Compiler's notes. — Sections 2-7C-1 to 2-7C-78 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1991 (1st S.S), Chapter 2, were held to be malapportioned and, therefore, unconstitutional in Jepsen v. Vigil-Giron, D-0101-CV-2001-02177 (1st Dist. Ct., filed January 24, 2002). The court approved and adopted a redistricting plan, which was set out as 2-7D-1 NMSA 1978.
The districts adopted in Jepsen v. Vigil-Giron, D-0101-CV-2001-02177 (N.M. 1st Jud. Dist. January 24, 2002) and set forth in Section 2-7D-1 NMSA 1978, were held to be malapportioned and therefore unconstitutional in Egolf v. Duran, D-101-CV-2011-02942 (1st Jud. Dist. February 28, 2012). The redistricting plan embodied in Section 2-7E-1 NMSA 1978 was adopted by that court.
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.