The New Mexico Constitution
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | The 'Introduction' to the New Mexico Constitution |
| Preamble | Preamble to the New Mexico Constitution |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article I (Name and Boundaries) |
| Art. I §0 | Name and Boundaries |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article II (Bill of Rights) |
| Art. II §1 | Supreme Law of the Land |
| Art. II §2 | Popular Sovereignty |
| Art. II §3 | Right of Self-Government |
| Art. II §4 | Inherent Rights |
| Art. II §5 | Rights Under Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Preserved |
| Art. II §6 | Right to Bear Arms |
| Art. II §7 | Habeas Corpus |
| Art. II §8 | Freedom of Elections |
| Art. II §9 | Military Power Subordinate; Quartering of Soldiers |
| Art. II §10 | Searches and Seizures |
| Art. II §11 | Freedom of Religion |
| Art. II §12 | Trial by Jury; Less Than Unanimous Verdicts in Civil Cases |
| Art. II §13 | Bail; Excessive Fines; Cruel and Unusual Punishment |
| Art. II §14 | Indictment and Information; Grand Juries; Rights of Accused |
| Art. II §15 | Self-Incrimination; Double Jeopardy |
| Art. II §16 | Treason |
| Art. II §17 | Freedom of Speech and Press; Libel |
| Art. II §18 | Due Process; Equal Protection; Sex Discrimination |
| Art. II §19 | Retroactive Laws; Bills of Attainder; Impairment of Contracts |
| Art. II §20 | Eminent Domain |
| Art. II §21 | Imprisonment for Debt |
| Art. II §23 | Reserved Rights |
| Art. II §24 | Victim’s Rights |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article III (Distribution of Powers) |
| Art. III §1 | Separation of Departments; Establishment of Workers Compensation Body |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article IV (Legislative Department) |
| Art. IV §1 | Vesting of Legislative Power; Location of Sessions; Referendum on Legislation |
| Art. IV §2 | Powers Generally; Disaster Emergency Procedure |
| Art. IV §3 | Number and Qualifications of Members; Single-Member Districts; Reapportionment |
| Art. IV §4 | Terms of Office of Members; Time of Election; Filling of Vacancies |
| Art. IV §5 | Time and Length of Sessions; Items Considered in Even-Numbered Years |
| Art. IV §6 | Special Session; Extraordinary Session |
| Art. IV §7 | Judge of Election and Qualification of Members; Quorum |
| Art. IV §8 | Call to Order; Presiding Officers |
| Art. IV §9 | Selection and Compensation of Officers and Employees |
| Art. IV §10 | Compensation of Members |
| Art. IV §11 | Rules of Procedure; Contempt or Disorderly Conduct; Expulsion of Members |
| Art. IV §12 | Public Sessions; Journals |
| Art. IV §13 | Privileges and Immunities |
| Art. IV §14 | Adjournment |
| Art. IV §15 | Laws to be Passed by Bill; Alteration of Bill; Enacting Clause; Printing and Reading of Bill |
| Art. IV §16 | Subject of Bill in Title; Appropriation Bills |
| Art. IV §17 | Passage of Bills |
| Art. IV §18 | Amendment of Statutes |
| Art. IV §19 | Introduction of Bills |
| Art. IV §20 | Enrollment, Engrossment and Signing of Bills |
| Art. IV §21 | Alteration or Theft of Bill |
| Art. IV §22 | Governor’s Approval or Veto of Bills |
| Art. IV §23 | Effective Date of Law; Emergency Acts |
| Art. IV §24 | Local or Special Laws |
| Art. IV §25 | Validating Unauthorized Official Acts; Fines Against Officers, etc |
| Art. IV §26 | Grant of Franchise or Privilege |
| Art. IV §27 | Extra or Increased Compensation for Officers, Contractors, etc |
| Art. IV §28 | Appointment of Present and Former Legislators to Office; Interest of Legislators in Contracts |
| Art. IV §29 | Laws Creating Debts |
| Art. IV §30 | Payments from Treasury to be Upon Appropriations and Warrant |
| Art. IV §31 | Appropriations for Charitable, Educational, etc, Purposes |
| Art. IV §32 | Remission of Debts Due State or Municipalities |
| Art. IV §33 | Prosecutions Under Repealed Laws |
| Art. IV §34 | Change of Rights or Procedure in Pending Cases |
| Art. IV §35 | Power and Procedure for Impeachment and Trial |
| Art. IV §36 | Officers Subject to Impeachment |
| Art. IV §37 | Railroad Passes |
| Art. IV §38 | Monopolies |
| Art. IV §39 | "Bribery" and "Solicitation" Defined |
| Art. IV §40 | Penalty for Bribery |
