0001|                        SENATE BILL 359
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                        SHANNON ROBINSON
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO COURTS; PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL JUDGE IN THE
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0013|     BERNALILLO COUNTY METROPOLITAN COURT; VESTING THE NEW
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0014|     METROPOLITAN COURT DIVISION WITH EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER
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0015|     ACTIONS ARISING UNDER CERTAIN COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES;
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0016|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0017|     
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0018|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0019|       Section 1.  Section 34-8A-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1979,
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0020|     Chapter 346, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
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0021|       "34-8A-3.  METROPOLITAN COURT--JURISDICTION.--
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0022|            A.  In addition to the jurisdiction provided by law
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0023|     for magistrate courts, a metropolitan court shall have
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0024|     jurisdiction within the county boundaries over all:
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0025|                 (1)  offenses and complaints under ordinances of
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0001|     the county and of any municipality located within the county in
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0002|     which the court is located except municipalities with a
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0003|     population of more than two thousand five hundred but less than
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0004|     five thousand persons in the 1980 federal decennial census;
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0005|     provided that the metropolitan court shall not have jurisdiction
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0006|     over uncontested municipal parking violations;
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0007|                 (2)  civil actions in which the debt or sum
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0008|     claimed does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) exclusive
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0009|     of interest and costs; and
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0010|                 (3)  contested violations of parking or
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0011|     operation of vehicle regulations promulgated by a board of
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0012|     regents of a state educational institution designated in Article
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0013|     12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico located within
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0014|     the county in which the court is located.
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0015|            <u>B.  The metropolitan court for division sixteen
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<u></u>0016| <u>    shall have exclusive jurisdiction within the Bernalillo county
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<u></u>0017| <u>    metropolitan court over actions arising under county and
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<u></u>0018| <u>    municipal ordinances regarding the following matters:
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<u></u>0019| <u>                (1)  zoning;
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<u></u>0020| <u>                (2)  environmental health;
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<u></u>0021| <u>                (3)  public works;
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<u></u>0022| <u>                (4)  fire;
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<u></u>0023| <u>                (5)  animal care; and
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<u></u>0024| <u>                (6)  regulations</u>.
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0025|            <s>[B.]</s> <u>C.</u>  For the purposes of this section,
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0001|     "uncontested violation" is a violation for which a citation has
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0002|     been issued and the person has paid the citation by mail or in
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0003|     person to the appropriate issuing authority; and "contested
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0004|     violation" is a violation for which a citation has been issued
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0005|     and the person had indicated his intent to contest the citation
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0006|     or the person has not paid or answered the citation.
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0007|            <s>[C.]</s> <u>D.</u>  The issuing authority shall provide to
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0008|     the metropolitan court on a mutually agreed schedule the unpaid
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0009|     citations and a listing in a manner mutually agreed upon of
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0010|     unpaid citations.
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0011|            <s>[D.]</s> <u>E.</u>  The municipality shall retain as
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0012|     reimbursement for its expenses all revenues from uncontested
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0013|     municipal parking violations."
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0014|       Section 2.  Section 34-8A-4.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981,
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0015|     Chapter 318, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
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0016|       "34-8A-4.1.  METROPOLITAN COURT JUDGES--TERMS OF OFFICE--ELECTION.--
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0017|            A.  The elected term of office for each judge of the
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0018|     metropolitan court is four years.
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0019|            B.  Judges of the metropolitan court who have been
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0020|     previously elected in a partisan election or who were serving as
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0021|     metropolitan judges on January 1, 1989 in divisions one through
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0022|     twelve shall be subject to retention or rejection on a
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0023|     nonpartisan ballot at the 1990 general election for a four-year
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0024|     term ending December 31, 1994.
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0025|            C.  Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the
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0001|     metropolitan court after January 1, 1989 shall serve until the
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0002|     next general election.  That person's successor shall be chosen
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0003|     at that general election and shall hold the office until the
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0004|     general election four years later.
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0005|            D.  Judges of the Bernalillo county metropolitan
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0006|     court for divisions thirteen, fourteen and fifteen shall be
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0007|     appointed and shall serve until the 1992 general election. 
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0008|     Their successors shall be chosen at that general election and
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0009|     shall hold office until the general election four years later.
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0010|            <u>E.  The judge of the Bernalillo county metropolitan
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<u></u>0011| <u>    court for division sixteen shall be appointed pursuant to
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<u></u>0012| <u>    Article 6, Section 37 of the constitution of New Mexico and
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<u></u>0013| <u>    shall serve until the 1998 general election.  The judge's
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<u></u>0014| <u>    successor shall be chosen at that general election and shall
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<u></u>0015| <u>    hold office until the general election four years later</u>."
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0016|       Section 3.  Section 34-8A-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1979,
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0017|     Chapter 346, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|       "34-8A-8.  METROPOLITAN COURT--BERNALILLO DISTRICT.--
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0019|            A.  The name of the metropolitan court in the
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0020|     Bernalillo metropolitan district shall be the "Bernalillo county
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0021|     metropolitan court".
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0022|            B.  The metropolitan court is an agency of the
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0023|     judicial department of state government.  Personnel of the
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0024|     metropolitan court are subject to all laws and regulations
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0025|     applicable to state officers and agencies and state officers and
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0001|     employees, except where otherwise specifically provided by law.
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0002|            C.  There shall be <s>[fifteen]</s> <u>sixteen</u> judges of
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0003|     the Bernalillo county metropolitan court."
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0004|       Section 4.  APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars
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0005|     ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0006|     Bernalillo county metropolitan court for expenditure in fiscal
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0007|     year 1997 for the purpose of paying salaries and benefits and
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0008|     providing furniture, equipment and supplies for a judge and
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0009|     support staff.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
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0010|     at the end of fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund.
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0011|       Section 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0012|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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0015|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0016|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0019|                                              JANUARY 29, 1996
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0021|   Mr. President:
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0022|   
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0023|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0024|   
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0025|                           SENATE BILL 359
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0002|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0003|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the  JUDICIARY
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0004|   COMMITTEE.
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0006|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0011|                              __________________________________
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0012|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0016|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0017|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0020|                     Date ________________________
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0001|                      FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE             SB 359/a
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0002|                        SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0005|                                                   February 7, 1996
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0007|   Mr. President:
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0008|   
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0009|     Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0010|   
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0011|                           SENATE BILL 359
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0012|   
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0013|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that
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0014|   it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0015|   
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0016|     1.  On page 2, line 15, strike "exclusive" and insert in lieu
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0017|   thereof "primary".
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0018|   
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0019|     2.  On page 4, line 13, after the period strike the remainder of
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0020|   the line, line 14 in its entirety and line 15 through "later.".
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0021|   
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0022|   and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
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0023|         
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0024|                  Respectfully submitted,
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0004|                  Janice D. Paster, Chairman 
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0008|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0009|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0012|                     Date ________________________
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0015|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0016|   Yes:  6
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0017|   No:     0
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0018|   Excused:   Paster, Sanchez, Tsosie
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0019|   Absent: None
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