New Mexico § 7-1-6.27 - Distribution; municipal roads

§ 7-1-6.27. Distribution; municipal roads

A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to municipalities for the purposes and amounts specified in this section

in an aggregate amount equal to five and seventy-six hundredths percent of the net

receipts attributable to the gasoline tax. B. The distribution authorized in this section shall be used for the following purposes: (1) reconstructing, resurfacing, maintaining, repairing or otherwise improving existing

alleys, streets, roads or bridges, or any combination of the foregoing; or laying

off, opening, constructing or otherwise acquiring new alleys, streets, roads or bridges,

or any combination of the foregoing; provided that any of the foregoing improvements

may include, but are not limited to, the acquisition of rights of way; (2) to provide matching funds for projects subject to cooperative agreements with

the state highway and transportation department pursuant to Section 67-3-28 NMSA 1978; and (3) for expenses of purchasing, maintaining and operating transit operations and facilities,

for the operation of a transit authority established by the municipal transit law

and for the operation of a vehicle emission inspection program. A municipality may engage in the business of the transportation of passengers and

property within the political subdivision by whatever means the municipality may decide

and may acquire cars, trucks, motor buses and other equipment necessary for operating

the business. A municipality may acquire land, erect buildings and equip the buildings with all

the necessary machinery and facilities for the operation, maintenance, modification,

repair and storage of the cars, trucks, motor buses and other equipment needed. A municipality may do all things necessary for the acquisition and the conduct of

the business of public transportation. C. For the purposes of this section: (1) “ computed distribution amount ” means the distribution amount calculated for a municipality for a month pursuant

to Paragraph (2) of Subsection D of this section prior to any adjustments to the amount

due to the provisions of Subsections E and F of this section; (2) “ floor amount ” means four hundred seventeen dollars ($417); (3) “ floor municipality ” means a municipality whose computed distribution amount is less than the floor amount;

and (4) “ full distribution municipality ” means a municipality whose population at the last federal decennial census was at

least two hundred thousand. D. Subject to the provisions of Subsections E and F of this section, each municipality

shall be distributed a portion of the aggregate amount distributable under this section

in an amount equal to the greater of: (1) the floor amount; or (2) eighty-five percent of the aggregate amount distributable under this section times

a fraction, the numerator of which is the municipality's reported taxable gallons

of gasoline for the immediately preceding state fiscal year and the denominator of

which is the reported total taxable gallons for all municipalities for the same period. E. Fifteen percent of the aggregate amount distributable under this section shall

be referred to as the “redistribution amount”. Beginning in August 1990, and each month thereafter, from the redistribution amount

there shall be taken an amount sufficient to increase the computed distribution amount

of every floor municipality to the floor amount. In the event that the redistribution amount is insufficient for this purpose, the

computed distribution amount for each floor municipality shall be increased by an

amount equal to the redistribution amount times a fraction, the numerator of which

is the difference between the floor amount and the municipality's computed distribution

amount and the denominator of which is the difference between the product of the floor

amount multiplied by the number of floor municipalities and the total of the computed

distribution amounts for all floor municipalities. F. If a balance remains after the redistribution amount has been reduced pursuant

to Subsection E of this section, there shall be added to the computed distribution

amount of each municipality that is neither a full distribution municipality nor a

floor municipality an amount that equals the balance of the redistribution amount

times a fraction, the numerator of which is the computed distribution amount of the

municipality and the denominator of which is the sum of the computed distribution

amounts of all municipalities that are neither full distribution municipalities nor

floor municipalities.