SENATE BILL 102

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

INTRODUCED BY

George K. Munoz

AN ACT

RELATING TO MAGISTRATE COURT; CLARIFYING THAT A MAGISTRATE JUDGE MAY HOLD COURT IN A NIGHT SESSION.

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

     Section 1. Section 35-1-36.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1986, Chapter 96, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "35-1-36.1. MAGISTRATE COURT--COMPENSATION.--

          A. All magistrates shall be full time and may hold court in night session.

          B. A full-time magistrate is defined as a magistrate who holds office hours a minimum of forty hours per week and who holds no other employment that may conflict with [his] the magistrate's full-time judicial duties."

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