0001|                            SENATE BILL 68
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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|                              ROD ADAIR
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO CIVIL DAMAGES; PROVIDING A LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF
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0012|     PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN
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0016|     CIVIL ACTIONS.--An award of punitive damages in a civil action
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0017|     shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
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0018|     .120856.1
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