New Mexico
CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
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ARTICLE III Distribution of Powers
- Section 1Separation of departments; establishment
of workers compensation body.
- The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments, the legislative, executive and judicial, and no person or…
- Section 10 Compensation of members
- Each member of the legislature shall receive:
- A. per diem at the internal revenue service per diem rate for the city of Santa Fe for each day’s attendance during each…
- Section 11 Rules of procedure; contempt or disorderly conduct; expulsion of members
- Each house may determine the rules of its procedure, punish its members or others for contempt or disorderly behavior in its presence and protect…
- Section 12Public sessions; journals.
- All sessions of each house shall be public. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and the yeas and nays on…
- Seciton 13Privileges and immunities.
- Members of the legislature shall, in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the…
- Section 14Adjournment.
- Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, Sundays excepted; nor to any other place than that where…
- Section 15Laws to be passed by bill; alteration of bill;
enacting clause; printing and reading of
bill.
- No law shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through either house as…
- Section 16Subject of bill in title; appropriation bills.
- The subject of every bill shall be clearly expressed in its title, and no bill embracing more than one subject shall be passed except general…
- Section 17Passage of bills.
- No bill shall be passed except by a vote of a majority of the members present in each house, nor unless on its final…
- Section 18Amendment of statutes.
- No law shall be revised or amended, or the provisions thereof extended by reference to its title only; but each section thereof as revised, amended…
- Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this constitution, the legislature, in any law imposing a tax or taxes, may define the amount on,…
- Section 19Introduction of bills.
- Time limitation on the introduction of bills at any session of the legislature shall be established by law. (As amended November 8, 1932, and November…
- Section 20Enrollment, engrossment and signing of
bills.
- Immediately after the passage of any bill or resolution, it shall be enrolled and engrossed, and read publicly in full in each house, and…
- Section 21 Alteration or theft of bill
- Any person who shall, without lawful authority, materially change or alter, or make away with, any bill pending in or passed by the legislature,…
- Section 22 Governor’s approval or veto of bills
- Every bill passed by the legislature shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor for approval. If he approves, he shall sign…
- Section 23Effective date of law; emergency acts.
- Laws shall go into effect ninety days after the adjournment of the legislature enacting them, except general appropriation laws, which shall go into…
- Section 24Local or special laws.
- The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following cases: regulating county, precinct or district affairs; the jurisdiction…
- Section 25Validating unauthorized official acts; fines
against officers, etc.
- No law shall be enacted legalizing the unauthorized or invalid act of any officer, remitting any fine, penalty or judgment against any officer or validating…
- Section 26Grant of franchise or privilege.
- The legislature shall not grant to any corporation or person, any rights, franchises, privileges, immunities or exemptions, which shall not, upon the same…
- Section 27Extra or increased compensation for officers, contractors, etc.
- No law shall be enacted giving any extra compensation to any public officer, servant, agent or contractor after services are rendered or contract made;…
- Section 28Appointment of present and former legislators to office; interest of legislators in
contracts.
- No member of the legislature shall, during the term for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office in the state,…
- Section 29Laws creating debts.
- No law authorizing indebtedness shall be enacted which does not provide for levying a tax sufficient to pay the interest, and for the payment at…
- Section 30Payments from treasury to be upon appropriations and warrant.
- Except interest or other payments on the public debt, money shall be paid out of the treasury only upon appropriations made by the legislature. No…
- Section 31Appropriations for charitable, educational, etc., purposes.
- No appropriation shall be made for charitable, educational or other benevolent purposes to any person, corporation, association, institution or community, not under…
- Section 32Remission of debts due state or municipalities.
- No obligation or liability of any person, association or corporation held or owned by or owing to the state, or any municipal corporation therein,…
- Section 33 Prosecutions under repealed laws
- No person shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for any crime or offenses against any law of this state by reason of…
- Section 34Change of rights or procedure in pending
cases.
- No act of the legislature shall affect the right or remedy of either party, or change the rules of evidence or procedure, in any pending…
- Section 35Power and procedure for impeachment
and trial.
- The sole power of impeachment shall be vested in the house of representatives, and a concurrence of a majority of all the members elected…
- Section 36Officers subject to impeachment.
- All state officers and judges of the district court shall be liable to impeachment for crimes, misdemeanors and malfeasance in office, but judgment in…
- Section 37Railroad passes.
- It shall not be lawful for a member of the legislature to use a pass, or to purchase or receive transportation over any railroad upon…
- Section 38Monopolies.
- The legislature shall enact laws to prevent trusts, monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade.
- Section 39"Bribery" and "solicitation" defined.
- Any member of the legislature who shall vote or use his influence for or against any matter pending in either house in consideration of…
- Section 40Penalty for bribery.
- Any person convicted of any of the offenses mentioned in Sections thirty-seven and thirty-nine hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon…
- Section 41Compelling testimony in bribery cases.
- Any person may be compelled to testify in any lawful investigation or judicial proceeding against another charged with bribery or solicitation of bribery as…
- Section 42Hearings on confirmation of gubernatorial
appointments.
- The senate, in exercising its advice and consent responsibilities over gubernatorial appointments, may by resolution designate the members of an appropriate standing committee to operate as…