HOUSE BILL 508

44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

R. David Pederson

AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS; PROVIDING THAT THE THREE MAGISTRATES IN THE MCKINLEY MAGISTRATE DISTRICT SHALL OPERATE AS A SINGLE COURT IN GALLUP; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.

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

Section 1. Section 35-1-20 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 62, Section 22, as amended) is amended to read:

"35-1-20. MAGISTRATE COURT--MCKINLEY DISTRICT.--There shall be three magistrates in McKinley magistrate district, divisions 1, [~~and~~] 2 and 3 operating as a single court in Gallup [~~and division 3 in Thoreau~~]. The division 3 magistrate shall ride circuit to Thoreau as needed."

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

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