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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

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DATE

TYPED 1/24/05 HB 101

SHORT TITLE Domestic Violence Victim Substitute Addresses SB

ANALYST Wilson

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

Minimal

REVENUE

Estimated Revenue

Subsequent

Years Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

Minimal

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Secretary of State (SOS)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 101 adds new language to the Family Violence Protection Act to allow a victim of

domestic violence, or a victim’s representative, who has good reason to believe that the victim’s

safety is at risk to apply to the Secretary of State for the use of the SOS as a substitute address.

House Bill 101 -- Page 2

The application shall be on a form provided by the SOS and shall include:

(1)

a statement that the SOS is acting as an agent of the victim for the purposes of

the forwarding of mail

(2)

a new mailing address for forwarding received mail and a telephone number

where the victim can be contacted by the SOS

(3)

payment of a $75.00 application fee, which may be waived if the applicant is

indigent; and

(4)

the signature of the victim or the victim’s representative.

Significant Issues

The SOS notes that the New Mexico court system is currently the entity to determine whether a

victim is at risk and in need of a substitute address. Since the court systems in New Mexico are

experiencing severe backlogs due to an ever increasing volume of caseload, the SOS believes the

substitute address program should be administered in her office in order to relieve the courts of

this burden.

The SOS intends to develop a procedure to process applications.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The $75.00 fee, as currently worded, is a one-time fee and will be sufficient to cover the ex-

penses of administration.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The SOS is already engaged in the activity of collecting and forwarding of mail for the 33 county

clerks.

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