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SENATE BILL 475
57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Michael Padilla
AN ACT
RELATING TO DISTRICT MAPPING; REQUIRING CERTAIN DISTRICTS TO
DEVELOP GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM MAPS OF THE DISTRICT'S
BOUNDARIES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO; REQUIRING THE SUBMISSION OF THOSE
MAPS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF EVERY COUNTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new Section 1-3-20.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted to
read:
"1-3-20.1. [NEW MATERIAL ] GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
DATA--REQUIRED--DISTRICTS.--
A. As used in this section, "district" means an
entity that participates in a regular local election.
B. All districts shall draw their respective
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district maps using geographic information system data to
determine their district boundaries and delineate any election
districts. A district shall collaborate with the secretary of
state and the earth data analysis center at the university of
New Mexico to generate a geographic information system map for
that district.
C. By March 1, 2027, and in each year ending in two
following the federal decennial census thereafter, a district
shall provide that geographic information system map pursuant
to Subsection B of this section to the secretary of state and
to the county commissioners of every county within the
district."
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars
($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board
of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in
fiscal year 2026 and subsequent fiscal years for the earth data
analysis center at the university of New Mexico to assist
districts in drawing geographic information system maps. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a
fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.
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