SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 158

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS; PROTECTING CERTAIN OUTSTANDING UNPAID WARRANTS FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION.

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

     SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 6, Article 5 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] UNPAID WARRANTS--PROTECTION FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION.--Outstanding warrants of a state agency or local public body that have not been cleared by the agency's or public body's fiscal agent bank shall not be made available for public inspection."

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