New Mexico Constitution
Article IV - Legislative Department
- § 1 Vesting of legislative power; location of sessions; referendum on legislation.
- § 2 Powers generally; disaster emergency procedure.
- § 3 Number and qualifications of members; single-member districts; reapportionment.
- § 4 Terms of office of members; time of election; filling of vacancies.
- § 5 Time and length of sessions; items considered in even-numbered years.
- § 6 Special session; extraordinary session.
- § 7 Judge of election and qualification of members; quorum.
- § 8 Call to order; presiding officers.
- § 9 Selection and compensation of officers and employees.
- § 10 Compensation of members.
- § 11 Rules of procedure; contempt or disorderly conduct; expulsion of members.
- § 12 Public sessions; journals.
- § 13 Privileges and immunities.
- § 14 Adjournment.
- § 15 Laws to be passed by bill; alteration of bill; enacting clause; printing and reading of bill.
- § 16 Subject of bill in title; appropriation bills.
- § 17 Passage of bills.
- § 18 Amendment of statutes.
- § 19 Introduction of bills.
- § 20 Enrollment, engrossment and signing of bills.
- § 21 Alteration or theft of bill.
- § 22 Governor's approval or veto of bills.
- § 23 Effective date of law; emergency acts.
- § 24 Local or special laws.
- § 25 Validating unauthorized official acts; fines against officers, etc.
- § 26 Grant of franchise or privilege.
- § 27 Extra or increased compensation for officers, contractors, etc.
- § 28 Appointment of present and former legislators to office; interest of legislators in contracts.
- § 29 Laws creating debts.
- § 30 Payments from treasury to be upon appropriations and warrant.
- § 31 Appropriations for charitable, educational, etc., purposes.
- § 32 Remission of debts due state or municipalities.
- § 33 Prosecutions under repealed laws.
- § 34 Change of rights or procedure in pending cases.
- § 35 Power and procedure for impeachment and trial.
- § 36 Officers subject to impeachment.
- § 37 Railroad passes.
- § 38 Monopolies.
- § 39 "Bribery" and "solicitation" defined.
- § 40 Penalty for bribery.
- § 41 Compelling testimony in bribery cases.
- § 42 Hearings on confirmation of gubernatorial appointments.
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