SENATE BILL 536

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Pete Campos

AN ACT

RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES; INCREASING A LICENSE FEE ON BUSINESS ACTIVITIES WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY; PERMITTING A MUNICIPALITY TO ALLOW A BUSINESS TO PAY REGISTRATION FEES FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR AT A TIME.

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

     Section 1. Section 3-38-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 37, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "3-38-3. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUSINESS REGISTRATION FEE.--

          A. In addition to the licensing authority contained in Section 3-38-1 NMSA 1978, a municipality shall, by ordinance, charge a business registration fee on each place of business conducted within a municipality that is not licensed by the municipality under Section 3-38-1 NMSA 1978. The business registration fee shall not be more than [thirty-five dollars ($35.00)] one hundred dollars ($100) a year and may be prorated for businesses conducted for a portion of the year. A municipality may permit a business to pay business registration fees pursuant to this section for more than one year at a time.

          B. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and Section 3-38-1 NMSA 1978:

                (1) no license fee or business registration fee shall be imposed on any sanctioned and registered athletic official who officiates for any association or organization which regulates any public school activity and whose rules and regulations are approved by the [state board of] public education department; and

                (2) a municipality may exempt from the business regulation fee imposed by the municipality any part-time artist whose income from sales of his artwork in the prior taxable year did not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)."

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