At the time of filing his declaration of candidacy for the office of state representative, a candidate shall reside in the district for which he files. Thereafter, if any representative permanently removes his residence from or maintains no residence in the district from which he was elected, he shall be deemed to have resigned and his successor shall be selected as provided in Section 5 [2-7C-5 NMSA 1978] of the 1991 House Redistricting Act.
History: Laws 1991 (1st S.S.), ch. 2, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The court order in Jepsen v. Vigil-Giron stated that the house districts established in 1991 were malapportioned and, therefore, unconstitutional. Sections 2-7C-3 to 2-7C-6 NMSA 1978 are set out in full because they do not directly relate to the issue of district boundaries and were probably not meant to be affected by the court order.