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This bill transfers certain duties of the Administrative Office of the Courts to individual judicial districts and district courts. The key provisions include: 1. Designating the chief district judge, rather than the Administrative Office of the Courts, to appoint the presiding magistrate in multi-division magistrate districts. 2. Giving the district court supervisory authority over magistrate courts in the same judicial district. 3. Requiring magistrate courts to file standardized monthly reports with the Administrative Office of the Courts under the supervision of the district court. 4. Requiring magistrate courts to maintain a special trust fund checking account in the district court for their public monies, rather than sending them directly to the Administrative Office of the Courts. 5. Allowing the district court, rather than the Administrative Office of the Courts, to employ and select clerical assistants for magistrates. 6. Requiring the chief district judge, rather than the Administrative Office of the Courts, to approve magistrate court salaries and expenses.

Government Affairs, Health and Social Services, Justice

https://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislation.aspx?chamber=H&legtype=B&legno=146&year=21