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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Begaye		DATE TYPED:	02/13/01		HB	567
SHORT TITLE:		County Clerk Employed By County Manager				SB
					ANALYST:		Woodlee

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY01

FY02

FY01

FY02

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to HJR-20

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Secretary of State

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 567 proposes to amend Section 4-38-6 NMSA 1978 to provide that the county clerks are to be employed by the county manager or board of county commissioners.

Significant Issues

The bill strikes all references to the county clerk in statute. In addition, the bill has a contingent effective date, which is the January 1 after the people have adopted a constitutional amendment entitled "PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO ABOLISH THE ELECTED POSITION OF COUNTY CLERK." House Joint Resolution 20 is currently proposing this constitutional amendment.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The bill does not contain an appropriation or a significant fiscal impact.

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