Article X — County and Municipal Corporations
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N.M. Const. art. X, § 1 Classification of Counties; Salaries and Fees of County Officers
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The legislature shall classify the counties of the state. No county officer shall receive any fees or emoluments other than an annual salary, as established by the board of county commissioners. All fees collected by a county official shall be paid into the treasure of the county…
N.M. Const. art. X, § 2 Terms of County Officers
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A. In every county all elected officials shall serve four-year terms, subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this section. B. In those counties that prior to 1992 have not had four-year terms for elected officials, the assessor, sheriff and probate judge shall be elected to…
N.M. Const. art. X, § 3 Removal of County Seats
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No county seat, where there are county buildings, shall be removed unless three-fifths of the votes cast by qualified electors on the question of removal at an election called and held as now or hereafter provided by law, be in favor of such removal. The proposition of removal sh…
N.M. Const. art. X, § 4 Combined City and County Corporations
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A. The legislature shall, by general law, provide for the formation of combined city and county municipal corporations, and for the manner of determining the territorial limits thereof, each of which shall be known as a "city and county," and, when organized, shall contain a popu…
N.M. Const. art. X, § 5 Incorporated Counties
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Any county at the time of the adoption of this amendment, which is less than one hundred forty-four square miles in area and has a population of ten thousand or more may become an incorporated county by the following procedure: A. upon the filing of a petition containing the sign…
N.M. Const. art. X, § 6 Municipal Home Rule
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A. For the purpose of electing some or all of the members of the governing body of a municipality: B. Any member of the governing body of a municipality representing a district shall be a resident of, and elected by, the registered qualified electors of that district. C. The regi…
N.M. Const. art. X, § 7 Five-Member Boards of County Commissioners
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The board of county commissioners by unanimous vote may adopt an ordinance to increase the size of the boards of county commissioners to five members. Upon creation of a five-member board, the county shall be divided by the incumbent board of county commissioners into five county…
N.M. Const. art. X, § 8 New Activity or Service Mandated by State Rule or Regulation
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A state rule or regulation mandating any county or city to engage in any new activity, to provide any new service or to increase any current level of activity or to provide any service beyond that required by existing law, shall not have the force of law, unless, or until, the st…
N.M. Const. art. X, § 9 Recall of Elected County Officials
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A. An elected official of a county is subject to recall by the voters of the county. Subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this section, a petition for a recall election shall cite grounds of malfeasance or misfeasance in office or violation of the oath of office by the of…
N.M. Const. art. X, § 10 Urban Counties
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A. A county that is less than one thousand five hundred square miles in area and has a population of three hundred thousand or more may become an urban county by the following procedure: (3) within one year after the appointment of the charter commission, the proposed charter sha…