New Mexico 2023 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB158 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 158
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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45	45	2023
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Andrea Reeb and William "Bill" R. Rehm
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR
50	50	OR DRUGS; AMENDING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTING THE BLOOD OF A
51	51	PERSON SUSPECTED OF OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE
52	52	INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR DRUGS; PROVIDING THAT
53	53	CERTAIN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE AUTHORIZED TO WITHDRAW BLOOD
54	54	IN THE PERFORMANCE OF A CHEMICAL BLOOD TEST FOR DRIVING A MOTOR
55	55	VEHICLE OR OPERATING A MOTORBOAT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
56	56	INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR DRUGS; CLARIFYING THAT THE CHEMICAL
57	57	BLOOD TEST MAY BE FOR DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.
58	58	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
59	59	SECTION 1. Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1953,
60	60	Chapter 139, Section 54, as amended) is amended to read:
61	61	"66-8-102. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING
62	62	LIQUOR OR DRUGS--AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
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90	90	INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR DRUGS--PENALTIES.--
91	91	A. It is unlawful for a person who is under the
92	92	influence of intoxicating liquor to drive a vehicle within this
93	93	state.
94	94	B. It is unlawful for a person who is under the
95	95	influence of any drug to a degree that renders the person
96	96	incapable of safely driving a vehicle to drive a vehicle within
97	97	this state.
98	98	C. It is unlawful for:
99	99	(1) a person to drive a vehicle in this state
100	100	if the person has an alcohol concentration of eight one
101	101	hundredths or more in the person's blood or breath within three
102	102	hours of driving the vehicle and the alcohol concentration
103	103	results from alcohol consumed before or while driving the
104	104	vehicle; or
105	105	(2) a person to drive a commercial motor
106	106	vehicle in this state if the person has an alcohol
107	107	concentration of four one hundredths or more in the person's
108	108	blood or breath within three hours of driving the commercial
109	109	motor vehicle and the alcohol concentration results from
110	110	alcohol consumed before or while driving the vehicle.
111	111	D. Aggravated driving under the influence of
112	112	intoxicating liquor or drugs consists of:
113	113	(1) driving a vehicle in this state with an
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143	143	driver's blood or breath within three hours of driving the
144	144	vehicle and the alcohol concentration results from alcohol
145	145	consumed before or while driving the vehicle;
146	146	(2) causing bodily injury to a human being as
147	147	a result of the unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while
148	148	driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs; or
149	149	(3) refusing to submit to chemical breath
150	150	testing, as provided for in the Implied Consent Act, and in the
151	151	judgment of the court, based upon evidence of intoxication
152	152	presented to the court, the driver was under the influence of
153	153	intoxicating liquor or drugs.
154	154	E. A first conviction pursuant to this section
155	155	shall be punished, notwithstanding the provisions of Section
156	156	31-18-13 NMSA 1978, by imprisonment for not more than ninety
157	157	days or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500),
158	158	or both; provided that if the sentence is suspended in whole or
159	159	in part or deferred, the period of probation may extend beyond
160	160	ninety days but shall not exceed one year. Upon a first
161	161	conviction pursuant to this section, an offender shall be
162	162	sentenced to not less than twenty-four hours of community
163	163	service. In addition, the offender may be required to pay a
164	164	fine of three hundred dollars ($300). The offender shall be
165	165	ordered by the court to participate in and complete a screening
166	166	program described in Subsection L of this section and to attend
167	167	a driver rehabilitation program for alcohol or drugs, also
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196	196	known as a "DWI school", approved by the bureau and also may be
197	197	required to participate in other rehabilitative services as the
198	198	court shall determine to be necessary. In addition to those
199	199	penalties, when an offender commits aggravated driving under
200	200	the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, the offender
201	201	shall be sentenced to not less than forty-eight consecutive
202	202	hours in jail. If an offender fails to complete, within a time
203	203	specified by the court, any community service, screening
204	204	program, treatment program or DWI school ordered by the court
205	205	or fails to comply with any other condition of probation, the
206	206	offender shall be sentenced to not less than an additional
207	207	forty-eight consecutive hours in jail. Any jail sentence
208	208	imposed pursuant to this subsection for failure to complete,
209	209	within a time specified by the court, any community service,
210	210	screening program, treatment program or DWI school ordered by
211	211	the court or for aggravated driving under the influence of
212	212	intoxicating liquor or drugs shall not be suspended, deferred
213	213	or taken under advisement. On a first conviction pursuant to
214	214	this section, any time spent in jail for the offense prior to
215	215	the conviction for that offense shall be credited to any term
216	216	of imprisonment fixed by the court. A deferred sentence
217	217	pursuant to this subsection shall be considered a first
218	218	conviction for the purpose of determining subsequent
219	219	convictions.
