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New Mexico Public Officer Salary Commission Amendment (2020)
| New Mexico Public Officer Salary Commission Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Salaries of government officials | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The New Mexico Public Officer Salary Commission Amendment was not on the ballot in New Mexico as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have created a seven-member commission to determine salaries for officials, including legislators, the governor and other elected executive offices, supreme court justices, appeals court judges, district court judges, and public regulation commission members.[1]
The ballot measure would have repealed the constitutional requirement prohibiting legislators from receiving salaries. As of 2019, legislators received per diem ($161) payments and mileage expenses.[1][2]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article IV, New Mexico Constitution
The measure would have repealed Section 4 of Article IV and added a new section to Article IV of the New Mexico Constitution.[1]
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New Mexico Constitution
In New Mexico, both chambers of the New Mexico State Legislature need to approve a constitutional amendment by a simple majority during one legislative session to refer the amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
Rep. Roberto Gonzales (D-42) and Rep. Angelica Rubio (D-35) sponsored the constitutional amendment as House Joint Resolution 5 (HJR 5) during the 2019 legislative session.[1]
On March 6, 2019, the New Mexico House of Representatives approved HJR 5, with 44 members supporting the amendment and 24 members opposing the amendment. HJR 5 did not come up for a vote in the state Senate during the 2019 legislative session.[3]
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