Section 1-22-2 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

1-22-2. Definitions.

As used in the School Election Law [1-22-1 NMSA 1978]:   

A.     "board" means the governing authority of the local school district;   

B.     "county clerk" means the clerk of each county in which the school district is situate;   

C.     "proper filing officer" means the county clerk or, in the case of a multicounty school district, the clerk of the county in which the administrative office of the school district is situate;   

D.     "magistrate" means the magistrate whose office is situated in the municipality where the administrative office of the school district is located or in close proximity to the municipality;   

E.     "school district election" means a regular or special school district election but does not include a recall election; and   

F.     "superintendent" means the superintendent of schools of the local school district.