New mexico constitution

Article I: name and boundaries -

Article II: bill of rights

Section 1 - The state of New Mexico is an inseparable part of...

Section 2 - All political power is vested in and derived from the...

Section 3 - The people of the state have the sole and exclusive...

Section 4 - All persons are born equally free, and have certain natural,...

Section 5 - The rights, privileges and immunities, civil, political and religious guaranteed...

Section 6 - No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to...

Section 7 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall never...

Section 8 - All elections shall be free and open, and no power,...

Section 9 - The military shall always be in strict subordination to the...

Section 10 - The people shall be secure in their persons, papers, homes...

Section 11 - Every man shall be free to worship God according to...

Section 12 - The right of trial by jury as it has heretofore...

Section 13 - A person who is not a danger detainable on grounds...

Section 14 - In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right...

Section 15 - No person shall be compelled to testify against himself in...

Section 16 - Treason against the state shall consist only in levying war...

Section 17 - Every person may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments...

Section 18 - No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property...

Section 19 - No ex post facto law, bill of attainder nor law...

Section 20 - Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public...

Section 21 - No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil...

Section 22 - Repealed.

Section 23 - The enumeration in this constitution of certain rights shall not...

Section 24 - C. The provisions of this amendment shall not take effect...

Article III: distribution of powers

Section 1 - The powers of the government of this state are divided...

Article IV: legislative department

Section 1 - The people reserve the power to disapprove, suspend and annul...

Section 2 - In addition to the powers herein enumerated, the legislature shall...

Section 3 - D. Once following publication of the official report of each...

Section 4 - Such legislative appointments as provided in this section shall be...

Section 5 - (1) budgets, appropriations and revenue bills; (2) bills drawn pursuant...

Section 6 - Special sessions of the legislature may be called by the...

Section 7 - Each house shall be the judge of the election and...

Section 8 - The senate shall be called to order in the hall...

Section 9 - The legislature shall select its own officers and employees and...

Section 10 - C. no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.

Section 11 - Each house may determine the rules of its procedure, punish...

Section 12 - All sessions of each house shall be public. Each house...

Section 13 - Members of the legislature shall, in all cases except treason,...

Section 14 - Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn...

Section 15 - No law shall be passed except by bill, and no...

Section 16 - The subject of every bill shall be clearly expressed in...

Section 17 - No bill shall be passed except by a vote of...

Section 18 - Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this constitution,...

Section 19 - Time limitation on the introduction of bills at any session...

Section 20 - Immediately after the passage of any bill or resolution, it...

Section 21 - Any person who shall, without lawful authority, materially change or...

Section 22 - Every bill passed by the legislature shall, before it becomes...

Section 23 - Laws shall go into effect ninety days after the adjournment...

Section 24 - The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in...

Section 25 - No law shall be enacted legalizing the unauthorized or invalid...

Section 26 - The legislature shall not grant to any corporation or person,...

Section 27 - No law shall be enacted giving any extra compensation to...

Section 28 - No member of the legislature shall, during the term for...

Section 29 - No law authorizing indebtedness shall be enacted which does not...

Section 30 - Except interest or other payments on the public debt, money...

Section 31 - No appropriation shall be made for charitable, educational or other...

Section 32 - No obligation or liability of any person, association or corporation...

Section 33 - No person shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for...

Section 34 - No act of the legislature shall affect the right or...

Section 35 - The sole power of impeachment shall be vested in the...

Section 36 - All state officers and judges of the district court shall...

Section 37 - It shall not be lawful for a member of the...

Section 38 - The legislature shall enact laws to prevent trusts, monopolies and...

Section 39 - Any member of the legislature who shall vote or use...

Section 40 - Any person convicted of any of the offenses mentioned in...

Section 41 - Any person may be compelled to testify in any lawful...

Section 42 - The senate, in exercising its advice and consent responsibilities over...

Article V: executive department

Section 1 - Upon the adoption of this amendment by the people, the...

Section 2 - The returns of every election for state officers shall be...

Section 3 - No person shall be eligible to any office specified in...

Section 4 - The supreme executive power of the state shall be vested...

