0001| HOUSE BILL 195 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| HENRY KIKI SAAVEDRA | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO COURTS; PROVIDING FOR THREE ADDITIONAL JUDGES IN THE | 0013| BERNALILLO COUNTY METROPOLITAN COURT; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE | 0014| NMSA 1978; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. Section 34-8A-4.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, | 0018| Chapter 318, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read: | 0019| "34-8A-4.1. METROPOLITAN COURT JUDGES--TERMS OF OFFICE--ELECTION.-- | 0020| A. The elected term of office for each judge of the | 0021| metropolitan court is four years. | 0022| B. Judges of the metropolitan court who have been | 0023| previously elected in a partisan election or who were serving as | 0024| metropolitan judges on January 1, 1989 in divisions one through | 0025| twelve shall be subject to retention or rejection on a | 0001| nonpartisan ballot at the 1990 general election for a four-year | 0002| term ending December 31, 1994. | 0003| C. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the | 0004| metropolitan court after January 1, 1989 shall serve until the | 0005| next general election. That person's successor shall be chosen | 0006| at that general election and shall hold the office until the | 0007| general election four years later. | 0008| D. Judges of the Bernalillo county metropolitan | 0009| court for divisions thirteen, fourteen and fifteen shall be | 0010| appointed and shall serve until the 1992 general election. | 0011| Their successors shall be chosen at that general election and | 0012| shall hold office until the general election four years later. | 0013| E. Judges of the Bernalillo county metropolitan | 0014| court for divisions sixteen, seventeen and eighteen shall be | 0015| appointed pursuant to Article 6, Section 37 of the constitution | 0016| of New Mexico and shall serve until the 1998 general election. | 0017| Their successors shall be chosen at that general election and | 0018| shall hold office until the general election four years later." | 0019| Section 2. Section 34-8A-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1979, | 0020| Chapter 346, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read: | 0021| "34-8A-8. METROPOLITAN COURT--BERNALILLO DISTRICT.-- | 0022| A. The name of the metropolitan court in the | 0023| Bernalillo metropolitan district shall be the "Bernalillo county | 0024| metropolitan court". | 0025| B. The metropolitan court is an agency of the | 0001| judicial department of state government. Personnel of the | 0002| metropolitan court are subject to all laws and regulations | 0003| applicable to state officers and agencies and state officers and | 0004| employees, except where otherwise specifically provided by law. | 0005| C. There shall be [fifteen] eighteen judges of | 0006| the Bernalillo county metropolitan court." | 0007| Section 3. APPROPRIATION.--Six hundred ten thousand | 0008| dollars ($610,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0009| Bernalillo county metropolitan court for expenditure in fiscal | 0010| year 1997 for the purpose of paying salaries and benefits and | 0011| providing furniture, equipment and supplies for three judges and | 0012| support staff. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining | 0013| at the end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund. | 0014| Section 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0015| provisions of this act is July 1, 1996. | 0016|  State of New Mexico | 0017| House of Representatives | 0018| | 0019| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0020| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| February 2, 1996 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Mr. Speaker: | 0002| | 0003| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0004| | 0005| HOUSE BILL 195 | 0006| | 0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0008| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0009| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0010| | 0011| Respectfully submitted, | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| R. David Pederson, Vice Chairman | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Adopted Not Adopted | 0020| | 0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0022| | 0023| Date | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0001| Yes: 10 | 0002| Excused: McSorley, Perls, Sanchez, R.G. | 0003| Absent: None | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| H0195JC1 State of New Mexico | 0009| House of Representatives | 0010| | 0011| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0012| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| February 11, 1996 | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Mr. Speaker: | 0019| | 0020| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to | 0021| whom has been referred | 0022| | 0023| HOUSE BILLS 195 AND 196 | 0024| | 0025| has had them under consideration and reports same with | 0001| recommendation that they DO NOT PASS, but that | 0002| | 0003| HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE | 0004| SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILLS 195 AND 196 | 0005| | 0006| DO PASS. | 0007| | 0008| Respectfully submitted, | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Max Coll, Chairman | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Adopted Not Adopted | 0017| | 0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0019| | 0020| Date | 0021| | 0022| The roll call vote was 15 For 1 Against | 0023| Yes: 15 | 0024| No: Bird | 0025| Excused: Gentry, Martinez | 0001| Absent: none | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| H0195AF1 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0006| HOUSE BILLS 195 AND 196 | 0007| 42nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 1996 | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| AN ACT | 0016| RELATING TO COURTS; PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL JUDGES IN THE | 0017| BERNALILLO COUNTY METROPOLITAN COURT AND IN THE CHILDREN'S COURT | 0018| IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA | 0019| 1978; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS. | 0020| | 0021| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0022| Section 1. Section 34-8A-4.