0001| SENATE BILL 69 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| ROD ADAIR | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS; PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY AWARD OF | 0012| COSTS TO PREVAILING PARTY; EXCEPTIONS. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. A new section of Chapter 39, Article 2 NMSA | 0016| 1978 is enacted to read: | 0017| "[NEW MATERIAL] MANDATORY AWARD OF COSTS IN CIVIL | 0018| ACTIONS--EXCEPTIONS.--In a civil action in a district, | 0019| magistrate, metropolitan or municipal court, costs shall be | 0020| awarded to the prevailing party except in those cases when a | 0021| specific provision of a statute provides otherwise." | 0022| .119977.1 |