0001|                            HOUSE BILL 458
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           TIMOTHY E. MACKO
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; REQUIRING A FIVE-YEAR DRIVER'S
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0012|     LICENSE REVOCATION PERIOD WHEN A PERSON DRIVES UNDER THE
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0013|     INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR DRUGS; REQUIRING A FIVE-
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0014|     YEAR DRIVER'S LICENSE REVOCATION PERIOD WHEN A PERSON IS
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0015|     CONVICTED FOR SHOOTING AT OR FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE; AMENDING
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0016|     SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0017|     
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0018|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0019|          Section 1.  Section 66-5-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
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0020|     Chapter 35, Section 251, as amended by Laws 1993, Chapter 66,
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0021|     Section 4 and also by Laws 1993, Chapter 78, Section 4) is
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0022|     amended to read:
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0023|          "66-5-29.  MANDATORY REVOCATION OF LICENSE BY DIVISION.--
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0024|               A.  The division shall immediately revoke the
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0025|     license of any driver upon receiving a record of the driver's
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0001|     adjudication as a delinquent for or conviction of any of the
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0002|     following offenses, whether the offense is under any state law
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0003|     or local ordinance, when the conviction or adjudication has
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0004|     become final:
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0005|                    (1)  manslaughter or negligent homicide
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0006|     resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle;
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0007|                    (2)  any offense rendering a person a "first
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0008|     offender" as defined in the Motor Vehicle Code <s>[if that
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<s></s>0009| <s>    person does not attend a driver rehabilitation program
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<s></s>0010| <s>    pursuant to Subsection H of Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978]</s>;
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0011|                    (3)  any offense rendering a person a
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0012|     "subsequent offender" as defined in the Motor Vehicle Code;
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0013|                    (4)  any felony in the commission of which a
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0014|     motor vehicle is used;
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0015|                    (5)  failure to stop and render aid as
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0016|     required under the laws of this state in the event of a motor
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0017|     vehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of
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0018|     another;
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0019|                    (6)  perjury or the making of a false
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0020|     affidavit or statement under oath to the division under the
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0021|     Motor Vehicle Code or under any other law relating to the
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0022|     ownership or operation of motor vehicles; or
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0023|                    (7)  conviction or forfeiture of bail not
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0024|     vacated upon three charges of reckless driving committed
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0025|     within a period of twelve months.
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0001|               <u>B.  A person convicted of an offense rendering
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<u></u>0002| <u>    that person a "first offender" or a "subsequent offender",
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<u></u>0003| <u>    pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (2) or (3) of
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<u></u>0004| <u>    Subsection A of this section, shall have his license revoked
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<u></u>0005| <u>    for a period of five years.</u>
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0006|               <s>[B.]</s> <u>C.</u>  Any person whose license has been
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0007|     revoked under this section, except as provided in Subsection
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0008|     <s>[C, D or E]</s> <u>D or F</u> of this section, shall not be entitled
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0009|     to apply for or receive <s>[any]</s> <u>a</u> new license until the
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0010|     expiration of one year from the date of the last application
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0011|     on which the revoked license was surrendered to and received
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0012|     by the division, if no appeal is filed, or one year from the
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0013|     date that the revocation is final and he has exhausted his
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0014|     rights to an appeal.
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0015|               <s>[C.]</s> <u>D.</u>  Any person who upon adjudication as a
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0016|     delinquent or conviction is subject to license revocation
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0017|     under this section for an offense pursuant to which he was
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0018|     also subject to license revocation pursuant to Section
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0019|     66-8-111 NMSA 1978 shall have his license revoked for that
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0020|     offense for a combined period of time equal to <s>[one year]</s>
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0021|     <u>five years</u>.
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0022|               <s>[D.]</s> <u>E.</u>  Upon receipt of an order from a court
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0023|     pursuant to Subsection <s>[J]</s> <u>G</u> of Section <s>[32-1-34]</s>
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0024|     <u>32A-2-19</u> NMSA 1978 or Subsection G of Section <s>[32-1-36]</s>
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0025|     <u>32A-2-22</u> NMSA 1978, the division shall revoke the driver's
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0001|     license or driving privileges for a period of time in
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0002|     accordance with <s>[these]</s> <u>those</u> provisions.
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0003|               <s>[E.]</s> <u>F.</u>  Upon receipt from a district court of
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0004|     a record of conviction for the offense of shooting at or from
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0005|     a motor vehicle pursuant to Subsection B of Section 30-3-8
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0006|     NMSA 1978 or of a conviction for a conspiracy or an attempt to
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0007|     commit that offense, the division shall revoke the driver's
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0008|     licenses or driving privileges of the convicted person. 
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0009|     <s>[Any]</s> <u>A</u> person whose license or privilege has been revoked
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0010|     pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not be
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0011|     entitled to apply for or receive <s>[any]</s> <u>a</u> new license or
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0012|     privilege until the expiration of <s>[one year]</s> <u>five years</u>
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0013|     from the date of the last application on which the revoked
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0014|     license was surrendered to and received by the division, if no
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0015|     appeal is filed, or <s>[one year]</s> <u>five years</u> from the date
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0016|     that the revocation is final and <s>[he]</s> <u>the person</u> has
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0017|     exhausted his rights to an appeal."
