HOUSE BILL 406

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

W. Ken Martinez







AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS; EXPANDING THE JURISDICTION FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS FOR ISSUING BENCH WARRANTS; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 35-15-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1884, Chapter 39, Section 21, as amended) is amended to read:

"35-15-4. SERVICE OF PROCESS.--[Sec. 101.] Any [constable or] sheriff of the county in which the municipality is located or a county adjacent to the county in which the municipality is located may serve any process or make any arrests authorized to be made by [any city or town] a municipal officer where the violation occurred, except for parking violations."

Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2003.