HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL 970

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003









AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS; PROVIDING FOR CONFIDENTIALITY OF A VICTIM'S IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION TO PREVENT ABUSE; ENACTING A SECTION OF THE ARREST RECORD INFORMATION ACT.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of the Arrest Record Information Act is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF VICTIM'S INFORMATION.--Notwithstanding other provisions of the Arrest Record Information Act, the following information is confidential, shall be redacted from the arrest record and shall not be disclosed to the public, including a person accused, arrested, detained, indicted or named in the arrest record, except by court order:

A. the victim's date of birth;

B. the victim's social security number;

C. the victim's address;

D. the victim's telephone number;

E. the victim's place of employment;

F. the victim's location; and

G. any other identifying information about the victim's whereabouts."

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