HOUSE BILL 432

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

INTRODUCED BY

Pauline J. Ponce

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; INCREASING CERTAIN FEES COLLECTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

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

     Section 1. Section 8-4-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 272, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "8-4-4. FEES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.--The secretary of state shall collect the following fees to be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the general fund:

          A. photocopies of records, per page ---------------    --[twenty-five cents ($.25)] fifty cents ($.50);

          B. each certification -----------------------------              ---[three dollars ($3.00)] five dollars ($5.00);

          C. filing each official oath ----------------------              ---[three dollars ($3.00)] five dollars ($5.00);

          D. search of records where another fee is not

              prescribed, per hour of search ----------------               -------------------------- ten dollars ($10.00);

          E. duplicate commission of office or certificate --              -- [three dollars ($3.00)] five dollars ($5.00);

          F. service of process where another fee is not                prescribed ------------------------ [twenty-five               dollars ($25.00)] thirty-five dollars ($35.00);

          G. computer printout of Uniform Commercial Code            records, per page ---------- one dollar ($1.00);

              and

          H. computer generated records other than voter

              registration records, per record --------------              ----------------------------- ten cents ($.10)."

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