0001| SENATE BILL 728
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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| RAYMOND L. KYSAR
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; CREATING THE FOURTEENTH
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0012| JUDICIAL DISTRICT; MODIFYING THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT;
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0013| PROVIDING FOR TRANSFER OF JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS,
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0014| PERSONNEL, APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACTS AND OBLIGATIONS; MAKING AN
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0015| 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 34-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1941,
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0019| Chapter 75, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020| "34-6-1. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.--The state shall be divided
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0021| into judicial districts as follows:
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0022| A. first judicial district, the counties of Santa
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0023| Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos;
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0024| B. second judicial district, the county of
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0025| Bernalillo;
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0001| C. third judicial district, the county of Dona Ana;
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0002| D. fourth judicial district, the counties of
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0003| Guadalupe, San Miguel and Mora;
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0004| E. fifth judicial district, the counties of Eddy,
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0005| Chaves and Lea;
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0006| F. sixth judicial district, the counties of Grant,
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0007| Luna and Hidalgo;
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0008| G. seventh judicial district, the counties of
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0009| Socorro, Torrance, Sierra and Catron;
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0010| H. eighth judicial district, the counties of Taos,
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0011| Colfax and Union;
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0012| I. ninth judicial district, the counties of Curry
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0013| and Roosevelt;
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0014| J. tenth judicial district, the counties of Quay,
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0015| DeBaca and Harding;
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0016| K. eleventh judicial district, the [counties of
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McKinley and San Juan] county of McKinley;
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0018| L. twelfth judicial district, the counties of Otero
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0019| and Lincoln; [and]
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0020| M. thirteenth judicial district, the counties of
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0021| Cibola, Sandoval and Valencia; and
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0022| N. fourteenth judicial district, the county of San
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0023| Juan."
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0024| Section 2. Section 34-6-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0025| Chapter 69, Section 17, as amended by Laws 1995, Chapter 178,
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0001| Section 3 and also by Laws 1995, Chapter 179, Section 1) is
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0002| amended to read:
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0003| "34-6-14. JUDGES--ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There
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0004| shall be [six] two district judges in the eleventh judicial
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0005| district. [The judges of divisions one, three, four and six
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shall reside and maintain their principal offices in San Juan
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county. The judges of divisions two and five shall reside and
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maintain their principal offices in McKinley county.]"
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0009| Section 3. A new Section 34-6-16.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted
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0010| to read:
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0011| "34-6-16.1. [NEW MATERIAL] JUDGES--FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL
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0012| DISTRICT.--There shall be four judges in the fourteenth
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0013| judicial district."
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0014| Section 4. TEMPORARY PROVISION--TRANSFER OF JUDGES,
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0015| DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, PERSONNEL, APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACTS AND
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0016| OBLIGATIONS.--On the effective date of the provisions of this
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0017| act:
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0018| A. judges serving in eleventh judicial district
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0019| divisions one, three, four and six who reside in San Juan
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0020| county are transferred to divisions one, two, three and four
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0021| respectively, of the fourteenth judicial district, together
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0022| with all budgets, personnel, money, funds, appropriations,
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0023| accounts, furniture, equipment, office supplies and other
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0024| things of value and all contracts, debts, liabilities or other
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0025| obligations attributable to those divisions;
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0001| B. the district attorney serving in eleventh
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0002| judicial district division one, composed of San Juan county, is
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0003| transferred to the fourteenth judicial district and shall
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0004| retain all budgets, personnel, money, funds, appropriations,
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0005| accounts, furniture, equipment, office supplies and other
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0006| things of value and all contracts, debts, liabilities or other
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0007| obligations attributable to division one; and
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0008| C. the district attorney serving in eleventh
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0009| judicial district division two, composed of McKinley county,
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0010| shall become the sole district attorney for the eleventh
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0011| judicial district and shall retain all budgets, personnel,
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0012| money, funds, appropriations, accounts, furniture, equipment,
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0013| office supplies and other things of value and all contracts,
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0014| debts, liabilities or other obligations attributable to
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0015| division two.
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0016| Section 5. APPROPRIATION.--Seventy-five thousand dollars
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0017| ($75,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0018| administrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal
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0019| year 1998 to pay for salary, benefits, office supplies,
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0020| materials and other costs associated with the creation of a
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0021| fourteenth judicial district. Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0022| balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert
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0023| to the general fund.
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0024| Section 6. REPEAL.--Sections 36-1-8.2 and 36-1-8.3 NMSA
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0025| 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 25, Sections 1 and 2, as
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0001| amended) are repealed.
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0002| Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0003| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0012| February 28, 1997
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0014| Mr. President:
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0016| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0018| SENATE BILL 728
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0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0021| recommendation that it DO NOT PASS, but that
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0023| SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0024| SENATE BILL 728
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0001| DO PASS.
