HOUSE REGULATORY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL 336

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; ALLOWING THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE CRIMINAL RECORDS DATABASE.

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

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Department of Public Safety Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] SECRETARY--POWER TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A CRIMINAL RECORDS DATABASE.--The secretary may create and maintain a criminal records database that merges criminal records data from multiple databases and gives courts and law enforcement agencies access to comprehensive criminal background records of criminal suspects and defendants."

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