0001|                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 3
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             LISA L. LUTZ
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0010|                          A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0011|     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW
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0012|     MEXICO TO LIMIT THE TERMS OF STATE LEGISLATORS.
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0014|     BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  It is proposed to amend Article 4, Section 4
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0016|     of the constitution of New Mexico to read:
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0017|          "Members of the legislature shall be elected as follows: 
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0018|     <s>[those senators from Bernalillo, Chaves, Curry, DeBaca, Grant,
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<s></s>0019| <s>    Lea, Lincoln, Luna, Sandoval, San Juan, San Miguel, Socorro,
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<s></s>0020| <s>    Taos, Torrance, Union and Valencia counties for a term of six
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<s></s>0021| <s>    years starting January 1, 1961, and after serving such terms
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<s></s>0022| <s>    shall be elected for a term of four years thereafter; those
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<s></s>0023| <s>    senators from all other counties for the terms]</s> <u>senators for
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<u></u>0024| <u>    terms</u> of four years and members of the house of
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0025|     representatives <s>[a term]</s> <u>terms</u> of two years. <s>[They]</s>
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0001|     <u>Excluding service in the legislature prior to the first
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<u></u>0002| <u>    session of the forty-fourth legislature or appointment to a
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<u></u>0003| <u>    vacant office, no legislator shall serve more than a total of
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<u></u>0004| <u>    three terms in the senate and six terms in the house of
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<u></u>0005| <u>    representatives.  Senators and members of the house of
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<u></u>0006| <u>    representatives</u> shall be elected on the day provided by law
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0007|     for holding the general election of state officers or
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0008|     representatives in congress.  If a vacancy occurs in the office
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0009|     of senator or member of the house of representatives, for any
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0010|     reason, the county commissioners of the county wherein the
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0011|     vacancy occurs shall fill such vacancy by appointment.
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0012|          Such legislative appointments as provided in this section
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0013|     shall be for a term ending on December 31, subsequent to the
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0014|     next succeeding general election."
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0015|          Section 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution
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0016|     shall be submitted to the people for their approval or
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0017|     rejection at the next general election or at any special
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0018|     election prior to that date which may be called for that
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0019|     purpose.
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