7-1-6.68. Distribution; cannabis excise tax; municipalities and
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A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to each municipality, subject to any increase or decrease made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.15 NMSA 1978, in an amount equal to thirty-three and thirty-three hundredths percent of the net receipts attributable to the cannabis excise tax from business locations sourced to the municipality as reported pursuant to Section 7-42-4 NMSA 1978.
B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to each county in an amount equal to thirty-three and thirty-three hundredths percent of the net receipts attributable to the cannabis excise tax from business locations sourced to the county area of the county as reported pursuant to Section 7-42-4 NMSA 1978.
C. The department may deduct an amount not to exceed three percent of the distributions made pursuant to this section for the reasonable costs for administering the distributions.
D. As used in this section, "county area" means that portion of a county located outside the boundaries of any municipality.
History: Laws 2021 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 50; 2023, ch. 85, § 2; 2025, ch. 130, § 24.