HOUSE TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL 202

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO TAXATION; MODIFYING THE TERMS THAT DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT FUND; CLARIFYING THAT THE SOURCE OF THE DISTRIBUTION IS THE NET RECEIPTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE AMOUNT OF TAX DEDUCTED PURSUANT TO THE OIL AND GAS PROCEEDS AND PASS-THROUGH ENTITY WITHHOLDING TAX ACT; PROVIDING THAT THE PLACE OF BUSINESS OF A PERSON WITHOUT PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN THIS STATE IS WHERE THE PROPERTY OR SERVICE BEING SOLD IS DELIVERED; ALLOWING A REFUND OF GROSS RECEIPTS TAX DUE A PERSON TO BE APPLIED AGAINST COMPENSATING TAX OWED BY THE PERSON'S CUSTOMER AS A RESULT OF TRANSACTIONS WITH THAT PERSON; CLARIFYING THAT A PERSON WITHOUT PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN THE STATE THAT HAS LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000) IN GROSS RECEIPTS IS NOT ENGAGING IN BUSINESS PURSUANT TO THE GROSS RECEIPTS AND COMPENSATING TAX ACT; BARRING THE TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT FROM ENFORCING COLLECTION OF THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; ELIMINATING THE HOLD HARMLESS DISTRIBUTION TO OFFSET THE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER DEDUCTION; IMPOSING THE STATE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ON THE NET PATIENT CARE REVENUE OF A NONPROFIT HOSPITAL; IMPOSING THE GOVERNMENTAL GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ON THE NET PATIENT CARE REVENUE OF A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL; DISTRIBUTING THE NET GOVERNMENTAL GROSS RECEIPTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO NET PATIENT CARE REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND; ADJUSTING CERTAIN HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY DEDUCTIONS AND EXEMPTIONS FROM GROSS RECEIPTS AND GOVERNMENTAL GROSS RECEIPTS; INCREASING THE MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX; CREATING THE WEIGHT DISTANCE TAX IDENTIFICATION PERMIT TAX; REQUIRING THE TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TO EVALUATE AND REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON HEALTH-CARE-INDUSTRY-RELATED REVENUE COLLECTIONS AND TAX EXPENDITURES; REPEALING THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX DEDUCTION FOR PAYMENTS BY CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES, A CREDIT AGAINST THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX FOR CERTAIN HOSPITALS AND THE DEDUCTION FOR SALES TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

 

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

     SECTION 1. Section 7-1-6.38 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 145, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-6.38. DISTRIBUTION--GOVERNMENTAL GROSS RECEIPTS TAX.--

          A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made in amounts equal to the following percentages of the net receipts attributable to the governmental gross receipts tax, less the net receipts attributable to net patient care revenue from a hospital licensed by the department of health:

                (1) seventy-five percent to the public project revolving fund administered by the New Mexico finance authority; [in an amount equal to seventy-five percent of the net receipts attributable to the governmental gross receipts tax.

          B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made]

                (2) twenty-four percent to the energy, minerals and natural resources department [in an amount equal to twenty-four percent of the net receipts attributable to the governmental gross receipts tax]; provided that forty-one and two-thirds percent of the distribution is appropriated to the energy, minerals and natural resources department to implement the provisions of the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Act and fifty-eight and one-third percent of the distribution is appropriated to the energy, minerals and natural resources department for state park and recreation area capital improvements, including the costs of planning, engineering, design, construction, renovation, repair, equipment and furnishings; and

          [C. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made]

                (3) one percent to the [office of] cultural affairs [in an amount equal to one percent of the net receipts attributable to the governmental gross receipts tax] department for capital improvements at state museums and monuments administered by the [office of] cultural affairs department.

          [D.] B. The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of any bonds or notes issued by the New Mexico finance authority or by the energy, minerals and natural resources department and payable from the net receipts attributable to the governmental gross receipts tax distributed to the New Mexico finance authority or the energy, minerals and natural resources department pursuant to this section that the state will not limit, reduce or alter the distribution of the net receipts attributable to the governmental gross receipts tax to the New Mexico finance authority or the energy, minerals and natural resources department or limit, reduce or alter the rate of imposition of the governmental gross receipts tax until the bonds or notes together with the interest thereon are fully met and discharged. The New Mexico finance authority and the energy, minerals and natural resources department are authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of the bonds or notes."

     SECTION 2. Section 7-1-6.43 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 86, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-6.43. DISTRIBUTION TO LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT FUND.--

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

NMSA 1978 from the net receipts attributable to the amount of tax deducted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through Entity Withholding Tax Act shall be made to the legislative retirement fund in an amount equal to [seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) or, if larger] one-twelfth of the amount necessary to pay out the retirement benefits due under state legislator member coverage plan 2 and Paragraph (2) of Subsection C of Section 10-11-41 NMSA 1978 for the succeeding calendar year.

          B. In December [2003 and in each December thereafter] of each year, the public employees retirement association, with the assistance of the legislative council service, shall determine the amount of those retirement benefits for the succeeding calendar year. [If the monthly average exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)] The association shall immediately notify [immediately] the department of the [average] amount. That [average] amount divided by twelve shall be [the amount] distributed pursuant to Subsection A of this section [as of] at the end of each [month] of the twelve consecutive months beginning with the December in which the determination was made."

     SECTION 3. Section 7-1-6.46 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 116, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-6.46. DISTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPALITIES--OFFSET FOR FOOD DEDUCTION [AND HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER SERVICES DEDUCTION].--

          A. For a municipality that [has not elected to impose] does not have in effect a municipal hold harmless gross receipts tax through an ordinance and that has a population of less than ten thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to [a] the municipality in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, equal to the [sum of:

                (1) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality for the month plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent; and

                (2) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality for the month plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent] applicable maximum distribution for the municipality.

