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0002| HOUSE BILL 651
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0003| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0004| 1996
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0005| INTRODUCED BY
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0006| EDWARD C. SANDOVAL
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0010|
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0011|
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0012| AN ACT
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0013| RELATING TO DISTRICT ELECTIONS; ALLOWING THE CREATION OF AN
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0014| ABSENT VOTER PRECINCT BOARD; ESTABLISHING ABSENTEE VOTER
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0015| PROCEDURES; ALLOWING FOR AN ELECTION DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE
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0016| ELECTION SERVICES; STREAMLINING THE DISTRICT ELECTION PROCESS;
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0017| ESTABLISHING PENALTIES; AMENDING, REPEALING AND ENACTING
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0018| SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 73, ARTICLE 14 NMSA 1978; DECLARING AN
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0019| EMERGENCY.
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0020|
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0021| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0022| Section 1. A new section of Chapter 73, Article 14 NMSA
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0023| 1978 is enacted to read:
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0024| "[NEW MATERIAL] PENALTY--FALSE VOTING.--
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0025| A. False voting consists of:
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0001| (1) voting or offering to vote with the
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0002| knowledge of not being a qualified elector;
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0003| (2) voting or offering to vote in the name of
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0004| any other person;
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0005| (3) voting or offering to vote more than once
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0006| in the same election;
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0007| (4) inducing, abetting or procuring or
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0008| attempting to induce, abet or procure a person known to not be a
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0009| qualified elector to vote; or
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0010| (5) inducing, abetting or procuring or
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0011| attempting to induce, abet or procure a person who, having voted
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0012| once in any election, votes or attempts to vote again at the
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0013| same election.
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0014| B. Whoever commits false voting is guilty of a
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0015| fourth degree felony."
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0016| Section 2. A new section of Chapter 73, Article 14 NMSA
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0017| 1978 is enacted to read:
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0018| "[NEW MATERIAL] UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF ABSENTEE BALLOT
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0019| MATERIAL--PENALTY.--
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0020| A. Unlawful possession of absentee ballot material
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0021| consists of the unauthorized possession at any time of absentee
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0022| ballot material or obtaining absentee ballot material in an
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0023| unlawful manner. As used in this section, "absentee ballot
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0024| material" means an absentee ballot, absentee ballot envelope or
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0025| an absentee ballot return.
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0001| B. Whoever commits unlawful possession of absentee
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0002| ballot material is guilty of a fourth degree felony."
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0003| Section 3. A new section of Chapter 73, Article 14 NMSA
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0004| 1978 is enacted to read:
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0005| "[NEW MATERIAL] UNLAWFUL OPENING OF BALLOT BOX--PENALTY.-- A. Unlawful opening of a ballot box consists of
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0006| opening any ballot box or inspecting or removing the contents of
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0007| a ballot box without lawful authority or conspiring with others
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0008| to have the same done.
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0009| B. Whoever commits unlawful opening of a ballot box
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0010| is guilty of a fourth degree felony."
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0011| Section 4. A new section of Chapter 73, Article 14 NMSA
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0012| 1978 enacted to read:
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0013| "[NEW MATERIAL] FALSIFYING AN ELECTION DOCUMENT--
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0014| PENALTY.--
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0015| A. Falsifying an election document consists of
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0016| knowingly circulating, presenting or offering to present for the
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0017| signature of another person a nominating petition that does not
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0018| clearly show on the face of the petition the name of the
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0019| candidate, the date of the election, the address at which the
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0020| candidate resides, the candidate's county of residence and the
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0021| position on the conservancy district board for which the
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0022| candidate seeks nomination.
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0023| B. Whoever commits falsifying an election document
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0024| is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
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0025| imprisoned in the county jail for a definite term of less than
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0001| one year or shall pay a fine of not more than one thousand
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0002| dollars ($1,000), or both the imprisonment and fine in the
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0003| discretion of the judge."
