Commissioners for public regulation commission districts two, four and five shall be elected from the districts described in Sections 8-7-7, 8-7-9 and 8-7-10 NMSA 1978 at the 2002 and subsequent general elections. Commissioners for public regulation commission districts one and three shall be elected from the districts described in Sections 8-7-6 and 8-7-8 NMSA 1978 at the 2004 and subsequent general elections.
History: 1978 Comp., § 8-7-11, enacted by Laws 2001 (1st S.S.), ch. 3, § 8.
ANNOTATIONS
Contingent repeals. — Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 60 repealed 8-7-11 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2023, contingent upon the adoption of Laws 2019, SJC/SRC/SJR Nos. 1 and 4, Constitutional Amendment 1, at the general election held on November 3, 2020. Constitutional Amendment 1 was adopted by a vote of 445,655 for and 355,471 against.
Compiler’s notes. — The public regulation commission districts set forth in Sections 8-7-6 through 8-7-10 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 8-7-12 NMSA 1978 was adopted by that court.
With regard to the precinct designations and boundaries used by the court in Egolf v. Duran, D-101-CV-2011-02942 (1st Jud. Dist. January 25, 2012), to establish public regulation commission districts, the court’s order provided that “Precinct designations and boundaries used in this order are those precinct designations and boundaries established in accordance with law and approved by the Secretary of State as of August 31, 2011 for use in the 2011 redistricting process”.