           B. For a municipality not described in Subsection A of this section, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the municipality in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, equal to the [sum of:

                (1) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality on January 1, 2007 plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent in the following percentages:

                     (a) prior to July 1, 2015, one hundred percent;

                     (b) on or after July 1, 2015 and prior to July 1, 2016, ninety-four percent;

                     (c) on or after July 1, 2016 and prior to July 1, 2017, eighty-eight percent;

                     (d) on or after July 1, 2017 and prior to July 1, 2018, eighty-two percent;

                     (e) on or after July 1, 2018 and prior to July 1, 2019, seventy-six percent;

                     (f) on or after July 1, 2019 and prior to July 1, 2020, seventy percent;

                     (g) on or after July 1, 2020 and prior to July 1, 2021, sixty-three percent;

                     (h) on or after July 1, 2021 and prior to July 1, 2022, fifty-six percent;

                     (i) on or after July 1, 2022 and prior to July 1, 2023, forty-nine percent;

                     (j) on or after July 1, 2023 and prior to July 1, 2024, forty-two percent;

                     (k) on or after July 1, 2024 and prior to July 1, 2025, thirty-five percent;

                     (l) on or after July 1, 2025 and prior to July 1, 2026, twenty-eight percent;

                     (m) on or after July 1, 2026 and prior to July 1, 2027, twenty-one percent;

                     (n) on or after July 1, 2027 and prior to July 1, 2028, fourteen percent; and

                     (o) on or after July 1, 2028 and prior to July 1, 2029, seven percent; and

                (2) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality on January 1, 2007 plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent in] applicable maximum distribution for the municipality multiplied by the following percentages:

                     [(a) prior to July 1, 2015, one hundred percent;

                     (b) on or after July 1, 2015 and prior to July 1, 2016, ninety-four percent;

                     (c) on or after July 1, 2016 and prior to July 1, 2017, eighty-eight percent;

                (d)] (1) on or after July 1, 2017 and prior to July 1, 2018, eighty-two percent;

                [(e)] (2) on or after July 1, 2018 and prior to July 1, 2019, seventy-six percent;

                [(f)] (3) on or after July 1, 2019 and prior to July 1, 2020, seventy percent;

                [(g)] (4) on or after July 1, 2020 and prior to July 1, 2021, sixty-three percent;

                [(h)] (5) on or after July 1, 2021 and prior to July 1, 2022, fifty-six percent;

                [(i)] (6) on or after July 1, 2022 and prior to July 1, 2023, forty-nine percent;

                [(j)] (7) on or after July 1, 2023 and prior to July 1, 2024, forty-two percent;

                [(k)] (8) on or after July 1, 2024 and prior to July 1, 2025, thirty-five percent;

                [(l)] (9) on or after July 1, 2025 and prior to July 1, 2026, twenty-eight percent;

                [(m)] (10) on or after July 1, 2026 and prior to July 1, 2027, twenty-one percent;

                [(n)] (11) on or after July 1, 2027 and prior to July 1, 2028, fourteen percent; [and

                (o)] (12) on or after July 1, 2028 and prior to July 1, 2029, seven percent; and

                (13) on and after July 1, 2029, zero percent.

           C. [The] A distribution pursuant to [Subsections A and B of] this section is in lieu of revenue that would have been received by the municipality but for the deductions provided by [Sections] Section 7-9-92 [and 7-9-93] NMSA 1978. The distribution shall be considered gross receipts tax revenue and shall be used by the municipality in the same manner as gross receipts tax revenue, including payment of gross receipts tax revenue bonds. [A distribution pursuant to this section to a municipality not described in Subsection A of this section or to a municipality that has imposed a gross receipts tax through an ordinance that does not provide a deduction contained in the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act shall not be made on or after July 1, 2029.]

          D. If the [reductions] changes made by this [2013] 2017 act to the distributions made pursuant to [Subsections A and B of] this section impair the ability of a municipality to meet its principal or interest payment obligations for revenue bonds that are outstanding prior to July 1, [2013] 2017 and that are secured by the pledge of all or part of the municipality's revenue from the distribution made pursuant to this section, then the amount distributed pursuant to this section to that municipality shall be increased by an amount sufficient to meet the required payment; provided that the total amount distributed to that municipality pursuant to this section does not exceed the amount that would have been due that municipality pursuant to this section as it was in effect on June 30, [2013] 2017.

          E. For the purposes of this section:

                (1) "business locations attributable to the municipality" means business locations:

[(1)] (a) within the municipality;

                     [(2)] (b) on land owned by the state, commonly known as the "state fairgrounds", within the exterior boundaries of the municipality;

                     [(3)] (c) outside the boundaries of the municipality on land owned by the municipality; and

                     [(4)] (d) on an Indian reservation or pueblo grant in an area that is contiguous to the municipality and in which the municipality performs services pursuant to a contract between the municipality and the Indian tribe or Indian pueblo if: [(a)] 1) the contract describes an area in which the municipality is required to perform services and requires the municipality to perform services that are substantially the same as the services the municipality performs for itself; and [(b)] 2) the governing body of the municipality has submitted a copy of the contract to the secretary; and

                (2) "maximum distribution" means:

                     (a) for a municipality that has a population of less than ten thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality for the month plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent; and

                     (b) for a municipality that has a population of ten thousand or more according to the most recent federal decennial census, the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations attributable to the municipality multiplied by the sum of the combined rate of all municipal local option gross receipts taxes in effect in the municipality on January 1, 2007 plus one and two hundred twenty-five thousandths percent.

