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.
ANNOTATIONSCross 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.