A. There are created six state transportation commission districts as follows:

(1) district 1, which shall be composed of the counties of Socorro, Grant, Sierra, Dona Ana, Luna and Hidalgo;

(2) district 2, which shall be composed of the counties of Lea, Eddy, Chaves, Roosevelt, Curry, DeBaca, Lincoln and Otero;

(3) district 3, which shall be composed of the counties of Bernalillo and Valencia and, in Sandoval county, all of townships twelve and thirteen north, ranges one, two, three, four, five and six east and all of townships fourteen, fifteen and sixteen north, ranges four, five and six east;

(4) district 4, which shall be composed of the counties of Colfax, Union, Mora, Harding, San Miguel, Quay and Guadalupe;

(5) district 5, which shall be composed of the counties of San Juan, Rio Arriba, Taos, Santa Fe, Torrance and Los Alamos; and

(6) district 6, which shall be composed of the counties of Catron, Cibola, McKinley and all of Sandoval county excluding all of townships twelve and thirteen north, ranges one, two, three, four, five and six east and all of townships fourteen, fifteen and sixteen north, ranges four, five and six east.

B. The legislature, in the event of the creation of any new county, shall attach the new county to any of the above districts to which the new county may be contiguous.

C. One member of the state transportation commission shall be appointed from each of the six state transportation commission districts, and the member shall reside in the district from which he is appointed. Change of residence of a state transportation commissioner to a place outside the highway district from which he was appointed shall automatically terminate the term of that commissioner.

History: 1953 Comp., § 55-2-1.2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 266, § 2; 1968, ch. 39, § 1; 1983, ch. 305, § 2; 1991, ch. 115, § 1; 2003, ch. 142, § 28.

Cross references. — For creation of state transportation commission, see N.M. Const., art. V, § 14.

The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "state transportation commission" for "highway commission" in the section heading and the section; and inserted "state transportation" preceding "commissioner" in Subsection C.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, in Subsection A(3), substituted "counties" for "county" and added the language beginning "and Valencia and", in Subsection A(6), deleted "Valencia," preceding "McKinley", inserted the first occurrence of "all of", and added the language beginning "county excluding all".

The 1983 amendment substituted "six" for "five" in the introductory language of Subsection A and in the first sentence of Subsection C, deleted "Catron," preceding "Socorro" near the middle of Subsection A(1), substituted "county of Bernalillo" for "counties of Bernalillo, McKinley, Valencia and Sandoval" at the end of Subsection A(3), added Subsection A(6), deleted "state" preceding "legislature" in Subsection B, substituted "is" for "shall be" in the first sentence of Subsection C, and substituted "that" for "such" in the last sentence of Subsection C.

Effective dates. — Laws 1983, ch. 305, contains no effective date provision, but was enacted at the session which adjourned on March 19, 1983.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges §§ 14, 15.

39A C.J.S. Highways § 56.