2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Section 17 Las Cruces Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control
Section 72-17-23 Levy and collection of taxes.

72-17-23. Levy and collection of taxes.

To levy and collect taxes, the board shall determine, in each year, the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the authority, and shall fix a rate of levy, without limitation as to rate or amount, except for the limitation in Subsection J of Section 22 [72-17-22 NMSA 1978] hereof and for any constitutional limitation, which, when levied upon every dollar of assessed valuation of taxable property within the authority, and together with other revenues, will raise the amount required by the authority annually to supply funds for paying expenses of organization and the costs of acquiring, improving, equipping, operating and maintaining any project or facility of the authority, and promptly to pay in full, when due, all interest on and principal of bonds and other securities of the authority; and in the event of accruing defaults or deficiencies, an additional levy may be made as provided in Section 24 [72-17-24 NMSA 1978] hereof.

History: 1953 Comp., 75-38-23, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 156, 23.