HOUSE BILL 391

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

INTRODUCED BY

Dona G. Irwin

AN ACT

RELATING TO LIVESTOCK; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE LIVESTOCK CODE TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR LEAVING A GATE OPEN.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 77-16-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1897, Chapter 39, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "77-16-15. PENALTY.--[Sec. 17. That] In addition to the damage as provided for in [the preceding] Section [such] 77-16-14 NMSA 1978, the person [or persons] violating the provisions [thereof shall be deemed] of that section is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978, and upon conviction [thereof] before any [justice of the peace] magistrate shall be fined in a sum not less than [five nor more than ten dollars] one thousand dollars ($1,000)."