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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 3. Municipalities § 3-38-21. Eligible uses of tax proceeds

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Subject to the limitations contained in Section 3-38-15 NMSA 1978, a municipality or county imposing an occupancy tax may use the proceeds from the occupancy tax that are collected based on the first thirty days a vendee rents lodgings in taxable premises to defray costs of:

(1) collecting and otherwise administering the occupancy tax, including the performance of audits required by the Lodgers' Tax Act pursuant to guidelines issued by the department of finance and administration;

(2) establishing, operating, purchasing, constructing, otherwise acquiring, reconstructing, extending, improving, equipping, furnishing or acquiring real property or any interest in real property for the site or grounds for tourist-related facilities and attractions or tourist-related transportation systems of the municipality, the county in which the municipality is located or the county;

(3) the principal of and interest on any prior redemption premiums due in connection with and any other charges pertaining to revenue bonds authorized by Section 3-38-23 or 3-38-24 NMSA 1978;

(4) advertising, publicizing and promoting tourist-related attractions, facilities and events of the municipality or county and tourist-related facilities, attractions and events within the area;

(5) providing police and fire protection and sanitation service for tourist-related facilities, attractions and events located in the respective municipality or county;

(6) providing a required minimum revenue guarantee for air service to the municipality or county to increase the ability of tourists to easily access the municipality's or county's tourist-related facilities, attractions and events; or

(7) any combination of the foregoing purposes or transactions stated in this section, but for no other municipal or county purpose.

B. A municipality or county imposing an occupancy tax may use the proceeds from the occupancy tax that are collected based on the thirty-first and subsequent days a vendee rents lodgings in taxable premises for any municipality or county purpose; provided that the use is stated in the ordinance imposing the tax.

C. As used in this section, “minimum revenue guarantee” is the amount of money guaranteed by a municipality or county to be earned by an airline providing air services to and from that municipality or county, which is the difference between the minimum flight charge revenue specified in the contract between the municipality or county and the airline and the amount of actual flight charge revenue received by the airline that is less than that contractual amount.

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