          F. A distribution pursuant to this section may be adjusted for a distribution made to a tax increment development district with respect to a portion of a gross receipts tax increment dedicated by a municipality pursuant to the Tax Increment for Development Act."

     SECTION 4. Section 7-1-6.47 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 116, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-6.47. DISTRIBUTION TO COUNTIES--OFFSET FOR FOOD DEDUCTION [AND HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER SERVICES DEDUCTION].--

          A. For a county that [has not elected to impose] does not have in effect a county hold harmless gross receipts tax through an ordinance and that has a population of less than forty-eight thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to [a] the county in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, equal to the [sum of:

                (1) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed throughout the county;

                (2) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality;

                (3) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed throughout the county; and

                (4) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality] applicable maximum distribution for the county.

          B. For a county not described in Subsection A of this section, a distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the county in an amount, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, equal to the [sum of:

                (1) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed throughout the county in the following percentages:

                     (a) prior to July 1, 2015, one hundred percent;

                     (b) on or after July 1, 2015 and prior to July 1, 2016, ninety-four percent;

                     (c) on or after July 1, 2016 and prior to July 1, 2017, eighty-eight percent;

                     (d) on or after July 1, 2017 and prior to July 1, 2018, eighty-two percent;

                     (e) on or after July 1, 2018 and prior to July 1, 2019, seventy-six percent;

                     (f) on or after July 1, 2019 and prior to July 1, 2020, seventy percent;

                     (g) on or after July 1, 2020 and prior to July 1, 2021, sixty-three percent;

                     (h) on or after July 1, 2021 and prior to July 1, 2022, fifty-six percent;

                     (i) on or after July 1, 2022 and prior to July 1, 2023, forty-nine percent;

                     (j) on or after July 1, 2023 and prior to July 1, 2024, forty-two percent;

                     (k) on or after July 1, 2024 and prior to July 1, 2025, thirty-five percent;

                     (l) on or after July 1, 2025 and prior to July 1, 2026, twenty-eight percent;

                     (m) on or after July 1, 2026 and prior to July 1, 2027, twenty-one percent;

                     (n) on or after July 1, 2027 and prior to July 1, 2028, fourteen percent; and

                     (o) on or after July 1, 2028 and prior to July 1, 2029, seven percent;

                (2) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality in the following percentages:

                     (a) prior to July 1, 2015, one hundred percent;

                     (b) on or after July 1, 2015 and prior to July 1, 2016, ninety-four percent;

                     (c) on or after July 1, 2016 and prior to July 1, 2017, eighty-eight percent;

                     (d) on or after July 1, 2017 and prior to July 1, 2018, eighty-two percent;

                     (e) on or after July 1, 2018 and prior to July 1, 2019, seventy-six percent;

                     (f) on or after July 1, 2019 and prior to July 1, 2020, seventy percent;

                     (g) on or after July 1, 2020 and prior to July 1, 2021, sixty-three percent;

                     (h) on or after July 1, 2021 and prior to July 1, 2022, fifty-six percent;

                     (i) on or after July 1, 2022 and prior to July 1, 2023, forty-nine percent;

                     (j) on or after July 1, 2023 and prior to July 1, 2024, forty-two percent;

                     (k) on or after July 1, 2024 and prior to July 1, 2025, thirty-five percent;

                     (l) on or after July 1, 2025 and prior to July 1, 2026, twenty-eight percent;

                     (m) on or after July 1, 2026 and prior to July 1, 2027, twenty-one percent;

                     (n) on or after July 1, 2027 and prior to July 1, 2028, fourteen percent; and

                     (o) on or after July 1, 2028 and prior to July 1, 2029, seven percent;

                (3) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed throughout the county in the following percentages:

                     (a) prior to July 1, 2015, one hundred percent;

                     (b) on or after July 1, 2015 and prior to July 1, 2016, ninety-four percent;

                     (c) on or after July 1, 2016 and prior to July 1, 2017, eighty-eight percent;

                     (d) on or after July 1, 2017 and prior to July 1, 2018, eighty-two percent;

                     (e) on or after July 1, 2018 and prior to July 1, 2019, seventy-six percent;

                     (f) on or after July 1, 2019 and prior to July 1, 2020, seventy percent;

                     (g) on or after July 1, 2020 and prior to July 1, 2021, sixty-three percent;

                     (h) on or after July 1, 2021 and prior to July 1, 2022, fifty-six percent;

                     (i) on or after July 1, 2022 and prior to July 1, 2023, forty-nine percent;

                     (j) on or after July 1, 2023 and prior to July 1, 2024, forty-two percent;

                     (k) on or after July 1, 2024 and prior to July 1, 2025, thirty-five percent;

                     (l) on or after July 1, 2025 and prior to July 1, 2026, twenty-eight percent;

                     (m) on or after July 1, 2026 and prior to July 1, 2027, twenty-one percent;

                     (n) on or after July 1, 2027 and prior to July 1, 2028, fourteen percent; and

                     (o) on or after July 1, 2028 and prior to July 1, 2029, seven percent; and

                (4) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality in] applicable maximum distribution multiplied by the following percentages:

                     [(a) prior to July 1, 2015, one hundred percent;

                     (b) on or after July 1, 2015 and prior to July 1, 2016, ninety-four percent;

                     (c) on or after July 1, 2016 and prior to July 1, 2017, eighty-eight percent;

                (d)] (1) on or after July 1, 2017 and prior to July 1, 2018, eighty-two percent;

