A. By the last day of each month, the department shall prepare and certify a report to the secretary of finance and administration. The report shall be for the preceding month and shall show the amount of taxes distributed to the oil and gas equipment tax fund, the amount due the state and each taxing district imposing a tax and any other information required by the secretary of finance and administration. The secretary of finance and administration shall forthwith remit the appropriate amounts from the oil and gas equipment tax fund to the state treasurer and the county treasurers who shall make the appropriate distribution, except as provided in Subsection B of this section.

B. If the board of county commissioners notifies the secretary of finance and administration that the county elects not to distribute the proceeds of the oil and gas ad valorem production equipment tax due the municipalities, community college districts and school districts in the county, the secretary of finance and administration shall pay amounts due directly to municipalities, community college districts and school districts within the county.

History: 1953 Comp., § 72-24-9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 119, § 9; 1977, ch. 247, § 188; 1983, ch. 221, § 2; 1985, ch. 65, § 45; 1993, ch. 131, § 2.

Cross references. — For the oil and gas equipment tax fund, see 7-1-6.22 NMSA 1978.

The 1993 amendment, effective March 31, 1993, substituted "department" for "division" in Subsection A and inserted "community college districts" twice in Subsection B.