District judges and district court employees shall be allowed per diem and shall be reimbursed for their necessary travel expenses incurred while absent from their principal offices upon official business, at the same rates and under the same conditions as prescribe by law or regulation of the state board of finance for other employees of the state. These expenses shall be paid from the funds of the district court of the judicial district for which the business is transacted.
NMS § 34-6-23