Whenever any portion of the militia is in active service of the state in aid of civil authority, the governor, if in his judgment the maintenance of law and order will thereby be promoted, may by proclamation declare a specified area in which the troops are serving to be in a state of insurrection and may declare martial law therein. History: 1978 Comp., § 20-2-4, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 318, § 11.
Governor; proclamation of a state of insurrection
NMSA 1978, § 20-2-4 — under Article 2.
NMSA 1978, § 20-2-4