New Mexico § 5-13-3 Authorized local governmental entities

New Mexico Statutes

§ 5-13-3 — Authorized local governmental entities

New Mexico § 5-13-3

Ch. 5Municipalities and Counties

Art. 13Convention Center Financing

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 5-13-3 (2026).

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A. The following local governmental entities are authorized to impose convention center fees:

(1)a qualified municipality if the governing body of the qualified municipality has enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee; and (2) a county in which a qualified municipality is located, provided that:

(a)a qualified municipality within the county has enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee;

(b)the board of county commissioners of the county has enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee;

(c)the qualified municipality and the county have entered into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act [11-1-1 to 11-1-7 NMSA 1978] to collect the revenue from the convention center fee and to expend the revenue as required in the Convent

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A. The following local governmental entities are authorized to impose convention center fees: (1) a qualified municipality if the governing body of the qualified municipality has enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee; and (2) a county in which a qualified municipality is located, provided that: (a) a qualified municipality within the county has enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee; (b) the board of county commissioners of the county has enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee; (c) the qualified municipality and the county have entered into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act [11-1-1 to 11-1-7 NMSA 1978] to collect the revenue from the convention center fee and to expend the revenue as required in the Convention Center Financing Act; and (d) the fee shall only apply to lodging facilities located within twenty miles of the corporate limits of the qualified municipality. B. Two qualified municipalities may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act to collect revenue from a convention center fee and to expend the revenue as required by the Convention Center Financing Act if the municipalities: (1) are located in the same county within twenty miles of the corporate limits of each other; and (2) have each enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee.