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

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(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 N.M. Stat. Ann. § 11-1-1 to 11-1-7 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.