                [(e)] (2) on or after July 1, 2018 and prior to July 1, 2019, seventy-six percent;

                [(f)] (3) on or after July 1, 2019 and prior to July 1, 2020, seventy percent;

                [(g)] (4) on or after July 1, 2020 and prior to July 1, 2021, sixty-three percent;

                [(h)] (5) on or after July 1, 2021 and prior to July 1, 2022, fifty-six percent;

                [(i)] (6) on or after July 1, 2022 and prior to July 1, 2023, forty-nine percent;

                [(j)] (7) on or after July 1, 2023 and prior to July 1, 2024, forty-two percent;

                [(k)] (8) on or after July 1, 2024 and prior to July 1, 2025, thirty-five percent;

                [(l)] (9) on or after July 1, 2025 and prior to July 1, 2026, twenty-eight percent;

                [(m)] (10) on or after July 1, 2026 and prior to July 1, 2027, twenty-one percent;

                [(n)] (11) on or after July 1, 2027 and prior to July 1, 2028, fourteen percent; [and

                (o)] (12) on or after July 1, 2028 and prior to July 1, 2029, seven percent; and

                (13) on and after July 1, 2029, zero percent.

          C. [The] A distribution pursuant to [Subsections A and B of] this section is in lieu of revenue that would have been received by the county but for the deductions provided by [Sections] Section 7-9-92 [and 7-9-93] NMSA 1978. The distribution shall be considered gross receipts tax revenue and shall be used by the county in the same manner as gross receipts tax revenue, including payment of gross receipts tax revenue bonds. [A distribution pursuant to this section to a county not described in Subsection A of this section or to a county that has imposed a gross receipts tax through an ordinance that does not provide a deduction contained in the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act shall not be made on or after July 1, 2029.]

          D. If the [reductions] changes made by this [2013] 2017 act to the distributions made pursuant to [Subsections A and B of] this section impair the ability of a county to meet its principal or interest payment obligations for revenue bonds that are outstanding prior to July 1, [2013] 2017 and that are secured by the pledge of all or part of the county's revenue from the distribution made pursuant to this section, then the amount distributed pursuant to this section to that county shall be increased by an amount sufficient to meet the required payment; provided that the total amount distributed to that county pursuant to this section does not exceed the amount that would have been due that county pursuant to this section as it was in effect on June 30, [2013] 2017.

          E. A distribution pursuant to this section may be adjusted for a distribution made to a tax increment development district with respect to a portion of a gross receipts tax increment dedicated by a county pursuant to the Tax Increment for Development Act.

          F. For purposes of this section, "maximum distribution" means:

                (1) for counties that have a population of less than forty-eight thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, the sum of:

                     (a) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed throughout the county; and

                     (b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect for the month that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality; and

                (2) for counties that have a population of forty-eight thousand or more according to the most recent federal decennial census, the sum of:

                     (a) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations within a municipality in the county multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed throughout the county; and

                     (b) the total deductions claimed pursuant to Section 7-9-92 NMSA 1978 for the month by taxpayers from business locations in the county but not within a municipality multiplied by the combined rate of all county local option gross receipts taxes in effect on January 1, 2007 that are imposed in the county area not within a municipality."

     SECTION 5. Section 7-1-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 145, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-14. SECRETARY MAY DETERMINE WHERE CERTAIN GROSS RECEIPTS ARE TO BE REPORTED--PLACE OF BUSINESS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, [AND] CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SALES AND SALES BY OUT-OF-STATE VENDORS.--

          A. By regulation, the secretary may require any person maintaining one or more places of business to report the person's taxable gross receipts and deductions for each municipality or county or area within an Indian reservation or pueblo grant in which the person maintains a place of business.           B. For persons engaged in the construction business, the place where the construction project is performed is a "place of business", and all receipts from that project are to be reported from that place of business.

          C. The secretary may, by regulation, also require any person maintaining a business outside the boundaries of a municipality on land owned by that municipality to report the person's taxable gross receipts for that municipality.

          D. For a person engaged in the business of selling real estate, the location of the real property sold is the "place of business", and all receipts from that sale are to be reported from that place of business.

          E. For a person engaging in business but is without physical presence in this state, "place of business" is the location where the property or the product of a service being sold by the person is delivered."

     SECTION 6. Section 7-1-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1965, Chapter 248, Section 31, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-29. AUTHORITY TO MAKE REFUNDS OR CREDITS.--

          A. In response to a claim for refund, credit or rebate made as provided in Section 7-1-26 NMSA 1978, but before a court acquires jurisdiction of the matter, the secretary or the secretary's delegate may authorize payment to a person in the amount of the [creditor] credit or rebate claimed or refund an overpayment of tax determined by the secretary or the secretary's delegate to have been erroneously made by the person, together with allowable interest. A payment of a credit rebate claimed or a refund of tax and interest erroneously paid amounting to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more shall be made with the prior approval of the attorney general, except that the secretary or the secretary's delegate may make refunds with respect to the Oil and Gas Severance Tax Act, the Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act, the Oil and Gas Emergency School Tax Act, the Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act, the Natural Gas Processors Tax Act or the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act, Section 7-13-17 NMSA 1978 and the Cigarette Tax Act without the prior approval of the attorney general regardless of the amount.

          B. Pursuant to the final order of the district court, the court of appeals, the supreme court of New Mexico or a federal court, from which order, appeal or review is not successfully taken, adjudging that a person has properly claimed a credit or rebate or made an overpayment of tax, the secretary shall authorize the payment to the person of the amount thereof.

