New Mexico § 60-1A-14.1 - Racehorse testing fund; created; purpose

§ 60-1A-14.1. Racehorse testing fund; created; purpose

The “racehorse testing fund” is created in the state treasury. The purpose of the fund is to ensure the testing of racehorses at a laboratory that

meets or exceeds the current national laboratory standards for the testing of drugs

or other foreign substances not naturally occurring in a horse, as established by

the association of racing commissioners international, incorporated, or of a successor

organization or, if none, of another nationally recognized organization that has published

substantially similar guidelines that are generally accepted in the horse racing industry. The fund consists of one-half of the daily capital outlay tax appropriated and transferred

pursuant to Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of Section 60-1A-20 NMSA 1978 and appropriations, gifts, grants and donations made to the fund. Income from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The commission shall administer the racehorse testing fund, and money in the fund

is appropriated to the commission for the handling of pre- and post-race, out-of-competition

and necropsy testing of blood serum plasma, urine or other appropriate test samples

taken from racehorses pursuant to Section 60-1A-14 NMSA 1978 and to compensate the equine health and testing advisor employed or selected pursuant

to Section 60-1A-13 NMSA 1978 . Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining in the racehorse testing fund at

the end of a fiscal year in excess of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) shall

revert to the general fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be made on warrant of the secretary of finance

and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the executive director of the commission.