0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; AMENDING A
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0003| SECTION OF THE CAMPAIGN REPORTING ACT RELATED TO PERSONS IN A
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0004| REGULATORY OFFICE AND THE SOLICITATION OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
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0005| 
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0006| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0007|      Section 1.  Section 1-19-34.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, Chapter
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0008| 46, Section 13, as amended) is amended to read:
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0009|      "1-19-34.2.  REGULATED INDUSTRY SOLICITATIONS 
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0010| PROHIBITED.--It is unlawful for an elected state official, public
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0011| officer or employee who works for a regulatory office or a
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0012| candidate who seeks election to a regulatory office or anyone
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0013| authorized by a candidate to solicit funds on his behalf to
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0014| knowingly solicit a contribution from an entity or its officers or
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0015| employees or a person that is directly regulated by the office. 
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0016| For purposes of this section, an entity or person is directly
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0017| regulated by an office when the entity's or person's charges for
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0018| services offered to the public are set or directly subject to
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0019| approval by the regulatory office or when a license to do business
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0020| in the state is determined by the regulatory office.  This
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0021| prohibition does not apply to candidates, including incumbents,
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0022| for any judicial office or for any campaigns for a judicial
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0023| office."                                               
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