A. After the necessary disbursements from the workers' compensation collections suspense fund have been made, money remaining in the suspense fund as of the last day of the month, less any deduction for administrative costs determined and made by the department pursuant to Section 52-5-19 NMSA 1978, less any distribution made pursuant to Subsection B of this section and less any amount determined by the department to be retained in the suspense fund for the purpose of making refunds, shall be distributed to the workers' compensation administration fund.

B. Upon certification by the New Mexico finance authority that a project is sufficiently developed to warrant the issuance of bonds by the authority, the department shall distribute the first forty cents ($.40) of each workers' compensation assessment imposed pursuant to Section 52-5-19 NMSA 1978 to the New Mexico finance authority. Upon certification by the authority, the department shall cease distribution to the authority.

History: 1978 Comp., § 7-1-6.27, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 325, § 3; 1993, ch. 367, § 74.

Compiler's notes. — As enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 325, § 3, this section was designated 7-1-6.27 NMSA 1978. However, due to the enactment of an identically designated section by Laws 1989, ch. 356, § 7, this section was redesignated.

The 1993 amendment, effective April 8, 1993, redesignated the existing language as Subsection A and inserted "less any distribution made pursuant to Subsection B of this section" in that subsection, and added Subsection B.