SENATE BILL 194

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

INTRODUCED BY

George K. Munoz

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE LIQUOR EXCISE TAX; CREATING A DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUE FROM THE LIQUOR EXCISE TAX TO CERTAIN COUNTIES TO FUND A SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETOXIFICATION AND TREATMENT CENTER AND HOMELESS SHELTER.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 7-1-6.40 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1997, Chapter 182, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-6.40. DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUOR EXCISE TAX--LOCAL DWI GRANT FUND--CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES--CERTAIN COUNTIES--LOTTERY TUITION FUND.--

          A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1

NMSA 1978 shall be made to the local DWI grant fund in an amount equal to the following percentages of the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise tax:

                (1) prior to July 1, 2015, forty-one and one-half percent;

                (2) from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018, forty-six percent; and

                (3) on and after July 1, 2018, forty-one and one-half percent.

          B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1

NMSA 1978 of twenty thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($20,750) monthly from the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise tax shall be made to a municipality that is located in a class A county and that has a population according to the most recent federal decennial census of more than thirty thousand but less than sixty thousand. The distribution pursuant to this subsection shall be used by the municipality only for the provision of alcohol treatment and rehabilitation services for street inebriates.

          C. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1

NMSA 1978 of forty-one thousand six hundred sixty-seven dollars ($41,667) monthly from the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise tax shall be made to a class B county that has a population of more than seventy thousand but less than seventy-five thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census. The distribution pursuant to this subsection shall be used by the county only for the provision of a substance abuse detoxification and treatment center and homeless shelter.

          [C.] D. From July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2017, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 of thirty-nine percent of the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise tax shall be made to the lottery tuition fund."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2016.

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