0001|                           SENATE BILL 1209
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            L. SKIP VERNON
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE
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0012|     NMSA 1978 TO ABSOLUTELY PROHIBIT PARTISAN ACTIVITY OF CHIEF
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0013|     CLERKS AND THEIR STAFFS.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 2-14-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0017|     Chapter 3, Section 4) is amended to read:
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0018|          "2-14-4.  PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES--PROHIBITION.--The
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0019|     chief clerks and their respective staffs shall not engage in
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0020|     partisan political activity:
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0021|               <u>A.</u>  during the course or in the performance of
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0022|     their duties; and
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0023|               <u>B.  that involves campaigning for legislative
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<u></u>0024| <u>    races</u>."
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0025|     .114675.1
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