New Mexico Statutes
Article 1 - Administration
Section 7-1-6.11 - Distributions of cigarette taxes.

A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for the benefit of the comprehensive cancer center at the university of New Mexico health sciences center in an amount equal to seventy-one hundredths percent of the net receipts, exclusive of penalties and interest, attributable to the cigarette tax.
B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 in an amount equal to seven and fifty-two hundredths percent of the net receipts, exclusive of penalties and interest, attributable to the cigarette tax, shall be made on behalf of and for the benefit of the university of New Mexico health sciences center for its comprehensive cancer center, until payment of all principal, interest and other expenses or obligations related to the bonds authorized pursuant to Section 3 [6-21-6.15 NMSA 1978] of this 2021 act and the New Mexico finance authority certifies to the secretary of taxation and revenue that all obligations for the bonds have been fully discharged, to the credit enhancement account.
C. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 in an amount equal to three and seventeen hundredths percent of the net receipts, exclusive of penalties and interest, attributable to the cigarette tax shall be made to the New Mexico finance authority for land acquisition and the planning, designing, construction and equipping of department of health facilities or improvements to such facilities.
D. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 in an amount equal to eight and twenty-six hundredths percent of the net receipts, exclusive of penalties and interest, attributable to the cigarette tax shall be made to the New Mexico finance authority for deposit in the credit enhancement account created in the authority.
E. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 in an amount equal to fifty-three hundredths percent of the net receipts, exclusive of penalties and interest, attributable to the cigarette tax shall be made, on behalf of and for the benefit of the rural county cancer treatment fund, to the New Mexico finance authority.
History: 1978 Comp., § 7-1-6.11, enacted by Laws 1983, ch. 211, § 16; 1985, ch. 25, § 3; 1986, ch. 13, § 1; 1993, ch. 358, § 1; 2003, ch. 341, § 1; 2005, ch. 320, § 6; 2006, ch. 89, § 2; 2010 (2nd S.S.), ch. 5, § 1; 2017, ch. 34, § 2; 2017, ch. 63, § 9; 2019, ch. 270, § 4; 2021, ch. 72, § 2.
Cross references. — For the county and municipality recreation fund, see 7-12-15 NMSA 1978.
For the county and municipal cigarette tax fund, see 7-12-16 NMSA 1978.
For medical trust fund for cancer and other research, see 24-20-1 NMSA 1978.
The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, authorized a distribution from cigarette tax revenue bonds for the purpose of completing the final phase 2 expansion at the comprehensive cancer center at the university of New Mexico health sciences center, and provided that the distribution shall be made until the bonds have been paid off; in Subsection A, after "made to the", added "board of regents of the university of New Mexico for the benefit of the"; and in Subsection B, after "university of New Mexico health sciences center", deleted "to the New Mexico finance authority" and added the remainder of the subsection.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, modified the amount of distributions from the cigarette tax; in Subsection A, after "equal to", deleted "eighty-three" and added "seventy-one"; in Subsection B, after "equal to", deleted "eight and eighty-nine" and added "seven and fifty-two"; in Subsection C, after "equal to three and", deleted "seventy-four" and added "seventeen"; in Subsection D, after "amount equal to", deleted "nine and seventy-seven" and added "eight and twenty-six"; and in Subsection E, after "amount equal to", deleted "sixty-two" and added "fifty-three".
2017 Multiple Amendments. — Laws 2017, ch. 63, § 9, effective June 16, 2017, amended a provision that designated funds from the cigarette tax to reflect the comprehensive designation and new name of the cancer center at the university of New Mexico health sciences center, and made technical changes; redesignated former Subsections C through H as Subsections A through F, respectively; and in Subsection A, after "shall be made to the", added "comprehensive", and after "cancer", deleted "research and treatment".
