NM Stat § 7-1-6.46 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 7 - Taxation|Article 1 - Administration|Section 7-1-6.46 - Distribution to municipalities; offset for food deduction and health care practitioner services deduction.

A. For a municipality that has not elected to impose a municipal hold harmless gross receipts tax through an ordinance and that has a population of less than ten thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to a municipality in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, equal to the sum of: (1) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality for the month plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent; and (2) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality for the month plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent. B. For a municipality not described in Subsection A of this section, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the municipality in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, equal to the sum of: (1) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality on January 1, 2007 plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent in the following percentages: (a) prior to July 1, 2015, one hundred percent; (b) on or after July 1, 2015 and prior to July 1, 2016, ninety-four percent; (c) on or after July 1, 2016 and prior to July 1, 2017, eighty-eight percent; (d) on or after July 1, 2017 and prior to July 1, 2018, eighty-two percent; (e) on or after July 1, 2018 and prior to July 1, 2019, seventy-six percent; (f) on or after July 1, 2019 and prior to July 1, 2020, seventy percent; (g) on or after July 1, 2020 and prior to July 1, 2021, sixty-three percent; (h) on or after July 1, 2021 and prior to July 1, 2022, fifty-six percent; (i) on or after July 1, 2022 and prior to July 1, 2023, forty-nine percent; (j) on or after July 1, 2023 and prior to July 1, 2024, forty-two percent; (k) on or after July 1, 2024 and prior to July 1, 2025, thirty-five percent; (l) on or after July 1, 2025 and prior to July 1, 2026, twenty-eight percent; (m) on or after July 1, 2026 and prior to July 1, 2027, twenty-one percent; (n) on or after July 1, 2027 and prior to July 1, 2028, fourteen percent; and (o) on or after July 1, 2028 and prior to July 1, 2029, seven percent; and (2) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality on January 1, 2007 plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent in the following percentages: (a) prior to July 1, 2015, one hundred percent; (b) on or after July 1, 2015 and prior to July 1, 2016, ninety-four percent; (c) on or after July 1, 2016 and prior to July 1, 2017, eighty-eight percent; (d) on or after July 1, 2017 and prior to July 1, 2018, eighty-two percent; (e) on or after July 1, 2018 and prior to July 1, 2019, seventy-six percent; (f) on or after July 1, 2019 and prior to July 1, 2020, seventy percent; (g) on or after July 1, 2020 and prior to July 1, 2021, sixty-three percent; (h) on or after July 1, 2021 and prior to July 1, 2022, fifty-six percent; (i) on or after July 1, 2022 and prior to July 1, 2023, forty-nine percent; (j) on or after July 1, 2023 and prior to July 1, 2024, forty-two percent; (k) on or after July 1, 2024 and prior to July 1, 2025, thirty-five percent; (l) on or after July 1, 2025 and prior to July 1, 2026, twenty-eight percent; (m) on or after July 1, 2026 and prior to July 1, 2027, twenty-one percent; (n) on or after July 1, 2027 and prior to July 1, 2028, fourteen percent; and (o) on or after July 1, 2028 and prior to July 1, 2029, seven percent. C. The distribution pursuant to Subsections A and B of this section is in lieu of revenue that would have been received by the municipality but for the deductions provided by Sections 7-9-92 and 7-9-93 NMSA 1978. The distribution shall be considered gross receipts tax revenue and shall be used by the municipality in the same manner as gross receipts tax revenue, including payment of gross receipts tax revenue bonds. A distribution pursuant to this section to a municipality not described in Subsection A of this section or to a municipality that has imposed a gross receipts tax through an ordinance that does not provide a deduction contained in the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act [Chapter 7, Article 9 NMSA 1978] shall not be made on or after July 1, 2029. D. If the reductions made by this 2013 act to the distributions made pursuant to Subsections A and B of this section impair the ability of a municipality to meet its principal or interest payment obligations for revenue bonds that are outstanding prior to July 1, 2013 and that are secured by the pledge of all or part of the municipality's revenue from the distribution made pursuant to this section, then the amount distributed pursuant to this section to that municipality shall be increased by an amount sufficient to meet the required payment; provided that the total amount distributed to that municipality pursuant to this section does not exceed the amount that would have been due that municipality pursuant to this section as it was in effect on June 30, 2013. E. For the purposes of this section, "business locations attributable to the municipality" means business locations: (1) within the municipality; (2) on land owned by the state, commonly known as the "state fairgrounds", within the exterior boundaries of the municipality; (3) outside the boundaries of the municipality on land owned by the municipality; and (4) on an Indian reservation or pueblo grant in an area that is contiguous to the municipality and in which the municipality performs services pursuant to a contract between the municipality and the Indian tribe or Indian pueblo if: (a) the contract describes an area in which the municipality is required to perform services and requires the municipality to perform services that are substantially the same as the services the municipality performs for itself; and (b) the governing body of the municipality has submitted a copy of the contract to the secretary. F. A distribution pursuant to this section may be adjusted for a distribution made to a tax increment development district with respect to a portion of a gross receipts tax increment dedicated by a municipality pursuant to the Tax Increment for Development Act [Chapter 5, Article 15 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2004, ch. 116, § 1; 2006, ch. 75, § 33; 2007, ch. 331, § 2; 2013, ch. 160, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, offset the effects of revenue reductions from decreasing the corporate income tax rate and the use of a single sales factor by phasing out certain local government hold harmless provisions over a fifteen-year period; in Subsection A, at the beginning of the sentence, added the language up to "a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978"; deleted former Paragraph (1) of Subsection A, which provided a distribution for municipalities having a population of less than ten thousand and a per capita taxable gross receipts less than the average for all municipalities; in Subsection B, after "described in", deleted "Paragraph (1) of this" and after "Section", added the remainder of the sentence; in Paragraph (1) of Subsection B, in the introductory sentence, added "in the following percentages" and added Subparagraphs (a) through (o); in Paragraph (2) of Subsection B, after "percent", added "in the following percentages" and added Subparagraphs (a) through (o); in Subsection C, in the first sentence, after "pursuant to", changed "Subsection A" to "Subsections A and B", and added the third sentence; and added Subsection D. The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, added Paragraph (1) of Subsection A and Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of Paragraph (2) of Subsection A. The 2006 amendment, effective March 6, 2006, added Subsection D to provide an adjustment for a distribution to a tax increment development district.