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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Rawson		DATE TYPED:	01/31/01		HB
SHORT TITLE:		Cancel Deceased Person's Voter Registration				SB	179
					ANALYST:		Woodlee

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY01

FY02

FY01

FY02

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to House Bill 256

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Secretary of State

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 179 provides for the cancellation of deceased person's voter registration.

Significant Issues

The bill amends Section 1-4-25 NMSA 1978 by providing that the State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall file monthly reports with the Secretary of State of deceased residents over the age of eighteen, sorted by county, regardless of the place of death. The Secretary of State must then provide a monthly certified list of deceased residents to each county clerk, who will then, in turn, cancel any deceased resident's certificate of registration.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

There are no appropriations or significant fiscal implication contained in this bill.

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