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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Ingle
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/19/07
HB
SHORT TITLE Governor’s Delivery of Signed Bills, CA
SB SJR 1
ANALYST Wilson
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
Office of the Attorney General (OAG)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Joint Resolution 1, if approved by the voters, will amend Article IV Section 22 of the
New Mexico Constitution to require the Governor to deposit signed bills with the Secretary of
State by 12:00 noon on the twentieth day after adjournment of the legislature. Current law does
not specify an exact time, but practice has been to consider 12:00 noon as the end of the 20
th
day,
since the legislature does not convene until 12:00 noon on the first day of each session.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no fiscal impacts for this bill if the amendment proposed by this resolution is submitted
to the people for their approval or rejection at the next general election (as opposed to a special
election).
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The current Constitutional provision can be construed to allow the Governor until 11:59 p.m. on
the 20
th
day following adjournment of the legislature to sign and deposit bills with the Secretary
of State. This amendment appears to codify existing practice.