New Mexico Statutes Chapter 5. Municipalities and Counties § 5-15-20. General bonding authority of a tax increment development district; other limitations

A. A district board shall not issue bonds against gross receipts tax increments attributable to:

B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a district board shall not issue bonds against either gross receipts tax increments or property tax increments without the express written authorization of the department of finance and administration, as evidenced by a letter signed by the secretary of finance and administration. A district formed and approved by a class A county or by a municipality within a class A county if the municipality has a population of more than sixty-five thousand persons, according to the most recent federal decennial census, is not required to obtain express written authorization of the department of finance and administration for the issuance of gross receipts tax increment bonds or property tax increment bonds.

C. Prior to the issuance of indebtedness evidenced by the gross receipts tax increment bonds or property tax increment bonds issued by a district pursuant to the Tax Increment for Development Act, the property owners within the district shall contribute a minimum of twenty percent of the initial public infrastructure costs, which may be reimbursed with proceeds of gross receipts tax increment or property tax increment bonds; unless the project to be financed with gross receipts tax increment bonds or property tax increment bonds is a metropolitan redevelopment project pursuant to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code.

D. The amount of indebtedness evidenced by the gross receipts tax increment bonds or property tax increment bonds issued pursuant to the Tax Increment for Development Act shall not exceed the estimated cost of the public improvements plus all costs connected with the public infrastructure purposes and the issuance and sale of bonds, including, without limitation, formation costs, credit enhancement and liquidity support fees and costs.

E. The indebtedness evidenced by the gross receipts tax increment bonds or property tax increment bonds shall not affect the general obligation bonding capacity of the municipality or county in which the tax increment development district is located.

F. The indebtedness evidenced by the gross receipts tax increment bonds or property tax increment bonds shall be payable only from the special funds into which are deposited the gross receipts tax increments and property tax increments as set forth in the Tax Increment for Development Act.

G. Bonds issued by a tax increment development district shall not be a general obligation of the state, the county or the municipality in which the tax increment development district is located and shall not pledge the full faith and credit of the state, the county or the municipality in which the tax increment development district is located.