0001|                         SENATE BILL 63
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                       MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ
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0009|     FOR THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
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0010|     
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; REQUIRING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
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0013|     TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTION IN RECOGNIZING OFFENDERS WHO MAY HAVE A
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0014|     MENTAL ILLNESS; ENACTING A SECTION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
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0015|     TRAINING ACT.
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0016|     
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|       Section 1.  A new section of the Law Enforcement Training
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0019|     Act is enacted to read:
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0020|       "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENT--RECOGNITION OF
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0021|     MENTAL ILLNESS.--
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0022|            A.  The New Mexico law enforcement academy board
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0023|     shall establish and include in all basic law enforcement
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0024|     training and in all in-service law enforcement training an
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0025|     instructional component on encountering alleged offenders or
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0001|     persons in the community who may have a mental illness.
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0002|            B.  The instructional component shall include:
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0003|                 (1)  recognizing behaviors that may indicate
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0004|     that a person may be suffering from a mental illness;
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0005|                 (2)  effective methods of communicating with a
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0006|     person who may be suffering from a mental illness; and
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0007|                 (3)  incarceration options or other available
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0008|     options in communities statewide for a person who may be
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0009|     suffering from a mental illness."
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0010|                                - 2 -  
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0011|   
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0012|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0013|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0016|                                              JANUARY 18, 1996
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0018|   Mr. President:
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0020|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0021|   
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0022|                           SENATE BILL 63
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0023|   
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0024|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0025|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the SENATE
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0001|   PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0003|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0008|                              __________________________________
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0009|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0013|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0014|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0017|                     Date ________________________
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0021|   The roll call vote was <u> </u> For <u> </u> Against
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0022|   Yes:  
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0023|   No:        
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0024|   Excused:   
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0025|   Absent:    
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0003|   S0063CC1
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