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Statutes > New-mexico > Chapter-22 > Article-4a > Section-22-4a-322-4A-3. Advisory referendum authorized; effect of referendum.
A. The governing body of any school district having a student membership in excess of seventy-six thousand and the governing body of any school district any part of which is proposed to be incorporated in a new school district shall conduct an advisory referendum in any municipality or in any precinct of a school district which is proposed to be included in a new school district.
B. An "advisory referendum" as used in the Advisory Referendum Act [22-4A-1 NMSA 1978] means an election at which the proposal of creating a new school district that includes the territory in which the municipality is located is submitted to the voters of the municipality as a question of supporting the proposal or opposing the proposal. The result of the vote shall be advisory only as a statement of public opinion on the proposed creation of a new school district and shall not constitute any election required by law pertaining to the creation of a district. The results of the referendum may be used by the voters of the existing and proposed district encompassed within the boundaries of the municipality or of another school district to better determine desirability and feasibility of forming the new public school district.
C. The election for the advisory referendum shall be conducted and canvassed substantially in the same manner as special school district elections are conducted and canvassed.
