HOUSE BILL 188
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Sarah Silva
AN ACT
RELATING TO MAGISTRATE COURT; EXPANDING THE DONA ANA DISTRICT MAGISTRATE RIDING CIRCUIT TO INCLUDE SUNLAND PARK AND CHAPARRAL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 35-1-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 62, Section 12, as amended) is amended to read:
"35-1-10. MAGISTRATE COURT--DONA ANA DISTRICT.--There shall be seven magistrates in Dona Ana magistrate district. Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 shall operate as a single court in Las Cruces and shall rotate riding circuit to Anthony, Sunland Park, Chaparral and Hatch on a regularly scheduled basis."
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