SENATE BILL 660

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Carlos R. Cisneros

AN ACT

RELATING TO TAXATION; PROVIDING FOR A DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUOR EXCISE TAX REVENUES TO CERTAIN COUNTIES FOR ALCOHOL DETOXIFICATION AND TREATMENT FACILITIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 7-1-6.40 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1997, Chapter 182, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "7-1-6.40. DISTRIBUTION--LOCAL DWI GRANT FUND--MUNICIPALITIES.--

          A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the local DWI grant fund in an amount equal to forty-one and fifty hundredths percent of the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise tax.

          B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 of twenty thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($20,750) monthly from the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise tax shall be made to a municipality that is located in a class A county and that has a population according to the most recent federal decennial census of more than thirty thousand but less than sixty thousand. The distribution pursuant to this subsection shall be used by the municipality only for the provision of alcohol treatment and rehabilitation services for street inebriates.

          C. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) monthly from the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise tax shall be made to a class B county that has a population according to the most recent federal decennial census of more than twenty-nine thousand but less than thirty thousand. The distribution pursuant to this subsection shall be used by the county only for the provision of alcohol treatment and rehabilitation services. Fifty percent of the distribution shall be used for alcohol detoxification programs or services and fifty percent of the distribution shall be used for outpatient treatment facilities or programs. A county that has at any time qualified for a distribution under this subsection shall not lose its qualified status based on a subsequent change in population or county classification."

     Section 2. APPLICABILITY.--The distribution pursuant to Section 1 of this act applies to revenue earned on a modified accrual basis after June 30, 2009.

     Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2009.

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