RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; CREATING A CRIMINAL OFFENSE KNOWN AS ESCAPE FROM A COMMUNITY CUSTODY RELEASE PROGRAM; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of the Criminal Code is enacted to read:

"ESCAPE FROM A COMMUNITY CUSTODY RELEASE PROGRAM.--

A. Escape from a community custody release program consists of a person, excluding a person on probation or parole, who has been lawfully committed to a judicially approved community custody release program, including a day reporting program, an electronic monitoring program, a day detention program or a community tracking program, escaping or attempting to escape from the community custody release program.

B. Whoever commits escape from a community custody release program, when the person was committed to the program for a misdemeanor charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

C. Whoever commits escape from a community custody release program, when the person was committed to the program for a felony charge, is guilty of a felony."

Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 1999.