A. To determine the taxable value of oil, natural gas or liquid hydrocarbon, individually or any combination thereof, carbon dioxide, helium or non-hydrocarbon gases, there shall be deducted from the value of products:
(1) royalties paid or due the United States or the state of New Mexico;
(2) royalties paid or due any Indian tribe, Indian pueblo or Indian that is a ward of the United States; and
(3) the reasonable expense of trucking any product from the production unit to the first place of market.
B. The taxable value of coal shall be the taxable value determined under Section 7-25-3 NMSA 1978, less royalties paid or due any Indian tribe, Indian pueblo or Indian that is a ward of the United States.
C. The taxable value of uranium shall be twenty-five percent of an amount equal to the difference between:
(1) the taxable value determined under Section 7-25-3 NMSA 1978; and
(2) royalties paid or due any Indian tribe, Indian pueblo or Indian that is a ward of the United States.
D. The taxable value of geothermal energy shall be the value at the point of first sale, less the cost of transporting it from the point of severance to the point of the first sale, less the royalties paid or due the United States or the state of New Mexico or any Indian tribe, Indian pueblo or Indian that is a ward of the United States.
History: 1953 Comp., § 72-20-5, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 53, § 5; 1975, ch. 289, § 16; 1977, ch. 102, § 2; 1980, ch. 97, § 5; 1985, ch. 65, § 32; 2005, ch. 130, § 5.
The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, provided the method to determine the taxable value of helium and non-hydrocarbon gases.
Law reviews. — For article, " 'New Mexican Nationalism' and the Evolution of Energy Policy in New Mexico," see 17 Nat. Resources J. 283 (1977).
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