Unlawful possession of alcoholic liquors.

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Unlawful possession of alcoholic liquors consists of the use or possession of any alcoholic liquor by any member of the precinct board [election board] while performing his official duties on election day. Unlawful possession also consists of the use, possession or carrying of alcoholic liquor within two hundred feet of the polling place during any election.

Whoever commits unlawful possession of alcoholic liquors is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-20-19, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 445.

ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 283, effective April 3, 2019, provided that references in the Election Code to "precinct board", shall be deemed to be references to "election board", as that term is defined in Section 1-1-13 NMSA 1978.


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