New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB188 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/29/2025

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HOUSE BILL 188
57
TH LEGISLATURE 
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STATE
 
OF
 
NEW
 
MEXICO
 
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 FIRST SESSION
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2025
INTRODUCED BY
Sarah Silva
AN ACT
RELATING TO MAGISTRATE COURT; EXPANDING THE DONA ANA DISTRICT
MAGISTRATE RIDING CIRCUIT TO INCLUDE SUNLAND PARK AND
CHAPARRAL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 35-1-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
Chapter 62, Section 12, as amended) is amended to read:
"35-1-10.  MAGISTRATE COURT--DONA ANA DISTRICT.--There
shall be seven magistrates in Dona Ana magistrate district. 
Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 shall operate as a single
court in Las Cruces and shall rotate riding circuit to Anthony,
Sunland Park, Chaparral and Hatch on a regularly scheduled
basis."
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