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0004| Section 5. Section 73-14-19 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0005| Chapter 262, Section 2) is amended to read:
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0006| "73-14-19. BOARDS OF DIRECTORS--MEMBERSHIP--QUALIFICATIONS.--The boards of directors [hereby] created by
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0007| Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-32 NMSA 1978 shall consist of
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0008| three directors from and representing that portion of the most
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0009| populous county within the conservancy district, one director
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0010| each from and representing those portions of each of the
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0011| remaining counties within the conservancy district and one
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0012| director from and representing the district at large; provided
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0013| that each director:
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0014| A. is a qualified elector of the conservancy
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0015| district; and
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0016| B. resides within the benefited area of the
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0017| conservancy district and the county from which he is elected
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0018| or, if representing the district at large, resides within the
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0019| benefited area of one of the four counties."
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0020| Section 6. Section 73-14-20 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0021| Chapter 262, Section 3) is amended to read:
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0022| "73-14-20. [DEFINITION OF "QUALIFIED ELECTOR"]
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0023| DEFINITIONS.--As used in Sections [75-28-11.1 through
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75-28-11.15 NMSA 1953] 73-14-18 through 73-14-32 NMSA 1978:
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0025| A. "benefited area" means that area described by a
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0001| property appraisal that receives a benefit as a result of the
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0002| creation of a district for any of the purposes specified in
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0003| Section 73-14-4 NMSA 1978;
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0004| B. "election director" means the person whom the
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0005| board of directors may request to provide election services by a
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0006| contract approved by the secretary of state;
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0007| C. "election officer" means a person appointed by
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0008| the board of directors to conduct the election in the absence of
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0009| an election director and who performs all election services
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0010| required by statute;
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0011| D. "list compiler" means a contractor approved by
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0012| the board of directors to compile and produce a qualified
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0013| elector list for a conservancy district;
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0014| E. "qualified elector" means [a natural person]
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0015| an individual who owns real property within the benefited area
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0016| of the conservancy district and who has provided proof of an
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0017| ownership interest from any available source to the list
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0018| compiler or who resides on and owns legal or equitable title
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0019| in tribal lands and who is over the age of majority;
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0020| F. "qualified elector's list" means the list
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0021| compiled before each election that contains the individual names
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0022| of all qualified electors; and
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0023| G. "residence" means a dwelling that lies partially
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0024| or completely within the benefited area of a conservancy
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0025| district."
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0001| Section 7. Section 73-14-20.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
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0002| Chapter 48, Section 1, as amended by Laws 1991, Chapter 136,
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0003| Section 1 and also by Laws 1991, Chapter 248, Section 1) is
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0004| amended to read:
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0005| "73-14-20.1. QUALIFIED ELECTOR LIST.--
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0006| [A. The secretary of the board of directors of any
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conservancy district organized under the provisions of the
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Conservancy Act of New Mexico and created prior to 1930,
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embracing land situate in four or more counties, shall maintain
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a current list of qualified electors in the conservancy
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district, which shall be known as the registration list.
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Updating of the list shall be completed on an annual basis no
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later than the thirty-first day of August. Any qualified
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elector whose name appears on the registration list is
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considered to be a registered elector in the conservancy
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district.]
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0017| A. The board of directors of the conservancy
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0018| district may contract for a list compiler before each election
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0019| to compile and produce a qualified elector's list for the
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0020| district. The list compiler shall deliver the completed list to
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0021| the election director no later than twenty days prior to a
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0022| district election. An individual who purchases property twenty-eight days prior to an election and whose name does not appear
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0023| on the qualified elector's list shall not vote in that election.
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0024| The individual may become certified to vote in a future election
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0025| by filing his deed of title with the appropriate county clerk at
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0001| least twenty-eight days before the next conservancy district
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0002| election.
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0003| B. Names of qualified electors shall be obtained
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0004| from the records of the county clerk of the appropriate county,
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0005| [from] the appropriate county assessor of the appropriate
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0006| county, records of the conservancy district or from the census
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0007| bureau and enrollment records provided by the pueblos [on an
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annual basis]. The county assessor of the appropriate county,
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0009| the county clerk of the appropriate county and the tribal
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0010| representatives of the appropriate pueblos shall deliver to the
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0011| election director all records regarding qualified electors of
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0012| the benefited area of the conservancy district no later than the
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0013| last day of each August before a district election.
