0001|               SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0002|                           SENATE BILL 1256
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0003|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0011|                                AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE;
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0013|     AMENDING AND REPEALING SECTIONS OF THE CAMPAIGN REPORTING ACT
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0014|     RELATED TO PERSONS IN A REGULATORY OFFICE AND THE SOLICITATION
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0015|     OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|          Section 1.  Section 1-19-34.5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995,
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0019|     Chapter 153, Section 18) is amended to read:
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0020|          "1-19-34.5.  PRESUMPTIONS--CIVIL ACTION.--[A.]  For
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0021|     purposes of a civil action, it shall be presumed that a public
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0022|     official or a candidate for public office subject to the
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0023|     Campaign Reporting Act has authorized and approved each
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0024|     solicitation for campaign contributions made by his campaign
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0025|     committee or a person authorized by the candidate to solicit
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0001|     campaign contributions on his behalf.
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0002|               [B.  For purposes of a civil action, it shall be
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0003|     presumed that a candidate who seeks election to a regulatory
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0004|     office, as described in Section 1-19-34.2 NMSA 1978, has
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0005|     advised his campaign committee and all persons authorized by
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0006|     the candidate to solicit campaign contributions on his behalf
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0007|     that it is unlawful to solicit contributions from an entity or
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0008|     its officers or employees or a person that is directly
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0009|     regulated by the office the candidate seeks.]"
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0010|          Section 2.  REPEAL.--Section 1-19-34.2 NMSA 1978 (being
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0011|     Laws 1993, Chapter 46, Section 13, as amended) is repealed.
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