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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR M. Sanchez
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/13/2007
2/27/2007 HB
SHORT TITLE Electronic Campaign Report Filing Provisions
SB 363/aSRC/aSJC
ANALYST Schuss
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)
No Response
Secretary of State (SOS)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of SJC Amendment
The Senate Judiciary Committee has amended SB 363 to read:
Reports required by this section may be filed electronically, in person or by facsimile by all
reporting individuals.
Synopsis of SRC Amendment
The amendment proposed by the Senate Rules Committee changes Subsection H to read:
“Reports required by this section shall be filed electronically or by facsimile by all reporting
individuals. “
It also amends Subsection I to read: The Secretary of Sate shall convert all campaign reports that
are filed on paper into the electronic format used by the Secretary of State’s online searchable
campaign report database and post those campaign reports on the Secretary of State’s website
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within two weeks, along with the campaign reports that have been electronically filed.
Synopsis of Original Bill
Senate Bill 363 amends Section 1-19-29 NMSA 1978, to remove the requirement for candidates
as defined by the Campaign Reporting Act from having to file campaign expenditure and
receivable reports electronically.
This bill declares an emergency.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The proposed legislation will allow candidates the option to submit reports by facsimile and
requires the Secretary of State’s Office to convert such data into the electronic format used on-
line at the Secretary of State’s searchable campaign report database.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
The Secretary of State’s Office could have an administrative impact if an abundance of these
reports are submitted by facsimile. An analysis from the Secretary of State would be necessary to
determine this impact.
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