0001|                           SENATE BILL 935
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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|                               DON KIDD
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO COURTS; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978 TO
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0012|     REQUIRE MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO COURT RULES.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  MANDATORY MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION.--In a
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0016|     suit filed in a metropolitan or a district court in which a
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0017|     money judgment of no more than twenty-five thousand dollars
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0018|     ($25,000) is sought, excluding interest, costs and attorney
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0019|     fees, the court shall refer the dispute to settlement through
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0020|     mediation.  If settlement is not reached after a reasonable
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0021|     period of time determined by the court, the court shall refer
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0022|     the case to arbitration.  The supreme court may implement this
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0023|     provision by rules of court.
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0024|     .116662.1
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0002|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0003|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0006|                                                  March 14, 1997
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0008|   Mr. President:
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0010|       Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0011|   referred
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0013|                          SENATE BILL 935
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0015|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0016|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0017|   JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0019|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0024|   __________________________________
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0025|                                Shannon Robinson, Chairman 
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0004|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0005|   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 <u> 5 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0013|           Yes:    5
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0014|           No:     0
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0015|                Excused:     Garcia, Ingle, Smith, Adair
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0016|           Absent: None
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0021|   S0935PA1
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