New Mexico 2023 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB159 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 159
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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42	42	FIRST SESSION
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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 TRAFFIC OFFENSES; PROVIDING FOR TESTIMONY BY
50	50	INTERACTIVE VIDEO; PROVIDING FOR IMPLIED CONSENT TO A
51	51	LABORATORY ANALYST'S APPEARANCE BY VIDEO.
52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
53	53	SECTION 1. A new section of the Implied Consent Act is
54	54	enacted to read:
55	55	"[NEW MATERIAL] PROCEDURE--VIDEO APPEARANCE.--If a party
56	56	subpoenas an analyst to testify at a court proceeding for any
57	57	purpose, the analyst may appear by interactive video. An
58	58	interactive video appearance shall provide a full and
59	59	meaningful opportunity to question and cross-examine the
60	60	witness in plain sight and clear hearing of the judge, jury,
61	61	all parties and counsel, with the witness able to clearly see
62	62	and hear the proceeding."
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90	90	SECTION 2. Section 66-8-107 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
91	91	Chapter 35, Section 515, as amended) is amended to read:
92	92	"66-8-107. IMPLIED CONSENT TO SUBMIT TO CHEMICAL TEST--
93	93	COURT APPEARANCE BY VIDEO .--
94	94	A. Any person who operates a motor vehicle within
95	95	this state shall be deemed to have given consent, subject to
96	96	the provisions of the Implied Consent Act, to chemical tests of
97	97	[his] that person's breath or blood or both, approved by the
98	98	scientific laboratory division of the department of health
99	99	pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-1-22 NMSA 1978 as
100	100	determined by a law enforcement officer, or for the purpose of
101	101	determining the drug or alcohol content of [his ] the person's
102	102	blood if the person is arrested for any offense arising out of
103	103	the acts alleged to have been committed while the person was
104	104	driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of an
105	105	intoxicating liquor or drug.
106	106	B. A test of blood or breath or both, approved by
107	107	the scientific laboratory division of the department of health
108	108	pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-1-22 NMSA 1978, shall
109	109	be administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer
110	110	having reasonable grounds to believe the person to have been
111	111	driving a motor vehicle within this state while under the
112	112	influence of intoxicating liquor or drug.
113	113	C. If a laboratory analyst is subpoenaed to testify
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143	143	performed pursuant to this section, the defendant shall be
144	144	deemed to have given consent to the analyst's appearance by
145	145	means of interactive video. "
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