2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch
Article 7C - 1991 House Redistricting Act
Section 2-7C-5 - Elections, vacancies.
2-7C-5. Elections, vacancies.
A. Members of the house of representatives shall be elected for terms of two years.
B. If a vacancy occurs in the office of representative for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled as follows:
(1) in any representative district situated wholly within the exterior boundaries of a single county, by appointment of the board of county commissioners of that county; and
(2) in any representative district situated within an area composed of two or more counties, by the following method:
(a) the board of county commissioners of each county in the representative district shall submit one name to the governor; and
(b) the governor shall appoint the representative to fill the vacancy from the list of names so submitted.
C. All appointments to fill vacancies in the house of representatives shall be for a term ending on December 31 subsequent to the next succeeding general election.
History: Laws 1991 (1st S.S.), ch. 2, 5.
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