0001| AN ACT | 0002| RELATING TO THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR THE | 0003| APPORTIONMENT OF DISTRICTS. | 0004| | 0005| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0006| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Public Regulation Commission | 0007| Apportionment Act". | 0008| Section 2. MEMBERSHIP.--The public regulation commission is composed of five | 0009| members to be elected from districts established by law. | 0010| Section 3. RESIDENCE.--At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy for the office | 0011| of public regulation commission member, a candidate shall reside in the district for which he | 0012| files. If any elected member of the public regulation commission permanently removes his | 0013| residence from or maintains no residence in the district from which he was elected, he shall be | 0014| deemed to have resigned and his successor shall be selected as provided in the Public Regulation | 0015| Commission Apportionment Act. | 0016| Section 4. ELECTION--VACANCY.-- | 0017| A. Members of the public regulation commission shall be elected for staggered | 0018| four-year terms; provided that commission members elected at the 1998 general election shall | 0019| classify themselves by lot so that two commission members shall initially serve terms of two | 0020| years and three commission members shall serve terms of four years. Thereafter, all commission | 0021| members shall serve four-year terms. After serving two terms, a commission member shall be | 0022| ineligible to hold office as a commission member until one full term has intervened. | 0023| B. The governor shall by appointment fill vacancies on the public regulation | 0024| commission. All appointments to fill vacancies on the public regulation commission shall be for | 0025| a term ending on January 1 subsequent to the next general election at which election a person | 0001| shall be elected to fill any remainder of the unexpired term. | 0002| Section 5. PRECINCTS.-- | 0003| A. Designations and boundaries used in the Public Regulation Commission | 0004| Apportionment Act are those precinct designations and boundaries established pursuant to the | 0005| Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act and revised and approved by the secretary of state as of | 0006| November 5, 1996. | 0007| B. A board of county commissioners shall not create any precinct that lies in | 0008| more than one public regulation commission district, nor shall any board of county | 0009| commissioners divide any precinct so that the divided parts of the precinct are situated in two or | 0010| more public regulation commission districts. Votes cast in any general, primary or other | 0011| statewide election from precincts created or divided in violation of this subsection are invalid and | 0012| shall not be counted or canvassed. | 0013| Section 6. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT ONE.-- | 0014| Public regulation commission district one is composed of Bernalillo county precincts 4 through | 0015| 18, 86, 150, 180 through 185, 191 through 197, 214 through 217, 244, 251 through 256, 257 and | 0016| 258, 271 through 274, 275, 278, 281 through 287, 289 through 308, 311 through 318, 321 | 0017| through 323, 326 through 333, 341 through 347, 351 through 358, 371 through 375, 381 through | 0018| 387, 400 through 446, 450 through 454, 461 through 466, 471 through 478, 480 through 500, 502 | 0019| through 540, 542 through 550, 560 through 569, 601 and 602. | 0020| Section 7. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT TWO.--Public | 0021| regulation commission district two is composed of Colfax county precincts 4, 5, 7 and 10 | 0022| through 22, Union, Harding, Quay, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt, Chaves, Lea, Eddy and Otero | 0023| counties. | 0024| Section 8. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT THREE.--Public | 0025| regulation commission district three is composed of Colfax county precincts 1 through 3, Rio | 0001| Arriba county precincts 1 through 20, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 30 through 41; Taos county; Sandoval | 0002| county precincts 1 through 7, 11 through 13, 16 through 18, 21 through 23 and 28 through 52; | 0003| Mora; Los Alamos county; San Miguel and Guadalupe counties; Santa Fe county precincts 1 | 0004| through 14, 16, 17, 19 through 28, 30 through 33, 36, 38, 39, 41 through 62, 64, 66 through 72, | 0005| 74 through 79; and Bernalillo county precincts 1 through 3, 20 through 22, 24 through 29, 30, 39, | 0006| 80 through 83, 85, 87, 111, 112 and 120. | 0007| Section 9. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT FOUR.-- | 0008| Public regulation commission district four is composed of Cibola, McKinley and San Juan | 0009| counties; and Bernalillo county precincts 31 through 38, 40 through 55, 61 through 67, 71 | 0010| through 77, 88, 88A, 90 through 99, 101 through 107, 121 through 125, 131 through 133, 135, | 0011| 135A, 151 through 154, 161 through 166, 186 and 187, 211 and 212, 221, 223 through 226, 241 | 0012| through 243, 245, 246; Sandoval county precincts 8 through 10, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 through | 0013| 27; Rio Arriba county precincts 24, 25, 28 and 29; Socorro county precinct 15; and Valencia | 0014| county precinct 13. | 0015| Section 10. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT FIVE.--Public | 0016| regulation commission district five is composed of Valencia county precincts 1 through | 0017| 12, 14 through 16 and 18 through 37; Torrance, Lincoln, Socorro county precincts 1 | 0018| through 14, 16 and 17; Sierra, Dona Ana, Luna, Grant, Catron and Hidalgo counties; | 0019| Bernalillo county precincts 551 through 559; and Santa Fe county precincts 18 and 73. | 0020| |