SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 35

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS; CREATING ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIPS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 34-6-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:

     "34-6-4. JUDGES--FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be [ten] eleven district judges in the first judicial district."

     SECTION 2. Section 34-6-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:

     "34-6-5. JUDGES--SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be [thirty] thirty-one district judges in the second judicial district."

     SECTION 3. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.