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0014| C. Updating the qualified elector's list shall
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0015| consist of adding, for any new qualified elector who has
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0016| purchased property in the district, the name, address and
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0017| description of all property owned by the qualified elector in
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0018| the benefited area of the conservancy district and removing the
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0019| name of any elector who is deceased or is no longer a qualified
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0020| elector because he no longer owns property within the benefited
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0021| district.
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0022| D. Proof of ownership of land within the benefited
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0023| area of the conservancy district requires one of the following:
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0024| (1) a recorded deed or real estate contract
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0025| indicating current ownership of land within the benefited area
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0001| of the district;
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0002| (2) an individual's name on county clerk
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0003| records indicating a description of property the individual owns
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0004| within the benefited area of the district;
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0005| (3) an individual's name on a list compiled by
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0006| the governing body of a pueblo within the benefited area of the
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0007| conservancy district indicating that the individual named is
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0008| residing on and has legal or equitable title in the pueblo; or
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0009| (4) a current property tax bill indicating
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0010| ownership of land within the benefited area of the district.
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0011| E. The [secretary of the board of directors]
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0012| election officer or the election director of the conservancy
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0013| district shall distribute to each polling [location] place a
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0014| current [registration] qualified elector's list for the
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0015| appropriate county. The election officer or the election
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0016| director shall distribute the qualified elector's list to each
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0017| polling place within a pueblo located within the benefited area
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0018| of the conservancy district. A qualified elector may vote at
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0019| any one polling place in the pueblo or county where he owns
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0020| land. [A qualified elector] An individual who seeks to cast
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0021| his vote but finds his name is not on the [registration]
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0022| qualified elector's list shall not be allowed to vote [upon
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a satisfactory showing of proof of current ownership of land
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within the benefited area of the district in any manner provided
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in Subsection D of this section] in that election."
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0001| Section 8. Section 73-14-24 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0002| Chapter 262, Section 7, as amended by Laws 1991, Chapter 136,
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0003| Section 2 and also by Laws 1991, Chapter 248, Section 2) is
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0004| amended to read:
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0005| "73-14-24. TIME AND PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION.--
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0006| A. The members of the [board] boards of
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0007| directors created by Sections 73-14-18 through 73-14-32 NMSA
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0008| 1978 shall be elected [on the first Tuesday of May of the year
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1976 and at Elections] at an election held on the first
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0010| Tuesday after the first Monday in November [beginning in 1990
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and in each second year] in 1996 and in each even-numbered
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0012| year thereafter.
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0013| B. The elections for the members of the board of
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0014| directors of the conservancy district shall be conducted,
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0015| counted and canvassed as provided in Sections 73-14-18 through
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0016| 73-14-32 and 73-14-84 through 73-14-86 NMSA 1978. The polls
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0017| shall be opened and closed at the same time as provided for the
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0018| general election under the Election Code."
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0019| Section 9. Section 73-14-25 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0020| Chapter 262, Section 8) is amended to read:
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0021| "73-14-25. [NOTICE] DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY--SIGNATURES OF ELECTORS.--
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0022| A. Any person who desires to become a candidate for
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0023| election as a member of the conservancy district board [and who
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has the qualifications as provided by law] shall file his
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0025| written [notice] declaration of candidacy with the
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0001| [secretary of the existing] election director or with the
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0002| election officer [board] at least thirty days before the
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0003| election. The election officer or the election director shall
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0004| certify the candidates to the board of directors.
