0001|                           SENATE BILL 114
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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|                           RAYMOND L. KYSAR
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; CREATING THE FOURTEENTH
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0012|     JUDICIAL DISTRICT; MODIFYING THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT;
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0013|     PROVIDING FOR ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS,
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0014|     PERSONNEL, APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACTS AND OBLIGATIONS; MAKING
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0015|     AN APPROPRIATION.
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|          Section 1.  Section 34-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1941,
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0019|     Chapter 75, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020|          "34-6-1.  JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.--The state shall be divided
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0021|     into judicial districts as follows:
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0022|               A.  first judicial district, the counties of Santa
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0023|     Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos;
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0024|               B.  second judicial district, the county of
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0025|     Bernalillo;
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0001|               C.  third judicial district, the county of Dona
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0002|     Ana;
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0003|               D.  fourth judicial district, the counties of
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0004|     Guadalupe, San Miguel and Mora;
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0005|               E.  fifth judicial district, the counties of Eddy,
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0006|     Chaves and Lea;
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0007|               F.  sixth judicial district, the counties of Grant,
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0008|     Luna and Hidalgo;
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0009|               G.  seventh judicial district, the counties of
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0010|     Socorro, Torrance, Sierra and Catron;
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0011|               H.  eighth judicial district, the counties of Taos,
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0012|     Colfax and Union;
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0013|               I.  ninth judicial district, the counties of Curry
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0014|     and Roosevelt;
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0015|               J.  tenth judicial district, the counties of Quay,
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0016|     DeBaca and Harding;
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0017|               K.  eleventh judicial district, the <s>[counties of
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<s></s>0018| <s>    McKinley and San Juan]</s> <u>county of McKinley</u>;
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0019|               L.  twelfth judicial district, the counties of
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0020|     Otero and Lincoln; <s>[and]</s>
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0021|               M.  thirteenth judicial district, the counties of
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0022|     Cibola, Sandoval and Valencia; <u>and
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<u></u>0023| <u>              N.  fourteenth judicial district, the county of San
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<u></u>0024| <u>    Juan</u>."
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0025|          Section 2.  Section 34-6-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0001|     Chapter 69, Section 17, as amended by Laws 1995, Chapter 178,
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0002|     Section 3 and also by Laws 1995, Chapter 179, Section 1) is
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0003|     amended to read:
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0004|          "34-6-14.  JUDGES--ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There
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0005|     shall be <s>[six]</s> <u>two</u> district judges in the eleventh
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0006|     judicial district.  <s>[The judges of divisions one, three, four
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<s></s>0007| <s>    and six shall reside and maintain their principal offices in
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<s></s>0008| <s>    San Juan county.  The judges of divisions two and five shall
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<s></s>0009| <s>    reside and maintain their principal offices in McKinley
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<s></s>0010| <s>    county]</s>"
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0011|          Section 3.  A new Section 34-6-16.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted
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0012|     to read:
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0013|          "34-6-16.1.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] JUDGES--FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL
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0014|     DISTRICT.--There shall be four judges in the fourteenth
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0015|     judicial district."
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0016|          Section 4.  TEMPORARY PROVISION--ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES,
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0017|     DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, PERSONNEL, APPROPRIATIONS, CONTRACTS AND
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0018|     OBLIGATIONS.--On the effective date of the provisions of this
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0019|     act:
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0020|               A.  judges serving in eleventh judicial district
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0021|     divisions one, three, four and six, who reside in San Juan
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0022|     county, are transferred to the fourteenth judicial district,
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0023|     together with all budgets, personnel, money, funds,
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0024|     appropriations, accounts, furniture, equipment, office
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0025|     supplies and other things of value and all contracts, debts,
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0001|     liabilities or other obligations attributable to those
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0002|     divisions;
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0003|               B.  judges serving in eleventh judicial district
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0004|     divisions two and five, who reside in McKinley county, shall
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0005|     remain in the eleventh judicial district and shall retain all
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0006|     budgets, personnel, money, funds, appropriations, accounts,
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0007|     furniture, equipment, office supplies and other things of
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0008|     value and all contracts, debts, liabilities or other
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0009|     obligations attributable to those divisions;
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0010|               C.  the district attorney serving in eleventh
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0011|     judicial district division one, composed of San Juan county,
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0012|     is transferred to the fourteenth judicial district, together
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0013|     with all budgets, personnel, money, funds, appropriations,
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0014|     accounts, furniture, equipment, office supplies and other
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0015|     things of value and all contracts, debts, liabilities or other
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0016|     obligations attributable to that division; and
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0017|               D.  the district attorney serving in eleventh
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0018|     judicial district division two, composed of McKinley county,
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0019|     shall remain in the eleventh judicial district and shall
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0020|     retain all budgets, personnel, money, funds, appropriations,
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0021|     accounts, furniture, equipment, office supplies and other
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0022|     things of value and all contracts, debts, liabilities or other
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0023|     obligations attributable to that division.
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0024|          Section 5. APPROPRIATION.--Ninety thousand dollars
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0025|     ($90,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
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0001|     administrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal
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0002|     year 2002 to pay for salaries, benefits, office supplies,
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0003|     materials and other costs associated with the creation of a
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0004|     fourteenth judicial district.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0005|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall revert
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0006|     to the general fund.
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0007|          Section 6.  REPEAL.--Sections 36-1-8.2 and 36-1-8.3 NMSA
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0008|     1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 25, Sections 1 and 2, as
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0009|     amended) are repealed.
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0010|          Section 7.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0011|     provisions of this act is January 1, 2002.
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