0001| SENATE BILL 976
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| DIANNA J. DURAN
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO SPECIAL DISTRICTS; REQUIRING A PERSON TO PHYSICALLY
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0012| RESIDE WITHIN A SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO VOTE IN
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0013| A DISTRICT ELECTION; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE SOIL AND WATER
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0014| CONSERVATION DISTRICT ACT.
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0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017| Section 1. Section 73-21-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1943,
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0018| Chapter 80, Section 13, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019| "73-21-14. ELECTIONS.--
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0020| A. In any district, except a district created
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0021| pursuant to a petition signed by the chairman of the board of
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0022| county commissioners of a county, on the second Tuesday of
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0023| January in the second calendar year after the organization of
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0024| the district and on the second Tuesday of January every second
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0025| year thereafter, there shall be elected by the [taxpaying]
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0001| electors [of] who physically reside within the district one
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0002| member of the board to serve for a term of six years, except
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0003| that if the district elects to adopt four-year terms, the
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0004| member shall serve for a term of four years.
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0005| B. In any district created pursuant to a petition
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0006| signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners of
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0007| a county, one year after the organization of the district and
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0008| every second year thereafter, there shall be elected by [the
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0009| taxpaying] electors [of] who physically reside within the
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0010| district at least two, but no more than three, members of the
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0011| board to serve for a term of two years.
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0012| C. Not later than thirty days before any election
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0013| pursuant to Subsections A or B of this section, nominations may
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0014| be filed with the secretary of the board and, if a nominee does
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0015| not withdraw his name before the first publication of the
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0016| notice of election, his name shall be placed on the ballot.
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0017| The board shall provide for holding such election and shall
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0018| appoint judges to conduct it. The secretary of the district
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0019| shall give notice of election by publication and shall arrange
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0020| such other details in connection therewith as the board may
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0021| direct. The returns of the election shall be certified to and
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0022| shall be canvassed and declared by the board. The candidate
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0023| receiving the most votes shall be elected. Any new member of
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0024| the board shall qualify in the same manner as members of the
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0025| first board qualify."
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0003| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0004| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0005| SB 976/a
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0007| February 22, 1997
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0009| Mr. President:
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0011| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0013| SENATE BILL 976
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0015| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0016| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0018| 1. On page 1, line 12, strike "SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
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0019| DISTRICT" and insert in lieu thereof "WATER AND SANITATION
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0020| DISTRICT".
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0022| 2. On page 1, lines 13 and 14, strike "SOIL AND WATER
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0023| CONSERVATION DISTRICT ACT" and insert in lieu thereof "WATER AND
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0024| SANITATION DISTRICT ACT".
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0001| Respectfully submitted,
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0006| __________________________________
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0007| Gloria Howes, Chairman
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0011| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0012| Adopted_______________________
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0013| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0016| Date ________________________
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0019| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0020| Yes: 7
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0021| No: 0
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0022| Excused: Altamirano
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0023| Absent: None
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