| Art. IV §41 | Compelling Testimony in Bribery Cases |
| Art. IV §42 | Hearings on Confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointments |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article V (Executive Department) |
| Art. V §1 | Composition of Department; Terms of Office of Members; Residing and Maintaining Records at Seat of Government |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Art. V §13 | Residence of Public Officers; Election from Equal Districts |
| 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 |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article VI (Judicial Department) |
| Art. VI §1 | Judicial Power Vested |
| Art. VI §2 | Supreme Court; Appellate Jurisdiction |
| Art. VI §3 | Supreme Court; Original Jurisdiction; Supervisory Control; Extraordinary Writs |
| Art. VI §4 | Supreme Court; Selection of Chief Justice |
| Art. VI §5 | Supreme Court; Quorum; Majority Concurring in Judgments |
| Art. VI §6 | Supreme Court; Absent or Disqualified Justice |
| Art. VI §7 | Supreme Court; Terms, Sessions and Recesses |
| Art. VI §8 | Supreme Court; Qualifications of Justices |
| Art. VI §9 | Supreme Court; Officers |
| Art. VI §10 | Supreme Court; Additional Justices |
| Art. VI §11 | Supreme Court; Salary of Justices |
| Art. VI §12 | Judicial Districts; District Judges |
| Art. VI §13 | District Court; Jurisdiction and Terms |
| Art. VI §14 | District Court; Qualifications and Residence Requirement of Judges |
| Art. VI §15 | District Court; Judges Pro Tempore |
| Art. VI §16 | District Court; Additional Judges; Redistricting |
| Art. VI §17 | District Court; Judges' Compensation |
| Art. VI §18 | Disqualification of Judges or Magistrates |
| Art. VI §19 | Ineligibility of Justices or Judges for Nonjudicial Offices |
| Art. VI §20 | Style of Writs and Processes |
| Art. VI §21 | Judges as Conservators of the Peace; Preliminary Examinations in Criminal Cases |
| Art. VI §22 | County Clerk as District and Probate Court Clerk |
| Art. VI §23 | Probate Court |
| Art. VI §24 | District Attorneys |
| Art. VI §26 | Magistrate Court |
| Art. VI §27 | Appeals from Probate Courts and Other Inferior Courts |
| Art. VI §28 | Court of Appeals; Number, Qualifications, Compensation; Quorum; Majority Concurring in Judgment; Power of Chief Justice to Select Acting Justices |
| Art. VI §29 | Court of Appeals; Jurisdiction; Issuance of Writs |
| Art. VI §30 | Fees Collected by Judiciary Paid to State Treasury |
| Art. VI §31 | Justices of the Peace Abolished |
| Art. VI §32 | Judicial Standards Commission |
| Art. VI §33 | Retention or Rejection at General Election |
| Art. VI §34 | Vacancies in Office; Date for Filing Declaration of Candidacy |
| Art. VI §35 | Appellate Judges Nominating Commission |
| Art. VI §36 | District Court Judges Nominating Committee |
| Art. VI §37 | Metropolitan Court Judges Nominating Committee |
| Art. VI §38 | Chief Judge of District and Metropolitan Court Districts |
| Art. VI §39 | Creation of Public Defender Department and Public Defender Commission |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article VII (Elective Franchise) |
| Art. VII §1 | Qualifications of Voters; Absentee Voting; School Elections; Registration |
| Art. VII §2 | Qualifications for Holding Office |
| Art. VII §3 | Religious and Racial Equality Protected; Restrictions on Amendments |
| Art. VII §4 | Residence |
| Art. VII §5 | Election by Ballot; Plurality Elects Candidate |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article VIII (Taxation and Revenue) |
| Art. VIII §1 | Levy to be Proportionate to Value; Uniform and Equal Taxes; Percentage of Value Taxed; Limitation on Annual Valuation Increases |
| Art. VIII §2 | Property Tax Limits; Exception |
| Art. VIII §3 | Tax-Exempt Property |
| Art. VIII §4 | Misuse and Deposit of Public Money |
| Art. VIII §5 | Head of Family and Veteran Exemptions |
| Art. VIII §6 | Assessment of Lands |
| Art. VIII §7 | Judgments Against Local Officials |
| Art. VIII §8 | Exemption of Certain Personalty in Transit Through the State |
| Art. VIII §9 | Elected Governing Authority Prerequisite to Levy of Tax |
| Art. VIII §10 | Severance Tax Permanent Fund |
