45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; PROVIDING THAT THE JAILS IN EACH COUNTY SHALL BE USED OR BE AVAILABLE FOR THE DETENTION OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH CRIMES IN THAT COUNTY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 33-3-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1865-1866, Chapter 19, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

"33-3-3. CONFINEMENT OF PRISONERS IN COUNTY WHERE OFFENSE COMMITTED.--[SEC. 2.] The jail or jails in each county shall be used or be available for the [retention] detention of every person [or persons] who, within the same county, [shall be] is charged with any crime or properly committed for trial or for the imprisonment of every person [or person] who in conformity with sentence, upon conviction of an offense, may have been sentenced, and for the safekeeping of every person who shall be committed by competent authority according to law."