1-22-2. Definitions.

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As used in the Local Election Act:

A. "local election" means a local government election;

B. "local governing body" means a board, council or commission, as appropriate for a given local government;

C. "local government" means a:

(1)political subdivision of the state with authority to levy taxes pursuant to Article 8, Section 9 of the constitution of New Mexico and its enabling legislation, but does not include a county or a conservancy district created and organized pursuant to The Conservancy Act of New Mexico [73-14-1 NMSA 1978]; and

(2)political subdivision of the state without authority to levy taxes pursuant to Article 8, Section 9 of the constitution of New Mexico or its enabling legislation, but whose statutory provisions provide for election of officers or ballot questions to be decided pursuant to the Local Election Act;

D. "municipal officers" means the local governing body and any elective executive and judicial officers of a municipality;

E. "regular local election" means the biennial local election at which local governing body members are elected pursuant to the provisions of the Local Election Act; and

F. "special local election" means a local election conducted at a time other than a statewide election at which only ballot questions are considered pursuant to the provisions of the Special Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 24 NMSA 1978].

History: 1978 Comp., § 1-22-2, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 168, § 4; 1987, ch. 249, § 45; 1999, ch. 267, § 33; 2015, ch. 145, § 79; repealed and reenacted Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 17; 2019, ch. 212, § 140; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 141; 2025, ch. 21, § 1.