{"data":{"id":"us-nm/1-22a-10","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"1-22A-10","heading":"Campaign funds; limitations on use.","body":"It is unlawful for a candidate or the candidate's agent to make an expenditure of contributions received, except for the following purposes:\nA. expenditures of the campaign;\nB. donations to the state general fund;\nC. donations to an organization to which a federal income tax deduction would be permitted under Subparagraph (A) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection (b) of Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;\nD. expenditures to eliminate the campaign debt of the candidate for the office sought or expenditures incurred by the candidate when seeking election to another public office;\nE. donations to a political committee or to another candidate seeking election to a public office that is subject to the reporting provisions of the School District Campaign Reporting Act or the Campaign Reporting Act [1-19-25 to 1-19-36 NMSA 1978]; or\nF. disbursements to return unused funds pro rata to the contributors if no campaign debt exists.","path":["Chapter 1 - Elections","ARTICLE 22A School District Campaign Reporting"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18502/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"526538f6a93b07996627db04e552a3ad9ae3f12d4b82bd30db0e2526b26b2200","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/1-22a-9","next":"us-nm/1-23-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}