2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 22 - Public Schools
Article 3A - 2011 Educational Redistricting
Section 22-3A-5 - Precincts.
A. Precinct designations and boundaries used in the 2011 Educational Redistricting Act are those precinct designations and boundaries established pursuant to the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act [1-3-10 to 1-3-14 NMSA 1978] as revised and approved pursuant to that act by the secretary of state as of August 31, 2011.
B. A board of county commissioners shall not create any precinct that lies in more than one public education commission district and shall not divide any precinct so that the divided parts of the precinct are situated in two or more public education commission districts. Votes cast in a public education commission election from precincts created or divided in violation of this subsection shall be invalid and shall not be counted or canvassed.
History: Laws 2011 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 5.
ANNOTATIONSEffective 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.
