0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 34
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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|                          MARY HELEN GARCIA
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE SUPREME COURT TO ADOPT A RULE REQUIRING ALL
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0012|     JUDGES TO RECEIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING AS PART OF THEIR
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0013|     JUDICIAL EDUCATION.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, ninety-five percent of domestic violence victims
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0016|     are women; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, forty-six percent of female homicides in New
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0018|     Mexico are the result of domestic abuse and over one-third of
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0019|     those victims had reported prior injuries; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, the attorney general's task force on violence
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0021|     against women, the New Mexico domestic violence advisory
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0022|     council and the New Mexico medical society have studied issues
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0023|     related to domestic violence and determined that judicial
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0024|     training would help address the problem; and
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0025|          WHEREAS, the court is the single most important impetus
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0001|     for change and successful enforcement of current laws to
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0002|     protect victims of domestic violence; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, several states require judicial training in
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0004|     domestic violence law; 
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0005|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0006|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the supreme court be requested to
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0007|     adopt a rule that requires judicial training in domestic
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0008|     violence law and victim assistance; and
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0009|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0010|     transmitted to the justices of the supreme court.
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0012|                                 State of New Mexico
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0013|                      House of Representatives
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0014|   
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0015|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0016|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0019|                                               February 24, 1997
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0020|   
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0022|   Mr. Speaker:
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0023|   
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0024|        Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0025|   
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0001|                   HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 34
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0002|                               
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0003|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0004|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0005|   APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0007|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0013| <u>                                </u>                             Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0016|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0018|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0020|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0022|   The roll call vote was<u> 7 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0023|   Yes:      7
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0024|             Excused:  Alwin, M.P. Garcia, King, Pederson, Rios, Sanchez
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0025|             Absent:   None
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0005|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0006|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0009|                                                  March 21, 1997
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0011|   Mr. President:
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0012|   
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0013|       Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0014|   
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0015|                      HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 34
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0016|   
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0017|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0020|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0025|   __________________________________
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0001|                                Ben D. Altamirano, 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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0011|                     Date ________________________
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0014|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0015|           Yes:    6
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0016|           No:     None
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0017|                Excused:     Carraro, Eisenstadt, Ingle, Lyons, McKibben
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0018|           Absent: None
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