0001|                         SENATE BILL 2
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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|                        TOM R. BENAVIDES
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES; INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR
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0013|     BRIBERY OR INTIMIDATION OF A WITNESS AND FOR RETALIATION AGAINST
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0014|     A WITNESS.
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0015|     
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|       Section 1.  Section 30-24-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
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0018|     Chapter 303, Section 24-3, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019|       "30-24-3.  BRIBERY OR INTIMIDATION OF A WITNESS--RETALIATION AGAINST A WITNESS.--
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0020|            A.  Bribery or intimidation of a witness consists of
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0021|     any person knowingly:
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0022|                 (1)  giving or offering to give anything of
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0023|     value to any witness or to any person likely to become a witness
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0024|     in any judicial, administrative, legislative or other official
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0025|     cause or proceeding to testify falsely or to abstain from
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0001|     testifying to any fact in such cause or proceeding; 
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0002|                 (2)  intimidating or threatening any witness or
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0003|     person likely to become a witness in any judicial,
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0004|     administrative, legislative or other official cause or
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0005|     proceeding for the purpose of preventing such individual from
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0006|     testifying to any fact, to abstain from testifying or to testify
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0007|     falsely; or
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0008|                 (3)  intimidating or threatening any person or
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0009|     giving or offering to give anything of value to any person with
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0010|     the intent to keep the person from truthfully reporting to a law
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0011|     enforcement officer, or any agency of government that is
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0012|     responsible for enforcing criminal laws, information relating to
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0013|     the commission or possible commission of a felony offense or a
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0014|     violation of conditions of probation, parole or release pending
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0015|     judicial proceedings.
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0016|            B.  Retaliation against a witness consists of any
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0017|     person knowingly engaging in conduct that causes bodily injury
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0018|     to another person or damage to the tangible property of another
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0019|     person, or threatening to do so, with the intent to retaliate
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0020|     against any person for any information relating to the
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0021|     commission or possible commission of a felony offense or a
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0022|     violation of conditions of probation, parole or release pending
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0023|     judicial proceedings given by a person to a law enforcement
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0024|     officer.
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0025|            C.  Whoever commits bribery or intimidation of a
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0001|     witness or retaliation against a witness is guilty of a
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0002|     <s>[fourth]</s> <u>third</u> degree felony."
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0005|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0006|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0009|                                              FEBRUARY 9, 1996
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0010|   
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0011|   Mr. President:
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0012|   
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0013|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0014|   
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0015|                            SENATE BILL 2
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0016|   
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0017|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0018|   TO SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NUMBER 30, and thence referred to the
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0019|   JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0020|   
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0021|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0001|                              __________________________________
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0002|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON,  Chairman 
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0006|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0007|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0010|                     Date ________________________
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0016|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0017|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0020|                                                  February 12, 1996
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0021|   
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0022|   Mr. President:
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0023|   
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0024|     Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0025|   
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0001|                            SENATE BILL 2
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0002|   
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0003|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0004|   it DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0006|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0011|                              Janice D. Paster, Chairman 
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0015|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0016|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0019|                     Date ________________________
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0022|   The roll call vote was <u> 5 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0023|   Yes:  5
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0024|   No:        0
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0025|   Excused:   0
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0001|   Absent:    Carraro, Sanchez, Tsosie, Vernon
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