0001| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 3
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0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| DELORES C. WRIGHT
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0010| A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0011| PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4 OF THE
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0012| CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO INCREASE TERMS OF MEMBERS OF THE
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0013| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO FOUR YEARS AND OF MEMBERS OF THE
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0014| SENATE TO SIX YEARS AND TO PROVIDE FOR STAGGERED TERMS FOR
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0015| STATE LEGISLATORS.
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0017| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article 4, Section 4
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0019| of the constitution of New Mexico to read:
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0020| "Effective with the 2000 general election, members of
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0021| the legislature shall be elected as follows: [those senators
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0022| from Bernalillo, Chaves, Curry, DeBaca, Grant, Lea, Lincoln,
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0023| Luna, Sandoval, San Juan, San Miguel, Socorro, Taos, Torrance,
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0024| Union and Valencia counties for a term of six years starting
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0025| January 1, 1961, and after serving such terms shall be
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