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ARTICLE 5
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1. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
State
auditor, State treasurer, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, and commissioner
of
public lands, who shall be elected for the term of four years beginning on the first day of January
next
after their election.
Such officers, except the commissioner of public lands and superintendent of public instruction,
shall be
ineligible to succeed themselves after serving one full term. The officers of the executive
department
except the lieutenant governor, shall, during their terms of office, reside and keep the public
records,
books, papers, and seals of office at the seat of government.
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Article 5, section l
1. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction and
commissioner or [of] public lands, who shall be elected for the term of two years beginning on
the first day of January next after their election.
Such officers shall after having served two consecutive terms, be ineligible to hold any state
office for two years thereafter.
Amended November 3, 1914.
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Article 5, section 1
1. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state,
state auditor, state treasurer, attorney-general, superintendent of public instruction and
commissioner or (of) public lands, who shall be elected for the term of two years beginning on
the first day of January next after their election.
Such officers shall, after having served two consecutive terms, be ineligible to hold any state
office for two years thereafter.
The officers of the executive department except the lieutenant-governor, shall, during their
terms of office, reside and keep the public records, books, papers and seals of office at the seat of
government.
Amended November 3, 1914.
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Article 5, section l
1. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general, and commissioner or [of] public lands, who shall,
unless otherwise provided in the constitution of New Mexico, be elected for the term of two
years beginning on the first day of January next after their election.
Such officers shall after having served two consecutive terms, be ineligible to hold any state
office for two years thereafter.
Amended November 4, 1958.
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Article 5, section l
1. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general, and commissioner or [of] public lands, who shall,
unless otherwise provided in the constitution of New Mexico, be elected for the term of two
years beginning on the first day of January next after their election. The governor and lieutenant
governor shall be elected jointly by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both
offices.
Such officers shall after having served two consecutive terms, be ineligible to hold any state
office for two years thereafter.
Amended November 6, 1962.
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Article 5, section 1
1. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state,
state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general and commissioner of public lands', who shall,
unless otherwise provided in the Constitution of New Mexico, be elected for the term of four
years beginning on the first day of January next after their election. The governor and
lieutenant-governor shall be elected jointly by the casting by each voter a single vote applicable
to both offices.
Such officers shall, after having served one term, be ineligible to hold any state office until one
full
term has intervened, except that the lieutenant-governor may be eligible to hold the office of the
governor.
The officers of the executive department, except the lieutenant-governor, shall during their terms
of office, reside and keep the public records, books, papers and seals of office at the seat of
government.
Upon the adoption of this amendment by the people, the terms provided for in this section shall
apply to those officers elected at the general election in 1970 and all state executive officers
elected thereafter. Provided, no person who has been elected to a state executive office prior to
the adoption of this amendment for two successive terms shall again be eligible to hold the same
office unless one full term has intervened; provided, further, the commissioner of public lands,
the attorney general and state treasurer, elected to a two-year term in 1968, are eligible to hold
the office of commissioner of public lands, the attorney general or the state treasurer,
respectively, for one four-year term following his present term, but thereafter shall not again be
eligible to hold the office of commissioner of public lands, attorney general or state treasurer,
respectively, until one full term has intervened.
Amended November 3, 1970.
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Article 5, section 1
1. The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general and commissioner of public lands, who shall, unless
otherwise provided in the constitution of New Mexico, be elected for terms of four years
beginning on the first day of January next after their election. The governor and lieutenant
governor shall be elected jointly by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable to both
offices.
Such officers shall, after having served two terms in a state office, be ineligible to hold that
state office until one full term has intervened.
The officers of the executive department, except the lieutenant governor, shall during their
terms of office, reside and keep the public records, books, papers and seals of office at the seat of
government.
Upon the adoption of this amendment by the people, the terms provided for in this section shall
apply to those officers elected at the general election in 1990 and all state executive officers
elected thereafter.
Amended November 4, 1986.
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