0001|                        SENATE BILL 535
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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|                       JOHN ARTHUR SMITH
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO JUDGES; PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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0013|     IN SIERRA MAGISTRATE DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT AND
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0014|     ELECTION; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978; MAKING AN
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0015|     APPROPRIATION.
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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 35-1-30 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0019|     Chapter 62, Section 32) is amended to read:
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0020|       "35-1-30.  MAGISTRATE COURT--SIERRA DISTRICT.--There shall
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0021|     be [one magistrate] two magistrates in Sierra magistrate
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0022|     district, with [a] divisions 1 and 2 operating as a single
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0023|     court in Truth or Consequences."
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0024|       Section 2.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--APPOINTMENT AND ELECTION--DIVISION 2.--
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0025|            A.  The office of magistrate in Sierra magistrate
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0001|     district division 2 shall be filled by appointment of the
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0002|     governor.  The appointed magistrate shall begin serving January
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0003|     1, 1997 and shall serve until succeeded by a magistrate elected
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0004|     pursuant to Subsection B of this section.
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0005|            B.  The first full term of the office of magistrate
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0006|     in Sierra magistrate district division 2 shall be filled by
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0007|     election at the general election in 1998, and that term of
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0008|     office shall begin on January 1, 1999.
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0009|       Section 3.  APPROPRIATION.--Thirty-five thousand dollars
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0010|     ($35,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0011|     administrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal
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0012|     year 1997 for salary, benefits, office space and supplies for
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0013|     one new magistrate judge in Sierra magistrate district division
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0014|     2.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end
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0015|     of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund.
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0018|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0019|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0022|                                              JANUARY 30, 1996
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0023|   
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0024|   Mr. President:
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0025|   
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0001|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0002|   
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0003|                           SENATE BILL 535
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0004|   
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0005|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0006|   TO CONSTITUIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the JUDICIARY
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0007|   COMMITTEE.
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0009|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0014|                              __________________________________
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0015|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0019|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0020|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0023|                     Date ________________________
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0004|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0008|                                                   February 2, 1996
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0010|   Mr. President:
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0011|   
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0012|     Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0013|   
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0014|                           SENATE BILL 535
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0015|   
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0016|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0017|   it DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0018|   
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0019|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0023|                              __________________________________
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0024|                              Janice D. Paster, Chairman 
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0003|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0004|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0007|                     Date ________________________
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0010|   The roll call vote was  5  For  0  Against
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0011|   Yes:  5
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0012|   No:        0
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0013|   Excused:   Carraro, Cisneros, Tsosie, Vernon
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0014|   Absent:    None
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0021|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE             SB 535/a
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0022|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0025|                                                   February 7, 1996
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0002|   Mr. President:
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0004|     Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0005|   
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0006|                           SENATE BILL 535
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0007|   
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0008|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0009|   it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0010|   
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0011|     1.  On page 1, lines 13 and 14, strike "; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION".
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0012|   
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0013|     2.  On page 2, lines 9 through 15, strike Section 3 in its
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0014|   entirety.
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0015|   
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0016|                  Respectfully submitted,
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0021|                  Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0025|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0001|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0004|                     Date ________________________
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0007|   The roll call vote was  7  For  0  Against
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0008|   Yes:  7
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0009|   No:     0
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0010|   Excused:   Aragon, Duran, Ingle, T. Jennings, Kidd, Macias
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0011|   Absent: None
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0014|   S0535FC1                                               .111911.1
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