HOUSE BILL 152

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson

AN ACT

RELATING TO TAXATION; REQUIRING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TAX EXPENDITURE BUDGET AND A DEDICATED REVENUE BUDGET.

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

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Tax Administration Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] TAX EXPENDITURE BUDGET--MANDATORY REPORT--DEADLINE.--

          A. No later than October 15 of each year, the consensus revenue estimating group shall compile a tax expenditure budget for the upcoming fiscal year and present the tax expenditure budget, including an analysis of tax expenditures, to the governor, the legislative interim revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and the legislative finance committee. The tax expenditure budget shall report on tax expenditures chosen by the consensus revenue estimating group; provided that all tax expenditures with revenue impacts of more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate for a specific tax expenditure shall be reported before the end of the five-year period following the effective date of the provisions of this section, and each five-year period thereafter.

          B. A tax expenditure budget shall detail the

approximate costs in foregone revenue from tax expenditures.

A tax expenditure budget shall:

                (1) include a projection of the costs of tax

expenditures for all general fund revenue sources;

                (2) identify each tax expenditure and its

statutory basis, purpose, year of enactment and date of repeal, if any;

                (3) quantify the revenue expended by the state

from each tax expenditure;

                (4) identify the aggregate amount of each tax expenditure and the number of businesses that used the tax expenditure;

                (5) identify unexpected effects of the tax expenditure that were not within the original expected outcomes of the tax expenditure that have come to the attention of the department;

                (6) provide a total of all of the costs in

each fiscal year for all tax expenditures; and

                (7) include an estimate of jobs created and the number of businesses that potentially qualified for but failed to apply for a tax expenditure from reports provided by the economic development department.

          C. The economic development department shall estimate the jobs created and the number of businesses that potentially qualified for but failed to apply for a tax expenditure and shall report those projections to the consensus revenue estimating group.

          D. Unless specifically prohibited by another section of law:

                (1) the department shall provide the consensus revenue estimating group with the aggregate information of taxpayers who benefit from a tax expenditure;

                (2) taxpayers who are allowed tax expenditures by state law shall provide information as requested by the consensus revenue estimating group for purposes of analyzing tax expenditures and reporting to the legislature on the value, benefit and use of those tax expenditures, as required by this section or Section 9-15-56 NMSA 1978; and

                (3) the consensus revenue estimating group may request from a state agency or a local government agency official information necessary to complete the tax expenditure budget required by this section, and an agency or official shall comply with a request made pursuant to this section.

          E. As used in this section:

                (1) "consensus revenue estimating group" means the professional economists of the department of finance and administration, the department of transportation, the taxation and revenue department and the legislative finance committee;

                (2) "jobs created" means the net increase of full-time jobs that exceeds the full-time equivalent of jobs that existed at the beginning of the reporting period; provided that the additional jobs can specifically be attributed to use of a tax expenditure, including:

                     (a) the net increase if jobs are changed from part time to full time;

                     (b) the full-time equivalent of jobs created that were previously filled by employees on contract; and

                     (c) new jobs created;

                (3) "tax expenditure" means a deduction, credit, exemption, exclusion, rebate, offset, preferential tax rate, subtraction or allowance or other deviation from a tax system that reduces tax liability as determined by the consensus revenue estimating group; and

                (4) "tax expenditure budget" means a

compilation of information about New Mexico's tax expenditures

that includes data from the three years preceding the current

fiscal year, the current fiscal year and the upcoming fiscal

year."

     SECTION 2. A new section of the Tax Administration Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] DEDICATED REVENUE BUDGET--MANDATORY REPORT--DEADLINE.--

          A. No later than October 15 of each year, the

consensus revenue estimating group shall compile a dedicated revenue budget for the upcoming fiscal year and present the dedicated revenue budget, including an analysis of tax expenditures, to the governor, the legislative interim revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and the legislative finance committee. The dedicated revenue budget shall report on dedicated annual revenues chosen by the consensus revenue estimating group; provided that all dedicated annual revenues with revenue impacts of more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate for a specific dedicated revenue beneficiary shall be reported before the end of the five-year period following the effective date of the provisions of this section, and each five-year period thereafter.

          B. A dedicated revenue budget shall detail the

approximate projected dedicated revenue for the following fiscal year that will be unavailable to the general fund.

A dedicated revenue budget shall:

                (1) identify each dedicated revenue item and its statutory basis, purpose, year of enactment and date of repeal, if any;

                (2) identify the beneficiaries of each dedicated revenue item, including the uses of the dedicated revenue;

                (3) identify the outcomes resulting from the expenditure of dedicated revenue, if any are quantifiable;

                (4) identify significant unintended effects of the dedicated revenue that have come to the attention of the department; and

                (5) provide a total of all of the collections and appropriations in each fiscal year for all dedicated revenue.

          C. The consensus revenue estimating group may request from a state agency or a local government agency official information necessary to complete the dedicated revenue budget required by this section. An agency or official shall comply with a request made pursuant to this section unless a specific statutory confidentiality provision prohibits doing so.

          D. As used in this section:

                (1) "consensus revenue estimating group" means the professional economists of the department of finance and administration, the department of transportation, the taxation and revenue department and the legislative finance committee; and

                (2) "dedicated revenue" means an expenditure of a tax or fee that is dedicated to a specific program or purpose, as defined by constitution or statute."

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