1-16-2: 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;

(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.