§ NMSA 1978, § 1-16-2(untitled)

Ballot questions; state ballot questions; local government ballot
questions.
A. A state ballot question includes any:
(1) proposed amendment to the constitution of New Mexico, as provided in a joint resolution passed by the legislature;
(2) tax authorization for general obligation bonds or mill levy, as provided by law;
(3) referendum, as provided in Article 4, Section 1 of the constitution of New Mexico;
and
(4) other questions, as provided by statute or the constitution of New Mexico.
B. A local government ballot question includes any:
(1) tax authorization for bond sales, mill levy or gross receipts tax, as required by law;
(2) recall of county, school board or certain municipal officers, as provided by law or by
municipal home rule charter;
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(3) petition for the creation of a special district or consideration of a statutory local option,
as provided by law;
(4) referendum on local governing body taxation authority, as provided by law;
(5) referendum on local government ordinances, as provided by the charter of a home rule
municipality, by an incorporated or urban county or by law;
(6) change in the laws of a home rule municipality, as provided by the municipal charter
or by law;
(7) changes in the charter of an incorporated or urban county, as provided by the charter of
the incorporated or urban county or by law; and
(8) other questions, as provided by state statute or the constitution of New Mexico.