SENATE BILL 535

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

Mark Moores

AN ACT

RELATING TO OATHS; REMOVING THE THREE-DOLLAR ($3.00) FEE CHARGED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FILING AN OATH OF OFFICE.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 8-4-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 272, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "8-4-4. FEES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.--The secretary of state shall collect the following fees to be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the general fund:

A. photocopies of records, per page ------------------------------------twenty-five cents ($.25);

B. each certification ------ three dollars ($3.00);

[C. filing each official oath ---------------------------------------------- three dollars ($3.00);

D.] C. search of records where another fee is not

prescribed, per hour of search ----------------------------------------- ten dollars ($10.00);

[E.] D. duplicate commission of office or certificate--------------------------- three dollars ($3.00);

[F.] E. service of process where another fee is not prescribed ------ twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

[G.] F. computer printout of Uniform Commercial Code records, per page --------- one dollar ($1.00); and

[H.] G. computer generated records other than voter registration records, per record ------------------------------------------ ten cents ($.10)."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2015.

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