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; 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].
Source
1978 Comp., § 1-22-2, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 168, § 4; 1987, ch. 249, § 45;
1999
, ch.
267
,
§
33
;
2015
, ch.
145
,
§
79
.
History
Amended by
2019
, c.
212
,
s.
141
, eff.
7/1/2022
.
Amended by
2019
, c.
212
,
Secs.s.
140
,
s.
140
eff.
4/3/2019
.
Amended by
2018
, c.
79
,
s.
17
, eff.
7/1/2018
.
Amended by
2015
, c.
145
,
s.
79
, eff.
7/1/2015
.