          C. In the discretion of the secretary, any amount of credit or rebate to be paid or tax to be refunded may be offset against any amount of tax for which the person due to receive the credit, rebate payment or refund is liable, or in the case of a refund of gross receipts tax, any compensating tax owed by that person's customer as a result of transactions with that person. The secretary or the secretary's delegate shall give notice to the taxpayer that the credit, rebate payment or refund will be made in this manner, and the taxpayer shall be entitled to interest pursuant to Section 7-1-68 NMSA 1978 until the tax liability is credited with the credit, rebate or refund amount.

          D. In an audit by the department or a managed audit covering multiple reporting periods in which both underpayments and overpayments of a tax have been made in different reporting periods, the department shall credit the tax overpayments against the underpayments; provided that the taxpayer files a claim for refund of the overpayments. An overpayment shall be applied as a credit first to the earliest underpayment and then to succeeding underpayments. An underpayment of tax to which an overpayment is credited pursuant to this section shall be deemed paid in the period in which the overpayment was made or the period to which the overpayment was credited against an underpayment, whichever is later. If the overpayments credited pursuant to this section exceed the underpayments of a tax, the amount of the net overpayment for the periods covered in the audit shall be refunded to the taxpayer.

          E. When a taxpayer makes a payment identified to a particular return or assessment, and the department determines that the payment exceeds the amount due pursuant to that return or assessment, the secretary may apply the excess to the taxpayer's other liabilities pursuant to the tax acts to which the return or assessment applies, without requiring the taxpayer to file a claim for a refund. The liability to which an overpayment is applied pursuant to this section shall be deemed paid in the period in which the overpayment was made or the period to which the overpayment was applied, whichever is later.

          F. If the department determines, upon review of an original or amended income tax return, corporate income and franchise tax return, estate tax return, special fuels excise tax return or oil and gas tax return, that there has been an overpayment of tax for the taxable period to which the return or amended return relates in excess of the amount due to be refunded to the taxpayer pursuant to the provisions of Subsection I of Section 7-1-26 NMSA 1978, the department may refund that excess amount to the taxpayer without requiring the taxpayer to file a refund claim.

          G. Records of refunds and credits made in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be available for inspection by the public. The department shall keep such records for a minimum of three years from the date of the refund or credit.

          H. In response to a timely refund claim pursuant to Section 7-1-26 NMSA 1978 and notwithstanding any other provision of the Tax Administration Act, the secretary or the secretary's delegate may refund or credit a portion of an assessment of tax paid, including applicable penalties and interest representing the amount of tax previously paid by another person on behalf of the taxpayer on the same transaction; provided that the requirements of equitable recoupment are met. For purposes of this subsection, the refund claim may be filed by the taxpayer to whom the assessment was issued or by another person who claims to have previously paid the tax on behalf of the taxpayer. Prior to granting the refund or credit, the secretary may require a waiver of all rights to claim a refund or credit of the tax previously paid by another person paying a tax on behalf of the taxpayer."

     SECTION 7. Section 7-9-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 46, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-9-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act:

          A. "buying" or "selling" means a transfer of property for consideration or the performance of service for consideration;

          B. "department" means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or an employee of the department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;

          C. "financial corporation" means a savings and loan association or an incorporated savings and loan company, trust company, mortgage banking company, consumer finance company or other financial corporation;

          D. "initial use" or "initially used" means the first employment for the intended purpose and does not include the following activities:

                (1) observation of tests conducted by the performer of services;

                (2) participation in progress reviews, briefings, consultations and conferences conducted by the performer of services;

                (3) review of preliminary drafts, drawings and other materials prepared by the performer of the services;

                (4) inspection of preliminary prototypes developed by the performer of services; or

                (5) similar activities;

          E. "leasing" means an arrangement whereby, for a consideration, property is employed for or by any person other than the owner of the property, except that the granting of a license to use property is licensing and is not a lease;

          F. "local option gross receipts tax" means a tax authorized to be imposed by a county or municipality upon the taxpayer's gross receipts and required to be collected by the department at the same time and in the same manner as the gross receipts tax; "local option gross receipts tax" includes the taxes imposed pursuant to the Municipal Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act, Supplemental Municipal Gross Receipts Tax Act, County Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act, Local Hospital Gross Receipts Tax Act and County Correctional Facility Gross Receipts Tax Act and such other acts as may be enacted authorizing counties or municipalities to impose taxes on gross receipts, which taxes are to be collected by the department;

          G. "manufactured home" means a movable or portable housing structure for human occupancy that exceeds either a width of eight feet or a length of forty feet constructed to be towed on its own chassis and designed to be installed with or without a permanent foundation;

          H. "manufacturing" means combining or processing components or materials to increase their value for sale in the ordinary course of business, but does not include construction;

          I. "net patient care revenue" means the revenue that a nonprofit or governmental hospital generates from treating patients, less any amounts from contractual adjustments, bad debts and charitable treatment of patients;

[I.] J. "person" means:

                (1) an individual, estate, trust, receiver, cooperative association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint venture, syndicate or other entity, including any gas, water or electric utility owned or operated by a county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state; or

                (2) a national, federal, state, Indian or other governmental unit or subdivision, or an agency, department or instrumentality of any of the foregoing;

          [J.] K. "property" means real property, tangible personal property, licenses other than the licenses of copyrights, trademarks or patents and franchises. Tangible personal property includes electricity and manufactured homes;

          [K.] L. "research and development services" means an activity engaged in for other persons for consideration, for one or more of the following purposes:

                (1) advancing basic knowledge in a recognized field of natural science;

                (2) advancing technology in a field of technical endeavor;

                (3) developing a new or improved product, process or system with new or improved function, performance, reliability or quality, whether or not the new or improved product, process or system is offered for sale, lease or other transfer;

