New Mexico Code § 22-3B-5

Precincts
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A. Precinct designations and boundaries used in the 2021 Educational Redistricting Act are those precinct designations and boundaries established pursuant to the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act [1-3-10 to 1-3-14 NMSA 1978] as revised and approved pursuant to that act by the secretary of state as of November 30, 2021.
B. A board of county commissioners shall not create any precinct that lies in more than one public education commission district and shall not divide any precinct so that the divided parts of the precinct are situated in two or more public education commission districts. Votes cast in a public education commission election from precincts created or divided in violation of this subsection shall be invalid and shall not be counted or canvassed.
History: Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 3, § 5.
Effective dates. — Laws 2021 (2nd S.S.), ch. 3 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective March 17, 2022, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.

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