Compiler's notes. — This section was copied from House Voters and Elections Substitute for House Bill 10, 45th Legislature, 1st Special Session, which was adopted by reference in the final judgment and order in Sanchez v. Vigil-Giron, D-0101-CV-2001-02250 (1st Dist. Ct., filed February 6, 2002), which declared 22-3-37 to 22-3-54 NMSA 1978 unconstitutional. The section number was assigned by the compiler.
N.M. Const., art. XII, § 6, approved September 23, 2003, abolished the state board of education and created a public education commission. The former state board of education members were continued in office until their terms expired. The state board of education districts were continued as the public education commission until changed by law. Section 9-24-9 NMSA 1978, effective May 19, 2004, provided that the members of the commission be elected from districts provided in the "decennial educational redistricting act".
Laws 2011 (1st S.S.), ch. 4 enacted the 2011 Educational Redistricting Act [22-3A-1 to 22-3A-16 NMSA 1978], effective December 23, 2011.