0001|                            HOUSE BILL 76
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              FRANK BIRD
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES; PROVIDING MUNICIPALITIES WITH THE
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0012|     POWER TO IMPOSE PENALTIES FOR CURFEW ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS;
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0013|     GRANTING JURISDICTION TO MUNICIPAL, MAGISTRATE OR METROPOLITAN
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0014|     COURTS OVER CURFEW ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  Section 3-17-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965,
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0018|     Chapter 300, Section 14-16-1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019|          "3-17-1.  ORDINANCES--PURPOSES.--The governing body of a
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0020|     municipality may adopt ordinances or resolutions not
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0021|     inconsistent with the laws of New Mexico for the purpose of:
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0022|               A.  effecting or discharging the powers and duties
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0023|     conferred by law upon the municipality;
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0024|               B.  providing for the safety, preserving the
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0025|     health, promoting the prosperity and improving the morals,
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0001|     order, comfort and convenience of the municipality and its
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0002|     inhabitants; and
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0003|               C.  enforcing obedience to the ordinances by
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0004|     prosecution in the municipal court and metropolitan courts and
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0005|     upon conviction the imposition of:
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0006|                    (1)  except for those violations of ordinances
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0007|     described in Paragraphs (2) <s>[and]</s>, (3) <u>and (4)</u> of this
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0008|     subsection, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
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0009|     ($500) or imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both;
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0010|                    (2)  for a violation of an ordinance
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0011|     prohibiting driving a motor vehicle while under the influence
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0012|     of intoxicating liquor or drugs, a fine of not more than one
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0013|     thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not more than
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0014|     three hundred sixty-four days or both; <s>[and]</s>
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0015|                    (3)  for violations of an industrial user
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0016|     wastewater pretreatment ordinance as required by the United
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0017|     States environmental protection agency, a fine of not more
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0018|     than one thousand dollars ($1,000) a day for each violation;
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0019|     <u>and</u>
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0020|                    <u>(4)  for a violation of a curfew ordinance, a
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<u></u>0021| <u>    fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or community
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<u></u>0022| <u>    service or both</u>."
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0023|          Section 2.  Section 32A-2-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0024|     Chapter 77, Section 58) is amended to read:
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0025|          "32A-2-29.  MOTOR VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS.--
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0001|               A.  The municipal, magistrate or metropolitan court
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0002|     shall have original exclusive jurisdiction over all Motor
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0003|     Vehicle Code <s>[or]</s>, municipal traffic code <u>or municipal
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<u></u>0004| <u>    curfew</u> violations when the person alleged to have committed
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0005|     the violation is a child, with the exception of those
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0006|     violations contained in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of
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0007|     Section <s>[32-2-3]</s> <u>32A-2-3</u> NMSA 1978 and all traffic
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0008|     offenses alleged to have been committed by the child arising
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0009|     out of the same occurrence pursuant to Subsection B of this
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0010|     section.  
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0011|               B.  If the children's court acquires jurisdiction
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0012|     over a child pursuant to any of those Motor Vehicle Code
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0013|     violations contained in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of
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0014|     Section <s>[32-2-3]</s> <u>32A-2-3</u> NMSA 1978, it shall have
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0015|     jurisdiction over all traffic offenses alleged to have been
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0016|     committed by the child arising out of the same occurrence.  
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0017|               C.  All traffic offenses which the child is found
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0018|     to have committed by the municipal, magistrate or metropolitan
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0019|     court or for which the child is adjudicated delinquent by the
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0020|     children's court shall be subject to the reporting
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0021|     requirements and the suspension and revocation provisions of
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0022|     the Motor Vehicle Code and shall not be subject to the
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0023|     confidentiality provisions of the Delinquency Act.  
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0024|               D.  No tribunal may incarcerate any child who has
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0025|     been found guilty of any Motor Vehicle Code <s>[or]</s>, municipal
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0001|     traffic code <u>or municipal curfew</u> violations without first
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0002|     securing the approval of the children's court."
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