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0005| B. The [notice] declaration of candidacy shall
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0006| contain:
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0007| (1) a statement that the candidate is a
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0008| qualified elector of the district and meets the qualifications
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0009| of a director as required by law;
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0010| (2) the candidate's name, address, date and
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0011| county of residence;
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0012| (3) the numerical designation of the position
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0013| on the board of directors for which he desires to be a
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0014| candidate;
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0015| (4) if a candidate for a position representing
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0016| a county in the conservancy district, a petition signed by at
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0017| least seventy-five qualified electors of the district
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0018| [resident] who reside in that county; [and]
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0019| (5) if a candidate for the position at large in
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0020| the conservancy district, a petition signed by at least one
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0021| hundred twenty-five qualified electors [resident in the
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conservancy district]; and
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0023| (6) a statement that the candidate is a
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0024| resident within the benefited area of the conservancy district
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0025| and in the county for which he desires to be a candidate on the
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0001| board of directors."
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0002| Section 10. Section 73-14-27 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0003| Chapter 262, Section 10, as amended by Laws 1991, Chapter 136,
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0004| Section 3 and also by Laws 1991, Chapter 248, Section 3) is
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0005| amended to read:
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0006| "73-14-27. ELECTION--LOCATION OF POLLING PLACES--NOTICE OF
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0007| ELECTION--CREATION OF ABSENT VOTER PRECINCT.--
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0008| A. For every conservancy district election, the
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0009| board of directors shall provide for a polling place at each
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0010| physical location within the boundaries of the conservancy
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0011| district at which polling places for the general election are
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0012| located. In addition, the board of directors shall provide a
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0013| polling place at the main office of the conservancy district and
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0014| may provide such other locations as it deems necessary. The
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0015| board of directors may also create an absent voter precinct.
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0016| B. Notice of election shall be published three times
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0017| in a newspaper of general circulation within each county of the
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0018| district. Each notice shall state the time, place and purpose
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0019| of the election and shall be published twenty, ten and five days
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0020| before the election."
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0021| Section 11. Section 73-14-28 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0022| Chapter 262, Section 11) is amended to read:
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0023| "73-14-28. ELECTION JUDGES.--The [board of directors]
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0024| election officer or the election director shall select three
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0025| election judges for each polling place established within the
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0001| conservancy district. The election officer or the election
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0002| director shall also appoint an absent voter precinct board.
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0003| [The judges shall be qualified electors of the district.]"
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0004| Section 12. A new Section 73-14-28.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted
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0005| to read:
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0006| "73-14-28.1. [NEW MATERIAL] ELECTION.--The board of
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0007| directors of the conservancy district shall conduct the election
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0008| pursuant to Chapter 73, Article 14 NMSA 1978 and other
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0009| applicable election laws or shall select an election director as
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0010| defined in Section 73-14-20 NMSA 1978 to provide election
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0011| services. The election director shall operate pursuant to a
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0012| contract approved by the secretary of state. The election may
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0013| be conducted by emergency paper ballot, electronic voting
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0014| machine or any other state certified tabulating voting machine."
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0015| Section 13. Section 73-14-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0016| Chapter 262, Section 12) is amended to read:
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0017| "73-14-29. FORM OF BALLOT.--The election officer or the
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0018| election director shall oversee the preparation and printing of
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0019| the ballots for a conservancy district [board of directors']
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0020| election. Ballots shall be prepared and printed [by the board
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of directors] at the expense of the conservancy district. The
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0022| [board of directors may prepare] election officer or the
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0023| election director shall oversee the preparation of a separate
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0024| ballot for each county within the conservancy district or [it
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may prepare] the preparation of one ballot for use within the
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0001| entire conservancy district. The board of directors shall
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0002| approve the form of the ballot. The ballot shall contain the
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0003| numbered position or positions, as the case may be, to which
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0004| directors are to be elected at the election, with the names of
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0005| all candidates for each position listed under that designation."
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0006| Section 14. Section 73-14-31 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0007| Chapter 262, Section 14) is amended to read:
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0008| "73-14-31. [ABSENT] ABSENTEE VOTING BY BALLOT
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0009| PERMITTED--PROCEDURE.--
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0010| A. In any election of officers of the conservancy
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0011| district, a qualified elector shall be entitled to vote by
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0012| [absent] absentee ballot. [Absent ballots] An absentee
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0013| ballot shall be furnished by the [secretary of the board of
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directors and such ballots shall be] election director in a
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0015| form prescribed by the board of directors. [In addition to the
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absent ballot, the secretary of the board of directors] The
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0017| election director shall also furnish to each qualified
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0018| elector requesting an [absent] absentee ballot an official
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0019| inner envelope for use in sealing the completed [absent]
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0020| absentee ballot and an official outer envelope for use in
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0021| returning the inner envelope to the [secretary] election
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0022| director. No absentee ballot shall be delivered or mailed to
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0023| any person other than the applicant for the ballot.
