0001|                            SENATE BILL 40
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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|                          JOHN ARTHUR SMITH
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO COURTS; REQUIRING A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE IN THE
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0012|     SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT TO RESIDE IN AND MAINTAIN HIS
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0013|     PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN SIERRA COUNTY.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 34-6-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0017|     Chapter 69, Section 13, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "34-6-10.  JUDGES--SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall
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0019|     be three district judges in the seventh judicial district. <u>The
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<u></u>0020| <u>    judge of division three shall reside in and maintain his
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<u></u>0021| <u>    principal office in Sierra county.</u>"
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0022|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0023|     provisions of this act is January 1, 1998.
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0024| .113615.1                     
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