0001| SENATE BILL 513
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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| STUART INGLE
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO CRIME; PROVIDING FOR PARENTAL CIVIL LIABILITY IN
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0012| CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; PROVIDING FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR
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0013| SHOPLIFTING BY A MINOR.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. Section 30-16-21 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977,
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0017| Chapter 104, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0018| "30-16-21. CIVIL LIABILITY OF [ADULT] SHOPLIFTER
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0019| PARENT OR GUARDIAN--DAMAGES--PENALTY.--
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0020| A. Any [person who has reached the age of
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majority and who has been convicted of shoplifting under
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Section 40A-16-20 NMSA 1953] adult or emancipated minor who
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0023| commits an act of shoplifting, as defined in Section 30-16-20
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0024| NMSA 1978, may be civilly liable for the retail value of the
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0025| merchandise, punitive damages of not less than [one hundred
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dollars ($100) nor] two hundred dollars ($200) or more than
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0002| [two hundred fifty dollars ($250)] five hundred dollars
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0003| ($500), costs of the suit and reasonable [attorney's]
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0004| attorney fees. However, the merchant shall not be entitled
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0005| to recover damages for the retail value of any recovered
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0006| undamaged merchandise.
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0007| B. The court may order the parents or legal
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0008| guardian of an unemancipated minor who commits an act of
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0009| shoplifting, as defined in Section 30-16-20 NMSA 1978, to make
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0010| restitution up to the retail value of the merchandise, to pay
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0011| punitive damages of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) or
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0012| more than five hundred dollars ($500) and to pay reasonable
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0013| costs and attorney fees.
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0014| C. A conviction under Section 30-16-20 NMSA 1978 is
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0015| not a condition precedent for the maintenance of an action
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0016| under this section.
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0017| D. A merchant who has suffered a loss as a result
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0018| of a violation of Section 30-16-20 NMSA 1978 may demand, in
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0019| writing, restitution and damages from the parents or guardian
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0020| of an unemancipated minor, prior to the commencement of any
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0021| action under this section.
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0022| E. Claims and judgments arising under this section
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0023| may be assigned."
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0001| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0002| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0005| February 19, 1997
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0007| Mr. President:
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0009| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0010| referred
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0012| SENATE BILL 513
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0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0016| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0018| Respectfully submitted,
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0023| __________________________________
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0024| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0003| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0004| Adopted_______________________
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0005| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0008| Date ________________________
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0011| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
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0012| Yes: 5
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0013| No: 0
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0014| Excused: Feldman, Garcia, Rodarte, Smith
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0015| Absent: None
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0018| S0513PA1
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