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2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 4 - Counties
Article 44 - Salaries and Provisions Applicable to More Than One Office
Section 4-44-44 - Petition for restoration of offices; election.

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 4-44-44 (2018)
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4-44-44. Petition for restoration of offices; election.

A. Whenever any county has abolished the offices of county assessor, county clerk and county treasurer and transferred the powers and duties of those offices to the board of county commissioners as provided in Chapter 4, Article 44 NMSA 1978, a petition may be filed with the board of county commissioners of that county requesting that an election be held to determine whether the county offices previously abolished are to be reestablished and the powers and duties previously transferred to the board of county commissioners are to be returned to the offices from which they were transferred. The petition shall be signed by at least ten percent of the registered electors of the county.

B. Except as provided in this subsection upon the filing of the petition provided for in this section, the provisions of Sections 4-44-38 through 4-44-43 NMSA 1978 shall be applicable. Ballots for an election to reestablish county offices previously abolished and to return to those offices the powers and duties previously transferred from the offices shall read as follows:

Shall the offices of county assessor, county clerk and county treasurer be reestablished and the powers and duties of those offices previously transferred to the board of county commissioners be returned to the offices from which they were transferred?

YES __________

NO __________.

If a majority of those voting on the above question have voted "Yes", the offices shall be reestablished as of January 1 of the next odd-numbered year, and upon that date all powers and duties previously transferred from the offices shall be returned to the office from which they had been previously transferred.

History: 1941 Comp., § 15-3545, enacted by Laws 1953, ch. 167, § 11; 1953 Comp., § 15-43-41; 2011, ch. 56, § 24.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For payment of election costs and limitation upon holding of elections, see 4-44-45 NMSA 1978.

The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, removed the office of county surveyor from the ballot.

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