SENATE BILL 103

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

INTRODUCED BY

George K. Munoz

AN ACT

RELATING TO MAGISTRATE COURT IN MCKINLEY DISTRICT; ESTABLISHING THAT THE COURT SHALL OBSERVE SNOW DAY CLOSURES ONLY WHEN DECLARED BY THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT.

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.--

          A. 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.

          B. The magistrate court of McKinley magistrate district shall observe a snow day closure only when declared by the eleventh judicial district court."