Bill > SJR6

This Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to the New Mexico Constitution, specifically Article 4, Section 1, to create a new mechanism for repealing laws passed by the state legislature. Currently, laws can be repealed by the legislature itself or through a process involving voter petitions and elections. This proposed amendment would add a third option: if three-fourths of the state's counties, through resolutions passed by their boards of county commissioners, formally object to a law and agree to its repeal, and these resolutions are filed with the Secretary of State within ninety days of the legislative session's adjournment, that law would be annulled and repealed. The Secretary of State would then issue a certificate confirming the repeal, which would also revive any prior laws that the repealed law had itself repealed or amended. This amendment would then be put to a vote of the people at the next general or special election.