SENATE BILL
    50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first special session, 2011
                           INTRODUCED BY
    
    
                          DISCUSSION DRAFT
    
                                  
    
                               AN ACT
    RELATING TO THE REDISTRICTING OF THE SENATE; ESTABLISHING
    SENATORIAL DISTRICTS; PROVIDING THE METHOD FOR ELECTING
    SENATORS; PROVIDING FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES; SETTING
    PRECINCTS; FIXING THE NUMBER, RESIDENCE AND TERMS OF SENATORS;
    REPEALING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.
    
    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
         SECTION 1.  SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the
    "2011 Senate Redistricting Act".
         SECTION 2.  MEMBERSHIP.--The senate is composed of forty-
    two members to be elected from districts that are contiguous
    and that are as compact as is practical.
     SECTION 3.  RESIDENCE.--At the time of filing a
    declaration of candidacy for the office of state senator, the
    candidate shall reside in the district for which the candidate
    files.  Thereafter, if a senator permanently removes the
    senator's residence from or maintains no residence in the
    district from which the senator was elected, the senator shall
    be deemed to have resigned and the senator's successor shall be
    selected as provided in Section 4 of the 2011 Senate
    Redistricting Act.
     SECTION 4.  ELECTIONS--VACANCIES.--
          A.  Members of the senate shall be elected for terms
    of four years.
          B.  If a vacancy occurs in the office of senator for
    any reason, the vacancy shall be filled as follows:
               (1)  for a senate district that is situated
    wholly within the exterior boundaries of a single county, the
    board of county commissioners of that county shall appoint the
    senator to fill the vacancy; and
               (2)  for a senate district situated within two
    or more counties:
                    (a)  the board of county commissioners of
    each county in the senate district shall submit one name to the
    governor; and
                    (b)  the governor shall appoint the
    senator to fill the vacancy from the list of names so
    submitted.
          C.  All appointments to fill vacancies in the senate
    shall be for a term ending on December 31 subsequent to the
    next succeeding general election, at which general election a
    person shall be elected to fill the remainder of the unexpired
    term.
          D.  An appointment to fill a vacancy made before the
    general election of 2012 shall be made from the district as it
    was described in Laws 2002, Chapter 98, Sections 7 through 48. 
    After the general election of 2012, a vacancy shall be filled
    by appointment from the district set out in the 2011 Senate
    Redistricting Act.
     SECTION 5.  PRECINCTS.--
          A.  Precinct designations and boundaries used in the
    2011 Senate Redistricting Act are those precinct designations
    and boundaries established pursuant to the Precinct Boundary
    Adjustment Act and revised and approved pursuant to that act by
    the secretary of state as of August 31, 2011.
          B.  A board of county commissioners shall not create
    any precinct that lies in more than one senate district and
    shall not divide any precinct so that the divided parts of the
    precinct are situated in two or more senate districts.  Votes
    cast in a statewide election from precincts created or divided
    in violation of this subsection are invalid and shall not be
    counted or canvassed.
     SECTION 6.  DISTRICTS.--The districts of the senate shall
    be as set out in Sections 7 through 48 of the 2011 Senate
    Redistricting Act.
    
