Section 43-2-21 - Liability for costs.

NM Stat § 43-2-21 (2019) (N/A)
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Any intoxicated person having transportation, shelter or treatment furnished to the person as an intoxicated person under the Detoxification Reform Act shall be liable to the furnishing city, county or treatment facility for its reasonable costs in providing that transportation, shelter or treatment.

History: 1953 Comp., § 46-14-6, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 331, § 6; 2005, ch. 198, § 9.

The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, changed "health care or other facility" to "treatment facility".