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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The ordinance imposing an occupancy tax or any ordinance amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, except as limited by or otherwise provided in the Lodgers' Tax Act, shall:
A. provide a procedure for licensing each vendor and for refusing a vendor a license after an opportunity has been given to the vendor of a public hearing thereon by the governing body of the municipality or county, as the case may be;
B. state the rate or other amount of the occupancy tax; the times, place and method for the payment of the occupancy tax proceeds to the municipality or county; the accounts and other records to be maintained in connection with the occupancy tax; a procedure for making refunds and resolving disputes relating to the occupancy tax, including exemptions pertaining thereto; the procedure for preservation and destruction of records and their inspection and investigation; vendor audit requirements; applicable civil and criminal penalties; and a procedure of liens, distraint and sales to satisfy such liens; and
C. provide other rights, privileges, powers, immunities and other details relating to any such vendor licenses, the collection of the occupancy tax and the remittance of the proceeds thereof to the municipality or county.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 3. Municipalities § 3-38-20. Ordinance requirements - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-3-municipalities/nm-st-sect-3-38-20/
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