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0002| Respectfully submitted,
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0007| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0010| Adopted_______________________ Not 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 6 For 0 Against
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0018| Yes: 6
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0019| No: None
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0020| Excused: Aragon, Carraro, Eisenstadt, McKibben, Smith
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0021| Absent: None
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0024| S0728FC1
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0025| SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0001| SENATE BILL 728
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|
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0004|
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0009|
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; CREATING THE FOURTEENTH
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0012| JUDICIAL DISTRICT; MODIFYING THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT;
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0013| PROVIDING FOR TRANSFER OF JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS,
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0014| PERSONNEL, APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
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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 34-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1941,
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0018| Chapter 75, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019| "34-6-1. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.--Effective January 1, 2002,
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0020| the state shall be divided into judicial districts as follows:
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0021| A. first judicial district, the counties of Santa Fe,
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0022| Rio Arriba and Los Alamos;
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0023| B. second judicial district, the county of
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0024| Bernalillo;
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0025| C. third judicial district, the county of Dona Ana;
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0001| D. fourth judicial district, the counties of
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0002| Guadalupe, San Miguel and Mora;
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0003| E. fifth judicial district, the counties of Eddy,
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0004| Chaves and Lea;
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0005| F. sixth judicial district, the counties of Grant,
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0006| Luna and Hidalgo;
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0007| G. seventh judicial district, the counties of
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0008| Socorro, Torrance, Sierra and Catron;
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0009| H. eighth judicial district, the counties of Taos,
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0010| Colfax and Union;
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0011| I. ninth judicial district, the counties of Curry and
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0012| Roosevelt;
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0013| J. tenth judicial district, the counties of Quay,
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0014| DeBaca and Harding;
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0015| K. eleventh judicial district, the [counties of
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McKinley and San Juan] county of McKinley;
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0017| L. twelfth judicial district, the counties of Otero
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0018| and Lincoln; [and]
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0019| M. thirteenth judicial district, the counties of
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0020| Cibola, Sandoval and Valencia; and
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0021| N. fourteenth judicial district, the county of San
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0022| Juan."
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0023| Section 2. Section 34-6-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0024| Chapter 69, Section 17, as amended by Laws 1995, Chapter 178,
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0025| Section 3 and also by Laws 1995, Chapter 179, Section 1) is
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0001| amended to read:
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0002| "34-6-14. JUDGES--ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. Effective
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0003| January 1, 2002, there shall be [six] two district judges
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0004| in the eleventh judicial district. [The judges of divisions
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one, three, four and six shall reside and maintain their
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principal offices in San Juan county. The judges of divisions two
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and five shall reside and maintain their principal offices in
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McKinley county.]"
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0009| Section 3. A new Section 34-6-16.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted to
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0010| read:
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0011| "34-6-16.1. [NEW MATERIAL] JUDGES--FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL
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0012| DISTRICT.--Effective January 1, 2002, there shall be four judges
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0013| in the fourteenth judicial district."
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0014| Section 4. TEMPORARY PROVISION--TRANSFER OF JUDGES, DISTRICT
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0015| ATTORNEYS, PERSONNEL, APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACTS AND OBLIGATIONS.--
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0016| Effective January 1, 2002:
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0017| A. judges serving in eleventh judicial district
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0018| divisions one, three, four and six who reside in San Juan county
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0019| are transferred to divisions one, two, three and four
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0020| respectively, of the fourteenth judicial district, together with
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0021| all budgets, personnel, money, funds, appropriations, accounts,
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0022| furniture, equipment, office supplies and other things of value
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0023| and all contracts, debts, liabilities or other obligations
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0024| attributable to those divisions;
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0025| B. the district attorney serving in eleventh judicial
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0001| district division one, composed of San Juan county, is transferred
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0002| to the fourteenth judicial district and shall retain all budgets,
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0003| personnel, money, funds, appropriations, accounts, furniture,
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0004| equipment, office supplies and other things of value and all
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0005| contracts, debts, liabilities or other obligations attributable to
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0006| division one; and
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0007| C. the district attorney serving in eleventh judicial
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0008| district division two, composed of McKinley county, shall become
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0009| the sole district attorney for the eleventh judicial district and
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0010| shall retain all budgets, personnel, money, funds, appropriations,
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0011| accounts, furniture, equipment, office supplies and other things
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0012| of value and all contracts, debts, liabilities or other
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0013| obligations attributable to division two.
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0014| Section 5. TEMPORARY PROVISION--JUDICIAL ELECTIONS.--
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0015| A. Candidates running for the position of district
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0016| judge from divisions one, three, four and six of the eleventh
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0017| judicial district shall reside in and be elected by the qualified
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0018| electors of San Juan county at the general election held in 2001.
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0019| B. Candidates running for the position of district judge
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0020| from divisions two and five of the eleventh judicial district
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0021| shall reside in and be elected by the qualified electors of
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0022| McKinley county at the general election held in 2001.
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0023| Section 6. REPEAL.--Effective January 1, 2002, Sections
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0024| 36-1-8.2 and 36-1-8.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 25,
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0025| Sections 1 and 2, as amended) are repealed.
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