0001| HOUSE BILL 740
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| RITA G. GETTY
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO VICTIM NOTIFICATION; AMENDING THE VICTIMS OF CRIME
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0012| ACT.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. Section 31-26-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0016| Chapter 144, Section 3) is amended to read:
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0017| "31-26-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Victims of Crime
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0018| Act:
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0019| A. "court" means magistrate court, metropolitan
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0020| court, children's court, district court, the court of appeals
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0021| or the supreme court;
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0022| B. "criminal offense" means:
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0023| (1) negligent arson resulting in death or
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0024| bodily injury, as provided in Subsection B of Section 30-17-5
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0025| NMSA 1978;
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0001| (2) aggravated arson, as provided in Section
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0002| 30-17-6 NMSA 1978;
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0003| (3) aggravated assault, as provided in Section
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0004| 30-3-2 NMSA 1978;
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0005| (4) aggravated battery, as provided in Section
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0006| 30-3-5 NMSA 1978;
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0007| (5) dangerous use of explosives, as provided
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0008| in Section 30-7-5 NMSA 1978;
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0009| (6) negligent use of a deadly weapon, as
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0010| provided in Section 30-7-4 NMSA 1978;
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0011| (7) murder, as provided in Section 30-2-1 NMSA
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0012| 1978;
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0013| (8) voluntary manslaughter, as provided in
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0014| Section 30-2-3 NMSA 1978;
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0015| (9) involuntary manslaughter, as provided in
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0016| Section 30-2-3 NMSA 1978;
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0017| (10) [kidnaping] kidnapping, as provided in
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0018| Section 30-4-1 NMSA 1978;
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0019| (11) criminal sexual penetration, as provided
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0020| in Section 30-9-11 NMSA 1978;
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0021| (12) criminal sexual contact of a minor, as
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0022| provided in Section 30-9-13 NMSA 1978;
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0023| (13) homicide by vehicle, as provided in
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0024| Section 66-8-101 NMSA 1978;
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0025| (14) great bodily injury by vehicle, as
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0001| provided in Section 66-8-101 NMSA 1978; or
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0002| (15) abandonment or abuse of a child, as
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0003| provided in Section 30-6-1 NMSA 1978;
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0004| C. "court proceeding" means a hearing, argument or
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0005| other action scheduled by and held before a court;
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0006| D. "family member" means a spouse, child, sibling,
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0007| parent or grandparent;
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0008| E. "formally charged" means the filing of an
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0009| indictment, the filing of a criminal information pursuant to a
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0010| bind-over order, the filing of a petition or the setting of a
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0011| preliminary hearing;
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0012| F. "victim" means an individual against whom a
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0013| criminal offense is committed. "Victim" also means a family
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0014| member or a victim's representative when the individual against
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0015| whom a criminal offense was committed is a minor, is
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0016| incompetent or is a homicide victim; and
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0017| G. "victim's representative" means an individual
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0018| designated by a victim or appointed by the court to act in the
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0019| best interests of the victim."
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0020| Section 2. Section 31-26-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0021| Chapter 144, Section 11) is amended to read:
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0022| "31-26-11. PROCEDURES WHEN AN INMATE ESCAPES--CORRECTIONS
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0023| DEPARTMENT CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT.--
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0024| A. The corrections department or the children,
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0025| youth and families department shall immediately notify the
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0001| sentencing judge, the district attorney of the judicial
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0002| district from which the inmate was committed and the probation
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0003| officer who authored the presentence report when an inmate:
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0004| (1) escapes from a correctional facility under
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0005| the jurisdiction of the corrections department or the
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0006| children, youth and families department; or
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0007| (2) convicted in New Mexico of a capital,
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0008| first degree or second degree felony and transferred to a
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0009| facility under the jurisdiction of another state, escapes from
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0010| that facility.
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0011| B. The district attorney shall immediately notify
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0012| any person known to reside in his district who was a victim of
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0013| the criminal offense for which the inmate was committed."
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0014| Section 3. Section 31-26-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
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0015| Chapter 144, Section 12) is amended to read:
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0016| "31-26-12. PROCEDURES WHEN AN INMATE IS RELEASED FROM
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0017| INCARCERATION ADULT PAROLE BOARD--CORRECTIONS
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0018| DEPARTMENT JUVENILE PAROLE BOARD--CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES
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0019| DEPARTMENT--DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.--
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0020| A. The adult parole board and the juvenile
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0021| parole board shall provide a copy of [its] their
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0022| respective regular [docket] dockets to each district
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0023| attorney in the state at least ten working days before the
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0024| docket is considered by the board.
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0025| B. The adult parole board and the juvenile
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0001| parole board shall provide a copy of a supplemental, addendum
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0002| or special docket to each district attorney at least five
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0003| working days before the docket is considered by the board.
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0004| C. Following consideration of a docket by the
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0005| adult parole board [the] or the juvenile parole board,
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0006| each board shall promptly notify each district attorney of any
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0007| recommendations adopted by the board for release of an inmate
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0008| from incarceration. The district attorney shall notify any
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0009| person known to reside in his district who was a victim of the
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0010| criminal offense for which the inmate was incarcerated.
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0011| D. In the case of an inmate scheduled to be
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0012| released from incarceration without parole or prior to parole
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0013| for any reason, the corrections department or the children,
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0014| youth and families department shall notify each district
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0015| attorney at least fifteen working days before the inmate's
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0016| release. The district attorney shall notify any person known
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0017| to reside in his district who was a victim of the criminal
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0018| offense for which the inmate was incarcerated."
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0019| State of New Mexico
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0020| House of Representatives
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0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0023| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0001| February 24, 1997
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0004| Mr. Speaker:
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0006| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0008| HOUSE BILL 740
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0010| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0011| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0012| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0014| Respectfully submitted,
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0020| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0023| Adopted Not Adopted
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0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0002| Date
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0004| The roll call vote was 7 For 2 Against
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0005| Yes: 7
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0006| No: Carpenter, Larranaga
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0007| Excused: King, Pederson, Rios, Sanchez
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0008| Absent: None
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