HOUSE BILL 523

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

INTRODUCED BY

Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert

AN ACT

RELATING TO TAXATION; PROVIDING A DEDUCTION FOR LOCOMOTIVE FUEL FROM GROSS RECEIPTS AND FROM COMPENSATING TAX.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] DEDUCTION--GROSS RECEIPTS TAX--LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE FUEL.--Receipts from the sale of fuel to a common carrier to be loaded or used in a locomotive engine may be deducted from gross receipts. For the purposes of this section, "locomotive engine" means a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks."

     SECTION 2. A new section of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] DEDUCTION--COMPENSATING TAX--LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE FUEL.--The value of fuel to be loaded or used by a common carrier in a locomotive engine may be deducted in computing the compensating tax due. For the purposes of this section, "locomotive engine" means a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks."

     SECTION 3. A new section of the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] PURPOSE AND REQUIREMENTS OF LOCOMOTIVE FUEL DEDUCTION.--

          A. The purpose of the deduction on fuel loaded or used by a common carrier in a locomotive engine from gross receipts and from compensating tax is to encourage the construction, maintenance and operation of railroad locomotive refueling facilities and related activities in New Mexico.

          B. The economic development department shall keep a record of temporary and permanent jobs from all railroad activity at each new railroad locomotive refueling facility that claims a deduction on fuel loaded or used by a common carrier in a locomotive engine from gross receipts or from compensating tax. The economic development department and the taxation and revenue department shall measure the amount of state revenue that is attributable to all railroad activity occurring at each new locomotive refueling facility.

          C. The economic development department and the taxation and revenue department shall compile an annual report with the number of taxpayers who claim the deduction on fuel loaded or used by a common carrier in a locomotive engine from gross receipts and from compensating tax, the number of jobs created as a result of that deduction, the amount of that deduction approved, the net revenue to the state as a result of that deduction and any other information required by the legislature to aid in evaluating the effectiveness of that deduction. A taxpayer who claims a deduction on fuel loaded or used by a common carrier in a locomotive engine from gross receipts or from compensating tax shall provide the economic development department and the taxation and revenue department with the information required to compile that report. The economic development department and the taxation and revenue department shall present that report before the legislative interim revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and the legislative finance committee by November of each year. Notwithstanding any other section of law to the contrary, the economic development department and the taxation and revenue department may disclose the number of applicants for the deduction on fuel loaded or used by a common carrier in a locomotive engine from gross receipts and from compensating tax, the amount of the deduction approved, the number of employees of the taxpayer and any other information required by the legislature or the taxation and revenue department to aid in evaluating the effectiveness of that deduction.

          D. An appropriate legislative committee shall review the effectiveness of the deduction pursuant to Subsection I of Section 7-16A-10 NMSA 1978 every six years beginning in 2019."

     SECTION 4. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE--NOTIFICATION.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2013, provided that prior to July 1, 2012, the economic development department certifies to the taxation and revenue department that construction of a railroad locomotive refueling facility project in Dona Ana county has commenced, including land acquisition, acquisition of all necessary permits and commencement of actual construction. The taxation and revenue department shall notify the New Mexico compilation commission and the director of the legislative council service prior to July 1, 2013 as to whether the certification from the economic development department has been received.

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