This act may be cited as the “2002 Senate Redistricting Act”. History: Laws 2002, ch. 98, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — The districts set out in the 2002 Senate Redistricting Act, Sections 2-8D-6 through 2-8D-49 NMSA 1978, were held to be malapportioned and therefore unconstitutional in Egolf v. Duran, D-101-CV-2011-02942 (1st Jud. Dist. January […]
The senate is composed of forty-two members to be elected from districts that are contiguous and that are as compact as is practical. History: Laws 2002, ch. 98, § 2. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2002, ch. 98 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May […]
At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy for the office of state senator, the candidate shall reside in the district for which he files. Thereafter, if a senator permanently removes his residence from or maintains no residence in the district from which he was elected, he shall be deemed to have resigned and […]
A. Members of the senate shall be elected for terms of four years. B. If a vacancy occurs in the office of senator for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled as follows: (1) for a senate district that is situated wholly within the exterior boundaries of a single county, the board of county commissioners […]
A. Precinct designations and boundaries used in the 2002 Senate Redistricting Act are those precinct designations and boundaries established pursuant to the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act [1-3-10 to 1-3-14 NMSA 1978] and revised and approved pursuant to that act by the secretary of state as of August 31, 2001. B. A board of county commissioners […]
ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — The districts set out in the 2002 Senate Redistricting Act, Sections 2-8D-6 through 2-8D-49 NMSA 1978, were held to be malapportioned and therefore unconstitutional in Egolf v. Duran, D-101-CV-2011-02942 (1st Jud. Dist. January 25, 2012). The redistricting plan embodied in Section 2-8E-1 NMSA 1978 was adopted by that court.