     SECTION 7.  SENATE DISTRICT ONE.--Senate district one is
    composed of San Juan county precincts 26 through 40, 43 through
    46, 49 through 53, 55 and 56.
     SECTION 8.  SENATE DISTRICT TWO.--Senate district two is
    composed of San Juan county precincts 21, 41, 42, 47, 48, 54
    and 57 through 77.
     SECTION 9.  SENATE DISTRICT THREE.--Senate district three
    is composed of McKinley county precincts 1, 2, 4 through 6, 20,
    21, 34, 37 and 41; and San Juan county precincts 1 through 20
    and 22 through 25.
     SECTION 10.  SENATE DISTRICT FOUR.--Senate district four
    is composed of Cibola county precincts 1 and 4 through 6; and
    McKinley county precincts 3, 16 through 18, 22, 24 through 33,
    35, 36, 38 through 40, 42 through 50 and 52 through 59.
     SECTION 11.  SENATE DISTRICT FIVE.--Senate district five
    is composed of Los Alamos county precincts 7 through 17; Rio
    Arriba county precincts 2 through 5, 7 through 13, 18 through
    23, 28 and 31 through 42; Sandoval county precinct 51; and
    Santa Fe county precincts 1, 58 and 79.
     SECTION 12.  SENATE DISTRICT SIX.--Senate district six is
    composed of Los Alamos county precincts 1 through 6; Rio Arriba
    county precincts 1, 6 and 14 through 17; Santa Fe county
    precincts 2 through 7, 23, 40, 59 through 61 and 87; and Taos
    county precincts 1 through 20, 22 through 25, 27, 28 and 30
    through 36.
     SECTION 13.  SENATE DISTRICT SEVEN.--Senate district seven
    is composed of Sandoval county precincts 30, 42 through 47, 50,
    58, 63, 66 through 72, 75, 80, 82 and 84 through 86.
     SECTION 14.  SENATE DISTRICT EIGHT.--Senate district eight
    is composed of Colfax county; Harding county; Mora county; Quay
    county precincts 4 and 6 through 12; San Miguel county
    precincts 1 through 8, 14, 15 and 25 through 28; Taos county
    precincts 21, 26 and 29; and Union county.
     SECTION 15.  SENATE DISTRICT NINE.--Senate district nine
    is composed of Sandoval county precincts 2, 3, 11 through 13,
    31 through 41, 48, 49, 52 through 54, 57, 59 through 62, 64,
    73, 74, 81 and 83.
     SECTION 16.  SENATE DISTRICT TEN.--Senate district ten is
    composed of Bernalillo county precincts 2 through 10, 13, 16
    through 18, 68, 69, 78, 79, 84, 86, 89, 116, 171, 410, 422, 423
    and 455.
     SECTION 17.  SENATE DISTRICT ELEVEN.--Senate district
    eleven is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 41 through
    44, 49, 50, 52 through 54, 56, 59, 60 and 137 through 141.
     SECTION 18.  SENATE DISTRICT TWELVE.--Senate district
    twelve is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 45 through
    47, 61 through 67, 71, 72, 77, 94, 95, 98, 104 through 106,
    109, 121 through 125, 131 through 133, 135, 154, 162 through
    166, 211, 212, 221, 225 and 226.
     SECTION 19.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTEEN.--Senate district
    thirteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 11, 12, 14,
    15, 21, 22, 25, 27, 30, 39, 83, 108, 110, 150 through 153, 161,
    180 through 187, 191 through 197 and 347.
     SECTION 20.  SENATE DISTRICT FOURTEEN.--Senate district
    fourteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 58, 73
    through 76, 88, 90 through 93, 96, 97, 99 and 142 through 144;
    and Valencia county precincts 4, 5, 9 through 11, 13 through
    15, 18 and 28.
     SECTION 21.  SENATE DISTRICT FIFTEEN.--Senate district
    fifteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 313 through
    315, 346, 371 through 375, 400 through 409, 411, 412, 420, 421,
    431 through 446, 481, 488, 490, 499 and 500.
     SECTION 22.  SENATE DISTRICT SIXTEEN.--Senate district
    sixteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 101 through
    103, 107, 214 through 217, 223, 224, 241 through 246, 251
    through 256, 271 through 275, 278, 281, 311, 341 through 345,
    351 through 358 and 381 through 387.
     SECTION 23.  SENATE DISTRICT SEVENTEEN.--Senate district
    seventeen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 282
    through 287, 291 through 293, 312, 316 through 318, 321 through
    324, 326 through 331, 477 and 478.
     SECTION 24.  SENATE DISTRICT EIGHTEEN.--Senate district
    eighteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 413 through
    417, 451, 453, 461 through 466, 471 through 476, 482 through
    484, 491 through 498, 502 through 504, 506 through 509, 511
    through 515, 523, 528, 529, 531 through 533, 562 and 563.
     SECTION 25.  SENATE DISTRICT NINETEEN.--Senate district
    nineteen is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 257, 258,
    289, 290, 294 through 296, 302, 303, 332, 333, 551 through 559
    and 570 through 573; Sandoval county precincts 5, 28, 55, 56
    and 76; Santa Fe county precincts 15, 73 and 84; and Torrance
    county precinct 5.
     SECTION 26.  SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY.--Senate district
    twenty is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 297 through
    301, 304 through 308, 454, 480, 505, 516 through 519, 521, 522,
    524 through 527, 530, 534 through 536, 540, 542 through 550,
    561 and 564 through 566.
     SECTION 27.  SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY-ONE.--Senate district
    twenty-one is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 418, 419,
    424 through 430, 447 through 450, 452, 456, 485 through 487,
    489, 510, 520, 537 through 539, 541, 560, 567 through 569 and
    601 through 603.
     SECTION 28.  SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY-TWO.--Senate district
    twenty-two is composed of Bernalillo county precinct 31;
    McKinley county precincts 7 through 15, 19 and 23; Rio Arriba
    county precincts 24 through 27, 29 and 30; and Sandoval county
    precincts 1, 4, 6 through 10, 14 through 27, 29, 65, 78 and 79.