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249	249	section shall be punished, notwithstanding the provisions of
250	250	Section 31-18-13 NMSA 1978, by imprisonment for not more than
251	251	three hundred sixty-four days or by a fine of not more than one
252	252	thousand dollars ($1,000), or both; provided that if the
253	253	sentence is suspended in whole or in part, the period of
254	254	probation may extend beyond one year but shall not exceed five
255	255	years. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary
256	256	for suspension or deferment of execution of a sentence:
257	257	(1) upon a second conviction, an offender
258	258	shall be sentenced to a jail term of not less than ninety-six
259	259	consecutive hours, not less than forty-eight hours of community
260	260	service and a fine of five hundred dollars ($500). In addition
261	261	to those penalties, when an offender commits aggravated driving
262	262	under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, the
263	263	offender shall be sentenced to a jail term of not less than
264	264	ninety-six consecutive hours. If an offender fails to
265	265	complete, within a time specified by the court, any community
266	266	service, screening program or treatment program ordered by the
267	267	court, the offender shall be sentenced to not less than an
268	268	additional seven consecutive days in jail. A penalty imposed
269	269	pursuant to this paragraph shall not be suspended or deferred
270	270	or taken under advisement; and
271	271	(2) upon a third conviction, an offender shall
272	272	be sentenced to a jail term of not less than thirty consecutive
273	273	days, not less than ninety-six hours of community service and a
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302	302	fine of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). In addition to
303	303	those penalties, when an offender commits aggravated driving
304	304	under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, the
305	305	offender shall be sentenced to a jail term of not less than
306	306	sixty consecutive days. If an offender fails to complete,
307	307	within a time specified by the court, any community service,
308	308	screening program or treatment program ordered by the court,
309	309	the offender shall be sentenced to not less than an additional
310	310	sixty consecutive days in jail. A penalty imposed pursuant to
311	311	this paragraph shall not be suspended or deferred or taken
312	312	under advisement.
313	313	G. Upon a fourth conviction pursuant to this
314	314	section, an offender is guilty of a fourth degree felony and,
315	315	notwithstanding the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978,
316	316	shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of eighteen
317	317	months, six months of which shall not be suspended, deferred or
318	318	taken under advisement.
319	319	H. Upon a fifth conviction pursuant to this
320	320	section, an offender is guilty of a fourth degree felony and,
321	321	notwithstanding the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978,
322	322	shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two years, one
323	323	year of which shall not be suspended, deferred or taken under
324	324	advisement.
325	325	I. Upon a sixth conviction pursuant to this
326	326	section, an offender is guilty of a third degree felony and,
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355	355	notwithstanding the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978,
356	356	shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of thirty months,
357	357	eighteen months of which shall not be suspended, deferred or
358	358	taken under advisement.
359	359	J. Upon a seventh conviction pursuant to this
360	360	section, an offender is guilty of a third degree felony and,
361	361	notwithstanding the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978,
362	362	shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of three years,
363	363	two years of which shall not be suspended, deferred or taken
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365	365	K. Upon an eighth or subsequent conviction pursuant
366	366	to this section, an offender is guilty of a second degree
367	367	felony and, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 31-18-15
368	368	NMSA 1978, shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of
369	369	twelve years, ten years of which shall not be suspended,
370	370	deferred or taken under advisement.
