0001| HOUSE BILL 472
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| ANNA MARIE CROOK
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES; PROVIDING MUNICIPALITIES WITH
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0013| AUTHORITY TO ADOPT CURFEW ORDINANCES; VESTING CERTAIN COURTS
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0014| WITH EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER CURFEW VIOLATIONS; PRESCRIBING
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0015| PENALTIES; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. Section 3-17-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965,
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0019| Chapter 300, Section 14-16-1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020| "3-17-1. ORDINANCES--PURPOSES.--The governing body of a
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0021| municipality may adopt ordinances or resolutions not
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0022| inconsistent with the laws of New Mexico for the purpose of:
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0023| A. effecting or discharging the powers and duties
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0024| conferred by law upon the municipality;
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0025| B. providing for the safety, preserving the health,
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0001| promoting the prosperity and improving the morals, order,
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0002| comfort and convenience of the municipality and its inhabitants;
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0003| and
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0004| C. enforcing obedience to the ordinances by
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0005| prosecution in the municipal court and metropolitan courts and
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0006| upon conviction the imposition of:
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0007| (1) except for those violations of ordinances
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0008| described in Paragraphs (2) [and (3)] through (4) of this
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0009| subsection, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500)
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0010| or imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both;
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0011| (2) for a violation of an ordinance prohibiting
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0012| driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of
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0013| intoxicating liquor or drugs, a fine of not more than one
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0014| thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not more than
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0015| three hundred sixty-four days or both; [and]
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0016| (3) for violations of an industrial user
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0017| wastewater pretreatment ordinance as required by the United
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0018| States environmental protection agency, a fine of not more
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0019| than one thousand dollars ($1,000) a day for each violation;
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0020| and
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0021| (4) for a violation of a curfew ordinance, a
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0022| fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or community
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0023| service or both."
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0024| Section 2. Section 32A-2-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0025| Chapter 77, Section 58) is amended to read:
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0001| "32A-2-29. MOTOR VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS--CURFEW
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0002| VIOLATIONS.--
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0003| A. The municipal, magistrate or metropolitan court
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0004| shall have original exclusive jurisdiction over all Motor
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0005| Vehicle Code, [or] municipal traffic code or municipal
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0006| curfew violations when the person alleged to have committed the
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0007| violation is a child, with the exception of those violations
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0008| contained in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of Section [32-2-3]
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0009| 32A-2-3 NMSA 1978 and all traffic offenses alleged to have
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0010| been committed by the child arising out of the same occurrence
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0011| pursuant to Subsection B of this section.
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0012| B. If the [children's] court acquires jurisdiction
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0013| over a child pursuant to any of those Motor Vehicle Code
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0014| violations contained in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of Section
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0015| [32-2-3] 32A-2-3 NMSA 1978, it shall have jurisdiction over
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0016| all traffic offenses alleged to have been committed by the child
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0017| arising out of the same occurrence.
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0018| C. All traffic offenses [which] that the child
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0019| is found to have committed by the municipal, magistrate or
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0020| metropolitan court or for which the child is adjudicated
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0021| delinquent by the children's court shall be subject to the
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0022| reporting requirements and the suspension and revocation
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0023| provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code and shall not be subject to
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0024| the confidentiality provisions of the Delinquency Act.
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0025| D. No tribunal may incarcerate any child who has
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0001| been found guilty of any Motor Vehicle Code or municipal traffic
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0002| code violations without first securing the approval of the
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0003| [children's] court."
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0004| Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0005| provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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0006| State of New Mexico
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0007| House of Representatives
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0009| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0010| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0013| February 7, 1996
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0016| Mr. Speaker:
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0018| Your GOVERNMENT AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0019| whom has been referred
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0020|
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0021| HOUSE BILL 472
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0023| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0024| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0025| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0002| Respectfully submitted,
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0007| Lynda M. Lovejoy, Chairwoman
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0010| Adopted Not Adopted
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0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0014| Date
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0016| The roll call vote was 8 For 1 Against
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0017| Yes: 8
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0018| No: Pederson
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0019| Excused: Roberts, Wallace
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0020| Absent: None
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0024| H0472GU1 State of New Mexico
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0025| House of Representatives
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0002| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0003| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0006| February 13, 1996
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0009| Mr. Speaker:
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0011| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0013| HOUSE BILL 472
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0015| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0016| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0017| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0019| Respectfully submitted,
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0024| Cisco McSorley, Chairman
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0002| Adopted Not Adopted
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0004| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0006| Date
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0008| The roll call vote was 5 For 4 Against
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0009| Yes: 5
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0010| No: Foy, McSorley, Pederson, Stewart
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0011| Excused: Sanchez, R.G.
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0012| Absent: Baca, King, Luna
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0017| H0472JC1
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