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1978 New Mexico Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1978)

handle is hein.sag/sagnm0017 and id is 1 raw text is: OPINION                                     No. 78-1
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TONEY ANAYA                                 January 13, 1978
Attorney General
By% Jill Z. Cooper,
Assistant Attorney General
To: Senator i4anny Aragon
1001 Marquette, N.W.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
Question:
May a county commissioner who has served one term in
office under Article X, Section 2 of the New Mexico
Constitution and one term of office under Article X.
Section 7 of the New Mexico Constitution seek a third
consecutive term?
Conclusion:
No.
Analysis:
Article X, Section 2, New Mexico Constitution, provides
that all county officers
. * . shall be elected for a term of two
years, and after having served two conse-
cutive terms, shall be ineligible to hold
any county office for two years thereafter.
Section 15-37-2(A), NMSA 1953 Comp. provides that a board of
county comnissioners shall consist of three qualified electors.
Prior to 1973, Article X, Section 2 and Section 15-37-2(A),
sugra, were applicable to all county cormissions.
Uovember 6, 1973, Article X, Section 7, New Mexico
Constitution was adopted to provide that in counties with

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