SENATE BILL 121

44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

Arthur H. Rodarte

AN ACT

RELATING TO JUDGES; PROVIDING FOR A JUDGE IN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.

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

Section 1. Section 34-6-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:

"34-6-4. JUDGES--FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be seven district judges in the first judicial district. One judge shall maintain his principal office in Rio Arriba county."

Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 1999.

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