0001|                           SENATE BILL 394
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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|                          CARROLL H. LEAVELL
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO JUVENILE JUSTICE; ESTABLISHING A BOOT CAMP PROGRAM
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0012|     FOR CERTAIN DELINQUENT OFFENDERS; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE
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0013|     DELINQUENCY ACT.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  A new section of the Delinquency Act is
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0017|     enacted to read:
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0018|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  BOOT CAMP PROGRAM--ADMINISTRATION--
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0019|     CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.--
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0020|               A.  The department shall develop and implement a
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0021|     boot camp program for certain delinquent offenders pursuant to
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0022|     the provisions of this section.  The boot camp program shall
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0023|     include substance abuse counseling and treatment programs,
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0024|     general education diploma preparatory classes, manual labor
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0025|     assignments, physical training activities and personal
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0001|     development training. The boot camp program shall be conducted
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0002|     in a strict disciplinary environment.  The department shall
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0003|     require that participants in the boot camp program complete a
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0004|     structured, six-month program.
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0005|               B.  Participation in the boot camp program shall be
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0006|     limited to certain delinquent offenders adjudicated on or after
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0007|     July 1, 1997.  Individuals eligible to participate in the
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0008|     program are adjudicated delinquent offenders who are thirteen
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0009|     years of age or older.
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0010|               C.  The department shall develop and adopt
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0011|     regulations to provide for screening of all adjudicated
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0012|     delinquent offenders for the purpose of determining eligibility
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0013|     to participate in the boot camp program.  The regulations shall
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0014|     provide that the screening occurs within thirty days of an
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0015|     individual's adjudication as a delinquent offender.  Subsequent
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0016|     to the screening, the department may recommend to the court
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0017|     that a delinquent offender be assigned to participate in the
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0018|     boot camp program.
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0019|               D.  If the court accepts the department's
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0020|     recommendation, the delinquent offender shall be transferred to
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0021|     the custody of the department for the purpose of participating
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0022|     in the boot camp program.
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0023|               E.  The department shall develop and adopt
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0024|     regulations regarding criteria for successful completion of the
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0025|     boot camp program.  The regulations shall also provide for
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0001|     appropriate disposition of delinquent offenders who
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0002|     successfully complete the program and for those offenders who
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0003|     fail to successfully complete the program.  The department
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0004|     shall notify the court in writing when a participant in the
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0005|     boot camp program successfully completes or fails to complete
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0006|     the program.
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0007|               F.  The department may contract with a public or
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0008|     private entity for the lease of a facility to house a boot camp
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0009|     program.  The boot camp program shall be operated and
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0010|     administered by the department."
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0013|   
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0014|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0015|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0018|                                               February 12, 1997
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0019|   
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0020|   Mr. President:
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0021|   
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0022|       Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0023|   referred
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0024|   
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0025|                          SENATE BILL 394
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0002|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0003|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0004|   JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0006|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0011|   __________________________________
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0012|                                Shannon Robinson, Chairman 
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0016|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0017|   Adopted_______________________
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0018|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0021|                     Date ________________________
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0024|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0025|           Yes:    6
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0001|           No:     0
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0002|                Excused:     Adair, Vernon, Feldman
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0003|           Absent: None
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0006|   S0394PA1
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