Contact: Erika Martinez
(505)986-4819
Erika.Martinez@nmlegis.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 15, 2014
Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee Meeting Thursday and Friday, October 16-17
Santa Fe, NM – The Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee will meet on Thursday and Friday, October 16-17, 2014 at the Doña Ana Community College East Campus Branch of New Mexico State University, located at 2800 N. Sonoma Ranch Boulevard in Las Cruces.
On Thursday, committee members will receive updates from the Public Defender Commission. They will also discuss the judiciary’s unified budget and proposed legislation, storefront small lending in New Mexico, processing of rape kits by New Mexico law enforcement, the New Mexico Sentencing Commission motor transportation report, New Mexico Sentencing Commission prison population forecast, the child protection registry, and the state’s workers’ compensation system challenges. On Friday, committee members will take a tour of the Doña Ana County Detention Center.
Co-Chairs Senator Richard Martinez (D-5- Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & Santa Fe) and Representative Gail Chasey (D-18-Bernalillo) will preside at the meeting.
Complete meeting details and agenda items can be accessed through the following link: http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/agendas/CCJageoct16.14.pdf.
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