45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first special session, 2001

RELATING TO MAGISTRATE COURTS; ADJUSTING THE SAN JUAN COUNTY MAGISTRATE DISTRICT DIVISION BOUNDARIES.

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

Section 1. Section 35-1-27 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 62, Section 29, as amended) is amended to read:

"35-l-27. MAGISTRATE COURT--SAN JUAN DISTRICT ELECTION DIVISION PRECINCTS.--

A. There shall be four magistrate divisions in

San Juan magistrate district, each division having its own magistrate. Divisions 1 and 4 shall operate as a single court in Aztec and divisions 2 and 3 shall operate as a single court in Farmington.

B. Magistrate judges shall not be elected at-large from the district, but shall be elected by the voters of the division for which the magistrate sits. Magistrate judges may reside anywhere within the magistrate district and shall have district-wide jurisdiction. The composition of the divisions for elections purposes is:

[(1) division 1 is composed of San Juan county precinct numbers 46, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79 and 82;

(2) division 2 is composed of San Juan county precinct numbers 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32;

(3) division 3 is composed of San Juan county precinct numbers 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52 and 54; and

(4) division 4 is composed of San Juan county precinct numbers 1, 5, 5A, 6, 7, 16, 19, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81 and 83]

(1) division 1 is composed of San Juan county precincts 47, 59 through 70 and 72 through 76;

(2) division 2 is composed of San Juan county precincts 2 through 4, 8 through 14, 18, 28 through 31 and 82;

(3) division 3 is composed of San Juan county precincts 20 through 27, 40 through 46, 49, 51, 52 and 54; and

(4) division 4 is composed of San Juan county precincts 1, 5 through 7, 15, 16, 19, 53, 55 through 58, 71, 79, 81 and 83 through 86."