FORTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION, 2010

February 4, 2010

Mr. Speaker:

    Your TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 179

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 4, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following new section:

     "Section 3. Section 35-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 62, Section 92, as amended) is amended to read:

     "35-6-1. MAGISTRATE COSTS--SCHEDULE--DEFINITION OF

"CONVICTED".--

          A. Magistrate judges, including metropolitan court judges, shall assess and collect and shall not waive, defer or suspend the following costs:

     docket fee, criminal actions under Section 29-5-1 NMSA          1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.00;

     docket fee, to be collected prior to docketing any other

          criminal action, except as provided in Subsection B

          of Section 35-6-3 NMSA 1978. . . . . . . . . . . .20.00.

Proceeds from this docket fee shall be transferred to the administrative office of the courts for deposit in the court facilities fund;

docket fee, twenty dollars ($20.00) of which shall be deposited in the court automation fund and fifteen dollars ($15.00) of which shall be deposited in the civil legal services fund, to be collected prior to docketing any civil action,

     except as provided in Subsection A of Section 35-6-3       NMSA 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.00;

jury fee, to be collected from the party demanding trial by jury in any civil action at the time the demand is filed or made. . .25.00;

copying fee, for making and certifying copies of any records in the court, for each page copied by photographic

          process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [50] 0.50.

Proceeds from this copying fee shall be transferred to the administrative office of the courts for deposit in the court facilities fund; and

     copying fee, for computer-generated or electronically

transferred copies, per page. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00.

Proceeds from this copying fee shall be transferred

to the administrative office of the courts for

deposit in the court automation fund.

    Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, docket fees shall be paid into the court facilities fund.

         B. Except as otherwise provided by law, no other costs or fees shall be charged or collected in the magistrate or metropolitan court.

         C. The magistrate or metropolitan court may grant free process to any party in any civil proceeding or special statutory proceeding upon a proper showing of indigency. The magistrate or metropolitan court may deny free process if it finds that the complaint on its face does not state a cause of action.

         D. As used in this subsection, "convicted" means the defendant has been found guilty of a criminal charge by the magistrate or metropolitan judge, either after trial, a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere. Magistrate judges, including metropolitan court judges, shall assess and collect and shall not waive, defer or suspend the following costs:

             (1) corrections fee, to be collected upon conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor vehicle, convicted of a crime constituting a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor or

convicted of violating any ordinance that may be enforced by the imposition of a term of imprisonment as follows:

in a county with a metropolitan court. . . . . . . . . .$10.00;

     in a county without a metropolitan court. . . . . . . . .20.00;

             (2) court automation fee, to be collected upon conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor vehicle, convicted of a crime constituting a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor or convicted of violating any ordinance that may be enforced by the imposition of a term of

imprisonment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00;

             (3) traffic safety fee, to be collected upon

conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor

vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3.00] 6.00;

             (4) judicial education fee, to be collected upon conviction from persons convicted of operating a motor vehicle in violation of the Motor Vehicle Code, convicted of a crime constituting a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor or convicted of violating any ordinance punishable by a term of

imprisonment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00;

             (5) jury and witness fee, to be collected upon conviction from persons convicted of operating a motor vehicle in violation of the Motor Vehicle Code, convicted of a crime constituting a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor or convicted of violating any ordinance punishable by a term of

imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00;

             (6) juvenile adjudication fee, to be collected upon conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor

vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00;

             [(6)] (7) brain injury services fee, to be collected upon conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor

vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.00; and

             [(7)] (8) court facilities fee, to be collected upon conviction from persons convicted of violating any provision of the Motor Vehicle Code involving the operation of a motor vehicle, convicted of a crime constituting a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor or convicted of violating any ordinance that may be enforced by the imposition of a term of imprisonment as follows:

    in a county with a metropolitan court. . . . . . . . . .24.00;

in any other county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00.

         E. Metropolitan court judges shall assess and collect and shall not waive, defer or suspend as costs a mediation fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for the docketing of small claims and criminal actions specified by metropolitan court rule. Proceeds of the mediation fee shall be deposited into the metropolitan court mediation fund."".,

and thence referred to the TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE.