HOUSE BILL 147

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

Dayan Hochman-Vigil

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS; CREATING AN ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIP IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

 

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

     SECTION 1. Section 34-6-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:

     "34-6-5. JUDGES--SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be [thirty] thirty-one district judges in the second judicial district."

     SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred six thousand eight hundred dollars ($306,800) is appropriated from the general fund to the second judicial district court for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 to pay the costs associated with a new judgeship, including salaries and benefits for the judge and staff, furniture, equipment and supplies. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.

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