0001|                           SENATE BILL 218
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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|                             GLORIA HOWES
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO MUNICIPAL CURFEW ORDINANCES; PROVIDING
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0012|     MUNICIPALITIES WITH AUTHORITY TO ADOPT CURFEW ORDINANCES;
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0013|     VESTING CERTAIN COURTS WITH EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER
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0014|     MUNICIPAL CURFEW VIOLATIONS; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES; AMENDING
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0015|     SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0016|     
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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 3-17-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965,
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0019|     Chapter 300, Section 14-16-1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020|          "3-17-1.  ORDINANCES--PURPOSES.--The governing body of a
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0021|     municipality may adopt ordinances or resolutions not
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0022|     inconsistent with the laws of New Mexico for the purpose of:
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0023|               A.  effecting or discharging the powers and duties
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0024|     conferred by law upon the municipality;
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0025|               B.  providing for the safety, preserving the
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0001|     health, promoting the prosperity and improving the morals,
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0002|     order, comfort and convenience of the municipality and its
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0003|     inhabitants; and
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0004|               C.  enforcing obedience to the ordinances by
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0005|     prosecution in the municipal court and metropolitan courts and
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0006|     upon conviction the imposition of:
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0007|                    (1)  except for those violations of ordinances
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0008|     described in Paragraphs (2), ~and]~(3) |nd (4)|of this
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0009|     subsection, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
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0010|     ($500) or imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both;
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0011|                    (2)  for a violation of an ordinance
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0012|     prohibiting driving a motor vehicle while under the influence
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0013|     of intoxicating liquor or drugs, a fine of not more than one
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0014|     thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not more than
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0015|     three hundred sixty-four days or both; ~and]~
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0016|                    (3)  for violations of an industrial user
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0017|     wastewater pretreatment ordinance as required by the United
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0018|     States environmental protection agency, a fine of not more
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0019|     than one thousand dollars ($1,000) a day for each violation;
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0020|     |nd
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0021|                    (4)  for a violation of a curfew ordinance, a
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0022|     fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or
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0023|     community service, or both|"
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0024|          Section 2.  Section 32A-2-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0025|     Chapter 77, Section 58) is amended to read:
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0001|          "32A-2-29.  MOTOR VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS|- CURFEW
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0002|     VIOLATIONS|--
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0003|               A.  The municipal, magistrate or metropolitan court
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0004|     shall have original exclusive jurisdiction over all Motor
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0005|     Vehicle Code |iolations| ~or]~municipal traffic code
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0006|     violations |r municipal curfew violations|when the person
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0007|     alleged to have committed the violation is a child, with the
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0008|     exception of those violations contained in Paragraph (1) of
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0009|     Subsection A of Section ~32-2-3]~|2A-2-3|NMSA 1978 and all
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0010|     traffic offenses alleged to have been committed by the child
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0011|     arising out of the same occurrence pursuant to Subsection B of
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0012|     this section.  
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0013|               B.  If the children's court acquires jurisdiction
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0014|     over a child pursuant to any of those Motor Vehicle Code
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0015|     violations contained in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of
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0016|     Section ~32-2-3]~|2A-2-3|NMSA 1978, it shall have jurisdiction
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0017|     over all traffic offenses alleged to have been committed by
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0018|     the child arising out of the same occurrence.  
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0019|               C.  All traffic offenses ~which]~|hat|the child is
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0020|     found to have committed by the municipal, magistrate or
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0021|     metropolitan court or for which the child is adjudicated
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0022|     delinquent by the children's court shall be subject to the
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0023|     reporting requirements and the suspension and revocation
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0024|     provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code and shall not be subject
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0025|     to the confidentiality provisions of the Delinquency Act.  
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0001|               D.  No tribunal may incarcerate any child who has
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0002|     been found guilty of any Motor Vehicle Code
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0003|     ~or]~|iolations,|municipal traffic code violations |r
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0004|     municipal curfew violations|without first securing the
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0005|     approval of the children's court."
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0006|          Section 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0007|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1998.
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