A. Escape from a secure residential treatment facility consists of a person lawfully committed for a criminal offense to a secure residential treatment facility escaping from the facility.
B. Whoever commits escape from a secure residential treatment facility is guilty of a misdemeanor.
C. As used in this section, “secure residential treatment facility” means a secure facility not located within a correctional facility or detention center in which residents are being treated for substance abuse problems, and personnel and physical barriers prevent the residents from leaving.
History: Laws 2006, ch. 31, § 1.
ANNOTATIONS
Effective dates. — Laws 2006, ch. contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 17, 2006, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.