0001|                           HOUSE BILL 1046
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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|                          BOBBIE K. MALLORY
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY; PROVIDING FOR THE FORFEITURE OF
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0012|     MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATED BY PERSONS CONVICTED A THIRD OR
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0013|     SUBSEQUENT TIME FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING
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0014|     LIQUOR OR DRUGS; ENACTING NEW SECTIONS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE
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0015|     CODE.
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0016|     
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|          Section 1.  A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code is
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0019|     enacted to read: 
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0020|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] VEHICLE NUISANCE--FORFEITURE.--A motor
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0021|     vehicle is hereby declared to be a nuisance and subject to
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0022|     forfeiture pursuant to the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code
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0023|     if it is:
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0024|               A.  operated by a person who, as a result of
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0025|     operating the vehicle, is convicted a third or subsequent time
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0001|     for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
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0002|     drugs; or
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0003|               B.  operated by a person whose license is suspended
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0004|     or revoked as a result of being convicted for driving under the
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0005|     influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs in violation of
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0006|     Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 or pursuant to Section 66-8-111 NMSA
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0007|     1978."
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0008|          Section 2. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code is
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0009|     enacted to read: 
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0010|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  FORFEITURE PROCEDURE.--
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0011|               A.  Motor vehicles subject to forfeiture under the
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0012|     Motor Vehicle Code may be seized by any police officer of the
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0013|     city upon an order issued by the district court.
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0014|               B.  Seizure without such an order may be made if
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0015|     seizure is incident to an arrest by the driver of the motor
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0016|     vehicle for driving while his license is suspended or revoked
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0017|     for driving while intoxicated.
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0018|               C.  A motor vehicle taken or detained under the
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0019|     Motor Vehicle Code shall not be subject to replevin but is
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0020|     deemed to be in the custody of the police department seizing
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0021|     it, subject only to the orders and decrees of the district
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0022|     court.  The police officer may take custody of the motor
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0023|     vehicle and remove it to an appropriate and official location
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0024|     within the district court's jurisdiction for disposition in
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0025|     accordance with this act.
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0001|               D.  In the event of seizure pursuant to Subsection B
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0002|     of this section, proceedings under the Rules of Civil Procedure
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0003|     for the District Courts shall be instituted promptly and not
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0004|     later than thirty days after seizure.  Any person who, pursuant
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0005|     to the records of the motor vehicle division of the taxation
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0006|     and revenue department, has an ownership or security interest
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0007|     in the subject motor vehicle shall be served with notice of the
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0008|     forfeiture proceedings.
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0009|               E.  When a motor vehicle is forfeited pursuant to
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0010|     this act, the seizing law enforcement agency shall sell the
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0011|     motor vehicle, and the proceeds shall revert to the general
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0012|     fund of the state, county or municipality, as the case may be."
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0013|          Section 3.  A new section of the Motor Vehicle code is
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0014|     enacted to read: 
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0015|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  PROPERTY INTEREST NOT SUBJECT TO
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0016|     FORFEITURE.--Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 of
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0017|     this act, any forfeiture shall be subject to the interest of:
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0018|               A.  any owner or co-owner of record who did not have
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0019|     knowledge and did not consent to the use of the vehicle by the
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0020|     driver who caused the vehicle to become a nuisance; and
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0021|               B.  any secured party, to the extent of a perfected
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0022|     security interest, if the secured party proves that the
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0023|     security interest was acquired in good faith with no knowledge
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0024|     or reason to believe that the vehicle would be used by the
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0025|     driver who caused the vehicle to become a nuisance."
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0001|          Section 4.  SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of
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0002|     this act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to
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0003|     other situations or persons shall not be affected.
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0004|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0005|                      House of Representatives
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0007|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011|                                                   March 7, 1997
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0014|   Mr. Speaker:
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0015|   
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0016|        Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017|   
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0018|                       HOUSE BILL 1046
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0019|                               
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0020|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0021|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0022|   APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0023|   
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0024|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0005| <u>                                </u>                             Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0008|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0010|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0012|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0014|   The roll call vote was<u> 6 </u> For<u> 3 </u> Against
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0015|   Yes:      6
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0016|             No:       M.P. Garcia, King, Pederson
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0017|             Excused:  Mallory, Rios, Sanchez, Stewart
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0018|             Absent:   None
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0021|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1046                       State of New Mexico
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0022|                      House of Representatives
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0023|   
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0024|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0003|                                                  March 11, 1997
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0006|   Mr. Speaker:
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0007|   
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0008|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0009|   whom has been referred
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0010|   
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0011|                       HOUSE BILL 1046
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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, amended as follows:
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0015|   
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0016|        1.  On page 2, lines 2 and 3, strike "whose license is
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0017|   suspended or revoked as a result of being convicted" and insert
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0018|   in lieu thereof "who, as a result of operating the vehicle, is
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0019|   convicted of driving while his license is suspended or revoked as
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0020|   a result of being convicted of a third or subsequent offense".
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0021|   
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0022|        2.  On page 2, lines 5 and 6, strike "or pursuant to Section
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0023|   66-8-111 NMSA 1978". 
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0024|   
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0025|        3.  On page 2, lines 11 and 12, strike "of the city".
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0002|        4.  On page 3, line 12, strike "code" and insert in lieu
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0003|   thereof "Code".
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0004|   
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0005|        5.  On page 3, line 17, strike "of record".
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0008|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0014|                                                               Max Coll, Chairman
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0017|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0019|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0023|   The roll call vote was <u> 10 </u> For <u> 1 </u> Against
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0024|   Yes:      10
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0025|             No:       Watchman
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0001|             Excused:  Heaton, Marquardt, Pearce, Saavedra, Salazar, Varela
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0002|             Absent:   None
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