Laws 2017, ch. 34, § 2, effective February 1, 2018, eliminated a distribution of the cigarette tax to the New Mexico finance authority; designated former Subsection C as Subsection A; deleted former Subsection D, which directed that a 1.25 percent distribution from cigarette tax revenues be made to the New Mexico finance authority; and redesignated former Subsections E through H as Subsections B through E, respectively.
Contingent effective date. — Laws 2017, ch. 34, § 3 provided that the provisions of this act is the later of:
A. November 1, 2017; or
B. the first day of the month following the day the chief executive officer of the New Mexico finance authority certifies to the secretary of taxation and revenue, the secretary of finance and administration, the legislative council service and the New Mexico compilation commission that the bonds issued pursuant to Section 6-21-6.10 NMSA 1978 have been discharged in full and the distribution pursuant to Subsection D of Section 7-1-6.11 NMSA 1978 is no longer needed to pay debt service, as that subsection was in effect prior to the effective date of this act.
Pursuant to Laws 2017, ch. 34, § 3, the effective date of Laws 2017, ch. 34, §§ 1 and 2 is February 1, 2018. On January 30, 2018, the New Mexico finance authority certified that the bonds issued pursuant to Section 6-21-6.10 NMSA 1978 have been discharged in full and the distribution pursuant to Subsection D of Section 7-1-6.11 NMSA 1978 is no longer needed to pay debt service.
The 2010 (2nd S. S.) amendment, effective July 1, 2010, in Subsection C, changed the amount of the distribution of net receipts from one and thirty-five hundredths percent to eighty-three hundredths percent; in Subsection D, changed the amount of the distribution of net receipts from two and two hundredths percent to one and twenty-five hundredths percent; in Subsection E, changed the amount of the distribution of net receipts from fourteen and thirty-seven hundredths percent to eight and eighty-nine hundredths percent; in Subsection F, changed the amount of the distribution of net receipts from six and five hundredths percent to three and seventy-four hundredths percent; in Subsection G, changed the amount of the distribution of net receipts from fifteen and seventy-nine hundredths percent to nine and seventy-seven hundredths percent; and in Subsection H, changed the amount of the distribution of net receipts from one percent to sixty-two hundredths percent.
Applicability. — Laws 2010 (2nd S.S.), ch. 5, § 27 provided that the distributions pursuant to the provisions of Laws 2010 (2nd S.S.), ch. 5, § 1 apply to receipts from the cigarette tax that are attributable to sales that occur on or after July 1, 2010.
The 2006 amendment, effective May 17, 2006, reduced the cigarette tax distribution in Subsections A through G; and added Subsection H to provide for a one percent distribution, for the benefit of the rural county cancer treatment fund, to the New Mexico finance authority.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, provided in Subsection F that the distribution shall be made to land acquisition and the planning, designing, construction and equipping and making improvements to department of health facilities.
The 2003 amendment, effective August 1, 2003, in Subsection A and C, substituted "one and thirty-six hundredths" for "four and three-quarters"; in Subsection B, substituted "two and seventy-two hundredths" for "nine and one-half"; in Subsection C, inserted "research and treatment" and substituted "health sciences center" for "school of medicine"; in Subsection D, substituted "two and four-hundredths" for "seven and one-eighth"; and added Subsections E, F, and G.
The 1993 amendment, effective August 1, 1993, deleted "to municipalities, counties and dedicated health research fund" from the end of the catchline; substituted "four and three-quarters percent" for "one-fifteenth" in Subsection A; substituted "nine and one-half percent" for "two-fifteenths" in Subsection B; and substituted "the cancer center at the university of New Mexico school of medicine" for "dedicated health research fund" and "four and three-quarters percent" for "three-fifteenths" in Subsection C.

