0001| SENATE BILL 596 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| CISCO MCSORLEY | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO CRIME; ESTABLISHING PENALTIES RELATED TO THE VALUE | 0012| OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Section 30-16-40 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1973, | 0016| Chapter 154, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read: | 0017| "30-16-40. FRAUDULENT REFUSAL TO RETURN A LEASED VEHICLE | 0018| OR OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY--PENALTY--PRESUMPTION.-- | 0019| A. Any person who, after leasing a vehicle or other | 0020| personal property under a written agreement [which] that | 0021| provides for the return of the vehicle or personal property to | 0022| a particular place at a particular time and who, with intent to | 0023| defraud the lessor of the vehicle or personal property, fails | 0024| to return the vehicle or personal property to the place within | 0025| the time specified, is guilty: | 0001| (1) of a fourth degree felony if the property | 0002| [is a vehicle or has a value in excess of one hundred dollars | 0003| ($100)] or vehicle has a value of less than two thousand five | 0004| hundred dollars ($2,500); | 0005| (2) of a third degree felony if the property | 0006| or vehicle has a value of two thousand five hundred dollars | 0007| ($2,500) or more but less than twenty thousand dollars | 0008| ($20,000); | 0009| (3) of a second degree felony if the vehicle | 0010| has a value of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more; and | 0011| [(2)] (4) of a petty misdemeanor if the | 0012| property is not a vehicle and has a value of one hundred | 0013| dollars ($100) or less. | 0014| B. Failure of the lessee to return the vehicle or | 0015| personal property to the place specified within seventy-two | 0016| hours after the mailing to him by certified mail at his | 0017| address shown on the leasing agreement of a written demand to | 0018| return the vehicle or personal property shall raise a | 0019| rebuttable presumption that the failure to return the vehicle | 0020| or personal property was with intent to defraud." | 0021|  | 0022| | 0023| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0024| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| February 13, 1997 | 0003| | 0004| Mr. President: | 0005| | 0006| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to | 0007| whom has been referred | 0008| | 0009| SENATE BILL 596 | 0010| | 0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0012| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0013| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. | 0014| | 0015| Respectfully submitted, | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| __________________________________ | 0021| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0001| Adopted_______________________ | 0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Date ________________________ | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0009| Yes: 6 | 0010| No: None | 0011| Excused: Fidel, Kidd, McKibben, Robinson | 0012| Absent: None | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| S0596CT1 | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 596/a | 0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| February 26, 1997 | 0023| Mr. President: | 0024| | 0025| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0001| | 0002| SENATE BILL 596 | 0003| | 0004| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0005| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0006| | 0007| 1. On page 1, after line 25 insert the following new | 0008| paragraph to read: | 0009| "(1) of a misdeameanor if the property or vehicle was a | 0010| value in excess of $100 but less than $250;". | 0011| | 0012| 2. Renumber succeeding paragraphs accordingly. | 0013| | 0014| 3. On page 2, line 3, after "value of" insert "over $250 | 0015| but" | 0016| | 0017| and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0018| | 0019| Respectfully submitted, | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| __________________________________ | 0025| Fernando R. Macias, Chairman | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0005| Adopted_______________________ | 0006| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Date ________________________ | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0013| Yes: 5 | 0014| No: 0 | 0015| Excused: Payne, Sanchez, Vernon | 0016| Absent: None | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| S0596JU1 | 0020| | 0021| State of New Mexico | 0022| House of Representatives | 0023| | 0024| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0025| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| March 21, 1997 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| Mr. Speaker: | 0007| | 0008| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0009| | 0010| SENATE BILL 596, as amended | 0011| | 0012| has had it under consideration and reports same WITHOUT | 0013| RECOMMENDATION, and thence referred to | 0014| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0015| | 0016| Respectfully submitted, | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Adopted Not Adopted | 0025| | 0001| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0002| | 0003| Date | 0004| | 0005| The roll call vote was 6 For 3 Against | 0006| Yes: 6 | 0007| No: M.P. Garcia, King, Pederson | 0008| Excused: Alwin, Luna, Rios, Sanchez | 0009| Absent: None | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\S0596 |