For the privilege of engaging in certain activities by governments, there is imposed on every agency, institution, instrumentality or political subdivision of the state, except any school district and an entity licensed by the department of health, other than a hospital, that is principally engaged in providing health care services, an excise tax of five percent of governmental gross receipts. The tax imposed by this section shall be referred to as the "governmental gross receipts tax".

History: 1978 Comps., § 7-9-4.1, enacted by Laws 1991, ch. 8, § 2; 1992, ch. 49, § 1; 1992, ch. 100, § 2; 1993, ch. 332, § 1; 1993, ch. 352, § 1; 2019, ch. 270, § 27.

Compiler's notes. — Laws 1991, ch. 8, § 2 enacted this section as 7-9-4.1 NMSA 1978, but, since a section with that code number had already been enacted, this section was compiled as 7-9-4.3 NMSA 1978.

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, excluded hospitals from "entities licensed by the department of health" that are exempt from paying governmental gross receipts tax; and after "department of health", added "other than a hospital".

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, inserted "school district and any" in the first sentence.

Laws 1993, ch. 332, § 1 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 1993, ch. 352, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.

The 1992 amendment, effective July 1, 1992, substituted all of the present language of the first sentence beginning with "every agency" for "the state of New Mexico and any agency, institution, instrumentality, or political subdivision thereof an excise tax of five percent of governmental gross receipts".