0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO JUDGES; PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL MAGISTRATE JUDGE IN
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0003| THE SIERRA MAGISTRATE DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR ELECTION; AMENDING A
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0004| SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0006| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0007|      Section 1.  Section 35-1-30 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 62, Section 32) is
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0008| amended to read:
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0009|      "35-1-30.  MAGISTRATE COURT--SIERRA DISTRICT.--There shall be two
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0010| magistrates in Sierra magistrate district with  divisions one and two operating as a single court in
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0011| Truth or Consequences."
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0012|      Section 2.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--ELECTION--DIVISION TWO.--The
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0013| first full term of the office of magistrate in the Sierra magistrate district division two shall
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0014| be filled by election at the general election in 1998, and that term of office shall begin on
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0015| January 1, 1999.                          
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