SENATE BILL 69

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Leonard Lee Rawson

AN ACT

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL IN-SERVICE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR NEW MEXICO MOUNTED PATROL MEMBERS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

     Section 1. Section 29-6-4.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985, Chapter 83, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "29-6-4.1. TRAINING AND ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW MEXICO MOUNTED PATROL.--

          A. The New Mexico law enforcement academy [is hereby empowered to] board shall develop, implement and approve:

                (1) a basic law enforcement training program for New Mexico mounted patrol members; and

                (2) a planned program of annual in-service law enforcement training for New Mexico mounted patrol members.

          B. The [academy] board is authorized to promulgate the necessary rules [and regulations] setting program standards and [record keeping] recordkeeping requirements.

          [B.] C. New Mexico mounted patrol members who began active service prior to July 1, 1983 are exempted from the basic law enforcement training requirements set forth in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of this section."

     Section 2. APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of public safety for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to develop and implement a planned program of annual in-service law enforcement training for New Mexico mounted patrol members. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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