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 7 - Taxation

Article 1 - Administration

Section 7-1-1 - Short title.

Section 7-1-2 - Applicability.

Section 7-1-2.1 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-2.2 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-3 - Definitions.

Section 7-1-4 - Investigative authority and powers.

Section 7-1-4.1 - New Mexico taxpayer bill of rights created; purpose.

Section 7-1-4.2 - New Mexico taxpayer bill of rights.

Section 7-1-4.3 - New Mexico taxpayer bill of rights; notice to the public.

Section 7-1-4.4 - Notice of potential eligibility required.

Section 7-1-5 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-6 - Receipts; disbursements; funds created.

Section 7-1-6.1 - Identification of money in tax administration suspense fund; distribution.

Section 7-1-6.2 - Distribution; small cities assistance fund.

Section 7-1-6.3 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-6.4 - Distribution; municipality from gross receipts tax.

Section 7-1-6.5 - Distribution; small counties assistance fund.

Section 7-1-6.6 - Distribution; game protection fund.

Section 7-1-6.7 - Distributions; state aviation fund.

Section 7-1-6.8 - Distribution; motorboat fuel tax fund.

Section 7-1-6.9 - Distribution of gasoline taxes to municipalities and counties.

Section 7-1-6.10 - Distributions; state road fund.

Section 7-1-6.11 - Distributions of cigarette taxes.

Section 7-1-6.12 - Transfer; revenues from municipal local option gross receipts and compensating taxes.

Section 7-1-6.13 - Transfer; revenues from county local option gross receipts and compensating taxes.

Section 7-1-6.14 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-6.15 - Adjustments of distributions or transfers to municipalities or counties.

Section 7-1-6.16 - County equalization distribution.

Section 7-1-6.17 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-6.18 - Distribution; veterans' state cemetery fund.

Section 7-1-6.19 - Distribution; county government road fund created.

Section 7-1-6.20 - Identification of money in extraction taxes suspense fund; distribution.

Section 7-1-6.21 - Distribution to oil and gas reclamation fund.

Section 7-1-6.22 - Distributions to oil and gas production tax fund, oil and gas equipment tax fund and copper production tax fund; creation of funds.

Section 7-1-6.23 - Distribution to severance tax bonding fund.

Section 7-1-6.24 - Distribution; substance abuse education fund.

Section 7-1-6.25 - Distribution of petroleum products loading fee; corrective action fund; local governments road fund.

Section 7-1-6.26 - County government road fund; distribution.

Section 7-1-6.27 - Distribution; municipal roads.

Section 7-1-6.28 - Distribution; municipal arterial program of local governments road fund.

Section 7-1-6.29 - Money in workers' compensation collections suspense fund; distribution.

Section 7-1-6.30 - Distribution; retiree health care fund.

Section 7-1-6.31 - Distributions; enhanced 911 fund; network and database surcharge fund.

Section 7-1-6.32 - Distribution; solid waste assessment fee.

Section 7-1-6.33 - Distribution to county-supported medicaid fund.

Section 7-1-6.34 - Distribution; conservation planting revolving fund.

Section 7-1-6.35 - Distribution; contributions to state political party.

Section 7-1-6.36 - Distribution; interstate telecommunications gross receipts tax.

Section 7-1-6.37 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-6.38 - Distribution; governmental gross receipts tax.

Section 7-1-6.39 - Distribution of special fuel excise tax to local governments road fund.

Section 7-1-6.40 - Distribution of liquor excise tax; local DWI grant fund; certain municipalities; drug court fund.

Section 7-1-6.41 - Administrative fee imposed; appropriation.

Section 7-1-6.42 - Distribution; state building bonding fund; gross receipts tax.

Section 7-1-6.42 - Distribution; state building bonding fund; gross receipts tax. (Contingent effective date. See note below.)

Section 7-1-6.43 - Distribution; oil and gas proceeds and pass-through entity withholding tax; magistrate retirement fund; judicial retirement fund; legislative retirement fund.

Section 7-1-6.44 - Distribution; gasoline tax sharing agreement.

Section 7-1-6.45 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-6.46 - Distribution to municipalities; offset for food deduction and health care practitioner services deduction.

Section 7-1-6.47 - Distribution to counties; offset for food deduction and health care practitioner services deduction.

Section 7-1-6.48 - Distribution; contributions to department of health; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research.

Section 7-1-6.49 - Distribution; contributions to the state parks division.

Section 7-1-6.50 - Distribution; contributions for national guard member and family assistance.

Section 7-1-6.51 - Distribution; municipal event center surcharge.

Section 7-1-6.52 - Distribution adjustment; tax administration suspense fund; credit for certain sales of services for resale.

Section 7-1-6.53 - Distribution; energy efficiency and renewable energy bonding fund; gross receipts tax.

