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

SPONSOR Hamilton

DATE TYPED 03/07/05 HB HM48

SHORT TITLE Statewide Warrant Study

SB

ANALYST McSherry

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

NFI

(Minimal) Non-recurring General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

No Responses Received From

Department of Public Safety (DPS)

NM Association of Counties (NMAC)

NM Municipal League (NMML)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Memorial 48 requests that the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Department of

Public Safety, the New Mexico Association of Counties and the New Mexico Municipal League

elect a chairperson and study the issuance, delivery, entry into the New Mexico criminal infor-

mation center, service and housing of all warrants issued by the courts in the state of New Mex-

ico.

The study would include representation of dispatchers, tribes and pueblos, magistrate judges,

municipal judges, district judges, the New Mexico sheriffs’ and police association and the New

Mexico association of chiefs of police.

The memorial requests AOC, DPS, the New Mexico Association of Counties and the New Mex-

ico Municipal League determine what, if any, changes are needed and that a report of the find-

ings shall be submitted to the appropriate interim Committee no later than November 1, 2005.

House Memorial 48 -- Page 2

A copy of this Joint Memorial would be transmitted to the Administrative Office of the Courts,

the Department of Public Safety, the New Mexico Association of Counties and the New Mexico

Municipal League

Significant Issues

AOC reports that warrants are issued by the courts of New Mexico every year; and that those

warrants are entered into various New Mexico criminal information centers by dispatchers

throughout the state. AOC further reports that warrants issued by the courts of this state are

housed in both consolidated and non-consolidated dispatch centers and that there are consider-

able differences in how warrants are handled in different parts of the state.

A statewide study on the process of issuance, delivery, entry into the New Mexico criminal in-

formation center and service and clearance of warrants could help determine if changes are

needed to the way warrants are handled.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

In the long term a study could improve the coordination efforts related to warrants in NM. In the

short-term the study could decrease performance of the agencies proposed to be involved in the

study due to time taken away from other duties.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

There is no appropriation proposed in the Memorial.

Fiscal implications could be faced by AOC, DPS, NMAC, NMML in providing personnel to par-

ticipate as needed.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

AOC, DPS, NMAC, NMML could incur administrative costs to provide personnel to participate

as needed in the study.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The Memorial does not specify what the proposed changes should accomplish such as greater

cost savings, efficiency, information sharing, parallel processes elimination,coordination be-

tween agencies and jurisdiction levels.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL.

It is likely that a study will occur related to warrant issuance, delivery, service, housing and en-

try.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

1.

What is the desired outcome of the study and what should the proposed changes be at-

tempting to improve, or change.

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