HOUSE BILL 295

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2021

INTRODUCED BY

Luis M. Terrazas and Joshua N. Hernandez

and Meredith Dixon and Rachel A. Black

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC AND FISCAL IMPACTS OF ELIMINATING OR REDUCING STATE INCOME TAX ON MILITARY RETIREMENT INCOME.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal year 2022 for the department of agricultural economics and agricultural business to study the economic and state and local fiscal impacts of eliminating or reducing state income tax on military retirement income. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2022 shall revert to the general fund.

          B. The study shall include:

                (1) retirement location preferences of military retirees and the importance of taxation and other considerations on location choices;

                (2) summaries of existing topical research in New Mexico and other states;

                (3) results of surveys and interviews with military retirees, state and local governments and other stakeholders;

                (4) positive and negative economic affects; and

                (5) state and local fiscal impacts.

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