2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 5 - Municipalities and Counties
Article 13 - Convention Center Financing
Section 5-13-2 - Definitions.

5-13-2. Definitions.

As used in the Convention Center Financing Act:

A. "convention center" includes a civic center or convention center that includes space for rent by the public for the primary purpose of increasing tourism;

B. "convention center fee" means the fee imposed by a local governmental entity pursuant to the Convention Center Financing Act on vendees for the use of lodging facilities;

C. "local governmental entity" means a qualified municipality or a county authorized by the Convention Center Financing Act to impose convention center fees;

D. "lodging facility" means a hotel, motel or motor hotel, a bed and breakfast facility, an inn, a resort or other facility offering rooms for payment of rent or other consideration;

E. "qualified municipality" means an incorporated municipality or an H class county;

F. "room" means a unit of a lodging facility, such as a hotel room;

G. "vendee" means a person who rents or pays consideration to a vendor for use of a room; and

H. "vendor" means a person or the person's agent who furnishes rooms for occupancy for consideration.

History: Laws 2003, ch. 87, 2; 2013, ch. 190, 1; 2014, ch. 15, 2.