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Election Costs In Local Districts To Rise In New Mexico

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Lea County school districts, hospital districts and the New Mexico Junior College all will likely see jumps in local election costs next year thanks to the state's new local election law.

The Hobbs News-Sun reports the Hobbs Municipal School's next election will cost more than twice as much as previously budgeted.

State Sen. Daniel A. Ivey-Soto says the jump comes because each local government taxing entity will be assessed $250 for every million dollars of general fund expenditures annually to pay for the Regular Local Election. Ivey-Soto, an Albuquerque Democrat, sponsored the bill that sparked the changes.

Local government taxing entities — school districts, community colleges, soil and water conservation districts, water and sanitation districts and hospital districts — will be held in November of odd-numbered years.

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Information from: Hobbs News-Sun, http://www.hobbsnews.com