HOUSE BILL 615

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

Rodolpho “Rudy” S. Martinez

AN ACT

RELATING TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS; ALLOWING STIPENDS TO BE PAID TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. 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.

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