Section 7-24B-2 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

7-24B-2. Definitions.

As used in the Special County Hospital Gasoline Tax Act [7-24B-1 NMSA 1978]:   

A.     "county" means:   

(1)     a county of the state of New Mexico having a population of more than ten thousand but less than ten thousand six hundred, according to the last federal decennial census or any subsequent decennial census, and having a net taxable value for rate-setting purposes for the 1986 property tax year or any subsequent year of more than eighty-two million dollars ($82,000,000) but less than eighty-two million three hundred thousand dollars ($82,300,000); and   

(2)     a county that has imposed a rate of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) to each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value of property as defined in the Property Tax Code [Articles 35 to 38 of Chapter 7 NMSA 1978] for property taxation purposes in the county and to each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of the assessed value of products severed and sold in the school district as determined under the Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act [7-32-1 NMSA 1978] and the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act [7-34-1 NMSA 1978]  or has made an appropriation of funds or has imposed another tax which produces an amount not less than the revenue that would be produced by applying a rate of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) to each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value of property as defined in the Property Tax Code for property taxation purposes in the school district and to each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of the assessed value of products severed and sold in the school district as determined under the Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act and the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act.  The proceeds of any tax imposed or appropriation made shall be dedicated for current operations and maintenance of a hospital owned and operated by the county or operated and maintained by another party pursuant to a lease with the county.   

A county qualifying at any time under this definition shall continue to be qualified as a county and authorized to implement the provisions of the Special County Hospital Gasoline Tax Act;   

B.     "governing body" means the board of county commissioners of a county; and   

C.     "person" means:   

(1)     any individual, estate, trust, receiver, cooperative association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate or other entity, including any utility owned or operated by a county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state; or   

(2)     to the extent permitted by law, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof or the state of New Mexico or any political subdivision thereof.