0001|                        SENATE BILL 480
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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|                          GLORIA HOWES
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; REQUIRING THE PARENT OF OR LEGAL
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0013|     GUARDIAN FOR A CHILD WHO COMMITS GRAFFITI TO ASSIST THE CHILD IN
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0014|     PERFORMING COMMUNITY SERVICE; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE CRIMINAL
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0015|     CODE.
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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 30-15-1.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
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0019|     Chapter 36, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020|       "30-15-1.1.  UNAUTHORIZED GRAFFITI ON PERSONAL OR REAL
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0021|     PROPERTY.--
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0022|            A.  Graffiti consists of intentionally and
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0023|     maliciously defacing any real or personal property of another
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0024|     with graffiti or other inscribed material inscribed with ink,
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0025|     paint, spray paint, crayon, charcoal or the use of any object
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0001|     without the consent or reasonable ground to believe there is
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0002|     consent of the owner of the property.
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0003|            B.  Whoever commits graffiti to real or personal
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0004|     property when the damage to the property is one thousand dollars
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0005|     ($1,000) or less is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be
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0006|     required to perform a mandatory one hundred hours of community
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0007|     service within a continuous six-month period immediately
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0008|     following his conviction and shall be required to make
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0009|     restitution to the property owner for the cost of damages and
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0010|     restoration.
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0011|            C.  Whoever commits graffiti to real or personal
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0012|     property when the damage to the property is greater than one
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0013|     thousand dollars ($1,000) is guilty of a fourth degree felony
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0014|     and shall be required to perform a mandatory one hundred sixty
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0015|     hours of community service within a continuous eight-month
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0016|     period immediately following his conviction and shall be
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0017|     required to provide restitution to the property owner for the
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0018|     cost of damages and restoration as a condition of probation or
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0019|     following any term of incarceration as a condition of parole.
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0020|            D.  When a single occurrence of graffiti is committed
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0021|     by more than one individual, the court may apportion the amount
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0022|     of restitution owed by each offender in accordance with each
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0023|     offender's degree of culpability.
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0024|            <u>E.  When a child less than eighteen years of age
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<u></u>0025| <u>    commits graffiti and the court orders that child to perform
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<u></u>0001| <u>    community service pursuant to the provisions of Subsection B or
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<u></u>0002| <u>    C of this section, the court shall also order a parent of that
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<u></u>0003| <u>    child or a legal guardian for that child to assist the child in
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<u></u>0004| <u>    performing the community service</u>."
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0005|       Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0006|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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