SENATE BILL 353

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

Joseph Cervantes

AN ACT

RELATING TO DISTRICT COURTS; CREATING AN ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIP IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 34-6-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read:

     "34-6-6. JUDGES--THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be [eight] nine district judges in the third judicial district."

     SECTION 2. TEMPORARY PROVISION--APPOINTMENT.--The additional district judgeship in the third judicial district shall be filled by appointment by the governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 of the constitution of New Mexico.

     SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION.--Four hundred thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars ($436,500) is appropriated from the general fund to the third judicial district court for expenditure in fiscal year 2016 to pay the costs associated with a new judgeship, including salaries and benefits for the judge and staff, furniture, equipment and supplies. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2016 shall revert to the general fund.

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