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, | 0023| Chapter 318, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read: | 0024| "34-8A-4.1. METROPOLITAN COURT JUDGES--TERMS OF OFFICE--ELECTION.-- | 0025| A. The elected term of office for each judge of the | 0001| metropolitan court is four years. | 0002| B. Judges of the metropolitan court who have been | 0003| previously elected in a partisan election or who were serving as | 0004| metropolitan judges on January 1, 1989 in divisions one through | 0005| twelve shall be subject to retention or rejection on a | 0006| nonpartisan ballot at the 1990 general election for a four-year | 0007| term ending December 31, 1994. | 0008| C. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the | 0009| metropolitan court after January 1, 1989 shall serve until the | 0010| next general election. That person's successor shall be chosen | 0011| at that general election and shall hold the office until the | 0012| general election four years later. | 0013| D. Judges of the Bernalillo county metropolitan | 0014| court for divisions thirteen, fourteen and fifteen shall be | 0015| appointed and shall serve until the 1992 general election. | 0016| Their successors shall be chosen at that general election and | 0017| shall hold office until the general election four years later. | 0018| E. Judges of the Bernalillo county metropolitan | 0019| court for divisions sixteen, seventeen and eighteen shall be | 0020| appointed pursuant to Article 6, Section 37 of the constitution | 0021| of New Mexico and shall serve until the 1998 general election. | 0022| Their successors shall be chosen at that general election and | 0023| shall hold office until the general election four years later." | 0024| Section 2. Section 34-8A-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1979, | 0025| Chapter 346, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read: | 0001| "34-8A-8. METROPOLITAN COURT--BERNALILLO DISTRICT.-- | 0002| A. The name of the metropolitan court in the | 0003| Bernalillo metropolitan district shall be the "Bernalillo county | 0004| metropolitan court". | 0005| B. The metropolitan court is an agency of the | 0006| judicial department of state government. Personnel of the | 0007| metropolitan court are subject to all laws and regulations | 0008| applicable to state officers and agencies and state officers and | 0009| employees, except where otherwise specifically provided by law. | 0010| C. There shall be [fifteen] eighteen judges of the | 0011| Bernalillo county metropolitan court." | 0012| Section 3. Section 34-6-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, | 0013| Chapter 69, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read: | 0014| "34-6-5. JUDGES--SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be | 0015| [twenty-one] twenty-two district judges in the second judicial | 0016| district." | 0017| Section 4. TEMPORARY PROVISION--APPOINTMENT.--The additional | 0018| judgeship provided for in Section 3 of this act shall be filled by | 0019| the governor pursuant to Article 6, Section 36 of the constitution | 0020| of New Mexico. | 0021| Section 5. APPROPRIATION--BERNALILLO COUNTY METROPOLITAN | 0022| COURT.--Six hundred ten thousand dollars ($610,000) is appropriated | 0023| from the general fund to the Bernalillo county metropolitan court | 0024| for expenditure in fiscal year 1997 for the purpose of paying | 0025| salaries and benefits and providing furniture, equipment and | 0001| supplies for three judges and support staff. Any unexpended or | 0002| unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1997 shall | 0003| revert to the general fund. | 0004| Section 6. APPROPRIATION--SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--Two | 0005| hundred twenty-six thousand dollars ($226,000) is appropriated from | 0006| the general fund to the second judicial district for expenditure in | 0007| fiscal year 1997 for the purpose of paying salaries and benefits | 0008| and providing equipment, furniture and supplies for one additional | 0009| children's court judge and support staff. Any unexpended or | 0010| unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1997 shall | 0011| revert to the general fund. | 0012| Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0013| provisions of this act is July 1, 1996. | 0014|  | 0015| | 0016| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0017| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| February 14, 1996 | 0021| | 0022| Mr. President: | 0023| | 0024| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0025| | 0001| HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE | 0002| FOR HOUSE BILLS 195 AND 196 | 0003| | 0004| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation | 0005| that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0006| | 0007| Respectfully submitted, | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| __________________________________ | 0012| Janice D. Paster, Chairman | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Date ________________________ | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0024| Yes: 5 | 0025| No: 0 | 0001| Excused: None | 0002| Absent: Carraro, Stefanics, Tsosie, Vernon | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| H0195JU1 | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE HB 195/a | 0010| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| February 14, 1996 | 0014| | 0015| Mr. President: | 0016| | 0017| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0018| | 0019| HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE | 0020| FOR HOUSE BILLS 195 AND 196 | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation | 0023| that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0024| | 0025| 1. On page 3, line 18, strike "Six hundred ten thousand dollars | 0001| ($610,000)" and insert in lieu thereof "Five hundred thousand dollars | 0002| ($500,000)". | 0003| | 0004| Respectfully submitted, | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| __________________________________ | 0009| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Date ________________________ | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0021| Yes: 8 | 0022| No: 0 | 0023| Excused: Donisthorpe, Duran, Ingle, Kidd, Kysar | 0024| Absent: None | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| H0195FC1 | 0003| | 0004| |