                (4) developing new uses or applications for an existing product, process or system, whether or not the new use or application is offered as the rationale for purchase, lease or other transfer of the product, process or system;

                (5) developing analytical or survey activities incorporating technology review, application, trade-off study, modeling, simulation, conceptual design or similar activities, whether or not offered for sale, lease or other transfer; or

                (6) designing and developing prototypes or integrating systems incorporating the advances, developments or improvements included in Paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection;

          [L.] M. "secretary" means the secretary of taxation and revenue or the secretary's delegate;

          [M.] N. "service" means all activities engaged in for other persons for a consideration, which activities involve predominantly the performance of a service as distinguished from selling or leasing property. "Service" includes activities performed by a person for its members or shareholders. In determining what is a service, the intended use, principal objective or ultimate objective of the contracting parties shall not be controlling. "Service" includes construction activities and all tangible personal property that will become an ingredient or component part of a construction project. That tangible personal property retains its character as tangible personal property until it is installed as an ingredient or component part of a construction project in New Mexico. Sales of tangible personal property that will become an ingredient or component part of a construction project to persons engaged in the construction business are sales of tangible personal property; and

          [N.] O. "use" or "using" includes use, consumption or storage other than storage for subsequent sale in the ordinary course of business or for use solely outside this state."

     SECTION 8. Section 7-9-3.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991, Chapter 8, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-9-3.2. ADDITIONAL DEFINITION.--

          A. As used in the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act, "governmental gross receipts" means:

                (1) receipts of the state or an agency, institution, instrumentality or political subdivision from:

                     [(1)] (a) the sale of tangible personal property other than water from facilities open to the general public;

                     [(2)] (b) the performance of or admissions to recreational, athletic or entertainment services or events in facilities open to the general public;

                     [(3)] (c) refuse collection or refuse disposal or both;

                     [(4)] (d) sewage services;

                     [(5)] (e) the sale of water by a utility owned or operated by a county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state; [and

                     (6)] (f) the renting of parking, docking or tie-down spaces or the granting of permission to park vehicles, tie down aircraft or dock boats; and

                     (g) net patient care revenue from a hospital licensed by the department of health and subject to the governmental gross receipts tax; and

                ["Governmental gross receipts"] (2) includes receipts from the sale of tangible personal property handled on consignment when sold from facilities open to the general public but excludes cash discounts taken and allowed, governmental gross receipts tax payable on transactions reportable for the period and any type of time-price differential.

          B. As used in this section, "facilities open to the general public" does not include point of sale registers or electronic devices at a bookstore owned or operated by a public post-secondary educational institution when the registers or devices are utilized in the sale of textbooks or other materials required for courses at the institution to a student enrolled at the institution who displays a valid student identification card."

     SECTION 9. Section 7-9-3.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 272, Section 4) is amended to read:

     "7-9-3.3. DEFINITION--ENGAGING IN BUSINESS.--As used in the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act, "engaging in business" means carrying on or causing to be carried on any activity with the purpose of direct or indirect benefit, without regard to having physical presence, including the presence of a representative acting on behalf of the person, in the state, except that "engaging in business" does not include:

          A. ["engaging in business" does not include] having a worldwide [web site] website as a third-party content provider on a computer physically located in New Mexico but owned by another nonaffiliated person; [and]

          B. ["engaging in business" does not include] using a nonaffiliated third-party call center to accept and process telephone or electronic orders of tangible personal property or licenses primarily from non-New Mexico buyers, which orders are forwarded to a location outside New Mexico for filling, or to provide services primarily to non-New Mexico customers; and

          C. the activities of a person without physical presence in this state if the person and the person's affiliates have less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of gross receipts in the state, based on receipts during the prior calendar year. As used in this subsection, "affiliate" means a business entity that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with another business entity."

     SECTION 10. Section 7-9-3.5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 272, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-9-3.5. DEFINITION--GROSS RECEIPTS.--

          A. As used in the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act:

                (1) "gross receipts" means the total amount of money or the value of other consideration received from selling property in New Mexico, from leasing or licensing property employed in New Mexico, from granting a right to use a franchise employed in New Mexico, from selling services performed outside New Mexico, the product of which is initially used in New Mexico, or from performing services in New Mexico. In an exchange in which the money or other consideration received does not represent the value of the property or service exchanged, "gross receipts" means the reasonable value of the property or service exchanged;

                (2) "gross receipts" includes:

                     (a) any receipts from sales of tangible personal property handled on consignment, including third-party sales made over a multi-vendor marketplace platform that acts as the intermediary, typically as the processor of the transaction, between the seller and the purchaser;

                     (b) the total commissions or fees derived from the business of buying, selling or promoting the purchase, sale or lease, as an agent or broker on a commission or fee basis, of any property, service, stock, bond or security;

                     (c) amounts paid by members of any cooperative association or similar organization for sales or leases of personal property or performance of services by such organization;

                     (d) amounts received from transmitting messages or conversations by persons providing telephone or telegraph services;

                     (e) amounts received by a New Mexico florist from the sale of flowers, plants or other products that are customarily sold by florists where the sale is made pursuant to orders placed with the New Mexico florist that are filled and delivered outside New Mexico by an out-of-state florist; and

                     (f) the receipts of a home service provider from providing mobile telecommunications services to customers whose place of primary use is in New Mexico if: 1) the mobile telecommunications services originate and terminate in the same state, regardless of where the services originate, terminate or pass through; and 2) the charges for mobile telecommunications services are billed by or for a customer's home service provider and are deemed provided by the home service provider. For the purposes of this section, "home service provider", "mobile telecommunications services", "customer" and "place of primary use" have the meanings given in the federal Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act; and

