ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — This section, as enacted by Laws 1995, ch. 85, § 18, relating to the magistrate court in the new county created by Chapter 4, Article 1A NMSA 1978, was deleted by the compiler in 1996. Section 20 of Laws 1995, ch. 85 provided that the act shall be effective upon certification by the state canvassing board that a majority of votes cast in the referendum conducted pursuant to 4-1A-15 NMSA 1978 was for the creation and operation of the new county; that referendum was defeated at the general election held November 5, 1996, by a vote of 2,224 for and 9,055 against. For provisions of former section, see the 1994 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
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