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0024| B. A qualified elector voting by [absent]
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0025| absentee ballot shall secretly mark his ballot, place it in
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0001| the official inner envelope and securely seal the envelope. [He
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shall then] The qualified elector shall place the inner
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0003| envelope inside the outer envelope and securely seal the
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0004| envelope. The qualified elector shall then sign his name and
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0005| address on the outer envelope and deliver or mail it to the
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0006| [secretary of the board of directors any time prior to the
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opening of the polls on election day] election director or the
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0008| election officer.
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0009| C. Absentee ballots shall be distributed by the
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0010| election director or the election officer during the regular
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0011| hours and days of business from the twentieth day preceding the
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0012| election up until 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday immediately prior to
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0013| the date of the election.
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0014| [C.] D. No [absent] absentee ballot shall be
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0015| counted unless it is received by the secretary of the board of
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0016| directors prior to the [opening] closing of the polls.
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0017| [Upon receipt of an absent ballot, the secretary of the board
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of directors shall remove the outer envelope and enter in a
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register the name and address of the qualified elector and the
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date and time the ballot was received. The secretary shall keep
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the inner envelope sealed and unmarked or unidentified in any
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manner as to the qualified elector and place it in a safe place
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until the opening of the polls on election day. At the time the
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polls open on election day, the secretary shall deliver all the
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sealed inner envelopes to the chairman of the election board of
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the precinct nearest to the office of the district. The sealed
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inner envelopes shall be accompanied by a signed affidavit
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setting forth the number of ballots received, the number of
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ballots delivered and a statement to the effect that the ballots
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delivered are in the same condition as when received.]
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0006| E. An absentee ballot received after the closing of
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0007| the polls on the day of the election shall not be collected by
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0008| the absent voter precinct board but shall be preserved by the
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0009| conservancy district until the time for election contests has
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0010| expired. In the absence of a court order after expiration of
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0011| the time for election contests, the conservancy district shall
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0012| destroy all late official mailing envelopes without opening them
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0013| or permitting the contents to be examined, cast, counted or
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0014| canvassed. Before their destruction, the election director
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0015| shall count the number of late ballots from voters of the
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0016| conservancy district and report the number to the election
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0017| officer and the secretary of state.
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0018| [D. Absent] F. Prior to the delivery of the
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0019| absentee ballots to the absent voter precinct board, the
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0020| absentee ballots shall be held unopened at the absentee voter
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0021| precinct in a locked ballot box. At the close of the polls on
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0022| election day, the absent voter precinct board shall obtain the
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0023| absentee ballot box from the election director and tally the
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0024| absentee ballots. The presiding judge shall have authority to
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0025| unlock the absentee ballot box.
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0001| G. Absentee ballots shall be counted and tallied
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0002| [and canvassed] as are other ballots for the conservancy
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0003| district election."
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0004| Section 15. A new Section 73-14-31.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted
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0005| to read:
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0006| "73-14-31.1. [NEW MATERIAL] ABSENTEE BALLOT
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0007| APPLICATION.--
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0008| A. Application by a qualified elector for an
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0009| absentee ballot shall be made on the official form prescribed by
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0010| the board of directors and printed and furnished by the election
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0011| director. The form shall identify the applicant and contain
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0012| information to establish his qualification as a qualified
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0013| elector for issuance of an absentee ballot. Each application
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0014| for an absentee ballot shall be subscribed and sworn to by the
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0015| applicant.
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0016| B. The election director shall mark each completed
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0017| absentee ballot application with the date and time of receipt
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0018| and enter the required information in the absentee ballot
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0019| qualified elector list. The election director shall then
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0020| determine if the applicant is a qualified elector.
