New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB434 Compare Versions

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46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Joseph Franklin Hernandez
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO CHILDREN; EXPANDING THE MANDATORY SUPERVISED
50	50	RELEASE TIME FRAME TO UP TO ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS FOR AN
51	51	ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT CHILD.
52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
53	53	SECTION 1. Section 32A-2-19 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
54	54	Chapter 77, Section 48, as amended) is amended to read:
55	55	"32A-2-19. DISPOSITION OF AN ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT
56	56	OFFENDER.--
57	57	A. At the conclusion of the dispositional hearing,
58	58	the court may make and include in the dispositional judgment
59	59	its findings on the following:
60	60	(1) the interaction and interrelationship of
61	61	the child with the child's parents and siblings and any other
62	62	person who may significantly affect the child's best interests;
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90	90	(2) the child's adjustment to the child's
91	91	home, school and community;
92	92	(3) the mental and physical health of all
93	93	individuals involved, including consideration of such factors
94	94	as the child's brain development, maturity, trauma history and
95	95	disability;
96	96	(4) the wishes of the child as to the child's
97	97	custodian;
98	98	(5) the wishes of the child's parents as to
99	99	the child's custody;
100	100	(6) whether there exists a relative of the
101	101	child or other individual who, after study by the department,
102	102	is found to be qualified to receive and care for the child;
103	103	(7) the availability of services recommended
104	104	in the predisposition report; and
105	105	(8) the ability of the parents to care for the
106	106	child in the home.
107	107	B. If a child is found to be delinquent, the court
108	108	may enter its judgment making any of the following dispositions
109	109	for the supervision, care and rehabilitation of the child:
110	110	(1) transfer legal custody to the department,
111	111	an agency responsible for the care and rehabilitation of
112	112	delinquent children, which shall receive the child at a
113	113	facility designated by the secretary of the department as a
114	114	juvenile reception facility. The department shall thereafter
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143	143	determine the appropriate placement, supervision and
144	144	rehabilitation program for the child. The judge may include
145	145	recommendations for placement of the child. Commitments are
146	146	subject to limitations and modifications set forth in Section
147	147	32A-2-23 NMSA 1978. The types of commitments include:
148	148	(a) a short-term commitment of eighteen
149	149	months with up to one year in a facility for the care and
150	150	rehabilitation of adjudicated delinquent children. [No more
151	151	than nine months] Up to one year shall be served at the
152	152	facility and [no less than ninety days ] up to one hundred
153	153	eighty days shall be served on supervised release, unless: 1)
154	154	a petition to extend the commitment has been filed prior to the
155	155	commencement of supervised release; 2) the commitment has been
156	156	extended pursuant to Section 32A-2-23 NMSA 1978; [or ] 3)
157	157	supervised release is revoked pursuant to Section 32A-2-25 NMSA
158	158	1978; or 4) there is a violation of supervised release, in
159	159	which case the remainder of the term shall be served in the
160	160	facility;
161	161	(b) a long-term commitment for no more
162	162	than two years in a facility for the care and rehabilitation of
163	163	adjudicated delinquent children. No more than twenty-one
164	164	months shall be served at the facility and [no less than ninety
165	165	days] up to one hundred eighty days shall be served on
166	166	supervised release, unless: 1) supervised release is revoked
167	167	pursuant to Section 32A-2-25 NMSA 1978; or 2) the commitment is
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196	196	extended pursuant to Section 32A-2-23 NMSA 1978;
197	197	(c) if the child is a delinquent
198	198	offender who committed one of the criminal offenses set forth
199	199	in Subsection J of Section 32A-2-3 NMSA 1978, a commitment to
200	200	age twenty-one, unless sooner discharged; or
201	201	(d) if the child is a youthful offender,
202	202	a commitment to age twenty-one, unless sooner discharged;
203	203	(2) place the child on probation under those
204	204	conditions and limitations as the court may prescribe;
205	205	(3) place the child in a local detention
206	206	facility that has been certified in accordance with the
207	207	provisions of Section 32A-2-4 NMSA 1978 for a period not to
208	208	exceed fifteen days within a three hundred sixty-five day time
209	209	period; or if a child is found to be delinquent solely on the
210	210	basis of Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of Section 32A-2-3 NMSA
211	211	1978, the court shall only enter a judgment placing the child
212	212	on probation or ordering restitution or both; or
213	213	(4) if a child is found to be delinquent
214	214	solely on the basis of Paragraph (2), (3) or (4) of Subsection
215	215	A of Section 32A-2-3 NMSA 1978, the court may make any
216	216	disposition provided by this section and may enter its judgment
217	217	placing the child on probation and, as a condition of
218	218	probation, transfer custody of the child to the department for
219	219	a period not to exceed six months without further order of the
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249	249	court first determines that the department is able to provide
250	250	or contract for adequate and appropriate treatment for the
251	251	child and that the treatment is likely to be beneficial.
252	252	C. When the child is an Indian child, the Indian
253	253	child's cultural needs shall be considered in the dispositional
254	254	judgment and reasonable access to cultural practices and
255	255	traditional treatment shall be provided.
256	256	D. A child found to be delinquent shall not be
257	257	committed or transferred to a penal institution or other
258	258	facility used for the execution of sentences of persons
259	259	convicted of crimes.
260	260	E. Whenever the court vests legal custody in an
261	261	agency, institution or department, it shall transmit with the
262	262	dispositional judgment copies of the clinical reports,
263	263	predisposition study and report and other information it has
264	264	pertinent to the care and treatment of the child.
265	265	F. Prior to any child being placed in the custody
266	266	of the department, the department shall be provided with
267	267	reasonable oral or written notification and an opportunity to
268	268	be heard.
