SENATE BILL 313

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

Jacob R. Candelaria and Benny Shendo, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO JUDICIAL EDUCATION; INCLUDING TRIBAL JUDGES IN THE JUDGES EDUCATED BY THE JUDICIAL EDUCATION CENTER.

 

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

     SECTION 1. Section 34-13-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, Chapter 273, Section 2) is amended to read:

     "34-13-2. JUDICIAL EDUCATION CENTER CREATED--PURPOSE.--

          A. The "judicial education center" is created at the institute of public law at the university of New Mexico law school.

          B. The judicial education center shall provide education, training and instruction for the justices, judges, magistrates and court personnel of the state, municipalities and counties, and for tribal judges, with an appropriate amount of time to be devoted each year to training and instruction on the disposition of driving while under the influence cases."

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