2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration
Article 10 - Judicial Standards Commission
Section 34-10-2 - Judicial standards commission; vacancies.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 34-10-2 (2020)
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Whenever any member of the judicial standards commission dies, resigns or no longer has the qualifications required for his original selection, his position on the commission becomes vacant. The remaining members of the commission shall certify the existence of the vacancy to the original appointing authority for the vacant position, which authority shall select a successor in the same manner as the original selection was made.

History: 1953 Comp., § 16-8-2, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 48, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

Creation of vacancies. — None of the appointing authorities has the power to create a vacancy by removing one of the commissioners from his or her position. State ex rel. N.M. Judicial Standards Comm'n v. Espinosa, 2003-NMSC-017, 134 N.M. 59, 73 P.3d 197.

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