No person, whose nomination or appointment to any office in the state shall have been rejected by the senate, shall be eligible to hold office under recess appointment. History: Laws 1915, ch. 61, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 96-138; 1941 Comp., § 10-101; 1953 Comp., § 5-1-1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For constitutional provision relating to qualifications to hold office, see N.M. Const., art. VII, § 2. For employment of handicapped persons, policy of the state, see 28-10-11 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 67 C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 16 to 19.
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