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| 28 | 28 | | SENATE BILL 321 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | INTRODUCED BY |
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| 31 | 31 | | Michael Padilla |
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| 32 | 32 | | AN ACT |
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| 33 | 33 | | RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; REQUIRING MEMBERS OF THE NEW |
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| 34 | 34 | | MEXICO STATE POLICE TO BE THE HIGHEST-PAID LAW ENFORCEMENT |
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| 35 | 35 | | OFFICERS IN THE STATE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. |
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| 36 | 36 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1. Section 29-2-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1941, |
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| 38 | 38 | | Chapter 147, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read: |
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| 39 | 39 | | "29-2-9. PROBATIONARY PERIOD--LENGTH--PERMANENT |
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| 40 | 40 | | COMMISSION--SALARY.-- |
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| 41 | 41 | | A. All new appointments as members of the New |
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| 42 | 42 | | Mexico state police shall be for a probationary period of two |
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| 43 | 43 | | years. During the probationary period, the new members may be |
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| 44 | 44 | | removed or suspended at the discretion of the chief. At the |
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| 45 | 45 | | end of two years of satisfactory service and upon |
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| 46 | 46 | | recommendation of the chief and with concurrence of the |
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| 74 | 74 | | secretary, the appointee may receive a permanent commission as |
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| 75 | 75 | | a member of the New Mexico state police. However, the |
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| 76 | 76 | | probationary period may be extended beyond a two-year period |
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| 77 | 77 | | upon the recommendation of the chief with the concurrence of |
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| 78 | 78 | | the secretary. This subsection shall not apply to officers who |
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| 79 | 79 | | are certified and commissioned as of June 30, 2015 in the |
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| 80 | 80 | | former motor transportation division or the former special |
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| 81 | 81 | | investigations division. Members who are on probation on July |
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| 82 | 82 | | 1, 2015 shall complete the probationary period under which they |
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| 83 | 83 | | were hired. |
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| 84 | 84 | | B. The salaries of all members of the New Mexico |
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| 85 | 85 | | state police, probationary and permanent, and that of the chief |
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| 86 | 86 | | shall be fixed by the secretary. The secretary shall annually |
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| 87 | 87 | | review the salaries of the New Mexico state police and other |
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| 88 | 88 | | law enforcement agencies in the state and shall adjust the |
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| 89 | 89 | | salaries of the New Mexico state police, if necessary, to |
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| 90 | 90 | | ensure that members of the New Mexico state police are the |
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| 91 | 91 | | highest-paid law enforcement officers in the state. " |
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| 92 | 92 | | SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred thousand dollars |
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| 93 | 93 | | ($100,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the |
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| 94 | 94 | | department of public safety for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 |
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| 95 | 95 | | to study New Mexico state police salaries. Any unexpended or |
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| 96 | 96 | | unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 |
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| 97 | 97 | | shall revert to the general fund. |
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