22-26-5. Conduct of election; notice; ballot.
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A. An election on the question of imposing a tax under the Public School Buildings Act shall be held as prescribed in the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978].
B. The resolution 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 capital improvements.
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 buildings tax" or "against the public school buildings tax".
History: Laws 1983, ch. 163, § 5; 1986, ch. 32, § 27; 2007, ch. 366, §21; 2018, ch. 79, § 95; 2019, ch. 212, § 230.