Section 7-20E-2 - Definitions.

NM Stat § 7-20E-2 (2019) (N/A)

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As used in the County Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act:

A. "county" means, unless specifically defined otherwise in the County Local Option Gross Receipts Taxes Act, a county, including an H class county;

B. "county area" means that portion of a county located outside the boundaries of any municipality, except that for H class counties, "county area" means the entire county;

C. "department" means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or any employee of the department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;

D. "governing body" means the county commission of the county or the county council of an H class county;

E. "person" means an individual or any other legal entity; and

F. "state gross receipts tax" means the gross receipts tax imposed under the Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act [Chapter 7, Article 9 NMSA 1978].

History: 1978 Comp., § 7-20E-2, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 354, § 2; 1994, ch. 93, § 1; 1994, ch. 97, § 1.

The 1994 amendment, effective July 1, 1994, added the language following "municipality" in Subsection B and added "or the county council of an H class county" in Subsection D. Laws 1994, ch. 93, § 1 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 1994, ch. 97, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.

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