371	371	L. Upon any conviction pursuant to this section, an
372	372	offender shall be required to participate in and complete,
373	373	within a time specified by the court, an alcohol or drug abuse
374	374	screening program approved by the department of finance and
375	375	administration and, if necessary, a treatment program approved
376	376	by the court. The requirement imposed pursuant to this
377	377	subsection shall not be suspended, deferred or taken under
378	378	advisement.
379	379	M. Upon a second or third conviction pursuant to
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408	408	this section, an offender shall be required to participate in
409	409	and complete, within a time specified by the court:
410	410	(1) not less than a twenty-eight-day
411	411	inpatient, residential or in-custody substance abuse treatment
412	412	program approved by the court;
413	413	(2) not less than a ninety-day outpatient
414	414	treatment program approved by the court;
415	415	(3) a drug court program approved by the
416	416	court; or
417	417	(4) any other substance abuse treatment
418	418	program approved by the court.
419	419	The requirement imposed pursuant to this subsection shall
420	420	not be suspended, deferred or taken under advisement.
421	421	N. Upon a felony conviction pursuant to this
422	422	section, the corrections department shall provide substance
423	423	abuse counseling and treatment to the offender in its custody.
424	424	While the offender is on probation or parole under its
425	425	supervision, the corrections department shall also provide
426	426	substance abuse counseling and treatment to the offender or
427	427	shall require the offender to obtain substance abuse counseling
428	428	and treatment.
429	429	O. Upon a conviction pursuant to this section, an
430	430	offender shall be required to obtain an ignition interlock
431	431	license and have an ignition interlock device installed and
432	432	operating on all motor vehicles driven by the offender,
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461	461	pursuant to rules adopted by the bureau. Unless determined by
462	462	the bureau to be indigent, the offender shall pay all costs
463	463	associated with having an ignition interlock device installed
464	464	on the appropriate motor vehicles. The offender shall operate
465	465	only those vehicles equipped with ignition interlock devices
466	466	for:
467	467	(1) a period of one year, for a first
468	468	offender;
469	469	(2) a period of two years, for a second
470	470	conviction pursuant to this section;
471	471	(3) a period of three years, for a third
472	472	conviction pursuant to this section; or
473	473	(4) the remainder of the offender's life, for
474	474	a fourth or subsequent conviction pursuant to this section.
475	475	P. Five years from the date of conviction and every
476	476	five years thereafter, a fourth or subsequent offender may
477	477	apply to a district court for removal of the ignition interlock
478	478	device requirement provided in this section and for restoration
479	479	of a driver's license. A district court may, for good cause
480	480	shown, remove the ignition interlock device requirement and
481	481	order restoration of the license; provided that the offender
482	482	has not been subsequently convicted of driving a motor vehicle
483	483	under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs. Good
484	484	cause may include an alcohol screening and proof from the
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514	514	interlock device.
515	515	Q. An offender who obtains an ignition interlock
516	516	license and installs an ignition interlock device prior to
517	517	conviction shall be given credit at sentencing for the time
518	518	period the ignition interlock device has been in use.
519	519	R. In the case of a first, second or third offense
520	520	under this section, the magistrate court has concurrent
521	521	jurisdiction with district courts to try the offender.
522	522	S. A conviction pursuant to a municipal or county
523	523	ordinance in New Mexico or a law of any other jurisdiction,
524	524	territory or possession of the United States or of a tribe,
525	525	when that ordinance or law is equivalent to New Mexico law for
526	526	driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs,
527	527	and prescribes penalties for driving under the influence of
528	528	intoxicating liquor or drugs, shall be deemed to be a
529	529	conviction pursuant to this section for purposes of determining
530	530	whether a conviction is a second or subsequent conviction.
531	531	T. In addition to any other fine or fee that may be
532	532	imposed pursuant to the conviction or other disposition of the
533	533	offense under this section, the court may order the offender to
534	534	pay the costs of any court-ordered screening and treatment
535	535	programs.
