2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 7 - Taxation
Article 20E - County Local Option Gross Receipts and Compensating Taxes
Section 7-20E-2 - Definitions.
As used in the County Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act:
A. "county" means, unless specifically defined otherwise in the County Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act, a county, including an H class county;
B. "county area" means that portion of a county located outside the boundaries of any municipality, except that for H class counties, "county area" means the entire county;
C. "department" means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or any employee of the department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;
D. "governing body" means the county commission of the county or the county council of an H class county;
E. "person" means an individual or any other legal entity; and
F. "state gross receipts tax" means the gross receipts tax imposed under the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act [Chapter 7, Article 9 NMSA 1978].
History: 1978 Comp., § 7-20E-2, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 354, § 2; 1994, ch. 93, § 1; 1994, ch. 97, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1994 amendment, effective July 1, 1994, added the language following "municipality" in Subsection B and added "or the county council of an H class county" in Subsection D. Laws 1994, ch. 93, § 1 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 1994, ch. 97, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
