Section 33-3B-2 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

33-3B-2. Definitions.

As used in the County Detention Facility Reimbursement Act:

A.     "county detention facility" means a facility that is owned, operated or under contract of operation by a board of county commissioners and that is used for the incarceration of prisoners charged with or convicted of a violation of local, state, tribal, federal or international law;

B.     "division" means the local government division of the department of finance and administration;

C.     "dual supervision offender" means an individual who is serving a probation term and a parole term;

D.     "eligible county" means a county that provides information to the New Mexico sentencing commission regarding costs incurred by the county for the incarceration of felony offenders; 

E.     "felony offender" means an individual who is convicted of a felony and sentenced to confinement in a correctional facility designated by the corrections department and who:

(1)     has been released from confinement and is a dual supervision offender and:

(a)     has violated parole or is charged with a parole violation; 

(b)     has violated probation or is charged with a probation violation; or

(c)     while on probation or parole, is charged with a violation of local, state, tribal, federal or international law;

(2)     has been released from confinement and is serving a parole term and:

(a)     has violated parole or is charged with a parole violation; or

(b)     while on parole, is charged with a violation of local, state, tribal, federal or international law; or

(3)     is awaiting transportation and commitment to the corrections department following the revocation of parole or a sentencing hearing for a felony conviction; and

F.     "fund" means the county detention facility reimbursement fund.