0001|                            HOUSE BILL 139
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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|                              RICK MIERA
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0008|                   FOR THE DWI OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO FEES; INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY
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0012|     FEE; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978; MAKING AN
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0013|     APPROPRIATION.
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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 35-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0017|     Chapter 62, Section 92, as amended by Laws 1997, Chapter 242,
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0018|     Section 3 and also by Laws 1997, Chapter 247, Section 1) is
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0019|     amended to read:
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0020|          "35-6-1.  MAGISTRATE COSTS--SCHEDULE--DEFINITION OF
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0021|     "CONVICTED".--
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0022|               A.  Magistrate judges, including metropolitan court
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0023|     judges, shall collect the following costs:
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0024|      Docket fee, criminal actions under Section 29-5-1 NMSA 
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0025|         1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $ 1.00 
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0001|      Docket fee, to be collected prior to docketing any other
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0002|         criminal action, except as provided in Subsection B 
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0003|         of Section 35-6-3 NMSA 1978. . . . . . . . . .   20.00 
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0004|      Docket fee, ten dollars ($10.00) of which shall be
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0005|         deposited in the court automation fund, to be 
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0006|         collected prior to docketing any civil action, except 
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0007|         as provided in Subsection A of Section 35-6-3 NMSA 
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0008|         1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   47.00 
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0009|      Jury fee, to be collected from the party demanding trial
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0010|         by jury in any civil action at the time the demand is 
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0011|         filed or made. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   25.00 
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0012|      Copying fee, for making and certifying copies of any 
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0013|         records in the court, for each page copied by 
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0014|         photographic process . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .50 
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0015|      Copying fee, for computer-generated or electronically 
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0016|         transferred copies, per page . . . . . . . . . .  1.00.
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0017|          Proceeds from this copying fee shall be transferred 
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0018|          to the administrative office of the courts for 
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0019|          deposit in the court automation fund.  Except as 
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0020|          otherwise specifically provided by law, docket fees 
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0021|          shall be paid into the general fund.
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0022|           B.  Except as otherwise provided by law, no other

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0023|     costs or fees shall be charged or collected in the magistrate
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0024|     or metropolitan court.
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0025|           C.  The magistrate or metropolitan court may grant
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0001|     free process to any party in any civil proceeding or special
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0002|     statutory proceeding upon a proper showing of indigency.  The
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0003|     magistrate or metropolitan court may deny free process if it
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0004|     finds that the complaint on its face does not state a cause of
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0005|     action.
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0006|           D.  As used in this subsection, "convicted" means
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0007|     the defendant has been found guilty of a criminal charge by
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0008|     the magistrate or metropolitan judge, either after trial, a
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0009|     plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere.  Magistrate
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0010|     judges, including metropolitan court judges, shall collect the
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0011|     following costs:
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0012|                (1)  corrections fee, to be collected upon
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0013|     conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision
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0014|     of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor
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0015|     vehicle, convicted of a crime constituting a misdemeanor or a
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0016|     petty misdemeanor or convicted of violating any ordinance that
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0017|     may be enforced by the imposition of a term of imprisonment 
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0018|      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.00; 
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0019|                (2)  court automation fee, to be collected
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0020|     upon conviction from persons convicted of violating any
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0021|     provision of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of
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0022|     a motor vehicle, convicted of a crime constituting a
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0023|     misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor or convicted of violating
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0024|     any ordinance that may be enforced by the imposition of a term
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0025|     of imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   10.00; 
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0001|                (3)  traffic safety fee, to be collected upon
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0002|     conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision
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0003|     of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor
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0004|     vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  <s>[3.00]</s> <u>5.00</u>; 
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0005|                (4)  judicial education fee, to be collected
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0006|     upon conviction from persons convicted of operating a motor
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0007|     vehicle in violation of the Motor Vehicle Code, convicted of a
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0008|     crime constituting a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor or
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0009|     convicted of violating any ordinance punishable by a term of 
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0010|     imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1.00; 
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0011|     and 
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0012|                (5)  brain injury services fee, to be
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0013|     collected upon conviction from persons convicted of violating
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0014|     any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the
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0015|     operation of a motor vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.00.
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0016|           E.  Metropolitan court judges shall collect as
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0017|     costs a mediation fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for
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0018|     the docketing of small claims and criminal actions specified
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0019|     by metropolitan court rule.  Proceeds of the mediation fee
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0020|     shall be deposited into the metropolitan court mediation
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0021|     fund."
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0022|      Section 2.  Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
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0023|     1989, Chapter 320, Section 5, as amended by Laws 1997, Chapter
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0024|     242, Section 5 and also by Laws 1997, Chapter 247, Section 2)
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0025|     is amended to read:
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0001|      "66-8-116.3.  PENALTY ASSESSMENT MISDEMEANORS--ADDITIONAL
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0002|     FEES.--In addition to the penalty assessment established for
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0003|     each penalty assessment misdemeanor, there shall be assessed:
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0004|           A.  ten dollars ($10.00) to help defray the costs
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0005|     of local government corrections;
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0006|           B.  a court automation fee of ten dollars ($10.00);
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0007|           C.  a traffic safety fee of <s>[three dollars
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<s></s>0008| <s>    ($3.00)]</s> <u>five dollars ($5.00)</u>, which shall be credited to
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0009|     the traffic safety education and enforcement fund;
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0010|           D.  a judicial education fee of one dollar ($1.00),
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0011|     which shall be credited to the judicial education fund; and
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0012|           E.  a brain injury services fee of five dollars
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0013|     ($5.00), which shall be credited to the brain injury services
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0014|     fund."
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0015|      Section 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0016|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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