The community college board of any community college organized pursuant to the Community College Act may, by adoption of a resolution to that effect, establish a governing board composed of five or seven members elected from single-member districts for staggered terms. The single-member districts shall be compact and contiguous and composed of populations as equal as practicable. Members shall be required to reside in the districts from which elected. Any member removing his residence from the district from which he was elected shall be deemed to have resigned his position and the vacancy created by such resignation shall be filled in the manner provided by law for the filling of vacancies on the board of a community college district.
History: 1978 Comp., § 21-13-8.1, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 174, § 1.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 13 - Community Colleges
Section 21-13-1 - Short title.
Section 21-13-2 - Definitions.
Section 21-13-4.1 - Limitations on community colleges.
Section 21-13-4.2 - Name change.
Section 21-13-8 - Community college board.
Section 21-13-8.1 - Community college board; optional form.
Section 21-13-9 - Community college board meetings.
Section 21-13-10 - Board duties.
Section 21-13-11 - Standards and accrediting of community colleges.
Section 21-13-12 - Degrees and certificates awarded.
Section 21-13-13 - Per diem; mileage.
Section 21-13-18.1 - Repealed.
Section 21-13-18.2 - Repealed.
Section 21-13-19 - Enrollment defined; payments.
Section 21-13-20 - Sharing of facilities.
Section 21-13-21 - Addition of school districts to existing community college districts.
Section 21-13-22 - Transportation system.
Section 21-13-23 - Dissolution of community college districts.
Section 21-13-25 - Liberal construction.
Section 21-13-27 - Creation of southeast New Mexico college; name change; governing board.