New Mexico Constitution

Article IV, § 23 — Effective date of law; emergency acts

New Mexico Const. art. IV, § 23

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CitationNew Mexico Const. art. IV, § 23
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N.M. Const. art. IV, § 23.

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Laws shall go into effect ninety days after the adjournment of the legislature enacting them, except general appropriation laws, which shall go into effect immediately upon their passage and approval. Any act necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval, provided it be passed by two-thirds vote of each house and such necessity be stated in a separate section.

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