NEW MEXICO CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE V
EXECUTIVE
Art. V §1 | COMPOSITION OF DEPARTMENT; TERMS OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS; RESIDING AND MAINTAINING RECORDS AT SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
Such officers shall, after having served two terms in a state office, be ineligible to hold that state office until one full term has intervened.
The officers of the executive department, except the lieutenant governor, shall during their terms of office, reside and keep the public records, books, papers and seals of office at the seat of government.
Upon the adoption of this amendment by the people, the terms provided for in this section shall apply to those officers elected at the general election in 1990 and all state executive officers elected thereafter.
Art. V §2 | CANVASS OF ELECTIONS; TIE VOTES
Art. V §3 | QUALIFICATIONS OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Art. V §4 | GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE POWER; COMMANDER OF MILITIA
Art. V §5 | GOVERNOR’S APPOINTIVE AND REMOVAL POWER; INTERIM APPOINTEES
Art. V §6 | GOVERNOR’S POWER TO PARDON AND REPRIEVE
Art. V §7 | SUCCESSION TO GOVERNORSHIP
If after the governor-elect has qualified a vacancy occurs in the office of governor, the lieutenant governor shall succeed to that office, and to all the powers, duties and emoluments thereof, provided he has by that time qualified for the office of lieutenant governor. In case the governor is absent from the state, or is for any reason unable to perform his duties, the lieutenant governor shall act as governor, with all the powers, duties and emoluments of that office until such disability be removed. In case there is no lieutenant governor, or in case he is for any reason unable to perform the duties of governor, then the secretary of state shall perform the duties of governor, and, in case there is no secretary of state, then the president pro tempore of the senate, or in case there is no president pro tempore of the senate, or he is for any reason unable to perform the duties of governor, then the speaker of the house shall succeed to the office of governor, or act as governor as hereinbefore provided.
Art. V §8 | LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO BE PRESIDENT OF SENATE
Art. V §9 | PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS
Art. V §10 | STATE SEAL
Art. V §11 | COMMISSIONS
Art. V §12 | COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
secretary of state, three thousand dollars [($3,000)];
state auditor, three thousand dollars [($3,000)];
state treasurer, three thousand dollars [($3,000)];
attorney general, four thousand dollars [($4,000)];
superintendent of public instruction, three thousand dollars [$3,000)]; and
commissioner of public lands, three thousand dollars [($3,000)];
The lieutenant governor shall receive ten dollars [($10.00)] per diem while acting as presiding officer of the senate, and mileage at the same rate as a state senator.
The compensation herein fixed shall be full payment for all services rendered by said officers and they shall receive no other fees or compensation whatsoever.
The compensation of any of said officers may be increased or decreased by law after the expiration of ten years from the date of the admission of New Mexico as a state.
Art. V §13 | RESIDENCE OF PUBLIC OFFICERS; ELECTION FROM EQUAL DISTRICTS
Counties, school districts and municipalities may be divided by their governing bodies into districts composed of populations as nearly equal as practicable for the purpose of electing the members of the respective governing bodies.
Art. V §14 | STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
Art. V §15 | CONFIRMATION OF CABINET SECRETARIES
Art. V §16 | VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Art. V §17 | STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
B. The state ethics commission may initiate, receive, investigate and adjudicate complaints alleging violations of, and issue advisory opinions concerning, standards of ethical conduct and other standards of conduct and reporting requirements, as may be provided by law, for state officers and employees of the executive and legislative branches of government, candidates or other participants in elections, lobbyists or government contractors or seekers of government contracts and have such other jurisdiction as provided by law.
C. The state ethics commission may require the attendance of witnesses or the production of records and other evidence relevant to an investigation by subpoena as provided by law and shall have such other powers and duties and administer or enforce such other acts as further provided by law.
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