0001| SENATE BILL 1157 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR THE | 0012| APPORTIONMENT OF DISTRICTS. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the | 0016| "Public Regulation Commission Apportionment Act". | 0017| Section 2. MEMBERSHIP.--The public regulation commission | 0018| is composed of five members to be elected from districts | 0019| established by law. | 0020| Section 3. RESIDENCE.--At the time of filing a | 0021| declaration of candidacy for the office of public regulation | 0022| commission member, a candidate shall reside in the district for | 0023| which he files. If any elected member of the public regulation | 0024| commission permanently removes his residence from or maintains | 0025| no residence in the district from which he was elected, he | 0001| shall be deemed to have resigned and his successor shall be | 0002| selected as provided in the Public Regulation Commission | 0003| Apportionment Act. | 0004| Section 4. ELECTION--VACANCY.-- | 0005| A. Members of the public regulation commission | 0006| shall be elected for staggered four-year terms; provided that | 0007| commission members elected at the 1998 general election shall | 0008| classify themselves by lot so that two commission members shall | 0009| initially serve terms of two years and three commission members | 0010| shall serve terms of four years. Thereafter, all commission | 0011| members shall serve four-year terms. After serving two terms, | 0012| a commission member shall be ineligible to hold office as a | 0013| commission member until one full term has intervened. | 0014| B. The governor shall by appointment fill vacancies | 0015| on the public regulation commission. All appointments to fill | 0016| vacancies on the public regulation commission shall be for a | 0017| term ending on January 1 subsequent to the next general | 0018| election, at which election a person shall be elected to fill | 0019| any remainder of the unexpired term. | 0020| Section 5. PRECINCTS.-- | 0021| A. Designations and boundaries used in the Public | 0022| Regulation Commission Apportionment Act are those precinct | 0023| designations and boundaries established pursuant to the | 0024| Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act and revised and approved by | 0025| the secretary of state as of November 5, 1996. | 0001| B. A board of county commissioners shall not create | 0002| any precinct that lies in more than one public regulation | 0003| commission district, nor shall any board of county | 0004| commissioners divide any precinct so that the divided parts of | 0005| the precinct are situated in two or more public regulation | 0006| commission districts. Votes cast in any general, primary or | 0007| other statewide election from precincts created or divided in | 0008| violation of this subsection are invalid and shall not be | 0009| counted or canvassed. | 0010| Section 6. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT ONE.-- | 0011| Public regulation commission district one is composed of | 0012| Bernalillo county precincts 4 through 18, 20 through 22, 24 | 0013| through 55, 61 through 67, 71 through 77, 81 through 83, 86, | 0014| 88, 88A 90 through 99, 101 through 107, 111 and 112, 120 | 0015| through 125, 131 through 133, 135, 135A, 150 through 154, 161 | 0016| through 166, 180 through 187, 191 through 197, 211 and 212, 214 | 0017| through 217, 221, 223 through 226, 241 through 246, 251 through | 0018| 257, 271 through 275, 278, 281 through 287, 311 through 318, | 0019| 321 through 323, 326 and 327, 341 through 347, 351 through 358, | 0020| 371 through 375, 381 through 387, 401 and 402, 411 through 417, | 0021| 431 through 433, 435 through 438, 441 through 446, 461 through | 0022| 466, 471 through 478, 491 and 492 and 502. | 0023| Section 7. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT TWO.-- | 0024| Public regulation commission district two is composed of | 0025| Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Harding, Lea, Otero, | 0001| Quay, Roosevelt and Union counties. | 0002| Section 8. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT THREE.-- | 0003| Public regulation commission district three is composed of | 0004| Guadalupe, Mora, San Miguel and Taos counties; Bernalillo | 0005| county precincts 258, 289 through 308, 328 through 333, 400, | 0006| 403 through 410, 418 through 430, 434, 439 and 440, 450 through | 0007| 454, 480 through 490, 493 through 500, 503 through 540, 542 | 0008| through 550, 554 through 556, 558 through 569, 601 and 602; | 0009| Sandoval county precincts 7 and 28; and Santa Fe county | 0010| precincts 8 through 14, 16 and 17, 19 through 22, 24 through | 0011| 28, 30 through 33, 36, 38 and 39, 41 through 57, 60, 62, 64, 66 | 0012| through 72 and 74 through 78. | 0013| Section 9. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT FOUR.-- | 0014| Public regulation commission district four is composed of | 0015| Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba and San Juan counties; | 0016| Bernalillo county precincts 1 through 3, 80, 85 and 87; | 0017| Sandoval county precincts 1 through 6, 8 through 27, 29 through | 0018| 50 and 52; and Santa Fe county precincts 1 through 7, 23, 58 | 0019| and 59, 61 and 79. | 0020| Section 10. PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DISTRICT FIVE.-- | 0021| Public regulation commission district five is composed of | 0022| Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna, Sierra, | 0023| Socorro, Torrance and Valencia counties; Bernalillo county | 0024| precincts 551 through 553, 553A and 557; and Santa Fe county | 0025| precincts 18 and 73. |