HOUSE BILL 12

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Christine Trujillo

ENDORSED BY THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS; CLOSING MAGISTRATE CIRCUIT COURTS IN CATRON COUNTY AND TAOS COUNTY.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 35-1-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 62, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:

     "35-1-5. MAGISTRATE COURT--CATRON DISTRICT.--There shall be one magistrate in Catron magistrate district whose principal court is in Reserve. [The magistrate shall ride circuit to Quemado on a regularly scheduled basis.]"

     SECTION 2. Section 35-1-32 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 62, Section 34, as amended) is amended to read:

     "35-1-32. MAGISTRATE COURT--TAOS DISTRICT.--There shall be two magistrates in Taos magistrate district, divisions 1 and 2 operating as a single court in Taos. [The magistrates shall rotate riding circuit to Questa on a regularly scheduled basis.]"

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