HOUSE BILL 38

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2012

INTRODUCED BY

Bill B. O’Neill

ENDORSED BY THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE AND

THE REVENUE STABILIZATION AND TAX POLICY COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO TAXATION; PROVIDING FOR A DISTRIBUTION FROM THE LIQUOR EXCISE TAX FOR DRUG COURTS.

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--DRUG COURTS.--

          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, exclusive of penalties and interest.

          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 shall be made to the administrative office of the courts in an amount equal to three and one-half percent of the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise tax, exclusive of penalties and interest, to supplement funding of drug courts."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2012.

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