HOUSE BILL 110

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Cristina Parajón

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO HOUSING; REQUIRING CLASS A COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATIONS GREATER THAN THIRTY THOUSAND TO REPORT DATA POINTS QUARTERLY FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

 

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

     SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS--REPORTING REQUIRED.--Beginning July 1, 2026, a class A county or municipality with a population greater than thirty thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census shall publish a quarterly report on the county's or municipality's website on all applications for residential development plans and residential building permits received and the status of each development plan and permit application. The quarterly report shall be submitted to the economic development department and the legislative finance committee and shall include:

          A. the total number of residential development plan applications received and the total number of dwelling units provided for in each application;

          B. the total number of residential development plan applications approved and denied during the immediately preceding quarter and the total number of approved and denied dwelling units provided for in those applications;

          C. for each residential development plan, the number of business days elapsed from the date the application is submitted to the date the application is deemed complete, and the number of business days elapsed from the date the application is deemed complete to the date the application is approved or denied for all applications submitted during the immediately preceding quarter;

          D. the total number of single-family and multifamily residential building permits issued and the total number of planned dwelling units within all multifamily residential buildings for which permits were approved;

          E. for each residential building permit, the number of business days elapsed from the date the residential building permit application is submitted to the date the residential building permit application is deemed complete, and the number of business days elapsed from the date the application is deemed complete to the date the residential building permit application is approved or denied for all residential building permit applications submitted during the immediately preceding quarter; and

          F. a narrative section for each data point required to allow the class A county or municipality to provide comments related to the data reported if further narrative is required.

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2026.

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