0001|                            HOUSE BILL 485
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              BEN LUJAN
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT; REQUIRING THAT GASOLINE
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0012|     DISTRIBUTORS BE LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT;
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0013|     IMPOSING LICENSE FEES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  A new section of the Ground Water Protection
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0017|     Act is enacted to read:
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0018|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] GASOLINE DISTRIBUTORS--ENVIRONMENTAL
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0019|     LICENSE--LICENSE FEE.--
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0020|               A.  Any person registered as a distributor under
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0021|     the provisions of the Gasoline Tax Act shall obtain an
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0022|     environmental license from the department.  The fee for the
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0023|     environmental license is based on the total gallons received
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0024|     less total gallons deducted pursuant to the Gasoline Tax Act
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0025|     during the previous calendar year and is due on or before
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0001|     April 1 of each year.  The fee shall be determined by the
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0002|     following schedule:
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0003|     More than                             But not more than     the fee shall be:
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0004|                    -0- gallons            25,000 gallons              $500.00
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0005|                 25,000 gallons                      100,000 gallons             $750.00
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0006|                100,000 gallons                      250,000 gallons           $2,500.00
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0007|                250,000 gallons                    1,000,000 gallons           $7,500.00
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0008|              1,000,000 gallons                    5,000,000 gallons          $25,000.00
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0009|             5,000,000 and over                                     $50,000.00.
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0010|               B.  The department shall collect the environmental
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0011|     license fees and distribute fifty percent of the revenue received
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0012|     to the corrective action fund and fifty percent to the state road
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0013|     fund."
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0014|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0015|     provisions of this act is January 1, 1999.
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