Section 5 - The governor shall nominate and, by and with the consent...

Section 6 - Subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by law,...

Section 7 - If after the governor-elect has qualified a vacancy occurs in...

Section 8 - The lieutenant governor shall be president of the senate, but...

Section 9 - Each officer of the executive department and of the public...

Section 10 - There shall be a state seal which shall be called...

Section 11 - All commissions shall issue in the name of the state,...

Section 12 - The compensation of any of said officers may be increased...

Section 13 - Counties, school districts and municipalities may be divided by their...

Section 14 - There is created a "state transportation commission."The members of the...

Section 15 - Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the...

Article VI: judicial department

Section 1 - The judicial power of the state shall be vested in...

Section 2 - Appeals from a judgment of the district court imposing a...

Section 3 - The supreme court shall have original jurisdiction in quo warranto...

Section 4 - The supreme court of the state shall consist of at...

Section 5 - A majority of the justices of the supreme court shall...

Section 6 - When a justice of the supreme court shall be interested...

Section 7 - The supreme court shall hold one term each year, commencing...

Section 8 - No person shall be qualified to hold the office of...

Section 9 - The supreme court may appoint and remove at pleasure its...

Section 10 - After the publication of the census of the United States...

Section 11 - The justices of the supreme court shall each receive such...

Section 12 - The state shall be divided into judicial districts as may...

Section 13 - The district court shall have original jurisdiction in all matters...

Section 14 - The qualifications of the district judges shall be the same...

Section 15 - D. If any judge shall be disqualified from hearing any...

Section 16 - The legislature may increase the number of district judges in...

Section 17 - The legislature shall provide by law for the compensation of...

Section 18 - No justice, judge or magistrate of any court shall, except...

Section 19 - No justice of the supreme court, judge of the court...

Section 20 - All writs and processes shall issue, and all prosecution shall...

Section 21 - Justices of the supreme court, in the state, and district...

Section 22 - Until otherwise provided by law, a county clerk shall be...

Section 23 - A probate court is hereby established for each county, which...

Section 24 - The legislature shall have the power to provide for the...

Section 26 - The legislature shall establish a magistrate court to exercise limited...

Section 27 - Appeals shall be allowed in all cases from the final...

Section 28 - Three judges of the court of appeals shall constitute a...

Section 29 - The court of appeals shall have no original jurisdiction. It...

Section 30 - All fees collected by the judicial department shall be paid...

Section 31 - Justices of the peace shall be abolished not later than...

Section 32 - There is created the "judicial standards commission", consisting of two...

Section 33 - E. Every justice of the supreme court, judge of the...

Section 34 - The office of any justice or judge subject to the...

Section 35 - Immediately after receiving the commission nominations, the governor may make...

Section 36 - There is created the "district court judges nominating committee" for...

Sec. 37 - There is created the "metropolitan court judges nominating committee" for...

Section 38 - Each judicial district and metropolitan court district shall have a...

Section 39 - B. The "public defender commission" is established. The public defender...

Article VII: elective franchise

Section 1 - The legislature may enact laws providing for absentee voting by...

Section 2 - C. The right to hold public office in New Mexico...

Section 3 - The right of any citizen of the state to vote,...

Section 4 - No person shall be deemed to have acquired or lost...

Section 5 - (1) a municipality that has not adopted a charter pursuant...

Article VIII: taxation and revenue

Section 1 - B. The legislature shall provide by law for the valuation...

Section 2 - Taxes levied upon real or personal property for state revenue...

Section 3 - Exemptions of personal property from ad valorem taxation may be...

Section 4 - Any public officer making any profit out of public money...

Section 5 - The legislature shall exempt from taxation the property of each...

Section 6 - Lands held in large tracts shall not be assessed for...

Section 7 - No execution shall issue upon judgment rendered against the board...

Section 8 - Personal property which is moving in interstate commerce through or...

Section 9 - No tax or assessment of any kind shall be levied...

Section 10 - D. The frequency and the time of the distributions made...

Section 15 - The legislature shall exempt from taxation the property, including the...

