0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION; OBTAINING CRIMINAL HISTORY
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0003| INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS FOR A LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW.
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0005| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0006|      Section 1.  APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW--CRIMINAL
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0007| HISTORY INFORMATION.--
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0008|           A.  The supreme court shall require a background
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0009| investigation of each applicant for admission to the state bar of New
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0010| Mexico by means of fingerprint checks by the department of public
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0011| safety and the federal bureau of investigation.
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0012|           B.  The director of the administrative office of the
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0013| courts shall obtain from the department of public safety and the
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0014| federal bureau of investigation, at the expense of an applicant
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0015| for a license to practice law in the state of New Mexico, criminal
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0016| history information concerning each applicant, using the
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0017| applicant's fingerprints or other identifying information.  The
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0018| information shall be used only by the supreme court and the board
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0019| of bar examiners in determining whether to grant the application,
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0020| and shall not be disseminated to any other person or agency.  The
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0021| information shall be destroyed after the application is granted or
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0022| denied.                                                            
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0023|      
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