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28+SENATE BILL 155
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30+TH LEGISLATURE
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39+MEXICO
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42+ FIRST SESSION
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46+INTRODUCED BY
47+Antonio Maestas
2848 AN ACT
2949 RELATING TO EMBEZZLEMENT; ALLOWING A TWELVE-MONTH AGGREGATION
3050 OF INCIDENTS OF EMBEZZLEMENT TO DETERMINE PENALTY.
3151 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
3252 SECTION 1. Section 30-16-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
3353 Chapter 303, Section 16-7, as amended) is amended to read:
3454 "30-16-8. EMBEZZLEMENT.--
3555 A. Embezzlement consists of a person embezzling or
3656 converting to the person's own use anything of value, with
37-which the person has been entrusted, with fraudulent intent
38-to deprive the owner thereof.
57+which the person has been entrusted, with fraudulent intent to
58+deprive the owner thereof.
3959 B. Whoever commits embezzlement when the value of
4060 the thing embezzled or converted is two hundred fifty dollars
41-($250) or less against any one victim in any consecutive
42-twelve-month period is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
43-C. Whoever commits embezzlement when the value of
44-the thing embezzled or converted is over two hundred fifty
45-dollars ($250) but not more than five hundred dollars ($500)
46-against any one victim in any consecutive twelve-month period
47-is guilty of a misdemeanor.
48-D. Whoever commits embezzlement when the value of
49-the thing embezzled or converted is over five hundred dollars
50-($500) but not more than two thousand five hundred dollars
51-($2,500) against any one victim in any consecutive SB 155
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61+($250) or less in any consecutive twelve-month period is guilty
62+of a petty misdemeanor.
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78-twelve-month period is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
90+C. Whoever commits embezzlement when the value of
91+the thing embezzled or converted is over two hundred fifty
92+dollars ($250) but not more than five hundred dollars ($500) in
93+any consecutive twelve-month period is guilty of a misdemeanor.
94+D. Whoever commits embezzlement when the value of
95+the thing embezzled or converted is over five hundred dollars
96+($500) but not more than two thousand five hundred dollars
97+($2,500) in any consecutive twelve-month period is guilty of a
98+fourth degree felony.
7999 E. Whoever commits embezzlement when the value of
80-the thing embezzled or converted is over two thousand
81-five hundred dollars ($2,500) but not more than
82-twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) against any one victim in
83-any consecutive twelve-month period is guilty of a
84-third degree felony.
100+the thing embezzled or converted is over two thousand five
101+hundred dollars ($2,500) but not more than twenty thousand
102+dollars ($20,000) in any consecutive twelve-month period is
103+guilty of a third degree felony.
85104 F. Whoever commits embezzlement when the value of
86105 the thing embezzled or converted exceeds twenty thousand
87-dollars ($20,000) against any one victim in any consecutive
88-twelve-month period is guilty of a second degree felony."
89-SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
90-provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
106+dollars ($20,000) in any consecutive twelve-month period is
107+guilty of a second degree felony."
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