{"data":{"id":"us-nm/10-16-3.1","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"10-16-3.1","heading":"Prohibited political activities.","body":"A public officer or employee is prohibited from:\nA. directly or indirectly coercing or attempting to coerce another public officer or employee to pay, lend or contribute anything of value to a party, committee, organization, agency or person for a political purpose;\nB. threatening to deny a promotion or pay increase to an employee who does or does not vote for certain candidates, requiring an employee to contribute a percentage of the employee's pay to a political fund, influencing a subordinate employee to purchase a ticket to a political fundraising dinner or similar event, advising an employee to take part in political activity or similar activities; or\nC. violating the officer's or employee's duty not to use property belonging to a state agency or local government agency, or allow its use, for other than authorized purposes.","path":["Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees","ARTICLE 16 Governmental Conduct"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18510/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"ed96b5003ce845dcf9c2983da32f67c55ea9a03da92518d94331d8d9dfe493f9","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/10-16-3","next":"us-nm/10-16-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}