0001| HOUSE BILL 665
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| LUCIANO "LUCKY" VARELA
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0008|
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0009| FOR THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
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0010|
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO COURT FEES; INCREASING CERTAIN COURT FEES FOR
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0013| DEPOSIT IN THE COURT AUTOMATION FUND; AUTHORIZING THE NEW MEXICO
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0014| FINANCE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR COURT AUTOMATION SYSTEMS;
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0015| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; AMENDING AND ENACTING CERTAIN SECTIONS
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0016| OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0017|
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0018| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0019| Section 1. Section 34-2-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1933,
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0020| Chapter 81, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0021| "34-2-5. FEES--COLLECTION BY SUPREME COURT CLERK.--The
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0022| clerk of the supreme court shall collect the following fees:
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0023| A. in all cases docketed in the court, except those
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0024| in which statutory exemption exists and those in which the court
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0025| on showing of poverty may, by order, waive the fee, [one
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hundred dollars ($100)] one hundred twenty-five dollars
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0002| ($125), twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of which shall be deposited
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0003| in the court automation fund; provided that in cases in which a
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0004| skeleton transcript may be filed for the purpose of a motion to
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0005| docket and affirm, the fee shall be twenty dollars ($20.00),
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0006| ten dollars ($10.00) of which shall be deposited in the court
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0007| automation fund;
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0008| B. for one copy of files or a record, ten cents
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0009| ($.10) per folio and for additional copies ordered at the same
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0010| time five cents ($.05) per folio;
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0011| C. for comparing copies of files or records tendered
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0012| to him, five cents ($.05) per folio; and
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0013| D. for each certificate, one dollar ($1.00)."
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0014| Section 2. Section 34-5-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1966,
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0015| Chapter 28, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:
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0016| "34-5-6. COURT OF APPEALS--FEES AND COSTS.--
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0017| A. The clerk of the court of appeals shall collect
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0018| the following fees:
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0019| docket fee, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of which shall be
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0020| deposited in the court automation fund,
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0021| ....................................[$100.00]
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0022| $125.00 docket fee for cases in which a skeleton transcript
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0023| is filed for purpose of a motion to docket and affirm,
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0024| ten dollars ($10.00) of which shall be deposited in the court automation fund,..........[$ 10.00] $
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0025| 20.00
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0001| single copy of records, per typewritten folio ....... .10
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0002| each additional copy of records ordered at same time, per typewritten folio .............................. .05
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0003| copies of records reproduced by photographic process, per page ........................................... .10
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0004| comparing copies of records tendered to him, per
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0005| folio .......................................... .05
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0006| each certificate..................................... 1.00.
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0007| B. No fees or costs shall be required in proceedings
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0008| in forma pauperis, from state officers acting in their official
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0009| capacity or in any other case where a statutory exemption
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0010| exists.
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0011| C. Except as otherwise specifically provided by
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0012| law, the clerk of the court of appeals shall pay all fees and
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0013| costs to the state treasurer for credit to the state general
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0014| fund."
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0015| Section 3. Section 34-6-40 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0016| Chapter 69, Section 42, as amended) is amended to read:
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0017| "34-6-40. FINANCE--FEES.--
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0018| A. District court clerks shall collect in civil
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0019| matters docketing any cause, whether original or reopened or by
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0020| appeal or transfer from any inferior court, a fee of [seventy-two dollars ($72.00)] eighty-two dollars ($82.00), ten dollars
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0021| ($10.00) of which shall be deposited in the court automation
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0022| fund.
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0023| B. No fees or costs shall be taxed against the
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0024| state, its political subdivisions or the nonprofit corporations
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0025| authorized to be formed under the Educational Assistance Act.
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0001| C. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law,
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0002| docket fees shall be paid into the general fund."
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0003| Section 4. Section 34-9-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987,
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0004| Chapter 32, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
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0005| "34-9-10. COURT AUTOMATION FUND CREATED--ADMINISTRATION--
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0006| DISTRIBUTION.--
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0007| A. There is created in the state treasury a "court
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0008| automation fund" to be administered by the administrative office
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0009| of the courts.
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0010| B. All balances in the court automation fund are
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0011| appropriated and may be expended [only upon appropriation by
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the legislature to the administrative office of the courts] for
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0013| service contracts related to court automation systems or for
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0014| the purchase, lease-purchase, financing, refinancing and
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0015| maintenance of court automation systems in the [magistrate and
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district courts] judiciary. The New Mexico finance authority
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0017| may pledge irrevocably all distributions to the authority from
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0018| the court automation fund for the payment of the principal,
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0019| interest and any other expenses or obligations related to the
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0020| bonds issued by the authority for financing court automation
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0021| systems. Any balance remaining, after all principal, interest
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0022| and any other expenses or obligations related to the bonds in
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0023| each fiscal year are fully paid, may be appropriated by the
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0024| legislature to the administrative office of the courts.
