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A JOINT RESOLUTION
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 12, SECTION 15 OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF CERTAIN
SCHOOL BOARDS TO NINE MEMBERS AND CONDUCT THE ELECTION BY
MAIL-IN BALLOT OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article 12, Section
15 of the constitution of New Mexico to read:
"A. In those local school districts having a
population of more than two hundred thousand, as shown by the
most recent decennial census, the qualified electors of the
districts shall have a local school board composed of nine
members, residents of and elected from single-member
districts.
B. The school district shall be divided into nine
local school board member districts that shall be compact,
contiguous and as nearly equal in population as possible.
One school board member shall reside within, and be elected
from, each local school board member district. Change of
residence to a place outside the district from which a school
board member was elected shall automatically terminate the
service of that school board member, and the office shall be
declared vacant.
C. The school board member districts shall be
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established by resolution of the local school board with the
approval of the state legislature, and may be changed once
after each federal decennial census by the local school board
with the approval of the state legislature.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7,
Section 1 of the constitution of New Mexico, the elections
required under this amendment shall be called and conducted
by mail-in ballot or as otherwise provided by law. The
public education department shall establish the terms of the
first board elected after the creation of such a nine-member
board."
Section 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution
shall be submitted to the people for their approval or
rejection at the next general election or at any special
election prior to that date that may be called for that
purpose.