There is created in each county a county general fund to which the county treasurer shall credit all revenues not otherwise allocated by law. Expenditures from this fund shall be made only in accordance with budgets approved as provided by law.
History: 1953 Comp., § 15-43-20, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 4, § 12.
Cross references. — For finances of counties, municipalities and school districts, see 6-6-7 NMSA 1978 et seq.
Mileage fees collected by sheriffs and deputies. — By law a sheriff and his deputies are required to collect certain fees under 4-41-16 NMSA 1978 from private individuals for performing prescribed services, and in connection with the performance of such duties a mileage fee may be imposed. These mileage fees are required under 4-44-28 NMSA 1978 to be deposited into the county treasury, and pursuant to this section they are credited to the county salary fund (now county general fund). 1963 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 63-111.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 56 Am. Jur. 2d Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions § 536.
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