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New Mexico Counties Allowed to Request Probate Court Elimination Amendment (2020)
| New Mexico Counties Allowed to Request Probate Court Elimination Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic County and municipal governance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The New Mexico Counties Allowed to Request Probate Court Elimination Amendment was not on the ballot in New Mexico as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have allowed county commissions to request that their county's probate court be closed and its jurisdiction transferred to a state court. The New Mexico Supreme Court would have been responsible for approving or rejecting a county's request.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article VI, New Mexico Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 23 of Article VI 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.
Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto (D-15) sponsored the constitutional amendment as Senate Joint Resolution 8 (SJR 8) during the 2019 legislative session.
On March 8, 2019, the New Mexico Senate approved SJR 8, with 29 senators supporting the amendment, nine senators opposing the amendment, and four senators not voting. SJR 8 did not come up for a vote in the state House during the 2019 legislative session.[1]
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