FORTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION, 2010

February 10, 2010

Mr. Speaker:

    Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 185

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 1, line 17, after the semicolon, insert "REQUIRING NONSALARIED COMMISSIONED POLICE OFFICERS TO HAVE COMPLETED FOUR HUNDRED HOURS OF BASIC TRAINING;".

     2. On page 1, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following new section:

     "Section 1. Section 29-7-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, Chapter 255, Section 6) is amended to read:

     "29-7-6. QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATION--COMMISSIONED NONSALARIED OFFICERS--TRAINING.--

          A. An applicant for certification shall provide evidence satisfactory to the board that [he] the applicant:

                (1) is a citizen of the United States and has reached the age of majority;

                (2) holds a high school diploma or the equivalent;

                (3) holds a valid driver's license;

                (4) has not been convicted of or pled guilty to or entered a plea of nolo contendere to any felony charge or, within the three-year period immediately preceding [his] the application, to any violation of any federal or state law or local ordinance relating to aggravated assault, theft, driving while intoxicated, controlled substances or other crime involving moral turpitude and has not been released or discharged under dishonorable conditions from any of the armed forces of the United States;

                (5) after examination by a licensed physician, is free of any physical condition that might adversely affect [his] the applicant's performance as a police officer or prohibit [him] the applicant from successfully completing a prescribed basic law enforcement training required by the Law Enforcement Training Act;

                (6) after examination by a certified psychologist, is free of any emotional or mental condition that might adversely affect [his] performance as a police officer or prohibit [him] the applicant from successfully completing a prescribed basic law enforcement training required by the Law Enforcement Training Act;

                (7) is of good moral character;

                (8) has met any other requirements for certification prescribed by the board pursuant to regulations adopted by the board; and

                (9) has previously been awarded a certificate of completion by the director attesting to the applicant's completion of an approved law enforcement training program.

          B. A person employed as a salaried police officer by any law enforcement agency in this state shall forfeit [his] the person's position unless, no later than twelve months after beginning [his] employment as a police officer, the person satisfies the qualifications for certification set forth in Subsection A of this section and is awarded a certificate attesting to that fact.

          C. A law enforcement agency shall not commission a person as a nonsalaried police officer unless that person has completed four hundred hours of basic law enforcement training."".

     3. Renumber the succeeding sections accordingly.

                                Respectfully submitted,

Al Park, Chairman