A candidate for the office of public education commissioner shall reside in the district for which the candidate files a declaration of candidacy at the time of such filing. A public education commissioner shall reside in the district from which the commissioner was elected or appointed and shall be deemed to have resigned if the commissioner changes residence to a place outside the district. Vacancies shall be filled as provided in Section 3 of the 2011 Educational Redistricting Act.
History: Laws 2011 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2011 (1st S.S.), ch. 4 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective December 23, 2011, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.