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0021| C. If the applicant is not listed in the qualified
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0022| elector list, an absentee ballot shall not be issued and the
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0023| election director shall mark the application "rejected" and file
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0024| the application in a separate file from those accepted.
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0025| D. The election director shall notify in writing
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0001| each applicant of the fact of acceptance or rejection of his
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0002| application and, if rejected, shall state the reason for
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0003| rejection.
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0004| E. If the election director determines that the
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0005| applicant is a qualified elector, the election director shall
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0006| mark the application "accepted" and deliver or mail to the
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0007| applicant an absentee ballot and the required envelopes for use
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0008| in returning the ballot to the absent voter precinct."
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0009| Section 16. A new Section 73-14-31.2 NMSA 1978 is enacted
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0010| to read:
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0011| "73-14-31.2. [NEW MATERIAL] HANDLING OF ABSENTEE
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0012| BALLOTS BY ABSENT VOTER PRECINCT BOARD.--
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0013| A. The absent voter precinct board shall select one
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0014| member to serve as presiding judge. The election director shall
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0015| appoint a special deputy to serve at the absent voter precinct.
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0016| B. Upon receipt of the absentee ballots by the
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0017| absent voter precinct board, the special deputy shall remain in
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0018| the polling place of the absent voter precinct until he has
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0019| observed the opening of the official mailing envelope, the
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0020| deposit of the ballot in the locked ballot box marked for the
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0021| conservancy district election and the listing of the names on
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0022| the official mailing envelope in the signature rosters. Upon
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0023| delivery of the absentee ballots, the special deputy shall
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0024| obtain a receipt executed by the presiding judge and each
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0025| election judge appointed to the absent voter precinct board.
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0001| The special deputy shall return the receipt to the election
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0002| director for filing. The receipts shall specify the number of
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0003| envelopes received by the special deputy for each absent voter
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0004| precinct of the conservancy district and the number of envelopes
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0005| received by the absent voter precinct board from the special
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0006| deputy.
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0007| C. Before opening any official mailing envelope, the
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0008| presiding judge and the election judges shall determine if the
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0009| required information has been completed on the reverse side of
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0010| the official mailing envelope.
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0011| D. If the voter's signature is missing, the
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0012| presiding judge shall write "rejected" on the front of the
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0013| official mailing envelope. The election judges shall enter the
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0014| voter's name in the signature rosters and shall write the
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0015| notation "rejected--missing signature" in the notations column
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0016| of the signature rosters. The presiding judge shall place the
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0017| official mailing envelope unopened in an envelope provided for
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0018| rejected ballots for the conservancy district, seal the envelope
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0019| and write the voter's name on the front of the envelope and
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0020| deposit it in the locked ballot box.
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0021| E. At 5:00 p.m. on the Monday immediately preceding
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0022| the date of election, the election officer or election director
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0023| shall record the numbers of the unused absentee ballots for the
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0024| conservancy district and shall publicly destroy in the
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0025| conservancy office all of the unused ballots. The election
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0001| officer or election director shall execute a certificate of
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0002| destruction, which shall include the numbers on the ballots
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0003| destroyed. A copy of the certificate of destruction shall be
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0004| sent to the board of directors of the conservancy district and
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0005| the secretary of state."
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0006| Section 17. Section 73-14-85 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1961,
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0007| Chapter 67, Section 17) is amended to read:
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0008| "73-14-85. ELECTIONS--COUNTING BALLOTS--CERTIFICATION OF
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0009| RESULTS TO THE BOARD.--Not more than six hours after the polls
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0010| have closed, the [three election judges shall count the total
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vote cast and those cast for each candidate. They shall then
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certify the results on a form prescribed by the board of
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directors. This written certification shall be returned
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immediately to the board of directors. The ballots shall be
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placed in a ballot box and the box shall be securely locked.
