0001| HOUSE BILL 1276 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| EDWARD C. SANDOVAL | 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 ONE.-- | 0011| Public regulation commission district one is composed of | 0012| Bernalillo county precincts 10 through 15, 18, 101 through 105, | 0013| 107, 131 through 133, 196, 197, 211, 212, 214 through 217, 221, | 0014| 223 through 226, 241 through 246, 251 through 256, 271 through | 0015| 275, 278, 281 through 287, 289 through 308, 311 through 318, | 0016| 321 through 323, 326 through 333, 341 through 347, 351 through | 0017| 358, 371 through 375, 381 through 387, 400 through 446, 450 | 0018| through 454, 461 through 466, 471 through 478, 480 through 500, | 0019| 502 through 540, 542 through 550, 560 through 569, 601 and 602. | 0020| Section 7. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT TWO.-- | 0021| Public regulation commission district two is composed of | 0022| Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lea, | 0023| Lincoln, Mora, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Socorro, Taos, | 0024| Torrance and Union counties; Bernalillo county precincts 551 | 0025| through 559; and Santa Fe county precincts 16 through 19 and | 0001| 73. | 0002| Section 8. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT THREE.-- | 0003| Public regulation commission district three is composed of San | 0004| Juan, Rio Arriba, McKinley and Los Alamos counties; Sandoval | 0005| county precincts 16 through 18, 21 through 27 and 52; and Santa | 0006| Fe county precincts 1 through 14, 20 through 28, 30 through 33, | 0007| 36, 38, 39, 41 through 62, 64, 66 through 72 and 74 through 79. | 0008| Section 9. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT FOUR.-- | 0009| Public regulation commission district four is composed of | 0010| Cibola and Valencia counties; Bernalillo county precincts 1 | 0011| through 9, 11 through 14, 16, 17, 20 through 22, 24 through 55, | 0012| 61 through 67, 71 through 77, 80 through 83, 85 through 88, 90 | 0013| through 99, 106, 111, 112, 120 through 125, 135, 150 through | 0014| 154, 161 through 166, 180 through 187, 191 through 195, 257 and | 0015| 258; and Sandoval county precincts 1 through 15, 19, 20 and 28 | 0016| through 50. | 0017| Section 10. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT FIVE.-- | 0018| Public regulation commission district five is composed of | 0019| Catron, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero and Sierra | 0020| counties. | 0021|  |