N.M. Stat. § 21-13-8.1
Community college board; optional form.
The community college board of any community college organized pursuant to the
Community College Act may, by adoption of a resolution to that effect, establish a
governing board composed of five or seven members elected from single-member
districts for staggered terms. The single-member districts shall be compact and
contiguous and composed of populations as equal as practicable. Members shall be
required to reside in the districts from which elected. Any member removing his
residence from the district from which he was elected shall be deemed to have resigned
his position and the vacancy created by such resignation shall be filled in the manner
provided by law for the filling of vacancies on the board of a community college district.