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0018|          Section 2.  Section 66-8-111 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
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0019|     Chapter 35, Section 519, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020|          "66-8-111.  REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO CHEMICAL TESTS--
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0021|     TESTING--GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE TO
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0022|     DRIVE.--
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0023|               A.  If a person under arrest for violation of an
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0024|     offense enumerated in the Motor Vehicle Code refuses upon
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0025|     request of a law enforcement officer to submit to chemical
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0001|     tests designated by the law enforcement agency as provided in
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0002|     Section 66-8-107 NMSA 1978, none shall be administered except
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0003|     when a municipal judge, magistrate or district judge issues a
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0004|     search warrant authorizing chemical tests as provided in
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0005|     Section 66-8-107 NMSA 1978 upon his finding in a law
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0006|     enforcement officer's written affidavit that there is probable
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0007|     cause to believe that the person has driven a motor vehicle
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0008|     while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled
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0009|     substance, thereby causing the death or great bodily injury of
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0010|     another person, or there is probable cause to believe that the
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0011|     person has committed a felony while under the influence of
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0012|     alcohol or a controlled substance and that chemical tests as
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0013|     provided in Section 66-8-107 NMSA 1978 will produce material
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0014|     evidence in a felony prosecution.
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0015|               B.  The department, upon receipt of a statement
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0016|     signed under penalty of perjury from a law enforcement officer
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0017|     stating the officer's reasonable grounds to believe the
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0018|     arrested person had been driving a motor vehicle within this
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0019|     state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug
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0020|     and that, upon his request, the person refused to submit to a
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0021|     chemical test after being advised that failure to submit could
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0022|     result in revocation of his privilege to drive, shall revoke
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0023|     the person's New Mexico driver's license or any nonresident
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0024|     operating privilege for a period of <s>[one year]</s> <u>five years</u>
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0025|     or until all conditions for license reinstatement are met,
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0001|     whichever is later.
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0002|               C.  The department, upon receipt of a statement
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0003|     signed under penalty of perjury from a law enforcement officer
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0004|     stating the officer's reasonable grounds to believe the
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0005|     arrested person had been driving a motor vehicle within this
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0006|     state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and
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0007|     that the person submitted to chemical testing pursuant to
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0008|     Section 66-8-107 NMSA 1978 and the test results indicated an
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0009|     alcohol concentration of eight one-hundredths or more in the
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0010|     person's blood or breath if the person is twenty-one years of
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0011|     age or older or an alcohol concentration of two one-hundredths
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0012|     or more in the person's blood or breath if the person is less
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0013|     than twenty-one years of age, shall revoke the person's
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0014|     license or permit to drive or his nonresident operating
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0015|     privilege for a period of:
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0016|                    (1)  <s>[ninety days]</s> <u>five years</u> or until all
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0017|     conditions for license reinstatement are met, whichever is
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0018|     later, if the person is twenty-one years of age or older;
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0019|                    (2)  <s>[six months]</s> <u>five years</u> or until all
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0020|     conditions for license reinstatement are met, whichever is
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0021|     later, if the person is less than twenty-one years of age and
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0022|     has not previously had his license revoked pursuant to the
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0023|     provisions of this section, notwithstanding any provision of
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0024|     the Children's Code; or
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0025|                    (3)  <s>[one year]</s> <u>five years</u> or until all
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0001|     conditions for license reinstatement are met, whichever is
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0002|     later, if the person has previously had his license revoked
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0003|     pursuant to the provisions of this section, notwithstanding
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0004|     the provisions of Paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection or
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0005|     any provision of the Children's Code.
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0006|               D.  The determination of alcohol concentration
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0007|     shall be based on the grams of alcohol in one hundred
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0008|     milliliters of blood or the grams of alcohol in two hundred
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0009|     ten liters of breath.  
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0010|               E.  If the person subject to the revocation
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0011|     provisions of this section is a resident or will become a
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0012|     resident within one year and is without a license to operate a
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0013|     motor vehicle in this state, the department shall deny the
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0014|     issuance of a license to him for the appropriate period of
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0015|     time as provided in Subsections B and C of this section.
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0016|               F.  A statement signed by a law enforcement
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0017|     officer, pursuant to the provisions of Subsection B or C of
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0018|     this section, shall be sworn to by the officer or shall
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0019|     contain a declaration substantially to the effect:  "I hereby
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0020|     declare under penalty of perjury that the information given in
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0021|     this statement is true and correct to the best of my
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0022|     knowledge.".  A law enforcement officer who signs a statement,
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0023|     knowing that the statement is untrue in any material issue or
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0024|     matter, is guilty of perjury as provided in Section 66-5-38
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0025|     NMSA 1978."
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0001|          Section 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0002|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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