536	536	U. With respect to this section and notwithstanding
537	537	any provision of law to the contrary, if an offender's sentence
538	538	was suspended or deferred in whole or in part and the offender
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567	567	violates any condition of probation, the court may impose any
568	568	sentence that the court could have originally imposed and
569	569	credit shall not be given for time served by the offender on
570	570	probation.
571	571	V. As used in this section:
572	572	(1) "bodily injury" means an injury to a
573	573	person that is not likely to cause death or great bodily harm
574	574	to the person, but does cause painful temporary disfigurement
575	575	or temporary loss or impairment of the functions of any member
576	576	or organ of the person's body; and
577	577	(2) "commercial motor vehicle" means a motor
578	578	vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to
579	579	transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle:
580	580	(a) has a gross combination weight
581	581	rating of more than twenty-six thousand pounds inclusive of a
582	582	towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten
583	583	thousand pounds;
584	584	(b) has a gross vehicle weight rating of
585	585	more than twenty-six thousand pounds;
586	586	(c) is designed to transport sixteen or
587	587	more passengers, including the driver; or
588	588	(d) is of any size and is used in the
589	589	transportation of hazardous materials, which requires the motor
590	590	vehicle to be placarded under applicable law."
591	591	SECTION 2. Section 66-8-103 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,
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620	620	Chapter 160, Section 1) is amended to read:
621	621	"66-8-103. CHEMICAL BLOOD TESTS--PERSONS QUALIFIED TO
622	622	TEST--RELIEF FROM LIABILITY .--Only a physician, licensed
623	623	professional or practical nurse, [or laboratory technician ]
624	624	emergency medical technician or certified phlebotomist or a
625	625	technologist employed by a hospital or physician shall withdraw
626	626	blood from [any] a person in the performance of a [blood-
627	627	alcohol] chemical blood test. No such physician, nurse,
628	628	technician, phlebotomist or technologist who withdraws blood
629	629	from any person in the performance of a [blood-alcohol ]
630	630	chemical blood test that has been directed by [any ] a police
631	631	officer or by [any] a judicial or probation officer shall be
632	632	held liable in any civil or criminal action for assault,
633	633	battery, false imprisonment or any conduct of [any ] a police
634	634	officer except for negligence, nor shall [any ] a person
635	635	assisting in the performance of [such a ] the test or [any] a
636	636	hospital wherein blood is withdrawn in the performance of [such
637	637	a] the test be subject to civil or criminal liability for
638	638	assault, battery, false imprisonment or any conduct of [any ] a
639	639	police officer except for negligence."
640	640	SECTION 3. Section 66-8-104 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
641	641	Chapter 35, Section 512) is amended to read:
642	642	"66-8-104. [BLOOD-ALCOHOL ] CHEMICAL BLOOD TESTS--[POLICE,
643	643	JUDICIAL OR PROBATION ] OFFICER UNAUTHORIZED TO MAKE ARREST OR
644	644	DIRECT TEST EXCEPT IN PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL DUTIES
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673	673	[AUTHORIZED BY LAW].--Nothing in [Sections 64-8-103 or 64-8-104
674	674	NMSA 1953] Section 66-8-103 or 66-8-104 NMSA 1978 is intended
675	675	to authorize [any] a police officer or [any ] a judicial or
676	676	probation officer to make [any ] an arrest or to direct the
677	677	performance of a [blood-alcohol ] chemical blood test except in
678	678	the performance of [his ] that person's official duties and as
679	679	otherwise authorized by law."
