45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO COVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PLACING A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

A. Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the secretary of state for expenditure in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 to cover the costs associated with placing a constitutional amendment on the ballot. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2003 shall revert to the general fund.

B. The appropriation provided for in Subsection A of this section is contingent upon the legislature's adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 18 of the first session of the forty-fifth legislature, which would place on the ballot at the next general election a proposed amendment to the constitution of New Mexico to limit the number of terms a legislator may serve as president pro tempore of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives.