44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; PROVIDING COURTS WITH CERTAIN SENTENCING OPTIONS; SPECIFYING THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AS A TYPE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 31-20-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963, Chapter 303, Section 29-18, as amended) is amended to read:

"31-20-6. CONDITIONS OF ORDER DEFERRING OR SUSPENDING SENTENCE.--The magistrate, metropolitan or district court shall attach to its order deferring or suspending sentence [such] reasonable conditions as it may deem necessary to ensure that the defendant will observe the laws of the United States and the various states and the ordinances of any municipality. The defendant upon conviction shall be required to reimburse the department of public safety for the purpose of funding law enforcement agencies that participate in the law enforcement torch run to benefit the New Mexico special olympics or a law enforcement agency or local crime stopper program for the amount of any reward paid by the agency or program for information leading to his arrest, prosecution or conviction, but in no event shall reimbursement to the crime stopper program preempt restitution to victims pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-17-1 NMSA l978. The defendant upon conviction shall be required to pay the actual costs of his supervised probation service to the adult probation and parole division of the corrections department or appropriate responsible agency for deposit to the corrections department intensive supervision fund not exceeding one thousand twenty dollars ($1,020) annually to be paid in monthly installments of not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) and not more than eighty-five dollars ($85.00), subject to modification, upon court approval, by the appropriate district supervisor of the adult probation and parole division or the local supervisor of the responsible agency on the basis of changed financial circumstances, and may be required to:

A. [to] provide for the support of [any] persons for whose support he is legally responsible;

B. [to] undergo available medical or psychiatric treatment and [to] enter and remain in a specified institution when required for that purpose;

C. [to] be placed on probation under the supervision, guidance or direction of the adult probation and parole division of the corrections department for a term not to exceed five years;

D. [to] serve a period of time in volunteer labor to be known as "community service". The type of labor and period of service shall be at the sole discretion of the court and may include volunteering with special olympics programs; provided that any person receiving community service shall be immune from [any] civil liability other than gross negligence arising out of the community service, and any person who performs community service pursuant to court order or [any] a criminal diversion program shall not be entitled to [any] wages, shall not be considered an employee [for any purpose] and shall not be entitled to workers' compensation, unemployment benefits or [any] other benefits otherwise provided by law. As used in this subsection, "community service" means [any] labor that benefits the public at large or [any] a public, charitable or educational entity or institution;

E. [to] make a contribution of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100), to be paid in monthly installments of not less than five dollars ($5.00), to the department of public safety for the purpose of funding law enforcement agencies that participate in the law enforcement torch run, to benefit the New Mexico special olympics, a local crime stopper program or a local drug abuse resistance education program that operates in the territorial jurisdiction of the court. If there is no program in that area, the contribution shall be made to the crime stoppers commission; and

F. [to] satisfy any other conditions reasonably related to his rehabilitation."