2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters
Article 11 - Disaster Acts
Section 12-11-2 - Declaration of policy.
The legislature declares that the possibility of an enemy attack of unprecedented destructiveness made possible by recent technological developments, and which may result in the death or inabiilty [inability] to act on the part of a large number of the officers of the executive and judicial branches of state and local government, make it necessary to assure the continuity and effective operation of the executive and judicial offices of state and local government by providing for advance naming of officers to fill temporarily vacancies in certain offices, and that it is the legislative intent to provide that continuity in the Disaster Succession Act [12-11-1 through 12-11-10 NMSA 1978].
History: 1953 Comp., § 4-18-2, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 137, § 2.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For the State Civil Emergency Preparedness Act, see 12-10-1 NMSA 1978.
