Pension forfeiture bill headed to House floor
SANTA FE — A bipartisan proposal aimed at ensuring New Mexico elected officials convicted of public corruption charges would have to forfeit their pensions is on its way to the House floor.
The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-2 today to approve the measure, House Bill 109, which is sponsored by Rep. Matthew McQueen, D-Galisteo, and Sen. Mark Moores, R-Albuquerque.
However, several members of the committee raised legal concerns about the bill, such as how it might impact spouses and children of elected officials convicted of wrongdoing.
New Mexico already has a law that allows a judge to fine convicted public officials up to the value of their salaries and “fringe benefits,” but it doesn’t specify pensions.
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