0001| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 12 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MARY HELEN GARCIA | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A JOINT RESOLUTION | 0011| PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 12, SECTION 13 OF THE | 0012| CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE FOR SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE | 0013| BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article 12, Section | 0017| 13 of the constitution of New Mexico to read: | 0018| "A. The legislature shall provide for the | 0019| control and management of each of ~~[said]~~ the institutions, | 0020| except the university of New Mexico and New Mexico state | 0021| university, by a board of regents for each institution, | 0022| consisting of five members, four of whom shall be qualified | 0023| electors of the state ~~[of New Mexico]~~ and one of whom | 0024| shall be a member of the student body of the institution | 0025| ~~[and]~~. No more than three of ~~[whom]~~ the members at the | - 1 - 0001| time of their appointment shall be members of the same | 0002| political party; provided, however, that the student body | 0003| member provision in this section shall not apply to the New | 0004| Mexico school for the deaf, the New Mexico military institute, | 0005| the northern New Mexico state school or the New Mexico school | 0006| for the visually handicapped, and for each of those four | 0007| institutions all five members of the board of regents shall be | 0008| qualified electors of the state ~~[of New Mexico]~~. The | 0009| governor shall nominate and by and with the consent of the | 0010| senate shall appoint the members of each board of regents for | 0011| each of ~~[said]~~ the institutions. The terms of ~~[said]~~ | 0012| the nonstudent members shall be for six years; provided that | 0013| of the five first appointed the terms of two shall be for two | 0014| years, the terms for two shall be for four years, and the term | 0015| of one shall be for six years. Following the approval by the | 0016| voters of this amendment and upon the first vacancy of a | 0017| position held by a nonstudent member on each eligible | 0018| institution's board of regents, the governor shall nominate | 0019| and by and with the consent of the senate shall appoint a | 0020| student member to serve a two-year term. The governor shall | 0021| select, with the advice and consent of the senate, a student | 0022| member from a list provided by the president of the | 0023| institution. In making the list, the president of the | 0024| institution shall give due consideration to the | 0025| recommendations of the student body president of the | - 2 - 0001| institution. | 0002| B. The legislature shall provide for the control | 0003| and management of the university of New Mexico by a board of | 0004| regents consisting of seven members, six of whom shall be | 0005| qualified electors of the state ~~[of New Mexico]~~ and one of | 0006| whom shall be a member of the student body of the university | 0007| of New Mexico ~~[and]~~. No more than four of ~~[whom]~~ the | 0008| members at the time of their appointment shall be members of | 0009| the same political party. The governor shall nominate and by | 0010| and with the consent of the senate shall appoint the members | 0011| of the board of regents. The present five members shall serve | 0012| out their present terms. The two additional members shall be | 0013| appointed in 1987 for terms of six years. Following the | 0014| approval by the voters of this amendment and upon the first | 0015| vacancy of a position held by a nonstudent member on the | 0016| university of New Mexico's board of regents, the governor | 0017| shall nominate and by and with the consent of the senate shall | 0018| appoint a student member to serve a two-year term. The | 0019| governor shall select, with the advice and consent of the | 0020| senate, a student member from a list provided by the president | 0021| of the university of New Mexico. In making the list, the | 0022| president of the university of New Mexico shall give due | 0023| consideration to the recommendations of the student body | 0024| president of the university. | 0025| C. The legislature shall provide for the control | - 3 - 0001| and management of New Mexico state university by a board of | 0002| regents consisting of seven members, six of whom shall be | 0003| qualified electors of the state and one of whom shall be a | 0004| member of the student body of New Mexico state university. No | 0005| more than four of the members at the time of their appointment | 0006| shall be members of the same political party. The governor | 0007| shall nominate and by and with the consent of the senate shall | 0008| appoint the members of the board of regents. The five members | 0009| serving at the time of this 1998 amendment shall serve out | 0010| their terms. The two additional members shall be appointed in | 0011| 1999 for terms of six years. | 0012| D. Members of ~~[the]~~ a board of regents | 0013| shall not be removed except for incompetence, neglect of duty | 0014| or malfeasance in office; provided, however, no removal shall | 0015| be made without notice of hearing and an opportunity to be | 0016| heard having first been given such member. The supreme court | 0017| ~~[of the state of New Mexico is hereby given]~~ has exclusive | 0018| original jurisdiction over proceedings to remove members of | 0019| the board under such rules as it may promulgate, and its | 0020| decision in connection with such matters shall be final." | 0021| Section 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution | 0022| shall be submitted to the people for their approval or | 0023| rejection at the next general election or at any special | 0024| election prior to that date which may be called for that | 0025| purpose. | - 4 - 0001| |