governor so as to provide geographic diversity.
B. Appointed members shall be appointed to a two-year term. In the event of a vacancy, the governor shall appoint a member for the remainder of the term.
C. The council shall meet as necessary to receive applications, consider grant requests and award DWI grants pursuant to the Local DWI Grant Program Act. All actions of the council require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the council.
D. Members of the council shall be reimbursed for per diem and mileage in accordance with the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978].
Laws 1993, ch. 65, § 4; 2001, ch. 186, § 1.
NMSA 1978, § 11-6A-5 Administration of local DWI grant program and county DWI program distribution; regulations
11-6A-5. Administration of local DWI grant program and county DWI program distribution; regulations
A. The division shall administer and evaluate the local DWI grant program and the county DWI program distribution and shall serve as staff to the council.
B. The division, with the advice and approval of the council, shall adopt regulations necessary for operation of the local DWI grant program and the county DWI program distribution, including:
(1) forms and procedures for the application process for the local DWI grant program and the county DWI program distribution;
(2) documentation to be provided by the applicant to assure compliance with the grant and the county DWI program distribution guidelines and other provisions of the Local DWI Grant Program Act;
(3) procedures and guidelines for review, evaluation and approval of grant awards and for review and approval of programs to be funded by the county DWI program distribution;
(4) procedures and guidelines for oversight, evaluation and audit of DWI grantees to assure that grants are being administered in the manner and for the purposes that the grants were awarded; and
(5) design of an evaluation mechanism for DWI grant programs, distributions and services and submission by each DWI grantee of an annual report or other data on each local DWI grant program, distribution or service and its effectiveness and outcomes.
Laws 1993, ch. 65, § 5; 1997, ch. 182, § 4; 2003, ch. 213, § 2.
NMSA 1978, § 11-6A-6 Distribution of certain local DWI grant program funds; approval of programs
11-6A-6. Distribution of certain local DWI grant program funds; approval of programs
A. An amount equal to the liquor excise tax revenues distributed to the local DWI grant fund for the fiscal year less six million one hundred thousand dollars ($6,100,000) shall be available for distribution in accordance with the formula in Subsection B of this section to each county for council-approved DWI programs, services or activities; provided that each county shall receive a minimum distribution of at least one-half percent of the money available for distribution.
B. Each county shall be eligible for a DWI program distribution in an amount derived by multiplying the total amount of money available for distribution by a percentage that is the average of the following two percentages:
(1) a percentage equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the retail trade gross receipts in the county and the denominator of which is the total retail trade gross receipts in the state; and
(2) a percentage equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of alcohol-related injury crashes in the county and the denominator of which is the total alcohol-related injury crashes in the state.
C. A county shall be eligible to receive the distribution determined pursuant to Subsection B of this section if the board of county commissioners has submitted to the council a request to use the distribution for the operation of one or more DWI programs, services or activities in the county and the request has been approved by the council. The request shall also comply with local DWI grant program rules and guidelines.
D. No later than April 1 each year, each board of county commissioners seeking approval for the DWI program distribution pursuant to this section shall make application to the division for review and approval by the council for one or more local DWI programs, services or activities in the county. Application shall be made on a form and in a manner determined by the division. The council shall approve the programs eligible for a distribution no later than July 1 of each year. The division shall make the annual distribution to each county in quarterly installments on or before each September 10, December 10, March 10 and June 10, beginning in September 2004. The amount available for distribution quarterly to each county shall be the amount determined by applying the formula in Subsection B of this section to the amount of liquor excise tax revenues in the local DWI grant fund at the end of the month prior to the quarterly installment due date and after one million five hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($1,525,000) has been set aside for the DWI grant program and after the appropriations and distributions pursuant to Subsections D and E of Section 11-6A-3 NMSA 1978.
E. If a county does not have a council-approved DWI program, service or activity or does not need the full amount of the available distribution, the unused money shall revert to the local DWI grant fund and may be used by the council for the local DWI grant program.
F. As used in this section:
(1) "alcohol-related injury crashes" means the average annual number of alcohol-related injury crashes during the period from January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2002, as determined by the traffic safety bureau of the department of transportation; and
(2) "retail trade gross receipts" means the total reported gross receipts attributable to taxpayers reporting under the retail trade industry sector of the state for the most recent fiscal year as determined by the taxation and revenue department.
Laws 1997, ch. 182, § 2; 2000, ch. 83, § 3; 2001, ch. 112, § 3; 2003, ch. 213, § 3; 2025, ch. 8, § 2.
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