N.M. Stat. § 17-7-3
Administration.
A. The state game commission [state wildlife commission] shall administer the
provisions of the Shooting Range Fund Act and shall, pursuant to the State Rules Act
[Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978], adopt such rules and regulations as deemed
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Shooting Range Fund Act.
B. Rules and regulations shall include:
(1)
a method for the determination of a county or municipality eligibility for
grants from the shooting range fund;
(2)
procedures for applications, approvals and rejections of grant proposals;
(3)
a requirement that a county or municipality contribute at least twenty-five
percent of the cost necessary to complete a shooting range grant proposal;
(4)
a requirement that one-half of the local contribution required by Paragraph
(3) of this subsection is to be money;
(5)
a requirement that a shooting range project shall be undertaken in
accordance with specifications determined by the department of game and fish
[department of wildlife]. Such specifications may provide for pistol, rifle, shotgun and
archery facilities; and
(6)
provisions for the operation and maintenance of shooting range facilities.
C. Grants from the shooting range fund shall be awarded by the state game
commission [state wildlife commission] only for new public shooting range construction
or for improvements to existing public shooting ranges. No funds shall be approved for
maintenance of shooting ranges nor for shooting range renovation prior to 1980. No
grant from the money appropriated to the shooting range fund shall exceed:
(1)
twenty-five percent of the cost of any one project; nor
(2)
more than ten percent of the amount appropriated to the shooting range
fund by the Shooting Range Fund Act.
D. The state game commission [state wildlife commission] may expend not more
than five percent of the appropriated money in the shooting range fund each fiscal year
for administrative purposes to carry out the provisions of the Shooting Range Fund Act.