A. Any individual whose state income tax liability in any year is lower than the amount of money held by the department to the credit of such individual for that tax year may designate any portion of the income tax refund due to be paid into the veterans' state cemetery fund. In the case of a joint return, both individuals must make such designation.
B. The secretary shall revise the state income tax form to allow the designation by individual taxpayers of such contributions in substantially the following form:
"New Mexico Veterans' State Cemetery Fund Check [ ] if you wish to contribute a part or all of your tax refund to the Veterans' State Cemetery Fund. Enter here $___________ the amount of your contribution.".
C. The provisions of this section do not apply to refund amounts intercepted under the Tax Refund Intercept Program Act [Chapter 7, Article 2C NMSA 1978], and any designation under the provisions of this section with respect to such intercepted refunds is void.
History: 1978 Comp., § 7-2-28, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 257, § 3; 2011, ch. 42, § 3; 2016, ch. 7, § 2.
Delayed repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 257, § 6 repealed 7-2-28 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 257, § 3, relating to legislative findings and intent as to additional funds to increase the size of the Santa Fe national cemetery, effective on the January 1 of the year following the year on which the sum of contributions received on or after January 1, 1988, pursuant to 7-2-28 NMSA 1978, equals or exceeds $1,070,000.
The 2016 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, changed the name of the veterans' national cemetery fund to the veterans' state cemetery fund; in Subsection A, after "veterans'", deleted "national" and added "state"; in Subsection B, after each occurrence of "Veterans'", deleted "National" and added "State".
The 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, made stylistic changes.
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