HOUSE BILL 265
52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016
INTRODUCED BY
Antonio "Moe" Maestas
AN ACT
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; REQUIRING THAT WHEN A BENCH WARRANT PERTAINING TO A CRIMINAL MATTER OR AN ARREST WARRANT IS ISSUED, THE COURT PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IMMEDIATELY ENTER THE WARRANT IN THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER DATABASE, THAT THE COURT NOTIFY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE BONDING COMPANY WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AND THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND BONDING COMPANY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Criminal Procedure Act is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] BENCH AND ARREST WARRANTS--INPUT INTO NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER DATABASE--NOTIFICATION WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.--
A. When a bench warrant pertaining to a criminal matter or an arrest warrant is issued by a court, the court shall promptly notify the sheriff's office in which the court is located to enter the warrant into the national crime information center database. The warrant shall be entered into the database immediately upon receipt by the sheriff's office.
B. When a bench warrant pertaining to a criminal matter or an arrest warrant is issued by a court, the district attorney's office for the district in which the court is located shall be notified within twenty-four hours. The district attorney's office shall also notify the appropriate law enforcement agencies of the warrant and, when applicable, the appropriate bonding company. If the person for whom the bench or arrest warrant has been issued has been released on bail, the applicable bonding company shall be notified within twenty-four hours.
C. Upon learning of the outstanding warrant, the local law enforcement agency and, if applicable, the bonding company shall, as immediately as practical, take all reasonable, affirmative steps to apprehend the person."
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