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0025| C. Payments from the court automation fund shall be
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0001| made upon vouchers issued and signed by the director of the
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0002| administrative office of the courts upon warrants drawn by the
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0003| secretary of finance and administration. Any purchase or
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0004| lease-purchase agreement entered into pursuant to this section
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0005| shall be entered into in accordance with the Procurement Code."
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0006| Section 5. Section 35-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0007| Chapter 62, Section 92, as amended) is amended to read:
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0008| "35-6-1. MAGISTRATE COSTS--SCHEDULE--DEFINITION OF
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0009| "CONVICTED".--
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0010| A. [Each] Magistrate judges, including
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0011| metropolitan court judges, shall collect the following costs:
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0012| Docket fee, criminal actions under Section 29-5-1 NMSA 1978.........................................$ 1.00
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0013| Docket fee, to be collected prior to docketing any other
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0014| criminal action, except as provided in Subsection B of Section 35-6-3 NMSA 1978 ................. 20.00
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0015| Docket fee, ten dollars ($10.00) of which shall be deposited in the court automation fund, to be collected prior to docketing any civil action, except
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0016| as provided in Subsection A of Section 35-6-3 NMSA 1978 ................................ [37.00]
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0017| 47.00
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0018| Jury fee, to be collected from the party demanding trial by
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0019| jury in any civil action at the time the demand is
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0020| filed or made................................ 25.00
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0021| Copying fee, for making and certifying copies of any records in the court, for each page copied by
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0022| photographic process ........................... .50
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0023| Copying fee, for computer-generated or electronically
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0024| transferred copies, per page................... 1.00.
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0025| Proceeds from this copying fee shall be transferred to the
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0001| administrative office of the courts for deposit in the court
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0002| automation fund. Except as otherwise specifically provided
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0003| by law, docket fees shall be paid into the general fund.
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0004| B. Except as otherwise provided by law, no other
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0005| costs or fees shall be charged or collected in the magistrate
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0006| or metropolitan court.
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0007| C. The magistrate or metropolitan court may grant
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0008| free process to any party in any civil proceeding or special
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0009| statutory proceeding upon a proper showing of indigency. The
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0010| magistrate or metropolitan court may deny free process if it
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0011| finds that the complaint on its face does not state a cause of
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0012| action.
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0013| D. As used in this subsection, "convicted" means
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0014| the defendant has been found guilty of a criminal charge by the
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0015| magistrate or metropolitan judge, either after trial, a plea of
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0016| guilty or a plea of nolo contendere. [Each] Magistrate
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0017| judges, including metropolitan court judges, shall collect
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0018| the following costs:
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0019| (1) corrections fee, to be collected upon
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0020| conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of
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0021| the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor
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0022| vehicle, convicted of a crime constituting a misdemeanor or a
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0023| petty misdemeanor or convicted of violating any ordinance that
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0024| may be enforced by the imposition of a term of
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0025| imprisonment.......................................$10.00;
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0001| (2) court automation fee, to be collected
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0002| upon conviction from persons convicted of violating any
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0003| provision of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of
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0004| a motor vehicle, convicted of a crime constituting a
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0005| misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor or convicted of violating
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0006| any ordinance that may be enforced by the imposition of a term
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0007| of imprisonment ..................................[3.00]
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0008| 10.00;
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0009| (3) traffic safety fee, to be collected upon
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0010| conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of
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0011| the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor
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0012| vehicle ............................................ 3.00;
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0013| and
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0014| (4) judicial education fee, to be collected
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0015| upon conviction from persons convicted of operating a motor
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0016| vehicle in violation of the Motor Vehicle Code, convicted of a
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0017| crime constituting a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor or
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0018| convicted of violating any ordinance punishable by a term of
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0019| imprisonment........................................ 1.00.
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0020| E. Metropolitan court judges shall collect as costs
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0021| a mediation fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for the
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0022| docketing of small claims and criminal actions specified by
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0023| metropolitan court rule. Proceeds of the mediation fee shall
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0024| be deposited into the metropolitan court mediation fund."
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0025| Section 6. Section 35-13-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0001| Chapter 242, Section 10, as amended) is amended to read:
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0002| "35-13-2. APPEALS--DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS--DOCKET
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0003| FEES--JUDGMENT.--
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0004| A. Appeals from the magistrate courts shall be
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0005| tried de novo in the district court.
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0006| B. The district court docket fee in any criminal
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0007| appeal is [twenty-five dollars ($25.00)] thirty-five dollars
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0008| ($35.00), ten dollars ($10.00) of which shall be deposited in
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0009| the court automation fund.
