New Mexico § 5-13-3 - Authorized local governmental entities
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 5-13-3 — Authorized local governmental entities, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-13-3. Authorized local governmental entities
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 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.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5-13-3 ("Authorized local governmental entities") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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