Section 16 - The legislature shall exempt from taxation the property of a...

Article IX: state, county and municipal indebtedness

Section 1 - The state hereby assumes the debts and liabilities of the...

Section 2 - No county shall be required to pay any portion of...

Section 3 - Series A. To provide for the payment of such debts...

Section 4 - Any money received by the state from rentals and sales...

Section 5 - The legislature shall never enact any law releasing any county,...

Section 6 - No law shall ever be passed by the legislature validating...

Section 7 - The state may borrow money not exceeding the sum of...

Section 8 - (1) there is no legal obligation for the state to...

Section 9 - Any money borrowed by the state, or any county, district...

Section 10 - In such cases, indebtedness shall be incurred only after the...

Section 11 - (1) there is no legal obligation for the school district...

Section 12 - No city, town or village shall contract any debt except...

Section 13 - No county, city, town or village shall ever become indebted...

Section 14 - H. Nothing in this section prohibits the state from expending...

Section 15 - Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the...

Section 16 - Laws enacted by the fifth legislature authorizing the issue and...

Article X: county and municipal corporations

Section 1 - The legislature shall at its first session classify the counties...

Section 2 - D. All county officers, after having served two consecutive four-year...

Section 3 - No county seat, where there are county buildings, shall be...

Section 4 - E. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter or...

Section 5 - The provisions of this amendment shall be self-executing.

Section 6 - E. The purpose of this section is to provide for...

Section 7 - The board of county commissioners by unanimous vote may adopt...

Section 8 - A state rule or regulation mandating any county or city...

Section 9 - D. A recall election shall not be conducted after May...

Section 10 - F. The provisions of this section shall be self-executing.

Section 11 - E. The provisions of this section shall be self-executing.

Article XI: corporations other than municipal

Section 1 - E. A commission member may be removed for accepting anything...

Section 2 - The public regulation commission shall have responsibility for regulating public...

Section 13 - The legislature shall provide for the organization of corporations by...

Section 14 - The police power of this state is supreme over all...

Section 18 - The right of eminent domain shall never be so abridged...

Section 19 - The secretary of state shall have responsibility for chartering corporations...

Section 20 - B. The insurance nominating committee shall be appointed and have...

Article XII: education

Section 1 - A uniform system of free public schools sufficient for the...

Section 2 - The permanent school fund of the state shall consist of...

Section 3 - The schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions provided for...

Section 4 - All forfeitures, unless otherwise provided by law, and all fines...

Section 5 - Every child of school age and of sufficient physical and...

Section 6 - E. The elected members of the 2003 state board of...

Section 7 - J. The legislature, by a three-fifths’ vote of the members...

Section 8 - The legislature shall provide for the training of teachers in...

Section 9 - No religious test shall ever be required as a condition...

Section 10 - Children of Spanish descent in the state of New Mexico...

Section 11 - The university of New Mexico, at Albuquerque; the New Mexico...

Section 12 - All lands granted under the provisions of the act of...

Section 13 - E. Members of the board shall not be removed except...

Section 14 - Any elected local school board member is subject to recall...

Section 15 - The elections required under this amendment shall be called and...

Article XIII: public lands

Section 1 - All lands belonging to the territory of New Mexico, and...

Section 2 - The commissioner of public lands shall select, locate, classify and...

Section 3 - The legislature may enact laws to carry out the purposes...

Article XIV: public institutions

Section 1 - The penitentiary at Santa Fe, the miners' hospital at Raton,...

Section 2 - All lands which have been or which may be granted...

Section 3 - Each of said institutions shall be under such control and...

Article XV: agriculture and conservation

Section 1 - There shall be a department of agriculture which shall be...

Section 2 - The police power of the state shall extend to such...

Article XVI: irrigation and water rights

Section 1 - All existing rights to the use of any waters in...

Section 2 - The unappropriated water of every natural stream, perennial or torrential,...

Section 3 - Beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure and the...

Section 4 - The legislature is authorized to provide by law for the...

Section 5 - In any appeal to the district court from the decision,...

Section 6 - B. On July 1, 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter,...

