A. Upon approval of an enterprise zone project, the local government administering an enterprise zone shall notify the county assessor and the taxation and revenue department of the approval and of the identification of the parcels of property within the project subject to taxation under the Property Tax Code [Chapter 7, Articles 35 to 38 NMSA 1978].

B. Upon receipt of notification pursuant to Subsection A of this section, the county assessor and the taxation and revenue department shall identify the parcels of project property within the enterprise zone within their respective valuation jurisdictions and at the time tax rates are certified under the Property Tax Code shall certify to the county treasurer the net taxable value of the property as of January 1 of the year in which the notification was made. This certified value is the "base value" for the distribution of property tax revenues authorized by the Property Tax Code under the tax increment method. If property within the enterprise zone becomes tax exempt because of acquisition by any local government, the county assessor and the taxation and revenue department shall note that fact on their respective records and so notify the county treasurer, but the county assessor, the taxation and revenue department and the county treasurer shall preserve the record of the base value for the purpose of distribution of property tax revenues when the parcel again becomes taxable.

C. If a property within the enterprise zone that became tax exempt because of acquisition by a local government again becomes taxable, the local government administering the enterprise zone shall notify the county assessor and the taxation and revenue department of the property which, because of improvements to the property, are to be revalued for property tax purposes. A new taxable value of this property shall then be determined by the county assessor or by the taxation and revenue department if the property is within the valuation jurisdiction of that department.

D. The amount by which the general property tax revenue received from the tax on property within an enterprise zone exceeds that which would have been received by application of the same rates to the base value before inclusion in the enterprise zone shall be credited to the local government administering the enterprise zone and deposited in the enterprise zone fund of that local government. This transfer shall take place only after the county treasurer has been notified to apply the tax increment method to a specific property included in an enterprise zone. Unless the entire enterprise zone is specifically included by the local government for purposes of tax increment financing, the payment by the county treasurer to the local government shall be limited to those properties specifically included. The remaining revenue shall be distributed to participating units of government as authorized by the Property Tax Code.

E. The procedures and methods specified in this section shall be followed annually for a maximum period of five years following the date of notification of inclusion of property as coming under the provisions of this section.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 33, § 11.