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Last Updated on Friday, 31 July 2009 12:32 Written by rslcpol Friday, 31 July 2009 12:32
From The Daily Times:
New Mexico Attorney General Gary King released an official opinion this week declaring it legal and ethical for an individual to simultaneously hold two elected positions. King said a person may hold two elected positions so long as the duties of the two offices do not “physically or functionally interfere with one another and are not otherwise incompatible.”
The official opinion came in response to an issue that arose in Rio Rancho, but elected officials holding two offices is not uncommon in New Mexico.
Bloomfield Mayor Scott Eckstein joined the ranks of elected officials in the state who hold two positions when he began representing District 3 as a San Juan County Commissioner in January.