Article XVII: mines and mining

Section 1 - There shall be a state mine inspector who shall be...

Section 2 - The legislature shall enact laws requiring the proper ventilation of...

Article XVIII: militia

Section 1 - The militia of this state shall consist of all able-bodied...

Section 2 - The legislature shall provide for the organization, discipline and equipment...

Article XIX: amendments

Section 1 - If two or more amendments are initiated by the legislature,...

Section 2 - Revisions or amendments proposed by a constitutional convention shall be...

Section 3 - If this constitution be in any way so amended as...

Section 4 - When the United States shall consent thereto, the legislature, by...

Article XX: miscellaneous

Section 1 - Every person elected or appointed to any office shall, before...

Section 2 - Every officer, unless removed, shall hold his office until his...

Section 3 - C. The term of a state, county or district officer...

Section 4 - If a vacancy occurs in the office of district attorney...

Section 5 - If, while the senate is not in session, a vacancy...

Section 6 - General elections shall be held in the state on the...

Section 7 - The returns of all elections for officers who are chosen...

Section 8 - In the event that New Mexico is admitted into the...

Section 9 - No officer of the state who receives a salary, shall...

Section 10 - The legislature shall enact suitable laws for the regulation of...

Section 11 - Women may hold the office of notary public and such...

Section 12 - For the first twenty years after this constitution goes into...

Section 13 - The use of wines solely for sacramental purposes under church...

Section 14 - It shall not be lawful for the governor, any member...

Section 15 - The penitentiary is a reformatory and an industrial school, and...

Section 16 - This provision shall not be construed to affect the provisions...

Section 18 - The leasing of convict labor by the state is hereby...

Section 19 - Eight hours shall constitute a day's work in all cases...

Section 20 - Any person held by a committing magistrate to await the...

Section 21 - The protection of the state's beautiful and healthful environment is...

Section 22 - E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit...

Article XXI: compact with the united states

Section 1 - Perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no...

Section 2 - The people inhabiting this state do agree and declare that...

Section 3 - The debts and liabilities of the territory of New Mexico...

Section 4 - Provision shall be made for the establishment and maintenance of...

Section 5 - This state shall never enact any law restricting or abridging...

Section 6 - The capital of this state shall, until changed by the...

Section 7 - There are hereby reserved to the United States, with full...

Section 8 - Whenever hereafter any of the lands contained within Indian reservations...

Section 9 - This state and its people consent to all and singular...

Section 10 - This ordinance is irrevocable without the consent of the United...

Section 11 - This state and its people consent to the provisions of...

Article XXII: schedule

Section 1 - This constitution shall take effect and be in full force...

Section 2 - Until otherwise provided by law, the act of congress of...

Section 3 - Until otherwise provided by law, the act of congress, entitled,...

Section 4 - All laws of the territory of New Mexico in force...

Section 5 - The pardoning power herein granted shall extend to all persons...

Section 6 - All property, real and personal, and all moneys, credits, claims...

Section 7 - All recognizances, bonds, obligations and undertakings entered into or executed...

Section 8 - All lawful process, writs, judgments, decrees, convictions and sentences issued,...

Section 9 - Until otherwise provided by law, the seal of the territory...

Section 10 - All suits, indictments, criminal actions, bonds, process, matters and proceedings...

Section 11 - This constitution shall be signed by the president and secretary...

Section 12 - All lawful debts and obligations of the several counties of...

Section 13 - Except as to the manner of making returns of said...

Section 14 - The ballots cast at said election in favor of the...

Section 15 - The returns of said election shall be made by the...

Section 16 - If a majority of the legal votes cast at said...

Section 17 - If congress and the president approve this constitution, or if...

Section 18 - When said election of state and county officers, members of...

Section 19 - Within thirty days after the issuance by the president of...

Section 20 - The members-elect of the legislature shall meet on the day...

Section 21 - The legislature shall pass all necessary laws to carry into...

Section 22 - The term of office of all officers elected at the...

Article XXIII: intoxicating liquors -

Article XXIV: leases on state land

Section 1 - Leases and other contracts, reserving a royalty to the state,...