0001| SENATE BILL 613
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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| MARY JANE M. GARCIA
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION; AUTHORIZING THE NEW MEXICO
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0012| STATE POLICE TO OBTAIN FINGERPRINTS OF APPLICANTS TO THE STATE
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0013| BAR FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; AUTHORIZING THE
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0014| NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE TO PROVIDE THE NEW MEXICO BOARD OF BAR
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0015| EXAMINERS WITH CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS OF APPLICANTS; AMENDING
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0016| A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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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 29-3-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1935,
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0020| Chapter 149, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0021| "29-3-1. NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE--IDENTIFICATION AND
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0022| INFORMATION.--
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0023| A. It [shall be] is the duty of the New Mexico
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0024| state police to install and maintain complete systems for the
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0025| identification of criminals, including the fingerprint system
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0001| and the modus operandi system. The New Mexico state police
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0002| shall obtain, from whatever source procurable, and shall file
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0003| and preserve for record, [such] plates, photographs, outline
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0004| pictures, fingerprints, measurements, descriptions, modus
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0005| operandi statements and such other information [about,
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concerning and] relating to any and all persons who have been
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0007| or who shall [hereafter] be convicted of a felony or who
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0008| shall attempt to commit a felony within this state or who are
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0009| well-known and habitual criminals or who have been convicted of
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0010| any of the following felonies or misdemeanors:
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0011| (1) illegally carrying, concealing or
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0012| possessing a pistol or any other dangerous weapon;
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0013| (2) buying or receiving stolen property;
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0014| (3) unlawful entry of a building;
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0015| (4) escaping or aiding an escape from
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0016| prison;
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0017| (5) making or possessing a fraudulent or
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0018| forged check or draft;
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0019| (6) petit larceny; and
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0020| (7) unlawfully possessing or distributing
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0021| habit-forming narcotic drugs.
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0022| B. The New Mexico state police may also obtain like
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0023| information concerning persons who have been convicted of
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0024| violating any of the military, naval or criminal laws of the
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0025| United States or who have been convicted of a crime in any
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0001| other state, country, district or province [which] that, if
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0002| committed within this state, would be a felony.
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0003| C. The New Mexico state police may obtain, at the
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0004| applicant's expense, fingerprints of applicants to the New
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0005| Mexico state bar from the federal bureau of investigation
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0006| pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 92-544 or any other
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0007| applicable federal law. The New Mexico state police may
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0008| provide the New Mexico board of bar examiners with criminal
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0009| history records for applicants to the New Mexico state bar.
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0010| [C.] D. The New Mexico state police shall make a
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0011| complete and systematic record and index of all information
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0012| obtained for the purpose of providing a convenient and
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0013| expeditious method of consultation and comparison."
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0017| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0018| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0021| March 15, 1997
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0023| Mr. President:
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0025| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0001| referred
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0003| SENATE BILL 613
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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 the
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0007| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0009| Respectfully submitted,
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0014| __________________________________
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0015| Shannon Robinson, 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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0024| Date ________________________
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0002| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
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0003| Yes: 5
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0004| No: 0
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0005| Excused: Smith, Robinson, Garcia, Adair
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0006| Absent: None
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0011| S0613PA1 State of New Mexico
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0012| House of Representatives
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0014| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0015| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0018| March 21, 1997
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0021| Mr. Speaker:
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0023| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0024|
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0025| SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0001| SENATE BILL 613
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0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0004| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0011| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0014| Adopted Not Adopted
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0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0018| Date
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0020| The roll call vote was 12 For 0 Against
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0021| Yes: 12
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0022| Excused: Rios
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0023| Absent: None
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