2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 3A - Redistricting
Section 1-3A-3 - Citizen redistricting committee created; membership; terms.

A. The "citizen redistricting committee" is created.

B. The committee is composed of seven members, appointed, with due regard to the cultural and geographic diversity of the state, as follows:

(1) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(2) one member appointed by the minority floor leader of the house of representatives;

(3) one member appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate;

(4) one member appointed by the minority floor leader of the senate;

(5) two members appointed by the state ethics commission, who shall not be members of the largest or second largest political parties in the state; and

(6) one member appointed by the state ethics commission, who shall be a retired justice of the New Mexico supreme court or a retired judge of the New Mexico court of appeals, and who shall chair the committee.

C. No more than three members of the committee shall be members of the same political party. A member of the committee shall not have changed party registration in the two years preceding the member's appointment in such a manner that the member's prior party registration would cause one political party to have more than three members. A member of the committee shall not continue to serve on the committee if the member changes party registration after the date of appointment in such a manner as to cause one political party to have more than three members.

D. Members shall be appointed not later than July 1, 2021, and August 1 of each year ending in the number zero thereafter, and shall serve until a district plan for each of New Mexico's congressional districts, the state house of representatives, the state senate and other state offices requiring redistricting is submitted to the legislature.

E. When any member of the committee dies, resigns or no longer has the qualifications required for the member's original appointment, the member's position on the committee becomes vacant and the chair shall notify the original appointing authority of the vacant position. The vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the original appointing authority no later than fifteen days following notification of the vacancy.

F. The committee shall meet as necessary to carry out its duties pursuant to the Redistricting Act.

G. Members are entitled to receive per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978] and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.

History: Laws 2021, ch. 79, § 4.

Effective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 79, § 13 made Laws 2021, ch. 79, § 4 effective July 1, 2021.