Constitution of New Mexico (2025 publisher edition) — ARTICLE III

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ARTICLE III

ARTICLE III Distribution of Powers Sec. 1. Separation of departments; establishment of workers compensation body. Section 1. [Separation of departments; establishment of workers compensation body.] The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct depart- ments, the legislative, executive and judi-

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16© 2025 State of New Mexico. New Mexico Compilation Commission. All rights reserved. Article IV – Legislative Department cial, and no person or collection of persons charged with the exercise of powers prop- erly belonging to one of these departments, shall exercise any powers properly belong- ing to either of the others, except as in this constitution otherwise expressly directed or permitted. Nothing in this section, or else- where in this constitution, shall prevent the legislature from establishing, by statute, a body with statewide jurisdiction other than the courts of this state for the determination of rights and liabilities between persons when those rights and liabilities arise from transactions or occurrences involving per- sonal injury sustained in the course of em- ployment by an employee. The statute shall provide for the type and organization of the body, the mode of appointment or elec- tion of its members and such other matters as the legislature may deem necessary or proper. (As amended November 4, 1986.)