Sections 172 through 177 [1-26-1 to 1-26-6 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Nonpartisan Judicial Retention Act".
History: Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 172.
ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 286, contained an emergency clause and was approved April 3, 2019.
Temporary provisions. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 279 provided that:
A. The term of a district court judge in any judicial district serving in a division numbered 2 or every third number thereafter that was set to expire on December 31, 2020 shall expire on December 31, 2022, subject to the provisions of the Nonpartisan Judicial Retention Act and Article 6 of the constitution of New Mexico.
B. The term of a district court judge in any judicial district serving in a division numbered 3 or every third number thereafter that was set to expire on December 31, 2020 shall expire on December 31, 2024, subject to the provisions of the Nonpartisan Judicial Retention Act and Article 6 of the constitution of New Mexico.