2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 4 - Counties
Article 55C - Solar Energy Improvement Special Assessment
Section 4-55C-3 - Ordinance imposing solar energy improvement special assessment.
A. The board of county commissioners of a county may provide by ordinance for a solar energy improvement special assessment to be imposed on a residential or commercial property within the boundaries of the county if the owner of the property requests the assessment.
B. A solar energy improvement special assessment may be imposed on commercial property within the boundaries of an incorporated municipality in a county if the municipality adopts an ordinance approving the application of the county's ordinance within the incorporated municipality.
C. The purpose of the solar energy improvement special assessment shall be to increase access to the benefits of solar technology improvements by participation in a voluntary special assessment on property, which can be used to facilitate financing arrangements for the eligible solar energy improvements.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 270, § 3; 2019, ch. 110, § 3.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, provided that solar energy improvement special assessments may be imposed on commercial property within the boundaries of an incorporated municipality in a county if the municipality adopts an ordinance approving the application of the county's ordinance within the incorporated municipality; in the section heading, added "improvement"; added subsection designation "A."; added new Subsection B; and added new subsection designation "C.".
