District Court Judges Nominating Committee

N.M. Const. art. VI, § 36 — under Judicial Department.

N.M. Const. art. VI, § 36

District Court Judges Nominating Committee

There is created the "district court judges nominating committee" for each judicial district. Each and every provision of Section 35 of Article 6 of this constitution shall apply to the "district judges nominating committee" except that: the chief judge of the district court of that judicial district or the chief judge's designee from that district court shall sit on the committee; there shall be only one appointment from the court of appeals; and the citizen members and state bar members shall be persons who reside in that judicial district.[1]