A. The branch community college board of a branch community college may, by adoption of a resolution, establish a board composed of five members elected from single-member districts within the branch community college district for staggered terms. The single-member districts shall be compact and contiguous and composed of populations as equal as practicable. Members shall be required to reside in the districts from which elected. If a member no longer resides in the election district from which that member was elected, the member shall be deemed to have resigned and the vacancy created by the resignation shall be filled in the manner provided by law for the filling of vacancies on the board of a branch community college.
B. The board members shall draw lots to determine which board position will coincide with which election district during the meeting at which the board is resolved to change to a districted board.
C. The board shall redistrict once after each federal decennial census. The board may adopt a resolution to have the board's election districts coincide with the county commission districts if the county commission has five districts and the boundaries of the county and branch community college district are identical.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 27, § 1.
Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 27, contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2007, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
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