2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration
Article 6 - District Courts
Section 34-6-5 - Judges; second judicial district.
There shall be twenty-nine district judges in the second judicial district.
History: 1953 Comp., § 16-3-3.2, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 8; 1969, ch. 228, § 1; 1973, ch. 301, § 1; 1977, ch. 310, § 1; 1978, ch. 23, § 1; 1980, ch. 143, § 1; 1984, ch. 111, § 1; 1993, ch. 256, § 1; 1995, ch. 66, § 1; 1997, ch. 180, § 2; 2005, ch. 284, § 1; 2007, ch. 140, § 1; 2014, ch. 73, § 2; 2020, ch. 40, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2020 amendment, effective May 20, 2020, created additional judgeships in the second judicial district court, and after "There shall be", deleted "twenty-seven" and added "twenty-nine".
Temporary provisions. — Laws 2020, ch. 40, § 10 provided that the additional district judgeships provided for in Laws 2020, ch. 40 shall be filled by appointment by the governor pursuant to Article 6, Section 36 of the constitution of New Mexico.
The 2014 amendment, effective May 21, 2014, created an additional judgeship; and after "shall be", changed "twenty-six" to "twenty-seven".
The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, increased the number of district judges from twenty-four to twenty-six.
The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, changed the number of judges from twenty-three to twenty-four.
The 1997 amendment, effective July 1, 1997, substituted "twenty-three" for "twenty-one".
The 1995 amendment, effective January 1, 1996, substituted "twenty-one" for "twenty".
The 1993 amendment, effective January 1, 1994, substituted "twenty" for "nineteen".
