1. A. When adjusting precinct boundaries for any group of census blocks that are on Indian nation, tribal or pueblo lands, the board of county commissioners shall inquire of each Indian nation, tribe or pueblo in the county to provide internal and external political boundaries for the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo has provided to the United States census bureau.
2. B. The board of county commissioners shall adjust precinct boundaries to correspond to the internal and external political boundaries that each Indian nation, tribe or pueblo in the county has provided to the United States census bureau.
3. C. The secretary of state shall reject any precinct boundary maps that do not comply with the provisions of this section.

History: 1978 Comp., § 1-21A-3, enacted by Laws 2023, ch. 84, § 14.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2023, ch. 84, § 25 made Laws 2023, ch. 84, § 14 effective July 1, 2023.

Section is triggered when precinct boundaries subject to the Native American Voting Rights Act are otherwise required to be adjusted pursuant to the Election Code. — The Native American Voting Rights Act (Act), and specifically 1-21A-3 NMSA 1978, do not contain language requiring a board of county commissioners to adjust precinct boundaries immediately upon implementation of the Act. Instead, a plain language reading of the statute in context of the broader Election Code suggests that the statue is triggered when precinct boundaries subject to the Act are otherwise required to be adjusted pursuant to the Election Code. 2026 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 26-03.