New Mexico Statutes
Article 26A - Public School Lease Purchase Act
Section 22-26A-8 - Authorization for local school board to submit question of lease purchase tax.

A local school board may adopt a resolution to submit to the qualified electors of the school district the question of whether a property tax at a rate not to exceed the rate specified in the resolution should be imposed upon the net taxable value of property allocated to the school district under the Property Tax Code [Chapter 7, Articles 35 to 38 NMSA 1978] for the purpose of making payments under lease purchase arrangements. The resolution shall:
A. specify the maximum rate of the proposed tax, which shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value of property allocated to the school district under the Property Tax Code;
B. specify the date an election will be held to submit the question of imposition of the tax to the qualified electors of the district; and
C. limit the imposition of the proposed tax to no more than thirty property tax years.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 173, § 8; 2009, ch. 132, § 8.
The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Subsection A after "specify the", added "maximum" and in Subsection C, changed "twenty" to "thirty".

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