     SECTION 29.  SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY-THREE.--Senate
    district twenty-three is composed of Bernalillo county
    precincts 1, 19, 20, 24, 80 through 82, 85, 87, 111 through
    115, 117, 118, 127 through 129 and 170.
     SECTION 30.  SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY-FOUR.--Senate district
    twenty-four is composed of Santa Fe county precincts 24, 25,
    27, 31 through 35, 38, 39, 41, 49 through 51, 56, 62, 64, 66,
    67, 74 through 76 and 86.
     SECTION 31.  SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY-FIVE.--Senate district
    twenty-five is composed of Santa Fe county precincts 8 through
    12, 20 through 22, 26, 28 through 30, 36, 37, 42 through 48, 52
    through 55, 77, 78 and 80 through 83.
     SECTION 32.  SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY-SIX.--Senate district
    twenty-six is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 23, 26,
    28, 29, 32 through 38, 40, 48, 51, 55, 57, 70, 119, 120, 134
    and 136.
     SECTION 33.  SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY-SEVEN.--Senate
    district twenty-seven is composed of Curry county precincts 1
    through 4, 6 through 16, 20, 21, 25, 29, 31 and 34 through 37;
    Quay county precincts 1 through 3 and 5; and Roosevelt county
    precincts 1, 6 through 13, 15, 17, 19 and 21.
     SECTION 34.  SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY-EIGHT.--Senate
    district twenty-eight is composed of Catron county; Grant
    county precincts 1 through 29 and 32 through 35; Sierra county
    precincts 2 through 9; and Socorro county precincts 5, 6, 11,
    13 and 14.
     SECTION 35.  SENATE DISTRICT TWENTY-NINE.--Senate district
    twenty-nine is composed of Valencia county precincts 1 through
    3, 6 through 8, 12, 16, 17, 19, 21 through 27, 32, 35 through
    37 and 39 through 41.
     SECTION 36.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY.--Senate district
    thirty is composed of Cibola county precincts 2, 3 and 7
    through 25; Socorro county precincts 1 through 4, 7 through 10,
    12 and 15 through 26; and Valencia county precincts 20, 29
    through 31, 33, 34 and 38.
     SECTION 37.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY-ONE.--Senate district
    thirty-one is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 7 through
    15, 17, 77, 79 through 81, 96, 97, 104 and 114.
     SECTION 38.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY-TWO.--Senate district
    thirty-two is composed of Chaves county precincts 13 through
    16, 22 through 25, 31 through 35, 41 through 43, 47, 51, 52, 61
    through 63, 71 through 73, 81 through 83, 85, 90, 91, 94 and
    101 through 103; and Eddy county precincts 1 and 41.
     SECTION 39.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY-THREE.--Senate
    district thirty-three is composed of Chaves county precincts 1
    through 7, 9 through 12, 21, 36, 46, 84, 92 and 93; De Baca
    county; Guadalupe county precinct 4; Lincoln county; and
    Torrance county precincts 1 through 4, 8 through 12, 14 and 16.
     SECTION 40.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY-FOUR.--Senate district
    thirty-four is composed of Chaves county precinct 104; Eddy
    county precincts 2 through 8, 12 through 21, 23, 25 through 30,
    34 through 40, 42, 44 and 45; and Otero county precincts 2
    through 9.
     SECTION 41.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY-FIVE.--Senate district
    thirty-five is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 1 through
    3, 16, 19, 21, 60, 63, 82, 95, 107 and 111; Grant county
    precincts 30 and 31; Hidalgo county; Luna county; and Sierra
    county precinct 1.
     SECTION 42.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY-SIX.--Senate district
    thirty-six is composed of Dona Ana county precincts 4, 20, 22,
    24 through 30, 32 through 34, 59, 61, 62, 83 through 89, 91,
    92, 99, 100, 105, 109 and 115.
     SECTION 43.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY-SEVEN.--Senate
    district thirty-seven is composed of Dona Ana county precincts
    5, 6, 64 through 67, 69, 70, 74 through 76, 102, 103, 106, 110,
    112, 113 and 116 through 120; and Otero county precincts 1 and
    41.
     SECTION 44.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY-EIGHT.--Senate
    district thirty-eight is composed of Dona Ana county precincts
    18, 23, 31, 35 through 58, 68, 71 through 73, 78, 90, 93, 94,
    98, 101 and 108.
     SECTION 45.  SENATE DISTRICT THIRTY-NINE.--Senate district
    thirty-nine is composed of Guadalupe county precincts 1 through
    3 and 5; San Miguel county precincts 9 through 13 and 16
    through 24; Santa Fe county precincts 13, 14, 16 through 19,
    57, 63, 65, 68 through 72, 85 and 88; and Torrance county
    precincts 6, 7, 13 and 15.
     SECTION 46.  SENATE DISTRICT FORTY.--Senate district forty
    is composed of Otero county precincts 10 through 40.
     SECTION 47.  SENATE DISTRICT FORTY-ONE.--Senate district
    forty-one is composed of Eddy county precincts 9 through 11, 32
    and 33; and Lea county precincts 11 through 18, 31 through 36,
    44, 51 through 55, 61, 62 and 71 through 74.
     SECTION 48.  SENATE DISTRICT FORTY-TWO.--Senate district
    forty-two is composed of Chaves county precincts 44 and 45;
    Curry county precincts 5, 17 through 19, 22 through 24, 26
    through 28, 30, 32 and 33; Lea county precincts 2, 3, 10, 20
    through 30 and 41 through 43; and Roosevelt county precincts 2
    through 5 and 18.
     SECTION 49.  ELECTION OF SENATORS.--Senators shall be
    elected from the districts described in the 2011 Senate
    Redistricting Act at the 2012 and subsequent general elections. 
     SECTION 50.  REPEAL.--Sections 2-8D-1 through 2-8D-49 NMSA
    1978 (being Laws 2002, Chapter 98, Sections 1 through 49) are
    repealed.