0001|                           SENATE BILL 799
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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|                            R. L. STOCKARD
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO JUVENILE JUSTICE; PROVIDING MUNICIPAL, MAGISTRATE
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0012|     AND METROPOLITAN COURTS WITH EXCLUSIVE, ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
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0013|     OVER CERTAIN MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF
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0014|     THE DELINQUENCY ACT. 
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  A new section of the Delinquency Act is
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0018|     enacted to read:
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0019|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN MISDEMEANOR
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0020|     OFFENSES.--
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0021|               A.  Notwithstanding other provisions of the
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0022|     Children's Code and subject to the exception set forth in
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0023|     Subsection B of this section, the municipal, magistrate or
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0024|     metropolitan court shall have original, exclusive jurisdiction
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0025|     over the following misdemeanor offenses, when the person
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0001|     alleged to have committed the offense is a child and he has no
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0002|     more than one prior adjudication for any of the following
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0003|     misdemeanor offenses:
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0004|                    (1)  assault, as provided in Section 30-3-1
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0005|     NMSA 1978;
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0006|                    (2)  battery, as provided in Section 30-3-4
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0007|     NMSA 1978;
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0008|                    (3)  criminal trespass, as provided in Section
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0009|     30-14-1 NMSA 1978;
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0010|                    (4)  graffiti, as provided in Subsection B of
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0011|     Section 30-15-1.1 NMSA 1978;
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0012|                    (5)  shoplifting, as provided in Paragraph (1)
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0013|     or (2) of Subsection B of Section 30-16-20 NMSA 1978;
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0014|                    (6)  possession of one ounce or less of
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0015|     marijuana, as provided in Paragraph (1) of Subsection B of
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0016|     Section 30-31-23 NMSA 1978; and
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0017|                    (7)  possession of alcohol by a minor, as
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0018|     provided in Section 60-7B-1 NMSA 1978.
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0019|               B.  If the children's court acquires jurisdiction
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0020|     over a child pursuant to the alleged commission of a delinquent
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0021|     act not set forth in Subsection A of this section, it shall
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0022|     have jurisdiction over all offenses alleged to have been
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0023|     committed by the child arising out of the same occurrence.
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0024|               C.  When the municipal, magistrate or metropolitan
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0025|     court finds that a child committed an offense set forth in
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0001|     Subsection A of this section, it shall forward a copy of the
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0002|     disposition report to the district court.  The district court
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0003|     shall maintain a registry of such disposition reports received
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0004|     from a municipal, magistrate or metropolitan court."
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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, 1997.
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0009|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE           SB 799/a
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0010|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011|   
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0012|                                                  March 15, 1997
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0013|   
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0014|   Mr. President:
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0015|   
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0016|       Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017|   
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0018|                          SENATE BILL 799
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0019|   
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0020|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0021|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0022|   
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0023|       1.  On page 2, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following
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0024|   new subsection:
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0001|           "B.  A municipal, magistrate or metropolitan court shall
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0002|   not incarcerate a child who has been adjudicated for an offense
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0003|   set forth in Subsection A of this section without first securing
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0004|   the approval of the children's court.".
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0005|   
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0006|       2.  Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
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0009|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0012|                                
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0013|   __________________________________
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0014|                                Fernando R. Macias, Chairman 
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0017|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0018|   Adopted_______________________
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0019|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0022|                     Date ________________________
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0024|   The roll call vote was <u> 4 </u> For <u> 3 </u> Against
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0025|           Yes:    4
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0001|           No:     Lopez, Sanchez, McSorley
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0002|                Excused:     Tsosie
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0003|           Absent: None
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0007|   S0799JU1                                            .118161.1
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