0001|                        SENATE BILL 440
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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|                        RAYMOND L. KYSAR
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; CREATING THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL
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0013|     DISTRICT; MODIFYING THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT; PROVIDING
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0014|     FOR TRANSFER OF JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, PERSONNEL,
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0015|     APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
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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.  Section 34-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1941,
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0019|     Chapter 75, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020|       "34-6-1.  JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.--The state shall be divided
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0021|     into judicial districts as follows:
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0022|            A.  first judicial district, the counties of Santa
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0023|     Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos;
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0024|            B.  second judicial district, the county of
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0025|     Bernalillo;
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0001|            C.  third judicial district, the county of Dona Ana;
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0002|            D.  fourth judicial district, the counties of
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0003|     Guadalupe, San Miguel and Mora;
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0004|            E.  fifth judicial district, the counties of Eddy,
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0005|     Chaves and Lea;
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0006|            F.  sixth judicial district, the counties of Grant,
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0007|     Luna and Hidalgo;
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0008|            G.  seventh judicial district, the counties of
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0009|     Socorro, Torrance, Sierra and Catron;
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0010|            H.  eighth judicial district, the counties of Taos,
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0011|     Colfax and Union;
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0012|            I.  ninth judicial district, the counties of Curry
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0013|     and Roosevelt;
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0014|            J.  tenth judicial district, the counties of Quay,
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0015|     DeBaca and Harding;
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0016|            K.  eleventh judicial district, the <s>[counties of
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<s></s>0017| <s>    McKinley and San Juan]</s> <u>county of McKinley</u>;
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0018|            L.  twelfth judicial district, the counties of Otero
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0019|     and Lincoln; <s>[and]</s>
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0020|            M.  thirteenth judicial district, the counties of
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0021|     Cibola, Sandoval and Valencia; <u>and</u> 
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0022|            <u>N. fourteenth judicial district, the county of San
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<u></u>0023| <u>    Juan</u>."
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0024|       Section 2.  Section 34-6-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0025|     Chapter 69, Section 17, as amended by Laws 1995, Chapter 178,
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0001|     Section 3 and also by Laws 1995, Chapter 179, Section 1) is
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0002|     amended to read:
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0003|       "34-6-14.  JUDGES--ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall
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0004|     be <s>[six]</s> <u>two</u> district judges in the eleventh judicial
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0005|     district.  <s>[The judges of divisions one, three, four and six
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<s></s>0006| <s>    shall reside and maintain their principal offices in San Juan
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<s></s>0007| <s>    county.  The judges of divisions two and five shall reside and
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<s></s>0008| <s>    maintain their principal offices in McKinley county.]</s>"
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0009|       Section 3.  A new Section 34-6-16.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted to
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0010|     read:
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0011|       "34-6-16.1.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  JUDGES--FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL
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0012|     DISTRICT.--There shall be four judges in the fourteenth judicial
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0013|     district."
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0014|       Section 4.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--TRANSFER OF JUDGES,
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0015|     DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, PERSONNEL, APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACTS AND
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0016|     OBLIGATIONS.--On the effective date of the provisions of this
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0017|     act:
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0018|            A.  judges serving in eleventh judicial district
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0019|     divisions one, three, four and six who reside in San Juan county
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0020|     are transferred to divisions one, two, three and four,
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0021|     respectively, of the fourteenth judicial district, together with
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0022|     all budgets, personnel, money, funds, appropriations, accounts,
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0023|     furniture, equipment, office supplies and other things of value
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0024|     and all contracts, debts, liabilities or other obligations
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0025|     attributable to those divisions;
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0001|            B.  the district attorney serving in eleventh
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0002|     judicial district division one who resides in San Juan county is
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0003|     transferred to the fourteenth judicial district and shall retain
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0004|     all budgets, personnel, money, funds, appropriations, accounts,
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0005|     furniture, equipment, office supplies and other things of value
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0006|     and all contracts, debts, liabilities or other obligations
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0007|     attributable to division one; and
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0008|            C.  the district attorney serving in eleventh
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0009|     judicial district division two who resides in McKinley county
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0010|     shall become the sole district attorney for the eleventh
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0011|     judicial district and shall retain all budgets, personnel,
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0012|     money, funds, appropriations, accounts, furniture, equipment,
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0013|     office supplies and other things of value and all contracts,
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0014|     debts, liabilities or other obligations attributable to division
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0015|     two.
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0016|       Section 5.  REPEAL.--Sections 36-1-8.2 and 36-1-8.3 NMSA
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0017|     1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 25, Sections 1 and 2, as amended)
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0018|     are repealed.
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0019|       Section 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0020|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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0023|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0024|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0002|                                             FEBRUARY 12, 1996
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0004|   Mr. President:
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0006|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0007|   
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0008|                           SENATE BILL 440
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0009|   
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0010|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, 
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0011|   PURSUANT TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVSIONS, and thence referred to the
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0012|   FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0014|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0020|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0024|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0025|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0009|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0010|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0013|                                                  February 13, 1996
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0015|   Mr. President:
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0017|     Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0018|   
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0019|                           SENATE BILL 440
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0020|   
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0021|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0022|   it DO PASS.
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0024|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0004|                              Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0008|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0009|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0016|   The roll call vote was <u> 7 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0017|   Yes:  7
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0018|   No:        0
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0019|   Excused:   Aragon, Donisthorpe, Garcia, Jennings T., Macias, Nava
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0020|   Absent:    None
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