NMSA 1-16-2. Ballot questions; state ballot questions; local government ballot

1-16-2. Ballot questions; state ballot questions; local government ballot questions. A. A state ballot question includes any: (1) proposed amendment to the constitution of New Mexico, as provided in a joint resolution passed by the legislature; (2) tax authorization for general obligation bonds or mill levy, as provided by law; (3) referendum, as provided in Article 4, Section 1 of the constitution of New Mexico; and (4) other questions, as provided by statute or the constitution of New Mexico. B. A local government ballot question includes any: (1) tax authorization for bond sales, mill levy or gross receipts tax, as required by law; (2) recall of county, school board or certain municipal officers, as provided by law or by municipal home rule charter; (3) petition for the creation of a special district or consideration of a statutory local option, as provided by law; (4) referendum on local governing body taxation authority, as provided by law; (5) referendum on local government ordinances, as provided by the charter of a home rule municipality, by an incorporated or urban county or by law; (6) change in the laws of a home rule municipality, as provided by the municipal charter or by law; (7) changes in the charter of an incorporated or urban county, as provided by the charter of the incorporated or urban county or by law; and (8) other questions, as provided by state statute or the constitution of New Mexico. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-16-2, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 375; 2019, ch. 212, § 134.