SENATE BILL 185

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2020

INTRODUCED BY

Richard C. Martinez

 

 

 

ENDORSED BY THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS; CREATING ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIPS IN THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS.

 

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

     SECTION 1. Section 34-6-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:

     "34-6-4. JUDGES--FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be [nine] ten district judges in the first judicial district."

     SECTION 2. Section 34-6-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:

     "34-6-5. JUDGES--SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be [twenty-seven] twenty-nine district judges in the second judicial district."

     SECTION 3. 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 4. Section 34-6-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1971, Chapter 52, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

     "34-6-15. JUDGES--TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be [four] five district judges in the twelfth judicial district. The judge of division three shall reside and maintain [his] the judge's principal office in Lincoln county."

     SECTION 5. TEMPORARY PROVISION--DISTRICT JUDGES-- APPOINTMENTS.--The additional district judgeships provided for in this act shall be filled by appointment by the governor pursuant to Article 6, Section 36 of the constitution of New Mexico.

     SECTION 6. APPROPRIATIONS TO THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.--

          A. Three hundred twenty-nine thousand dollars ($329,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the first judicial district court for expenditure in fiscal year 2021 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 2021 shall revert to the general fund.

          B. Seven hundred three thousand two hundred dollars ($703,200) is appropriated from the general fund to the second judicial district court for expenditure in fiscal year 2021 to pay the costs associated with new judgeships, including salaries and benefits for the judges and staff, furniture, equipment and supplies. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2021 shall revert to the general fund.

          C. Three hundred eighty-one thousand dollars ($381,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the third judicial district court for expenditure in fiscal year 2021 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 2021 shall revert to the general fund.

          D. One hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the twelfth judicial district court for expenditure in fiscal year 2021 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 2021 shall revert to the general fund.

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