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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Picraux

 

DATE TYPED:

01/31/02

 

HB

HJR 19

 

SHORT TITLE:

Municipal Runoff Elections, CA

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Woodlee

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

 

 

$30.0

Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Relates to Senate Joint Resolution 8 and House Joint Resolution 6

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Secretary of State

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

House Joint Resolution 19 proposes to amend Article 7 of the Constitution of new Mexico to allow runoff elections for municipalities that have a population over fifty thousand, that are located in a Class A county and for other municipalities as provided by law.

 

     Significant Issues

 

The joint resolution provides that a municipality having a population over fifty thousand as determined by the 2000 federal decennial census may have runoff elections if it is located in a Class A county and has adopted a charter may amend that charter to provide for runoff elections.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

There is no appropriation with this joint resolution.  The Secretary of State indicates a cost of $30.0 for  the printing and advertising costs of constitutional amendments in the general election.  There is currently $500.0 in the HAFC Substitute for House Bill 2 for costs associated with constitutional cmendments.  This appropriation would absorb the costs associated with this proposal.

 

MW/prr

 

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