0001| HOUSE BILL 15 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| DONALD L. WHITAKER | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO TAXATION; AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL COUNTIES TO IMPOSE | 0012| THE LOCAL LIQUOR EXCISE TAX PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL LIQUOR EXCISE | 0013| TAX ACT. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 7-24-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, | 0017| Chapter 326, Section 2) is amended to read: | 0018| "7-24-9. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Local Liquor Excise | 0019| Tax Act: | 0020| A. "alcoholic beverages" means distilled or | 0021| rectified spirits, potable alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin | 0022| and aromatic bitters or any similar alcoholic beverage, | 0023| including blended or fermented beverages, dilutions or mixtures | 0024| of one or more of the foregoing containing more than one-half | 0025| of one percent alcohol, but excluding medicinal bitters; | 0001| B. "county" means: | 0002| (1) a class B county having a population of | 0003| more than fifty-six thousand but less than seventy-five | 0004| thousand, according to the most recent federal decennial census | 0005| [or any subsequent decennial census], and having a net | 0006| taxable value for rate-setting purposes for [the 1988 or] any | 0007| [subsequent] property tax year of more than five hundred | 0008| million dollars ($500,000,000) but less than seven hundred | 0009| million dollars ($700,000,000); or | 0010| (2) a class B county having a population of | 0011| more than fifty-five thousand but less than ninety-five | 0012| thousand, according to the 1990 federal decennial census and | 0013| having a net taxable value for rate-setting purposes for the | 0014| 1995 property tax year of more than nine hundred million | 0015| dollars ($900,000,000) but less than two billion dollars | 0016| ($2,000,000,000); | 0017| C. "department" means the taxation and revenue | 0018| department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or any | 0019| employee of the department exercising authority lawfully | 0020| delegated to that employee by the secretary; | 0021| D. "governing body" means the board of county | 0022| commissioners of a county; | 0023| E. "person" means any individual, estate, trust, | 0024| receiver, cooperative association, club, corporation, company, | 0025| firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate or other | 0001| association; "person" also means, to the extent permitted by | 0002| law, any federal, state or other governmental unit or | 0003| subdivision or agency, department or instrumentality thereof; | 0004| F. "price" means the total amount of money or the | 0005| reasonable value of other consideration or both paid for | 0006| alcoholic beverages, inclusive of the amount of any tax paid | 0007| pursuant to the Liquor Excise Tax Act; and | 0008| G. "retailer" means any person having a place of | 0009| business within the county who sells, offers for sale or | 0010| possesses for the purpose of selling alcoholic beverages within | 0011| the county." | 0012| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0013| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997. | 0014|  State of New Mexico | 0015| House of Representatives | 0016| | 0017| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0018| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| February 4, 1997 | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Mr. Speaker: | 0025| | 0001| Your GOVERNMENT AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to | 0002| whom has been referred | 0003| | 0004| HOUSE BILL 15 | 0005| | 0006| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0007| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0008| TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE. | 0009| | 0010| Respectfully submitted, | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Lynda M. Lovejoy, Chairwoman | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Adopted Not Adopted | 0020| | 0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0022| | 0023| Date | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0001| Yes: 7 | 0002| Excused: Hobbs | 0003| Absent: None | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0015 State of New Mexico | 0007| House of Representatives | 0008| | 0009| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0010| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| March 3, 1997 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Mr. Speaker: | 0017| | 0018| Your TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0019| been referred | 0020| | 0021| HOUSE BILL 15 | 0022| | 0023| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0024| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0025| | 0001| Respectfully submitted, | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Jerry W. Sandel, Chairman | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| Adopted Not Adopted | 0011| | 0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0013| | 0014| Date | 0015| | 0016| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0017| Yes: 10 | 0018| Excused: Gonzales, Lujan, Porter | 0019| Absent: None | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0015 | 0023| | 0024| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0025| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| March 7, 1997 | 0004| | 0005| Mr. President: | 0006| | 0007| Your WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0008| referred | 0009| | 0010| HOUSE BILL 15 | 0011| | 0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0013| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0014| | 0015| Respectfully submitted, | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| __________________________________ | 0021| Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0001| Adopted_______________________ | 0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| Date ________________________ | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0010| Yes: 6 | 0011| No: 0 | 0012| Excused: Duran, Nava, Wilson | 0013| Absent: None | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| H0015WM1 |