New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB381 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 381
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42	42	FIRST SESSION
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Candy Spence Ezzell
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO CRIME; DEFINING "LIVESTOCK" IN THE CRIMINAL CODE;
50	50	AMENDING THE CRIME FOR LARCENY OF LIVESTOCK AND FIREARMS TO
51	51	PERMIT MULTIPLE OFFENSES.
52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
53	53	SECTION 1. Section 30-1-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
54	54	Chapter 303, Section 1-13) is amended to read:
55	55	"30-1-12. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Criminal Code:
56	56	A. "great bodily harm" means an injury to the
57	57	person [which] that creates a high probability of death, [or
58	58	which] causes serious disfigurement or [which ] results in
59	59	permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of
60	60	any member or organ of the body;
61	61	B. "deadly weapon" means any firearm, whether
62	62	loaded or unloaded; or any weapon [which ] that is capable of
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90	90	producing death or great bodily harm, including but not
91	91	restricted to any types of daggers, brass knuckles, switchblade
92	92	knives, bowie knives, poniards, butcher knives, dirk knives and
93	93	all such weapons with which dangerous cuts can be given or with
94	94	which dangerous thrusts can be inflicted, including swordcanes,
95	95	[and] any kind of sharp pointed canes, [also ] slingshots, slung
96	96	shots and bludgeons; or any other weapons with which dangerous
97	97	wounds can be inflicted;
98	98	C. "peace officer" means any public official or
99	99	public officer vested by law with a duty to maintain public
100	100	order or to make arrests for crime, whether that duty extends
101	101	to all crimes or is limited to specific crimes;
102	102	D. "another" or "other" means any other human being
103	103	or legal entity, whether incorporated or unincorporated,
104	104	including the United States, the state [of New Mexico ] or any
105	105	subdivision [thereof] of the state;
106	106	E. "person" means any human being or legal entity,
107	107	whether incorporated or unincorporated, including the United
108	108	States, the state [of New Mexico ] or any subdivision [thereof ]
109	109	of the state;
110	110	F. "anything of value" means any conceivable thing
111	111	of the slightest value, tangible or intangible, movable or
112	112	immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, public or private. The
113	113	term is not necessarily synonymous with the traditional legal
114	114	term "property";
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143	143	G. "official proceeding" means a proceeding heard
144	144	before any legislative, judicial, administrative or other
145	145	governmental agency or official authorized to hear evidence
146	146	under oath, including any referee, hearing examiner,
147	147	commissioner, notary or other person taking testimony or
148	148	depositions in any proceeding;
149	149	H. "lawful custody or confinement" means the
150	150	holding of any person pursuant to lawful authority, including
151	151	without limitation actual or constructive custody of prisoners
152	152	temporarily outside a penal institution, reformatory, jail,
153	153	prison farm or ranch;
154	154	I. "public officer" means any elected or appointed
155	155	officer of the state or any of its political subdivisions,
156	156	[and] whether or not [he] the officer receives remuneration for
157	157	[his] services; [and]
158	158	J. "public employee" means any person receiving
159	159	remuneration for regular services rendered to the state or any
160	160	of its political subdivisions;
161	161	K. "livestock" means any domestic or domesticated
162	162	animal or animals that are used or raised on a farm or ranch
163	163	and exotic animals in captivity and includes horses, asses,
164	164	mules, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, bison, poultry, ostriches,
165	165	emus, rheas, camelids and farm cervidae, but does not include
166	166	canine or feline animals. "Livestock" may be singular or
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196	196	L. "head of livestock" means a single animal ."
197	197	SECTION 2. Section 30-16-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
198	198	Chapter 303, Section 16-1, as amended) is amended to read:
199	199	"30-16-1. LARCENY.--
200	200	A. Larceny consists of the stealing of anything of
201	201	value that belongs to another.
202	202	B. Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
203	203	property stolen is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or less is
204	204	guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
205	205	C. Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
206	206	property stolen is over two hundred fifty dollars ($250) but
207	207	not more than five hundred dollars ($500) is guilty of a
208	208	misdemeanor.
209	209	D. Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
210	210	property stolen is over five hundred dollars ($500) but not
211	211	more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) is guilty
212	212	of a fourth degree felony.
213	213	E. Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
214	214	property stolen is over two thousand five hundred dollars
215	215	($2,500) but not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is
216	216	guilty of a third degree felony.
217	217	F. Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
218	218	property stolen is over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is
219	219	guilty of a second degree felony.
220	220	G. Whoever commits larceny when the property of
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249	249	value stolen is livestock, [is guilty of a third degree felony
250	250	regardless of its value ] and when the value of the stolen
251	251	livestock is:
252	252	(1) two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)
253	253	or less, is guilty of a third degree felony;
254	254	(2) greater than two thousand five hundred
255	255	dollars ($2,500), is guilty of a second degree felony; or
256	256	(3) greater than twenty thousand dollars
257	257	($20,000) and multiple livestock are stolen, is guilty of a
258	258	second degree felony.
259	259	H. Whoever commits larceny when the property of
260	260	value stolen is a firearm, [is guilty of a fourth degree felony
261	261	when its value is less than ] and when the value of the stolen
262	262	firearm is:
263	263	(1) two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)
264	264	or less, is guilty of a fourth degree felony;
265	265	(2) greater than two thousand five hundred
266	266	dollars ($2,500) but not more than seven thousand dollars
267	267	($7,000), is guilty of a third degree felony;
268	268	(3) greater than seven thousand dollars
269	269	($7,000) but not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000),
270	270	is guilty of a second degree felony; and
271	271	(4) greater than fifteen thousand dollars
272	272	($15,000), is guilty of a first degree felony.
273	273	I. Whoever commits larceny when the property stolen
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302	302	is multiple livestock or firearms, the theft of each head of
303	303	livestock or firearm shall constitute a separate offense ."
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