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

SPONSOR Garcia, MH

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/10/07

HB 487

SHORT TITLE City & School District Election Polling Place

SB

ANALYST Ortiz

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Attorney General’s Office (AGO)

Secretary of State

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

HB 487 amends Section 1-22-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985, Chapter 168, Section 8, as

amended) requiring Municipalities and School Districts to use the same location as the polling

place used for that precinct or consolidated precinct in the State’s General Election.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

LFC files note that a consistent location may benefit voters if polling places used for municipali-

ties and school districts elections are kept the same as those used for the state general election.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The Secretary of State reported that HB 487 does not apply to the Office of the Secretary of

State.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

How will this improve the process for municipalities and school districts.

EO/nt