                (3) "gross receipts" excludes:

                     (a) cash discounts allowed and taken;

                     (b) New Mexico gross receipts tax, governmental gross receipts tax and leased vehicle gross receipts tax payable on transactions for the reporting period;

                     (c) taxes imposed pursuant to the provisions of any local option gross receipts tax that is payable on transactions for the reporting period;

                     (d) any gross receipts or sales taxes imposed by an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo; provided that the tax is approved, if approval is required by federal law or regulation, by the secretary of the interior of the United States; and provided further that the gross receipts or sales tax imposed by the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo provides a reciprocal exclusion for gross receipts, sales or gross receipts-based excise taxes imposed by the state or its political subdivisions;

                     (e) any type of time-price differential;

                     (f) amounts received solely on behalf of another in a disclosed agency capacity; and

                     (g) amounts received by a New Mexico florist from the sale of flowers, plants or other products that are customarily sold by florists where the sale is made pursuant to orders placed with an out-of-state florist for filling and delivery in New Mexico by a New Mexico florist.

          B. When the sale of property or service is made under any type of charge, conditional or time-sales contract or the leasing of property is made under a leasing contract, the seller or lessor may elect to treat all receipts, excluding any type of time-price differential, under such contracts as gross receipts as and when the payments are actually received. If the seller or lessor transfers the seller's or lessor's interest in any such contract to a third person, the seller or lessor shall pay the gross receipts tax upon the full sale or leasing contract amount, excluding any type of time-price differential."

     SECTION 11. Section 7-9-4.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991, Chapter 8, Section 2, as amended by Laws 1993, Chapter 332, Section 1 and by Laws 1993, Chapter 352, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "7-9-4.3. IMPOSITION AND RATE OF TAX--DENOMINATION AS "GOVERNMENTAL GROSS RECEIPTS TAX".--For the privilege of engaging in certain activities by governments, there is imposed on every agency, institution, instrumentality or political subdivision of the state, except any school district [and any entity licensed by the department of health that is principally engaged in providing health care services], an excise tax of five percent of governmental gross receipts. The tax imposed by this section shall be referred to as the "governmental gross receipts tax"."

     SECTION 12. A new Section 7-9-4.4 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

     "7-9-4.4. [NEW MATERIAL] EXEMPTION--GOVERNMENTAL GROSS RECEIPTS TAX--CERTAIN SERVICES PROVIDED BY A HOSPITAL LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.--Exempted from the governmental gross receipts tax are the receipts of an entity licensed by the department of health that is principally engaged in providing health care services; provided that the receipts are not receipts of net patient care revenue."

     SECTION 13. Section 7-9-7.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, Chapter 45, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-9-7.1. DEPARTMENT BARRED FROM TAKING COLLECTION ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN COMPENSATING AND GROSS RECEIPTS TAX LIABILITIES.--

          A. The department shall take no action to enforce collection of compensating tax due on purchases made by an individual if:

                (1) the property is used only for nonbusiness purposes;

                (2) the property is not a manufactured home; and

                (3) the individual is not an agent for collection of compensating tax pursuant to Section 7-9-10 NMSA 1978.

          B. The department shall take no action to enforce collection of gross receipts tax for a tax period prior to July 1, 2017 on persons engaging in business if, for those tax periods, those persons:

                (1) lacked physical presence in the state; and

                (2) did not report taxable gross receipts.

          [B.] C. The prohibition in Subsection A of this section does not prevent the department from enforcing collection of compensating tax on purchases from persons who are not individuals, who are agents for collection pursuant to Section 7-9-10 NMSA 1978 or who use the property in the course of engaging in business in New Mexico or from enforcing collection of compensating tax due on purchase of manufactured homes."

     SECTION 14. Section 7-9-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1970, Chapter 12, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-9-29. EXEMPTION--GROSS RECEIPTS TAX--CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.--

          A. Exempted from the gross receipts tax are the receipts of organizations that demonstrate to the department that they have been granted exemption from the federal income tax by the United States commissioner of internal revenue as organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of [1954] 1986, as that section may be amended or renumbered, except receipts of net patient care revenue.

          B. Exempted from the gross receipts tax are the receipts from carrying on chamber of commerce, visitor bureau and convention bureau functions of organizations that demonstrate to the department that they have been granted exemption from the federal income tax by the United States commissioner of internal revenue as organizations described in Section 501(c)(6) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of [1954] 1986, as that section may be amended or renumbered.

          C. This section does not apply to receipts derived from an unrelated trade or business as defined in Section 513 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of [1954] 1986, as that section may be amended or renumbered."

     SECTION 15. Section 7-9-73.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991, Chapter 8, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-9-73.1. DEDUCTION--GROSS RECEIPTS--[HOSPITALS] GOVERNMENTAL GROSS RECEIPTS--ENTITIES LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.--[Fifty]

          A. Sixty percent of the receipts of [hospitals] an entity licensed by the department of health that is principally engaged in providing health care services may be deducted from gross receipts; provided that this deduction may be applied only to the taxable gross receipts remaining after all other appropriate deductions have been taken.

          B. Sixty percent of the receipts from net patient care revenue received by a hospital licensed by the department of health may be deducted from governmental gross receipts; provided that this deduction may be applied only to the taxable governmental gross receipts remaining after all other appropriate deductions have been taken."

     SECTION 16. Section 7-9-93 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2004, Chapter 116, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-9-93. DEDUCTION--GROSS RECEIPTS--CERTAIN RECEIPTS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER.--

          A. Sixty percent of receipts of a health care practitioner [for commercial contract services or medicare part C services paid by a managed health care provider or health care insurer] may be deducted from gross receipts [if the] for services that are within the scope of practice of the health care practitioner [providing the service. Receipts from fee-for-service payments by a health care insurer may not be deducted from gross receipts].

