A. The state board of finance shall execute a lease-purchase contract with the county for purchase of additional voting systems and the necessary support equipment upon receipt of the application of the board of county commissioners pursuant to Section 1-9-7 NMSA 1978.
B. The lease-purchase contract shall include, but not be limited to, the following terms:
(1) the county agrees to purchase from the state board of finance the specified number of voting systems and the necessary support equipment;
(2) the county will pay for the cost of the systems and support equipment, including reimbursement for costs of transportation;
(3) the term of the lease-purchase contract shall not exceed ten years;
(4) the care, custody and proper storage of the systems and support equipment pursuant to specifications issued by the secretary of state is the responsibility of the county clerk; and
(5) upon good cause shown, the terms of the lease-purchase contract may, at any time, be renegotiated.
History: 1978 Comp., § 1-9-17, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 207, § 16; 1991, ch. 106, § 10; 2001, ch. 233, § 12; 2010, ch. 28, § 18.
Cross references. — For the state board of finance, see 6-1-1 NMSA 1978.
The 2010 amendment, effective March 3, 2010, in the catchline, deleted "Electronic" and added "Additional", and after "voting systems;", added "state"; in Subsection A, after "purchase of", deleted "electronic" and added "additional" and after "county commissioners", added "pursuant to Section 1-9-7 NMSA 1978"; in Subsection B(1), after "specified number of", deleted "electronic"; in Subsection B(3), after "shall not exceed", deleted "twenty" and added "ten"; and in Subsection B(4), after "custody and", deleted "maintenance" and added "proper storage", and after "support equipment", added "pursuant to specifications issued by the secretary of state".
The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, substituted "systems" for "machines" throughout the section.
The 1991 amendment, effective April 2, 1991, purported to amend this section but made no change.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 1-9-1 - Secretary of state; duties; voting system defined.
Section 1-9-5 - Requirement to use voting systems; sufficient check-in stations and voting booths.
Section 1-9-6 - Voting systems; use in other elections.
Section 1-9-7 - Voting systems; acquisition.
Section 1-9-7.1 - Voting system; use of paper ballot; access for blind or visually impaired voters.
Section 1-9-7.2 - Voting systems; testing of previously certified systems.
Section 1-9-7.3 - Voting systems records.
Section 1-9-7.4 - Voting systems; authority of the secretary of state to recertify and decertify.
Section 1-9-7.5 - Voting systems; voting system certification committee; members.
Section 1-9-7.6 - Voting systems; storage; custody and maintenance; authority to enforce.
Section 1-9-7.7 - Voting systems; technical requirements.
Section 1-9-7.8 - Voting systems; operational requirements.
Section 1-9-7.9 - Voting systems; memory; removable storage media device; requirements.
Section 1-9-7.10 - Voting systems; ballot handling and processing requirements.
Section 1-9-7.11 - Voting systems; source code; escrow.
Section 1-9-13 - Voting system technicians.
Section 1-9-14 - Voting systems; authority of the secretary of state to test; certification.
Section 1-9-17 - Additional voting systems; state board of finance; lease-purchase contract; terms.
Section 1-9-18 - Electronic voting systems; method of payment by counties.
Section 1-9-19 - Voting system revolving fund.
Section 1-9-21 - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; security requirements.