2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 9 - Voting Machines
Section 1-9-17.1 - Voting systems; renegotiation of lease-purchase contract; disposition of voting systems.

A. A lease-purchase contract for a voting system entered into between the state board of finance and a county pursuant to Section 1-9-17 NMSA 1978, after a renegotiation pursuant to Paragraph (5) of Subsection B of that section, may include provisions providing that, upon the return of physical control of the voting systems to the state board of finance, the contract shall be terminated and no additional payments from the county shall be due. The state board of finance may dispose of voting systems returned pursuant to this subsection in any manner that is consistent with the interests of the state.

B. Upon application by the board of county commissioners, the secretary of state shall dispose of voting systems and support equipment purchased after January 1, 2007 by the board of county commissioners. The application shall include a provision for the transfer of ownership in the voting systems to the state without fee or compensation to the county.

History: 1978 Comp. § 1-9-17.1, as enacted by Laws 2009, ch. 173, § 1; 2010, ch. 28, § 19.

The 2010 amendment, effective March 3, 2010, in the catchline, deleted "electronic", and after "purchase contract;", added "disposition of voting systems"; in Subsection A, in the first sentence, after "contract for", deleted "an electronic" and added "a"; after "Section", deleted "1-19-17" and added "1-9-17"; after "providing that, upon the", deleted "transfer of the ownership in" and added "return of physical control of" and after "physical control of the", deleted "electronic"; and in the second sentence, after "may dispose of", deleted "electronic" and after "voting systems", deleted "acquired" and added "returned"; and added Subsection B.