If a vacancy occurs on the board of trustees, the remaining members shall fill the vacancy by appointment made at a regular meeting. The person appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term of the trustee being replaced.
History: Laws 1907, ch. 42, § 13; Code 1915, § 811; C.S. 1929, § 29-113; 1941 Comp., § 9-113; 1953 Comp., § 8-1-13; 2004, ch. 124, § 14; 2019, ch. 248, § 7.
The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, provided that a person appointed to the board of trustees of a land grant-merced to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the trustee being replaced; after "board", added "of trustees", and after "shall hold office", deleted "until the next regular election" and added "for the remainder of the unexpired term of the trustee being replaced".
The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, made minor changes.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 49-1-1 - Management of Spanish and Mexican grants.
Section 49-1-1.1 - Definitions.
Section 49-1-3 - Board of trustees; management of grant; powers.
Section 49-1-4 - Board of trustees; qualifications.
Section 49-1-5.1 - Provisional ballots; requirements for use; procedures.
Section 49-1-7 - Election; votes required; canvassing votes.
Section 49-1-8 - Organization of board; bonds; vacancies.
Section 49-1-11 - Sale or mortgage of common lands; restrictions.
Section 49-1-11.1 - Rights of lessees and purchasers; rights to use of common lands.
Section 49-1-11.2 - Adverse possession.
Section 49-1-12 - Meetings to be public; annual report.
Section 49-1-14 - Salaries of trustees; records; expenditures.
Section 49-1-15 - Removal from land grant-merced; delinquency; forfeiture.
Section 49-1-16 - Trespass on common lands or waters; injunctions.
Section 49-1-17 - Process; how served on board.
Section 49-1-18 - Construction.
Section 49-1-19 - Failure of trustee to perform duties; penalty.
Section 49-1-20 - [Sevilleta de La Joya grant; provisions applicable.]
Section 49-1-21 - [Anton Chico grant; rights of lessees and purchasers.]
Section 49-1-23 - Community land grant registry established; reporting requirements.