SENATE BILL 16

45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

INTRODUCED BY

Dianna J. Duran







AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS; ALLOWING AN INCREASE IN COMPENSATION FOR PRECINCT BOARD MEMBERS.



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

Section 1. Section 1-2-16 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 36, as amended) is amended to read:

"1-2-16. PRECINCT BOARD--COMPENSATION.--

A. Members of a precinct board shall be compensated for their services at the rate of not less than the federal minimum hourly wage rate nor more than [seven dollars ($7.00) per hour] one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) for an election day.

B. Compensation shall be paid within thirty days following the date of election."

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