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§ 22-25-5 NMSA 1978

Conduct of election; notice; ballot

Known as the Public School Capital Improvements Act

The act spans §§ 22–22 (11 sections).

1953 Comp., § 77-25-5, enacted by Laws 1975 (S.S.), ch. 5, § 5; 1986, ch. 32, § 22; 1997, ch. 138, § 2; 2003, ch. 147, § 7; 2018, ch. 79, § 94; 2019, ch. 212, § 224.

A. An election on the question of imposing a tax under the Public School Capital Improvements Act shall be conducted as prescribed in the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978].

B. The proclamation authorizing the ballot question or calling for a special election shall include as the question to be submitted to the voters whether a property tax at a rate not to exceed the rate specified in the authorizing resolution should be imposed for the specified number of property tax years not exceeding six years upon the net taxable value of all property allocated to the school district for the capital improvements specified in the authorizing resolution.

C. The ballot shall include the information specified in Subsection B of this section and shall present the voter the choice of voting "for the public school capital improvements tax" or "against the public school capital improvements tax".

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.