0001| SENATE BILL 542
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| L. SKIP VERNON
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO CRIMES; REMOVING THE TIME LIMITATION FOR
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0012| PROSECUTION, TRIAL OR PUNISHMENT OF CAPITAL AND FIRST DEGREE
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0013| FELONIES.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. Section 30-1-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
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0017| Chapter 303, Section 1-8, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018| "30-1-8. TIME LIMITATIONS FOR COMMENCING PROSECUTION.--No
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0019| person shall [hereafter] be prosecuted, tried or punished in
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0020| any court of this state unless the indictment [shall be] is
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0021| found or information or complaint is filed therefor within
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0022| the time [hereinafter] as provided:
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0023| [A. for a capital felony, within fifteen years
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from the time the crime was committed;
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B. for a first degree felony, within fifteen years
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from the time the crime was committed;
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C.] A. for a second degree felony, within six
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0003| years from the time the crime was committed;
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0004| [D.] B. for a third or fourth degree felony,
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0005| within five years from the time the crime was committed;
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0006| [E.] C. for a misdemeanor, within two years
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0007| from the time the crime was committed;
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0008| [F.] D. for a petty misdemeanor, within one
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0009| year from the time the crime was committed;
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0010| [G.] E. for any crime against or violation of
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0011| the revenue laws of this state of Section 51-1-38 NMSA 1978,
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0012| within three years from the time the crime was committed; [and
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H.] F. for any crime not contained in the
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0014| Criminal Code, or where a limitation is not otherwise provided
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0015| for, within three years from the time the crime was committed;
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0017| G. for a capital felony or a first degree felony,
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0018| no limitation period shall exist and prosecution for these
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0019| crimes may commence at any time after the occurrence of the
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0020| crime."
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0021| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0022| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0025| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0001| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0004| February 19, 1997
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0006| Mr. President:
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0008| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0009| referred
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0011| SENATE BILL 542
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0013| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0014| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0015| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0017| Respectfully submitted,
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0022| __________________________________
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0023| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0002| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0003| 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: Feldman, Garcia, Rodarte, Smith
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0014| Absent: None
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0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 542/a
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0023| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0025| March 5, 1997
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0002| Mr. President:
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0004| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0006| SENATE BILL 542
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0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0009| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0011| 1. On page 2, line 16, after "degree" insert "violent".
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0013| The roll call vote on Amendment No. 1 was 4 For 2 Against.
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0015| Yes: 4
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0016| No: Payne, Vernon
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0017| Excused: Sanchez, Stockard
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0018| Absent: None
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0020| Respectfully submitted,
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0025| __________________________________
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0001| Fernando R. Macias, Chairman
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0005| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0006| Adopted_______________________
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0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0010| Date ________________________
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0013| The roll call vote was 5 For 1 Against
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0014| Yes: 5
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0015| No: McSorley
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0016| Excused: Sanchez, Stockard
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0017| Absent: None
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