New Mexico Senate Democrats
For Immediate Release: March 6, 2017
Contact: Zach Marcus (505) 986-4882 Zachary.Marcus@nmlegis.gov
(Santa Fe, NM) Senator Howie Morales (D-28 Catron, Grants, Socorro) today passed legislation through Senate Judiciary Committee to combat car theft in New Mexico. Albuquerque is currently experiencing the worst car theft numbers in the nation.
Senate Bill 139 will enable a partnership between businesses and police to quickly identify stolen cars when they are sold to salvage and recycling centers and find the criminals responsible.
“When we try to recruit businesses to New Mexico, our auto theft numbers are a black eye on our communities. We need to quickly move to end this problem so that our state will be attractive to out of state businesses to locate here and hire our friends and neighbors who need to get back to work,” said Senator Morales.
Senator Morales continued, “This measure is a cost effective way to quickly engage our businesses and police officers to find, prosecute, and put car thieves behind bars where they belong. It will begin moving us away from being worst in the nation for auto theft.”
This bill now goes to the Senate Floor.
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