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0010| C. If the judgment of the magistrate court in a
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0011| criminal action is affirmed or rendered against the appellant
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0012| on appeal or if the appellant fails to appear at the time fixed
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0013| for hearing in the district court, the district court shall
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0014| enter judgment imposing the same, a greater or a lesser penalty
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0015| as that imposed in the magistrate court in the action."
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0016| Section 7. Section 35-15-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969,
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0017| Chapter 35, Section 2) is amended to read:
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0018| "35-15-7. APPEALS--NOTICE OF APPEALS.--
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0019| A. An appeal from the municipal court is taken by
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0020| filing with the clerk of the district court a notice of appeal.
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0021| When the defendant takes an appeal, the notice of appeal shall
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0022| be accompanied by a bond to the municipality in the sum, and
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0023| with conditions, fixed by the municipal judge as sufficient to
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0024| secure the appearance of the defendant, and the judgment and
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0025| sentence of the municipal court.
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0001| B. The clerk of the district court shall docket the
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0002| appeal on the civil docket upon payment of a docket fee of
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0003| twenty dollars ($20.00), ten dollars ($10.00) of which shall
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0004| be deposited in the court automation fund, and shall transmit
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0005| a copy of the notice of appeal to the municipal court from
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0006| which the action is appealed and to the municipal attorney.
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0007| C. Within ten days after receipt of the notice of
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0008| appeal from the clerk of the district court under Subsection B
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0009| of this section, the municipal judge shall file with the
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0010| clerk of the district court a transcript of all municipal court
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0011| docket entries in the action, together with all pleadings and
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0012| other documents relating to the action. After the transcript
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0013| has been filed, the action may be called for trial in the
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0014| district court as in other civil actions. The appeal shall be
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0015| governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure for the District
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0016| Courts, except that the [municipaluty] municipality has the
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0017| burden of proving violation of an ordinance beyond a reasonable
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0018| doubt.
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0019| D. The docketing of an appeal operates as a
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0020| supersedeas and stay of execution upon the judgment of the
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0021| municipal court in the action until final disposition of the
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0022| appeal."
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0023| Section 8. Section 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
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0024| 1989, Chapter 320, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
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0025| "66-8-116.3. PENALTY ASSESSMENT MISDEMEANORS--ADDITIONAL
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0001| FEES.--In addition to the penalty assessment established for
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0002| each penalty assessment misdemeanor, there shall be assessed:
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0003| A. ten dollars ($10.00) to help defray the costs of
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0004| local government corrections;
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0005| B. a court automation fee of [three dollars
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($3.00)] ten dollars ($10.00);
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0007| C. a traffic safety fee of three dollars ($3.00),
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0008| which shall be credited to the traffic safety education and
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0009| enforcement fund; and
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0010| D. a judicial education fee of one dollar ($1.00),
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0011| which shall be credited to the judicial education fund."
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0012| Section 9. [NEW MATERIAL] NEW MEXICO FINANCE
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0013| AUTHORITY REVENUE BONDS--PURPOSE--APPROPRIATION.--
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0014| A. The New Mexico finance authority may issue and
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0015| sell revenue bonds in compliance with the New Mexico Finance
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0016| Authority Act in installments or at one time in an amount not
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0017| exceeding eight million five hundred thousand dollars
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0018| ($8,500,000) for the purpose of financing court automation
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0019| systems, including acquisition, development and installation of
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0020| computer hardware and software, for the administrative office
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0021| of the courts.
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0022| B. The New Mexico finance authority may issue and
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0023| sell revenue bonds authorized by this section when the director
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0024| of the administrative office of the courts certifies the need
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0025| for issuance of the bonds. The net proceeds from the sale of
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0001| the bonds are appropriated to the administrative office of the
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0002| courts for the purposes described in Subsection A of this
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0003| section.
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0004| C. Except for money appropriated by the legislature
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0005| from the court automation fund to the administrative office of
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0006| the courts in fiscal year 1997, the money in the court
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0007| automation fund shall be distributed to the New Mexico finance
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0008| authority to be pledged irrevocably for the payment of the
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0009| principal, interest and other expenses or obligations related
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0010| to the bonds.
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0011| D. The money in the court automation fund shall be
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0012| distributed monthly to the New Mexico finance authority and
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0013| deposited in a special bond fund or account of the authority.
