A. For a county that did not have in effect on June 30, 2019 a county hold harmless gross receipts tax through an ordinance and that has a population of less than forty- eight thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 N.M. Stat. Ann. shall be made to the county in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 N.M. Stat. Ann., equal to the applicable maximum distribution for the county.

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B. For a county not described in Subsection A of this section, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 N.M. Stat. Ann. shall be made to the county in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 N.M. Stat. Ann., equal to the applicable maximum distribution multiplied by the following percentages:

(1)     on or after July 1, 2021 and prior to July 1, 2022, fifty-six percent;

(2)     on or after July 1, 2022 and prior to July 1, 2023, forty-nine percent; (3)     on or after July 1, 2023 and prior to July 1, 2024, forty-two percent; (4)     on or after July 1, 2024 and prior to July 1, 2025, thirty-five percent;

(5)     on or after July 1, 2025 and prior to July 1, 2026, twenty-eight percent; (6)     on or after July 1, 2026 and prior to July 1, 2027, twenty-one percent; (7)     on or after July 1, 2027 and prior to July 1, 2028, fourteen percent;

(8)     on or after July 1, 2028 and prior to July 1, 2029, seven percent; and

(9)     on and after July 1, 2029, zero percent.

C. A distribution pursuant to this section is in lieu of revenue that would have been received by the county but for the deductions provided by Sections 7-9-92 and 7-9-93 N.M. Stat. Ann.. The distribution shall be considered gross receipts tax revenue and shall be used by the county in the same manner as gross receipts tax revenue, including payment of gross receipts tax revenue bonds.

D. If the changes made by this 2022 act to the distributions made pursuant to this section impair the ability of a county to meet its principal or interest payment obligations for revenue bonds that are outstanding prior to July 1, 2022 and that are secured by the pledge of all or part of the county’s revenue from the distribution made pursuant to this section, then the amount distributed pursuant to this section to that county shall be increased by an amount sufficient to meet the required payment; provided that the total amount distributed to that county pursuant to this section does not exceed the amount that would have been due that county pursuant to this section as it was in effect on June 30, 2022.

E. A distribution pursuant to this section may be adjusted for a distribution made to a tax increment development district with respect to a portion of a gross receipts tax increment dedicated by a county pursuant to the Tax Increment for Development Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 5, Article 15].

F. For the purposes of this section, “maximum distribution” means:

(1)     for a county that did not have in effect on June 30, 2019 a county hold harmless gross receipts tax and that has a population of less than forty-eight thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, the sum of:

(a) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Sections 7-9-92 and 7-9-93 N.M. Stat. Ann. for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed throughout the county; and

(b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Sections 7-9-92 and 7-9-93 N.M. Stat. Ann. for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality; and

(2)     for a county not described in Paragraph (1) of this subsection, the sum of: (a) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Sections 7-9-92 and 7-9-93 N.M. Stat. Ann. for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed throughout the county; and

(b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Sections 7-9-92 and 7-9-93 N.M. Stat. Ann. for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality.