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HOUSE BILL 147
57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Dayan Hochman-Vigil
AN ACT
RELATING TO COURTS; CREATING AN ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIP IN THE
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 34-6-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
Chapter 69, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
"34-6-5. JUDGES--SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall
be [thirty] thirty-one district judges in the second judicial
district."
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred six thousand
eight hundred dollars ($306,800) is appropriated from the
general fund to the second judicial district court for
expenditure in fiscal year 2026 to pay the costs associated
with a new judgeship, including salaries and benefits for the
judge and staff, furniture, equipment and supplies. Any
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unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.
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