New Mexico § 12-11-18 Period during which disaster successors may act

New Mexico Statutes

§ 12-11-18 — Period during which disaster successors may act

New Mexico § 12-11-18

Ch. 12Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters

Art. 11Disaster Acts

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 12-11-18 (2026).

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Disaster successors may act as members of the legislature only: A. in case of a disaster emergency declared by the chief executive officer of the United States and the chief executive officer of the state, and as long as a state of martial law is declared to exist, or until a duly elected or appointed legislature, fulfilling all constitutional requirements, declares by joint resolution that the disaster emergency period has ended; and B. the member in whose stead they are acting is and remains unavailable; and C. any disaster successor [successors] who are ahead of them in the line of succession are, and remain unavailable; and D. a successor to the office has not been selected and qualified as provided by law other than the Legislative Disaster Succession Act [12-11-11 to 12-11-18 NMSA 19

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Disaster successors may act as members of the legislature only: A. in case of a disaster emergency declared by the chief executive officer of the United States and the chief executive officer of the state, and as long as a state of martial law is declared to exist, or until a duly elected or appointed legislature, fulfilling all constitutional requirements, declares by joint resolution that the disaster emergency period has ended; and B. the member in whose stead they are acting is and remains unavailable; and C. any disaster successor [successors] who are ahead of them in the line of succession are, and remain unavailable; and D. a successor to the office has not been selected and qualified as provided by law other than the Legislative Disaster Succession Act [12-11-11 to 12-11-18 NMSA 1978].