Section 29-13-2 - Purpose of act.
29-13-2. Purpose of act.
The purpose of the Law Enforcement Protection Fund Act [29-13-1 NMSA 1978] is to provide for the equitable distribution of money to municipal police, university police, tribal police and county sheriff's departments for use in the maintenance and improvement of those departments in order to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of law enforcement services and to sustain at a reasonable level the payments available to the surviving eligible family members of a peace officer killed in the line of duty.