HOUSE BILL 433

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

Patricio Ruiloba

AN ACT

RELATING TO CRIMINAL SENTENCING; INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 30-22-11.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, Chapter 121, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "30-22-11.1. ESCAPE FROM THE CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT--ESCAPE FROM JUVENILE DETENTION.--Escape from the custody of the children, youth and families department consists of any person who has been adjudicated as a delinquent child and has been committed lawfully to the custody of a department juvenile justice facility or who is alleged to be a delinquent child and has been lawfully detained in a juvenile detention facility:

          A. escaping or attempting to escape from custody within the confines of a children, youth and families department juvenile justice facility; or

          B. escaping or attempting to escape from another lawful place of custody or confinement that is not within the confines of a children, youth and families department juvenile justice facility.

     Any person who commits escape from the custody of a children, youth and families department juvenile justice facility is guilty of a [misdemeanor] fourth degree felony."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2015.

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