269	269	G. In addition to any other disposition pursuant to
270	270	Subsection B of this section, the court may make an abuse or
271	271	neglect report for investigation and proceedings as provided
272	272	for in the Abuse and Neglect Act. The report may be made to a
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302	302	enforcement or social service agency for an Indian child
303	303	residing in Indian country.
304	304	H. In addition to any other disposition pursuant to
305	305	this section or any other penalty provided by law, if a child
306	306	who is fifteen years of age or older is adjudicated delinquent
307	307	on the basis of Paragraph (2), (3) or (4) of Subsection A of
308	308	Section 32A-2-3 NMSA 1978, the child's driving privileges may
309	309	be denied or the child's driver's license may be revoked for a
310	310	period of ninety days. For a second or a subsequent
311	311	adjudication, the child's driving privileges may be denied or
312	312	the child's driver's license revoked for a period of one year.
313	313	Within twenty-four hours of the dispositional judgment, the
314	314	court may send to the motor vehicle division of the taxation
315	315	and revenue department the order adjudicating delinquency.
316	316	Upon receipt of an order from the court adjudicating
317	317	delinquency, the director of the motor vehicle division of the
318	318	taxation and revenue department may revoke or deny the
319	319	delinquent's driver's license or driving privileges. Nothing
320	320	in this section may prohibit the delinquent from applying for a
321	321	limited driving privilege pursuant to Section 66-5-35 NMSA 1978
322	322	or an ignition interlock license pursuant to the Ignition
323	323	Interlock Licensing Act, and nothing in this section precludes
324	324	the delinquent's participation in an appropriate educational,
325	325	counseling or rehabilitation program.
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355	355	this section or any other penalty provided by law, when a child
356	356	is adjudicated delinquent on the basis of Paragraph (6) of
357	357	Subsection A of Section 32A-2-3 NMSA 1978, the child shall
358	358	perform the mandatory community service set forth in Section
359	359	30-15-1.1 NMSA 1978. When a child fails to completely perform
360	360	the mandatory community service, the name and address of the
361	361	child's parent or legal guardian shall be published in a
362	362	newspaper of general circulation, accompanied by a notice that
363	363	the parent or legal guardian is the parent or legal guardian of
364	364	a child adjudicated delinquent for committing graffiti."
365	365	SECTION 2. Section 32A-2-23 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
366	366	Chapter 77, Section 52, as amended) is amended to read:
367	367	"32A-2-23. LIMITATIONS ON DISPOSITIONAL JUDGMENTS--
368	368	MODIFICATION--TERMINATION OR EXTENSION OF COURT ORDERS.--
369	369	A. A judgment transferring legal custody of an
370	370	adjudicated delinquent child to an agency responsible for the
371	371	care and rehabilitation of delinquent children divests the
372	372	court of jurisdiction at the time of transfer of custody,
373	373	unless the transfer of legal custody is for a commitment not
374	374	exceeding fifteen days pursuant to the provisions of
375	375	Section 32A-2-19 NMSA 1978, in which case the court retains
376	376	jurisdiction.
377	377	B. A judgment of probation or protective
378	378	supervision shall remain in force for an indeterminate period
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408	408	C. A child shall be released by an agency and
409	409	probation or supervision shall be terminated by juvenile
410	410	probation and parole services or the agency providing
411	411	supervision when it appears that the purpose of the order has
412	412	been achieved before the expiration of the period of the
413	413	judgment. A release or termination and the reasons therefor
414	414	shall be reported promptly to the court in writing by the
415	415	releasing authority.
416	416	D. Prior to the expiration of a short-term
417	417	commitment of eighteen months with up to one year in a
418	418	facility, as provided for in Section 32A-2-19 NMSA 1978, the
419	419	court may extend the judgment for up to one six-month period if
420	420	the court finds that the extension is necessary to safeguard
421	421	the welfare of the child or the public safety. If a short-term
422	422	commitment is extended, the mandatory [ninety-day ] up to one
423	423	hundred eighty days of supervised release, as required by
424	424	Section 32A-2-19 NMSA 1978, shall be included in the extension.
425	425	Notice and hearing are required for any extension of a
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427	427	E. Prior to the expiration of a long-term
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429	429	court may extend the judgment for additional periods of one
430	430	year until the child reaches the age of twenty-one if the court
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461	461	is extended, the mandatory [ninety-day ] up to one hundred
462	462	eighty days of supervised release, as required by Section
463	463	32A-2-19 NMSA 1978, shall be included in the extension. Notice
464	464	and hearing are required for any extension of a juvenile's
465	465	commitment.
466	466	F. Prior to the expiration of a judgment of
467	467	probation, the court may extend the judgment for an additional
468	468	period of one year until the child reaches the age of twenty-
469	469	one if the court finds that the extension is necessary to
470	470	protect the community or to safeguard the welfare of the child.
471	471	G. The court may dismiss a motion if it finds after
472	472	preliminary investigation that the motion is without substance.
473	473	If the court is of the opinion that the matter should be
474	474	reviewed, it may, upon notice to all necessary parties, proceed
475	475	to a hearing in the manner provided for hearings on petitions
476	476	alleging delinquency. The court may terminate a judgment if it
477	477	finds that the child is no longer in need of care, supervision
478	478	or rehabilitation or it may enter a judgment extending or
479	479	modifying the original judgment if it finds that action
480	480	necessary to safeguard the child or the public interest.
481	481	H. A child may make a motion to modify a children's
482	482	court or adult disposition within thirty days of the judge's
483	483	decision. If the court is of the opinion that the matter
484	484	should be reviewed, it may, upon notice to all necessary
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515	515	I. The department may seek a bench warrant from the
516	516	court when the child absconds from supervised release."
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