| Art. VIII §15 | Property Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans |
| Art. VIII §16 | Property Tax Exemption for Property of Veterans' Organization Chartered by United States Congress |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article IX (State, County and Municipal Indebtedness) |
| Art. IX §1 | Debts of Territory and Its Counties Assumed |
| Art. IX §2 | Payment of County Debts by Another County |
| Art. IX §3 | State Refunding Bonds for Assumed Debts |
| Art. IX §4 | Sale of Lands for Certain Bond Payments |
| Art. IX §5 | Remission of County Debts to State Prohibited |
| Art. IX §6 | Militia Warrants |
| Art. IX §7 | State Indebtedness; Purposes |
| Art. IX §8 | State Indebtedness; Restrictions |
| Art. IX §9 | Use of Borrowed Funds |
| Art. IX §10 | County Indebtedness; Restrictions |
| Art. IX §11 | School District Indebtedness; Restrictions |
| Art. IX §12 | Municipal Indebtedness; Restrictions |
| Art. IX §13 | County and Municipal Debt Limit; Exceptions |
| Art. IX §14 | Aid to Private Enterprise; Veterans' Scholarship Programs; Student Loans; Job Opportunities; Affordable Housing |
| Art. IX §15 | State and Local Refunding |
| Art. IX §16 | State Highway Bonds |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article X (County and Municipal Corporations) |
| Art. X §1 | Classification of Counties; Salaries and Fees of County Officers |
| Art. X §2 | Terms of County Officers |
| Art. X §3 | Removal of County Seats |
| Art. X §4 | Combined City and County Corporations |
| Art. X §5 | Incorporated Counties |
| Art. X §6 | Municipal Home Rule |
| Art. X §7 | Five-Member Boards of County Commissioners |
| Art. X §8 | New Activity or Service Mandated by State Rule or Regulation |
| Art. X §9 | Recall of Elected County Officials |
| Art. X §10 | Urban Counties |
| Art. X §11 | Single Urban Governments |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XI (Corporations Other Than Municipal) |
| Art. XI §1 | Creation and Composition of Public Regulation Commission |
| Art. XI §2 | Responsibilities of Public Regulation Commission |
| Art. XI §13 | General Corporation Laws |
| Art. XI §14 | Corporations Subject to Police Power |
| Art. XI §18 | Eminent Domain of Corporate Property |
| Art. XI §19 | Chartering Corporations |
| Art. XI §20 | Creation of Office of Superintendent of Insurance |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XII (Education) |
| Art. XII §1 | Free Public Schools |
| Art. XII §2 | Permanent School Fund |
| Art. XII §3 | Control of Constitutional Educational Institutions; Use of State Land Proceeds and Other Educational Funds |
| Art. XII §4 | Current School Fund |
| Art. XII §5 | Compulsory School Attendance |
| Art. XII §6 | Public Education Department; Public Education Commission |
| Art. XII §7 | Investment of Permanent School Fund |
| Art. XII §8 | Teachers to Learn English and Spanish |
| Art. XII §9 | Religious Tests in Schools |
| Art. XII §10 | Educational Rights of Children of Spanish Descent |
| Art. XII §11 | State Educational Institutions |
| Art. XII §12 | Acceptance and Use of Enabling Act Educational Grants |
| Art. XII §13 | Board of Regents for Educational Institutions |
| Art. XII §14 | Recall of Local School Board Members |
| Art. XII §15 | Local School Boards Having Seven Singlemember Districts |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XIII (Public Lands) |
| Art. XIII §1 | Disposition of State Lands |
| Art. XIII §2 | Duties of Land Commissioner |
| Art. XIII §3 | Patents for Public Lands |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XIV (Public Institutions) |
| Art. XIV §1 | State Institutions |
| Art. XIV §2 | Federal Land Grants and Donations |
| Art. XIV §3 | Control and Management |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XV (Agriculture and Conservation) |
| Art. XV §1 | Department of Agriculture |
| Art. XV §2 | Forest Fire Prevention |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XVI (Irrigation and Water Rights) |
| Art. XVI §1 | Existing Water Rights Confirmed |
| Art. XVI §2 | Appropriation of Water |
| Art. XVI §3 | Beneficial Use of Water |
| Art. XVI §4 | Drainage Districts and Systems |
| Art. XVI §5 | Appeals in Matters Relating to Water Rights |
