N.M. Admin. Code § 2.40.3.8
The 2001 New Mexico Legislature enacted Laws of 2001, Chapter 277, now codified as the act, creating the civil legal services fund and the civil legal services commission. The fund has been established in the state treasury and is to be used to pay for civil legal services to low-income persons living in New Mexico. The fund is appropriated to the department of finance and administration local government division and the civil legal services commission. Disbursements from the fund shall be by warrant drawn by the secretary of DFA. The commission is required to establish and adopt rules and procedures for the fund, solicit proposals for the provision of civil legal services, and enter into contracts with eligible providers. The division, pursuant to the rules of the commission, shall administer the contracts and programs of the fund, and require an annual accounting from each recipient of disbursements from the fund. All commission rules, disbursements and expenditures involving the fund must be within the purview of the state code.
N.M. Admin. Code § 2.40.3.8