N.M. Stat. § 1-16-2

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 1-16-2 - Ballot questions; state ballot questions; local government ballot questions
A. 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.

NMS § 1-16-2

1953 Comp., § 3-16-2, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 375.
Amended by 2019, c. 212,s. 134, eff. 4/3/2019.