July 1, 2024.) There is created in the state treasury the “crime laboratory fund”. The fund consists of gifts, grants, donations, appropriations and distributions to the fund made pursuant to the Tax Administration Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 7, Article 1]. All balances in the crime laboratory fund are appropriated to the traffic safety bureau of the department of transportation to provide funds to approved comprehensive community programs for the prevention of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and for other traffic safety purposes. Payment out of the crime laboratory fund shall be made on vouchers issued and signed by the chief of the traffic safety bureau upon warrants drawn by the department of finance and administration.