0001| SENATE BILL 1158 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR THE | 0012| APPORTIONMENT OF DISTRICTS. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the | 0016| "Public Regulation Commission Apportionment Act". | 0017| Section 2. MEMBERSHIP.--The public regulation commission | 0018| is composed of five members to be elected from districts | 0019| established by law. | 0020| Section 3. RESIDENCE.--At the time of filing a | 0021| declaration of candidacy for the office of public regulation | 0022| commission member, a candidate shall reside in the district for | 0023| which he files. If any elected member of the public regulation | 0024| commission permanently removes his residence from or maintains | 0025| no residence in the district from which he was elected, he | 0001| shall be deemed to have resigned and his successor shall be | 0002| selected as provided in the Public Regulation Commission | 0003| Apportionment Act. | 0004| Section 4. ELECTION--VACANCY.-- | 0005| A. Members of the public regulation commission | 0006| shall be elected for staggered four-year terms; provided that | 0007| commission members elected at the 1998 general election shall | 0008| classify themselves by lot so that two commission members shall | 0009| initially serve terms of two years and three commission members | 0010| shall serve terms of four years. Thereafter, all commission | 0011| members shall serve four-year terms. After serving two terms, | 0012| a commission member shall be ineligible to hold office as a | 0013| commission member until one full term has intervened. | 0014| B. The governor shall by appointment fill vacancies | 0015| on the public regulation commission. All appointments to fill | 0016| vacancies on the public regulation commission shall be for a | 0017| term ending on January 1 subsequent to the next general | 0018| election at which election a person shall be elected to fill | 0019| any remainder of the unexpired term. | 0020| Section 5. PRECINCTS.-- | 0021| A. Designations and boundaries used in the Public | 0022| Regulation Commission Apportionment Act are those precinct | 0023| designations and boundaries established pursuant to the | 0024| Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act and revised and approved by | 0025| the secretary of state as of November 5, 1996. | 0001| B. A board of county commissioners shall not create | 0002| any precinct that lies in more than one public regulation | 0003| commission district, nor shall any board of county | 0004| commissioners divide any precinct so that the divided parts of | 0005| the precinct are situated in two or more public regulation | 0006| commission districts. Votes cast in any general, primary or | 0007| other statewide election from precincts created or divided in | 0008| violation of this subsection are invalid and shall not be | 0009| counted or canvassed. | 0010| Section 6. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT | 0011| ONE.--Public regulation commission district one is composed of | 0012| Bernalillo county precincts 4 through 18, 86, 150, 180 through | 0013| 185, 191 through 197, 214 through 217, 257 and 258, 275, 278, | 0014| 281 through 287, 289 through 308, 311 through 318, 321 through | 0015| 323, 326 through 333, 341 through 347, 351 through 358, 371 | 0016| through 375, 381 through 387, 400 through 446, 450 through 454, | 0017| 461 through 466, 471 through 478, 480 through 500, 502 through | 0018| 540, 542 through 550, 560 through 569, 601 and 602. | 0019| Section 7. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT | 0020| TWO.--Public regulation commission district two is composed of | 0021| Colfax, Union, Harding, Quay, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt, | 0022| Chaves, Lea, Eddy and Otero counties. | 0023| Section 8. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT THREE.-- | 0024| Public regulation commission district three is composed of Rio | 0025| Arriba, Taos, Sandoval, Los Alamos, Mora, San Miguel and | 0001| Guadalupe counties; Santa Fe county precincts 1 through 14, 16 | 0002| through 28, 30 through 33, 36, 38, 39, 41 through 62, 64, 66 | 0003| through 72, 74 through 79; and Bernalillo county precincts 1 | 0004| through 3, 20 through 22, 24 through 29, 30, 80 through 83, 85, | 0005| 87, 111, 112 and 120. | 0006| Section 9. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT FOUR.-- | 0007| Public regulation commission district four is composed of | 0008| Cibola, McKinley and San Juan counties; and Bernalillo county | 0009| precincts 31 through 55, 61 through 67, 71 through 77, 88, 88A, | 0010| 90 through 92, 94 through 99, 101 through 107, 121 through 125, | 0011| 131 through 133, 135A, 151 through 154, 161 through 166, 186 | 0012| and 187, 211 and 212, 221, 223 through 226, 241 through 246, | 0013| 251 through 256 and 271 through 274. | 0014| Section 10. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT FIVE.