{"data":{"id":"us-nm/12-11-18","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"12-11-18","heading":"Period during which disaster successors may act.","body":"Disaster successors may act as members of the legislature only:\nA. in case of a disaster emergency declared by the chief executive officer of the United States and the chief executive officer of the state, and as long as a state of martial law is declared to exist, or until a duly elected or appointed legislature, fulfilling all constitutional requirements, declares by joint resolution that the disaster emergency period has ended; and\nB. the member in whose stead they are acting is and remains unavailable; and\nC. any disaster successor [successors] who are ahead of them in the line of succession are, and remain unavailable; and\nD. a successor to the office has not been selected and qualified as provided by law other than the Legislative Disaster Succession Act [12-11-11 to 12-11-18 NMSA 1978].","path":["Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters","ARTICLE 11 Disaster Acts"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18512/index.do","current_through":"2025-06-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"5d97b80e4207f7135db8aa759a193899331ba533dd2953a1ff7351d7615b31bd","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/12-11-17","next":"us-nm/12-11-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}