0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO COURTS; PLACING THE MAGISTRATE COURTS UNDER THE DIRECTION
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0003| AND CONTROL OF THE SUPREME COURT; REPEALING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF
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0004| 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 35-7-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter
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0008| 62, Section 96) is repealed and a new Section 35-7-1 NMSA 1978 is
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0009| enacted to read:
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0010|      "35-7-1.  MAGISTRATE COURTS--SUPERVISION BY THE SUPREME COURT.--
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0011| The magistrate courts shall operate under the direction and control of
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0012| the supreme court.  The director of the administrative office of the
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0013| courts shall provide administrative support to the magistrate courts,
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0014| under the supervision of the supreme court."
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0015|      Section 2.  REPEAL.--Section 35-7-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0016| Chapter 62, Section 97) is repealed.
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0017|      Section 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0018| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.                         
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