          B. The deduction provided by this section shall be applied only to gross receipts remaining after all other allowable deductions available under the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act have been taken and shall be separately stated by the taxpayer.

          C. For the purposes of this section,

                [(1) "commercial contract services" means health care services performed by a health care practitioner pursuant to a contract with a managed health care provider or health care insurer other than those health care services provided for medicare patients pursuant to Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act or for medicaid patients pursuant to Title 19 or Title 21 of the federal Social Security Act;

                (2) "health care insurer" means a person that:

                     (a) has a valid certificate of authority in good standing pursuant to the New Mexico Insurance Code to act as an insurer, health maintenance organization or nonprofit health care plan or prepaid dental plan; and

                     (b) contracts to reimburse licensed health care practitioners for providing basic health services to enrollees at negotiated fee rates;

                (3)] "health care practitioner" means:

                [(a)] (1) a chiropractic physician licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act;

                [(b)] (2) a dentist or dental hygienist licensed pursuant to the Dental Health Care Act;

                [(c)] (3) a doctor of oriental medicine licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Practice Act;

                [(d)] (4) an optometrist licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Optometry Act;

                [(e)] (5) an osteopathic physician or an osteopathic physician's assistant licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Osteopathic Medicine Act;

                [(f)] (6) a physical therapist licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Physical Therapy Act;

                [(g)] (7) a physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Medical Practice Act;

                [(h)] (8) a podiatrist licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Podiatry Act;

                [(i)] (9) a psychologist licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Professional Psychologist Act;

                [(j)] (10) a registered lay midwife registered by the department of health;

                [(k)] (11) a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Nursing Practice Act;

                [(l)] (12) a registered occupational therapist licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Occupational Therapy Act;

                [(m)] (13) a respiratory care practitioner licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Respiratory Care Act;

                [(n)] (14) a speech-language pathologist or audiologist licensed pursuant to the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices Act;

                [(o)] (15) a professional clinical mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist or professional art therapist licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Counseling and Therapy Practice Act who has obtained a master's degree or a doctorate;

                [(p)] (16) an independent social worker licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Social Work Practice Act; and

                [(q)] (17) a clinical laboratory that is accredited pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 263a but that is not a laboratory in a physician's office or in a hospital defined pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1395x.

                [(4) "managed health care provider" means a person that provides for the delivery of comprehensive basic health care services and medically necessary services to individuals enrolled in a plan through its own employed health care providers or by contracting with selected or participating health care providers. "Managed health care provider" includes only those persons that provide comprehensive basic health care services to enrollees on a contract basis, including the following:

                     (a) health maintenance organizations;

                     (b) preferred provider organizations;

                     (c) individual practice associations;

                     (d) competitive medical plans;

                     (e) exclusive provider organizations;

                     (f) integrated delivery systems;

                     (g) independent physician-provider organizations;

                     (h) physician hospital-provider organizations; and

                     (i) managed care services organizations; and

                (5) "medicare part C services" means services performed pursuant to a contract with a managed health care provider for medicare patients pursuant to Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act.]"

     SECTION 17. Section 7-14-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, Chapter 73, Section 14) is amended to read:

     "7-14-4. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX.--The rate of the motor vehicle excise tax is [three] four percent and is applied to the price paid for the vehicle. If the price paid does not represent the value of the vehicle in the condition that existed at the time it was acquired, the tax rate shall be applied to the reasonable value of the vehicle in such condition at such time. However, allowances granted for vehicle trade-ins may be deducted from the price paid or the reasonable value of the vehicle purchased."

     SECTION 18. Section 7-15A-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003 (1st S.S.), Chapter 3, Section 7) is amended to read:

     "7-15A-13. WEIGHT DISTANCE TAX IDENTIFICATION PERMIT TAX--ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.--

          A. A person that obtains a weight distance tax identification permit shall pay to the department, in addition to a weight distance tax, special fuel excise tax and other use fee imposed for the use of public highways of this state:

                (1) a permit tax in the amount of ninety dollars ($90.00); and

                (2) an administrative fee [to the department] for the reasonable and necessary expense that the department incurs for processing and issuing a weight distance tax identification permit [The fee shall be paid in addition to a weight distance tax, special fuel excise tax and other use fee imposed for the use of public highways of this state] in an amount determined by the department [shall determine the amount of the fee pursuant to regulation. The fee shall not exceed] by rule, but not more than ten dollars ($10.00).

          B. The department shall deposit:

                (1) to the general fund, all proceeds from permit taxes collected by the department pursuant to Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of this section; and

                (2) to the weight distance tax identification permit administration fund, all proceeds from administrative fees collected by the department pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of this section."

     SECTION 19. TEMPORARY PROVISION--DEPARTMENT REPORT TO LEGISLATURE--HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY REVENUE AND TAX EXPENDITURES.--The taxation and revenue department shall evaluate health-care-industry-related revenue collections and tax expenditures and shall, by December 1, 2017, report to the legislative finance committee and the revenue stabilization and tax policy committee the result of that evaluation with a recommendation as to whether existing tax expenditures for that industry should be adjusted.

     SECTION 20. REPEAL.--Sections 7-9-60, 7-9-77.1 and 7-9-96.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1970, Chapter 12, Section 4, Laws 1998, Chapter 96, Section 1 and Laws 2007, Chapter 361, Section 7, as amended) are repealed.

     SECTION 21. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2017.

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