0001|              SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0002|                           SENATE BILL 613
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0003|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0011|                                AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION; OBTAINING CRIMINAL HISTORY
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0013|     INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS FOR A LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW--
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0017|     CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION.--
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0018|               A.  The supreme court shall require a background
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0019|     investigation of each applicant for admission to the state bar
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0020|     of New Mexico by means of fingerprint checks by the department
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0021|     of public safety and the federal bureau of investigation.
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0022|               B.  The director of the administrative office of the
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0023|     courts shall obtain from the department of public safety and
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0024|     the federal bureau of investigation, at the expense of an
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0025|     applicant for a license to practice law in the state of New
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0001|     Mexico, criminal history information concerning each applicant,
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0002|     using the applicant's fingerprints or other identifying
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0003|     information.  The information shall be used only by the supreme
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0004|     court and the board of bar examiners in determining whether to
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0005|     grant the application, and shall not be disseminated to any
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0006|     other person or agency.  The information shall be destroyed
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0007|     after the application is granted or denied.
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