New Mexico Const. art. VI, § 16

New Mexico Constitution

Article VI, § 16 — District court; additional judges; redistricting

New Mexico Const. art. VI, § 16 (District court; additional judges; redistricting) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

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CitationNew Mexico Const. art. VI, § 16

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N.M. Const. art. VI, § 16.

Full Text

The legislature may increase the number of district judges in any judicial district, and they shall be elected or appointed as other district judges for that district. At any session after the publication of the census of the United States in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, the legislature may rearrange the districts of the state, increase the number thereof, and make provision for a district judge for any additional district.

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The legislature may increase the number of district judges in any judicial district, and they shall be elected or appointed as other district judges for that district. At any session after the publication of the census of the United States in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, the legislature may rearrange the districts of the state, increase the number thereof, and make provision for a district judge for any additional district.

History

(As amended November 8, 1988.)