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The ballot box shall then be delivered to the secretary of the
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board of directors by one of the judges in person not less than
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twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls] presiding
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0019| judge of each polling place shall deliver to the election
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0020| director a certified copy of the certificate of returns. Not
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0021| more than twenty-four hours after the polls have closed the
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0022| election director shall deliver a certified copy of the
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0023| certificate of returns immediately to the board of directors."
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0024| Section 18. REPEAL.--Sections 73-14-32 and 73-14-88 NMSA
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0025| 1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 262, Section 15 and Laws 1961,
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0001| Chapter 17, Section 20) are repealed.
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0002| Section 19. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0003| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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0004| State of New Mexico
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0005| House of Representatives
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0014| Mr. Speaker:
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0016| Your VOTERS AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, to whom has
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0017| been referred
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0019| HOUSE BILL 651
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0021| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0022| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0024| 1. On page 4, line 16, strike the underscored language.
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0001| 2. On page 4, line 18, strike the second occurrence of
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0002| "the", and on line 19, strike "benefited area of".
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0004| 3. On page 4, line 19, before the period insert "of the
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0005| conservancy district".
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0007| 4. On page 5, line 17, after "interest" strike the remainder
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0008| of the line, and on line 18, strike "compiler" and insert in lieu
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0009| thereof "to one of the sources specified in Subsection B of
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0010| Section 73-14-20.1 NMSA 1978 within the required time period,".
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0012| 5. On page 10, line 24, strike "is a", and on line 25,
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0013| strike "resident" and insert in lieu thereof "resides".
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0015| 6. On page 10, line 25, strike "benefited area of the".
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0017| 7. On page 19, lines 5 through 22, strike Section 17 in its
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0018| entirety and insert in lieu thereof:
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0020| "Section 17. A new section of Chapter 73, Article 14 NMSA
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0021| 1978 is enacted to read:
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0023| "[NEW MATERIAL] ELECTIONS FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS--COUNTING
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0024| BALLOTS--CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS TO THE BOARD.--For conservancy
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0025| districts having more than one hundred thousand acres within the
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0001| district, the presiding judge of each polling place within that
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0002| district shall, not more than six hours after the polls have
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0003| closed, deliver to the election director a certified copy of the
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0004| certificate of returns. Not more than twenty-four hours after the
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0005| polls have closed, the election director shall deliver a certified
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0006| copy of the certificate of returns to the board of directors.".
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0007|
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0008| 8. On page 19, lines 23 through 25, strike Section 18 in its
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0009| entirety and insert in lieu thereof:
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0011| "Section 18. REPEAL.--Section 73-14-32 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
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0012| 1975, Chapter 262, Section 15) is repealed.".,
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0014| and thence referred to the AGRICULTURE AND WATER
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0015| RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
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0017| Respectfully submitted,
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0022| Edward C. Sandoval, Chairman
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0025| Adopted Not Adopted
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0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0004| Date
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0005|
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0006| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0007| Yes: 9
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0008| Excused: Lujan, Madalena, Sanchez
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0009| Absent: None
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0013| H0651VE1 State of New Mexico
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0014| House of Representatives
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0016| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0017| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0020| February 8, 1996
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0023| Mr. Speaker:
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0025| Your AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE,
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0001| to whom has been referred
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0002|
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0003| HOUSE BILL 651, as amended
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0004|
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0005| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0006| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0007|
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0008| Respectfully submitted,
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0013| G. X. McSherry, Chairman
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0016| Adopted Not Adopted
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0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0020| Date
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0021|
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0022| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0023| Yes: 6
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0024| Excused: Casey, Porter, Stell
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0025| Absent: None
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0005| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0006| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0009| February 13, 1996
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0011| Mr. President:
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0013| Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0014|
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0015| HOUSE BILL 651
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0016|
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0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0019|
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0020| Respectfully submitted,
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0021|
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0024| __________________________________
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0025| TOM R. BENAVIDES, Chairman
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0004| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0005| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0009| Date ________________________
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0010|
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0011|
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0012| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0013| Yes: 6
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0014| No: 0
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0015| Excused: Tsosie, Vernon, Wray
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0016| Absent: 0
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0019| H0651CO1
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