SENATE BILL 535
52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015
INTRODUCED BY
Mark Moores
AN ACT
RELATING TO OATHS; REMOVING THE THREE-DOLLAR ($3.00) FEE CHARGED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FILING AN OATH OF OFFICE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 8-4-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 272, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"8-4-4. FEES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.--The secretary of state shall collect the following fees to be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the general fund:
A. photocopies of records, per page ------------------------------------twenty-five cents ($.25);
B. each certification ------ three dollars ($3.00);
[C. filing each official oath ---------------------------------------------- three dollars ($3.00);
D.] C. search of records where another fee is not
prescribed, per hour of search ----------------------------------------- ten dollars ($10.00);
[E.] D. duplicate commission of office or certificate--------------------------- three dollars ($3.00);
[F.] E. service of process where another fee is not prescribed ------ twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
[G.] F. computer printout of Uniform Commercial Code records, per page --------- one dollar ($1.00); and
[H.] G. computer generated records other than voter registration records, per record ------------------------------------------ ten cents ($.10)."
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2015.
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