Civil Service Commission, Article XX
The legislature shall provide for a non-partisan and independent civil
service with the duty to establish and administer personnel policies for
the Commonwealth Government. The Commission shall be composed of seven
members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the
senate. Six members shall serve a term of six years, staggered in such
manner that the term of one member expires each year, and one member
shall serve a term of four years expiring concurrently with the term of
the governor. Members of the civil service commission may be removed
only for cause. The commission's authority shall extend to positions
other than those filled by election or by appointment of the governor in
the departments and agencies of the executive branch and in the
administrative staffs of the legislative and judicial branches.
Exemption from the civil service shall be as provided by law, and the
commission shall be the sole authority authorized by law to exempt
positions from civil service classifications. Appointment and promotion
within the civil service shall be based on merit and fitness
demonstrated by examination or by other evidence of competence.
Source: Second Const. Conv. Amend. 41 (1985).
Case Annotations: Manglona v. Civil Service Comm'n, 3 N.M.I. 243--246, 248, 249, 251.