Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 1-16-2 - Ballot questions; state ballot questions; local government ballot questionsA. A state ballot question includes any: (1) proposed amendment to the constitution of New Mexico, as provided in a joint resolution passed by the legislature;(2) tax authorization for general obligation bonds or mill levy, as provided by law;(3) referendum, as provided in Article 4, Section 1 of the constitution of New Mexico; and(4) other questions, as provided by statute or the constitution of New Mexico.B. A local government ballot question includes any: (1) tax authorization for bond sales, mill levy or gross receipts tax, as required by law;(2) recall of county, school board or certain municipal officers, as provided by law or by municipal home rule charter;(3) petition for the creation of a special district or consideration of a statutory local option, as provided by law;(4) referendum on local governing body taxation authority, as provided by law;(5) referendum on local government ordinances, as provided by the charter of a home rule municipality, by an incorporated or urban county or by law;(6) change in the laws of a home rule municipality, as provided by the municipal charter or by law;(7) changes in the charter of an incorporated or urban county, as provided by the charter of the incorporated or urban county or by law; and(8) other questions, as provided by state statute or the constitution of New Mexico.1953 Comp., § 3-16-2, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 375.Amended by 2019, c. 212,s. 134, eff. 4/3/2019.