{"data":{"id":"us-nm/5-13-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"5-13-3","heading":"Authorized local governmental entities.","body":"A. The following local governmental entities are authorized to impose convention center fees:\n(1) a qualified municipality if the governing body of the qualified municipality has enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee; and\n(2) a county in which a qualified municipality is located, provided that:\n(a) a qualified municipality within the county has enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee;\n(b) the board of county commissioners of the county has enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee;\n(c) the qualified municipality and the county have entered into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act [11-1-1 to 11-1-7 NMSA 1978] to collect the revenue from the convention center fee and to expend the revenue as required in the Convention Center Financing Act; and\n(d) the fee shall only apply to lodging facilities located within twenty miles of the corporate limits of the qualified municipality.\nB. Two qualified municipalities may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreements Act to collect revenue from a convention center fee and to expend the revenue as required by the Convention Center Financing Act if the municipalities:\n(1) are located in the same county within twenty miles of the corporate limits of each other; and\n(2) have each enacted an ordinance to impose a convention center fee.","path":["Chapter 5 - Municipalities and Counties","ARTICLE 13 Convention Center Financing"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18447/index.do","current_through":"2025-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"785089891a0c46fea396e7f138c0b383c6586022b8922cf3d2da4c6ace12d39e","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/5-13-2","next":"us-nm/5-13-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}