680	680	SECTION 4. Section 66-8-111 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
681	681	Chapter 35, Section 519, as amended) is amended to read:
682	682	"66-8-111. REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO CHEMICAL TESTS--TESTING--
683	683	GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE TO DRIVE.--
684	684	A. If a person under arrest for violation of an
685	685	offense enumerated in the Motor Vehicle Code refuses upon
686	686	request of a law enforcement officer to submit to chemical
687	687	tests designated by the law enforcement agency as provided in
688	688	Section 66-8-107 NMSA 1978, none shall be administered except
689	689	when a municipal judge, magistrate or district judge issues a
690	690	search warrant authorizing chemical tests as provided in
691	691	Section 66-8-107 NMSA 1978 upon finding in a law enforcement
692	692	officer's written affidavit that there is probable cause to
693	693	believe that the person has driven a motor vehicle while under
694	694	the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance [thereby
695	695	causing the death or great bodily injury of another person, or
696	696	there is probable cause to believe that the person has
697	697	committed a felony while under the influence of alcohol or a
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726	726	controlled substance and that chemical tests as provided in
727	727	Section 66-8-107 NMSA 1978 will produce material evidence in a
728	728	felony prosecution].
729	729	B. The department, upon receipt of a statement
730	730	signed under penalty of perjury from a law enforcement officer
731	731	stating the officer's reasonable grounds to believe the
732	732	arrested person had been driving a motor vehicle within this
733	733	state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs
734	734	and that, upon request, the person refused to submit to a
735	735	chemical test after being advised that failure to submit could
736	736	result in revocation of the person's privilege to drive, shall
737	737	revoke the person's New Mexico driver's license or any
738	738	nonresident operating privilege for a period of one year or
739	739	until all conditions for license reinstatement are met,
740	740	whichever is later.
741	741	C. The department, upon receipt of a statement
742	742	signed under penalty of perjury from a law enforcement officer
743	743	stating the officer's reasonable grounds to believe the
744	744	arrested person had been driving a motor vehicle within this
745	745	state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and that
746	746	the person submitted to chemical testing pursuant to Section
747	747	66-8-107 NMSA 1978 and the test results indicated an alcohol
748	748	concentration in the person's blood or breath of eight one
749	749	hundredths or more if the person is twenty-one years of age or
750	750	older, four one hundredths or more if the person is driving a
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779	779	commercial motor vehicle or two one hundredths or more if the
780	780	person is less than twenty-one years of age, shall revoke the
781	781	person's license or permit to drive or [his ] the person's
782	782	nonresident operating privilege for a period of:
783	783	(1) six months or until all conditions for
784	784	license reinstatement are met, whichever is later, if the
785	785	person is twenty-one years of age or older;
786	786	(2) one year or until all conditions for
787	787	license reinstatement are met, whichever is later, if the
788	788	person was less than twenty-one years of age at the time of the
789	789	arrest, notwithstanding any provision of the Children's Code;
790	790	or
791	791	(3) one year or until all conditions for
792	792	license reinstatement are met, whichever is later, if the
793	793	[person has previously had his ] person's license has been
794	794	revoked previously pursuant to the provisions of this section,
795	795	notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this
796	796	subsection.
797	797	D. The determination of alcohol concentration shall
798	798	be based on the grams of alcohol in one hundred milliliters of
799	799	blood or the grams of alcohol in two hundred ten liters of
800	800	breath.
801	801	E. If the person subject to the revocation
802	802	provisions of this section is a resident or will become a
803	803	resident within one year and is without a license to operate a
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832	832	motor vehicle in this state, the department shall deny the
833	833	issuance of a license to [him ] the person for the appropriate
834	834	period of time as provided in Subsections B and C of this
835	835	section.
836	836	F. A statement signed by a law enforcement officer,
837	837	pursuant to the provisions of Subsection B or C of this
838	838	section, shall be sworn to by the officer or shall contain a
839	839	declaration substantially to the effect: "I hereby declare
840	840	under penalty of perjury that the information given in this
841	841	statement is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.".
842	842	The statement may be signed and submitted electronically in a
843	843	manner and form approved by the department A law enforcement
844	844	officer who signs a statement knowing that the statement is
845	845	untrue in any material issue or matter is guilty of perjury as
846	846	provided in Section 66-5-38 NMSA 1978."
