0001| HOUSE BILL 1038 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| PATSY G. TRUJILLO | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO HOUSING; AUTHORIZING DEVELOPMENT FEES FOR | 0012| AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT FEES | 0013| ACT. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 5-8-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, | 0017| Chapter 122, Section 4) is amended to read: | 0018| "5-8-4. ITEMS PAYABLE BY FEE.-- | 0019| A. An impact fee may be imposed only to pay for | 0020| affordable housing or the following specified costs of | 0021| constructing capital improvements or facility expansions: | 0022| (1) estimated capital improvements plan cost; | 0023| (2) planning, surveying and engineering fees | 0024| paid to an independent qualified professional who is not an | 0025| employee of the municipality or county for services provided | 0001| for and directly related to the construction of capital | 0002| improvements or facility expansions; | 0003| (3) fees actually paid or contracted to be | 0004| paid to an independent qualified professional who is not an | 0005| employee of the municipality or county for the preparation or | 0006| updating of a capital improvements plan; and | 0007| (4) up to three percent of total impact fees | 0008| collected for administrative costs for municipal or county | 0009| employees who are qualified professionals. | 0010| B. Projected debt service charges may be included | 0011| in determining the amount of impact fees only if the impact | 0012| fees are used for the payment of principal and interest on | 0013| bonds, notes or other obligations issued to finance affordable | 0014| housing, construction of capital improvements or facility | 0015| expansions identified in the capital improvements plan." | 0016| Section 2. Section 5-8-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, | 0017| Chapter 122, Section 5) is amended to read: | 0018| "5-8-5. ITEMS NOT PAYABLE BY FEE.--Impact fees shall not | 0019| be imposed or used to pay for: | 0020| A. construction, acquisition or expansion of public | 0021| facilities or assets that are not capital improvements or | 0022| facility expansions identified in the capital improvements | 0023| plan; | 0024| B. repair, operation or maintenance of existing or | 0025| new capital improvements or facility expansions; | 0001| C. upgrading, updating, expanding or replacing | 0002| existing capital improvements to serve existing development in | 0003| order to meet stricter safety, efficiency, environmental or | 0004| regulatory standards; | 0005| D. upgrading, updating, expanding or replacing | 0006| existing capital improvements to provide better service to | 0007| existing development; | 0008| E. administrative and operating costs of a | 0009| municipality or county except as provided in Paragraph (4) of | 0010| Subsection A of Section [4 of the Development Fees Act] 5-8- | 0011| 4 NMSA 1978; | 0012| F. principal payments or debt service charges on | 0013| bonds or other indebtedness except as allowed by Section [4 of | 0014| the Development Fees Act] 5-8-4 NMSA 1978; or | 0015| G. libraries, community centers, schools, projects | 0016| for economic development and employment growth [affordable | 0017| housing] or apparatus and equipment of any kind except capital | 0018| improvements defined in Paragraph (3) of Subsection [C] D | 0019| of Section [2 of the Development Fees Act] 5-8-2 NMSA | 0020| 1978." | 0021|  |