A district has the power to establish a property tax levy upon real property located within the tax increment development area, with the following limitations:

A. the maximum property tax levy a district may impose is five dollars ($5.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code [Chapter 7, Articles 35 to 38 NMSA 1978], which may be used for operation, maintenance and capital improvements, in furtherance of the purposes of the Tax Increment for Development Act;

B. a district may impose a property tax levy only after authorization through a determination made by the owners of real property in the district and by a majority of votes cast by the qualified resident electors of a district in an election held in accordance with the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978] and the Tax Increment for Development Act; and

C. a property tax levy imposed by a district shall not be effective for more than four years.

History: Laws 2006, ch. 75, § 13; 2019, ch. 212, § 204.

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, provided that a district may impose a property tax levy only after authorization through a determination by the owners of real property in the district in accordance with the Local Election Act and the Tax Increment for Development Act; in Subsection B, after "authorization", added "through a determination made by the owners of real property in the district and", and after "accordance with the", added "Local Election Act and the".