847	847	SECTION 5. Section 66-8-111.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
848	848	Chapter 72, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:
849	849	"66-8-111.1. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AGENT FOR
850	850	DEPARTMENT--WRITTEN NOTICE OF REVOCATION AND RIGHT TO
851	851	HEARING.--
852	852	A. On behalf of the department, a law enforcement
853	853	officer requesting a chemical test or directing the
854	854	administration of a chemical test pursuant to [Section ]
855	855	Sections 66-8-107 and 66-8-111 NMSA 1978 shall serve immediate
856	856	written notice of revocation and of right to a hearing before
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885	885	the administrative hearings office pursuant to the Implied
886	886	Consent Act on a person who:
887	887	(1) refuses to permit chemical testing; or
888	888	(2) submits to a chemical test the results of
889	889	which indicate an alcohol concentration in the person's blood
890	890	or breath of:
891	891	(a) eight one hundredths or more if the
892	892	person is twenty-one years of age or older;
893	893	(b) four one hundredths or more if the
894	894	person is driving a commercial motor vehicle; or
895	895	(c) two one hundredths or more if the
896	896	person is less than twenty-one years of age.
897	897	B. The written notice of revocation and of a right
898	898	to a hearing served on the driver shall be a temporary license
899	899	valid for twenty days or, if the driver requests a hearing
900	900	pursuant to Section 66-8-112 NMSA 1978, valid until the date
901	901	the administrative hearings office issues the order following
902	902	that hearing; provided that a written notice of revocation and
903	903	right to a hearing shall not be a temporary license for a
904	904	driver without any otherwise valid driving privileges in this
905	905	state.
906	906	C. The law enforcement officer shall send to the
907	907	department the signed statement required pursuant to Section
908	908	66-8-111 NMSA 1978."
909	909	SECTION 6. Section 66-13-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003,
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938	938	Chapter 241, Section 1) is amended to read:
939	939	"66-13-1. SHORT TITLE.--[Sections 1 through 13 of this
940	940	act] Chapter 66, Article 13 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the
941	941	"Boating While Intoxicated Act"."
942	942	SECTION 7. Section 66-13-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003,
943	943	Chapter 241, Section 6) is amended to read:
944	944	"66-13-6. [BLOOD-ALCOHOL ] CHEMICAL BLOOD TESTS--PERSONS
945	945	QUALIFIED TO PERFORM TESTS--RELIEF FROM CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
946	946	LIABILITY.--Only a physician, licensed professional or
947	947	practical nurse, [or laboratory technician ] emergency medical
948	948	technician or certified phlebotomist or a technologist employed
949	949	by a hospital or physician shall withdraw blood from a person
950	950	in the performance of a [blood-alcohol or drug ] chemical blood
951	951	test. A physician, nurse, technician, phlebotomist or
952	952	technologist who withdraws blood from a person in the
953	953	performance of a [blood-alcohol or drug ] chemical blood test
954	954	that has been directed by a law enforcement officer, or by a
955	955	judicial or probation officer, shall not be held liable in a
956	956	civil or criminal action for assault, battery, false
957	957	imprisonment or any conduct of a law enforcement officer,
958	958	except for negligence, nor shall a person assisting in the
959	959	performance of the test, or a hospital wherein blood is
960	960	withdrawn in the performance of the test, be subject to civil
961	961	or criminal liability for assault, battery, false imprisonment
962	962	or any conduct of a law enforcement officer, except for
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992	992	SECTION 8. Section 66-13-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003,
993	993	Chapter 241, Section 7) is amended to read:
994	994	"66-13-7. [BLOOD-ALCOHOL ] CHEMICAL BLOOD TEST--[LAW
995	995	ENFORCEMENT, JUDICIAL OR PROBATION ] OFFICER UNAUTHORIZED TO
996	996	MAKE ARREST OR DIRECT TEST EXCEPT IN PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL
997	997	DUTIES [AUTHORIZED BY LAW ].--Nothing in the Boating While
998	998	Intoxicated Act is intended to authorize a law enforcement
999	999	officer, or a judicial or probation officer, to make an
1000	1000	arrest or direct the performance of a [blood-alcohol or drug ]
1001	1001	chemical blood test, except in the performance of [his ] that
1002	1002	officer's official duties or as otherwise authorized by law."
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