SENATE BILL 104

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

George K. Munoz

AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS; ESTABLISHING A NEW MAGISTRATE NIGHT COURT WITH VIDEO ARRAIGNMENT CAPABILITY IN MCKINLEY COUNTY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

     Section 1. Section 35-1-20 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 62, Section 22, as amended) is amended to read:

     "35-1-20. MAGISTRATE COURT--MCKINLEY DISTRICT.--There shall be [three] four magistrates in McKinley magistrate district, divisions 1, 2, [and] 3 and 4 operating as a single court in Gallup. The division 3 magistrate shall ride circuit to Thoreau. The division 4 magistrate shall preside over a night court with video arraignment capability."

     Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.