Section 7-1-6.54 - Distributions; tax increment development districts.

Section 7-1-6.55 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-6.56 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-6.57 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-6.58 - Distribution; public election fund.

Section 7-1-6.59 - Distribution; Vietnam veterans memorial operation, maintenance and improvement.

Section 7-1-6.60 - Distribution; county business retention gross receipts tax.

Section 7-1-6.61 - Distribution; oil and gas emergency school tax; excess extraction taxes suspense fund.

Section 7-1-6.62 - Distribution; premium tax.

Section 7-1-6.63 - Distribution; health care quality surcharge; health care facility fund; disability health care facility fund. (Repealed effective January 1, 2023.)

Section 7-1-6.64 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-6.65 - Distribution; gross receipts tax; technology readiness gross receipts tax credit fund. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

Section 7-1-6.66 - Distribution; offset for food and beverage establishments deduction.

Section 7-1-6.67 - Distribution; Local Economic Development Act Fund.

Section 7-1-6.68 - Distribution; cannabis excise tax; municipalities and counties.

Section 7-1-6.69 - Distribution; health insurance premium surtax; health care affordability fund. (Effective January 1, 2022.)

Section 7-1-7 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-8 - Confidentiality of returns and other information.

Section 7-1-8.1 - Information that may be revealed to an employee of the department, a taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative.

Section 7-1-8.2 - Information required to be revealed.

Section 7-1-8.3 - Information that may be revealed to public.

Section 7-1-8.4 - Information that may be revealed to judicial bodies or with respect to judicial proceedings or investigations and to administrative hearings office.

Section 7-1-8.5 - Information that may be revealed to national governments or their agencies.

Section 7-1-8.6 - Information that may be revealed to certain tribal governments.

Section 7-1-8.7 - Information that may be revealed to other states or multistate administrative bodies.

Section 7-1-8.8 - Information that may be revealed to other state agencies.

Section 7-1-8.9 - Information that may be revealed to local governments and their agencies.

Section 7-1-8.10 - Information that may be revealed to private persons other than the taxpayer.

Section 7-1-8.11 - Information that may be revealed to a water and sanitation district.

Section 7-1-9 - Address of notices and payments; timely mailing constitutes timely filing or making.

Section 7-1-10 - Records required by statute; taxpayer records; accounting methods; reporting methods; information returns.

Section 7-1-11 - Inspection of books of taxpayers; exception for marketplace providers and marketplace sellers; credentials.

Section 7-1-11.1 - Managed audits.

Section 7-1-11.2 - Required audit notices.

Section 7-1-12 - Identification of taxpayers.

Section 7-1-12.1 - Department to designate production unit; index; identification by number or symbol.

Section 7-1-12.2 - Notice of identification number assigned; operator may request identification number.

Section 7-1-13 - Taxpayer returns; payment of taxes; extension of time.

Section 7-1-13.1 - Method of payment of certain taxes due.

Section 7-1-13.2 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-13.3 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-13.4 - Electronic payments; reversals.

Section 7-1-14 - Business location instructions for purposes of reporting gross receipts and use; location-code database and location-rate database.

Section 7-1-15 - Secretary may set tax reporting and payment intervals.

Section 7-1-15.1 - Secretary may permit or require rounding.

Section 7-1-15.2 - Agreements; collection of compensating tax.

Section 7-1-16 - Delinquent taxpayer.

Section 7-1-17 - Assessment of tax; presumption of correctness.

Section 7-1-17.1 - Tax liability; spouse or former spouse.

Section 7-1-18 - Limitation on assessment by department.

Section 7-1-19 - Limitation of actions.

Section 7-1-20 - Compromise of taxes; closing agreements.

Section 7-1-21 - Installment payments of taxes; installment agreements.

Section 7-1-21.1 - Special agreements; alternative gross receipts taxpayer.

Section 7-1-22 - Exhaustion of administrative remedies.

Section 7-1-23 - Disputing liabilities; election of remedies.

Section 7-1-24 - Disputing liabilities; administrative protest.

Section 7-1-24.1 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-25 - Appeals from hearing officer's decision and order.

