HOUSE BILL 16

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

Joseph L. Sanchez

AN ACT

RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS; REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO SHARE CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM CREATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE; NAMING THE REQUIREMENT THE "MARK DANIEL AGUILAR INFORMATION SHARING REQUIREMENT".

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

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Missing Persons Information and Reporting Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY--MARK DANIEL AGUILAR INFORMATION SHARING REQUIREMENT.--

          A. As soon as it is practicable, the department of public safety shall share with the national missing and unidentified persons system created by the United States department of justice's national institute of justice:

                (1) all information in the missing persons information clearinghouse; and

                (2) all information the department receives pursuant to the Missing Persons Information and Reporting Act regarding the identification and location of missing and unidentified persons or human remains.

          B. The requirements pursuant to this section shall be known as the "Mark Daniel Aguilar information sharing requirement"."

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