The county treasurer shall distribute the receipts from collected property taxes to each governmental unit in an amount and in a manner determined in accordance with the law and with the regulations of the department of finance and administration. Penalties and interest collected by the county treasurer, other than as an agent of the department under Section 7-38-62 NMSA 1978 and other than penalties and interest on assessments levied by a conservancy district organized under the provisions of The Conservancy Act of New Mexico [73-14-1 NMSA 1978], created prior to 1930 and embracing land situate in four or more counties, shall be deposited in the county general fund at the times and in the manner required by regulations of the department of finance and administration. Penalties and interest collected by the county treasurer as agent of the department under Section 7-38-62 NMSA 1978 shall be remitted to the department at the times and in the manner required by regulations of the department of finance and administration.

History: 1953 Comp., § 72-31-43, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 258, § 83; 1990, ch. 22, § 4; 1995, ch. 75, § 1.

The 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, inserted the language in the second sentence beginning "and other than penalties and interest" and ending "four or more counties".

The 1990 amendment, effective May 16, 1990, inserted "with the" preceding "regulations" in the first sentence, substituted "other than as an agent of the department under Section 7-38-62 NMSA 1978" for "or received by him as a distribution under 72-31-63 NMSA 1953" in the second sentence, and added the third sentence.