SENATE BILL 210

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Jane M. Garcia

AN ACT

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS; DIRECTING THE CORRECTIONS COMMISSION TO ADVISE THE DIRECTOR OF THE CORRECTIONS INDUSTRIES DIVISION.

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

     Section 1. Section 33-1-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 226, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:

     "33-1-4. CORRECTIONS [DIVISION] DEPARTMENT--COMMISSION.--

          A. [There is created within the criminal justice department the "corrections division"] The [division] department is responsible for all matters pertaining to corrections as provided in the Corrections Act or other law.

          B. There is created the "corrections commission" consisting of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for staggered terms, one ending June 30, 1972 and two ending June 30 of each of the following three years. Thereafter, appointments shall be made for terms of four years or less in a manner that the terms of one or two members expire as the case may be on June 30 each year. Members of the commission shall be reimbursed as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance. Four members of the commission constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Not more than four members shall be of the same political party. [Four of the members shall be persons who have displayed interest in juvenile correction and rehabilitation matters and three shall be persons who have displayed interest in adult correction and rehabilitation matters. Any] A member who fails to attend any three consecutive meetings of the commission without being excused by the commission shall be automatically removed.

          C. The commission shall advise the director of the corrections industries division in the management and control of [the] that division."

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