This act [8-7-1 to 8-7-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Public Regulation Commission Apportionment Act".
History: Laws 1997, ch. 262, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSContingent repeals. — Laws 2020, ch. 9, § 60 repealed 8-7-1 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2023, contingent upon certification by the secretary of state that the constitution of New Mexico has been amended as proposed by a joint resolution of the first session of the fifty-fourth legislature (Laws 2019, SJC/SRC/SJR Nos. 1 and 4, CA #1) at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020.
Compiler's notes. — The Public Regulation Commission Apportionment Act was enacted by Laws 1997, ch. 262, §§ 1 to 10 and codified as 8-7-1 to 8-7-10 NMSA 1978. Laws 2001 (1st S.S.), ch. 3, § 8 added 8-7-11 NMSA 1978 but that section was not included as part of the Public Regulation Commission Apportionment Act.
The public regulation commission districts set forth in Sections 8-7-6 through 8-7-10 NMSA 1978, were held to be malapportioned and therefore unconstitutional in Egolf v. Duran, D-101-CV-2011-02942 (1st Jud. Dist. January 25, 2012). The redistricting plan embodied in Section 8-7-12 NMSA 1978 was adopted by that court.