-- | 0015| Public regulation commission district five is composed of | 0016| Valencia, Torrance, Lincoln, Socorro, Sierra, Dona Ana, Luna, | 0017| Grant, Catron and Hidalgo counties; Bernalillo county precincts | 0018| 93 and 551 through 559; and Santa Fe county precincts 18 and | 0019| 73. | 0020|  | 0021| | 0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0023| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| March 8, 1997 | 0002| | 0003| Mr. President: | 0004| | 0005| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0006| | 0007| SENATE BILL 1158 | 0008| | 0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0010| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0011| | 0012| Respectfully submitted, | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| __________________________________ | 0018| Gloria Howes, Chairman | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0023| Adopted_______________________ | 0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| Date ________________________ | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0007| Yes: 6 | 0008| No: 0 | 0009| Excused: Altamirano, Aragon | 0010| Absent: None | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| S1158RU1 | 0014| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0015| FIRST SESSION | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| March 10, 1997 | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number _______ to SENATE BILL 1158 | 0022| | 0023| Amendment sponsored by Senator Leonard Tsosie | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| 1. On page 3, line 13, after "217," insert "244, 251 | 0002| through 256," and after "258," insert "271 through 274". | 0003| | 0004| 2. On page 3, line 21, strike "Colfax,". | 0005| | 0006| 3. On page 3, line 24, before "Rio" insert "Colfax,". | 0007| | 0008| 4. On page 3, strike all of line 25 and insert in lieu | 0009| thereof: | 0010| | 0011| "Arriba county precincts 1 through 23, 26, 27 and 30 through 41; | 0012| Taos county; Sandoval county precincts 1 through 7, 11 through | 0013| 13, 16 through 18, 21 through 23 and 28 through 52; Los Alamos | 0014| county; San Miguel and". | 0015| | 0016| 5. On page 4, line 10, strike "through 92, 94". | 0017| | 0018| 6. On page 4, line 12, before "246" insert "243, 245," and | 0019| after "246" strike the comma and insert in lieu thereof a | 0020| semicolon. | 0021| | 0022| 7. On page 4, strike all of line 13 and insert in lieu | 0023| thereof: | 0024| | 0025| "Sandoval county precincts 8 through 10, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 | 0001| through 27; Rio Arriba county precincts 24, 25, 28 and 29; | 0002| Socorro county precinct 15; and Valencia county precinct 13.". | 0003| | 0004| 8. On page 4, line 16, after "Valencia" strike the comma | 0005| and insert "county precincts 1 through 12 and 14 through 37;". | 0006| | 0007| 9. On page 4, line 16, after "Socorro" strike the comma and | 0008| insert "county precincts 1 through 14, 16 and 17;". | 0009| | 0010| 10. On page 4, line 18, strike "93 and". | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| __________________________ | 0019| Leonard Tsosie | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Adopted ___________________ Not Adopted _______________________ | 0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Date _________________ | 0003| State of New Mexico | 0004| House of Representatives | 0005| | 0006| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0007| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| March 15, 1997 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Mr. Speaker: | 0014| | 0015| Your VOTERS AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0016| been referred | 0017| | 0018| SENATE BILL 1158, as amended | 0019| | 0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0021| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0022| | 0023| 1. Strike Items 2, 3 and 4 of Senate Floor Amendment 1. | 0024| | 0025| 2. On page 3, line 21, after "Colfax" insert "county | 0001| precincts 4, 5, 7 and 10 through 22. | 0002| | 0003| 3. On page 3, line 24, before "Rio" insert "Colfax county | 0004| precincts 1 through 3,". | 0005| | 0006| 4. On page 3, strike all of line 25 and insert in lieu | 0007| thereof: | 0008| | 0009| "Arriba county precincts 1 through 23, 26, 27 and 30 through 41; | 0010| Sandoval county precincts 1 through 7, 11 through 13, 16 through | 0011| 18, 21 through 23 and 28 through 52; Mora; Los Alamos; Taos; San | 0012| Miguel; and". | 0013| | 0014| 5. On page 4, line 4, after "30" insert "39,". | 0015| | 0016| 6. On page 4, line 9, before "55" insert " 38, 40 | 0017| through"., | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Respectfully submitted, | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Edward C. Sandoval, Chairman | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| Adopted Not Adopted | 0004| | 0005| (Chief Clerk) | 0006| (Chief Clerk) | 0007| | 0008| Date | 0009| | 0010| The roll call vote was 8 For 2 Against | 0011| Yes: 8 | 0012| No: Buffett, Weeks | 0013| Excused: Lutz, Nicely | 0014| Absent: None | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| .118928.1 | 0018| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\S1158 |