| Art. XVI §6 | Water Trust Fund |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XVII (Mines and Mining) |
| Art. XVII §1 | Inspector of Mines |
| Art. XVII §2 | Mining Regulations; Employment of Children Under Fourteen |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XVIII (Militia) |
| Art. XVIII §1 | Composition, Name and Commander in Chief of Militia |
| Art. XVIII §2 | Organization, Discipline and Equipment of Militia |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XIX (Amendments) |
| Art. XIX §1 | Proposing and Ratifying Amendments |
| Art. XIX §2 | Constitutional Conventions |
| Art. XIX §3 | Initiative Restricted |
| Art. XIX §4 | Amendment of Compact with United States |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XX (Miscellaneous) |
| Art. XX §1 | Oath of Officer |
| Art. XX §2 | Tenure of Office |
| Art. XX §3 | Date Terms of Office Begin |
| Art. XX §4 | Vacancies in Offices of District Attorney or County Commissioner |
| Art. XX §5 | Interim Appointments |
| Art. XX §6 | Date of General Elections |
| Art. XX §7 | Canvass of Returns for Officers Elected by More Than One County |
| Art. XX §8 | First National Election |
| Art. XX §9 | State Officers Limited to Salaries |
| Art. XX §10 | Child Labor |
| Art. XX §11 | Women as Public Officers |
| Art. XX §12 | Publication of Laws in English and Spanish |
| Art. XX §13 | Sacramental Wines |
| Art. XX §14 | Public Officers Barred from Using Railroad Passes |
| Art. XX §15 | Penitentiary to be Reformatory and Industrial School; Labor by Inmates |
| Art. XX §16 | Railroad’s Liability to Employees |
| Art. XX §18 | Leasing of Convict Labor Prohibited |
| Art. XX §19 | Eight-Hour Day in Public Employment |
| Art. XX §20 | Waiver of Indictment; Proceedings on Information |
| Art. XX §21 | Pollution Control |
| Art. XX §22 | Public Employees and Educational Retirement Systems Trust Funds; Expenditures and Encumbrances Prohibited; Administration; Vesting of Property Rights |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XXI (Compact with the United States) |
| Art. XXI §1 | Religious Toleration; Polygamy |
| Art. XXI §2 | Control of Unappropriated or Indian Lands; Taxation of Federal Government, Nonresident and Indian Property |
| Art. XXI §3 | Assumption of Territorial Debts |
| Art. XXI §4 | Public Schools |
| Art. XXI §5 | Suffrage |
| Art. XXI §6 | Capital |
| Art. XXI §7 | Reclamation Projects |
| Art. XXI §8 | Allotted Indian Lands Subject to Federal Liquor Control |
| Art. XXI §9 | Consent to Enabling Act Provisions |
| Art. XXI §10 | Compact Irrevocable |
| Art. XXI §11 | Consent to Exchange of Lands |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XXII (Schedule) |
| Art. XXII §1 | Effective Date of Constitution |
| Art. XXII §2 | Federal Employers' Liability Act |
| Art. XXII §3 | Federal Mining Inspection Act |
| Art. XXII §4 | Territorial Laws |
| Art. XXII §5 | Pardons for Violation of Territorial Laws |
| Art. XXII §6 | Territorial Property Vested in State |
| Art. XXII §7 | Obligations Due Territory or Subdivision |
| Art. XXII §8 | Territorial Judicial Process and Proceedings |
| Art. XXII §9 | Territorial Courts and Officers; Seals |
| Art. XXII §10 | Pending Actions |
| Art. XXII §11 | Execution and Deposit of Constitution |
| Art. XXII §12 | Territorial Obligations; Names of Political Subdivisions |
| Art. XXII §13 | Election to Ratify Constitution |
| Art. XXII §14 | Ballots for Ratifying Constitution |
| Art. XXII §15 | Canvass of Ratification Election Returns |
| Art. XXII §16 | Submission of Constitution to President and Congress |
| Art. XXII §17 | Proclamation for First Election of Officers |
| Art. XXII §18 | Conduct of First State Election; Certification of Results to President |
| Art. XXII §19 | First State Officers |
| Art. XXII §20 | First Legislative Session; Oaths of Members; Election of United States Senators |
| Art. XXII §21 | Supplementary Legislation |
| Art. XXII §22 | Terms of First Officers |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XXIV (Leases on State Land) |
| Art. XXIV §1 | Contracts for the Development and Production of Minerals or Development and Operation of Geothermal Steam and Waters on State Lands |
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