SENATE BILL 329

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

INTRODUCED BY

Leonard Lee Rawson

AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS; CREATING AN ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIP IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

     Section 1. Section 34-6-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read:

     "34-6-6. JUDGES--THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be [seven] eight district judges in the third judicial district."

     Section 2. TEMPORARY PROVISION--DISTRICT JUDGE APPOINTMENT.--The additional district court judgeship provided in this 2006 act shall be filled by appointment by the governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 of the constitution of New Mexico.

     Section 3. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred thirteen thousand five hundred sixty-six dollars ($313,566) is appropriated from the general fund to the third judicial district court for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 for salaries and benefits and furniture, supplies and equipment for one additional district judge and support staff. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

     Section 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2006.

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