A. Within sixty days following the end of each fiscal year, every police and sheriff’s department shall report on a form approved by the department of public safety the total number of arrests, citations and penalty assessments for cannabis-related violations broken down by:

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 26-2C-33

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

(1)     category and penalty level; and

(2)     race, ethnicity, age and gender.

B. Each law enforcement agency shall submit its annual report to the department of public safety.

C. The department of public safety shall compile the reports submitted and shall issue by November 1 of each year an annual report of all cannabis-related violations in the state. The report shall aggregate the data for the state and shall disaggregate the data by agency, race, ethnicity, age and gender. The department of public safety shall make all annual reports submitted for previous fiscal years available on the department of public safety’s website.

D. For purposes of this section, “cannabis-related violation” means a violation of any of Sections 27 through 31 N.M. Stat. Ann. § 26-2C-27 to 26-2C-31 of the Cannabis Regulation Act or a violation of Section 66-8-102 or 66-13-3 N.M. Stat. Ann. if the basis for the arrest or citation is impairment due to the use of cannabis products.

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