HOUSE BILL 210

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Debbie A. Rodella

AN ACT

RELATING TO STATE POLICE; REMOVING COLLEGE CREDIT REQUIREMENT FROM STATE POLICE QUALIFICATIONS.

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

     Section 1. Section 29-2-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1941, Chapter 147, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:

     "29-2-6. QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS.--

          A. Members of the New Mexico state police, except the chief, shall:

                (1) at the time of their appointment, be citizens of the United States;

                (2) at the time of their appointment, have reached twenty-one years of age;

                (3) at the time of their appointment [(a) have completed not less than sixty hours of college credit; or (b) have completed not less than thirty hours of college credit and, no later than two years following appointment, have completed not less than an additional thirty hours of college credit] have received a high school diploma or its equivalent;

                (4) be of good moral character and not have been convicted of a felony or infamous crime in the courts of this state or other state or any country or in the federal courts; and

                (5) pass a physical examination the New Mexico state police may require.

           B. A person shall not be commissioned a member of the New Mexico state police who is related by blood or marriage within the fourth degree to a member of the public safety advisory commission."

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