N.M. Stat. § 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.