HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL 294

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; ELIMINATING THE THOREAU MAGISTRATE CIRCUIT COURT IN THE MCKINLEY DISTRICT.

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

     Section 1. Section 35-1-20 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 62, Section 22, as amended) is amended to read:

     "35-1-20. MAGISTRATE COURT--MCKINLEY DISTRICT.--There shall be three magistrates in McKinley magistrate district, divisions 1, 2 and 3 operating as a single court in Gallup. [The division 3 magistrate shall ride circuit to Thoreau.]"

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