0001| SENATE BILL 667
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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| GLORIA HOWES
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING CONSERVATION OFFICERS
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0012| WITH AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE CERTAIN CRIMINAL LAWS; AMENDING A
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0013| SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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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 17-2-19 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1912,
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0017| Chapter 85, Section 57, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018| "17-2-19. ENFORCEMENT OF GAME LAWS--POWERS OF CONSERVA-
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0020| TION OFFICERS.--
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0021| A. The director of the department of game and fish,
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0022| each conservation officer, each sheriff in his respective
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0023| county and each member of the New Mexico state police shall
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0024| enforce Chapter 17 NMSA 1978 and shall:
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0025| (1) seize any game or fish held in violation
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0001| of that chapter;
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0002| (2) with or without warrant, arrest any person
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0003| whom he knows to be guilty of a violation of that chapter; and
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0004| (3) open, enter and examine all camps, wagons,
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0005| cars, tents, packs, boxes, barrels and packages where he has
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0006| reason to believe any game or fish taken or held in violation
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0007| of that chapter is to be found, and seize it.
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0008| B. Any warrant for the arrest of a person shall be
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0009| issued upon sworn complaint, the same as in other criminal
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0010| cases, and any search warrant shall issue upon a written
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0011| showing of probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation,
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0012| describing the places to be searched or the persons or things
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0013| to be seized.
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0014| C. Conservation officers may, under the direction
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0015| of the state game commission and the director of the department
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0016| of game and fish:
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0017| (1) establish from time to time, as needed for
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0018| the proper functioning of the game and fish research and
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0019| management division, checking stations at points along
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0020| established roads, or roadblocks, for the purpose of detecting
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0021| and apprehending persons violating the game and fish laws and
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0022| the regulations referred to in Section 17-2-10 NMSA 1978;
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0023| (2) under emergency circumstances and while on
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0024| official duty only and except as otherwise provided in
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0025| Paragraph (3) of this subsection, enforce the provisions of the
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0001| Criminal Code and the Motor Vehicle Code; and
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0002| (3) while on official duty only, enforce the
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0003| provisions of:
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0004| (a) Sections 30-14-1 and 30-14-1.1
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0005| NMSA 1978 pertaining to criminal trespass;
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0006| (b) Section 30-3-1 NMSA 1978, pertaining
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0007| to assault;
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0008| (c) Section 30-3-4 NMSA 1978, pertaining
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0009| to battery;
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0010| (d) Section 30-7-2 NMSA 1978, pertaining
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0011| to unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon;
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0012| (e) Section 30-7-4 NMSA 1978, pertaining
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0013| to negligent use of a deadly weapon;
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0014| (f) Section 30-14-4 NMSA 1978,
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0015| pertaining to wrongful use of public property;
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0016| (g) Section 30-15-1 NMSA 1978,
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0017| pertaining to criminal damage to property;
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0018| (h) Section 30-16-6 NMSA 1978,
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0019| pertaining to fraud, but only when the fraud is associated with
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0020| outfitting or guiding services;
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0021| (i) Section 30-22-1 NMSA 1978,
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0022| pertaining to resisting, evading or obstructing an officer;
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0023| (j) Section 30-22-3 NMSA 1978,
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0024| pertaining to concealing identity; and
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0025| (k) Section 72-1-8 NMSA 1978, pertaining
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0001| to camping next to a manmade water hole."
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0002| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0003| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0006| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0007| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0010| March 10, 1997
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0012| Mr. President:
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0014| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0016| SENATE BILL 667
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0018| has had it under consideration and reports same WITHOUT
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0019| RECOMMENDATION, and thence referred to the JUDICIARY
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0020| COMMITTEE.
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0022| Respectfully submitted,
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0002| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0005| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0006| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0009| Date ________________________
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0012| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0013| Yes: 8
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0014| No: 0
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0015| Excused: Smith
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0016| Absent: 0
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0022| S0667PA1
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0024| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0025| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0003| March 14, 1997
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0005| Mr. President:
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0007| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0008|
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0009| SENATE BILL 667
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0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
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0012| that it DO PASS.
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0014| Respectfully submitted,
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0018| __________________________________
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0019| Fernando R. Macias, Chairman
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0023| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0003| Date ________________________
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0006| The roll call vote was 6 For 1 Against
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0007| Yes: 6
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0008| No: Stockard
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0009| Excused: Sanchez
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0010| Absent: None
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0013| S0667JU1
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