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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Komadina

 

DATE TYPED:

03/07/03

 

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE:

Tie-Breaking Vote for Mayors

 

SB

825

 

 

ANALYST:

Padilla

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

FY03

FY04

 

 

 

NFI

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC Files

 

Responses Received From

Department of Finance and Administration

Secretary of State

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 825 amends Section 3-12-3 NMSA 1979 to clarify that in municipalities with a mayor-council form of government, the mayor shall, as provided in Section 3-11-3 NMSA 1978, vote to break a tie vote when the council is voting on a measure unless he has a conflict of interest. 

 

     Significant Issues

 

Section 3-11-3 NMSA 1978 reads as follows: 

 

The mayor of a municipality is the presiding officer of the governing body. In all municipalities the mayor shall vote only when there is a tie vote. 

 

This bill appears to establish that the mayor must vote when there is a tie vote. 

 

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