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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T





SPONSOR: Taylor, T.C. DATE TYPED: 02/23/01 HB 684
SHORT TITLE: Compensating Tax Distribution to Cities SB
ANALYST: Eaton


REVENUE



Estimated Revenue
Subsequent

Years Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY01 FY02
$ (11,300.0) $ (11,300.0) Recurring General Fund
$ 11,300.0 $ 11,300.0 Recurring Local Govt.



(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)



SOURCES OF INFORMATION



LFC Files



SUMMARY



Synopsis of Bill



The bill proposes a new distribution to municipalities funded by compensating tax collections. The amount of new funding for the cities is $1,500 per month per city or $18,000 per year.



Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Farmington and Las Cruces receive their taxable gross receipts share equal to 1.225 percent of net compensating tax collections. This distribution consumes about 5 percent of net compensating tax collections to add to the current law of 10 percent distributions of compensating tax collections to small cities and distributions up to 10 percent to small counties.



Except for the four largest municipalities, each village, town or city will receive 18,000 per year under this proposal.



Significant Issues



It is likely that county governments would also like to be included in this kind of new distribution.



FISCAL IMPLICATIONS



The Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD) preliminary estimate is that this bill's full year impact would reduce the general fund by $11.3 million and increase municipal revenues by the same amount.



ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS



Unknown.



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