A. The secretary of state annually shall furnish to all reporting individuals the prescribed forms for the reporting of expenditures and contributions, supplemental reports and a statement of no activity and the specific dates the reports and statement are due.

B. In addition to the provisions of Subsection A of this section, at the time of filing a declaration of candidacy or a nominating petition, the secretary of state shall give the candidate the prescribed reporting forms and the schedule of specific dates for filing the required reports or a statement of no activity. The prescribed forms shall also be made available to all reporting individuals at the office of the secretary of state and in each county at the office of the county clerk.

History: 1978 Comp., § 1-19-28, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 360, § 4; 1981, ch. 331, § 5; 1985, ch. 2, § 11; 1993, ch. 46, § 4; 1993, ch. 55, § 13; 1993, ch. 314, § 59; 1995, ch. 153, § 4; 2009, ch. 67, § 3; 2019, ch. 262, § 6.

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, replaced "proper filing officer" with "secretary of state"; and in Subsection B, after "nominating petition, the", deleted "proper filing officer" and added "secretary of state".

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2019, ch. 262, § 16 provided that the secretary of state, in consultation with the attorney general, shall promulgate rules to implement the amendatory provisions of this act by August 1, 2019.

Cross references. — For time of filing statements of candidacy for convention designation or declarations of candidacy, see 1-8-26 NMSA 1978.

The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Subsections A and B, changed "exception" to "no activity".

The 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, in Subsection A, substituted "all reporting individuals" for "registered political committees", inserted "supplemental reports and a statement of exception" and made stylistic changes; in Subsection B, in the first sentence, inserted "In addition to the provisions of Subsection A of this section" in the beginning and "or a statement of exception" near the end, added the last sentence, substituted "or a" for "by", and deleted "or pre-primary convention designation for nomination at a primary election or for an office not requiring a primary election" following "nominating petition".

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, rewrote the section to the extent that a detailed comparison would be impracticable.