New Mexico Term Limit Increase (2010)
From Ballotpedia
| Not on Ballot |
|---|
|
| This measure did not or will not appear on a ballot |
The measure was passed by the New Mexico Senate on February 13, 2010 with a vote of 27-14, leaving the New Mexico House of Representatives to vote on the measure. If the House approved the measure by a two-thirds vote, the proposal would have been sent to the November ballot. Legislative session ended without the measure being sent to the ballot.[1]
Constitutional changes
If enacted by New Mexico voters, the measure would have amended Article 10, Section 2 of the New Mexico Constitution to read as follows:[2]
- A. In every county all elected officials shall serve four-year terms, subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this section.
- B. In those counties that prior to 1992 have not had four-year terms for elected officials, the assessor, sheriff and probate judge shall be elected to four-year terms and the treasurer and clerk shall be elected to two-year terms in the first election following the adoption of this amendment. In subsequent elections, the treasurer and clerk shall be elected to four-year terms.
- C. To provide for staggered county commission terms, in counties with three county commissioners, the terms of no more than two commissioners shall expire in the same year; and in counties with five county commissioners, the terms of no more than three commissioners shall expire in the same year.
- D. All county officers, after having served [two] three consecutive four-year terms, shall be ineligible to hold any county office for two years thereafter.
Path to the ballot
According to Article XIX of the New Mexico Constitution, it takes a majority vote of all members of both houses of the New Mexico State Legislature to refer a proposed amendment to the ballot. New Mexico is one of ten states that allows a referred amendment to go on the ballot after a majority vote in one session of the state's legislature.
