0001| HOUSE BILL 1231 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| G. X. MCSHERRY | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; CREATING A NEW CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF | 0012| DOG THEFT; PROVIDING PENALTIES; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE | 0013| CRIMINAL CODE. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. A new section of the Criminal Code is enacted | 0017| to read: | 0018| "[NEW MATERIAL] DOG THEFT.-- | 0019| A. Dog theft consists of the stealing of a dog that | 0020| belongs to another person. | 0021| B. Whoever commits dog theft when the value of the | 0022| dog stolen is one hundred dollars ($100) or less is guilty of a | 0023| petty misdemeanor. | 0024| C. Whoever commits dog theft when the value of the | 0025| dog stolen is over one hundred dollars ($100) but not more than | 0001| two hundred fifty dollars ($250) is guilty of a misdemeanor. | 0002| D. Whoever commits dog theft when the value of the | 0003| dog stolen is over two hundred fifty dollars ($250) is guilty | 0004| of a fourth degree felony." | 0005| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0006| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997. | 0007|  State of New Mexico | 0008| House of Representatives | 0009| | 0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| March 10, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Mr. Speaker: | 0018| | 0019| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0020| | 0021| HOUSE BILL 1231 | 0022| | 0023| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0024| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0025| | 0001| 1. On page 1, lines 19 and 20, strike "the stealing of a | 0002| dog that belongs to another person" and insert in lieu thereof | 0003| "larceny of a dog". | 0004| | 0005| 2. On page 2, line 1, strike "two hundred fifty dollars | 0006| ($250)" and insert in lieu thereof "one thousand dollars | 0007| ($1,000)". | 0008| | 0009| 3. On page 2, line 3, strike "two hundred fifty dollars | 0010| ($250)" and insert in lieu thereof "one thousand dollars | 0011| ($1,000)"., | 0012| | 0013| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0014| COMMITTEE. | 0015| | 0016| Respectfully submitted, | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Adopted Not Adopted | 0001| | 0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0003| | 0004| Date | 0005| | 0006| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0007| Yes: 9 | 0008| Excused: M.P. Garcia, Luna, Rios, Sanchez | 0009| Absent: None | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1231 State of New Mexico | 0014| House of Representatives | 0015| | 0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| March 12, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Mr. Speaker: | 0024| | 0025| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to | 0001| whom has been referred | 0002| | 0003| HOUSE BILL 1231, as amended | 0004| | 0005| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0006| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0007| | 0008| Respectfully submitted, | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Max Coll, Chairman | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Adopted Not Adopted | 0018| | 0019| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0020| | 0021| Date | 0022| | 0023| The roll call vote was 15 For 0 Against | 0024| Yes: 15 | 0025| Excused: Marquardt, Picraux | 0001| Absent: None | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1231 |