2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 19 - Campaign Practices
Section 1-19-27 - Reports required; proper filing officer.

1-19-27. Reports required; proper filing officer.

A. Except for those candidates and public officials who file a statement of no activity, all reporting individuals shall file with the proper filing officer a report of expenditures and contributions on a prescribed form.

B. The proper filing officer for filing reports of expenditures and contributions by a political committee is the secretary of state.

C. The proper filing officer for filing reports of expenditures and contributions or statements of no activity is the secretary of state for all candidates and public officials.

D. The secretary of state shall develop or contract for services to develop an electronic reporting system for receiving and for public inspection of reports of expenditures and contributions and statements of no activity to the Campaign Reporting Act [1-19-25 to 1-19-36 NMSA 1978]. The electronic reporting system shall:

(1) enable a person to file reports online by filling out forms on the secretary of state's web site; and

(2) provide for encrypted transmissions.

History: 1978 Comp., 1-19-27, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 360, 3; 1981, ch. 331, 2; 1993, ch. 46, 3; 1995, ch. 153, 3; 2003, ch. 66, 2; 2009, ch. 67, 2.

1-19-27. Reports required; electronic reporting system; campaign reporting system fund. (Effective December 15, 2017.)

A. All reporting individuals shall file with the secretary of state reports of expenditures and contributions and statements of no activity when required by the Campaign Reporting Act [1-19-25 through 1-19-36 NMSA 1978] in an electronic format prescribed by the secretary of state.

B. The secretary of state shall develop or contract for services to develop an electronic reporting system for reporting individuals to register with the secretary of state and file all reports of expenditures and contributions and statements of no activity as required by the Campaign Reporting Act. The electronic reporting system shall:

(1) enable a person to register and file reports online by electronically submitting the relevant data to the secretary of state's website;

(2) for the submission of data, use unique identifiers and master drop-down lists of candidates, political committees, lobbyists and, to the extent reasonably possible, master lists of contributors, occupations, expenditure types and contribution types;

(3) provide the data in open, structured formats for easy search and download to allow for public inspection of all report data from the secretary of state's website;

(4) provide for cross-checking and compliance features;

(5) provide for online registration and fee payment for political committees and lobbyists;

(6) integrate, to the extent possible, with the reporting required by the Lobbyist Regulation Act [Chapter 2, Article 11 NMSA 1978];

(7) to the extent possible, provide for a mechanism to directly upload the required data from other third-party tools; and

(8) provide for encrypted transmissions.

C. Registration fees collected by the secretary of state from lobbyists and political committees shall be deposited in the "campaign reporting system fund", which is hereby created in the state treasury. Money in the fund is appropriated to the secretary of state for the purposes of paying for upgrades, maintenance and operation of the electronic reporting system. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

History: 1978 Comp., 1-19-27, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 360, 3; 1981, ch. 331, 2; 1993, ch. 46, 3; 1995, ch. 153, 3; 2003, ch. 66, 2; 2009, ch. 67, 2; 2016, ch. 13, 1.