Section 22-3A-3 - Election for staggered terms; vacancies.

NM Stat § 22-3A-3 (2019) (N/A)
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A. Members of the public education commission shall be elected for staggered terms of four years.

B. Members shall be elected at the general election for terms commencing on January 1 next succeeding their election.

C. Members from districts one, four, eight, nine and ten shall be elected from the districts described in Sections 6, 9, 13, 14 and 15 of the 2011 Educational Redistricting Act at the 2012 and subsequent general elections.

D. Members from districts two, three, five, six and seven shall be elected from the districts described in Sections 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 of the 2011 Educational Redistricting Act at the 2014 and subsequent general elections.

E. The governor shall by appointment fill a vacancy in the office of a member of the public education commission. An appointment to fill a vacancy on the public education commission shall be for a term ending on December 31 after the next general election, at which election a person shall be elected to fill any remainder of the unexpired term.

History: Laws 2011 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 3.

Effective dates. — Laws 2011 (1st S.S.), ch. 4 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective December 23, 2011, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.