AN ACT

RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; CREATING THE CRIME OF ESCAPE FROM A

SECURE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY.

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

Section 1. ESCAPE FROM A SECURE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT

FACILITY.--

A. Escape from a secure residential treatment

facility consists of a person lawfully committed for a

criminal offense to a secure residential treatment facility

escaping from the facility.

B. Whoever commits escape from a secure

residential treatment facility is guilty of a misdemeanor.

C. As used in this section, "secure residential

treatment facility" means a secure facility not located within

a correctional facility or detention center in which residents

are being treated for substance abuse problems, and personnel

and physical barriers prevent the residents from leaving. HB 541

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