SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 906

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003











AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH AND SAFETY; RELATING TO COURTS; INCREASING THE NUMBER OF JUDGES IN CERTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.



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

Section 1. Section 34-6-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read:

"34-6-6. JUDGES--THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be [six] seven district judges in the third judicial district."

Section 2. Section 34-6-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 12, as amended) is amended to read:

"34-6-9. JUDGES--SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be [two] three district judges in the sixth judicial district. The judge of division 1 shall reside and maintain his principal office in Grant county."

Section 3. TEMPORARY PROVISION--DISTRICT JUDGESHIPS--APPOINTMENTS.--The additional district judgeships provided for in this act shall be filled by appointment by the governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 of the constitution of New Mexico.

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