0001| SENATE BILL 78 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| WILLIAM H. PAYNE | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO CORRECTIONS; EXPANDING THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME | 0012| OF ESCAPE FROM AN INMATE-RELEASE PROGRAM; AMENDING A SECTION | 0013| OF THE NMSA 1978. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 33-2-46 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, | 0017| Chapter 166, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "33-2-46. INMATE-RELEASE PROGRAM--ESCAPE.--~~[Any]~~ | 0019| A. A prisoner whose limits of confinement have | 0020| been extended or who has been granted a visitation privilege | 0021| under the inmate-release program, who willfully fails to | 0022| return to the designated place of confinement within the time | 0023| prescribed, with the intent not to return, is guilty of an | 0024| escape. | 0025| B. A prisoner who, without authorization, | - 1 - 0001| willfully fails to report to an approved inmate-release | 0002| program is guilty of an escape. A prisoner who, without | 0003| authorization, willfully departs from an approved inmate- | 0004| release program is guilty of an escape. | 0005| C. Whoever is convicted of an escape under the | 0006| provisions of this section is guilty of a third degree felony | 0007| and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section | 0008| 31-18-15 NMSA 1978." | 0009| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0010| provisions of this act is July 1, 1998. | 0011| |