A JOINT MEMORIAL
REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM STUDY COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS, until the 2001
interim, the legislature had not studied the judiciary as an administrative
system for thirty years; and
WHEREAS, this lack of concentrated
review has led to a piecemeal approach to systematic problems, and each year
numerous, often conflicting, bills are introduced into the legislature to
address singular parts of the system; and
WHEREAS, when the judicial
system study committee was created by the New Mexico legislative council in
June 2001, the committee recognized that a thorough judicial system study would
take more than one or two interims; and
WHEREAS, one critical area of
study for the committee next interim is the continuation of its study of the
judicial retirement systems and their funding sources and actuarial soundness;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislative
council be requested to continue the judicial system study committee during the
2003 interim; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
copies of this memorial be transmitted to the New Mexico legislative council.