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AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS; REMOVING PROVISIONS REQUIRING

ELECTRONIC FILING OF CAMPAIGN REPORTS; DECLARING AN

EMERGENCY.

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

Section 1. Section 1-19-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,

Chapter 46, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:

"1-19-29. TIME AND PLACE OF FILING REPORTS.--

A. Annually, all reporting individuals shall file

with the proper filing officer by 5:00 p.m. on the second

Monday in May a report of all expenditures made and

contributions received on or before the first Monday in May

and not previously reported. The report shall be filed

annually until the reporting individual's bank account has

been closed and the other provisions specified in Subsection

E of this section have been satisfied.

B. In an election year, in addition to the May

report provided for in Subsection A of this section, all

reporting individuals, except for persons who file a

statement of exception pursuant to Section 1-19-33 NMSA 1978

and except for public officials who are not candidates in an

election that year, shall file reports of all expenditures

made and contributions received according to the following

schedule:

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(1) by 5:00 p.m. on the second Monday in

October, a report of all expenditures made and contributions

received on or before the first Monday in October and not

previously reported;

(2) by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before a

primary, general or statewide special election, a report of

all expenditures made and contributions received by 5:00 p.m.

on the Tuesday before the election. Any contribution or

pledge to contribute that is received after 5:00 p.m. on the

Tuesday before the election and that is for five hundred

dollars ($500) or more in a legislative or non-statewide

judicial election, or two thousand five hundred dollars

($2,500) or more in a statewide election, shall be reported

to the proper filing officer either in a supplemental report

on a prescribed form within twenty-four hours of receipt or

in the report to be filed by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before

a primary, general or statewide special election, except that

any such contribution or pledge to contribute that is

received after 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before the election

may be reported by 12:00 noon on the Monday before the

election; and

(3) by 5:00 p.m. on the thirtieth day after

a primary, general or statewide special election, a report of

all expenditures made and contributions received on or before

the twenty-fifth day after the election and not previously

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reported.

C. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this

section, the report due on the thirtieth day after an

election need be the only report filed after the annual May

report if the candidate is not opposed in the election and if

the report includes all expenditures made and contributions

received for that election and not previously reported.

D. A report of expenditures and contributions

filed after a deadline set forth in this section shall not be

deemed to have been timely filed.

E. Each reporting individual shall file a report

of expenditures and contributions annually pursuant to the

filing schedule set forth in this section, regardless of

whether any expenditures were made or contributions were

received during the reporting period. Reports shall be

required until the reporting individual delivers a report to

the proper filing officer stating that:

(1) there are no outstanding campaign debts;

(2) all money has been expended in

accordance with the provisions of Section 1-19-29.1 NMSA

1978; and

(3) the bank account has been closed.

F. Each treasurer of a political committee shall

file a report of expenditures and contributions annually

pursuant to the filing schedule set forth in this section

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until the treasurer files a report that affirms that the

committee has dissolved or no longer exists and that its bank

account has been closed.

G. A reporting individual who is a candidate

within the meaning of the Campaign Reporting Act because of

the amount of contributions the candidate receives or

expenditures the candidate makes and who does not ultimately

file a declaration of candidacy or a nominating petition with

the proper filing officer shall nevertheless file a report,

not later than the second Monday in May for a primary

election or the second Monday in October for a general

election, of all contributions received and expenditures made

on or before the first Monday in May for a primary election

or the first Monday in October for a general election and not

previously reported.

H. Reports required by this section shall be filed

electronically, in person or by facsimile by all reporting

individuals.

I. The secretary of state shall convert campaign

reports that are filed on paper into the electronic format

used by the secretary of state's on-line searchable campaign

report database and post those campaign reports on the

secretary of state's web site within two weeks, along with

the campaign reports that have been electronically filed."

Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public

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peace, health and safety that this act take effect

immediately.