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0014| At the end of each fiscal year, any money remaining in the
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0015| special bond fund or account from distributions made to the
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0016| authority during that fiscal year, after all principal,
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0017| interest and any other expenses or obligations related to the
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0018| bonds in that fiscal year are fully paid, may be appropriated
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0019| by the legislature to the administrative office of the courts
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0020| for service contracts related to court automation systems or
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0021| for the purchase, lease-purchase, financing, refinancing and
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0022| maintenance of court automation systems in the judiciary. Upon
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0023| payment of all principal, interest and any other expenses or
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0024| obligations related to the bonds, the authority shall certify
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0025| to the administrative office of the courts that all obligations
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0001| for the bonds issued pursuant to this section have been fully
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0002| discharged and direct the administrative office of the courts
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0003| to cease distributing money from the court automation fund to
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0004| the authority.
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0005| E. Any law authorizing the collection of fees for
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0006| the court automation fund or distribution of the money in the
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0007| court automation fund to the New Mexico finance authority shall
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0008| not be amended, repealed or otherwise directly or indirectly
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0009| modified so as to impair any outstanding revenue bonds that may
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0010| be secured by a pledge of the distributions of the court
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0011| automation fund, unless the revenue bonds have been discharged
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0012| in full or provisions have been made for a full discharge.
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0013| State of New Mexico
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0014| House of Representatives
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0015|
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0016| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0017| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0018|
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0020| February 5, 1996
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0023| Mr. Speaker:
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0024|
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0025| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0001| referred
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0002|
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0003| HOUSE BILL 665
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0004|
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0005| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0006| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to
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0007| the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0008|
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0009| Respectfully submitted,
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0015| Cisco McSorley, Chairman
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0018| Adopted Not Adopted
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0019|
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0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0022| Date
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0024| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0025| Yes: 9
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0001| Excused: Foy, Luna, McSorley, Perls
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0002| Absent: None
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0007| H0665JC1 State of New Mexico
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0008| House of Representatives
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0010| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0011| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0014| February 7, 1996
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0017| Mr. Speaker:
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0019| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0020| whom has been referred
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0021|
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0022| HOUSE BILL 665
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0023|
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0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0025| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0002| Respectfully submitted,
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0008| Max Coll, Chairman
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0011| Adopted Not Adopted
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0013| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0015| Date
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0017| The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against
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0018| Yes: 11
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0019| Excused: Abeyta, Bird, Buffett, Casey, Gentry, Light, Picraux
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0020| Absent: None
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0024| H0665AF1
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0001| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0002| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0005| February 12, 1996
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0007| Mr. President:
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0009| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0010|
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0011| HOUSE BILL 665
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0012|
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0013| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0014| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0015| FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0016|
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0017| Respectfully submitted,
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0021| __________________________________
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0022| Janice D. Paster, Chairman
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0001| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0002| Adopted_______________________
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0003| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0006| Date ________________________
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0009| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0010| Yes: 6
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0011| No: 0
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0012| Excused: None
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0013| Absent: Carraro, Sanchez, Tsosie
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0016| H0665JU1
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0020| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0021| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0024| February 14, 1996
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0001| Mr. President:
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0003| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0004|
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0005| HOUSE BILL 665
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0006|
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0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0008| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0009|
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0010| Respectfully submitted,
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0014| __________________________________
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0015| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0019| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0020| Adopted_______________________
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0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0025| Date ________________________
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0003| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0004| Yes: 8
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0005| No: 0
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0006| Excused: Donisthorpe, Duran, Ingle, Kidd, Kysar
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0007| Absent: None
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0010| H0665FC1
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0011| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0012| SECOND SESSION
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0015| February 14, 1996
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0018| SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number _______ to HOUSE BILL 665
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0019|
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0020| Amendment sponsored by Senator
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0023| 1. On page 1, line 12, after the semicolon insert:
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0024|
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0025| "ESTABLISHING AN ANSWER FEE FOR CIVIL ACTIONS IN TRIAL COURTS;
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0001| GRANTING FREE PROCESS TO ANSWERING PARTIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS UPON
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0002| A SHOWING OF INDIGENCY;".
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0004| 2. On page 3, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following
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0005| new subsection:
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0006|
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0007| "B. District court clerks shall collect an answer fee
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0008| of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) from a party that answers a
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0009| complaint or a third party complaint. The district court may
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0010| waive the answer fee for a party in a civil action upon a proper
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0011| showing of indigency. The proceeds from the answer fee shall be
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0012| deposited in the civil legal services fund.".
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0013|
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0014| 3. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
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0015|
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0016| 4. On page 5, between lines 22 and 23, insert the
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0017| following:
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0019| "Answer fee, to be collected from a party that answers a
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0020| complaint or a third party complaint.......................25.00
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0021| The proceeds of the answer fee shall be deposited in the civil
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0022| legal services fund.".
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0006| __________________________
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0011| Adopted ___________________ Not Adopted _____________________
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0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0015| Date _________________
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