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

SPONSOR M. Sanchez

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/13/2007

2/27/2007 HB

SHORT TITLE Electronic Campaign Report Filing Provisions

SB 363/aSRC/aSJC

ANALYST Schuss

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Attorney General’s Office (AGO)

No Response

Secretary of State (SOS)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of SJC Amendment

The Senate Judiciary Committee has amended SB 363 to read:

Reports required by this section may be filed electronically, in person or by facsimile by all

reporting individuals.

Synopsis of SRC Amendment

The amendment proposed by the Senate Rules Committee changes Subsection H to read:

“Reports required by this section shall be filed electronically or by facsimile by all reporting

individuals. “

It also amends Subsection I to read: The Secretary of Sate shall convert all campaign reports that

are filed on paper into the electronic format used by the Secretary of State’s online searchable

campaign report database and post those campaign reports on the Secretary of State’s website

Senate Bill 363/a SRC/a SJC – Page

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within two weeks, along with the campaign reports that have been electronically filed.

Synopsis of Original Bill

Senate Bill 363 amends Section 1-19-29 NMSA 1978, to remove the requirement for candidates

as defined by the Campaign Reporting Act from having to file campaign expenditure and

receivable reports electronically.

This bill declares an emergency.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The proposed legislation will allow candidates the option to submit reports by facsimile and

requires the Secretary of State’s Office to convert such data into the electronic format used on-

line at the Secretary of State’s searchable campaign report database.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The Secretary of State’s Office could have an administrative impact if an abundance of these

reports are submitted by facsimile. An analysis from the Secretary of State would be necessary to

determine this impact.

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