0001|                           HOUSE BILL 1334
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          R. DAVID PEDERSON
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PAROLE; PROVIDING SPECIFIC TIMELINES FOR THE
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0012|     JUVENILE PAROLE BOARD TO REVIEW A CHILD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR
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0013|     PAROLE; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE JUVENILE PAROLE BOARD ACT.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 32A-7-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0017|     Chapter 77, Section 195) is amended to read:
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0018|          "32A-7-2.  JUVENILE PAROLE BOARD--TERMS--DIRECTOR.--
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0019|               A.  The "juvenile parole board" is created,
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0020|     consisting of [three] five members appointed by the
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0021|     governor.  The juvenile parole board is administratively
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0022|     attached to the department.  The terms of members of the board
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0023|     shall be six years.
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0024|               B.  A director will be appointed by the governor as
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0025|     the administrative officer of the juvenile parole board.  The
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0001|     director shall employ other staff as is necessary to carry out
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0002|     the duties of the board.  Employees shall be employed in
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0003|     classified positions and shall be subject to the provisions of
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0004|     the Personnel Act."
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0005|          Section 2.  Section 32A-7-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0006|     Chapter 77, Section 201) is amended to read:
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0007|          "32A-7-8.  PAROLE ELIGIBILITY.--
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0008|               A.  A child [is eligible to] shall appear before
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0009|     the juvenile parole board no later than forty days after the
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0010|     entry of a judgment transferring legal custody to an agency for
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0011|     the care and rehabilitation of delinquent children, unless
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0012|     recommended for an earlier appearance by the agency responsible
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0013|     for such care and rehabilitation. 
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0014|               B.  In the event parole is denied, the child shall
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0015|     [be eligible] appear before the juvenile parole board for
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0016|     review every sixty days thereafter if the child received a
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0017|     short-term commitment of one year, or every ninety days
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0018|     thereafter, if the child received a long-term commitment for no
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0019|     more than two years. 
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0020|               C.  The juvenile parole board may review the case of
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0021|     any child upon its own motion at any time after parole is
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0022|     denied. 
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0023|               D.  The provisions of the Juvenile Parole Board Act
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0024|     apply to all children who, on [the effective date of that
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    act] July 1, 1997, are on parole or eligible to be placed on
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0001|     parole with the same effect as if that act had been in effect
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0002|     at the time they were placed on parole or became eligible to be
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0003|     placed on parole."
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0004|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0005|                      House of Representatives
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0007|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011|                                                   March 8, 1997
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0012|   
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0013|   
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0014|   Mr. Speaker:
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0015|   
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0016|        Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017|   
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0018|                       HOUSE BILL 1334
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0019|   
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0020|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0021|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0022|   
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0023|        1.  On page 2, line 11, after "children" strike the
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0024|   remainder of the line, strike lines 12 and 13 in their entirety
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0025|   and insert in lieu thereof of a period.
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0002|        2.  On page 2, line 16, strike "every" and insert in lieu
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0003|   thereof "within".
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0004|   
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0005|        3.  On page 2, line 17, strike "every" and insert in lieu
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0006|   thereof "within".
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0007|   
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0008|        4.  On page 2, line 19, before the period insert "or if the
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0009|   child is a youthful offender".
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0010|   
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0011|        5.  On page 2, line 22, after the period, insert "If a child
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0012|   is a youthful offender, he shall serve a period of parole before
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0013|   his twenty-first birthday or shall participate in an early
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0014|   release program approved by the department.".,
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0015|   
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0016|   and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0017|   COMMITTEE.
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0018|   
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0019|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0023|                                                                 
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0024|   
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0025|                                                              Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0003|   Adopted                          Not Adopted                     
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0005|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0007|                        Date             
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0009|   The roll call vote was 7  For 0  Against
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0010|   Yes:      7
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0011|             Excused:  King, Luna, Mallory, Rios, Sanchez, Stewart
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0012|             Absent:   None
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0016|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1334                       State of New Mexico
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0017|                      House of Representatives
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0018|   
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0019|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0020|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023|                                                  March 11, 1997
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0024|   
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0001|   Mr. Speaker:
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0002|   
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0003|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0004|   whom has been referred
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0005|   
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0006|                 HOUSE BILL 1334, as amended
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0007|                               
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0008|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0009|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0011|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0016|   
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0017|                                                              Max Coll, Chairman
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0018|   
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0020|   Adopted                          Not Adopted                     
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0021|    
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0022|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0024|                        Date             
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0001|   The roll call vote was 13  For 0  Against
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0002|   Yes:      13
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0003|             Excused:  Abeyta, Marquardt, Picraux, Varela
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0004|             Absent:   None
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0009|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0010|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0013|                                                  March 20, 1997
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0015|   Mr. President:
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0016|   
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0017|       Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0018|   
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0019|                    HOUSE BILL 1334, as amended
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0020|   
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0021|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0022|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0023|   
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0024|       1.  On page 2, line 16, after "days" insert "of each review
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0025|   proceeding hearing".
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0001|   
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0002|       2.  On page 2, line 17, after "days" insert "of each review
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0003|   proceeding hearing".
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0006|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0011|   __________________________________
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0012|                                Fernando R. Macias, Chairman 
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0016|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0017|   Adopted_______________________
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0018|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0021|                     Date ________________________
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0022|   
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0023|   
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0024|   The roll call vote was  6  For  0  Against
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0025|           Yes:    6
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0001|           No:     0
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0002|                Excused:     Tsosie, McSorley
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0003|           Absent: None
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