0001| HOUSE BILL 419 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| MURRAY RYAN | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO TAXATION; AMENDING THE COUNTY HOSPITAL EMERGENCY | 0013| GROSS RECEIPTS TAX TO EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD TO IMPOSE THE TAX. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 7-20E-12.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, | 0017| Chapter 14, Section 1) is amended to read: | 0018| "7-20E-12.1. COUNTY HOSPITAL EMERGENCY GROSS RECEIPTS | 0019| TAX--AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE--USE OF PROCEEDS.-- | 0020| A. The majority of the members of the governing body | 0021| may enact an ordinance imposing an excise tax on any person | 0022| engaging in business in the county for the privilege of engaging | 0023| in business. The rate of the tax shall be one-fourth of one | 0024| percent of the gross receipts of the person engaging in | 0025| business. The tax shall be imposed only once for a period of | 0001| not more than ~~[two]~~ five years from the effective date of | 0002| the ordinance imposing the tax. | 0003| B. The tax imposed by this section may be referred | 0004| to as the "county hospital emergency gross receipts tax". | 0005| C. At the time of enacting the ordinance imposing | 0006| the tax authorized in this section, the governing body shall | 0007| dedicate the revenue for current operations and maintenance of a | 0008| hospital owned by the county or a hospital with whom the county | 0009| has entered into a health care facilities contract. | 0010| D. As used in this section, "county" means a | 0011| class B county with a population of less than ten thousand | 0012| according to the 1990 federal decennial census and with a net | 0013| taxable value for rate-setting purposes for the 1993 property | 0014| tax year in excess of one hundred million dollars | 0015| ($100,000,000)." | 0016| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0017| provisions of this act is July 1, 1996. | 0018| -2- | 0019| State of New Mexico | 0020| House of Representatives | 0021| | 0022| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0023| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| February 5, 1996 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Mr. Speaker: | 0005| | 0006| Your TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0007| been referred | 0008| | 0009| HOUSE BILL 419 | 0010| | 0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0012| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0013| | 0014| 1. On page 1, line 12, before the period insert "; DECLARING | 0015| AN EMERGENCY". | 0016| | 0017| 2. On page 1, line 24, strike "only once". | 0018| | 0019| 3. On page 1, line 25, remove the brackets and line-through | 0020| and strike "five". | 0021| | 0022| 4. On page 2, line 1, after the period insert "The tax may | 0023| be imposed for an additional period not to exceed three years from | 0024| the date of the ordinance imposing the tax for that period.". | 0025| | 0001| 5. On page 2, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following | 0002| new section: | 0003| | 0004| "Section 3. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0005| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately."., | 0006| | 0007| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0008| COMMITTEE. | 0009| | 0010| Respectfully submitted, | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Jerry W. Sandel, Chairman | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Adopted Not Adopted | 0019| | 0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0021| | 0022| Date | 0023| | 0024| The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against | 0025| Yes: 11 | 0001| Excused: Lovejoy, Stell | 0002| Absent: None | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| .111786.1/a | 0006| H0419TR1 FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0007| SECOND SESSION | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| February 8, 1996 | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ______ to HOUSE BILL 419, as amended | 0014| | 0015| Amendment sponsored by Representative Murray Ryan | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| 1. On page 2, lines 15 and 16, strike Section 2 in its entirety. | 0019| | 0020| 2. Renumber the succeeding section accordingly. | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| ___________________________ | 0003| Murray Ryan | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Adopted___________________ Not Adopted___________________________ | 0008| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| Date ________________ | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0015| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| February 12, 1996 | 0019| | 0020| Mr. President: | 0021| | 0022| Your WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0023| | 0024| HOUSE BILL 419, as amended | 0025| | 0001| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that | 0002| it DO PASS. | 0003| | 0004| Respectfully submitted, | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| __________________________________ | 0009| TITO D. CHAVEZ, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Date ________________________ | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0022| Yes: 7 | 0023| No: 0 | 0024| Excused: Romero | 0025| Absent: None | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| H0419WM1 | 0004| |