Section 7-1-26 - Disputing liabilities; claim for credit, rebate or refund.

Section 7-1-26.1 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-27 - Conclusiveness of court order on liability for payment of tax.

Section 7-1-28 - Authority for abatements of assessments of tax.

Section 7-1-29 - Authority to make refunds or credits.

Section 7-1-29.1 - Awarding of costs and fees.

Section 7-1-29.2 - Credit claims.

Section 7-1-30 - Collection of penalties and interest.

Section 7-1-31 - Seizure of property by levy for collection of taxes.

Section 7-1-32 - Contents of warrant of levy.

Section 7-1-33 - Successive seizures.

Section 7-1-34 - Surrender of property subject to levy; penalty.

Section 7-1-35 - Stay of levy.

Section 7-1-36 - Property exempt from levy.

Section 7-1-37 - Assessment as lien.

Section 7-1-38 - Notice of lien.

Section 7-1-39 - Release or extinguishment of lien; limitation on actions to enforce lien.

Section 7-1-40 - Foreclosure of lien.

Section 7-1-41 - Notice of seizure.

Section 7-1-42 - Notice of sale.

Section 7-1-43 - Sale of indivisible property.

Section 7-1-44 - Requirements of sale.

Section 7-1-45 - Manner of sale or conversion to money.

Section 7-1-46 - Minimum prices.

Section 7-1-47 - Redemption before sale.

Section 7-1-48 - Documents of title.

Section 7-1-49 - Legal effect of certificate of sale.

Section 7-1-50 - Legal effect of deed to real property.

Section 7-1-51 - Proceeds of levy and sale.

Section 7-1-52 - Release of levy.

Section 7-1-53 - Enjoining delinquent taxpayer from continuing in business.

Section 7-1-54 - Security for payment of tax.

Section 7-1-55 - Contractor's bond for gross receipts; tax; penalty.

Section 7-1-56 - Sale of or proceedings against security.

Section 7-1-57 - Surety bonds.

Section 7-1-58 - Permanence of tax debt; civil actions to collect tax.

Section 7-1-59 - Jeopardy assessments.

Section 7-1-60 - Estoppel against state.

Section 7-1-61 - Duty of successor in business.

Section 7-1-62 - Duty of secretary; release of successor.

Section 7-1-63 - Assessment of tax due; application of payment.

Section 7-1-64 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-65 - Reciprocal enforcement of tax judgments.

Section 7-1-66 - Immunity of property of Indian nations, tribes or pueblos and of the United States.

Section 7-1-67 - Interest on deficiencies.

Section 7-1-67.1 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-68 - Interest on overpayments.

Section 7-1-69 - Civil penalty for failure to pay tax or file a return.

Section 7-1-69.1 - Civil penalty for failure to file an information return.

Section 7-1-69.2 - Civil penalty for failure to correctly file certain deductions.

Section 7-1-70 - Civil penalty for bad checks.

Section 7-1-71 - Civil penalty for failure to collect and pay over tax.

Section 7-1-71.1 - Tax return preparers; requirements; penalties.

Section 7-1-71.2 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-71.3 - Willful failure to collect and pay over taxes.

Section 7-1-71.4 - Tax return preparer; electronic filing requirement; penalty.

Section 7-1-72 - Attempts to evade or defeat tax.

Section 7-1-72.1 - Civil penalty; willful attempt to cause evasion of another's tax.

Section 7-1-73 - Tax fraud.

Section 7-1-74 - Interference or attempts corruptly, forcibly or by threat to interfere with administration of revenue laws.

Section 7-1-75 - Assault and battery of a department employee.

Section 7-1-76 - Revealing information concerning taxpayers.

Section 7-1-77 - Timeliness when last day for performance falls on Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Section 7-1-78 - Burden of proof in fraud cases.

Section 7-1-79 - Enforcement officials.

Section 7-1-80 - Dissolution or withdrawal of corporation.

Section 7-1-81 - Repealed.

Section 7-1-82 - Transfer, assignment, sale, lease or renewal of liquor license.

Section 7-1-83 - Business and employee status during disaster response period.