0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO MAGISTRATE JUDGES; PROVIDING THAT A RETIRED MAGISTRATE
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0003| JUDGE MAY BE APPOINTED AS A MAGISTRATE JUDGE PRO TEMPORE; ENACTING A
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0004| NEW 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.  A new Section 35-2-6 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0008|      "35-2-6.  APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL MASTER, ARBITRATOR OR MAGISTRATE
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0009| JUDGE PRO TEMPORE.--A chief district court judge may appoint a retired
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0010| magistrate judge, with the retired judge's consent, to serve as a
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0011| magistrate judge pro tempore, subject to the monies available to the
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0012| judge pro tempore fund.  The retired magistrate judge shall be
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0013| compensated for his services as provided for nonsalaried public
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0014| officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act."
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0015|      Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0016| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.                         
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