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HOUSE BILL 31
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Joy Garratt
AN ACT
RELATING TO CRIME; MAKING THE OFFENSE OF MAKING A SHOOTING
THREAT A FOURTH DEGREE FELONY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 30-20-16 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
Chapter 285, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"30-20-16. BOMB SCARES AND SHOOTING THREATS UNLAWFUL.--
A. Making a bomb scare consists of falsely and
maliciously stating to another person that a bomb or other
explosive has been placed in such a position that property or
persons are likely to be injured or destroyed.
B. Making a shooting threat consists of
intentionally communicating to another person an intent to
bring a firearm to a property or use the firearm with the
intent to:
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(1) place a person or group of persons in fear
of great bodily harm;
(2) prevent or interrupt the occupation or use
of a public building; or
(3) cause a response to the threat by a law
enforcement official or volunteer agency organized to deal with
emergencies.
C. Whoever commits making a bomb scare is guilty of
a fourth degree felony.
D. Whoever commits making a shooting threat is
guilty of a [misdemeanor ] fourth degree felony .
E. A court may order a person convicted for the
offense of making a bomb scare or shooting threat to reimburse
the victim of the offense for economic harm caused by that
offense.
F. As used in this section, "economic harm" means
all direct, incidental and consequential financial harm
suffered by a victim of the offense of making a bomb scare or
shooting threat. "Economic harm" includes:
(1) wages, salaries or other compensation lost
as a result of the commission of the offense of making a bomb
scare or shooting threat;
(2) the cost of all wages, salaries or other
compensation paid to employees for time that those employees
are prevented from working as a result of the commission of the
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offense of making a bomb scare or shooting threat; and
(3) overhead costs incurred for the period of
time that a business is shut down as a result of the commission
of the offense of making a bomb scare or shooting threat."
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