Impact fees shall not be imposed or used to pay for:

A. construction, acquisition or expansion of public facilities or assets that are not capital improvements or facility expansions identified in the capital improvements plan;

B. repair, operation or maintenance of existing or new capital improvements or facility expansions;

C. upgrading, updating, expanding or replacing existing capital improvements to serve existing development in order to meet stricter safety, efficiency, environmental or regulatory standards;

D. upgrading, updating, expanding or replacing existing capital improvements to provide better service to existing development;

E. administrative and operating costs of a municipality or county except as provided in Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of Section 4 [5-8-4 NMSA 1978] of the Development Fees Act;

F. principal payments or debt service charges on bonds or other indebtedness, except as allowed by Section 4 of the Development Fees Act; or

G. libraries, community centers, schools, projects for economic development and employment growth, affordable housing or apparatus and equipment of any kind, except capital improvements defined in Paragraph (3) of Subsection C [D] of Section 2 [5-8-2 NMSA 1978] of the Development Fees Act.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 122, § 5.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and it is not part of the law.

The reference in Subsection G to Subsection C of 5-8-2 NMSA 1978, appears to actually refer to Subsection D of that section.