0001| HOUSE BILL 712
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| R. DAVID PEDERSON
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; INCREASING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
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0012| OF THE WORTHLESS CHECK ACT; PROVIDING PRIVATE CIVIL REMEDIES;
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0013| INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF PROCESSING FEES THAT MAY BE ASSESSED
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0014| BY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; AMENDING, REPEALING AND ENACTING
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0015| SECTIONS OF THE WORTHLESS CHECK ACT; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. Section 30-36-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
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0019| Chapter 315, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0020| "30-36-1. SHORT TITLE. [This act] Chapter 30, Article
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0021| 36 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Worthless Check Act"."
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0022| Section 2. Section 30-36-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965,
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0023| Chapter 114, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0024| "30-36-5. PENALTY.--Any person violating Section [40-49-
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4 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1953 Compilation] 30-36-4
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0001| NMSA 1978 shall be punished as follows:
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0002| A. when the amount of the check, draft or order or
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0003| the total amount of the checks, drafts or orders [are for more
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than one dollar ($1.00) but less than twenty-five dollars
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($25.00), imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not
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more than thirty days or a fine of not more than one hundred
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dollars ($100), or both such imprisonment and fine] is less
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0008| than one hundred dollars ($100), the person is guilty of a
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0009| petty misdemeanor;
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0010| B. when the amount of the check, draft or order or
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0011| the total amount of the checks, drafts or orders [are for
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twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more, imprisonment in the
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penitentiary for a term of not less than one year nor more than
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three years or the payment of a fine of not more than one
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thousand dollars ($1,000) or both such imprisonment and fine]
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0016| is one hundred dollars ($100) or more but less than two
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0017| hundred fifty dollars ($250), the person is guilty of a
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0018| misdemeanor;
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0019| C. when the amount of the check, draft or order or
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0020| the total amount of the checks, drafts or orders is two hundred
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0021| fifty dollars ($250) or more but less than two thousand five
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0022| hundred dollars ($2,500), the person is guilty of a fourth
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0023| degree felony;
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0024| D. when the amount of the check, draft or order or
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0025| the total amount of the checks, drafts or orders is two
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0001| thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more but less than
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0002| twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), the person is guilty of a
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0003| third degree felony; and
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0004| E. when the amount of the check, draft or order or
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0005| the total amount of the checks, drafts or orders is twenty
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0006| thousand dollars ($20,000) or more, the person is guilty of a
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0007| second degree felony."
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0008| Section 3. Section 30-36-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
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0009| Chapter 110, Section 4) is amended to read:
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0010| "30-36-10. DISTRICT ATTORNEY--PROCESSING FEE.--
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0011| A. A district attorney is authorized to assess a
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0012| processing fee against any person who is convicted of violating
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0013| Section 30-36-4 NMSA 1978 and against any person who
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0014| acknowledges violation of that section but for whom prosecution
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0015| is waived by the district attorney. The processing fee
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0016| assessed pursuant to this section shall not exceed:
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0017| (1) [five dollars ($5.00) if the amount of the
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check, draft or order is less than twenty-five dollars
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($25.00);
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(2) ten dollars ($10.00)] twenty-five
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0021| dollars ($25.00) if the amount of the check, draft or order is
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0022| [twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more but] less than one
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0023| hundred dollars ($100);
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0024| [(3) thirty dollars ($30.00)] (2) seventy-
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0025| five dollars ($75.00) if the amount of the check, draft or
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0001| order is one hundred dollars ($100) or more but less than
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0002| [three hundred dollars ($300)] two hundred fifty dollars
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0003| ($250);
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0004| [(4) fifty dollars ($50.00)] (3) one
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0005| hundred fifty dollars ($150) if the amount of the check, draft
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0006| or order is [three hundred dollars ($300)] two hundred fifty
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0007| dollars ($250) or more but less than [five hundred dollars
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($500)] two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); and
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0009| [(5) seventy-five dollars ($75.00)] (4)
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0010| five hundred dollars ($500) if the amount of the check, draft
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0011| or order is [five hundred dollars ($500)] two thousand five
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0012| hundred dollars ($2,500) or more.
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0013| B. All processing fees collected by a district
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0014| attorney pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the
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0015| administrative office of the district attorneys for credit to
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0016| the district attorney fund."
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0017| Section 4. A new section of the Worthless Check Act is
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0018| enacted to read:
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0019| "[NEW MATERIAL] PRIVATE CIVIL REMEDIES.--
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0020| A. A person who receives a worthless check, draft
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0021| or order may bring a civil action instead of seeking criminal
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0022| prosecution of the issuer of the worthless check, draft or
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0023| order. If the person who received a worthless check, draft or
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0024| order prevails in his civil action, he may be awarded:
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0025| (1) three times the amount of the worthless
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0001| check, draft or order;
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0002| (2) reasonable attorney fees and costs;
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0003| (3) pre-judgment interest, at a rate of
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0004| fifteen percent per year, on the amount of the worthless check,
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0005| draft or order, beginning on the date of issuance of the
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0006| worthless check, draft or order and continuing until it is
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0007| repaid in full; and
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0008| (4) post-judgment interest, at a rate of
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0009| fifteen percent per year, on the amount of the judgment in the
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0010| civil action, including attorney fees and costs.
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0011| B. The provisions of Subsection A of this section
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0012| apply when the amount of the worthless check, draft or order is
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0013| two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or less."
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0014| Section 5. REPEAL.--Section 30-36-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
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0015| 1963, Chapter 315, Section 9) is repealed.
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0016| Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0017| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0018| State of New Mexico
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0019| House of Representatives
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0021| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0022| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0025| February 22, 1997
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0003| Mr. Speaker:
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0005| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0007| HOUSE BILL 712
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0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0010| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0011| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0013| Respectfully submitted,
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0019| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0022| Adopted Not Adopted
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0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0001| Date
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0003| The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against
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0004| Yes: 11
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0005| Excused: Luna, Rios
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0006| Absent: None
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0012| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0013| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0016| March 6, 1997
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0019| Mr. Speaker:
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0021| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0022| whom has been referred
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0024| HOUSE BILL 712
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0001| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0002| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0004| Respectfully submitted,
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0010| Max Coll, Chairman
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0013| Adopted Not Adopted
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0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0017| Date
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0019| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0020| Yes: 9
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0021| Excused: Buffett, Coll, Marquardt, Pearce, Picraux, Saavedra,
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0022| Taylor, JP, Watchman
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0023| Absent: None
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0003| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE HB 712/a
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0004| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0007| March 17, 1997
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0009| Mr. President:
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0011| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0013| HOUSE BILL 712
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0015| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0016| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0018| 1. On page 4, line 4, after "more" insert a period and
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0019| strike the remainder of the line.
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0021| 2. On page 4, strike lines 5 through 9 in their entirety.
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0024| Respectfully submitted,
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0004| __________________________________
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0005| Fernando R. Macias, Chairman
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0009| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0010| Adopted_______________________
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0011| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0014| Date ________________________
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0017| The roll call vote was 4 For 1 Against
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0018| Yes: 4
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0019| No: Macias
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0020| Excused: Sanchez, Stockard, Vernon
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0021| Absent: None
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